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  1. 9 minutes ago, Horn80 said:

    My recollection is she just used her sex appeal in the Amazon and had enough dummies to fall for it.  But it was a long time ago so may have forgot some details.  

    This is her 4th appearance. She won Micronesia, came in 2nd on Heroes vs Villains and 6th on Cook Islands. She’s way more than just a pretty face. She led a chick alliance on Micronesia that had heads spinning. Including talking a guy into giving up immunity then immediately voting him off. She’s damn good in challenges as well. 

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  2. 3 hours ago, pied said:

    The two nest players to play the game are Rob and Sandra.  If your goal is to win, it's better to not have them in the game. On the tribe of ~9 there are two full immunities (shared by three people).  Smart move IMO, is to get him out ASAP.

    I’d throw Parvati in the GOAT mix. 

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  3. Don’t get mad, get rich. This is an opportunity to take advantage of the angst. 
     

    Sportsbooks are trying to get in on the Astros-hating business. It’s certainly a better business than the Astros-loving business.

    Two sportsbooks, William Hill and PointsBet, have now offered new markets to take advantage of the Anti-Astros sentiment — Hit-by-Pitch totals for Houston in the 2020 MLB season. William Hill opened the market on Monday at 83.5 plunkings while PointsBet released its total at 75.5 HBPs.

    Another sportsbook, the Superbook in Las Vegas, posted a “First Astros player to be hit by a pitch” prop on Tuesday. The most outspoken and most criticized Astros have the shortest odds. Alex Bregman is the dubious favorite at 7-2 (+350) while Carlos Correa and Jose Altuve are at +400.

    DraftKings oddsmaker Johnny Avello told The Action Network he’s studying the hit-by-pitch market, but wants to have a good rapport with baseball and isn’t convinced this is the best bet to offer.

    The most popular Astros-related future bet is, unsurprisingly, the Under on their season win total. BetMGM opened the Astros win total at 97.5 and has since dropped the number to 95.5.

    “Any bet coming through is typically on the under,” said Christian Cipollini, sports trader at BetMGM. Cipollini said the book has only taken three bets on the over.

    FanDuel opened the Astros win total at 98.5 and have moved Houston down to 94.5 wins. FanDuel spokesman Kevin Hennessy says 91.7% of the money is currently on the under at their shop.

    William Hill told the Action Network that nearly 90% of the money for Houston’s Over/Under at William Hill is on the under (currently at 94.5), making them the second-most popular under play in their book. Only the Boston Red Sox, who are waiting on the results of MLB’s investigation into their cheating scandal, have attracted more under money this winter (93%).

    MLB commissioner Rob Manfred would not comment on whether the Astros investigation is still ongoing, other than to say that the player’s promised immunity was contingent on honesty. That leaves a door open for even more fade value should some of Houston’s players get slapped with big suspensions.

    “If players are suspended, that win total could drop by 15 games,” Avello speculated.

    Although the Astros have the third best odds to win the World Series — William Hill, for example has them at 17-2 after opening them at 9-2 on Oct. 31 — very little action has been taken at the sportsbooks.

    William Hill says 49% of its total World Series handle has been bet on four teams — the Yankees (21%), Dodgers (11%), Angels and White Sox (9% each). The the Astros account for less than 2% of the handle and aren’t in the top half of teams being bet.

    Hennessy said Houston only accounts for 0.25% of their total handle in the World Series future market. That is a stark contrast to recent seasons when Houston was among the most popular picks to win the Commissioner’s Trophy.

    “In the last month, we have only taken 16 bets on the Astros in the World Series market. Last year, the Astros were consistently a top selection,” Hennessy said.

    How the Astros daily soap opera continues is a mystery, but it’s already clear that playing the Astros — for or against — will be a key betting market this season.

     

  4. 7 hours ago, RPM said:

    Anyone watch the 2 part reunion show? That crew really doesn't like each other. On the bright side, Kate has officially left the show.

     

    I think we’ll end up missing her. She is, by far , the most competent and entertaining of the 4 chief stews that we’ve seen on the Below Deck franchise. I wonder of Captain Lee will hang it up also. He might not want to with Kate leaving. 

  5. 10 minutes ago, Iceman said:

    someone negged the Trout post?  LOLz.

    Mike Scioscia has joined the chat...

    I did because it’s a total sarcastic troll post. I’m fed up with these guys. They can post in the general MLB thread all they want. But I’ve decided to neg these haters every time they venture in here. 

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  6. 7 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

    I do wonder if other GM's will quietly blackball the Astros on trades.

    Teams do trades to better their team not because they like their trading partner. A GM would’ve doing his job if he took that route. 

  7. 8 hours ago, Helobious said:

    Correa should probably shut his mouth instead of doubling and tripling down on the lies. That was painful to read and his explanations for things don’t make sense at all. 

    An applicable Correa quote.to this post

    “If you don’t know the facts, then you’ve got to shut the fuck up.”

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  8. 14 hours ago, kevwun said:

    It's mind blowing that anyone listens to Sandra and that they didn't try to vote her out immediately.  She's won twice and they all know you can't trust what she says.

    She is really perceptive. She can identify weaknesses and knows how to exploit them. I don’t especially like her, especially since she’s adopted the queen mentality, but I respect her game. She’s never won an individual immunity, doesn’t have a great social game but she’s the one of the best ever at the outwit aspect. I personally think Parvati is the best ever.  Truly a 3 tool player. 

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  9. Probst has said that Extinction Island will be retired after this. They might have needed it this season to lure some of the players back. Some of the winners might have been reluctant to fly around the world and leaving their families only to be eliminated after a few days.   

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