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Monday, December 9, 2024

2024 WORLD SERIES HERO And His Private Confessions

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Entirely 
"off the record"
MOOKIE BETTS
made the following statements 
to a representative
of this website:
 
 
1
I must confess that I was born
"Mookie Abromowitz"
but the money offered 
my mother by the ILBS
was so vast,
she changed 
my surname to
"Betts"
 
2
ILBS stands for
International League
of Betting Sites
 
3
Through a translator,
Shohei Otani told me
the first American 
baseball player
he dreamt of
was Pete Rose
 
4
I thought he was lying
because I said the same thing
twelve  years ago
to a Boston Red Sox
scout who instantly
offered me 
a contract
 
5
Shohei was not lying
and AT LEAST
thirty current
major league athletes
have had the same dream
[including 4 in NFL/NBA]
 
6
At the Los Angeles Dodgers'
World Series celebration dinner, 
   we had a Moment of Silence     
to honor the passing
the man who had more base hits
than anyone whoever wore
 a Major League baseball uniform
[approximately 90,000 players]

7
Pete Rose died 
less than a month before 
the World Series began
 
8
My teammates and I
thought it disgraceful
that nothing was done
by Major League Baseball
to honor him
 
9
My teammates 
bet on which Dodger
 would "out"
this confession
 
10
Teoscar Hernandez won
$40,000 for betting on me
 
11
I bet on Will Smith
because he could easily claim
he was coerced into 
going public
by the infamous actor
with the same name
 
12
Allow me to spare 
Mr. Oliverio 
the "qualifier"
 
13
He is too 
chickenshift
to provide any 
hyperlinks 
or photographs
on this page,
fearing retribution
from the megatron
power/influence
of the 
betting industry
 !!!
 

© OLIVERIO © 
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2 comments:

  1. Mookie sounds like he could have a second career as a Stand-up Comic.

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    1. He spent one 2024 MLB play-off game
      in the announcers' booth and sounded
      just as good—if not better—
      than the other announcers

      -Oliverio

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