The game of baseball is a clean, straight game

In the end, the gamblers bet nearly half a million dollars on the Reds, while agreeing to pay the players $100,000 to split. Baseball players salaries were modest in those days -- even for the times -- so, split up, each player was going to take home years' worth of pay. It was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to pad their wallets. ................
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