Sometimes the impossible happens ... or so Mariners fan can hope
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Don’t lose playoff hope, Mariner fans.
An unidentified gambler beat similar odds when he correctly picked the winners of the first five races at Saratoga Race Course in New York — and turned a 50-cent bet into a $471,124.50 windfall.
Double-secret probation
“If Pete Rose were a Buddhist,” wondered Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle, “would he be banned for more than one lifetime?”
Headlines
• At SportsPickle.com: “Dodgers making late push to acquire Toronto Blue Jays before the trade deadline.