{"id":422186,"date":"2026-01-22T04:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T04:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/422186\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T04:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T04:35:07","slug":"out-of-control-coach-says-he-placed-bets-for-ex-mlb-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/422186\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Out Of Control&#8217;: Coach Says He Placed Bets For Ex-MLB Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Gina Kim ( January 21, 2026, 10:15 PM EST) &#8212; A baseball coach who placed illegal sports wagers for former MLB star Yasiel Puig took the stand Wednesday in the player&#8217;s obstruction of justice trial, telling a California federal jury that Puig&#8217;s gambling got &#8220;out of control&#8221; and that the coach feared repercussions from bookies after Puig didn&#8217;t pay his debts&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>              Law360 is on it, so you are, too.<\/p>\n<p>A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments so you can act with speed and confidence. Over 200 articles are published daily across more than 60 topics, industries, practice areas and jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p>A Law360 subscription includes features such as<\/p>\n<p>                Daily newsletters<br \/>\n                Expert analysis<br \/>\n                Mobile app<br \/>\n                Advanced search<br \/>\n                Judge information<br \/>\n                Real-time alerts<br \/>\n                450K+ searchable archived articles<\/p>\n<p>And more!<\/p>\n<p class=\"try-free\">Experience Law360 today with a free 7-day trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Gina Kim ( January 21, 2026, 10:15 PM EST) &#8212; A baseball coach who placed illegal sports&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":["post-422186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}