{"id":26394,"date":"2024-10-07T16:07:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T23:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=26394"},"modified":"2024-10-07T16:07:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T23:07:56","slug":"first-post-monday-october-7-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2024\/10\/07\/first-post-monday-october-7-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Monday, October 7, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<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\/WvIEiJERUdM?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To answer the question posed in yesterday\u2019s lede, no, three outs were necessary, but not sufficient, since two runs were surrendered by the Phillies before the third out was recorded. So it went to the bottom of the ninth, tied at 6-all, an instant-win situation if the home side could convert. Scrub on over to the 14:30 mark and play to the end for the latest edition of what we\u2019re calling <em>The Nick Castellanos Diamond Jubilee<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gratuitous Horse Racing Tweet of Your Day<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/racingblogger\/status\/1842939860900065699\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Those Continentals!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Trophy horse&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BestLine Racing Society Recap<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few post-press-time connections to report from last night\u2019s (<strong>Sunday<\/strong>\u2019s) late action: At <strong>Albuquerque<\/strong>, <strong>#4 Pray for Me Ray<\/strong> (.258 Win Prob \/ 2.88-1 Fair Odds \/ 3.65-1 Premium Odds) answered with a <strong>Race 8<\/strong> win at <strong>$18.60<\/strong>; completing your winning <strong>$46.60 exacta<\/strong> was <strong>#1 Anotherforbrooks<\/strong> (.229 \/ 3.37 \/ 5.11), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $44.60. At <strong>Fresno<\/strong>, <strong>#1 Duly Noted<\/strong> (.313 \/ 2.19 \/ 2.83) marked-up a win in <strong>Race 7<\/strong> at <strong>$10.80<\/strong>. At <strong>New Cumberland, W.Va.<\/strong>, <strong>#2 Magic Mountain<\/strong> (.219 \/ 3.57 \/ 4.48) won <strong>Race 2<\/strong> for Thomas Mann &amp; Hans Castorp at\u00a0<strong>$11.40<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for today (<strong>Monday<\/strong>), some of your races went like this&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting this time across the northern border with <strong>Fort Erie, Ont.<\/strong>, where <strong>#4 Forest Flash<\/strong> (.311 \/ 2.22 \/ 2.86) was not lost in the woods in <strong>Race 3<\/strong> at <strong>$8.40<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Race 9 finale<\/strong> on the <strong>Canandaigua, N.Y.,<\/strong> card found <strong>#7 Financialstability<\/strong> (.226 \/ 3.42 \/ 4.31) providing same, if temporarily, to his smattering of backers at <strong>$22.80<\/strong>; completing your winning <strong>$293.50 exacta<\/strong> was <strong>#6 Play Ball<\/strong> (.143 \/ 5.99 \/ 8.79), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $84.38.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Race 2<\/strong> from <strong>Bensalem Twp., Penna.<\/strong>, had <strong>#7 Hey What\u2019s Up<\/strong> (.142 \/ 6.04 \/ 8.86) elevating the day\u2019s average win mutuel a fair bit via a <strong>$102-even<\/strong> win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ending as we often do during the work week at <strong>No. Randall, Ohio<\/strong>, whose <strong>Race 4<\/strong> was won by <strong>#4 Morethanreadyeddie<\/strong> (.296 \/ 2.38 \/ 3.05) at <strong>$10-even<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BestLine Racing Society Nightcap<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Mountain<\/strong> once more&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Strongshots<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"438\" data-attachment-id=\"26400\" 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class=\"wp-element-caption\">BestLine Output: 7Oct24 5Mnr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To answer the question posed in yesterday\u2019s lede, no, three outs were necessary, but not sufficient, since two runs were surrendered by the Phillies before the third out was recorded. 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