| Name |
Claim |
Date Made |
Comments |
| Mike S |
Barack Obama will dump Joe Biden as his running mate for the 2012 presidential election. |
02-Nov-2010 |
Obama did not dump Joe Biden as his running mate, and together they won re-election. |
| Mark D |
Tonight is the first time since May that all eight regular Card Night players have been in attendance. |
22-Nov-2011 |
All eight regular Card Night players were in attendance on 29-Sep-2011. |
| Mike S |
Tonight is the last episode of The Office. |
28-Apr-2011 |
The last episode of The Office did not air tonight. The episode of The Office that aired tonight was last one starring Steve Carrell. |
| Mike S |
There won't be more than 10 runs scored this entire series. |
27-Jul-2010 |
Mike claimed that the Padres and Dodgers would not score more than 10 runs between them during their three-game series on July 27, 28, and 29, 2010. A total of 14 runs were scored. |
| Mark D |
Tennis pro Victoria Azarenka is from Romania. |
26-Jan-2010 |
Azarenka is from Belarus. |
| Mike S |
Michael Jackson testified in court, "I like sleeping with 10-year-old boys." Word for word. |
30-Jun-2009 |
We might have been able to cut Mike some slack on this one, but then he had to add "Word for word" to his statement. Michael Jackson never testified, "I like sleeping with 10-year-old boys." The quote Mike is probably thinking of came from a 2003 British TV documentary (not from courtroom testimony): "Why can't you share your bed? That's the most loving thing to do, to share your bed with someone." |
| Paul |
Taking Gopher Canyon Road is a faster way to Harrah's Rincon Casino than the way Mike Stefanidis goes. |
06-Jun-2009 |
Google Maps shows that Mike's way (via Via Rancho Parkway) is 11.1 miles shorter and six minutes faster than Paul's way. |
| Paul |
The Rays will beat the Phillies in the World Series. |
21-Oct-2008 |
Mary told everyone that Frank was very excited about the Phillies getting to the World Series. Paul then said something like, "Well, they won't win." The Phillies won the Series three games to one. |
| Mike S |
Memphis is the worst college free-throw shooting team. |
07-Apr-2008 |
Although Memphis was bad this year (61.5% for free throws, placing them in 329th place), the worst free-throw shooting team was Washington (58.6%, 341st place). |
| Mike S |
I've won twelve out of the last thirteen times I've played at Card Night. |
30-Oct-2007 |
He won eleven of the last thirteen times he played at Card Night. |
| Mike S |
Lynn, please enter our Football Pool picks. The password is... |
06-Sep-2007 |
Mike asked Lynn to enter their Football Pool picks while he was at work, but the password he gave her was wrong. |
| Mike S |
During a father-son event in Philadelphia, Mike Schmidt's four-year-old son was playing third base. When his son blew a play, the Philadelphia fans booed him until he started crying. This is an absolute true story. |
28-Aug-2007 |
It was Darren Daulton's four-year-old son that they booed when he came up to bat. |
| Mike S |
If I win tonight, I'll give money to Bill to bet for me. |
14-Nov-2006 |
Mike was surprised that the over/under for the upcoming Chargers/Broncos game was only 42 points, seeing as the Chargers alone were averaging 33 points a game. Since Bill was going to Vegas in a few days, the Card Night group suggested Mike give money to Bill to bet the over. Mike said he would do so if he won at cards that night. Mike ended up winning a whopping $139.00, but then refused to give Bill any money to bet. (Turns out he would have easily won the bet; the Chargers won 35-27.) |
| San Diego Union Tribune |
Baltimore is favored by 2½ points. |
26-Sep-2006 |
Referring to the October 1st game between the San Diego Chargers and the Baltimore Ravens, the Union-Tribune claimed the Ravens were favored by 2½ points. In fact, the Chargers were favored by 2½ points. |
| Mike S |
Frank and Mary's new baby's name is Clair. There's no 'e'! |
05-Sep-2006 |
Their baby's name is Clare. No 'i'. |
| Mike S |
40% of lung cancer victims are non-smokers. |
09-Aug-2005 |
According to an article published by ABC News, the correct figure is between 10% and 15%. |
| Mark D |
I don't buy any of the products advertised during Padre games. |
05-Jul-2005 |
Turns out Mark's not quite that anal. |
| Mike S |
Yes, I'll enter Michael's picks as you've instructed. |
10-Nov-2004 |
Mary asked Mike to enter the Football Pool picks for Michael F based on the line published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on Saturday morning. (Mary and Frank were going out of town, so they wouldn't be able to do it.) Although Mike entered 13 of Michael's 14 picks correctly based on the line, he picked New Orleans over Kansas City, even though Kansas City was favored by 4½ points. (New Orleans ended up winning.) |
| The San Diego Chargers |
The Chargers' preseason opener will be the first NFL game that (Philip) Rivers attends. |
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The claim was made on page 148 of the Chargers' 2004 Media Guide. Hey, Chargers? How come Rivers wasn't there? |
| Mark D |
Frank claimed that Mary wasn't pregnant even though she was. |
03-Jun-2004 |
Actually, Mary's pregnancy started long after Frank was making these claims. |
| Mike S |
ESPN 2's ticker stays on during commercials. |
01-Jun-2004 |
Mike must have been watching ESPNEWS when he saw the ticker stay on during commercials, because ESPN 2's ticker does not. |
| Frank |
I'll be at Cards on Tuesday. |
29-May-2004 |
No show, no call. |
| All claims below were made when this page was devoted solely to Mike S. |
| Mike S |
I'm not coming to cards anymore. I'm serious. I won't be here next week. |
03-Jun-2003 |
Mike was back the very next week. |
| Mike S |
The Chicago Cubs will not win their division this season. |
23-Apr-2003 |
How did Mike get this one wrong? Is there ever a safer prediction than "The Cubs will not win their division"? It just goes to show how really, REALLY unreliable Mike's claims are. |
| Mike S |
The L.A. Lakers will repeat this season as NBA champions. |
23-Apr-2003 |
The Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs by the San Antonio Spurs, four games to two. |
| Mike S |
Minnesota will lose every one of the games they play in L.A. |
23-Apr-2003 |
Mike was referring to the games that the Minnesota Timberwolves and L.A. Lakers would be playing in Los Angeles as part of their NBA playoff series. Minnesota won the first game in L.A., 114-110 in overtime. |
| Mike S |
The Padres will lose more than one hundred games this season. |
31-Mar-2003 |
Mike and Lynn were sitting in the cage behind home plate the night the Padres won their 62nd game of the year, making it impossible for them to lose more than 100 games. They finished the season 64-98. |
| Mike S |
The University of San Diego will beat San Diego State. |
07-Jan-2003 |
Mike was referring to the men's basketball game on January 8, 2003. Final score: USD 72, SDSU 78. |
| Mike S |
The University of Arizona's men's basketball team will be in the top three or four at the end of the year. |
19-Nov-2002 |
Mike now claims that he meant that Arizona would be RANKED in the top three or four before the beginning of the NCAA Championship Tournament. If that's true, his claim is correct. However, Arizona was eliminated in the fourth round of the tournament, and as a result failed to make the Final Four. If what he meant in his original claim was that Arizona would make the Final Four, the claim is wrong. |
| Mike S |
Mary will have her baby on Wednesday, October 30. |
28-Oct-2002 |
Mary and Frank had their baby Michael on November 13. |
| Mike S |
Anaheim Angels will win the World Series in 5 games and wait 20 more years for their next World Series appearance. |
17-Oct-2002 |
The Angels did win the World Series, but it took them seven games. |
| Mike S |
Paul will be the biggest card night loser for 2001. |
16-Apr-2001 |
Not only was Paul not the biggest loser, he was in fact the biggest winner by far. |
| Mike S |
The Padres will win between 86 and 90 games this year. |
10-Apr-2001 |
As of September 27, it was impossible for the Padres to win more than 85 games. They ended up winning 79 games (79-83). |
| Mike S |
After the next round, everyone will have one team left, except Paul who'll have two, and me who'll have one. |
19-Mar-2001 |
Mike made this claim referring the third round of the 2001 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament pool we were all in. He almost got it right, but not quite. Everyone ended up with one team, except Paul with THREE, Mike S. with none, and Mark H. with none. |
| Mike S |
I'm either gonna seven out immediately or have a great roll. |
03-Feb-2001 |
Same as previous claim, but with a different result. He shot a losing roll, but it was not an immediate seven out. |
| Mike S |
I'm gonna roll an eight, and then I'm gonna roll it right back. |
03-Feb-2001 |
Mike was shooting craps in Las Vegas when he made this claim. He ended up rolling a five followed by a ten. |
| Mike S |
I refuse to put queen up top. |
26-Dec-2000 |
Mike claimed that he refuses to play queen high in his two-card hand in Pai Gow poker. Please. |
| Mike S |
The winner of tonight's Monday Night Football Game will go to the Super Bowl. |
18-Dec-2000 |
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the St. Louis Rams in the Monday Night Game. However, Tampa Bay was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Philadelphia Eagles. |
