(The Cheeseman)

Bostonherald.com - You want to know who really finished off the Mafia in Boston? The New England Patriots[ team stats] and the Boston Red Sox [team stats]. Tfinal coup de grace came from the recent winning seasons of the local teams. Carmen “the Cheeseman” DiNunzio and his sad-sack crew relied on bookies for most of their income, and local bookies have had a bad run lately, a very bad run. It turns out, the myth is reality. An Irishman did wreck La Cosa Nostra. But it wasn’t Whitey Bulger. It was Tom Brady [ stats].  “I am thinking of filing a class-action lawsuit,” one local attorney said Friday, “on behalf of the New England Mafia, against the Patriots and the Red Sox, for winning too much and destroying the business.”  “Some of the bookies with half a brain tried to lay off the heavy local action on the Pats and the Red Sox,” one observer noted. “But after awhile, the guys you are laying off to get tired of losing too, and they won’t take any more action."

Clearly Howie Carr has no idea what he is talking about here.    Okay maybe people won on the Red Sox last year.  But I don’t think people were cleaning up.    And it wasn’t like they were long odds.    More importantly WAY more people bet football than baseball.   And the Pats covered like twice out of their last 10 games last year.  Bottom-line if you bet the Patriots last year you lost.  End of story.   And the only Superbowl they’ve covered during their dynasty run has been the Rams.  So what the fuck is Howie Carr talking about?  Dude, get a fucking clue before you start blabbing about how the success of the Red Sox and Pats killed local bookies because there is no way that it’s true.   Bookmaking is recession proof. Everybody knows this. I wonder if Howie Carr even realizes how the line works?  He probably thinks the Pats were 18-1 last year vs. the spread.   That’s the only possible explanation.  It never ceases to amaze me when reporters talk about shit that they have no clue about.  Leave the gambling and Mortal Locks to Barstool Sports.