‘Wagers’ Archive

Nats win season series over Phillies, cheesesteak for me

I did not see this coming. The Washington Nationals just swept the Philadelphia Phillies in Citizens Bank Park to win the season series 10-8. The entered the series needing two win 4 games in 3 days against the NL East champions and did it with 2 rookie pitchers, another prospect and John Lannan. They won [...]

Nats take season series from Pirates, so I WIN A BET

Lannan looks better than ever as Nats top Pirates, 9-2 – The Post
One of these years, I am going to finally get to PNC Park to see the Washington Nationals. I have a lot of incentive next year, because The Maryland Bureau Chief owes me Primanti Bros. with the Nats winning the season series with [...]

Penn State vs. Wisconsin: Badger perspective

Since 2005, Masdison, Wisc. native dl004d has been providing a preview of his beloved Badgers for WWN prior to playing my beloved Nittany Lions. He was kind enough to provide this preview::
We started the season strong. Our win at then-Top 25 Fresno State was seen as a big sign that the team was ready to [...]

Nats lose 100th, I lose bet

Last night’s 8-4 loss in Philadelphia set extended a new record for futility for the Naitonals and brought Washington its first 100-loss season in about 40 years. It also clinched, for the second season in a row, the Cheesesteak/Half-Smoke Challenge for my opponent — Cliff. Congratulations to him. When are you going to come and [...]

Nats come back, win me bourbon

Victory is mine! The Nats comeback from a 4-1 deficit clinched the season series with the Pirates. The Nats did it the hard/fun way too — coming back with five home runs! Ronnie Belliard hit two of them while Dmitri Young, Jesus Flores and Lastings Milledge each hit one. Milledge’s was a two-run shot in [...]

Oh, it’s on

Don’t let the lack of logo (I’m nearly finished) fool you, the 3rd Annual Cheesesteak/Half-Smoke Challenge is on! Cliff and I are continuing our annual “mayors bet” on the Nationals vs. Phillies series this season. Since his Fleas won last year, the foodstuff he is defending gets top billing.
Right now, the series is tied [...]

Phillies fandom finally pays off for Cliff

WASHINGTON D.C. — Everybody knows that it isn’t easy being a Phillies fan, especially my friend Cliff who is loyal to that team. The Phillies have more losses than any other franchise, over 10,000 in fact. They only won it all once, back in 1980. The feat was so rare that someone I knew said [...]

Cheesy victory

Not that Penn State football needs anything else to make it interesting, but the occasional friendly wager sure is fun. Recently, for the second year in a row, dl004d and I bet foodstuffs on the outcome of the game. Last year he won a box of grilled stickies, but this year I got my revenge [...]

Just back from Jersey

A whirlwind 34.5 hours trip to the Garden State has just ended. We did an awful lot while we were up there, but only saw a few minutes of the Penn State victory during the second half. Hopefully, we successfully programmed the VCR so that we can watch the blowout that we missed.
I can’t wait [...]

Congratulations Cliff; now come get your half-smoke

Philadelpia 4 WASHINGTON 1 (10 innings) (CBS Sports Boxscore)Last night, Cliff’s Phillies beat my Nationals for the tenth time to clinch the season series. He avenges last year’s defeat and wins a half-smoke from Ben’s Chili Bowl for his victory.
Phillies Make Manager Sweat Out Win Over Nats – The Post
Nats waste chances in defeat – [...]

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