A crazy bet I made

[Alan Palmer]

My buddy let me pick 7 players tonight and bet me $1000-$500 that 3 of them would not hit homeruns I bit my 7 players are...


jason bay
adam dunn
albert pujols
milton bradley
manny ramirez
justin morneau
alfonso soriano

 

[ClipJoint]

I am not math wiz, but I think you got screwed on these odds. That is extremely tough to do. Picking 7 guys and 3 of them have to homer tonight? Yikes.

I think I am going to try and get a few buddies to take this bet too. That seems pretty tough.

Good luck with your picks.

 

[Boxslayer]

That's a great idea for a sportsbook prop. If you could drag 7 players like ESPN does those sportsnation team rankings, and you could drag any 7 players and 3 of them have to hit homeruns? It's definitely a sucker bet I would enjoy doing.


I say:

Cliff Floyd
Miguel Tejeda
Alfonso Soriano
Albert Pujols
Paul Konerko
Mark Teixeira
Jim Edmonds

 

[jwblue]

Even though they covered, I thought you were going to say you bet on the Cubs ML today.

IS

 

[Doug]

If one guy hits 2 or more does it count as 2 or 3 or just one ?

 

[ClipJoint]

As I understand it (and am currently trying to get my friends to buy into...lol), 3 different players have to homer regardless of how many they hit. 3 of the 7 players have to individually homer.

 

[Doug]

So if taking the bet and 3 of your 7 hit, you collect 1,000 for 500 risk ? I'd rather book it then pick it.

 

[CHOPTALK]

You would need 10 to 1 odds to justify that bet.

 

[Doug]

10:1 may be high but 2:1 is way low !

 

[cutacrossshorty]

That's a great idea for a sportsbook prop. If you could drag 7 players like ESPN does those sportsnation team rankings, and you could drag any 7 players and 3 of them have to hit homeruns? It's definitely a sucker bet I would enjoy doing.


I say:

Cliff Floyd
Miguel Tejeda
Alfonso Soriano
Albert Pujols
Paul Konerko
Mark Teixeira
Jim Edmonds

That' a winner!!!!!!!! (Soriano, Edmonds, Texiera)

 

[CHOPTALK]

Congratulations AP!!! Thats 2 stupid bets in a row that you won.:lolBIG:

 

[Alan Palmer]

way to go boxslayer!


soriano and dunn have came in for me I need one more, dammit I almost picked dmitri young!

 

[CHOPTALK]

Boxslayer got 4 right. You the man.

 

[LucaBrasi]

My local used to have the "pick any 3 guys, have to have 6 hits total" bet.


That was always a great way to give back all the hard-won hoops profits from the previous spring..........

 

[Alan Palmer]

dammit milton bradley just flew out at the wall would have won me the wager!

we decided to call it a push since we did not clarify what happens if a player hits more than one homer as soriano hit 2 so no action here, I agree the odds were a little more than 2-1 but boxslayer got 4 right and had 5 total homers while I got 2 right and had 3 total homers. I dont think this is as hard as some assume I may make the bet again tomorrow for kicks.

 

[Boxslayer]

Actually got 5 if you count Alfonso multi-homer day. But hey, whos counting? LOL.