Mark Prior Bet.....Who wins?

nickey009 · #1 04-12-2005, 02:39 PM

2 guys in the office have this bet:

"I bet you that Mark Prior will not make his April 12th start."

The game is rain delayed. Prior will pitch on the 13th. Who wins?

daryn · #2 04-12-2005, 02:40 PM

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2 guys in the office have this bet:

"I bet you that Mark Prior will not make his April 12th start."

The game is rain delayed. Prior will pitch on the 13th. Who wins?

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it's a wash baby.

then again, if that's all that was said, then the guy who bet he would not start wins.

you should always say barring game cancellation!

InchoateHand · #3 04-12-2005, 02:42 PM

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it's a wash baby.

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tpir90036 · #4 04-12-2005, 02:42 PM

Well there was no start to make since there was no game. Hence, he did not miss anything. So the bet sounds like null-and-void to me.

chaas4747 · #5 04-12-2005, 02:43 PM

13th is his new scheduled start, second guy still wins.

Voltron87 · #6 04-12-2005, 02:43 PM

If there was not a game for him to start (assuming you made the injury bet with that particular game in mind, that he was scheduled for) the bet is off.

nickey009 · #7 04-12-2005, 02:53 PM

I'd have to say that "due to injury" was implied but definetly not stated. I believe the conversation was like this:

Jeff: "there is no way that Prior is gonna' start the first week of April. That guy is always hurt and the cubs lie about how healthy he is."

Danny: "No, they said that he wouldn't even miss a start and he'd essentially be the 5th starter. They said he's fine and he'll make his first start April 12th."

Jeff: "I bet you he won't make it."

Danny: "You're on! One yummy corn dog for me!"

daryn · #8 04-12-2005, 02:56 PM

clearly if the bet is between friends, and you both know that "missing it due to injury" was implied, then the bet is a push.

namknils · #9 04-12-2005, 03:05 PM

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clearly if the bet is between friends, and you both know that "missing it due to injury" was implied, then the bet is a push.

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Shouldn't the second guy win though, the guy who said Prior would start. Clearly they were both talking about injury and Prior will start as scheduled, it just happens that due to rain it's a day later. The guy who bet he would be injured was dead in the water with this bet, but now since it rained he wiggled out of it.

daryn · #10 04-12-2005, 03:06 PM

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clearly if the bet is between friends, and you both know that "missing it due to injury" was implied, then the bet is a push.

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Shouldn't the second guy win though, the guy who said Prior would start. Clearly they were both talking about injury and Prior will start as scheduled, it just happens that due to rain it's a day later. The guy who bet he would be injured was dead in the water with this bet, but now since it rained he wiggled out of it.

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yes i thought about this when i posted, but then figured due to the ambiguity of the situation, call it a push and move on!

although alobar's post above sums it up pretty well.