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It may not be The Sunday Request, but I feel obliged to address a Twitter reader of mine on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

@sullybaseball @cmarsee3 Pete never bet on his team to lose, don’t see how that could cost them wins. I fail to see where that hurt the game

— Chip Barnhart (@ChipTheRip) February 10, 2014

It is a legit point but one where I don’t agree.

I tried to address it via Twitter but I think it is safe to say I was not persuasive.

@sullybaseball @cmarsee3 well that just doesn’t make any sense. but i’m glad you’re formulating arguments like this. thank you for that

— Chip Barnhart (@ChipTheRip) February 10, 2014

And he gave a little dig on his own Twitter feed.

Well I just got some clever insight to the idiocy of the people that still believe Pete Rose was a baseball criminal… thanks internet

— Chip Barnhart (@ChipTheRip) February 10, 2014

So I will do my best here to explain why betting on games, even to win, doesn’t work in baseball.

I very well may be an idiot, but I have some point to make on this topic.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 11, 2014