Quotes from Eliot Asinof

To Replogle, the players were victims. The owners poured out a stream of pious, pompous verbiage about how pure they were. The gamblers said nothing, kept themselves hidden, protected themselves —and when they said anything, it was strictly for cash, with immunity, no less. But the ballplayers didn't even know enough to call a lawyer. They only knew how to play baseball.

It was apparent that there were no facts. Reality was a vague stink that anyone could smell, but no one knew where it came from.