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However, John soon expressed his concerns, "But Major League Baseball, unlike Miss America, cannot be controlled by us to determine the outcome. Won't this affect our revenue?"

Donnie chuckled lightly and said, "Once capital enters the market, everything won't remain the same. As long as we establish cooperation with Benn, when he sees the massive amount of money before him, do you think he can still stay sober?"

And it's not just Benn. By then, we can have our people infiltrate the management of Major League Baseball, contact every player individually, and even the umpires. As long as we are willing to spend money, the results will definitely be within our control!"

John slapped his forehead and chuckled, "Right, how could I have forgotten about that!"

As John was feeling happy, Dwight suddenly spoke in a low voice, "Boss, have you forgotten about the Black Sox event that happened last year?"

Donnie frowned slightly. The Black Sox scandal was indeed the most infamous scandal in the sports world last year!

In the 1919 season, none were greater than the Chicago White Sox. They finished the season with a record of 88 wins against 52 losses, clinching the American League championship by 3.5 games ahead of the next team, and smoothly advanced to the World Series.

At that time, their opponent in the World Series was the Cincinnati Reds.

Even though the Reds also had an excellent season record, no one believed they could defeat the White Sox in the finals, except for Arnold Rothstein, a gangster from New York!

Arnold Rothstein saw that the White Sox players had long been dissatisfied with their stingy owner, approached the White Sox star Arnold Gandil, and promised a hefty sum to have him convince several team members to throw the games intentionally.

Arnold Gandil agreed to Arnold Rothstein's offer, reached out to several key players on the team, and deliberately lost the World Series, which symbolized the highest honor of American baseball, despite everyone favoring the White Sox.

Afterward, a journalist exposed the incident, which triggered a huge outcry across America, known as the Black Sox scandal!

As for the reason it was called the Black Sox event... mainly because the White Sox owner Charles Comiskey was a very stingy man. In 1917, Comiskey actually charged his players for laundry, meaning if the players wanted to wear clean uniforms for the games, they had to pay their owner.

Naturally, this move faced collective resistance from the players, who decided to play in dirty uniforms every day. Their filthy appearance was thus dubbed the 'Black Sox' by sports journalists of the time.

Later, Comiskey was forced to compromise and revoked his order to charge for laundry. However, after the White Sox had won the World Series in 1917, he also took back the players' championship bonuses.

Following last year's Black Sox event, the American public had already held suspicions about the integrity of Major League Baseball, and if Donnie were to take such a risk at this point...

"Try not to manipulate important games, and even when it comes to important games, focus on the scores rather than fussing over the odds of winning or losing!"

After some thought, Donnie gave his response.

The United States' four major professional sports leagues, Major League Baseball, NBA, National Football League, National Hockey League – out of these, except for Major League Baseball which has already made its mark as a national focus of attention.

The other three, the NBA has not yet been established, and it wouldn't be until the era of the 'Bad Boys' in the eighties that it would become one of the four major leagues.

The National Football League was just founded this year, so naturally it wasn't a national focus of attention either.

As for the hockey league... although it had been established for several years, similarly, it had not yet made its mark.

Thus, Donnie could only fleece Major League Baseball for now!

But just as Dwight said, right now, Major League Baseball, having just gone through the Black Sox scandal, still couldn't be overly exploited!

However, fortunately for Donnie, fully infiltrating this league would also take some time.

"Dwight, excellent, your suggestion is very important to us!"

With Donnie's praise, Dwight immediately showed a smile and said, "Thank you, boss!"

After thinking for a moment, Donnie said, "You help John with this matter; I don't want any problems to occur!"

Dwight looked excited but then asked with concern, "Boss, if I'm helping John, what about your situation?" Read the latest on empire

Donnie waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about me; I have my own arrangements!"

"Yes!"

Donnie then discussed the specific details of the matter with both of them.

When the discussion ended, Robert had finished his performance outside of Atlantic City and came in with a smile on his face.

"How does it feel to be a celebrity?"

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Robert plopped down on the couch with no regard for his image, tugged at his tie, and said, "Did Bob Ferry and those guys forget we still have something on them? When they rushed at me just now, I thought they were going to tear me to pieces!"

Donnie laughed heartily, "That's journalists for you. Hot news to them is like dung to flies; they'll rush towards it even knowing they'll get stuck!"

Robert, looking at Donnie, said somewhat helplessly, "You know, you didn't need to use that metaphor for me to understand what you mean!"