This has happened because Legalized Bookies are running the show.
Cant have the sponsor of Pro Sports accepting that Gambling is corruptive.
Big Gambling needs to hide their corruption of sports so they pressured MBL to undo gambling's awkward history to keep the secret.
Pete Rose was a Bum, by any measure.
One of the MLB managers was ranting about a player receiving death threats for his poor performance on the field. The Manager was all in a stew because he refused to believe that Big Gambling is really just Big Organized Crime. He never made the connection that violence is the normal tool employed by Organized Crime.
Wake up, Butter Cup. Baseball is a criminally financed sponsor of the MLB, NBA, and NFL.
'Luigis' will take note, no doubt.