The Yankees win about 1 in every 5 World Series. While this is not a majority, it is the best you are going to get in professional sports.
In case anyone is a gambler, www.pinnaclesports.com has the following wager available: Will St. Louis win the 2006 NL Central ? Yes -273 No +253 If you do the math, it basically means their oddsmakers believe St. Louis will lose the division about 28% of the time. So if you think the Astros are better than 30% to pull this thing off, you've got yourself one solid bet.
and also thank god we are going against chacon! how is this guy still in the majors? he is terrible. 22 hrs in 103.2 ip, 62 BBs to 57 Ks, 6.25 ERA, and 1.74 WHIP.
When I was just in Vegas over the weekend I almost put $10 on the Stros to win the WS at 500-1, but I thought at the last minute "Why throw away $10" That sure would've been a nice bet.
Head to head is part of the equation. Assume a 3 way tie between the Astros, Cards and Reds. Assume The Cards have a better head to head against both the Astros and Reds and the Reds have a better head to head against the Astros. The Cardinals get to pick whether or not to be team "A", "B" or "C". The Reds get to choose next. Teams A and B play at team A's home field. The winner plays team C at the winner's home field. Things become a bit more convoluted if the teams are tied in head to head or if (for example) Astros > Cards, Cards > Reds and Reds > Astros.
Why assume? Cards lost the season series to both the Stros (9-7) & Reds (9-6). Stros lost the season series to the Reds (10-5). Reds get bye, Stros vs. Cards game 1 @ MMP, winner vs. Reds game 2 @ CIN.
I assumed because I was too lazy to look it up. If the Reds choose to be team C (only play 1 game) they would play it at the home field of the team A vs. team B winner. I would guess that 9 times out of 10, a team would choose to be team C so they only have to play the one game.
You're right about the location. And about only wanting to play one game...I can't see any situation where a team would choose to play 2.
BB & BT, according to jim deshais yesterday, he stated the reds were team a, stros were b, and cards were c, therefore reds had the option to play two games at home vs. b and then the winner or reds can play one game vs winner of b & c and it has to be on the road. this is according to jd yesterday of course
Man, I wish today's game was the day game. I'm going to be thinking about this game tomorow (day game) when I'm in class. Go Stros!
Sweet, I got through on the chat with Jim Callis. Here's what I asked and what he said. Peter (College Station, Tx): The Astros seemed to be all but dead a week ago. But as they started showing signs of life, no one said they had a chance what so ever to make the playoffs. Joe Morgan on ESPN baseball, sunday night repeated over and over that there was no way the Astros would make the playoffs. What do you think are their chances now? The Cards are definetly reeling, and the Astros are looking like the team that went on that historic run last season. Could they be pulling off another miracle finish? SportsNation Jim Callis: (2:10 PM ET ) It would be a miracle. I won't hammer on Joe Morgan, because when he made that comment, I believe the Astros were still 4 1/2 games out. Now they're 1 1/2 games out after picking up seven games in seven days, which I've never heard of. The odds are still against them, but I think we've all learned not to bet against Astros comebacks. I didn't really know what to say....so that's what came out of my mouth.
I say we all just sit back and enjoy the last week of the season. At least they are making it entertaining. If we end up with a game next Tuesday, then talks of October baseball can start. At this point, we are barely par for the course. We just have to be determined to end the season anyway but subpar.
