Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

MLB 2017: Playoffs, World Series, and Off-season.

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Originally posted by joecct View Post
    Nazi alert- check meaning of eluded.
    Good catch joecct. Serves me right for not double checking my post. Obviously, I meant alluded. Let us pray such a grammar disaster never happens again.
    North Dakota
    National Champions: 1959, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2016

    Comment


    • Re: MLB 2017: Playoffs, World Series, and Off-season.

      Originally posted by joecct View Post
      Nazi alert
      Cornell University
      National Champion 1967, 1970
      ECAC Champion 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010
      Ivy League Champion 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020

      Comment


      • Re: MLB 2017: Playoffs, World Series, and Off-season.

        Nevada sportsbooks lost $11.4 million on baseball in November -- the largest baseball loss in a month for the state's regulated books, according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
        a legend and an out of work bum look a lot alike, daddy.

        Comment


        • Re: MLB 2017: Playoffs, World Series, and Off-season.

          Originally posted by mookie1995 View Post
          Nevada sportsbooks lost $11.4 million on baseball in November -- the largest baseball loss in a month for the state's regulated books, according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
          There was one MLB game in November. Did all the LA people drive over to Vegas and bet against Yu Darvish?
          That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.

          Comment


          • Re: MLB 2017: Playoffs, World Series, and Off-season.

            Originally posted by SJHovey View Post
            There was one MLB game in November. Did all the LA people drive over to Vegas and bet against Yu Darvish?
            Lots of action on the Caribbean playoffs.

            Maybe there was a lot of money on the 'Stros at long odds? When a long term bet pays out (say a bet placed in March on the World Series champ) does it register at the point it was placed or the point it was paid?

            If it's at the point of pay out then all the other team bets closed in October as those teams were eliminated, pumping up the House, except the Dodgers, leaving the one November payout to show an artificial "loss."

            Holy crap -- I think I figured it out!
            Last edited by Kepler; 12-29-2017, 08:19 AM.
            Cornell University
            National Champion 1967, 1970
            ECAC Champion 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010
            Ivy League Champion 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020

            Comment


            • Re: MLB 2017: Playoffs, World Series, and Off-season.

              Originally posted by Kepler View Post
              Lots of action on the Caribbean playoffs.

              Maybe there was a lot of money on the 'Stros at long odds? When a long term bet pays out (say a bet placed in March on the World Series champ) does it register at the point it was placed or the point it was paid?

              If it's at the point of pay out then all the other team bets closed in October as those teams were eliminated, pumping up the House, except the Dodgers, leaving the one November payout to show an artificial "loss."

              Holy crap -- I think I figured it out!
              It's certainly possible that's the reason. Probably can be the only explanation, although it's a little strange. Houston was about 15/1 to win the WS at the beginning of the year. I think Kansas City was 30/1 when they won it a couple of years ago, and the last game of that series was in November. San Francisco was 20/1 in 2010 and finished in November. As I recall, SF was quite a bit back at mid-season that year as well.

              It undoubtedly has to do with the payoff of futures bets in November instead of October, but is probably due more to bets made in October than season long futures bets. The Cubs and Dodgers were pretty heavy favorites when we got down to the conference championship games in October.
              That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.

              Comment


              • Re: MLB 2017: Playoffs, World Series, and Off-season.

                As one who rooted hard for the Red Sox' comeback over the Yankees knowing even then the price of victory would be the unrelenting, keening, mewling whine from the most irritating fanbase from the worst city with the most pathetic population in North America, it gives me perfect serenity to know that the symbol, the memory, and the legacy of that team will be, forever, this man.
                Cornell University
                National Champion 1967, 1970
                ECAC Champion 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010
                Ivy League Champion 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020

                Comment


                • Re: MLB 2017: Playoffs, World Series, and Off-season.

                  The Mistake by the Lake met a watery end.

                  http://www.rockthelake.com/buzz/2018...ter-lake-erie/
                  CCT '77 & '78
                  4 kids
                  5 grandsons (BCA 7/09, CJA 5/14, JDL 8/14, JFL 6/16, PJL 7/18)
                  1 granddaughter (EML 4/18)

                  ”Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.”
                  - Benjamin Franklin

                  Banned from the St. Lawrence University Facebook page - March 2016 (But I got better).

                  I want to live forever. So far, so good.

                  Comment


                  • Re: MLB 2017: Playoffs, World Series, and Off-season.

                    Originally posted by Fighting Sioux 23 View Post
                    As I alluded to the "Greatest Franchises" thread, I have applied my formula that I used for ranking college hockey programs and NFL franchises to baseball. Similar to the football unveil, I thought people may be interested in having a "Top 10 Contest." Given the holidays, I'll give everyone until January 5, 2018 to make their predictions, and then I'll start unveiling the teams with the hope of finishing the list before Spring Training.
                    Well, considering no one seems to care too much with doing a Top 10 contest at the moment, I'll wait until we get closer to Spring Training to start unveiling the teams.
                    North Dakota
                    National Champions: 1959, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2016

                    Comment


                    • Re: MLB 2017: Playoffs, World Series, and Off-season.

                      Looks like Gerrit Cole to the Astros.
                      FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY: 2012 FROZEN FOUR


                      God, that was fun...

                      Comment


                      • Originally posted by Hammer View Post
                        Looks like Gerrit Cole to the Astros.
                        Ends up being fake news. I guess the journalists reporting this stuff are just wishing anything at all would happen.
                        PSNetwork / XBOX GamerTag: xJeris
                        Steam Profile

                        Sports Allegiance
                        NFL: CHI; MLB: MN, NYM; NHL: MN, MTL; NCAAB: MN, UNLV; NCAAF: MN, MIA; NCAAH: MN; Soccer: USA, Blackburn

                        Comment


                        • Re: MLB 2017: Playoffs, World Series, and Off-season.

                          Twins sign Addison Reed to 2yr/17m. Still just via source, not announced.
                          PSNetwork / XBOX GamerTag: xJeris
                          Steam Profile

                          Sports Allegiance
                          NFL: CHI; MLB: MN, NYM; NHL: MN, MTL; NCAAB: MN, UNLV; NCAAF: MN, MIA; NCAAH: MN; Soccer: USA, Blackburn

                          Comment


                          • Re: MLB 2017: Playoffs, World Series, and Off-season.

                            The following applies to which pitching staff?

                            Fans love home runs and we've assembled a pitching staff to please our fans."
                            CCT '77 & '78
                            4 kids
                            5 grandsons (BCA 7/09, CJA 5/14, JDL 8/14, JFL 6/16, PJL 7/18)
                            1 granddaughter (EML 4/18)

                            ”Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.”
                            - Benjamin Franklin

                            Banned from the St. Lawrence University Facebook page - March 2016 (But I got better).

                            I want to live forever. So far, so good.

                            Comment


                            • Originally posted by joecct View Post
                              The following applies to which pitching staff?
                              Tigers?
                              Facebook: bcowles920 Instagram: missthundercat01
                              "One word frees us from the weight and pain of this life. That word is love."- Socrates
                              Patreon for exclusive writing content
                              Adventures With Amber Marie

                              Comment


                              • Originally posted by ShirtlessBob View Post
                                Tigers?
                                That's one. But I think there are a few more.
                                CCT '77 & '78
                                4 kids
                                5 grandsons (BCA 7/09, CJA 5/14, JDL 8/14, JFL 6/16, PJL 7/18)
                                1 granddaughter (EML 4/18)

                                ”Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.”
                                - Benjamin Franklin

                                Banned from the St. Lawrence University Facebook page - March 2016 (But I got better).

                                I want to live forever. So far, so good.

                                Comment

                                Working...
                                X