Mayor willing to lose L.A. Times in baseball wager with St. Louis mayor

For years, the mayoral sports wager has been a fixture of postseason professional sports.

So it was no surprise that with the Dodgers squaring off against the St. Louis Cardinals, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa anted up with his counterpart, Francis Slay.

But those looking for high stakes may want to look elsewhere.

His honor's offering posted on Twitter includes Dodger Stadium garlic fries, a Manuel burrito and a case of Budweiser.

Slay counters with toasted ravioli, a Build-A-Bear animal and a Twitter T-shirt.

Villaraigosa also offered to give up the L.A. Times "if we lose the series." 

-- Andrew Blankstein

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Comments

[Gary]

I used to work at the Times.... Andrew Blankstein used to hang out in the bathroom for hours and hours... its no wonder hes a republican... why is he still there?

[Bgt1245]

Can we give up Tony regardless of the outcome?

[Reader]

He either has faith in the Dodgers, or hates the stuff you write about him. Either way he wins!

[Astonished]

Sounds good to me!

[Cleo Watts]

As a black man, I would prefer that Mr. Villar leave Los Angeles as soon as possible. He has done nothing to improve the city, rather, is an active participant in making Los Angeles a northern suburb of Mexico, which is and always be, nothing more than a third world country. He is a disgrace to the city.

[no wonder]

Considering the Times endorsed that "Carmen the Soap Opera" character who's going down as the worst example of "inexperienced unknown outsiders who have a flashy and fake ad campaign are always better" in the history of L A - I'd say Tony's hoping the Times goes the way of the Rams like yesterday.

[Tim McOsker]

Mayor,
How about we give up the LA Times if we win?