{"id":19247,"date":"2020-12-07T11:53:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T19:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=19247"},"modified":"2020-12-07T12:02:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T20:02:21","slug":"first-post-monday-december-7-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2020\/12\/07\/first-post-monday-december-7-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Monday, December 7, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ebrmwOPQ7XI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dick Allen dead. Richie Allen dead. R.I.P.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Controversial figure for many reasons, including for his love of horse-racing and its interference with his baseball. Remember reading in one year\u2019s edition of the Bill James <em>Baseball Abstract&nbsp;<\/em>about Allen\u2019s incredible talent but his reluctance to play by the rules. One of the parts was about how if in spring training Richie Allen didn\u2019t want to suit-up for a meaningless exhibition game because he\u2019d rather bet the daily double at Hialeah or somesuch, then he needed a manager who would be able to understand and manage that reality. Sort of like another Allen \u2014 Allen Iverson, though we don\u2019t think AI\u2019s distractions involved horses.<\/p>\n<p>Also remember that Dick Allen\u2019s brother Hank Allen trained the great 1990s Eastern Seaboard sprinter Northern Wolf.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So they shipped Richie Allen out of Philly, and then brought him back after his stint with the ChiSox. But that Bill James writeup on Richie Allen and the latter\u2019s love for the horses, well, we remember that the most.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gulf 2<br \/>\n#6 Flaming Hot ($26.40, BestLine Fair Odds 4.95-1)<\/p>\n<p>Gulf 7<br \/>\n#3 Competitive Speed ($20.40, BestLine Fair Odds 5.71-1)<\/p>\n<p>Gulf 8<br \/>\n#1 Choate Bridge ($25.20, BestLine Fair Odds 7.20-1; daily double on Races 7 &amp; 8 paid $181.60, for $2)<\/p>\n<p>Mountain 1<br \/>\n#5 Island Betty ($25.80, BestLine Fair Odds 4.52-1)<\/p>\n<p>There were six selected races yesterday. There were 16 win-overlay wagers, and there was a runner-up finish, by a dirty neck at 22-1. There also was a winner, at $26.40.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WMF Report \/ Track-Trend Notes<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WMF Report \/ Track-Trend Notes for Monday, Dec. 7, 2020 \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RemingtonPark?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RemingtonPark<\/a> 5 1\/2f looks best for the front-types now.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cynthia Publishing Company (AIO V6 \/ BestLine) (@cpcbestline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cpcbestline\/status\/1336022248780517376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Follow directly: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/cpcbestline\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/mm5\/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&amp;Store_Code=THS&amp;Product_Code=ZONGO&amp;Category_Code=\"><strong>Zongo Race Club<\/strong><\/a> suggests <strong>Delta 4<\/strong>, <strong>ParXXX 8<\/strong>, <strong>9<\/strong>, <strong>Zia 6<\/strong>, <strong>7<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dick Allen dead. Richie Allen dead. 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