The Washington Post: Breaking news: MLB issues lifetime ban to Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano for sports betting violations and disciplines four other players: Michael Kelly, Jay Groome, José Rodríguez and Andrew Saalfrank.

Breaking news: MLB issues lifetime ban to Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano for sports betting violations and disciplines four other players: Michael Kelly, Jay Groome, José Rodríguez and Andrew Saalfrank.

MLB bans Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano for sports betting violationswww.washingtonpost.com The league on Tuesday announced that Marcano, a 24-year-old from Venezuela, had been “declared permanently ineligible.”

Sports leagues looking around for who to blame when they've backed open sports-betting:

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This sort of thing was not predictable in the least.

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Pete Rose couldn’t be reached for comment.

Well well well, if it isn't the consequences of a short-sighted money-grab flowering in the immoral dung heap of late-stage capitalism. We're getting too many of you around these parts.

"I'm gonna get so much shit for this. Probably get reassigned to Djibouti."

Gambling led to the Chicago Black Socks debacle in 1919. Played a huge role in the Ruth trade in 1920. Weakened Red Sox for decades. Banished all time MLB hitter, Pete Rose, forever.

Next scheme: borrowing from Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train", two players scheme to throw games together, but only bet on the others' games...

Such a harsh penalty considering how prevalent professional sports leagues have enable the sports betting industry to become.