How Small-Time Handicapper Drew Ire Of MLB In Game-Fixing Tale

MLB Unravels Bizarre Game-Fixing Hoax
PHOENIX, AZ - JULY 31: Jeff Locke #49 of the Pittsburgh Pirates delivers a pitch against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on July 31, 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)
PHOENIX, AZ - JULY 31: Jeff Locke #49 of the Pittsburgh Pirates delivers a pitch against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on July 31, 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)

In the waning days of the 2012 major league season, Niki Congero received an unusual text message. It came from a man she had never met — a sports handicapper who for a couple of weeks had been texting unsolicited betting tips to her cellphone.

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