Cuomo shows ‘skill’ in fantasy propaganda

SO GOV. CUOMO — in finally allowing the likes of young men-targeting, sucker-betting FanDuel and DraftKings license to operate in New York State — parroted that ridiculous canard that they’re “games of skill” — as opposed to games of financial risk, aka sports gambling, and rotten-odds gambling, at that.

So we now can presuppose those young adults who tapped out their credit cards or are piling up credit card debt — among the worst kind — can explain it as having lost their money “participating in games of skill.”

And where would Gov. Cuomo direct those who are in over their heads, many desperate to continue chasing their lost games-of-skill money, for help? Would it be to Games of Skill Anonymous or Gamblers Anonymous?

It can be hard to believe how it used to be:

Last week, I bumped into a “Jack Benny Program” on SiriusXM’s Classic Radio, Ch. 148. The guest was Leo Durocher, manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who had just lost the 1941 World Series to the Yankees.

Benny, in a scripted gag, introduced Durocher to the cast members, including Irish tenor Dennis Day, who made a crack about the Dodgers losing in five. “Hey” Durocher said, “is this Mick trying to start trouble?” The audience laughed.

Geez! I nearly drove off the road.

By the way, that fivegame Series is recalled for the Mickey Owen infamous dropped third strike. Tommy Henrich swung and missed at Hugh Casey’s inside pitch that would have been the last out of Game 4, a 4-3 Dodgers win. Henrich reached first, the Yanks scored four to win, 7-4.

One wonders if Robinson Cano and Yoenis Cespedes would’ve bothered, and whether they would have been defended for not running to first on the grounds that “the game has changed.”