A crazy bet I made

Alan Palmer · May 27, 2005

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 · May 27, 2005

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 · May 27, 2005

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

:dancefool

jwblue · May 27, 2005

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

IS

Doug · May 27, 2005

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

ClipJoint · May 27, 2005

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 · May 27, 2005

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 · May 27, 2005

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

Doug · May 27, 2005

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

cutacrossshorty · May 27, 2005

Boxslayer32 said:
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 · May 27, 2005

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

Alan Palmer · May 27, 2005

way to go boxslayer!

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

CHOPTALK · May 27, 2005

Boxslayer got 4 right. You the man. :dancefool

LucaBrasi · May 27, 2005

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 · May 28, 2005

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 · May 28, 2005

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

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