Mets Clubhouse Manager Bet On Baseball!

Samuels is alleged to have been taped by authorities making bets on college and pro football games over his home and personal lines and his cell phone, according to the sources, who asked not to be indentified due to the ongoing investigation. Organized crime associates are themselves caught on wiretaps crowing about the value of baseball information that Samuels was providing to them, although it is not believed that he was taped making baseball bets.

This all started way back in 2005 when groundskeeper Dominic Valila was “one of 36 people charged by the Queens DA with participating in a $360 million gambling ring that had ties to the Bonanno crime family.”

The investigation resurfaced midway through this season, when the Mets’ online store asked Samuels for players’ jerseys and Samuels said he had none, although he had ordered several hundreds for the team, said the sources. Bats and balls had gone missing, too, and there were suspicious dealings around the bookings of hotel rooms for the players and staff.

Insane, right? Samuels should have known he was in too deep when he started betting on baseball. Betting on baseball is the “nothing good happens after 2am” of the gambling world.

[NY Daily News, New York cult hero, Ike Davis via Getty]