First, a question. I don't know much about baseball, but my 9-1-to-win-division Guardians got scheduled for their fourth doubleheader in about three weeks. They had to play three doubleheaders, including one against the Yankees, in a span of about nine days a couple of weeks ago. They do not have a pitching staff that can deal with doubleheaders. I feel like they are really getting hosed with this scheduling. So my question is how often do teams play doubleheaders in limited time frames these days? I thought the days of multiple doubleheaders in a couple of weeks had been extinct for a while.
Second, my Amtrak points (all 35,000 of them) were about to expire a couple of years ago, so I drove to the nearest Amtrak station, which was over hill and dale in some pseudo-Mayberry, and took a roundtrip to keep them active. Anyway, in one of the small old train stations, there was a bank of old telephone booths. A bunch of Cub Scouts got off one of the trains and came in the station. I heard them asking the scoutmaster what the phone booths were. They literally had no idea.
Thanks, but No Thanks... I like to gamble.
I bought the Seven-Ups DVD off of Amazon and just finished viewing.
Pretty good but not as good as say the French Connection.
Car Chase was pretty good.
I like how they rammed that car into the backend of that truck.
Looked Real.
I like how they had Glass 5 Gallon Water Bottles instead of the plastic garbage of today.
I miss those.
I miss all the high quality products we used to produce or that was in the marketplace.
I recently bought two 30 dollar ice cube trays.
ONYX Stainless Steel with the old school handle like the aluminum ones I had growing up.
These new ones are well worth the high price tag to me but I know how to use them properly.
And they freeze water in about an hour... very fast.
Here, have some fun and watch a 20 minute video all about ice cube trays lol.
Just kidding, you can skim through it.
In the second video I don't like how she just did it.
You got to run water on the back of the tray and go a bit slower when you pull the lever.
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"More importantly, mickey thought 8-4 was two games over .500. Argued about it. C'mon, man. Nothing can top that for math expertise. If GWAE ever has you on again, you can be sure I'll be calling in with that gem.'Nuff said." REDIETZ
I hit the difficult 16,125 to 1 shot last night on the stupid 98.5% version of WHA.
Anyways was up about 18,750 so threw 2 Hun at the Sportsbook.
5 Teamer
All Run Line
Phillies
Yanks
Braves
Blue Jays
Dodgers
Pays 17.6 to 1
Baseball Run Line Parlays suck as they are all minus minus.
Time to play the MLB straight betting on the Yanks, Dodgers and Braves going forward.
Wait for the NHL and those plus lines for parlays.
LOL. The girlfriend says "Hedging is for weenies."
It isn't that bad, monet. We blew 1 1/2 units hedging and will make, barring a miracle collapse, 8.75 units (1/2 a unit at +850 and 1/2 a unit at +900) on the future for a +7 1/4 units overall.
I'm not quite sure how they did it, monet. They had balls of iron down the stretch. Two starting pitchers out for weeks, and they cobbled together bullpen games without killing their bullpen. Then their closer blew a couple of games, and they won the games anyway.
I had the Giants to win their division last year after about 50 games, and got odds, and I'm not sure how they hung on, either, I kept expecting the Dodgers to blow right by them, but the Giants scrapped out about half a dozen games they should not have won and hung on. That's why I was convinced this year the Dodgers would win the division easily. It took a minor miracle for them to not win last year.
My stupidity paid off for once. I gave Minnesota no chance so was going to hedge with the White Sox. Had them at somewhere between 600 and 700 but couldn't pull the trigger because they were really sucking at that time. Then Indians lost the pitchers and Sox got hot. When I went to hedge Sox were only +325. So I said F... it and just sat back and watched the Indians somehow get hot again.
I only got +750.
Monet--HOCKEY!!!!!
Redietz--dinner is on me
Thanks, regnis! Looking forward to it.
Yeah, I mistimed the hedges badly. Got the wrong numbers at the wrong times, but I am a stickler for not losing. As well as I timed the initial wager (I think they were .500, but with a schedule I thought would work), I mangled the hedge timing.
Boy, they got a lot of well-pitched all-bullpen games, although the guy they called up twice from AAA probably ended his aspirations, as he was shelled badly twice.
And yes, the girlfriend with her horse racing background despises hedging unless we're looking at 20-1 or more, and even then it's for weenies, she says.
The best dinner is a free dinner.
Tom Brady has a finger injury on his throwing hand and the line has not changed.
I like the Packers in this game but I hate to bet against Brady.
I'm also going against Dan Druff and laying the -5.5 taking the Chiefs over the Colts.
NHL Preseason starts today if anyone actually cares.
Monet, if you check the QB ATS records, Brady has far and away the best record of any NFL QB. I think Rodgers is second, but I'd have to check that. Wilson is probably third (I'm talking net wins here, not percentage). It's hard to make a case for their being value betting on Brady going forward.
So I have a theory that maybe the thing to do going forward, and I haven't done it yet, is tease against Brady with open teasers. Either stockpile them to save to hedge a future down the road or cascade them anti-Brady Open to be closed with another anti-Brady teaser. I haven't made a decision yet. Brady's arm strength is not what it was, but it's fine. His arm is stronger than Brees's arm his last two years or Peyton Manning's his last year or even Eli Manning's his last year. And Brady has never relied on arm strength. Like Brees, the playbook is designed to not test his arm with certain patterns. It's not an easy call to go anti-Brady. I haven't made a decision, but it's worth considering, I think. Now would be the time, with them 2-0 ATS.
Just saying...
Kansas City is 47-25-1 against the spread, on the road under coach Andy Reid (.653), the best mark in the NFL in that span.
Indianapolis, meanwhile, is 0-4 ATS in its past four games, and Ryan is 0-5-1 ATS in his past six starts.
Boy, did I muck my Last Man Standing up. I committed to the Chargers before I knew Herbert was likely a no go. It's a shame, as after two weeks, just a third of the people have survived. It's my own fault, of course. I get as many of the junk contests out of the way on Tuesday as I can before I do the real work. I knew he was damaged, but I just didn't pay enough attention to it. Excellent opportunity, and I may have blown it.
I think the Colts are having serious buyers' remorse right now. On the bright side, if they lose this game, they may be considered dead in the water. And they are not.
I hope they get blown out.
Sssshhhhh. Check out the totals including all of last season.
Of course, that doesn't mean Unders are the way to go right now. In fact, if you're judicious, it may mean the opposite.
Let's face it, most scoring is officiating-dependent. That's the phrase I use. Anytime you need a rules expert as part of a broadcast team, you know you have a, pardon the expression, fucked up sport.
Curse Dan Druff!
On a positive note, Little Red Rooster lost his straight bet pick on the Chiefs.
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