mp@ganehd.UUCP (Scott Barman) (11/03/84)
<The line eater didn't get to see the WORLD Series>
HEAVY FLAME ON UEBERROTH:
The man steps in and has a chance to right the wrongs of his predecessor.
This concerns the banning of Willie Mays and (gasp) Mickey Mantle
from baseball because of affiliations with hotels in Atlantic City, NJ who
also run casinos.
It has been proven that these men are doing promotion for the hotels and
are in no way involved with the gambling operations. If this is true, why
ban them? Is Major League Baseball going to legislate morality?
Then Ueberroth should sanction George Steinbrenner due to his involvement
with the problems at the University of Florida! General George's actions
did violate rules (NCAA recruiting) and Mays and Mantle are only involved
in PR. It really does not make sense!
Any other comments out there, or is everyone gone until Spring Training?
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Athens, Georgia 30602rossiter@cornell.UUCP (David Rossiter) (11/06/84)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: Ueberroth gets strike one in first month! Summary: Expires: References: <> Sender: Reply-To: rossiter@gvax.UUCP (David Rossiter) Followup-To: Distribution: net Organization: Cornell University C.S., Ithaca NY Keywords: In article <> mp@ganehd.UUCP (Scott Barman) writes: >HEAVY FLAME ON UEBERROTH: > >The man steps in and has a chance to right the wrongs of his predecessor. >This concerns the banning of Willie Mays and (gasp) Mickey Mantle >from baseball because of affiliations with hotels in Atlantic City, NJ who >also run casinos. > >It has been proven that these men are doing promotion for the hotels and >are in no way involved with the gambling operations. If this is true, why >ban them? Is Major League Baseball going to legislate morality? Well, you really got me going this time. Yes, baseball must legislate morality, for its own preservation as sport. Gambling is a terrible cancer on society. It literally robs the working people, and especially the poor and those unfortunates who can't control their habits. It is a terrible mistake to have legalized gambling in NJ and Nevada. Huge sums of money flow from the productive sector to the Mafia. Baseball must avoid even the slightest hint of association with this. If Mays wants to promote Best Western Motels, no one is going to get upset. Consorting with gamblers (I didn't say he himself is a gambler, but he's playing golf with them...) is enough. I fully agree with Ueberroth, Kuhn, and Kennesaw Mountain Landis, who started this whole business of 'legislating morality' back in the bleak days of the Black Sox scandal. Many people believe that baseball started its rise to real popularity after Landis' corageous and uncompromising decision. I know the tone of this posting is a bit strident, but just think how much one fixed game would cost baseball in terms of prestige. The cancer of gambling must be kept as far from the ballpark as possible. I was a great admirer of Mays as a player, but I think he has got involved in something that is entirely inappropriate for a Hall-of-famer. P.s. Dwight Gooden is working on his mechanics down in Florida. We're not ALL slacking off until spring training!