Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (Or, let's make some money for charity)
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QSus interruptus… I’m good for the $50 even if he doesn’t come back as he has outperformed so far.
Hahahahaha. It’s come to that hasn’t itYou spend your energy worrying about Paxton
Paxton with 26 innings and counting! At this rate he'll breach the 40 IP threshold by the 4th of July.
38.1 IP as of end of the MIN game today. Good start today - old friend Vaz 3 run HR the only blemish unfortunately on a 96mph middle middle FB. Likely have to pay out as of his next start - which is actually a great thing!
I never liked Vaz but when he hit a HR it was always fun to see the joy he expressed…. I was glad to see him crank one yesterday and extra so in that it had no effect on the outcome
Just as an update as we approach halfway. Masa is on 17 2B and 7 HR which is roughly pacing 40 and 16 assuming same % of games played etc.
I mean I'm going to be giving to the JF anyway, but this one looks like it could be close
I never doubted it, though I'd hate to learn this latest injury sidelines him for any appreciable time because he's been the #1.
Yup. But sad that he’s hurt again. Settle up end of season or as bets pay out?
Doesn't matter to me. I will update the first post sometime soon to show that the Paxton line has been crossed (and hope that he is back sooner than later to add to it)
Welp, Enrique not finishing as a Red Sox is not something I contemplated. Dodgers stats will count.
I owe $200 to the Jimmy Fund for @Coachster, @streeter88, @Pozo the Clown, and @NickEsasky.
Never would have thought I'd be making that donation on the day Tim Wakefield dies of brain cancer. F*ck.
RIP Tim. Float three past the doorman on your way in. You'll never be forgotten down here.
Finished at 33 doubles and 15 dingers. I’ll have that donation out after payday this week.
Time to square up for me as well. $100 to the Jimmy Fund in the name of @Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat for the two side bets on Paxton and Sale. And since both Sale and Paxton exceeded 5 QS and 40 IP where I had no confidence that either would contribute in any meaningful way in 2023, I will double the donation - the second $100 to remember my sister who died of brain cancer in 2019. As @Heating up in the bullpen alluded to, probably as good a day as any to pay up. RIP Wake.
I will go through this week and figure everything out and update the OP.
My payment will probably go through on Nov 1st when I get paid next because of stuff that has come up over the summer and budget constraints.
Thanks guys.
My payment will probably go through on Nov 1st when I get paid next because of stuff that has come up over the summer and budget constraints.
Thanks guys.
I'm sure we're all working on the honor system here, but thought I'd share the confirmation of my gift to the Jimmy Fund's Defy Cancer fund In Memory of Tim Wakefield #49.
I’ll count Dodgers’ playoffs for the Enrique challenge. At $125 now. If he hits one more, he gets an October HR ($25) and goes over 10.5 ($50) getting to $200. So, something to root for in the playoffs.
Done. Although not as elegantly as Heating Up in the Bullpen... @Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat ended up being the sole honoree, but my sister Kathy knows somewhere up there that it is partially for her too.
edit: belatedly realised you can use someone else's name as the donor name, sorry @Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat.
edit: belatedly realised you can use someone else's name as the donor name, sorry @Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat.
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I hate being right on this on the day Tim Wakefield dies so I’ll match. Fuck cancer.
I've matched this donation, in honor of Tim Wakefield, and also because I'm looking forward to Yoshida-san's even better season next year.
You're a good person.
I just matched the $100 from our bets in honor of your sister.
Thanks for this. Didn’t mean to leave you hanging; it’s been a hard week.
It’s pretty late on the East Coast, but wondering what the final washup was? Other than that the Sox are looking significantly more positive than the Pats, despite their dramatic collapse vs their / our midseason hopes…
So, the season ends for Enrique. But he went out properly. With his October 1 home run, Enrique earned an additional $25 (for an October home run) and an additional $50 (for getting over 10.5).
He pretty much earned the full boat of $200 for the Jimmy Fund. This was fun. Let's do it again next year.
He pretty much earned the full boat of $200 for the Jimmy Fund. This was fun. Let's do it again next year.
I mentioned this in the 'breakup with a friend' thread, but I won my bet on Sox wins against my cousin. He picked 68, I picked 86, so midpoint was 77 and they eked out 78 wins. He ignored 2 emails so I sent $50 to the Jimmy Fund yesterday, In His Honor, so he will be getting a letter from the Jimmy Fund shortly letting him know the donation was made.
