Every now and then I put $2 on 10 baseball games (last year did it ~20 times), with the idea of if lightning should strike, I go on a vacation or get a big treat. I've never come close to getting them all, but today was cloooooooooooooose:
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Internet Combo Bet Date Time Stake Refund Win Acc. Odds Status
Mar 29,2005 12:56 2.00 0.00 0.00 686.38 Processed
Line Competition Match Match Date Forecast Odds Correct? Result
1 MLB Spring Training St Louis Cardinals v Florida Marlins Mar 29, 2005 13:00 St Louis Cardinals To Win 1.952 Yes 10 - 5
2 MLB Spring Training Cleveland Indians v Houston Astros Mar 29, 2005 13:00 Houston Astros To Win 1.833 Yes 6 - 7
3 MLB Spring Training Toronto Blue Jays v Pittsburgh Pirates Mar 29, 2005 13:00 Toronto Blue Jays To Win 1.909 Yes 11 - 5
4 MLB Spring Training Boston Red Sox v New York Yankees Mar 29, 2005 13:15 Boston Red Sox To Win 2.18 Yes 7 - 2
5 MLB Spring Training Los Angeles Angels v Kansas City Royals Mar 29, 2005 15:00 Kansas City Royals To Win 2 Yes 9 - 10
6 MLB Spring Training Chicago Cubs v Milwaukee Brewers Mar 29, 2005 15:00 Chicago Cubs To Win 1.952 Yes 13 - 6
7 MLB Spring Training Chicago White Sox v Colorado Rockies Mar 29, 2005 15:00 Chicago White Sox To Win 2.03 No 3 - 4
8 MLB Spring Training Seattle Mariners v Oakland Athletics Mar 29, 2005 15:00 Oakland Athletics To Win 1.813 Yes 5 - 10
9 MLB Spring Training Texas Rangers v San Diego Padres Mar 29, 2005 15:00 San Diego Padres To Win 1.781 Yes 12 - 13
10 MLB Spring Training Arizona Diamondbacks v San Francisco Giants Mar 29, 2005 15:00 San Francisco Giants To Win 1.8 Yes 5 - 9
Basically, fuck the White Sox. 1 run short of $2 into $1,372
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Thread: So...close...
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03-29-2005, 07:15 PM #1
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So...close...
...And the greatest ice must crumble when it's flower's time to grow.
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03-30-2005, 09:30 AM #2
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you bet on spring training games?
...........where can i do this?
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03-30-2005, 09:31 AM #3
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...And the greatest ice must crumble when it's flower's time to grow.
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03-30-2005, 09:32 AM #4
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300 .....
...And the greatest ice must crumble when it's flower's time to grow.
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03-30-2005, 09:40 AM #5
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Ouch. That's pretty harsh. I used to do similar such things on hockey games back in the day. You could pick up to six games and I once went with 5 underdogs and one sure-thing. All the underdogs came through and the sure-thing got trounced.
SaAaH (and $80 was my biggest winning (which probably puts me at about negative $200 for my betting career)),
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