February 6, 200521 yr http://www.vegas.com/gaming/futures/worldseries.html MLB 2005 World Series Updated February 1, 2005 Team Current New York Yankees 8/5 Oakland Athletics 30/1 Arizona Diamondbacks 30/1 Atlanta Braves 20/1 San Francisco Giants 12/1 St. Louis Cardinals 8/1 Anaheim Angels 8/1 Boston Red Sox 6/1 Houston Astros 40/1 Los Angeles Dodgers 30/1 Seattle Mariners 30/1 Minnesota Twins 15/1 New York Mets 8/1 Philadelphia Phillies 25/1 Chicago White Sox 25/1 Chicago Cubs 4/1 Cincinnati Reds 70/1 Toronto Blue Jays 200/1 Cleveland Indians 35/1 Texas Rangers 35/1 Florida Marlins 17/1 San Diego Padres 15/1 Washington Nationals 300/1 Colorado Rockies 150/1 Baltimore Orioles 50/1 Pittsburgh Pirates 200/1 Kansas City Royals 400/1 Detroit Tigers 75/1 Milwaukee Brewers 300/1 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 175/1 Nine teams have better odds than the Fish... Yankees, Red Sox, Twins, Angels, Mets (wha?!?), Giants, Cardinals, Padres and Cubs. I think the odds makers are seriously overestimating the Cubs, Mets and Padres. The Cubs haven't done jack this offseason... and they lost two of their top three hitters. The Mets can't seriously be the favorites in the NL East. And Padres? I don't have any gripes with the rest of the list, though.
February 6, 200521 yr wha?!?!? the marlins have delgado, lowell, leiter, alfonseca, cabrera, willis, beckett, and aj. we should be the leaders. the yankees just TRY to by the championship.
February 6, 200521 yr Marlins 8/1 to win the pennant while the Cubs are 2/1 and Mets are 4/1 I need to put money on the NL Pennant and World Series.
February 6, 200521 yr Author What are the odds on us winning the NL East? And the Wild Card? 678358[/snapback] The Giants, Mets, Padres, Cubs, and Cardinals are all favored over us. So Vegas doesn't favor us for either the NL East or the Wild Card.
February 6, 200521 yr Author Marlins 8/1 to win the pennant while the Cubs are 2/1 and Mets are 4/1 I need to put money on the NL Pennant and World Series. 678361[/snapback] I was thinking the same thing. And I wanted to put some money down before they signed Delgado... I imagine the odds were more like 15/1 for the Pennant and 32/1 for the WS.
February 6, 200521 yr Cubs should not be 4-1 though they should have better odds than the Fish the Muts 8-1 Pedro Carlos and Menkevitch don't make you 8-1 favorites And the Padres 15-1 come on what have the Padres done this year that's just stupid My updated for these three :censored :guillotine Cubs 10-1 Padres 25-1 Muts 30-1 :thumbup
February 6, 200521 yr Nine teams have better odds than the Fish... Yankees, Red Sox, Twins, Angels, Mets (wha?!?), Giants, Cardinals, Padres and Cubs. I think the odds makers are seriously overestimating the Cubs, Mets and Padres. The Cubs haven't done jack this offseason... and they lost two of their top three hitters. The Mets can't seriously be the favorites in the NL East. And Padres? I don't have any gripes with the rest of the list, though. Remember that odds are not just a reflection of who the bookmaker thinks will win, but are calculated considering the actual amount of money staked on the teams by punters. We're a small market team - so not much money is placed on us. Basically, the more money bet on a team, the shorter the odds. Irrespective of that team actually having a chance of winning. Bookmakers are in the business of protecting themselves against losses - not predicting the future.
February 6, 200521 yr The Marlins are definitely one of the better bets. The Yankees are a TERRIBLE bet. No team should be better than 3/1.
February 6, 200521 yr Why the hell are the Cubs 4/1. That makes this whole thing lose credibility. GO FISH!
February 6, 200521 yr I'm happy a thread like this got started. Some of you guys probably won't believe me, but in 2003 I made a $100 bet on the Marlins to win the World Series at 400-1 odds. I made the bet when they were wll under .500, but Willis had been brought up and although I still thought it was a long shot, I couldn't pass at those odds. Anyways, it was a nice pickup! This year I was able to find them at 45-1. I already made a bet on them to win the world series again. The odds listed in the first post are most likely vegas odds, you can find better if you do some searching at sportsbooks on the internet.
February 6, 200521 yr I don't see what's so laughable about the Cubs.. they have the best pitching staff in baseball and still have a good offense with a solid core of Garciaparra, Patterson, Ramirez, Lee and Barrett. just my opinion.. i think its funny that the mets have 8-1 odds
February 6, 200521 yr And for all those people who chewed on me for saying there was no way the Marlins would be 10/1 or 15/1 Haha!
February 6, 200521 yr theyre estimating without seeing one game. alot can happen. people love the damn yanks. it dont mean nothing.
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