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Originally Posted by markf31
The rule is and was pretty clear:
Rule 21(d)(2). Any player, umpire, or club or league official or employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which the bettor has a duty to perform shall be declared permanently ineligible.
Permanently ineligible. Period. Full Stop.
The rule does not differentiate between betting for your own team or against your own team so any arguments based on that have no merit.
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So then based on this rule, both Cobb and Speaker (and possibly others) should be kicked out of the HOF.