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If the Philadelphia Phillies win the World Series, prepare for an economic crisis (Hugh & Series)
Fox Business ^ | October 27, 2022 | William Power

Posted on 10/27/2022 3:27:07 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA

The Philadelphia Phillies are in the World Series. Hold on to your wallets.

When Philadelphia baseball teams do well, in a pattern that has held for a century, financial markets tend to strike out. It started with the old Philadelphia Athletics (before they left town). Their 1929 championship preceded the stock crash and Great Depression. In 1980, the Phillies won their first World Series, and a recession raged right through 1983, when the team again got to the final round and lost. The Phils won the World Series a second time in 2008, and boom: a home-run financial crisis.

Now, the scrappy Phils will be back on the big stage against the favored Houston Astros, and it is as if this struggling economy already knew it was going to be in trouble.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxbusiness.com ...


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1 posted on 10/27/2022 3:27:07 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA
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To: ConservativeInPA

Go Phillies, anyway.


2 posted on 10/27/2022 3:28:51 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Coworker from Philly said if the Phillies win they are going to tear that town up. I asked her how would you know???


3 posted on 10/27/2022 3:30:25 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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HOUSTON - Houston ‘s own Mattress Mack could win the largest payout in sports betting history this World Series. The Space City resident James McIngvale, also known as Mattress Mack, has put $10 of his own money on the line to win a total of $75 million if the Houston Astros win The Fall Classic.


4 posted on 10/27/2022 3:31:46 PM PDT by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. https://youtu.be/VexKSRKoWQY)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

I doubt that. Perhaps a few very small neighborhoods.


5 posted on 10/27/2022 3:32:07 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: gov_bean_ counter

You’ll see white people downtown.


6 posted on 10/27/2022 3:32:22 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: dfwgator

Go Phillies, anyway.

Brings back memories...



7 posted on 10/27/2022 3:33:51 PM PDT by Songcraft
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The Asterisks need to go back to the National League where they belong.


8 posted on 10/27/2022 3:34:59 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: redshawk
Mattress Mack, has put $10 of his own money on the line to win a total of $75 million

You sure he didn't bet more than that?

9 posted on 10/27/2022 3:35:09 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Songcraft

I know a guy who still has his 1964 Phillies World Series tickets framed. Needless to say, everyone in Philly remembers what happened that year.


10 posted on 10/27/2022 3:36:45 PM PDT by Publius
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To: dfwgator

Yeah, they took a wrong turn, somewhere.

11 posted on 10/27/2022 3:37:15 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: gov_bean_ counter

It’ll look like Rwanda Redux.


12 posted on 10/27/2022 3:38:22 PM PDT by miserare ( Impeach Joe Biden!)
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To: Publius

What a letdown!

13 posted on 10/27/2022 3:38:31 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: ConservativeInPA

88% of the country wants the Phillies to win. (And only six states: Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico, Mississippi, and Colorado)


14 posted on 10/27/2022 3:42:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: ConservativeInPA
If they win, there will be a riot.

If they lose, there will be a riot.

The odd thing is that the colored community doesn't follow baseball. It is no longer a sport which American colored people are interested in. It's because there are too few opportunities for brutal gangsta behavior as there are in the NBA and NFL.

15 posted on 10/27/2022 3:45:35 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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16 posted on 10/27/2022 3:46:04 PM PDT by DoodleBob ( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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Thanks DoodleBob. You should send those to that lunatic in Ohio, Dr. Frank.


17 posted on 10/27/2022 3:50:51 PM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: Hot Tabasco

Ha, good catch.
I copied/ pasted from a local fox news station.... go figure?
This made local Austin news this am.

He really bet 10 million.
This guy is a local freak. Super rich.
He makes crazy bets like this all the time.


18 posted on 10/27/2022 3:55:00 PM PDT by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. https://youtu.be/VexKSRKoWQY)
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To: DoodleBob

See the correlation? Lol


19 posted on 10/27/2022 3:55:05 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: DoodleBob

ROFL!


20 posted on 10/27/2022 3:56:05 PM PDT by miserare ( Impeach Joe Biden!)
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