Why we like to gamble

Back in the day, and I mean waaayyy back in the day, the hunter who could guess where the herd was going to be could feed his family or his tribe. That made him a hero. When money got involved, it made him rich. That is why we like to gamble - it's hard wired into our DNA. (I'm no scientist and I shoot from the hip, so I don't actually know if this is hard-wired or what hard wired even means. :))

I am completely involved in the stock market and the above is the reason. But if there is one thing better than trying to guess what is going to happen in society, economics, company decisions, and with the influential few that dictate the stock market, it is trying to predict what will happen in baseball.

The stock market has rules and truisms and metrics. Baseball has 90 feet to first and just as many rules, truisms and metrics. Thanks to Rotohog for creating an egaging platform for my predictions.

I will make a prediction or calculate odds on just about anything. Doing it on the game I love is just more enjoyable. After all, a Torii Hunter diving grab and Joe Mauer 5-5 gets the juices flowing even more than Vasco Data Security blowing the number out on their latest quarterlies.