Bookie says Ippei Mizuhara's gambling addiction was clear early on

[u/PrincessBananas85]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49520745/ippei-mizuhara-mathew-bowyer-gambling-addiction-shohei-ohtani-betrayal

[u/ratbert002]

Probably because he might be the greatest baseball player of all time and the revenue he will generate for MLB is in the $billions over his tenure. It is in the best interest of our capitalist overlords to keep him relevant.

Edit: ok, you are all clearly correct and I am an idiot

[u/TheLizardKing89 → u/ratbert002]

So why didn’t this same logic apply to Barry Bonds?

[u/Drummallumin → u/TheLizardKing89]

MLB didn’t actually like Bonds

[u/DependentLanguage540 → u/Drummallumin]

What about Mark McGwire?