The game was already underway and the Phillies were losing. Three of the gamblers were there, when Tony stumbled in. He'd already been drinking.
"Roger! You lose!" He said holding up a newspaper with page open to a Macy's ad congratulating the Phillies for being back to back World Series Champs.
"Yeah, and President Dewey defeated North Korea back in the fifties."
"Huh?" Tony asked, "Who's President Dewey?"
"The paper's wrong, Tone. Back in 1948, a newspaper printed the headline that Dewey Wins because of bad polling. Truman won. This time the paper ran the wrong ad, and prematurely too. See the game's on the television, and your precious Phillies are losing."
"Aw, shit," said Tony looking at the tv and sitting down at the table.
They were there again at the table for the final game. For Tony it was all a blur. He'd been drinking non-stop as the Phillies chances got worse and worse. He had a bad feeling about what Roger had planned for him. He would be sobering up quickly tonight.
"Well, it's all over Tony," Roger said with an evil grin.
"Yeah, okay, what d'ya want me to do?