Word: games
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tell you. This game, I control it," he said. And then, unexpectedly, he shifted gears. "Tell me now, what do you think the odds...
...tell you," he said. "I invented this game. They call me Mr. Baseball. You listen to me. I'll tell you right...
...this time, I expected my knowledgeable mentor to ask me for a wager on the game. But the people around me just chuckled, and my new-found friend kept rambling, preaching the ethics of the day, the vices of wagering and the necessity of listening to his counseling...
When someone yelled to him that his odds were crazy because Reuschel and the Cubs would take the game, the wiseman's color deepened, and he was barely able to stutter, "C'mon. Who's Reuschel? If the Cubs win the game, I'll buy you a Cadillac...
Later on, in about the fifth inning, with the Cubs ahead, 3-1, the veteran oddsmaker denied the trend of the game, proudly announcing to all around that if the Cubs won, he would "strip on Michigan Avenue," the main street in downtown Chicago...