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Old 07-03-2017, 04:44 PM
JolyB JolyB is offline
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RQ, I love your "down the line at the 280 mark" reference for a very cheap home run. I reminds me of the old Polo Grounds in New York, where the distance down the right field line was 258 feet and down the left field line was a longer 279 feet, but there was apparently a 21 foot overhand in the upper deck that often turned fly balls that would have been caught into home runs (such as Bobby Thompson's 1951 pennant winning "blast"). But, they still counted, while very long shots to deep center, such as Vic Wertz's in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series, were just verrry long outs.

By the way, if I had just played the $100 bankroll as a show bet on the odds on winner, I would have earned exactly the same $5. It's a funny game, isn't it?
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Old 07-03-2017, 07:27 PM
NJ Stinks NJ Stinks is offline
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Do you have to be a certain age to understand the reference to a cheap home run? I hope not but who knows? Not me that's for sure. I don't do Facebook nor do I even text. When I meet my Maker more people may wonder what happened to NJ Stinks than the guy who paid his taxes on time for over 50 years.

But I digress.

Real Quiet, I do wish I had changed the "Total Bets" amount to $99. But I forgot.
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