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Report: Orioles' scout linked to sports gambling probe

Associated Press

Friday, July 11, 2008

NEW YORK -- The Baltimore Orioles fired a high-ranking scout after Major League Baseball's newly formed investigative unit linked him to a gambling probe. MLB was asked for assistance in the gambling inquiry about six months ago by the New York Police Department, a person with knowledge of the investigation said Friday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because he did not have authority to speak publicly. The fired scout, Alan Marr, was national cross-checker for the Orioles and the t ...

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