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Old 10-04-2010, 11:46 PM   #1
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Betting Against the Pittsburgh Pirates

One guy did it, every game, for an entire season:

http://deadspin.com/5655310/checking...tes-every-game
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Early in the season, we examined one Bucs fan's foolproof strategy of always betting against the Pirates. Turns out, they were even worse than Vegas knew. A 9.98 percent ROI was his reward.
Here's a link to his spreadsheet, detailing every bet placed and his running +/- total for the year: http://www.tinyurl.com/piratebet

All totaled, the Bucs made this guy a $324.34 profit, but I'm not sure that's worth the soul-crushing nature of having to check the Pirates box score every day for a full season.
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Old 10-05-2010, 12:56 AM   #2
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Re: Betting Against the Pittsburgh Pirates

I should do this for the Mariners, just to annoy my boss and mother-in-law

(of course, it didn't help matters when the Reds were swept up in Seattle, this summer...)
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