{"id":1459,"date":"2008-08-23T08:45:58","date_gmt":"2008-08-23T13:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/joe-%e2%80%9cthe-factsman%e2%80%9d-apricena\/"},"modified":"2008-08-23T08:45:58","modified_gmt":"2008-08-23T13:45:58","slug":"joe-%e2%80%9cthe-factsman%e2%80%9d-apricena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/joe-%e2%80%9cthe-factsman%e2%80%9d-apricena\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe \u201cThe Factsman\u201d Apricena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- CODE STARTS HERE --><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/affiliates.5dimes.com\/tracking\/Affiliate.asp?AffID=AF000344&#038;mediaTypeID=98&#038;image=\/tracking\/banner\/468x60\/Generic_Generic_5D468x60(01).gif&#038;AffUrlID=409\" target=\"_top\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/affiliates.5dimes.com\/tracking\/banner.asp?AffID=AF000344&#038;mediaTypeID=98&#038;image=\/tracking\/banner\/468x60\/Generic_Generic_5D468x60(01).gif&#038;AffUrlID=409\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Bet at 5Dimes\"><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<!-- CODE ENDS HERE --><br \/>\n<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'><\/p>\n<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>We have gotten a few emails at the <span style='color:\nblack'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterlockline.com\/\"><span style='color:black'>MasterLockLine.com<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span>regarding Joe \u201cThe Factsman\u201d Apricena. According to Cy McCormick,<br \/>\nApricena highest finish ever in any sport was in 2002 when he ranked 97<sup>th<\/sup><br \/>\nout of 620 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">sports handicappers<\/a> in<br \/>\ncollege football. That year was also his highest overall finish in all sports<br \/>\nwhen he came in at 202 out of 620. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>SportsForumPicks.com and <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.bookmaker.com\/?cmpid=5999_828\">Bookmaker<\/a> teamed up for a<br \/>\nsensational publicity stunt when they claimed Apricena risked $1,000,000 in a<br \/>\nbet. \u201cThe worst publicity is no publicity,\u201d said <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'><span style='color:blue'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a><\/span><\/b><br \/>\nCEO Joe Duffy admitting, \u201cI wish I thought of the stunt first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>As radio touts Sebastian, Larry <span class=SpellE>Dukehart<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cThe Duke\u201d on Sporting News Radio and Jonathan Stone, as well as <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.sportsbettingchamp.com\/?hop=tamona\">John Morrison, Sports<br \/>\nBetting Champ<\/a> show, marketing is imperative. The <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.linetrackers.com\/\">sportsbooks<\/a> and <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">sports handicappers<\/a> are often<br \/>\ninvolved in synergy promotions and the previously unknown Apricena and <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.bookmaker.com\/?cmpid=5999_828\">Bookmaker<\/a> have pulled off<br \/>\nthe best publicity stunt since Lou Diamond\u2019s HBO gift horse. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Perhaps one of the sportsbooks can say they found Bigfoot<br \/>\nor has that idea already been taken? <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have gotten a few emails at the MasterLockLine.com regarding Joe \u201cThe Factsman\u201d Apricena. According to Cy McCormick, Apricena highest finish ever in any sport was in 2002 when he ranked 97th out of 620 sports handicappers in college football. That year was also his highest overall finish in all sports when he came in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/joe-%e2%80%9cthe-factsman%e2%80%9d-apricena\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Joe \u201cThe Factsman\u201d Apricena<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports_betting_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}