Derek Jeter Loses a Bet, Surprising No One

You know how the “house” always wins at the casino? And how, luck and (sometimes) skill aside, the “little people” don’t really have a chance?

Playing the role of the “house” today is Hideki Matsui of the New York Yankees (Bobby Abreu serves as understudy). Derek Jeter is stepping into the role of the “little people.”

That roundabout analogy describes a bet among the trio of Yanks: Who would tie the knot first? The first to take the pledge till death do us part collects cash from the other two.

Matsui won (he made an altar run the other day). And if we were Jeter, we’d run to the nearest mirror and check for a “Kick Me” sign on our backside. Seriously, Matsui and Abreu had to know this was easy money for one of them.

What are the chances your going to lose to someone whose playboy reputation is a pop culture wink? Remember that Derek Jeter-George Steinbrenner Visa ad that “ended” their feud about the shortstop’s partying ways?

And to think, all those trips to Sin City and he still doesn’t know how to gamble. Apparently it’s true that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas . . .