Month: May 2013
MLB Plays 5/23
Frigid cold at the moment. Bets still @ 24
Indians ML +133 @ Red Sox
Angels @ Royals ML -130
Wednesday
Sloppy day yesterday as we were 0-3 on sides with our total the only win. We are a solid 2-0 on totals now for the season. :) Miami removed Fernandez after just 5 innings and 87 pitches and the middle relievers promptly blew the game open. The Mets and Padres games were never close. Our favorite gambling team the Cubs are the best bet for a play so far today with Samardjia in Pittsburgh to face Liriano, but my book is currently 10+ points off the Pinnacle line.
Updates later if at all.
MLB Plays 5/22
Must…stop…the bleeding. Only one thing to do with this problem, throw some money at it. Louis thinks he can tango with the lunatics by making 4 picks. I’ll show him idiocy. All plays @ 24
Rays ML +103 @ Blue Jays
Reds @ Mets ML -104
A’s ML +107 @ Rangers
D’Backs ML +115 @ Rockies
D’Backs @ Rockies Under 9 +100
Cardinals ML -103 @ Padres
Cubs ML +118 @ Pirates
Tuesday
Life and work precluded an update yesterday and it was costly, as we would have had a number of plays most of which were winners last night. I didn’t see final numbers off my sheet, but San Diego, Houston, Miami, Milwaukee and the White Sox were all up there and went 4-1 combined. San Diego is on again today and we’ll see if we can get a decent line. I’ll try and hop back on in a few hours with any plays.
UPDATE:
I am turning into Pat here. Four plays tonight…
Cincinnati (Leake) @ Mets (Niese) EVEN
Philadelphia (Cloyd) @ Miami (Fernandez) -105
St. Louis (Wainwright) @ San Diego (Volquez +134
One total: Detroit (Scherzer) @ Cleveland (Kluber) u9 -110
MLB Plays 5/21
Only game we had last night was the Under in the Royals/Astros game. From early on, the two teams waged a contest to see who would be the one to clinch the Over. Beginning in the top of the 2nd inning, there was only one half inning where the batting team did not score until the goal was reached. And then the moment the Over was attained, the two teams sighed and sat back in their seats, content to let the goose eggs pile up. All plays are @ 24.
Rays @ Blue Jays ML +124
Phillies @ Marlins ML +103
D’Backs ML +115 @ Rockies
Cubs ML +128 @ Pirates
Soccer and Hockey weekend Drunken Recap
I don’t remember much of the games b/c I was hammered, but these two videos summarize the drunken wild weekend in Soccer and Hockey:
This was our buddy Putland when Yeovil Town won the Playoff for the Npower League One Final, despite their opponent Brentford being a 2.12 to 1 favourite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyXOQxiFeqg&feature=player_embedded#t=123s
John Tortorella also has a career in commentary if he ever gets canned:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R3K-oZ4T10
Betting tip of the week:
Stock market guys often brag about getting 8-10% on some of their investments. Imagine if one came along that had the potential to make 33%? They would be as bullish as *I* am on the Miami Heat to win the title now at 1/3.
5/20 MLB Play(s)
Been getting my ass handed to me a bit recently…Needed a miracle cover in order to avoid shooting the moon on Saturday. But it is a new week. Only like one game presently.
Royals @ Astros Under 9 +100 @ 24
Shout out to Putty’s Yeovil Glovers! See where they stand in one year’s time.
MLB Monday
Our leans for which we could find no acceptable lines went 3-1 on Sunday and considering they were mostly slight favorites, that’s not really a surprise. Lots of leans again today and we should be able to find something out of this bunch. Mets. Brewers, Rockies, Padres, O’s, Astors and White Sox all make the short list today.
1-1 in sketchy Spanish soccer yesterday for anyone following along as Deportivo won while Zaragoza set three points on fire. 10-12 +9.04 heading into the summer.
Updates later this afternoon.
Sunday
3-0 in baseball and 1-2 in soccer makes for a mediocre Saturday. I really need to remember that the difference between these MLS teams is not as great as other leagues. Seattle cruised while Columbus was fine despite missing a pair of defensive starters. In baseball, Texas cruised to another win behind Mitch Moreland who may be the hottest hitter in baseball at the moment. San Diego beat Washington 2-1 and the Natinals may have more problems against lefties until Jason Werth comes back with Ramos already back on the DL as well. I’ve been look for a spot to fade the Yankees against left handed starters as well, but they also roughed up Buehrle the other night.
As promised, some La Liga nonsense as we are taking Zaragoza and Deportivo at home today at -111 and -143 respectively. These are both being hedged with draw bets just like the Atletico game to cover the primary wager. If I were getting the Pinnacle prices on Newcastle I’d consider taking them at home to Arsenal today, but I’m 50 points off and will pass. This is good news for Spurs as Newcastle tend to get smushed whenever I take them.
Baseball leans this morning are on San Diego, Colorado, Minnesota and Cleveland though there is a good chance of there being no plays because I am again not happy with my lines versus the Pinnacle ones. Not willing to go 10 points worse than Pinnacle on any of these at the moment. Updates later per usual and I’ll sort out my spreadsheets to figure out where we are on soccer for the season.
Soccer Saturday
We got a much needed draw/win with Atletico yesterday in another wonderful cup final. Finals are often tense and dour affairs, but the FA, Euro and now Spanish Cup have been 2.5 for 3 in really entertaining games. One can only hope the Champions League final is equally fun. As I was telling Sean, the final count from yesterday was 3 goals, 14 cautions, two red cards (I forgot about Gabi’s in the 125th), three shots off a post, two really top class saves from Courtois, a goal-line clearance from Juanfran, one manager ejection and the benches cleared twice. Just a wonderful, entertaining game.
Doble oportunidad para el Real Madrid by DaniDV
Baseball split yesterday so we are still scuffling around for May. 7-8 -0.41
Three baseball plays on a busy day today:
Natinals (Zimmerman) @ Padres (Stults) +117
Rays (Hernandez) -110 @ Orioles (Jurrjens)
Tigers (Sanchez) @ Rangers (Grimm) +110
Also three MLS Plays this afternoon and evening
Columbus @ Toronto Over 2.5 +120
Colorado @ San Jose -140
Dallas @ Seattle -105
La Liga nonsense tomorrow.
