Author: lou
Monday
1-1 yesterday as Philadelphia was a comeback winner in OT 5-4 but Phoenix lost, unaware the game lasts for 60 minutes and not 40.
Columbus is the play tonight +105 @ Toronto. Calgary +160 for anyone feeling adventurous.
Streaking
In the wrong direction. Should have played Capitals yesterday. Another effort today…Flyers +115 @ Washington.
UPDATE: Flyers were a winner this afternoon in OT. 1/2 unit play on Phoenix +122 tonight in a very rare home game versus St. Louis. First start for Ryan Miller in goal for the Blues and some 90% of the money is on St. Louis. This one is free on real TV with the Center Ice Preview.
Saturday
Bad beats in two different sports yesterday and the only logical response is to double down. Florida +160 @ Columbus. Capitals are also a good option at Boston for those looking for more action.
NBA
New Orleans +8 @ Phoenix. Lots of coulda shoulda woulda NHL games from the last couple of days that I was too lazy to post but would have been winners. Turns out back-to-backs are a good thing when no one has played for three weeks.
UPDATE: Found us a hockey game for tonight…St. Louis +110 @ Vancouver Anaheim. Pretty rare when we get to wager on an actual good team.
2014 MLB Regular Season Win Totals
They’re finally here. Pat and I and any fellow degenerate gamblers can now spend the next 5 weeks poring over these numbers and placing our bets to be paid out (or not) six months later. I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m much more useful at betting sports with lower point totals (soccer, hockey, baseball) than any of the others. I’ll leave it for others to speculate why this might be the case. It may be worthwhile to sort out your plays on these futures sooner rather than later before the juice creeps up and out of control. Also note that the Dodgers and Diamondbacks start on the asinine date of March 22nd in Australia.
Arizona Diamondbacks – 81.5
Atlanta Braves – 87.5
Baltimore Orioles – 81.5
Boston Red Sox – 88
Chicago Cubs – 70
Chicago White Sox – 76.5
Cincinnati Reds – 84.5
Cleveland Indians – 80.5
Colorado Rockies – 76.5
Detroit Tigers – 90
Houston Astros – 62.5
Kansas City Royals – 82
Los Angeles Angels – 86.5
Los Angeles Dodgers – 92.5
Miami Marlins – 69.5
Milwaukee Brewers – 80
Minnesota Twins – 70.5
New York Mets – 74
New York Yankees – 87
Oakland Athletics – 88.5
Philadelphia Phillies – 76.5
Pittsburgh Pirates – 84.5
San Diego Padres – 79
San Francisco Giants – 86.5
Seattle Mariners – 81
St. Louis Cardinals – 91.5
Tampa Bay Rays – 88
Texas Rangers – 87
Toronto Blue Jays – 80.5
Washington Nationals – 89.5
Medal Friday
Sweden/Finland semifinal gets going in about an hour or so and we missed an even bigger betting spot on Finland/Russia. We haven’t been playing many sides in the tournament however because these totals have been improbably low. Likely the last play today, Sweden/Finland OVER 4.5 +119. Big day again in Canada, the women took both Curling and Hockey gold medals in straightforward & dramatic fashion respectively yesterday, and today it’s Men’s curling gold at 830 and USA/Canada in the other hockey semi at noon. I’m trying to find a bar that is showing curling live this morning.
Olympics Update
Winner this morning with our Curling play as Russia beat Germany 8-7. Sadly the curling tournament is coming to an end right as we’e cracked these totals. Total for those following me this Olympics is 4-1 +3.69. One hockey play tomorrow and that’s the Czechoslovakia OVER 4.5 +105. Maybe I’m using too much NHL knowledge in these overs, but it seems like 5 would be a more appropriate line. Related, we probably missed a play on US/Slovenia UNDER 6.5.
More Curling
Germany Russia OVER 12.5 -130. Czech Swiss over was a loser the other day. The string of 1-0 games by the Swiss will obviously end soon but Jonas Hiller is en fuego at the moment. He won a Stanley cup for the Ducks a few years back on this sort of form. We should find out the remaining hockey matchups tomorrow.
Saturday Hockey
Curling bet the other day was a winner, though the US lost to Russia yesterday morning in the equivalent of blowing a 2-run save in the 9th. Admittedly it was very close as after the last shot by the US, everyone stared at the ice for 30 seconds or so like old people in an Omaha game before determining that Russia won. 3-0 +2.31 for Olympics so far. Perfect record on the line at noon: Czech/Swiss OVER 4.5 -122. Switzerland’s first two games have finished 1-0, hence the line. I’m scared off enough to go 1/2 unit here.
China/Canada tomorrow at 10 Eastern in a Curling Medal preview for those looking for something to watch next to Arsenal-Liverpool.
USA Curling
Puts me on tilt. It’s amateur hour relative to the other good teams that are playing. The captain reminds me of a bad poker player bemoaning his bad luck, ignoring the fact that it was the decisions before the last one that caused all of the problems in the first place. It’s also different playing relative professionals versus the equivalent of me and Darts at the local curling club. That said, Germany relatively stinks too. USA/Germany Over 12.5 -140. Starts at Midnight EST for you night owls.
