Author: pat
Beyond Last Second Play
Natinals as Loubacca says, -170 @ 21. This bet is based on 2 words, Freddie Freeman. Would not be surprising if many pitchers who face the Braves over the next couple weeks appear Kershaw-like.
MLB Play
I’m a fixin’ to get fairly aggressive on baseball plays moving forward. Let’s start it out right.
Total Runs Today
Away Teams +111 @ 25
Bball Future
I have taken the Bulls @ +743 @ 16 to win the Eastern Conference. The Cavs and Hawks are overvalued ludicrously and marginally respectively. When I looked in late February I want to say Chicago was still being priced around +250, so this appears to be good value.
Pat Hetic
It’s time for our longest running segment here on miraclecovers. Pat gets wasted and chases dead money with horrific 2nd half bets on NFL Sunday? No silly, it’s time for baseball over/unders. I only had about 3 months to get my act together on these and I am late and under-prepared. But what are you going to do? As Lou mentioned, he and I did well on these last year. I have zero illusions I will have similar success this year, but all I need to do is get one point more than Loubacca. The stakes, as always, a pub crawl.
10) Tampa Bay Rays Under 79.5
9) Los Angeles Angels Under 88.5
8) New York Mets Over 81.5
7) Detroit Tigers Over 84.5
6) Milwaukee Brewers Under 79.5
5) Cincinnati Reds Under 78.5
4) Oakland A’s Over 81.5
3) Pittsburgh Pirates Over 83.5
2) San Francisco Giants Under 84.5
1) Minnesota Twins Over 70.5
***UPDATE***
Literally just saw Lou’s picks. Tampa Bay will be slightly crucial on this one.
Over? Under?? I hardly know her!!
Going to save comment on these until making picks in about a week. Detroit and Philly are no-shows at the moment…
Arizona Diamondbacks 72.5
Atlanta Braves 73.5
Baltimore Orioles 82.5 (Over -127)
Boston Red Sox 85.5 (Over -124)
Chicago Cubs 82.5 (Over -127)
Chicago White Sox 81.5 ( Over -125)
Cincinnati Reds 78.5 (Under -149)
Cleveland Indians 82.5 (Over -161)
Colorado Rockies 71.5 (Over -141)
Houston Astros 75.5 (Over -129)
Kansas City Royals 80.5 (Over -121)
Los Angeles Angels 88.5 (Under -133)
Los Angeles Dodgers 92.5 (Under -133)
Miami Marlins 81.5 (Over -136)
Milwaukee Brewers 79.5 (Under -133)
Minnesota Twins 70.5 (Over -172)
New York Mets 81.5 (Over -133)
New York Yankees 81.5
Oakland Athletics 81.5 (Over -125)
Pittsburgh Pirates 83.5 (Over -159)
San Diego Padres 84.5 (Under -124)
San Francisco Giants 84.5 (Under -159)
Seattle Mariners 86.5 (Over -146)
St Louis Cardinals 87.5
Tampa Bay Rays 79.5
Texas Rangers 76 (Under -123)
Toronto Blue Jays 82.5
Washington Nationals 93.5
Just a quickie
Slightly random bet here that I am probably putting about 25% too much on.
Di Maria to score today – Yes (+260) @ 16
Special thanks go out to my Irish brothers at Paddy Power (!) for the line.
Champions League
My apologies for negligence recently. Action will be picking up greatly now…
Chelsea to win CL +726 @ 7
1/18 – EPL and Championship Sunday
Our very fortunate day yesterday takes us to positive territory for the month. I wholeheartedly agree with Louis that Indy and Seattle are the best options later today and likely those will be the picks here barring weird line movement. For now…
West Ham vs Hull City Under 2 and 2.5 (-104) @ 14
Do not see making a play on Man City/Arsenal at this point.
YTD : +38.06
MTD : +38.06
****UPDATE****
Seattle -8 -110
Indy +6.5 +102
Both plays are @ 22. There will be a direct relationship in regards to freaky prop bets with alcohol intake throughout the day.
****UPDATE II****
Thunder/Magic Under 213.5 -103 @ 14
1/17 – Exacto Express…Toot Tooooot
Have talked about these before a few times. These are some of the most fun, nerve-splintering, excruciating bets you can put yourself through. You haven’t gambled until you have lived through a 2-2 exacto draw. All plays @ 3.
Aston 0 Liverpool 2 (+743)
Burnley 2 Crystal Palace 1 (+912)
Leicester 2 Stoke 1 (+922)
QPR 2 Man U 3 (+2575)
Swansea 1 Chelsea 2 (+769)
Tottenham 2 Sunderland 1 (Defoe) (+706)
Newcastle 1 Southampton 2 (+965)
YTD : -22.36
MTD : -22.36
****UPDATE****
Toot Toot!
1/15
Looking like only one play at the moment. You get the feeling that sports gambling was essentially invented for games like the one we are going to be taking tonight. A few drunk guys looking at each other minutes before face-off, with one blurting out “if we don’t put money on this game I may get into a fight with the mascot just for something to do.” We are scratching and clawing in our efforts for a first winning month in eons. Let’s see if we can get some upstate New York-love.
Sabres ML +154 @ 15
YTD : -7.36
MTD : -7.36
