DOCUMENT: Sports, Stupid

A Baseball Bookie And More Pokemon Madness

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A Baseball Bookie And More Pokemon Madness

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Maybe that bum Pete Rose wasn't the only baseball legend consorting with undesirables. This 1963 FBI memo indicates that Los Angeles Dodger Don Drysdale (who was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1984) was pals with a major bookie who counted Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra among his high-rolling clients. (2 pages)

Florida degenerate Dennis Moore was recently busted for staging a "contest" to see how long a Sarasota boy could keep a lighted cigarette on his forearm. The contest prize? A Pokemon card. According to the sheriff's report, the 34-year-old carpenter has been charged with aggravated child abuse. (2 pages)