{"id":1700,"date":"2008-08-23T08:48:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-23T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/joe-apricena-sportsforumpicks\/"},"modified":"2008-08-23T08:48:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-23T13:48:00","slug":"joe-apricena-sportsforumpicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/joe-apricena-sportsforumpicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Apricena SportsForumPicks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a   href=\"http:\/\/affiliates.5dimes.com\/tracking\/Affiliate.asp?AffID=AF000344&amp;mediaTypeID=98&amp;image=\/tracking\/banner\/468x60\/Generic_Generic_5D468x60(01).gif&amp;AffUrlID=409\"   target=_top><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bet at 5Dimes\" hspace=0   src=\"http:\/\/affiliates.5dimes.com\/tracking\/banner.asp?AffID=AF000344&amp;mediaTypeID=98&amp;image=\/tracking\/banner\/468x60\/Generic_Generic_5D468x60(01).gif&amp;AffUrlID=409\"   border=0><br \/><\/a><br \/><!-- CODE ENDS HERE -->  <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>We have gotten a few emails at the <span   style=\"COLOR: black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterlockline.com\/\"><span   style=\"COLOR: black\">MasterLockLine.com<\/span><\/a> <\/span>regarding Joe &#8220;The   Factsman&#8221; Apricena. According to Cy McCormick, Apricena highest finish ever in   any sport was in 2002 when he ranked 97<sup>th<\/sup> out of 620 <a   href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><font color=#003366>sports   handicappers<\/font><\/a> in college football. That year was also his highest   overall finish in all sports when he came in at 202 out of 620. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>SportsForumPicks.com and <a   href=\"http:\/\/www.bookmaker.com\/?cmpid=5999_828\"><font   color=#003366>Bookmaker<\/font><\/a> teamed up for a sensational publicity stunt   when they claimed Apricena risked $1,000,000 in a bet. &#8220;The worst publicity is   no publicity,&#8221; said <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><span   style=\"COLOR: blue\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><font   color=#003366>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b> CEO Joe Duffy   admitting, &#8220;I wish I thought of the stunt first.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>As radio touts Sebastian, Larry <span   class=SpellE>Dukehart<\/span> &#8220;The Duke&#8221; on Sporting News Radio and Jonathan   Stone, as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsbettingchamp.com\/?hop=tamona\"><font   color=#003366>John Morrison, Sports Betting Champ<\/font><\/a> show, marketing is   imperative. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linetrackers.com\/\"><font   color=#003366>sportsbooks<\/font><\/a> and <a   href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><font color=#003366>sports   handicappers<\/font><\/a> are often involved in synergy promotions and the   previously unknown Apricena and <a   href=\"http:\/\/www.bookmaker.com\/?cmpid=5999_828\"><font   color=#003366>Bookmaker<\/font><\/a> have pulled off the best publicity stunt   since Lou Diamond&#8217;s HBO gift horse. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Perhaps one of the sportsbooks can say they found Bigfoot   or has that idea already been taken? <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O   \/><o:P><\/o:P><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have gotten a few emails at the MasterLockLine.com regarding Joe &#8220;The Factsman&#8221; 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-apricena-sportsforumpicks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Joe Apricena SportsForumPicks<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}