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View Poll Results: Who will win the World Series?

+600 Houston Astros

2 9.09%

+750 Atlanta Braves

3 13.64%

+750 Los Angeles Dodgers

0 0%

+850 New York Yankees

2 9.09%

+900 New York Mets

3 13.64%

+1000 San Diego Padres

2 9.09%

+1200 Toronto Blue Jays

2 9.09%

+1500 Philadelphia Phillies

0 0%

+2000 Seattle Mariners

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10-13-2023 , 11:14 AM

#1401

CowboyCold

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Originally Posted by wetleg

Bet. I’m not betting a sweep now. Straight up. Tell you what since the Phillies will be the favorite in the series I’ll take the Phillies -1.5 games. They have to win in 6 or less. If you want to put up $50 against my $20 I’ll take the Phillies -2.5 games. D-Backs just have to win 2 games in that scenario.

I'll take the bolded above for a $20 sweat. Only have PayPal If that's a deal breaker.

Otherwise...

Spoiler:

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10-13-2023 , 11:43 AM

#1402

CowboyCold

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Fun Fact: In the past 7 years the Astros are 79-39 against the Rangers. In the 7 years before that the Rangers are 67-27 against the Astros. So in the last 14 years these teams are 106-106 against each other.

Their records over those spans are pretty evident. But these 2 teams are pretty evenly matched. Should be a great series.

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10-13-2023 , 12:10 PM

#1403

All-inMcLovin

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Astros are going to win it all and a certain Asterisks fan is going to be even more insufferable than usual.

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10-13-2023 , 12:42 PM

#1404

wetleg

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Originally Posted by CowboyCold

I'll take the bolded above for a $20 sweat. Only have PayPal If that's a deal breaker.

Otherwise...

Spoiler:

Yep I have PayPal. Bet is on.

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10-13-2023 , 12:51 PM

#1405

madlex

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Originally Posted by CowboyCold

I'll take the bolded above for a $20 sweat. Only have PayPal If that's a deal breaker.

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Originally Posted by wetleg

Yep I have PayPal. Bet is on.

The Venmo generation would give you an "OK boomer" look. But I guess they do that for everyone following baseball anyway?

Odds for Arizona to win the NL were still above +4000 in late August.

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10-13-2023 , 01:22 PM

#1406

borg23

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Originally Posted by All-inMcLovin

Astros are going to win it all and a certain Asterisks fan is going to be even more insufferable than usual.

I'm not sure which is worse. Astros fans 90 percent of whom don't even know who Lance Berkman is or the people who cry non stop about their cheating in 2017.

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10-13-2023 , 01:23 PM

#1407

borg23

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Originally Posted by madlex

The Venmo generation would give you an "OK boomer" look. But I guess they do that for everyone following baseball anyway?

Odds for Arizona to win the NL were still above +4000 in late August.

So way less than the bucks to win the east when the NBA playoffs started.

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10-13-2023 , 02:38 PM

#1408

wetleg

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Originally Posted by madlex

The Venmo generation would give you an "OK boomer" look. But I guess they do that for everyone following baseball anyway?

Oh I use Venmo and Zelle always. I still have PayPal because of eBay years ago. Haven’t used it since 2015 I think.

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10-13-2023 , 02:48 PM

#1409

wetleg

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Phillies +120 -1.5 games on Bovada. It’s gonna take some serious restraint for me not to unload my whole account on that.

Does anyone other than CowboyCold really think the D-Backs have a chance?

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10-13-2023 , 04:01 PM

#1410

All-inMcLovin

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I got Phillies in a sweep.

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10-13-2023 , 04:51 PM

#1411

txdome

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This Astros team isn't nearly as good as the streak of ALCS teams and the Phils and Rangers are hot so I'm not expecting a title.

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10-14-2023 , 02:50 AM

#1412

All-inMcLovin

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Originally Posted by txdome

This Astros team isn't nearly as good as the streak of ALCS teams and the Phils and Rangers are hot so I'm not expecting a title.

All the more sweeter when they do win! They’ve got the experience to go all the way!

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10-14-2023 , 03:58 PM

#1413

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Wow. On the list of 25 GOAT switch-hitters, one last name appears twice. Who dey?

Answer: George and Charles (better known as Chili) Davis. George was a pre-1900 type.

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10-14-2023 , 04:12 PM

#1414

All-inMcLovin

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Is it better to be the Mets/Yankees and not even enter the playoffs or be the Braves, the betting favorite, and get their asses handed to them by the Phillies quite embarrasingly?

Asking for a friend.

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10-14-2023 , 09:21 PM

#1415

TJ Eckleburg12

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It’s clearly better to be the Braves, not close.

Everybody’s under contract for the rest of the decade.

Crazy things can happen in 4-game sample sizes. I’m fine with running it back.

Throwing a billion dollars at Ohtani, even if he were totally healthy, wouldn’t fix either New York team.

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10-14-2023 , 11:03 PM

#1416

All-inMcLovin

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I was talking about just this year. But nice goalpost shift to make your team’s collapse more palatable.

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10-15-2023 , 03:35 AM

#1417

702guy

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Originally Posted by All-inMcLovin

Is it better to be the Mets/Yankees

let's ask a NY Sports expert:

Answer:

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10-15-2023 , 11:54 AM

#1418

txdome

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Originally Posted by TJ Eckleburg12

I agree and I'm going to waste some money on them and the Jays next season again. Beisbol back on tonight. I have no idea what is going to happen. Same story either Verlander is a boss or he is off. Don't give a **** how Montgomery performs.

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10-15-2023 , 12:23 PM

#1419

borg23

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Originally Posted by All-inMcLovin

Way better to be the Braves. Not even close.

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10-15-2023 , 12:58 PM

#1420

txdome

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Originally Posted by All-inMcLovin

Um, having the biggest contracts in the game and not even making the playoffs is obviously more embarrassing. Having young stars on relatively cheap contracts for the next several years is not embarrassing.

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10-15-2023 , 10:05 PM

#1421

702guy

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so the best pitcher left in the playoffs pitched for the crads earlier this season eh?

figures

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10-15-2023 , 10:50 PM

#1422

702guy

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lol base running

not your typical double play

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10-15-2023 , 11:11 PM

#1423

iwasbanned

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Astros batters aren't the same since they removed the trash cans.

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10-16-2023 , 01:13 AM

#1424

Schlitz mmmm

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Originally Posted by CowboyCold

Dusty and Bochy have managed against one another over 200 times. This Bochy's first year with Tejas? He knows how to manage obvs, and the Rangers are winners.

The 2 cats in their lineup, 5th and 9th. Not names I hardly recall. They scored the 2 runs