I will take the Reds at -120 today against the Marlins. Spring training numbers equal essential zilch in my book, but Zambrano was so supremely bad in March we are going to have to give him the benefit of the doubt on this one. I will put 24 units on this. I will take 2 units on [...]
Excuses Reasoning to follow…or not. Again this is confidence pool scoring, so 10 is the highest confidence and 1 is the lowest. Winner between Pat and myself gets a pub crawl all expenses paid. Last season Pat and I both did horribly. I believe I went 4 for 10 and Pat went 3 for 10. [...]
Shit the bed in this segment last year. Time to wash the sheets. Rules as always, pick over/unders for ten MLB teams. #10 pick is your high confidence pick and is worth 10 points. The stakes, a pub crawl. At the #10 spot this year… #10 Pittsburgh Pirates (under 73) ”Barmes is one of the [...]
That time of year again…welcome to the longest running segment we have here on miraclecovers. First, the lines. As always, I will indicate heavy juice (120 or higher). Anaheim (LA) Angels 91.5 (over -137) Atlanta Braves 87.5 (under -145) Arizona Diamondbacks 86.5 (over -134) Baltimore Orioles 70.5 (under -139) Boston Red Sox 90.5 (under -132) [...]
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 [...]
-300 on Jeter’s 3000th hit being a single at Bookmaker. Jeter’s extra base hit percentage since 2009 is 22%.
When Lou signed on to be my bookie a few months ago, this was probably the crap he was envisioning. I think since the inception of this ‘Baseball Bets’ business I have had one winning day. Normally I make 3 or 4 picks and get 2 or 3 wrong. Good thing no actual money has [...]
Asked the question in my last post why pinnacle takes so long to put reverse run lines up on its MLB betting page. It is round about 8AM EST and you could theoretically put down a bet as to who will strike out more guys in the first inning, D Lowe (+113) or Ricky Nolasco [...]
A reverse (better known as alternate) run line is a bet that the listed underdog will or will not win the game by more than one run. For example, tonight’s Pirates/Braves line is as follows: Braves (Jurrjens) -120 Pirates (Morton) +113 The Run Line (or handicap or spread) is: Braves -1.5 +146 Pirates +1.5 -158 [...]
I’m looking to point out that pinnacle only has run lines up for favorites on their primary MLB Bet page. This was a little trippy fact for me to clue-in on as it highlights how sneaky odds can be. If you were making a list of People with Exceptional Observational Skills, I would not be [...]