Talking about baseball

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Originally Posted by kewlJ

Wow. Horrible first hour. For me as far as runs. Seeing a bunch of 0-0 and 1-0 games.

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Things picked up some after that first hour. My over bets went 6-7 (laid off SD, as they just don't score). I also played Dan Druffs 2 picks which went 1-1, but Colorado won @ +170, so that was a win of 3/4 of a unit, making my losses for the day minimal.

Still a fourth consecutive day of overs not doing much. I expected a lot more homeruns and games like Baltimore/Colorado and Phils/Yankees. Going to stick with betting overs. It feels like a big overs day is coming.

Detroit is really terrible right now. Skubel pitching Saturday, but they are so bad right now, I am considering taking a shot with Toronto @ +175

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I don't follow the MLB closely - but this story caught my interest

Nick Kurtz of the Athletics had an amazing day yesterday - from the link:

"Then, on a nondescript Friday night in downtown Houston, Kurtz launched himself into baseball lore. He played one of the best games in Major League Baseball’s 150-year history, hitting four home runs and collecting six hits during a 15-3 shellacking of the Houston Astros at Daikin Park.

Kurtz is the 20th man to hit four home runs in a major-league game. None of the other 19 were younger than 25. Kurtz did it at 22 years and 135 days old during his 66th major-league game.

Kurtz is the first player in baseball history to finish a game with at least six hits, six runs and eight RBIs."


https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/651...e-four-homers/

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Originally Posted by Half Smoke

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I don't follow the MLB closely - but this story caught my interest

Nick Kurtz of the Athletics had an amazing day yesterday - from the link:

"Then, on a nondescript Friday night in downtown Houston, Kurtz launched himself into baseball lore. He played one of the best games in Major League Baseball’s 150-year history, hitting four home runs and collecting six hits during a 15-3 shellacking of the Houston Astros at Daikin Park.

Kurtz is the 20th man to hit four home runs in a major-league game. None of the other 19 were younger than 25. Kurtz did it at 22 years and 135 days old during his 66th major-league game.

Kurtz is the first player in baseball history to finish a game with at least six hits, six runs and eight RBIs."


https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/651...e-four-homers/

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Add a single and double to the 4 homeruns for a 6 for 6 night. On Thursday night Kurtz was 3 for 5 with 2 doubles. All told in his last 10 at bats, 9 for 10, 4 homeruns, 3 doubles, 9 rbi's. That is a good month for a lot of players. :)

The kid is a monster. 6'4', 240 lbs. He and the A's are fun to watch (especially if you are betting OVERS). If the A's can aquire some pitching, they might be REAL fun to watch by the time they move to Las Vegas. :cool:

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Originally Posted by kewlJ

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Originally Posted by Half Smoke

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I don't follow the MLB closely - but this story caught my interest

Nick Kurtz of the Athletics had an amazing day yesterday - from the link:

"Then, on a nondescript Friday night in downtown Houston, Kurtz launched himself into baseball lore. He played one of the best games in Major League Baseball’s 150-year history, hitting four home runs and collecting six hits during a 15-3 shellacking of the Houston Astros at Daikin Park.

Kurtz is the 20th man to hit four home runs in a major-league game. None of the other 19 were younger than 25. Kurtz did it at 22 years and 135 days old during his 66th major-league game.

Kurtz is the first player in baseball history to finish a game with at least six hits, six runs and eight RBIs."


https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/651...e-four-homers/

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Add a single and double to the 4 homeruns for a 6 for 6 night. On Thursday night Kurtz was 3 for 5 with 2 doubles. All told in his last 10 at bats, 9 for 10, 4 homeruns, 3 doubles, 9 rbi's. That is a good month for a lot of players. :)

The kid is a monster. 6'4', 240 lbs. He and the A's are fun to watch (especially if you are betting OVERS). If the A's can aquire some pitching, they might be REAL fun to watch by the time they move to Las Vegas. :cool:

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119 different players have had 6 hits in a game

Rennie Stennett, in 1975 is the only MLB player to have more than 6 hits in a game - he had 7

but only 16 different players have ever scored 6 runs in a game

no MLB player has ever scored more than 6 runs in a game

and no MLB player has ever had more than 4 homers in a game

Despite that I am on this "overs" kick, looking to bet overs in the hot weather, I only bet 10 of the 16 games over today. I took a pass on, Phils/yankees, Toronto/detroit, Tampa/Cinn, A's/houston, LAD/Boston and mets/SF. Various reasons why I wasn't crazy about the overs in those games.

So....this will probably be the day that overs go 14-2 and I miss out on half of them. :D That would be alright though.

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Originally Posted by kewlJ

And just think what happens should Judge go down for even a short time. :rolleyes:

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And that time may have come. Judge is out Today, getting an MRI on his elbow. If there is a problem that keeps him out a few week, that could spell big trouble for the Yankees, who have already fallen 5.5 games back in the division.

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Originally Posted by kewlJ

Despite that I am on this "overs" kick, looking to bet overs in the hot weather, I only bet 10 of the 16 games over today. I took a pass on, Phils/yankees, Toronto/detroit, Tampa/Cinn, A's/houston, LAD/Boston and mets/SF. Various reasons why I wasn't crazy about the overs in those games. I just looked up my numbers for the month, Im ahead $4,000, have $9,000 tied up in futures bets this month, so I've technically losing $5,000 this month. The 4 game MLB did me in, I couldn't wait for better options, gambled late and lost. I found out the Brewers are available for +2000 at kiosks and I've been betting bad odds compared to land based bets. Only some Brewers +700 pennant instead of +900 i could get. I also found out I will never get any kind of VIP from ESPN, need to deposit $10,000 per month. They wasted about 45 minutes last night about my bonus bet Im supposed to receive by betting on these Phillies pre-live and them losing and hitting 4 home runs.

So....this will probably be the day that overs go 14-2 and I miss out on half of them. :D That would be alright though.

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I also didnt take the over with Detroit. To justify it, I made a parlay bet with both pitchers having decent strike out numbers and Detroit winning. I took the over in the Guardians KC game.