Welcome to the 2020 baseball playoffs, where a total of 16 teams are competing for the chance to vie for a COVID-19 World Series championship.
The Minnesota Twins entered their playoff opener on a streak of 16 consecutive losses in the postseason. They were up against the Houston Astros, a team performing below .500 and struggling on the road.
A bettor placed a hefty $500,000 bet on the Twins (-149) to snap their losing streak and triumph over Houston.
As fate would have it, the Astros engineered a remarkable comeback in the 9th inning to claim victory with a score of 4-1.
The online community didn’t hold back in its ridicule of the unfortunate individual:
