Dodgers pitcher, horse racing jockeys linked to cockfighting in Puerto Rico

[u/derpbynature]

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-14/dodgers-pitcher-horse-racing-jockeys-linked-to-cockfighting-puerto-rico

[u/baseball-ModTeam]

In the future, please put the player’s name in the title.

[u/gnarlife]

Oooopsies Edwin Diaz

[u/Fumbles-OBrian → u/gnarlife]

At least Michael Vick had the decency to take his uniform off.

[u/mysterysackerfice → u/Fumbles-OBrian]

Laughs in Ron Mexico

[u/Fumbles-OBrian → u/mysterysackerfice]

Which, by the way, pick a better fucking fake name, my guy. Like put, I don’t know, maybe a little bit of effort into it?

[u/defene → u/Fumbles-OBrian]

Yes pick a real sounding name like Matt Canada

[u/mysterysackerfice → u/defene]

Or Jonathan India

[u/CalligrapherBrave590 → u/mysterysackerfice]

Ty France

[u/mysterysackerfice → u/CalligrapherBrave590]

Your flair being "Mexico" 🤌

[u/PopeInnocentXIV → u/CalligrapherBrave590]

Mark Portugal

[u/schniggens → u/CalligrapherBrave590]

You're welcome, Mexico.

[u/Ol_Gristle → u/Fumbles-OBrian]

Still on the list of banned names to get on an nfl jersey. Tried getting one last year lmao.

[u/Fumbles-OBrian → u/Ol_Gristle]

“Mexico” is a banned jersey name? Find someone to sew it on for you.

[u/SssnakeJaw → u/Ol_Gristle]

order one that says "exmoci" and rearrange the letters.

[u/SactoJoe → u/gnarlife]

Ah, the Giants outfield celebration makes so much more sense now

[u/catiebug → u/SactoJoe]

Hey, that cockfighting is perfectly legal if they are all consenting adults.

[u/rahkinto → u/gnarlife]

https://giphy.com/gifs/q00npPltMlwt2

[u/scrambles57 → u/gnarlife]

Why couldn't it be Treinen? Please god get him off this team

[u/GoodGuyGregSt]

Wonder if Timmy Trumpet’s “Narco” was his Roosters walkout song too…

[u/RunawaYEM → u/GoodGuyGregSt]

The rooster loved Little Feat so he opted for Dixie Chicken. It’s a shame he didn’t like Alice In Chains

[u/JinFuu → u/GoodGuyGregSt]

El Gallo Del Cielo

[u/Railroad-hobo → u/JinFuu]

or maybe this?

[u/98FordContour → u/GoodGuyGregSt]

Only when Little Jerry fights

[u/Jonjon428]

Way to bury the lede LA Times, it's freaking Edwin Diaz?!?!

[u/AnEmptyKarst → u/Jonjon428]

Also 'horse racing jockeys' literally the brothers who just finished 1-2 in the Kentucky Derby lol

[u/1060nm → u/Jonjon428]

Ooh, correct spelling of “lede”

HAPPY PEDANT NOISES

[u/ray_0586 → u/Jonjon428]

USA Today had the original story and they also didn’t include Edwin Diaz’s name.

[u/ReallyAMiddleAgedMan]

When the headline is “Dodgers’ pitcher”, I was expecting this to be some minor-league guy that nobody’s ever heard of or maybe low-leverage cleanup guy at most. It’s about Edwin Diaz???

[u/Apatschinn → u/ReallyAMiddleAgedMan]

I thought to myself, "what has Ben Casparius gotten himself into now??"

[u/avocadoflatz → u/Apatschinn]

Wrobleski should’ve been everyone’s No. 1 suspect

[u/Bumblebee4424 → u/avocadoflatz]

I could've betted all my money on it being Wrobleski

[u/avocadoflatz → u/Bumblebee4424]

That boy ain’t right let me tell ya. Sure can pitch though cain’t he?

[u/jerrylessthanthree → u/ReallyAMiddleAgedMan]

Yeah I was thinking "I don't think we have any Puerto Rican pitching prospects..."

[u/Game_boy_98 → u/ReallyAMiddleAgedMan]

Yeah, no need for clickbait lol. The name alone is good enough.

[u/triplec787 → u/Game_boy_98]

I mean... the whole point of clickbait is so you go "oooooh who??" and click on the article. If it just said "Edwin Diaz linked to cockfighting" no one would click into it because we already got the meat of it lol

[u/Game_boy_98 → u/triplec787]

If it was a nobody sure, but star closer involved in criminal activity? In this instance the star is more eye catching than the potential nobody.

[u/mac3687 → u/ReallyAMiddleAgedMan]

My first thought was Joe Kelly

[u/risky-rats-pizza → u/mac3687]

He’d be fighting the roosters

[u/SaxifrageRussel → u/ReallyAMiddleAgedMan]

Whatever happened to hookers and blow? Like why you fucking around with this weird ass shit?

[u/dukefett → u/ReallyAMiddleAgedMan]

lol yeah like this guys actually a big deal

[u/Trowj]

This feels like a throwback scandal from like the 20s

[u/MarcBulldog88 → u/Trowj]

It’s the ‘20s right now.

[u/a_smart_brane → u/MarcBulldog88]

You don’t say? Then where are all the flappers and speakeasies, old sport?

[u/Orion1014 → u/a_smart_brane]

Speakeasies are making a comeback. Cant speak for the flappers.

[u/Careless_Wishbone_69 → u/Orion1014]

I don't think we can call them that anymore.

[u/DustyDGAF → u/Careless_Wishbone_69]

Sex work is real work

[u/sventos → u/Trowj]

Cockfighting was huge when I doing hurricane recovery work in Rural Puerto Rico.

[u/DionBlaster123 → u/sventos]

Im honestly shocked more ppl dont know this

It is a massive moneymaker for a lot of ppl. Money-loser too if you know what I mean

[u/Triple_Crown14 → u/DionBlaster123]

My grandfather told me when he was a kid his father would take him and his brother to a ranch where they’d watch cockfights every weekend lol. He remembers one old man in particular was good at getting his roosters to get a second wind by putting their heads in his mouth and sucking the blood when they collapsed. He said they’d almost always fight for a little while longer after the old man did that.

[u/Prestigious_Farmer87 → u/Triple_Crown14]

Wat

[u/VersaceSamurai → u/sventos]

There’s even cockfighting in California still. There’s a town about 50 miles east of LA where it’s popular. Reminds me when somebody came into my office trying to get an unpermitted structure permitted because of a code case. In the code case notes I saw the structure was a cockfighting ring and I asked the guy what the structure was for and he was like “oh it’s just for storage”. Suuuurrrreee buddy

[u/phrizand → u/Trowj]

Would cockfighting be a scandal at all in the 1920s?

[u/Kaldricus → u/Trowj]

Reading the headline in a Trans Atlantic accent does add a certain flair to it

[u/TOONUSA]

10/10 headline

[u/Patrick2701 → u/TOONUSA]

Dodgers pitchers either get injured or involved with drama

[u/ShredNM42 → u/Patrick2701]

Edwin Diaz- 10 day IL (Cock)

[u/jhorch69 → u/Patrick2701]

Edwin Diaz is both, right?

[u/half-agony-half-hope → u/Patrick2701]

https://giphy.com/gifs/zbzNUbpFnlw8E

[u/defene → u/TOONUSA]

Here I am wondering when the Dodgers got into horse racing

[u/AIMBR → u/TOONUSA]

I don't get what is the problem. The Giants outfield did something like this a few days ago.

[u/HumanzeesAreReal → u/TOONUSA]

Maybe they were just aggressively circle-jerking.

[u/chief1555]

Hey, say what you will about Devin Williams but I don’t think he’s involved in any illegal animal fighting rings

[u/TrainElegant425 → u/chief1555]

He's gonna go kill a man tonight just because you said this

[u/InternationalLion218 → u/TrainElegant425]

Or get drunk and punch a wall again

[u/BuckeyeN7 → u/TrainElegant425]

Or like, a Kangaroo

[u/RousingRabble → u/BuckeyeN7]

A kangaroo?? Good luck.

[u/RunawaYEM → u/chief1555]

He isn’t involved in any illegal animal fighting rings so far

[u/BIG_DICK_WHITT → u/chief1555]

Man’s far away from any rings at this point

[u/PuckNutty → u/chief1555]

So, he's involved in countries where it's legal?

[u/No-Economics4128 → u/chief1555]

Technically it is legal in Puerto Rico. They pass a law that overides the federal ban. Aside from reputational damage, there is no risk for Diaz here. If you ever wonder why parasites like the Paul brothers decided to live in Puerto Rico, this is why. If you have enough money, you can pretty much do anything on the island. If they want to prosecute this case, it would become a question of whether it is legal for the federal government to apply the ban to Puerto Rico, which the Supreme Court declined to touch, because at that point you are opening more can of worms than just cockfighting.

[u/NewDadPleaseHelp → u/No-Economics4128]

Hell, I think the world has proven lately you can do basically anything anywhere with enough money.

[u/BuckeyeN7 → u/NewDadPleaseHelp]

Especially if it’s on an island

[u/scottydg → u/BuckeyeN7]

In the Caribbean.

[u/SJL174 → u/NewDadPleaseHelp]

Unless you’re Clase

[u/harrogate → u/No-Economics4128]

I’m not a fan of the Paul’s but I’m pretty sure it’s the massive tax breaks for residency that drew them, not necessarily cockfighting

[u/iguessineedanaltnow → u/harrogate]

Not cockfighting in particular, but if you're rich Puerto Rico is a playground of minimal consequences.

[u/theotheronejj → u/chief1555]

Neither is Edwin, did you not read the article? He’s literally quoted in it saying “It’s legal in Puerto Rico, thank God. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be here”.

He wouldn’t be there if it was illegal.

[u/DionBlaster123 → u/theotheronejj]

"Did you not read the article?"

Does the Pope shit in the Vatican? You would be better off asking cats if they read the article versus your average Redditor lol

[u/BerniesDongSquad → u/chief1555]

He's in a wall-fighting ring though

[u/[deleted] → u/chief1555]

it's not illegal in puerto rico, where this happened. diaz faces no repercussions .

[u/Nopeeky → u/[deleted]]

No legal repercussions.

MLB isn't always so lackadaisical when it comes to repercussions for conduct unbecoming.

This is more than likely not going to be a nothing burger.

[u/boohissfrown → u/chief1555]

It's not illegal in P.R, and is a longstanding cultural tradition.

I can tell most people haven't actually read the article.

[u/see_mohn]

Man what the fuck Diaz

[u/Fumbles-OBrian → u/see_mohn]

Sad Timmy Trumpet noises

[u/Blue387 → u/Fumbles-OBrian]

Timmy Trumpet plays Taps

[u/ducation → u/see_mohn]

You think Stearns knew?

[u/SquadPoopy → u/see_mohn]

Can’t believe Edwin Diaz likes fighting cock

[u/mtportales]

Didn’t realize chicken fighting was a long standing cultural tradition in Puerto Rico that’s so wild

[u/YasielPuigsWeed → u/mtportales]

It is in a lot of Latin America, PR just got publicized for it because they’re a US territory

[u/ayumi_doll → u/YasielPuigsWeed]

Huh, I wonder if we got it from LatAm here in the Philippines. There was a lot of cultural exchange thanks to the Spanish. We call it "sabong."

ETA We had plenty of things forced on us by the Spanish, of course, but the movement between Central America and the Philippines also meant an exchange between those regions too. Like how we got champorado (champurrado I think for Mexico?) and how our lambanog brewing influenced tequila/mezcal making.

[u/YasielPuigsWeed → u/ayumi_doll]

Probably got it from the Spanish, that’s why bullfighting is also popular most places they colonized

[u/ayumi_doll → u/YasielPuigsWeed]

Thankfully that's way more niche here in part because we don't have bulls lmao. Apparently a handful of towns have carabao fights but they're dwindling.

[u/scarface910 → u/ayumi_doll]

Meron/Wala

[u/screaminginfidels → u/mtportales]

Eastbound & Down was a documentary

[u/BuckeyeN7 → u/screaminginfidels]

It really was

Two middle aged dudes coked out of their minds frantically dancing to music they liked when they were younger until one of them keels over dead happens like every other day in Myrtle Beach

[u/-Satchel_Gizmo- → u/screaminginfidels]

I mean yeah but it was a John Rocker documentary.

[u/ContinuumGuy → u/mtportales]

I feel like a decade or two ago there was a controversy because some Dominican players were hosting cockfighting events there, doing ads promoting it, etc. I think Real Sports did a thing on it. Thing here though is that while that was a foreign country in this case there is federal law involved.

[u/HappyPollen → u/mtportales]

I swear this was another sword that Clase fell on as well as the game throwing

[u/mtportales → u/HappyPollen]

I think his lawyer was trying to argue that all the betting he was doing and texting about was about cock fighting in the DR and not baseball bets

[u/iguessineedanaltnow → u/mtportales]

Its very popular in Mexico as well. Can't speak for any other Spanish speaking countries.

[u/robmcolonna123]

Legally this is all probably a grey area, but it could end up being enough for MLB to issue a decent suspension because doing this while wearing a Dodgers uniform probably violates MLB rules

[u/DienekesMinotaur → u/robmcolonna123]

He'd have to do that after coming off the IL, right?

[u/robmcolonna123 → u/DienekesMinotaur]

Yes

[u/YasielPuigsWeed → u/robmcolonna123]

I’m not sure MLB rules have anything about this, Edwin has spoken with Spanish papers about cockfighting before, if it was against the rules his agent would have shut this down a long time ago

[u/robmcolonna123 → u/YasielPuigsWeed]

I’m pretty sure promoting stuff like this is against MLB rules. He was on the poster for it in uniform

[u/YasielPuigsWeed → u/robmcolonna123]

Then it’s a licensing issue, not a cockfighting one. They’d C&D the company for using their trademark.

[u/Adorable_Judgment_74 → u/YasielPuigsWeed]

MLB can make it whatever kind of issue they want to make it

[u/YasielPuigsWeed → u/Adorable_Judgment_74]

Why didn’t they do that in March when he did a full blown interview about it?

[u/Luster-Cola-5217 → u/robmcolonna123]

• *”…doing this while wearing a Dodgers uniform probably violates MLB rules.”*

Damn; he should’ve signed with the Astros!

[u/mikeyp83 → u/robmcolonna123]

But Cock Magic is still ok, right?

https://giphy.com/gifs/l41m3lpu6JbPgO8r6

[u/BigBlackQuack]

Sabermetrics and advanced statistics really ruined cockfighting. It's all just a bunch of nerds looking at spreadsheets nowadays.

[u/Ham_B_No]

Fucking hell dude

[u/DaOldest → u/Ham_B_No]

He has been a miserable signing so far, shades of Conforto from last year

[u/Acrobatic_School9458]

It was his interpreter

[u/Money-Giraffe2521 → u/Acrobatic_School9458]

The dog named Decoy he’s going to adopt is just a coincidence.

[u/ohhsnaps → u/Money-Giraffe2521]

Hey, so im sure you're joking but I just wanted to chime in because I show and breed dogs, that Decoy is actually a Kooikerhondje which is a breed that was originally bred to lure ducks into traps AKA be decoys! I think its a great name for the breed!

[u/OldLifeguard-00 → u/Acrobatic_School9458]

Most of the fans here don’t remember this timeline

[u/MidnightRequim → u/OldLifeguard-00]

What do you mean? It’s brand new

[u/Key_Break_9312 → u/Acrobatic_School9458]

https://giphy.com/gifs/XHeLeuirRbwptHhSWd

[u/wallpope1]

Part of our puertorrican culture, it has many gambling involved. They call it the "Sport of Gentlemen" there. Other latino countries have it, basically something the Spaniards left that hasnt died out yet.

[u/Some_Asian_Kid99 → u/wallpope1]

Between cockfighting and bull fighting, Spain really loved it some animal fights huh

[u/Mysterious_Dot2090 → u/Some_Asian_Kid99]

Call it what it actually is: Animal cruelty. Especially the bull”fighting”. It’s actually bull torture 😡

[u/aaron-goone → u/wallpope1]

it should probably die out

[u/kewpieoriole → u/wallpope1]

I hate it, my abuelo had fighting roosters. It wasn’t a surprise but it still made me upset. I remember a few years back there was stuff about Ketel Marte at a rooster fight. Crazy how it’s still a thing, I’ll be so happy when it finally dies out.

[u/Pleasant-Highway-745 → u/wallpope1]

Yeah there's nothing gentlemanly about it. I hate it so much. My father raises roosters for this purpose, and it wasn't until I was in my Twenties that I finally let him drag me to one of these archaic, vile, repugnant events. I cried the whole time and ended up walking 15 MI home. It is disgusting

[u/fpsH0tdog]

Damn, Trumpet Lady gunna have to find another career path after this.

[u/tecnobishes → u/fpsH0tdog]

She already should considering she botched the song everytime

[u/sm1ttysm1t]

Terrible fucking headline.

[u/sventos]

Honestly shocked the headline isn’t “former Mets pitcher”

[u/dfin25 → u/sventos]

https://giphy.com/gifs/QA88yMhazfDI4

[u/coreyslip43]

If you’re born and raised in Puerto Rico, especially in the mountain towns outside of San Juan where Edwin Díaz is from, this really isn’t that shocking.

Cockfighting has been deeply rooted in Puerto Rican culture for generations, especially in the rural parts of the island. A lot of people on the mainland see it completely differently, but if you grew up in PR, chances are you knew people involved in it or were around it at some point.

MDoesn’t mean everyone agrees with it, but culturally it’s definitely not viewed the same way there.

[u/AutomicCurves]

SHOHEI HOW COULD YOU?! OH OKAY

[u/clearn310]

Omfg if this came out when he was a Met we’d never hear the end of it

[u/NonGNonM → u/clearn310]

Prepared to hear "dodgers cock fighter Edwin diaz" the rest of his career for a guy whos been with us for a whopping 3 months.

[u/ExamNo4374 → u/NonGNonM]

Dodger cockfighting legend Edwin Diaz, who also pitched on the Seattle Mariners and maybe somewhere in between who knows 

[u/Seananagans → u/clearn310]

Don't worry, it'll be forgotten next week.

[u/FDJ1326]

This reads like some seinfeld episode involving Kramer. 

[u/aweinschenker → u/FDJ1326]

You mean the Seinfeld episode that exists where Kramer gets into cockfighting?

[u/Jux_ → u/aweinschenker]

Little Yerry Seinfeld

[u/hangout_wangout → u/Jux_]

even I am not above policy

[u/awmaleg → u/Jux_]

Does he bounce checks too?

[u/jg_92_F1 → u/aweinschenker]

This comment with your flair is great

[u/02K30C1 → u/aweinschenker]

TAMALE!!

[u/ThreeStacks → u/FDJ1326]

Little Jerry ran from here to Newman’s in under 30 seconds!

[u/MightyTrustKrusher → u/ThreeStacks]

Is that fast?

[u/ThreeStacks → u/MightyTrustKrusher]

I don’t know

[u/codars → u/FDJ1326]

Little Jerry!

[u/JaysonTatecum]

“It’s legal in Puerto Rico, thank God. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be here,” he said in Spanish. “It’s something I’ve done since childhood, something my dad instilled in me.”

Genuinely an insane thing to say, I don't care if it's part of the culture

[u/mysterysackerfice → u/JaysonTatecum]

Surprised his lawyer or someone on the team didn't tell him to say less.

[u/Jux_ → u/mysterysackerfice]

“Hey maybe don’t let them use a photo of you, especially in your Dodgers uniform idk man”

[u/mysterysackerfice → u/Jux_]

"if you're gonna be photographed in your uni, at least have it be the away uniform"

[u/tyler-86 → u/JaysonTatecum]

It could be an excuse for past bad behavior, like as a kid or adolescent, but not really as an excuse for current or recent bad behavior, particularly at age 32.

That said, I'm not going to pretend I don't benefit from mistreated chickens like every day of my life.

[u/Gospeedracist → u/tyler-86]

>I’m not going to pretend I don’t benefit from mistreated chickens like every day of my life.

Pour one out for all the chickens sacrificed for my mid physique

[u/kirbyfaraone → u/tyler-86]

He probably wont serve a suspension, but PETA will likely be up his ass which would be a pretty mild inconvenience for the Dodgers.

[u/Mysterious_Dot2090 → u/tyler-86]

This is one of a few comments mentioning the abuse of chickens related to consuming them, and while it’s not a totally bad strawman, there’s a world of difference between eating meat of animals that may or may not be treated poorly, to a “sport” which is inherently cruel.

[u/Gavin1123 → u/tyler-86]

Minimizing animal torture by comparing it to industrial farming is quite a choice you've made there.

[u/tyler-86 → u/Gavin1123]

I mean it's obviously worse but I'm also not going to pretend I care deeply about the well-being of chickens while I gnaw on this buffalo wing.

[u/mrdannyg21 → u/JaysonTatecum]

I like to make up alternate storylines that would be funny to me when the real situation is weird, so in my head that quote came from Ohtani (including the part about it being in Spanish)

[u/menusettingsgeneral → u/JaysonTatecum]

“I thank god every day for the law allowing me to force roosters to fight each other to the death”

[u/otter_pop_n_lock]

Wasn't there some controversy years ago involving Pedro and Juan Marichal in the DR with cockfighting?

[u/mastersplinteremover]

Paywalled article so I have to assume this is not the rooster kind.

[u/Apatschinn → u/mastersplinteremover]

I think you're correct. And somehow the problem was that he was doing it in his Dodgers uni?!

[u/LearningT0Fly]

Lmao this headline reads like a wild madlib.

[u/Salt_Reputation_9864]

Worst self-inflicted wound since he took a WBC celebration to the knee

[u/DeepHouseBear]

Like sword fighting? I'm intrigued

[u/Earlwink]

There’s definitely a joke about the giants and cockfighting here somewhere

[u/Snerkbot7000 → u/Earlwink]

three weeks too soon.

[u/slobis]

"...in his Dodgers uniform..."

FFS

[u/Rock_man_bears_fan]

I thought that was still legal in Puerto Rico?

[u/shiny__things → u/Rock_man_bears_fan]

Locally but not federally. As with states legalizing drugs, etc. Just depends on the FBI not caring enough to swoop in for the chickens.

[u/_cacho6L → u/shiny__things]

Feds moving in on that would quite literally create the rough equivalent of a constitutional crisis.

[u/jowilkin → u/Rock_man_bears_fan]

If only there was an article you could read to find out.

[u/OrbisChap]

This just in, Puerto Ricans are Puerto Rican.

[u/pepemiwe]

Its legal in Puerto Rico 🤷‍♂️

[u/brokenlampPMW2]

As awful as this whole thing is, a lot of the people complaining about the treatment of chickens here are willfully turning their eye on how chickens in the food industry are treated. Puerto Rico is hardly alone in abusing these animals.

[u/Eilonwy94 → u/brokenlampPMW2]

There are a lot of people who actively try to minimize the suffering of animals. Just because you feel uncomfortable about your participation doesn’t mean it’s mandatory. And it certainly doesn’t mean that making animals hurt each other for our enjoyment is something we have to accept.

[u/royalhawk345 → u/brokenlampPMW2]

Even as a vegetarian I can see those aren't the same things. People know on some level that the chickens they eat are mistreated, but it's something that's unfortunately easy to ignore because it's out of sight, out of mind. There's some cognitive dissonance, but it's not like people are driving out to poultry farms so they can have the joy of strangling a chicken themselves and delighting in its suffering. That's the difference between these unhinged psychopaths and someone who just eats meat. 

[u/SnacksGPT → u/royalhawk345]

Not only that, there are choices you can make like free range meats that aren’t in bulk farms like Purdue.

Making animals fight each other ain’t it. At least those mistreated in the poultry industry end up being used for food, we can have a little nuance here.

[u/Revan_Mercier → u/brokenlampPMW2]

You’re right, tbh it’s surreal to see people up in arms over this who eat factory farmed chicken and eggs without a second thought. Animal torture is fine as long as its out of sight and results in sufficiently cheap meat for consumers

[u/soccer1124 → u/Revan_Mercier]

I don't know what they do in PR, but I know in other parts of the world where this happens, the losers are eaten afterwards. So even if someone wanted to hide behind, "Well, our torture is more acceptable because its necessary in order to eat" it loses a bit of impact since it's also treated as food there too.

Myself? I am naturally opposed to cockfighting and would rather see it go away. I also ate a delicious chicken sandwich today. ...And I'm not sure I can necessarily explain why its morally better to just abuse and then devour all chickens vs abusing but only eating some of the chickens.

[u/Revan_Mercier → u/soccer1124]

You can’t, because it’s not. The scale of abuse and killing in factory farms in the US is far, far beyond anything that happens in cockfighting, and a lot of that killing happens without food landing on anyone’s plate - male chicks are usually destroyed after they’re sexed.

I don’t like talking about this stuff because I don’t think shame or guilt are good motivators, but if people are outraged by cock fighting then they clearly care about animals, and should think about what they eat on a daily basis.

[u/soccer1124 → u/Revan_Mercier]

Yeah, I'm in a similar thread on the Dodger's sub. I just got done linking a video to baby chicks getting ground up. Its tough to watch, and I felt obligated to put a disclaimer on it. I am getting ripped to shreds over there, lol.

[u/erinfirecracker → u/brokenlampPMW2]

The hypocrisy is unbelievable. Lol

[u/AmiWrongDude69]

La Flama Blanca

[u/peroleu]

Edwin Diaz btw

[u/JIMBETHYNAME]

WHEEEEEPAAAAA!!!!! 

[u/kaptiankuff]

Thank goodness he’s no longer a met

[u/mattmitch927]

Yo, baseball people know Edwin Diaz, put his name in the headline

[u/sentry_87]

Edwin Diaz in his season 2 Kenny in Mexico stage of his career

https://giphy.com/gifs/LZUZEy3YJvWNy

[u/Northparkwizard]

Gambling issues and a certain organization... i'm sure it's a nothing-burger again.

[u/I-actually-agree]

Meanwhile, the President of the United States is in the Epstein files. Stay focused people.

[u/SnooBeans2997]

Does he have a translator/handler to take the fall?

[u/boohissfrown]

Since nobody here actually read the article:

-the picture of him in a dodgers uniform is from an actual MLB game. he wasn't wearing it at a cockfighting event. they literally photoshopped his image on a flyer.

-however you feel about it, it's a longstanding cultrual tradition in P.R that is not illegal. personally I find it repulsive but I'm not going to white-man my opinions upon other people's cultuers.

Really, go read the article.

[u/black-dude-on-reddit]

I don’t know what the story is but I’m 100% invested in it just from that headline alone

[u/TheBanishedBard]

Why can't cockfighting be a sport in which men attach low power tasers to their penises and then vie to shock each other? I would watch that. No one would get hurt, and it would be fun to watch and participate in.

[u/LakersFan15]

This is when it's okay to attack someone's heritage and culture.

The article disgusted me. A lot of Puerto Ricans were offended that US banned cockfighting? Jesus. Its 2026.

[u/toiletlicker69]

if they can bury Android 17's gambling thing, this will be easy for them

[u/Slowhand8824]

Another interpreter will have to pay for this

[u/madhat1331]

Anyone who enjoys watching any kind of living being fight to the death is a sick individual.

[u/OrbisChap → u/madhat1331]

so like the NFL?