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Did the Giants throw Game 6 to make money?
10/27/02 | foreverfree

Posted on 10/27/2002 5:04:36 AM PST by foreverfree

The franchise, not the players, I'm referring to.

I read somewhere eons ago that WS player shares are only drawn from the first four games, but did Mr. Magowan tell his players before Game 6, "Throw this game but go all out in Sunday night, so that we can end up in the black?"

My mother and stepfather always accuse WS/NBA finals/NHL finals teams of this when they have the opposition in a 3 games to 1 hole, of throwing the potential clinching game in order to make money. Anyway, did the Giants deliberately extend the Series last night by blowing that 5-run lead late?


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1 posted on 10/27/2002 5:04:36 AM PST by foreverfree
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You must be a Giants fan.

2 posted on 10/27/2002 5:08:30 AM PST by jerod
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To: foreverfree
My sugestion is you spend your morning with a new tube of Reynolds Wrap and a book on origami in hopes that you can learn to make yourself a new tin foil hat to improve your reception.

Barry rocks. Live with it.

3 posted on 10/27/2002 5:11:24 AM PST by ChadGore
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To: foreverfree
Did the Giants throw Game 6 to make money?

Why do you ask?  Did you lose some on the game?

4 posted on 10/27/2002 5:15:57 AM PST by DH
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5 posted on 10/27/2002 5:16:22 AM PST by ofMagog
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To: foreverfree
hopefully, they'll throw game 7 too
6 posted on 10/27/2002 5:26:37 AM PST by LIBERTARIAN JOE
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To: foreverfree
This is rediculous.
7 posted on 10/27/2002 5:29:49 AM PST by jmccoy1252
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To: foreverfree
You can't be series !?!?
8 posted on 10/27/2002 5:35:57 AM PST by catdaddy
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To: foreverfree
Believe in the power of the Rally Monkey.


9 posted on 10/27/2002 5:39:37 AM PST by KarlInOhio
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To: foreverfree
It was very odd to see Barry Bonds have so much difficulty with fielding. It's so not like him, eh?
10 posted on 10/27/2002 5:40:07 AM PST by UncleWes
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To: foreverfree
They showed a graphic during one of the games which I thought showed that the players received most of the money for games 6 and 7. I could be wrong though.
11 posted on 10/27/2002 5:48:02 AM PST by CaptRon
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To: foreverfree
I was at a Hockey game last night.... Was there a baseball game on?...... was it any good? Are the Yankees doing well this year....(/sarcasm off)
12 posted on 10/27/2002 5:48:08 AM PST by Dick Vomer
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To: foreverfree; The KG9 Kid
Never, NEVER, question the power of the rally monkey...
13 posted on 10/27/2002 5:51:54 AM PST by Libloather
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To: foreverfree
Yes, yes they did. And the NFL gave the Packers a bye week after the Redskins sprained Brett Favre's knee, just to make sure Favre had time to heal.

You KNOW all professional sports are fixed--except professional wrestling. But you know that already, don't you?

14 posted on 10/27/2002 5:57:18 AM PST by Catspaw
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Well if they did and this is standard practice they must be paying alot of money to keep everyone quite
15 posted on 10/27/2002 6:06:55 AM PST by scab4faa
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To: UncleWes
...odd to see Barry Bonds have so much difficulty with fielding.

Not if the Giants would speed up the auto-deposit of his checks, like depositing them prior to the start of a game.

16 posted on 10/27/2002 7:20:48 AM PST by woofer
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Elvis called them from Wellstones plane and told them JFK wanted them to throw the game.
17 posted on 10/27/2002 7:24:52 AM PST by KSCITYBOY
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Not only is the World Series fixed, but so is the entire 162-game schedule. At the owner's meeting in February, the entire season is pre-scripted so as to maximize revenues. Hence we get the "Cinderella" story season of the Minnesota Twins, for example, thus possibly saving the team from extinction. As for the Montreal Expos, well, their recalcitrant owners just didn't want to go along with the program, and that almost screwed things up for everybody.

But the owners have ways during the season to collectively "make adjustments" that ensure that the desired end result is achieved, even if a renegade team or two attempt to deviate from the master plan.

But if you think this is impressive, the NFL has MLB beat by a mile. For in the NFL, not only is every game scripted out beforehand, but the referees are on board to ensure the final outcome. That's the main reason they instituted "instant replay," so that plays can be reversed at will in order to achieve the desired end result.

18 posted on 10/27/2002 7:28:13 AM PST by SamAdams76
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19 posted on 10/27/2002 7:29:44 AM PST by babaloo999
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You need not be present to win. You must be present to win.

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20 posted on 10/27/2002 7:47:30 AM PST by BraveMan
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