Dang those Cleveland Indians

When I was in Vegas last May I bought a ticket from the NYNY Sporst Book:  The Cleveland Indians to Win the 2007 American League Championship.  The odds back then were 4.5 to 1.  So I bought a $10.00 ticket.  In fact it was the first of my many tickets I bought during my 3 day visit.  All other bets were single game bets on games that were going on at the time.  I paid out well on those games since I knew the pitching matchups.  Of the 10 or so bets I made I think I only lost 1 or 2 of them. 

But my Vegas luck ran out last night as the Indians pulled off the choke of the decade.  Up 3-1 in the series they proceeded to crumble with last night’s game thankfully ending their demise.  After winning their 3rd game they proceeded to get outscored 30-5 over the remaining 3 games.  They lost last night 11-2.  It was 3-2 in the seventh inning.  The vaunted bullpen was not so vaunted. 

Anyway, my ticket remains posted on my corkboard at work.  I was all ready to mail it in for $55 depreciated US dollars but now I’ll keep it as a reminder of how close it was to winning a very difficult propositional bet.