Bet on World Series Winner
 

I am taking bets on the winner of this years World Series of Baseball.

...And I am offering a prize to the earliest correctly posted guess...

A Luger!!! :thumbup:

Yes, that's right! A byf Luger, delivered post-paid, direct to your door! :D

Post entries here, to this thread.

Only one entry per member. No point spread, no Florida pawn shop entries. No entry fee.

Possibly other rules, but none come to mind. ;)

OK; series runners-up not necessary.

Luger has not been buffed or reblued, still in natural blue finish as it left the factory. No tool, holster, or any accessories. 'byf' and '53' on toggle; no chamber marking. Edit: Finish has a 'matte' look, not shiny.

Entries end after first round of playoffs.

Edit: Rule revision - Please specify the 4th, 5th, 6th, or 7th game as winning game with team of your choice. Please do not duplicate a prior choice.

If you haven't specified a game, please go to your post and update it.

I can see now why these give-aways aren't popular).. :(

Gotta clear out my collection before fascist governor confiscates it! And I'd rather give it away than have it taken! :D

I’ve got Dodgers over Twins in 6.

hate to say this Yankees just to deep ok in 5

Who's playing? ;)

Yankees in 6. Bill

Kate Smith over the Yankees in seven.

I'll take the Astros in 6.

At least nobody picked the Braves.

How is this a bet? Say I pick the Braves to win and they do, You lose a pistol but I don't risk or lose anything? I think you should do this more often Rich!

Well, you could be like me where both teams I projected in the series were out by the end of the ALDS or NLDS...I was feeling decent about LA when they started out up 3-0 last night. Woke up to the SC highlights of the Grand Slam.

Cardinals over Yankees in seven games. :thumbup:

League Championship Series is now set:

Yankees vs Astros

Cardinals vs Nationals


Invalid entries:

HerrKaiser Dodgers over Twins in 6 (Both teams out)

George Anderson Kate Smith over the Yankees in seven (Kate Smith
banned by Yankees and Flyers)

Finalists:

kkiley Yankees just to deep OK in 5

wlyon Yankees in 6

Pistol I'll take the Astros in 6

WG dog Cardinals over Yankees in seven games

Betting is completed; thread is locked. Thank You! :thumbup:

I always feel sad this time of year, partly because it's the end of baseball season. Where I live, only the Yankees and Mets are telecast with any regularity. Despite the fact that both Cleveland and Toronto are closer, those two teams are the only ones broadcast with home town announcers.

Back in the 80's, when cable first came into vogue, Ted Turner owned the Braves and TBS and TBS broadcast their games. They had a really great announcing crew, Skip Carey, Pete Van Wieren, Don Sutton, and Joe Carpenter (I think it was Joe). Two (a play-by-play and a color commentator) of them would broadcast on radio and the other two on TV. What made it outstanding was that at the 4 1/2th inning, they would swap places. So over a 9 inning game we got the stories, stats, comments, anecdotes, and opinions of all four without them talking all over each other. The Yankees have one regular play-by-play guy and they have 'guest' color commentators but none all season. The Mets have three regulars but not all season; sometimes they have only two. Cost cutting, I think. Both NY teams own TV rights and they have their own stations. We get a lot of NY baseball but not other teams.

Some time ago, Major League Baseball began telecasting out-of-region games on their own station, MLBTV. But they don't carry the local teams announcers, the ones who actually know the team and usually have a local retired player as color commentator. Instead they have P-B-P and color guys seemingly picked at random. They have no depth of knowledge of teams in their given area. And MLB doesn't follow any particular team, they broadcast teams randomly. We can't follow our favorite out-of-region teams.

I'm not regionalistic. I'm not even nationalistic. I like teams outside my region. Yankees and Mets are not my favorites, and some years I follow different teams.

But despite not being a Yankees/Astros/Nationals/Cardinals fan, I would rather watch the home team announcers for those teams than the playoff announcers that are chosen by the networks to call the playoff games. Those clowns know nothing about the teams playing. They read stats from the baseball almanac, repeat news reports (i.e. rumors), and offer useless opinions on players/teams they don't even follow. Mistakes are common.

MLB should change this policy of network nepotism. It just makes the playoffs and World Series that much less enjoyable.

And don't get me started about airheaded broads thrown in for player sound bites... :grr:

/rant

Astros in 4

Too late. Betting closed after 1st round.

So, since no one selected the Nationals does that make me the winner, or do the Astros have to actually follow through and defeat the Nationals?

Where does it quote that rule?

When he edited his post and "locked it" on 10-10-19. See bottom of the original post.

Yes it says " pick the winner " you are the only one who can but you can also lose good luck .

We All Lost
 

Well, regardless of who wins the Series tonight, no one has won this giveaway. Pistol came closest, but his Astros didn't win in 6. :(

A lot of issues came up with this seemingly simple contest. As with eBay, members in the east were aware of the contest before those in the west. Those with fast internet connections also received notifications quicker. Originally I envisioned a simple overall winner, but when it appeared too many were claiming the same team, I had to revise to include number of games it took to win. In hindsight, I probably should have started the contest before any of the playoff games.

There was no entry fee/bid, and I made no profit. There was no outright winner. I suppose we all lost. :crying:

My thought now is to offer this byf Luger (whose pictures I had posted some time ago) in a future contest. I'm not sure if the same or similar format can be adapted to other sports, like hockey, futbol, or even football. Motor racing is out, as except for world sports cars, all other racing is a popularity contest.

Baseball and tennis are the only sports I follow even casually. If interested, we might have to wait until next October for the next world series. ;)

Anyone have any ideas???

The next closest major sports tournament is the College Football Playoff, followed closely by the NFL playoffs.

Of course, a March Madness Bracket may be the best and most fun way of doing a re-run.

Richard
Nice of you to do this. Bill

I never imagined the Nationals would get this far. Back in August I thought it would be the Dodgers vs the Yankees. I wanted the Angels to make it to the playoffs, but after the Astros beat the Yankees I was sure Houston had it wrapped up.

There is no particular player on the Nationals I like except Asdrubel Cabrera. I liked the way he played for the Mets.

Well, it was an entertaining season. :thumbup:

I hope I'm here for the 2020 World Series. Go Marlins!!! :D

Thank you for the contest! Fun and entertainment. :cheers:

Picking Cards over Yankees in seven games. So close! :thumbup:

Yes Thank you Richard this was a fun contest thanks again Kevin