Hypo: $5M to attend 162 randomly assigned MLB games in 2025
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Date: January 7th, 2025 7:55 PM Author: Nazca Redlines
If you attend 162 randomly assigned games during the course of the 187 day regular MLB season, you get $5M. Specifically:
You will be assigned an opening day game as soon as you accept participating in the hypo. After that, you'll get each subsequent random game assignment at the time of the scheduled first pitch of the preceding game. Most of the time it will be the next day.
You'll never be assigned a day game in the Eastern or Central Time Zones the day after a night game in the Pacific or Mountain Time Zones. And you'll never be assigned a game outside the US and Toronto.
To get credit for the game, you must be in your seat by the time of the first pitch, and you must remain in the stadium until any one of the following occurs: the end of the game, the end of the of the 12th inning, the game is called for rain, 2 hours of rain delay(s).
If you miss any of your assigned games, the hypo is over and you lose.
You must find your own tickets, transit, lodging, etc.
The $5M is tax free.
Do you accept?
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48529496) |
Date: January 7th, 2025 7:57 PM Author: zarathustra
why would i not accept this
i would do this and then retire probably
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48529503) |
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Date: January 8th, 2025 7:00 PM
Author: .,.,.....,.,.;,.,,,:,.,.,::,...,:,..;,..
Season is 187 days long so you get 25 fuckup days
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48533327) |
Date: January 7th, 2025 8:05 PM Author: trumpslide
You would 100% get fucked by the airlines midway through the season, probably involving some night game in Minnesota followed by a day game in Miami the next morning. Your only hope would be to publicize your adventure through ESPN or something that you’d generate so much public interest and support that you’d have a private jet to rescue you. You’d better have a magnetic personality for that.
If I were poor I’d risk it.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48529528) |
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Date: January 7th, 2025 8:51 PM Author: .,.,.,;,.,.,.,;,,...
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48529688) |
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Date: January 8th, 2025 12:31 AM
Author: ,.,.,,.,.,.,.,.,.,..,.,,,..,.,. ( )
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48530323) |
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Date: January 7th, 2025 8:31 PM Author: Nazca Redlines
50% of the time you can drive or take the train without even cutting it close.
40% of the time you'll be able to fly without issues.
10% of the time, you can try to charter a flight, combine flights and driving....
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48529633) |
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Date: January 7th, 2025 10:13 PM
Author: .,..,.,,.,..,,,.,.,.,..,..,..,.,..,,.,.,.,.
Guys at my high school
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48529921) |
Date: January 7th, 2025 8:12 PM Author: Diamond Dallas Trump
midwit response. one hurricane, blizzard, etc could easily ground your flight and you are out all the effort and expense of this bullshit. the games are randomly selected so you won't be able to knock out 3 easy games in a series, and any natural disaster that fucks your travel is not going to cause the next randomly assigned game to be cancelled (as it might if you were following one team from place to place). Even a simple flight delay could fuck you if you have a friday night game followed by a faraway early saturday game since you wouldn't necessarily be able to secure a different flight. These don't have to be high-probability events. You have to be *perfect* over 162 attempts.
This isn't a "do an onerous task to secure your financial future" hypo. There is signficant risk to be mitigated or priced in to decide whether it's worth it.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48529563) |
Date: January 7th, 2025 9:47 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
reminds me of the golfer who played the top 100 world courses in 100 days:
http://thegolfodyssey.net/100-day-trip/trip-description-days-1-25-3/
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48529855) |
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Date: January 8th, 2025 11:28 AM
Author: .,.,.....,.,.;,.,,,:,.,.,::,...,:,..;,..
lol I have this bookmarked. good longread. guy is a aspie shitboomer doucherag but it's an interesting read.
https://www.perrygolf.com/blog/category/around-the-world/page/16/
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48531543) |
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Date: January 7th, 2025 10:25 PM Author: Nazca Redlines
Not so.
Your example is nbd. The game ends at 9:45. There is a flight from Pittsburgh direct to Tuscon at 11:15. If you make it, you're set. Drive to SD overnight or hie to PHX and take one of several morning flights to SD.
Even if you don't make the flight to Tuscon, you can drive overnight to DTW, EWR, IND, or somewhere else and easily fly to SD in the morning.
And you can charter a flight if you want to. Adding a no-private-flights-restriction would make it more interesting and still very achievable.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48529948) |
Date: January 8th, 2025 2:10 AM Author: TheEastside
You need your own plane, buy a used Cessna or something like that. It won’t be a storm or inability to find a flight that trips you up. It’ll be your on the plane that gets you there in plenty of time but the airline says oops there is a slight delay for a maintenence issue but we will be departing shortly.
Then they will repeat that line every 30 minutes until 8 hours pass and they finally cancel the flight. You’re never going to always know in enough time whether you need to go to plan B because the airlines are never going to tell you the truth about any flight delay.
Commercial air / charters needs to be your plan b. Plan A needs to be I am going to fly myself in my own plane.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48530527) |
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Date: January 8th, 2025 11:15 AM Author: Nazca Redlines
A Cessna is not the credited response. It does not get you from coast to coast overnight. The Rockies are a big (though not insurmountable) obstacle. Good luck when there is a huge storm system over Utah and New Mexico or elsewhere in the midwest that you can't go over or through when trying to leave San Diego. And good luck when you face some maintenance issue and you're at a tiny airport somewhere.
It also tethers you to the plane. If you're in Seattle with your Cessna, you can't hop a commercial jet to Boston. You need to get your Cessna there if you want to keep using it the next day.
The long delay made up of small delays accumulating that you mentioned for the commercial flight is a real risk. But most of the time, you're not stuck on the plane for those delays. If your flight is delayed and you haven't boarded, get on another flight, get in a car, or see about a charter. The only real issue is if you're stuck on a commercial plane with no other options on one of the cross-country legs.
Most teams are within about a 600 mile radius of Cincinnati. And most of the rest are a reasonable drive from each other in California/Arizona. The majority of your trips will be an easy drive, easy short flight, or combination of the two.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48531514) |
Date: January 8th, 2025 1:28 PM Author: AbduI
Lease a used citation and hire a pilot on each coast. Speed boats on the Mississippi, great lakes, and inter coastal waterway too. Autonomous vehicles all over in hubs.
Or partner with fedex for the next day delivery challenge and go full bore globalcap loser. They could get a package to and from each game I bet. Why not a balding lawyer?
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48532022) |
Date: January 8th, 2025 4:41 PM Author: ADA-compliant Monkey Bars
Hell yeah. Can I go to extra games between my assignments?
I’d hire a full time assistant to handle logistics. The baseball season is actually 187 days though, so you should be allowed make up games.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48532889) |
Date: January 8th, 2025 5:38 PM Author: stolen pallor
People are underestimating the logistics of this too. Just the hotel reservations will be a constant struggle, especially last minute. Sleep deprivation will definitely happen as well, which will wear on you after the first 30 days or so.
5 months is a long time to slog through all of this.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48533092) |
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Date: January 8th, 2025 8:25 PM Author: Nazca Redlines
What are we underestimating? The logistics are clear. Get from one city to another, mostly within about 21 hours, 161 times in 187 days.
The hotels would be one of the easiest parts of this--and unnecessary any given day. Finding a hotel would not have been a logistical challenge 20 years ago. Now, with smart phones and booking apps, it could be an afterthought.
Sleep deprivation would be tough on some days. Other days, like a Baltimore to NY day, you'd have plenty of time to sleep and relax.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48533658) |
Date: January 8th, 2025 6:34 PM
Author: ,,;;,,,;,,,:,;,,,,,,;:,,,;,,,,,:,,,;;,,,;
What are the chances some XOer’s incel behavior gets them banned from flights?
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48533268) |
Date: January 8th, 2025 6:57 PM
Author: .,.,.....,.,.;,.,,,:,.,.,::,...,:,..;,..
Find someone who owns a private jet and promise them a cut of the $ if they let you use it.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48533320) |
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Date: January 8th, 2025 9:27 PM
Author: .,.,.....,.,.;,.,,,:,.,.,::,...,:,..;,..
Exactly
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48533893) |
Date: January 8th, 2025 9:49 PM Author: Metal Up Your Ass
Yes, there are unrealized gains available to you if you were to successfully complete this. It would end up being more than $5million.
You'd probably be able to build an instagram/tiktok/twitter following as you picked up steam, which would not only be potentially lucrative, but you would get to crowdsource your next moves and likely have companies offering their services.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48533997) |
Date: January 8th, 2025 10:05 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
Q for OP: can u utilize/hire someone else to help with logistical arrangements? my wife is organized and could easily help with booking rental cars, hotels, etc. and i wouldn't have to pay anyone.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48534083) |
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Date: January 8th, 2025 10:59 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
it'd help tremendously, both in terms of stress and just the ability to do shit. hard to do shit on your phone if you're driving a rental car, walking through an airport terminal, going through security, etc. you might be able to sleep on the flight if you're not on your phone the whole time booking your next hotel and rental car
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5660546&forum_id=2Elisa#48534263) |
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