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NFT: Carlos Beltran's "Niece"on Twitter was "Incarcerated Bob"

montanagiant : 1/20/2020 10:54 am
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On Thursday afternoon, a Twitter account claiming to be that of the niece of Carlos Beltrán, who lost his job as the manager of the New York Mets because he’d played a central role in the Astros’ skulduggery, dropped a bombshell. If true, what had been reported to date was just the beginning of the Astros’ rule-breaking ways. Namely, during the playoffs, two Astros wore a secret buzzer cleverly concealed beneath their uniform. The buzzer would tip the hitters off to the next pitch. The account holder also claimed it possessed photos to back up the allegations.

On social media, it set off a wild frenzy of conspiracy-mongering. Fans relentlessly parsed videos and posted screenshots of the players who’d been implicated. Players and members of the press haven’t been able to resist this siren’s call, either. For anyone trying to read online about the Astros, it felt like an army of wised-up sleuths were on the case, all of whom were convinced that this length of yarn pinned to this GIF image would finally connect the relevant dots and reveal how deep this nefarious plot really goes.

There was one problem. The account did not belong to Carlos Beltrán’s niece at all. Rather, thanks to the shrewd detective work of one fan, there’s a more than decent chance it’s the handiwork of a guy named “Incarcerated Bob.”

Who is Incarcerated Bob? The short answer is: an online gambling tout with a large following who gained infamy by posting scoops about all the major college and pro sports. Those scoops often turn out to be dead wrong or works of complete fiction. He also regularly employs dozens of sockpuppet accounts to boost his relevance and target his critics. Incarcerated Bob will threaten, harass, and lie about those who question him. And while there’s a non-zero chance that the catfish account wasn’t wrong about additional acts of cheating in baseball, odds are Bob is not the person who’s going to break that story.

The longer answer is a tad more complicated, and far more bizarre.



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That's..  
FatMan in Charlotte : 1/20/2020 10:56 am : link
the Simo's hero!!
Lol  
WideRight : 1/20/2020 10:56 am : link

A professional fraud
Damn  
Vanzetti : 1/20/2020 10:59 am : link
Though I still don’t understand why someone would spend so much time to troll people, I have to admit that was a hell of a fraud by Bob
I don't get why Twitter allows that account to remain active.  
Mike in Long Beach : 1/20/2020 11:51 am : link
They've banned others for far less egregious harassment charges. He (or they, who fuck knows) should be stripped of that platform.
Must be  
spike : 1/20/2020 11:52 am : link
a BBI member
Interesting. That “niece’s” account also  
Section331 : 1/20/2020 12:02 pm : link
announced Beltran’s hiring days before it was offficial. Does Incarcerated Bob have an in with the Beltran team, os is he wildly guessing?
He also  
Everyone Relax : 1/20/2020 12:24 pm : link
called the Tate suspension before it was announced, so occasionally he knows what he’s talking about, especially around NY sports
The Tate..  
FatMan in Charlotte : 1/20/2020 12:30 pm : link
suspension had actually been known by many for months.

He failed the test a couple months prior to the suspension and "self reported" that he was using the supplement.

The Giants were aware in May that it could pose a potential problem.
My god there are a lot of  
halfback20 : 1/20/2020 12:36 pm : link
Psychos on twitter. Who the fuck creates a community of burners?? Lol
This thread should be a permanent sticky  
Jay on the Island : 1/20/2020 12:37 pm : link
Incarcerated Bob is a huge POS. I read an article a couple of years ago about him highlighting his appalling behavior. Hopefully BBI'ers will read this thread and stop posting nonsense from this scumbag.
RE: Interesting. That “niece’s” account also  
Jay on the Island : 1/20/2020 12:49 pm : link
In comment 14786939 Section331 said:
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announced Beltran’s hiring days before it was offficial. Does Incarcerated Bob have an in with the Beltran team, os is he wildly guessing?

This is what he does. Bob will look around the league and create a rumor naming the likeliest landing spots for free agents. Often he will include a "mystery team" that he is waiting to confirm as insurance in case the FA were to sign with another team he didn't list. Then he will claim that the surprise team that signed him was the mystery team he had heard from his non-existent sources.
He used to be a NY market talk radio caller,  
flycatcher : 1/20/2020 1:05 pm : link
like 10 or so yrs ago...don't remember what show, or his shtick, but the handle is familiar
Bob was ahead of the rest of the NHL  
Metnut : 1/20/2020 1:13 pm : link
“insiders” on Panarin to NYR. Everyone else had him going to NYI until Bob said he’d had a change of heart.
RE: Bob was ahead of the rest of the NHL  
djm : 1/20/2020 2:14 pm : link
In comment 14787049 Metnut said:
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“insiders” on Panarin to NYR. Everyone else had him going to NYI until Bob said he’d had a change of heart.


He's not ahead of anything, he's just combing every single shred of news or info there is and parroting it as his own. He's a human aggregate that sometimes gets shit right. He has no inside sources. He just gets to the info before we do.
RE: RE: Bob was ahead of the rest of the NHL  
mfsd : 1/20/2020 2:24 pm : link
In comment 14787155 djm said:
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In comment 14787049 Metnut said:


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“insiders” on Panarin to NYR. Everyone else had him going to NYI until Bob said he’d had a change of heart.



He's not ahead of anything, he's just combing every single shred of news or info there is and parroting it as his own. He's a human aggregate that sometimes gets shit right. He has no inside sources. He just gets to the info before we do.


+1
Isnt he a big NYY Stan?  
SW_84 : 1/20/2020 4:09 pm : link
Seems kind of strange he would be throwing baseless accusations out there about Gleyber after all the astros stuff
RE: He used to be a NY market talk radio caller,  
Optimus-NY : 1/20/2020 8:25 pm : link
In comment 14787042 flycatcher said:
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like 10 or so yrs ago...don't remember what show, or his shtick, but the handle is familiar


Yeah. Cartoon and Boomer I think.
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