Gentlemen,
I apologize for the loss yesterday with South Carolina. Just a terrible all around game played by them. Walks, errors, etc, and Evansville took advantage of everything Carolina gave them. With that loss in mind I wanted to say a couple of things...
* Please use smart money management. We are currently 5-1 on the post-season. If you have played all 6 of these plays and are anywhere close to LOSING money, you aren't betting the right way and need to reevaluate what you are doing.
* "Locks of the Millenium" are called "Locks of the Millenium" because I was cocky about these plays last year, and had bad posting savvy. This year they are still called "Locks of the Millenium" for superstitious purposes and recognition purposes. For those who followed last year, "Locks of the Millenium" went about 9-1 if I remember correctly. That means these plays CAN LOSE. I don't have any crazy inside information, these games aren't fixed and anything can happen. At the end of the day, we're still gambling.
* Locks of the Millenium hit at about 90% last year, and my overall plays were well over 65%, and that's about what I expect again this year. I expect to hit well over 65% on all plays. That means we will lose a few. I'm not perfect.
* I now have internet installed, so I will be around my computer like normal, and able to answer questions about games, have my write-ups like last year and show my face a bit more.
Now that that's out of the way. The Finals are going on, and there are a couple of things to note about these games.
*Smaller schools usually have 1 or 2 solid pitchers, and 1 guy out of the pen at BEST. The deeper the games go, the harder it is for them to compete because of pitching and lack of post-season experience. Some programs rarely get this far, and they just don't KNOW HOW TO WIN important games. As players, coaches, and as a program, they are so accustomed to losing, when games get more important, and tighter, it's too much for them to overcome. These teams will sometimes bring back their stud pitchers from Friday Night, on 1 day rest, and throw him again. Sometimes you get gutsy performances, sometimes you get fatigued performances, something we will be keeping in mind.
I'll have plays and writeups at about 12:30pm eastern.
I apologize for the loss yesterday with South Carolina. Just a terrible all around game played by them. Walks, errors, etc, and Evansville took advantage of everything Carolina gave them. With that loss in mind I wanted to say a couple of things...
* Please use smart money management. We are currently 5-1 on the post-season. If you have played all 6 of these plays and are anywhere close to LOSING money, you aren't betting the right way and need to reevaluate what you are doing.
* "Locks of the Millenium" are called "Locks of the Millenium" because I was cocky about these plays last year, and had bad posting savvy. This year they are still called "Locks of the Millenium" for superstitious purposes and recognition purposes. For those who followed last year, "Locks of the Millenium" went about 9-1 if I remember correctly. That means these plays CAN LOSE. I don't have any crazy inside information, these games aren't fixed and anything can happen. At the end of the day, we're still gambling.
* Locks of the Millenium hit at about 90% last year, and my overall plays were well over 65%, and that's about what I expect again this year. I expect to hit well over 65% on all plays. That means we will lose a few. I'm not perfect.
* I now have internet installed, so I will be around my computer like normal, and able to answer questions about games, have my write-ups like last year and show my face a bit more.
Now that that's out of the way. The Finals are going on, and there are a couple of things to note about these games.
*Smaller schools usually have 1 or 2 solid pitchers, and 1 guy out of the pen at BEST. The deeper the games go, the harder it is for them to compete because of pitching and lack of post-season experience. Some programs rarely get this far, and they just don't KNOW HOW TO WIN important games. As players, coaches, and as a program, they are so accustomed to losing, when games get more important, and tighter, it's too much for them to overcome. These teams will sometimes bring back their stud pitchers from Friday Night, on 1 day rest, and throw him again. Sometimes you get gutsy performances, sometimes you get fatigued performances, something we will be keeping in mind.
I'll have plays and writeups at about 12:30pm eastern.