I was curious, and I did some research, and I have some answers.

And that is, how big of a favorite are the LA Dodgers?

So I went to a gambling website, of course. Gambling is the topic of the week, isn't it? Just to get a perspective. So I'm going to give you the numbers, and I'm going to give you context. The Toronto Blue Jays to win the World Series are plus 184. They are significant underdogs against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Okay.

Which is kind of odd when you think about it from this perspective.

The Blue Jays had a better record over 162 games and have home field advantage.

Yeah, but the Dodgers are playing ridiculous baseball right now. Understand.

I can't argue that. And I kind of agree with the sentiment. Like, you ask me today, we all probably think the Dodgers are going to win. I just wanted to put that out there. Like, the Blue Chase had a better record. They did. They have home field advantage. Doesn't matter. Okay. Dodgers in five. I looked into the history, and this goes only back to 1985, which is a pretty big sample size,

but not the entire history of the World Series.

If the Blue Jays win the World Series, it would be the fourth biggest upset in the history of the World Series since 1985.

Wow.

There are three other World Series that would

go down as bigger upsets based

on gambling odds. So the last 40

years. Since 1985.

Wow. Now, I'll let Tommy,

as a baseball fan, as a guy who knows

one thing or two, give me the three

upsets that were bigger, according to the gambling odds than if the Blue Jays beat the Dodgers. First one that comes to my mind immediately Marlins beating the Yankees in the World Series. Absolutely brilliant. That is plus 190 of the three upsets I'm about to give you the smallest upset. Really? Yes, there were two that were bigger according to gambling odds. Can I phone a friend or ask a question here? Of course! Is that the most recent one? No. So one more recently was a bigger upset. I'm going to give you a hint. Who did the Royal play? Are you being a jerk right now? They played the Mets. Okay, is that one? Believe it or not, the Royals in the Mets were one of the most even World Series odds in the history of the World Series. They were actually both minus numbers, which I can't find with any other World Series. All right, I'll give you a hint. One of them is relatively recent. The other one is not. Okay. One of them is relatively recent.

The other one is not recent.

Relatively recent.

Yes.

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