Archive for June 4th, 2024

Obit watch: June 4, 2024.

Tuesday, June 4th, 2024

Janis Page, actress. She was 101. NYT (archived).

Other credits include “The Rockford Files”, “Lanigan’s Rabbi”, “Banacek”…

…and “Mannix”. (“A Way to Dusty Death”, season 7, episode 2. She was “Georgia Durian”.)

Brother Marquis, rapper with 2 Live Crew.

Larry Allen, of the Dallas Cowboys.

Allen was a second-round pick out of Sonoma State in 1994 and quickly became one of the most dominant offensive linemen in the NFL.
He was named to the Pro Bowl 11 times and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2013. He played for the Cowboys from 1994 to 2005, winning a Super Bowl in 1995. He spent his final two seasons with the San Francisco 49ers.

He was 52.

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Firings watch.

Tuesday, June 4th, 2024

Tucupita Marcano has been fired.

Okay, that’s not quite the whole story. Tucupita Marcano has been banned for life from Major League Baseball.

Why? He committed baseball’s original sin: he bet on games.

Even worse, he bet on his own team.

MLB said Tuesday that Marcano placed 387 baseball bets totaling more than $150,000 in October 2022 and from last July through November with a legal sportsbook. He became the first active player in a century banned for life because of gambling.
Marcano appears to be the first active major leaguer banned under the sport’s gambling provision since New York Giants outfielder Jimmy O’Connell in 1924. Pete Rose, baseball’s active career hits leader, famously agreed to a lifetime ban in 1989 after an investigation concluded he bet on Cincinnati Reds games while managing the team.

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Marcano, currently a member of the San Diego Padres, was found to have placed 231 MLB-related bets, including 25 that MLB says included wagers on Pirates games while he was on the team’s major league roster. However, he did not appear in any of those games because he was on the injured list following a season-ending knee injury. He was receiving medical treatment at PNC Park during that time.

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Marcano bet almost exclusively on the outcomes of games and lost all of his parlay bets involving the Pirates, winning just 4.3% of all of his MLB-related bets, according to the league.
MLB Rule 21, posted in every clubhouse, states betting on any baseball game in which a player, umpire, league official or team employee has no duty to perform results in a one-year suspension. Betting on a game in which the person has a duty to perform results in a lifetime ban.

Four other players have been suspended for one year, also for betting on baseball. They only got one year suspensions because they were minor league players betting on major league games.

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Brief historical note, suitable for use in schools.

Tuesday, June 4th, 2024

Brief because I have written about this before. (Previously. Previously. Previously.) But today is a significant day.

Today is the 50th anniversary of Ten Cent Beer Night, one of the top three greatest events in sports history.

I do not see any acknowledgement of this on the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network site. Or on Cleveland.com. Or on MLB.com. Gee, you’d think they are embarrassed or something.

If you live in Cleveland or Euclid, Collision Bend is celebrating once again.

Please drink responsibly and leave your fighting pants at home.

I just bought two new pairs of fighting pants, and you want me to leave them at home?

The legendary Tim Russert was a college student at the time and attended the game. He is quoted as saying, “”I went with $2 in my pocket. You do the math.”

Verne Lundquist interviews players:

There are quite a few Ten Cent Beer Night videos on the ‘Tube, but almost all the ones I’ve found are from third parties years after the fact, and I don’t want to link them here.

Edited to add: Hooray! And thanks to my beloved and indulgent aunt and uncle!

“10 Cent Beer Night: An Oral History of Cleveland Baseball’s Most Infamous Night”.

Two naked women ran in front of his car.
“I thought, ‘Oh, it’s THAT kind of a riot,’” he says.

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