[beisbol] well, the double play was nice

[spatch]

Well, if Boston's golden boy Dice-K retired after that lovely first inning and cashed out that contract, he'd have been paid rougly $7.42 million for each ball he gave up.

The odds of him giving up a homer on the first pitch, by the way, were 10,000 to 100, according to the office line-guy.

Comments

[lediva.livejournal.com]

I know not the language of odds... but isn't 10,000 to 100 equivalent to 100 to 1?

[marphod.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes it is.

And I have a hard time believing that 1800ish Baseball games, 18 of them are openned with a homer on their first pitch.

[spatch]

I believe in this case, the odds meant you'd have to put up $100 minimum to get a payoff.

I, too, am a bit confused, but I'm not the bookie here.

[lediva.livejournal.com]

Oh, phew. So you're not the one sending Jimmy the Fish around to my apartment?

[mcsnee.livejournal.com]

I haven't been super-impressed with his control; on the other hand, it's below 40 in KC right now.

[mcsnee.livejournal.com]

I TAKE IT BACK, OKAY.

[spatch]

Yeah.

Dice-10-K. Not bad, not bad.

We were all bracing for a Schilling meltdown after the first, tho. Hoo boy.

[lno.livejournal.com]

DICE-K YOUR HEROICS HAVE LED TO A WINNING WAGER ON BASEBALL STOP

PLEASE DO NOT STOP STOP

STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE STOP

NOW DEAR YANKEES PLEASE WIN SO THE PARLAY HITS STOP

AFTER TODAY PLEASE BURN IN THE FIRES OF HELL YOU FUCKING TEABAGGING YANKEE SONS OF WHORES

(don't stop that)