If u were a pro athlete would u fix a game for $1million

[daggerkobe]

lets say u were in the final year of a very mediocre career making minimum wage ($300k in MLB for example) would you throw a important game for a cool $1 million.

If yes how and what would u do to minimize suspicions.

[durito]

how would one player go about fixing an mlb game?

[AnotherLoan]

I think it would have to be a starting pitcher. He could lay pitches right down the middle and hope for the best. Maybe throw wild pitches with runners on as well.

[bmw530i]

Man ..if I was in the minors for a long time or got hurt alot and missed my chance, but got called up and stayed, If the money was right ....start pitching like Rick Ankiel and get paid

[daggerkobe]

Billy Bucker wasn't a pitcher.

If I were fixing the world series as an infielder I'd probably airmail couple of balls over the 1B and go 0-4 with RISP. Geez that almost sounds like A-fRod.... except he'll never reach the WS.

[durito]

Yes I'm sure Buckner booted that ball because he was paid off.

The mob managed to figure out that in that particular game a ground ball would just happen to come to Buckner at the most critical part of the game and then he could boot it so they lose.

Infielders make errors and go 0-4 and win games all the time. If someone is paying you a million $ to lose a game, you better actually lose.

[fiveteamer]

If I was in the USL, yes.

[daggerkobe]

Did I say Bucker was paid off? I gave an example of how a non pitcher can change the whole complexion of a game.

How many times have u seen an infielder boot a routine grounder and the other team score tons of runs to win the game? Happened to me too many to count. One particular one that I will never forget is a game ending routine grounder to Kaz Matsui all he had to do was pick up the ball and step on the bag. Instead he fumbled it around and Cubs went on to win that game. Another one was where Vlad Guerrero drops a routine flyball for the 3rd out. Turned a close 1-1 game into a 9-1 game as the Indians scored 8 runs off his error. Shit like that happen all the time in baseball.

[Shark79]

Well ... even though this has turned into a MLB answer (it clearly saying PRO ATHLETE in the thread title).

If you were a soccer player in any particular league (South American, Central American, Spain La Liga, Serie A, BundesLiga, etc). Then the answer most likely would be YES. Even though Im taking soccer as an example it would fit any other sport, pro athletes nowadays dont play for the team, they play for the simple pleasure of worshipness and how much I can make a year. Nothing else. Therefore $1 million would have many accepting the risk.

[Jacey]

Heh, I was on the Phillies at Atlanta.........Kelly Johnson dropped a 9th inning pop up, Phillies tied and won in extras

If he was paid off, thanks Kelly!

[daggerkobe]

a recent one...... JD Drews lil bro boots a routine DP ball...... that gives Dodgers an extra out which leads to 6 runs as AZ blows a 5-1 lead in the 9th.

[daggerkobe]

Heh, I was on the Phillies at Atlanta.........Kelly Johnson dropped a 9th inning pop up, Phillies tied and won in extras

If he was paid off, thanks Kelly!

I was on the Phils in that game too.

[daggerkobe]

Shark, interesting u bring up soccer. But how would u throw the game. I remember a Colombian scoring in his own net in World Cup and being murdered for it.

If it were me I'd probably headbutt someone in the 1st min getting the red card and my team would have to play man down the rest of the game.

[Shark79]

a foul inside the the gk area ... will deduct in a PK shoot ... then get myself a red card.

Many options

[daggerkobe]

yeah that's a great idea. plus most fans will blame the ref as a bad call and not murder u for it.

[compaqDikk]

keep in mind 1,000,000 cash is = to 1.4 mill pretax so this is a good deal

[Thor4140]

how would one player go about fixing an mlb game?

You become a middle reliever. The ones that always give up a few runs so all the games land on one run and the books seem to always win.

[Shark79]

yeah that's a great idea. plus most fans will blame the ref as a bad call and not murder u for it.

Exactly

[durito]

You become a middle reliever. The ones that always give up a few runs so all the games land on one run and the books seem to always win.

this makes even less sense than the infielder example.

in order for fixing a game to work you have to know BEFOREHAND which game to bet on.

a middle reliever doesn't know what game he is going to pitch. what if they pay him a million and the starter throws a complete game shutout.

[smitch124]

There is obviously not alot of people in this thread who have masterminded the throwing of a game...

[Brady2Moss]

The best way to throw a game is if your a goalie in the NHL. You could let in 2-3 bad goals before getting pulled, and that would lead to an Over for the opposing team.

[compaqDikk]

how would one player go about fixing an mlb game?

become a catcher (not the HappyBoy kind)

try to pick the guy off at first and let the ball fukkin sail into right field a mile high. fukk up the call signals. man on third, you missed the ball right between your fukkin legs to the backstop. my bad. trick the pitcher into balking too