June 22, 201610 yr Author Las Vegas?Yes. And yes, I did bet $20 to win $50,000. Because I am an idiot.
June 22, 201610 yr Yes.And yes, I did bet $20 to win $50,000. Because I am an idiot.I'd actually bet $50,000 to win 20 bucks. Of course by the time you cash your bet you've actually lost money. But hey, comped lunch!
June 22, 201610 yr I'm chartering a flight to Vegas tomorrow so my friends and I can get in on this free money! Go Twins!
June 22, 201610 yr Twins odds of winning the World Series according to Vegas.DiscussShould be higher. Like 1,000,000,000:1
June 22, 201610 yr Twins odds of winning the World Series according to Vegas.Discuss "Next time, give me half the money you were going to bet, I'll take ya outside, kick ya in the balls and we'll call it a day!"
June 22, 201610 yr Should be higher. Like 1,000,000,000:1For that I'd invest my dollar. Not for 2500 - trying to find a way to short that.
June 22, 201610 yr 2500-1? Seems a little optimistic to me! I was going to say that too. I'm surprised that the odds are that good.
June 22, 201610 yr Hey, Leicester City had worse odds!Before the season started they did. Not almost halfway through the season :-)
June 22, 201610 yr If it were 2500:1 on next year, I'd throw $20 at it. Maybe even $50. There is a lot of time for moves to be made to improve this terrible team next year where we may have a glimmer of hope. And we may have a new GM to make it happen. Maybe. We'll see. But for this year? No, no. That $20 would be better off putting it on a hand of blackjack, and just letting it ride for 11 straight wins and walking away with $41K.
June 22, 201610 yr No way, I'd rather put that money on the lottery at this point.....which I realize is irrational, btw.
June 22, 201610 yr FWIW, Fangraphs has us at 0.0% across the board for playoff odds.Except, somehow, in "coin flip mode", we do managed 0.1% in playoff/division/ALDS odds. I guess because no one has ran away with our division yet (although we have pretty much run away in the opposite direction). Looks like we were still at 0.5% playoff odds two weeks ago, and 0.2% a week ago. Now I guess it is 0.049% or less...
June 23, 201610 yr Then WHY isn't there a "magic number thread" somewhere on Twins Daily? Come on! Edited June 23, 201610 yr by Jerr
October 3, 201610 yr It is still at least theoretically possible for the Twins to make the postseason, but only in the event of some cataclysm on the order of 11 plane crashes of other teams' airplanes and a willingness of MLB to continue the postseason after such an unthinkable loss.
October 3, 201610 yr It is still at least theoretically possible for the Twins to make the postseason, but only in the event of some cataclysm on the order of 11 plane crashes of other teams' airplanes and a willingness of MLB to continue the postseason after such an unthinkable loss.You mean I gave up too soon? I hate it when I do that. Go Twins!
October 3, 201610 yr Soooo, is there a team with longer odds???? I hope the Twins are the longest shot!
October 3, 201610 yr Sooooooo close to paying off.Probably best he didn't win. Would've just spent it all on liquor and whores.
October 3, 201610 yr Author Probably best he didn't win. Would've just spent it all on liquor and whores.Just another Tuesday basically.
October 3, 201610 yr Probably best he didn't win. Would've just spent it all on liquor and whores. Oh come on! He'd gamble some of it away too.
Create an account or sign in to comment