So, Vegas, You’re Telling Me Rocco Has a Chance?
I can’t believe what I’m looking at here. Granted, it’s late Sunday night, but right now Bodog has Tiger Woods as a 4-1 favorite in his playoff with Rocco Mediate (Rocco is paying $275 on a c-note).↵↵Dah ... 4-1? Do they know something I don’t know? Is this, what, because of the knee or something? COME ON ALREADY! This is the massive-hitting Tiger Woods (a.k.a. the greatest golfer, maybe the greatest athlete, who ever lived) against Dr. Let’s Lay Up On This One Rocco Mediate (a.k.a. a 45-year-old duffer well past his prime who wasn’t really that good when he was in his prime) going head-to-head for a major championship over 18 holes in veritable match-play conditions. ↵
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↵↵Maybe if it was sudden death – maybe – Rocco might get lucky. But 18 holes aggregate… sheesh. He doesn’t stand a chance. It’s like a heavyweight fighting a welterweight. It’s like Serena Williams’ butt playing tennis against my butt. It’s like… you know what it’s like? It’s like killing a mockingbird, Atticus. Myself, honest to God, I put Rocco at 20 to 1, and in doing so I feel like I’m being nice to the guy. He wins today and it’s Douglas over Tyson, Clay over Liston, Jets over Colts territory as far as I’m concerned. And believe me, I’m pulling for him, and I’d even like to lay down a little scratch on him to make it interesting, but I can’t back a longshot pony like that at LESS THAN 3-1! As I’m sure we all remember, Buster Douglas was 42-1, which is a little more like it. These guys making the golf book these days, I don’t know. Seems like they should give us a little more to work with on this one. ↵
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