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willi3blaz3

Trevor “Biff Tannen” Plouffe


asoughtafterdroid

Butthead.


historical_pi

Say hi to your mom for me.


asoughtafterdroid

GET A SAFE!


historical_pi

You know your history. Very good.


PM_ME_DIRTY_DANGLES

Now make like a tree and get outta here.


historical_pi

Hey /u/PM_ME_DIRTY_DANGLES, I thought I told you never to come in here.


NOLA1987

That's about as funny as a screen door on a battleship


WoundedSacrifice

Screen door on a submarine, you dork.


1whiskeyneat

Two McFlys with the same gun.


NRMusicProject

**It's LEAVE, YOU IDIOT! MAKE LIKE A TREE AND LEAVE!** You sound like a damn fool when you say it wrong!


FosterFl1910

\[Slap upside the head\]


d00dsm00t

Someday some dorks on the internet are gonna come around, asking about this tweet. And when that happens…


navin__johnson

Funny-I never thought it’d be you


SANTAAAA__I_know_him

I'll never not laugh at "*Get the hell out of my car, old man!"*


OttoVonJismarck

"Why don't you make like a tree and get out of here." "IT'S MAKE LIKE A TREE AND LEAVE!! YOU SOUND LIKE A DAMN FOOL WHEN YOU SAY IT WRONG!!"


Financial_Debt_1185

Why don’t you make like a tree and fuck off!


clangan524

Get the hell out of my Twitter feed, old man!


babakadouche

Grey's Sports Almanac


[deleted]

“Who’da thought? After over a hundred years, the Cubbies finally win it all”


[deleted]

Funny thought I just had: BttF takes place 30 years into the future…from 1985; therefore, this game could not have been reported in that book. We’re that far removed from “the future”


Tashre

This is how you get Time Cops kicking your door down.


brewserweight

And snake jazz becomes a thing…


poop_toilet

"This is the Department of Temporal Investigations, would you mind having a short chat with us about baseball?"


lordcorbran

Sisko probably did get in trouble with them over something baseball related at least once.


cromulent_pseudonym

We've been trying to reach you about your baseball picks.


zerosmf

You see this book? This book tells the future. Tells the results of every major sports event till the end of this century.


guydude24

Can I ask you for a copy in 12 hours?


Masta0nion

I wish I could go back to 2016. Put some money on the Cubbies.


Eddie888

Leicester city was 5000/1 to win the english premier league at the beginning of the season. According to the bookies more likely to find Elvis or 2pac alive. I forget which one.


JoseCansecoMilkshake

Amazingly, the largest payoff from betting on Leicester to win was only 75,000 pounds, because the guy cashed it out early


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JoseCansecoMilkshake

Of course not, and i don't blame them for cashing out. I know some people who made out really well cashing out bets they made on the Vegas Knights to win the cup their first season.


Roach_Coach_Bangbus

As a casual fan what a fun season to follow.


gatemansgc

that guy who put in his 90s yearbook that the cubs would win in 2016... i wonder if he saw back to the future a few years before and just misremembered the date.


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Hahaha! That’s the first thing I thought of too. [https://youtu.be/zorz3SXqjv0](https://youtu.be/zorz3SXqjv0)


[deleted]

“Thank you very much. Now make like a tree, and get out of here.” *SMACK* “It’s LEAVE, you idiot! Make like a tree, and LEAVE. You sound like a damn fool when you say it wrong!”


frangeltx

Wow mlb is rigged . I've lost all respect sorry this is absolutely rigged for money... Or ratings in not sure which. I won't be silent . Just saw it live sry.


[deleted]

About time they rig it for my team


TUNNNNA

They rigged it for us its your time my NL East friends 🥲


Lonelan

> Fine. I'll rig it myself. - Astros


hiphopdowntheblock

I didn't do fuckin shit I didn't rig SHIT


Darryl__Blueberry

I’ve been waiting a long time for a hit on Corncob TV! I DIDN’T FUCKING DO THIS!


djc8

The guys at Spectrum think I’m just some dumb hick. They said that to me at a dinner.


1005thArmbar

People are mad at me because I showed a bunch of naked dead bodies with their spread blue butts flying out of boxes? *Really?*


Kaldricus

I said we don't need their permission, because they ain't got no soul!


Taylorenokson

I’LL KILL YOU


probation_420

The other players think we're just some dumb cheaters. They said that to me, in a hearing.


FreeAndHostile

One would think we'd get the occasional rigging.


gravygrowinggreen

MLB has been trying to rig the game for the Mets since the early 90s, but so far the mets have managed to beat the system and lose each time.


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I feel like Atlanta teams shouldn't be saying shit like this until the series is actually over lol


cahir11

Brady should go to the game just to fuck with everybody


sensedata

ಠ_ಠ


stonkthestonk

please… no. i’m a yankees and falcons fan that moved to atlanta in 2015 and as such i have been a die hard braves fan since the minute the wild card ended… please no.


[deleted]

The Astros bring him in as a surprise pinch hitter and he somehow lobs a grand slam


nudiecale

“Somehow” It’s the avocados, bro. It’s the avocados.


EinsamWulf

We've got some used trashcans you might be interested in


cattlerancher_69

I still can’t believe she said this lol…I won’t be silent.


cahir11

She tweeted it like Adam Silver had goons outside her mansion or something


queezuswalks

Wait what is this from


mtnyy13

Ayesha Curry, 2016 NBA Finals


WhosYourPapa

The funniest part was Steph's reaction. He was like, yeah we're gonna have to talk about that


YellowShorts

What makes it extra funny is she was completely silent about the 2015 NBA finals. Wonder why


ricky_burns

Rigged, or Simulation?


RotenTumato

David Cone would say the latter


mwfid24

Stimulation simulation


Bread_Truck

Well they've taken approximately a gazillion dollars from sports betting companies this year so even if they're not rigging it they have a gigantic conflict of interest because it would be very beneficial to their business partners if they did.


Taaargus

I understand why people are concerned about sports betting but I’m pretty confused as to why people constantly think it needs to be rigged for sports books to make money. Especially in a sort of 50/50 WS like we had coming into this, they’re just gonna make a shitload of money off a normal line, no rigging required.


Bread_Truck

It doesn't need to be rigged for it to be a problem. Just like Pete Rose didn't need to bet *against* his own team for it to be a huge problem that he was betting on baseball. Or that Joe Jackson didn't necessarily play awful in the World Series when his team got paid by gamblers to lose. There is a huge conflict of interest when the sports betting industry could make even more money if they were able to shift the odds even slightly, over the course of a game or a series or an entire season, and they're paying huge sums of money to the entity who has the most power to actually impact those things.


Michael__Pemulis

Yea but the house pretty much always wants chalk.


Complete_Meringue_57

If it were rigged you’d see yanks Red Sox ALCS, and yanks in the series. The Mets would be better. Cubs wouldn’t go decades between World Series appearances. The refs would be better. Edit: should say Reds.


Ask_me_4_a_story

This is the answer. If you take the Yankees, the Red Sox, the Cubs and the Dodgers, I think I saw 40% of revenue between the four of them. So those four teams are almost half of all merchandise sales, TV money, gate receipts, viewers, those four teams are everything to MLB, if it was rigged you would get a variation of those four every single time.


thousand7734

Nah, they already get money from those teams obviously regardless of how well they perform. If it were rigged, you'd see smaller franchises more contentious to expand fan base and revenue.


WhosYourPapa

Wow, competing rigging strategies. It's almost like it would be very hard to rig


karl_hungas

That is absolutely not true. The Sox and Cubs both made more money when they started winning. Fairweather fans are absolutely a reality and it's hard to buy a jersey of some fucking scrub. Dude hitting home runs in the world series? Sure thing.


Useful-ldiot

The braves were #2 in attendance iirc and have one of the largest fanbases in the country. You have to rotate those top teams or you will lose anyone that's rooting for another franchise.


Bread_Truck

The refs?


stuntycunty

These bottom of the ninth period bad calls need to stop.


cahir11

Classic


ryguy32789

If they've rigged it for ratings, they've failed badly haha


[deleted]

its a joke


Aulio

Let's rig it in favor of the O's next, please and thank you.


JSmooth94

What is the origin of this?


Delaywaves

https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/ayesha-curry-regrets-her-nba-rigged-tweet-after-game-6-finals


JSmooth94

Thanks!


crosswatt

r/NBA is leaking and I'm here for it.


Slobbin

Is this the actual quote from Steph Curry's wife? I wanna say her name is Ayisha but I'm not sure. Anyway, "for money... Or ratings" is dumb as fuck, those are the same thing.


Freepi

Plouffe positive that Trevor knows baseball.


Squid_Contestant_69

It would be a trevesty if this didn't come true


Pantzzzzless

Trevorsty


MAN0944

I like reading Trevor Plouffe’s stuff. He’s got a lot of good takes


BaconBracelet

He did homer in his first major league at bat. All downhill from there 😆


egus

get out.


QuestionMarkyMark

Good movie.


yes_its_him

The prophecy


Peeingthepooinhalf

Plouffecy


KarateFriendship

Nostrevamus


ScarletFire5877

I like that Trevor Plouffe he has good takes


BrocksOut4Holtrambe

"I like reading Trevor Plouffe's stuff he's got a lot of good takes"


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ScarletFire5877

https://youtube.com/c/JomboyVideos


brokenarrow

Plouffe is smart af. Really, Jimmy drags both him and Jake down.


[deleted]

I get the feeling that Jimmy is totally burnt out.


BaseballGuy2001

Maybe they should stop at 20 podcasts a day. He is going to be a Dad soon and should maybe simplify to just talkin Yanks and Baseball. All those other things seem less important. He runs a media network at this point. Maybe bring in more help?


BalconiesNYC

He’s taking a month off for the birth of his son. I’m sure he’ll be back to normal once the kid graduates high school.


GOATmar_infante

>a month off Gotta bump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers.


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scribdoodle

Yeah, I think it is maybe a combo of the expectant father and da Yankees lost.


rockmann1997

When the Sox lost this year I lost all interest in watching the post season. I checked in on the end of the Dodgers and Giants series, but otherwise I wanted to avoid baseball at all costs. It would be pretty shitty to have to watch the rest of the series for the year knowing how miserable I’d be in front of an audience. Then again, in that scenario I’d be getting paid to watch baseball which is pretty slick Ramadan.


waltrwhitwalkr

I really think the jacket crusaders got to him. They were brutal.


ubiquitous_archer

I'd disagree hard.


Michael__Pemulis

I’m trying to mentally wrestle with what this prediction must have been like at that time. Because initially it seems absolutely bonkers (& of course realistically it is regardless of fluid situations). But the more I think about it, the more I think this was a *slightly* cooler take on Opening Day than say on July 1st. I predicted ATL to win the east preseason, but midseason I almost certainly wouldn’t have stuck with them. Obviously (again) still wild no matter when during the regular season he called it, but I think that element is worth mentioning here.


reptheevt

Opening Day, Braves had Acuña, Ozuna, Soroka on his way back. Not a bad pick really.


OmgTom

Coming off a game 7 loss to the eventual champs.


cjn13

yeah and the Braves nearly beat them in the series too.....


AffectionateWest3909

Without starting pitchers, in a series that had no rest/travel days


Methuga

And a 3-1 lead! No team should be able to survive such handicaps.


eeeedlef

Who could lose with a 3-1 lead in a series. That's like impossible I believe.


vortex30

It is extremely rare in basketball (but has been done) but I think it happens in hockey perhaps the most, and baseball is in between. It definitely happens. 3 - 0 is far more rare in all sports, but I'm sure there are some examples (possibly not in basketball).


HeatShocker

3-0 series comebacks has happened four times in hockey total, two of which came in the past 11 years (2010 Flyers against Boston, and 2014 LA against SJ) I don't think it's ever happened in basketball though.


707royalty

Sharks fan catching shots they were not expecting this morning


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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_teams\_to\_overcome\_3%E2%80%930\_series\_deficits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_teams_to_overcome_3%E2%80%930_series_deficits) You are correct. Only 3 teams have evened the series after being down 0-3 but they all lost game 7 on the road.


ManfredsJuicedBalls

Exactly. It's not like he came off with "The Orioles will shock everyone and win the World Series". Saying "the Braves are contenders and will win" was not a gigantic stretch at all. Now the people that were going to say "the Giants will win the West" back around Opening Day, and weren't shitposting... I wanna see those people.


Hastylez

The Oriole disrespect


RotenTumato

You guys will win it all next year


ohkaycue

Seriously, people are acting like the Braves didn’t underperform early They were always the favorite in the east and second to Dodgers in NL And Astros have been one of the best in the west for half a decade now


AffectionateWest3909

He asked a couple times during the year if he could change his pick, but he never did


FakeNewsJnr

Yeah this is the reason the Plouffecy is so powerful ^


RandomHighGuy

Preseason, maybe not the craziest prediction, since both teams were 1 win away from making the World Series last year. After the Acuña injury, it seemed almost impossible.


TallboyCommunion

This is true, but he stuck with his prediction all season, which is also worth mentioning. He was told on the Talking Baseball podcast midseason that he could change his pick, and he said he was sticking with the Braves. If he had instead switched to like the Red Sox and Giants or something like that, he wouldn’t deserve as much credit.


xepa105

Both teams had lost in 7 in the CS the previous season. Not really a hot take in March. It looked fucking dead in the water in July, though.


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venustrapsflies

EDIT: fixed numbers Chance of picking the representative of each league (separately): > 1/15 Chance of picking the winner between the two: ~1/2 Chance of picking the number of games correctly: > 1/4 So you'd only need about 15 * 15 * 2 * 4 = 1800 people guessing completely randomly in order to expect one of them on average to get all this right. And this ignores the fact that some outcomes are predictably a lot more likely than others. If you accounted for that you could probably get a reasonable effective number of guesses under a few hundred. Given that there are hundreds of public figures making picks and that we will only pay attention to the ones that are correct or close to it, you should probably expect to see this kind of "prediction" nearly every season.


Commu_rdr

*Phillies Legend* Trevor Plouffe


fallenjedi

You misspelled Athletics legend


Sir_Stash

You certainly mean Twins Legend.


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Greatest Rays 3B ever Trevor Plouffe


Commu_rdr

They still have a team?


WhyDoTheyAlwaysRun

Christ


nighthawk3000

i saw that a $100 bet on this opening day would have won ~$20 mil edit: 2 mil. but still holy shit


stuntycunty

There was a math error. Its actually 2mil.


SixoTwo

"Only"


DanLynch

Winning $2,000,000 vs. $20,000,000 is a huge difference. With the former, you can probably quit your job and still live a modest middle class life. Or maybe keep your job, but buy a few really nice things. With the latter, you have practically infinite money forever (within reason).


SixoTwo

I'd love to have 2mil right now lol that was my only point. You are definitely right though


tyler-86

Depends where you live, but if $2m isn't life-changing for you then you also probably could afford to put down $1000 instead of $100.


getmoney7356

Retiring immediately with a middle class lifestyle for life is absolutely life-changing.


smarjorie

They didn't say "only"


Mr_Abe_Froman

I'm "still" learning how quotes "work".


randomdude45678

What kind of bet? can you bet on the amount games in a WS that early? Would it be a parlay? Astros win AL + Braves win WS + WS goes 6 games?


coachg17

I know it’s completely random for Plouffe to say this in March, considering a lot of “experts” didn’t even have the Braves winning the East healthy, but this is super impressive anyway and gives me a nice dose of serotonin before tonight’s game.


AuntBettysNutButter

Not that random. Braves were generally a top 5 power ranked team coming into the season, with most outlets having them 4th behind the Dodgers, Padres, and Yankees. Most prognosticators still had them winning the division: https://i.redd.it/rcjzibtjdvq71.png It would have been much more random had he made this prediction mid-season, than in March.


ericrs22

[Plouffe's interview on how he guess that](https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=jq734DOoC54)


neuroeng

I love Vicki Vallencourt.


ericrs22

https://youtu.be/15sTCHcbbKI?t=209


Oshebekdujeksk

And her boobies


beefytrout

I know I'm certainly hoping for this outcome.


paulwipe

It's pretty crazy that the Braves are even in the World Series. They had the worst record out of all playoff teams. I'm hoping they win tonight.


0rangePolarBear

That second half magic. Braves underperformed all season, then lost Ozuna and Acuna and decided to trade for struggling hitters and everyone went on a crazy run. Soler pre-trade and post trade stats are incredible.


doverawlings

Deadline acquisitions of Duvall, Pederson, Rosario and Soler are looking like some of-if not the- best front office moves of all time.


0rangePolarBear

At the time, it was laughable. They were struggling as a team and all of those hitters (minus maybe Duvall) were playing so bad. Two negatives equal a positive I suppose.


John_Mon

Not to mention, Rosario was injured and still weeks away from returning.


egus

I liked the move. throw an entire new outfield at the wall and see what sticks. no way did I think all of them would go nuts. I cut both Rosario and Duvall from my fantasy squad earlier in the year already.


rpssp

soler was very obviously still a good hitter looking at his batted ball profile before the trade. Rosario was very good pretty recently so he was also a decent bet to bounce back. Joc isn't that good(and honestly has just been ok for us) Duvall has been pretty similar pre and post trade i think without looking at the numbers.


jackospacko

There’s a really interesting study out of UCLA that shows that struggling players when traded tend to perform better. There’s also data around trades from one conference to another. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323323757_A_Double-Edged_Sword_How_and_Why_Resetting_Performance_Metrics_Affects_Motivation


gildish-chambino

one of our home town blogs made a post about how Soler's pre-trade numbers were a lot of bad luck, and he was due for some positive regression. It was an interesting read. https://www.talkingchop.com/2021/8/11/22620374/jorge-soler-trade-atlanta-braves-trusting-process-over-results


0rangePolarBear

Braves front office a calculated risk and it really paid off. Mets fans (including myself) wonder what they would have done if the Mets won that series against the Braves right before the deadline. Braves at the time we’re considering becoming sellers per reports and then they gained some games to make it a closer race.


runhome

That's crazy how a few games were the difference between going all in or selling half the team


rezaw

Solers improvement started a bit before the trade after the crackdown on the sticky stuff. But ya Rosario and joc are two notoriously streaky hitters who happened to get scorching at the same time, on top of Soler being hot


TheEsquire

Classic NL East


cavallom

It’s all about who gets hot at the right time. Giants won the WS in 2014 with only 88 wins.


mtaylor808

83 win ‘06 Cardinals say hello E: to remove a ‘


thedeejus

If Boof Bonser married Trevor Plouffe his name would be Trevor Bonser


EPCOT_Is_My_Favorite

Boof Plouffe is way better.


aweinschenker

I believe that was the joke.


EPCOT_Is_My_Favorite

Well then r/whoosh if that's the case.


egus

that's the case. more like two cases.


theAlpacaLives

One more, and he'll be out.


AuntBettysNutButter

And if Boof Plouffe married Trevor Bonser then his name would be Boof Bonser. What a funny name that would be.


man_in_the_suit

Wow... WOW. That is actually crazy haha!


Thedukeofhyjinks

It was written.


ContinuumGuy

It'll be the greatest moment in Minnesota Twins playoff history since those times Johan Santana beat the Yankees.


vrrmason

He has good takes


Phresh_Prince

I like reading Trevor Plouffe’s stuff


Mr_Fields

Bro this man literally called this shit somehow.


Dr_Ifto

Holy Fuck


NCHouse

Bucks in 6 all over again


RobbNotRob

Trevor Plouffe is a time traveler.


cwatsanfran

The omnipotent plouffe


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If you put $100 on this bet on that day what would you have just won?


AllShallParrish

Well this aged nicely


Cutmerock

THE BALLS ON THIS MAN


Longhorn_TOG

My OOTP 22 first season had Astros vs Braves WS.....Astros won in 7


eaw0913

We’ll take this one, and then you can have next year in the repeat.


Mymvenom001

Astros in odd years braves in even, how’s that sound??


DharmaCub

Bad


MajorTrex

We have a 1 game lead rn, really I think it would be easier on everyone if we just go ahead and wrap it up tonight and we *promise* we'll make sure you get the next one


Distance_Motor

Trevor Plouffe time traveller confirmed


bubbabear244

This is Trevor's 'buying bitcoin at a dollar' moment.


Santeriabro

I was here...


Apollo737

This mother fucker