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The MLB thread
Rusty Shackleford
Banned
Now that's looking after your fans......
Love this story from ESPN.com - would an SUFC player have done the same thing as Jonny Gomes?
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2008/news/story?id=3643010
Love this story from ESPN.com - would an SUFC player have done the same thing as Jonny Gomes?
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2008/news/story?id=3643010
Jedi Shrimper
formerly Drastic™
Great stuff, we'll have to wait until some kid copies Adam barrett's 'style' I think...
Well done to the Rays & Phillies, both 3-1 up and upsetting the odds :clap:
Rusty Shackleford
Banned
Rusty Shackleford
Banned
Please tell me those Red Sux aren't going to pull another rabbit out of the hat. Last night's comeback was awful (Wheeler totally imploded), surely we can't drop two at the Trop. If it goes to game seven......oh ****.
Irish_Shrimper
Ant from across the Pond
I kept up with it last night until we were 5 nothing down in the fifth, and i then went to bed in a rather depressed mood. Can't believe the chaps turned it around after all that!
Despite the comebacks of recent years, my confidence in Beckett isn't very high for game 6. Hopefully he won't be hit as hard as his last outing.
Despite the comebacks of recent years, my confidence in Beckett isn't very high for game 6. Hopefully he won't be hit as hard as his last outing.
Irish_Shrimper
Ant from across the Pond
It shall go 7 games as we predicted chaps. What a series.
Jedi Shrimper
formerly Drastic™
So the Rays won last night to go through to the World Series :clap:
Have to say I'm torn as to who I'd like to see win it, I always like to see the underdogs triumph and the Rays have certainly upset the odds this year. On the other hand the Phiilies have got there without alot of coverage surrounding them, plus if the Phillies won then i can say I saw the World Series winners play this season.
In other news I found my nemesis this weekend.....a White Sux fan in Rayleigh :nope:
Have to say I'm torn as to who I'd like to see win it, I always like to see the underdogs triumph and the Rays have certainly upset the odds this year. On the other hand the Phiilies have got there without alot of coverage surrounding them, plus if the Phillies won then i can say I saw the World Series winners play this season.
In other news I found my nemesis this weekend.....a White Sux fan in Rayleigh :nope:
Rusty Shackleford
Banned
How sweet it is.........
And yes, I deleted an earlier post saying I thought we would lose Game 7.
And yes, I deleted an earlier post saying I thought we would lose Game 7.
dashman
Dash De Shrimper
dashman
Dash De Shrimper
Well I've now watched the game, what a night at the Trop & the crowd delivered too. Loved to have been there. Flights now to Miami, Orlando & Tampa (game 6 if needed) all a grand a pop & I have no money anyway lol!
Really hope the World Series is a good show, obviously want the Rays but at least it will be pleasant change & a newish face! Good luck Maddon & the team.
Worst to World Series
GO RAYS!!!!
Really hope the World Series is a good show, obviously want the Rays but at least it will be pleasant change & a newish face! Good luck Maddon & the team.
Worst to World Series
GO RAYS!!!!
Rusty Shackleford
Banned
Las Vegas Bookies Fear Rays Win
From ESPN.com:
LAS VEGAS -- Las Vegas sports books favor the Tampa Bay Rays to win the World Series over the Philadelphia Phillies and would owe huge payouts if the American League champions prevail.
Oddsmakers said enough bettors took the Rays early in the year at long-shot prices to force books to adjust lines to encourage bets on the Phillies.
Sean Van Patten at Las Vegas Sports Consultants said the Rays are favored at minus-$1.35, meaning a gambler would need to bet $1.35 to be paid $1 if Tampa Bay wins.
Van Patten put the Phillies at plus-$1.15, meaning a $1 bet would earn $1.15 if Philadelphia wins.
"What we're also trying to protect here is even more Tampa Bay money coming in," Van Patten said. "What we're trying to do is maybe get a little buyback on the Phillies."
Las Vegas Hilton race and sports book director Jay Kornegay said the Rays were a 200-1 shot for the title before the start of the season.
"It's a significant number for a futures book, but it's nothing that's going to shut down the book or anything," Kornegay told The Associated Press. "It might dim the lights."
Kornegay would not specify how much the Hilton sports book stood to lose if the Phillies win but said other sports books offered even longer odds on the Rays winning a championship.
The Rays were slightly pricier at the Hilton at minus-$1.40, with the Phillies at plus-$1.20, Kornegay said.
The situation sports books are facing with the Rays is similar to 1991, when sports books lost millions of dollars on futures bets because of the Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins, Kornegay said. Both teams rebounded from last-place showings the year before to reach the World Series. Minnesota won the Series in seven games.
"We have learned our lesson that we don't open these teams at 500-1 until the season starts and we realize what they have and what kind of team they have," Kornegay said. "This year, I'm going to guess it's probably in the millions range if you accumulate all the liability across the state."
The Rays were heavy underdogs in the American League East mainly because of high expectations for the Boston Red Sox, who swept the Colorado Rockies in the 2007 World Series, and the New York Yankees.
From ESPN.com:
LAS VEGAS -- Las Vegas sports books favor the Tampa Bay Rays to win the World Series over the Philadelphia Phillies and would owe huge payouts if the American League champions prevail.
Oddsmakers said enough bettors took the Rays early in the year at long-shot prices to force books to adjust lines to encourage bets on the Phillies.
Sean Van Patten at Las Vegas Sports Consultants said the Rays are favored at minus-$1.35, meaning a gambler would need to bet $1.35 to be paid $1 if Tampa Bay wins.
Van Patten put the Phillies at plus-$1.15, meaning a $1 bet would earn $1.15 if Philadelphia wins.
"What we're also trying to protect here is even more Tampa Bay money coming in," Van Patten said. "What we're trying to do is maybe get a little buyback on the Phillies."
Las Vegas Hilton race and sports book director Jay Kornegay said the Rays were a 200-1 shot for the title before the start of the season.
"It's a significant number for a futures book, but it's nothing that's going to shut down the book or anything," Kornegay told The Associated Press. "It might dim the lights."
Kornegay would not specify how much the Hilton sports book stood to lose if the Phillies win but said other sports books offered even longer odds on the Rays winning a championship.
The Rays were slightly pricier at the Hilton at minus-$1.40, with the Phillies at plus-$1.20, Kornegay said.
The situation sports books are facing with the Rays is similar to 1991, when sports books lost millions of dollars on futures bets because of the Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins, Kornegay said. Both teams rebounded from last-place showings the year before to reach the World Series. Minnesota won the Series in seven games.
"We have learned our lesson that we don't open these teams at 500-1 until the season starts and we realize what they have and what kind of team they have," Kornegay said. "This year, I'm going to guess it's probably in the millions range if you accumulate all the liability across the state."
The Rays were heavy underdogs in the American League East mainly because of high expectations for the Boston Red Sox, who swept the Colorado Rockies in the 2007 World Series, and the New York Yankees.
undercovershrimper
Director
world series game one tonight wonder if gouldie and josh are gonna dig out the tuxes?
Rusty Shackleford
Banned
Tough loss last night for the Rays but Hamels was always going to be a tough nut to crack. Kaz hung with him and that's encouraging. I'm not going to write off these Rays ever again - twice against Boston I thought they were done and they came back. Other than Hamels, the Rays' starters are a superior group, and I like Shields, Garza and Sonny to take the next three.
Rusty Shackleford
Banned
Rusty Shackleford
Banned
One each - Garza vs Moyer in Game 3. I take the ALCS MVP over the old geezer.
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