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  1. Dick_Pole
    I feel very, very good. Managed to get the Jays at +450 to win the series after they were down 2-0. Just to be safe I put money on Texas for tomorrow's game so I hedged my bets and I come out making money no matter who wins. Every time I hedge my bets it always turns out the winning side was my original bet where I would have won more had I not hedged. Go Jays!
  2. Dick_Pole
    Not really...I was checking my Sportsbook to see if I could get some nice odds on the Jays coming back to win the series and it was still pretty much even money. -105 for the Jays, -115 for Texas.
  3. Dick_Pole
    Perfect game today.
  4. Dick_Pole
    Let's see what tomorrow brings before panicking in this thread. Jays win and KC loss.
  5. Dick_Pole
    The idea behind the WC was for situations like the 1993 Giants. Of course that situation gets solved if you make one division and the top two winners play the LCS.
  6. Dick_Pole
    Parity doesn't equate to mediocrity.
  7. Dick_Pole
    There's a difference between wanting a thing to happen and believing a thing would happen. It would have been nice to see 77 wins or less for the three reasons I outlined in the first post. But it's not like I made a bet on it, monetary or otherwise. You, on the other hand, were jealously trolling a couple of months ago saying something along the lines of "The Jays play the Rays in 6 of the last 10 games, hope they play spoiler and ruin their playoff chances". I responded with something like "Well I guess the Jays will just have to clinch well before then". Who got what they wanted in that instance? So if you believe I made myself look like an ass here, well you did the same earlier. At best it's 1-1. But getting into the playoffs is a little bit more important than just barely passing a win total that was generally regarded as low by the betting public.
  8. Dick_Pole
    Not following you on this one at all. If anyone got screwed over pre-WC is was the 1993 Giants.
  9. Dick_Pole
    ...who also racked up a ton of wins playing the worst teams in baseball. So no changing of format necessary. The AL had Oakland and no one else that was terrible. The NL will have six 90+ loss teams, including two in the NL Central.The AL destroyed the NL even more than usual in interleague play this year. The Jays' 92 wins is more of an accomplishment than the Cardinals' 100 wins even without considering the run differential. Rather than implying that the Cubs or Pirates are getting screwed over, we can say the only team that got lucky this year was the Mets and their 46-26 record against their horrible division opponents. Don't worry though, any Raptors fans will know teams that benefit from being in a weak division get bounced quickly anyways.
  10. Dick_Pole
    It looks like what happens when I bowl with my Korean pals. "Yes, Yes YES gutterba....oh f*** off strike"
  11. Dick_Pole
    I say let Donaldson go to arbitration for 2016 rather than try to sign him. The Jays need a short term outlook which is between now and the end of 2016. This roster, including Price, is up there with the 1998 Yankees in terms of talent, and I'd love to see what they can do over a full season. They might achieve team records never again reached by another Jays squad. Committing big $ to Donaldson now might negatively impact the ability to sign Price. Of course if they can sign Donaldson and Price that's even better.
  12. Dick_Pole
    I miss the ultra low def broadcast quality where the count and score would take up literally half of the screen.
  13. Dick_Pole
    LOL poor Oakland. One loss left from sealing the deal in last place. It gets you thinking how much of an accomplishment 90+ wins in the AL is this year. One bad team and then no others are more than 10 games under .500. The Cardinals and Pirates might be killing it this year but they are doing it against a lot of bad teams.
  14. Dick_Pole
    I might go check it out, but I don't think getting a couple dozen positive responses on this board is adequate market research. There are a fair amount of adequate baseball diamonds in this city and I would say about 90% of the time I've passed by one, it's unused during the summer. Contrast that to Woodbine Beach, where there's something like 100 posts set up for volleyball and they are in almost constant use from June to Labour Day. I don't think baseball-related activities is very good business in Toronto.
  15. Dick_Pole
    We are talking about Scarborough, not Toronto. I'm sure there are plenty of affordable commercial properties around, especially in the northeast far away from any TTC subway stations since that appears to be 90% of the determinant of property prices in Toronto (another 5% each goes to proximity to the lakefront and perceived local crime rate).
  16. Dick_Pole
    How would you even go about defining such a thing? The Jays are down 1-0 at home in the first and Donaldson hits a home run in the bottom half. Is that not a game-tying hit? That's not a particularly "clutch" hit which is what I think you're trying to get at here. You could have several game tying hits in a game with lead changes.
  17. Dick_Pole
    Smoak: 305 PA, 32 XBH, 53 RBI, 28 BB, 83K Colabello: 336 PA, 32 XBH, 53 RBI, 22 BB, 88K If you take away the fact that Colabello has had a bunch more ground balls find holes for singles, the production between the two is essentially the same. Go with the guy with better defense.
  18. Dick_Pole
    I can only imagine this roster's performance over a 162 game season. Elite offense, very good starting pitching and capable relief and defense. Would very likely be the club's first 100 game winning season, maybe even 110 games. Hell, they should already be there just based on the run differential. I know some people wouldn't want the Jays to sign Price to a 7 year contract. The team would be loaded with bad contracts and old players one day. But that day wouldn't be in 2016, 2017 and probably not 2018.
  19. Dick_Pole
    Incredible at the transformation of the starting pitching staff: At the start of the year: no Ace Buehlre - an ok #2/3 considered the "ace" Dickey - a bad #3 Hutchison - an ok #3, hopefully? Estrada - hope he sticks at #5 Sanchez - should be in the pen/minors Now: Price - a good ace Stroman - a good #2 Dickey - a good #3 Buehlre - a good #4 Estrada - a good #5 Hutchison - a good #6 in case someone goes down which the Jays won't even need since there's only 10 games left and in the playoffs a 3-4 man rotation is used
  20. Dick_Pole
    Appreciated. Magic number for the playoffs is down to 4 for WC2, 6 for WC1, 10 for the division and 14 for #1 seed (as opposed to 15 in the above graph - Jays own the tiebreaker). KC's magic number on the Jays is still 13, so really it can go either way for top spot.
  21. Dick_Pole
    How about this. The Jays keep Tulowitzki AND Goins. Then for the first time in about two decades us fans can go into an off-season without wondering what MIF will be taken out of the dustbin and put into a starting role at 2B/SS. Whatever holes the Jays will have in the outfield or the starting rotation after 2015 is over will be a lot easier to fill in the current FA market or on the farm than going through the exercise of finding middle infielders again.
  22. Dick_Pole
    You know who talks about 2016 wishlists in September 2015? 2015 Detroit Tigers fans. This is a thread to be rehashed in 6 weeks from now. Jays fans have been programmed to be like Cubs fans I guess..."we'll get them next year!"
  23. Dick_Pole
    I'd like to see the Jays clinch at home, except that would require a 7 game lead at the end of the home stand which is unlikely. However, Orioles fans watching the Jays celebrate on their field would be fun to watch.
  24. Dick_Pole

    NFL Thread

    Dick_Pole replied to Dylan's topic in Other Sports

    Football - Denver Broncos/Kansas City Chiefs - total Over 42 (-110) for the entire game held on Sep 17 at 8:25pm [Winner] Football - Denver Broncos - moneyline (+155) for the entire game held on Sep 17 at 8:25pm [Winner] :cool::cool::cool: I love completely undeserved, totally lucky NFL bets that pan out.
  25. Dick_Pole
    The last time the Jays played the Rays the team had an AAAA starting rotation. Let's see how successful they are against Price, Stroman and Dickey who learned to pitch again since then.
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