Proposition: A best-of-seven World Series of Super Baseball Simulator 1.000 for the SNES.
Odds: Even
Stakes: $20
Parameters: Players can use Ultra League Teams and all Ultra Plays. Using an Ultra Play against the opposing team's pitcher costs the bettor a dollar per pitch.
Bettors: Me, Jake
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This is our sixth World Series of SBS1.000. A quick recap:
World Series #1: Jake wins every odd-numbered game en route to a narrow 4-3 Series victory. Real World Series analogue: Pirates over Yankees, 1960
World Series #2: Jake sweeps in 4 games. A real yawner of a Series as Jake's Power Team carves up my pitching. Reds over Athletics in 1990.
World Series #3: A more dominant Jake sweep, as every game is a blowout. Yankees over Padres in 1998.
World Series #4: I win in six; the final game features a bottom of the ninth walk off homerun that basically sets the standard for thrilling conclusions to baseball games and establishes me, newly settled in as captain of the Heroes Squad, as one of the premier managers of our time. Blue Jays over Braves, 1992.
World Series #5: This time Jake takes it in six, out-dueling me in the last two games to eke out a win. Braves over Indians, 1995.
So far WS6 is tied at one game apiece. The first game featured a strong showing by my bullpen, as four pitchers combined to hold Jake's prodigious sluggers to a couple of runs. In the second game Jake fired back with a three-run seventh, giving him a narrow but ultimately insurmountable lead. Games three through five will be held at Jake's home ballpark which features deep dimensions to all parts of the outfield and a dirt infield which slows down ground balls.
If you're keeping score at home, you've noticed that Jake currently owns a 19-10 advantage in WS matchups, which might make you wonder why the odds are one to one. The answer: ever since I took over Heroes Squad my record against Jake is 7-7, making the odds much more reasonable.
Games continue today, tomorrow and Saturday if necessary.
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