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Dwight Perry

Sideline Chatter: This is why there are rules about players betting on baseball

Looks like Fox put the wrong prognosticator on its World Series pregame shows.

While the network's David Ortiz went 0 for 6 predicting the first Series' first six games, a bettor in Las Vegas reportedly let it ride while betting on Games 1-6 and won $14 million.

Both wisely declined to push their luck for Game 7.

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