# Can you say "Subway Series?" - Place your bets...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-say-subway-series-place-your-bets/37366
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [October 18, 2000, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-say-subway-series-place-your-bets/37366 "2000-10-18T04:17:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Minxsmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minxsmom)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2000, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-say-subway-series-place-your-bets/37366/1 "2000-10-18T04:17:20Z")
The Yankees win! The Yankees win!
I knew they would the whole time. I bet on them in the beginning of the season (as I’ve done every year since I was a little girl (and, BOY was that a hard time in the 80’s :D)).
And talk about ideal - while I would, obviously, prefer the Yanks to win the Series, either way New York wins!
The only problem is my Dad and my SO are Met fans - if the Mets take the series I’ll never hear the end of it.
Oh, who am I kidding, of course the Yankees are going to win 😃
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### Author:  [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2000, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-say-subway-series-place-your-bets/37366/2 "2000-10-18T04:18:38Z")
You were waiting for the last out, with your message all typed out, just like me right?
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### Author:  [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2000, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-say-subway-series-place-your-bets/37366/3 "2000-10-18T04:25:03Z")
I was thinking of doing the same thing, but I figured someone’d beat me to it anyway. I was right, of course. 🙂
Go Yanks!
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### Author:  [@Minxsmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minxsmom)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2000, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-say-subway-series-place-your-bets/37366/4 "2000-10-18T04:29:11Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Biggirl \*
> \*\*You were waiting for the last out, with your message all typed out, just like me right? \*\*
[innocent voice]Who, me? Never. I’m just a really fast typist[/innocent voice]
OK, yeah, I typed it in the 7th. 😃
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### Author:  [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2000, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-say-subway-series-place-your-bets/37366/5 "2000-10-18T04:33:14Z")
Woo-hoo! Add some cars to the 4 train!
Go Yankees!!!
Bring on the Mutts!
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### Author:  [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2000, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-say-subway-series-place-your-bets/37366/6 "2000-10-18T04:34:00Z")
Yeah! Woohoo! Now, tell, me, when was the last time there was a subway series? I’m 30, and I think there hasn’t been one in my lifetime till now. Am I right?
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### Author:  [@Minxsmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minxsmom)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2000, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-say-subway-series-place-your-bets/37366/7 "2000-10-18T04:36:18Z")
1956 was the last one.
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### Author:  [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2000, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-say-subway-series-place-your-bets/37366/8 "2000-10-18T04:54:05Z")
I guess I’ll have to ignore my disgust and watch the series anyway. I wonder how many taunts my Mariners cap will earn me on the job tomorrow.
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### Author:  [@Minxsmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minxsmom)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2000, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-say-subway-series-place-your-bets/37366/9 "2000-10-18T05:04:45Z")
**pointing and snickering at Birdman**
Nice cap 😛 hehehehe
No, seriously, maybe you guys lost in the long run - but you gave us one hell of a time. You put up a good fight. After I finished running around my house screaming and jumping and scaring the heck out of the cat, I really felt bad for them, the cameras scanned the dugout and they all looked so sad.
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### Author:  [@Chocobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chocobo)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2000, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-say-subway-series-place-your-bets/37366/10 "2000-10-18T05:08:21Z")
[mariners fan]
DOH!
[/mariners fan]
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### Author:  [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2000, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-say-subway-series-place-your-bets/37366/11 "2000-10-18T05:12:08Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Minxsmom \*
> \*\*1956 was the last one. \*\*
[long, low whistle] Thanks, Minx.
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### Author:  [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2000, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-say-subway-series-place-your-bets/37366/12 "2000-10-18T05:13:36Z")
Wow. I wish I was in New York right now… The city would be electric.
Obviously, I am a Yankee fan. Obviously, I want us to win. We will see…
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Yer pal,
[Satan](http://www.members.tripod.com/jmspoofe/sdmb/satan.jpg)
\*TIME ELAPSED SINCE I QUIT SMOKING:
Six months, one week, two days, 3 hours, 14 minutes and 28 seconds.
7685 cigarettes not smoked, saving $960.67.
Extra time with Drain Bead: 3 weeks, 5 days, 16 hours, 25 minutes.
**I slept with a moderator!** \*
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### Author:  [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2000, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-say-subway-series-place-your-bets/37366/13 "2000-10-18T05:31:58Z")
New York will win.
That being the case, I expect I’ll ignore the whole thing, on the grounds that I don’t care which New York team wins. Six of one, half-dozen of the other.
Hockey, anyone?
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### Author:  [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2000, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-say-subway-series-place-your-bets/37366/14 "2000-10-18T06:31:02Z")
Ahem, at the last meeting of the Bay Area SF Association, we used our foresight to peer into the future a little ways and have come to tell you this…
In the 2000 World Series, the Manhattan Fault line will slip and interrupt the first game.
After all, if it can’t happen here in SF, it has to happen there in blightsville.
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### Author:  [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2000, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-say-subway-series-place-your-bets/37366/15 "2000-10-18T06:43:49Z")
Baseball is now officially dead. The teams that can spend the most money are going to keep winning. I had a little hope that this post season may stave off the inevitable as Atlanta lost early . But alas, no. The Mariners were the last hope for baseball, being the team that gave up Randy Johnson, and Jr. in the last few years while making good sound financial moves. But now that their gone, I just can’t see it ever changing, since the union isn’t going to ever allow a salary cap in baseball. Every championship from now on will be from the New York teams and L.A. and the teams owned by rich egotistical bastards like Turner and Huizenga(I know he sold his team by the way). Oh god please let Hockey continue to be interesting.
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### Author:  [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2000, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-say-subway-series-place-your-bets/37366/16 "2000-10-18T07:07:47Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by wolfman \*
>
> \*\*The teams that can spend the most money are going to keep winning.
\*\*
Oh yeah, they sure will!
Who do you like in the series: The Orioles or the Dodgers?
:wally
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Yer pal,
[Satan](http://www.members.tripod.com/jmspoofe/sdmb/satan.jpg)
\*TIME ELAPSED SINCE I QUIT SMOKING:
Six months, one week, two days, 5 hours, 8 minutes and 31 seconds.
7688 cigarettes not smoked, saving $961.07.
Extra time with Drain Bead: 3 weeks, 5 days, 16 hours, 40 minutes.
**I slept with a moderator!** \*
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### Author:  [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2000, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-say-subway-series-place-your-bets/37366/17 "2000-10-18T12:57:42Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Satan \*
> \*\*Wow. I wish I was in New York right now… The city would be electric.
>
> Obviously, I am a Yankee fan. Obviously, I want us to win. We will see…\*\*
I hear ya, Satan. I moved five years ago, and I sure wish I was going to be up there next week. I’ve already got people saving newspapers for me, even though I’m the only Yankee fan in the family.
I know most people don’t give a crap about a NY Series, but this really is almost like a Civil War.
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### Author:  [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2000, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-say-subway-series-place-your-bets/37366/18 "2000-10-18T13:01:08Z")
Okay, where did I leave my Brooklyn Dodgers cap…
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### Author:  [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2000, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-say-subway-series-place-your-bets/37366/19 "2000-10-18T13:15:19Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by wolfman \*
> \*\*Baseball is now officially dead. The teams that can spend the most money are going to keep winning. I had a little hope that this post season may stave off the inevitable as Atlanta lost early . But alas, no. The Mariners were the last hope for baseball, being the team that gave up Randy Johnson, and Jr. in the last few years while making good sound financial moves. But now that their gone, I just can’t see it ever changing, since the union isn’t going to ever allow a salary cap in baseball. Every championship from now on will be from the New York teams and L.A. and the teams owned by rich egotistical bastards like Turner and Huizenga(I know he sold his team by the way). Oh god please let Hockey continue to be interesting. \*\*
Yup. That Cubs/White Sox series is due…Cubs win, that’s give them 2 in 93 years (anybody can have a bad century)…
Note: Until 5 years ago, the Mets and Yanks had combined for fewer championships in the 80s and 90s than the Minnesota Twins…
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### Author:  [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2000, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-say-subway-series-place-your-bets/37366/20 "2000-10-18T16:39:56Z")
I have two words for all you Yankee fans out there:
Middle relief.
The Mets will win it.
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