What Are The Odds: Chipper's Quest For .400

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ST. ANDREW'S NET: WANT TO SMELL LIKE ME?
Published 5/12/2008 at With Leather
... Vegas Watch places odds on Chipper Jones batting .400 based on plate appearances. How about based on the number of bags under his eyes? He's got a few. ...

roundup may 12
Published 5/12/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... Garcia wins; thanks Tiger for not playing. (In the Weeds) Real good stuff here on the Birdman. (ESPN) The Marvin Harrison case: Still weird. (NY Daily News) Bye for now, Eric Gagne. (Union-Tribune) Why Murdoch passed on Newsday. (Hungry Journalist) Hey, we know those guys! (Major League Jerk) We’re hiring these guys to run our copy desk. (Bugs and Cranks) Chipper and .400. (Vegas Watch) Jimmy Fallon’s getting a late night show … starting in 11 months. Is it ...

Morning Constitutional: Romo Is a Good Singer
Published 5/12/2008 at The Sporting Blog
... | Big League Stew On Ken Griffey, Jr. and his possible return to Seattle. What Are The Odds: Chipper's Quest For .400 | Vegas Watch The odds that Chipper ends the season with a .400 average are about 1:500. So you're tellin' me there's a chance. ...

Create The Caption #213
Published 5/12/2008 by Awful Announcing- (noreply@blogger.com) at Awful Announcing
... Noonan! Noonan! Hey! It worked!"- Doneycat "I drink your milkshake!"- Alex "Now THAT'S a clean colon!"- Marvin'sGotAGun _______________________________________ Are you funny enough to create a caption for this photo of Manu Ginobili chatting it up with some Spurs Fans? (Via The Sports Hernia) Daily Links: What Happened To Starting Pitching? (LOCG) What Are Chipper's Chances Of Hitting .400? (Vegas Watch) The NFC North Needs Some QBs ...

Baseball Taking Much-Needed Milestone Break [Baseball Records]
Published 5/12/2008 by Leitch at Deadspin
... That seems awfully unlikely too. The only current major league hitting .400 is Chipper Jones, and you can't like his odds to keep that going. ...

Vegas Watch: What Are The Odds: Chipper’s Quest For .400
Published 5/12/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Vegas Watch: What Are The Odds: Chipper’s Quest For .400 Well, since Newsboy Moriarty is no longer with us...VW has the answers. (BTW...Chipper 3-3 hoy, hoy, hoy!) Ideally, he’d like to get exactly 502 PAs, which is the minimum required to qualify for the batting title. If he did that, his odds would be 1 in 225. As those PAs go up, it gets very unlikely, very quickly. Weighting the 618 PA scenario as 40%, and the other three as 10%, 30%, and 20%, respectively, we come to odds of 1 in 546 . If he keeps this up (unlikely), some enterprising gambling site will probably offer ...

High Five
Published 5/12/2008 by Fornelli (noreply@blogger.com) at Foul Balls
... look around the interweb while thanking your ACL for being so manly Dee Mirich is back, and she's better crazier than ever. [ Deadspin ] Sarge Matthews on lap dances and fatties. [ Awful Announcing ] Every 16-year old boy's worst nightmare. [ With Leather ] I'm not sure I'd let my kid wear this jersey, but in his parent's defense, he's a boy. Now had he been a 13-year old girl.... [ Zoner Sports ] What are the odds Chipper Jones hits .400 this year? [ Vegas Watch ]

Blog Patrol
Published 5/12/2008 at FanIQ Blog
Thank the lord. The National Xtreme Baseball League is back! 2 batters and 2 pitchers at the same time! Twice the confusion of real baseball with 1/10th the fun. [Deuce of Davenport] An interview with two female baseball bloggers. [Baseball Digest] What are the odds Chipper hits .400 this year? Better yet, what are the odds he stays healthy? [Vegas Watch] Boom Dizzle may not come back to the Warriors next season. That makes me awful sad. [Fanhouse] Man, what the hell has happened to starting ...

Chipper and .400
Published 5/13/2008 by shaun at Section 435
... thing in the second game. Still, our 10-2 win in Washington and our 8-0 in Miami didn’t prove to be sparks to our road offense, so we can only hope that this time we finally figured it out. Since it was such an ugly series, let’s talk about more positive things. Will Chipper Hit .400? Chipper went 4 for 8 on the doubleheader to end the day at .406. People are starting to ask: will Chipper hit .400 this year? Some say yes. Some say no. The case against Chipper is reality. The case for Chipper is ...