Month: September 2011
Pat’s MLB Over/Unders – A Recap
Got absolutely hammered on this stuff. I just went to write Over/Unders in the Subject Header and I hit the shift button making it Over?Unders which pretty much sums up my year. Couple notes on my picks.
- Would have hit Boston over easy if not for the beyond epic collapse in September. Obviously all the games count the same, but this is amazing.
- In the NY Yankee pick I noted the Yanks now have “three hitters that scare you and a whole lot of OK after that.” Granderson was an OK guy. Wrong.
- In my Houston over pick, more on that beauty in a moment, I noted “(the Astros’) rotation just isn’t the type that leads a team to 60 something wins.” Don’t mean to brag, but I was pretty spot on with that.
At the end of the day I am pretty sure I went 1-for-10, back to the drawing board for next year.
Kudos to Louis for once again owning me on a long-range future bet, this time with his Houston Astros proposition for worst-record. Actually enjoyed paying this bet out considering the degree of difficulty. I thought I was legit fleecing Louis at 3.5:1 on the Astros. Amazing stuff.
Game of the Year
The annual college football apocalypse game this year looks to be LSU vs. Alabama on Nov 5th. Gonna keep a running tab on the Tigers and Tide throughout October to see where the line of the game would be were the game to be held at that moment. There is every chance that my guess will not budge from this starting point (a pretty dull but realistic thought), but what the hell, let’s see if this is interesting.
Line as of Sept 27th : LSU @ Alabama (-2.5)
College Football Site Recommendation
For anyone looking to be humbled on the subject of college football I would encourage you to stumble upon the site “Pre-Snap Read” It is beyond impressively run by Paul Myerberg who it seems is a college football guru for the New York Times. I am still uncertain how much of his material is subscribed out from freelancers or colleagues. If the answer is little to none I am wowed, definitely worth a check-out.
For the purposes of our site it is especially worthwhile when Paul notes “picks to use as you will” and “lines I’d consider if this was my sort of thing.” I came across a half dozen of those from games last week and he went 5-1 ATS. If I have my act together I will update this post before the games this week and we can see how Pauly makes out.
