Turns out the scope of the alleged corruption was far wider than fans feared. Those charged included three star players, a prominent local politician and five bookies, according to local press reports. More than 40 other players were found to have colluded with gambling rings to fix games, and some of those may be charged after the Chinese New Year vacation, which runs through next week.
The lurid scandal involves allegations that gambling rings and crooked politicians used offers of cash, cars and prostitutes β and if all that failed, threats β to induce pro baseball players to throw games. Yu said he was surprised that so many teams and players were involved in the alleged corruption. Wang fever hit a peak in the season, when he won 19 games and came in second behind Johan Santana in voting for the Cy Young award.
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He had shoulder surgery last July. The bad news: That team may well be the Washington Nationals β the worst team in American baseball. They chalked up a league-worst record of 59 wins and losses last year, the mirror image of the Yankees performance.
Baseball bloggers went nuts over the news see a rumor roundup. But baseball expert and fan Yu said Taiwanese would likely change their loyalty to whatever team Wang played for, even if they were the Bad News Bears of the major leagues.
As long as he can start for a team, I think it will be good. You must be logged in to post a comment. Global Post. Share this: Email Facebook Twitter Print. Leave a Reply Cancel reply You must be logged in to post a comment.
