2012 MLB O/U Playoff Record: 3-3, -$64
2011 MLB O/U Playoff Record: 14-11-3, +$5
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2012 MLB O/U Season Record: 361-329-47, -$1,490 (Was making much bigger bets earlier in the year, with countless fluke bad breaks, obviously. I also undoubtedly lead the country in half-run/one-run losses)
2011 MLB O/U Season Record: 366-270-42, +$1,104
Very important 2-0 day yesterday, one of which required a rare good break in my favor, since I didn’t really deserve that Milone vs Fister over, but it doesn’t even come close to making up for the two awful bad beats I received in each of the two days prior so far this postseason. In any case, I was able to even up my record, which is important as I enter this next week of playoff baseball. Let’s see what we have on this Monday evening…
Jordan Zimmermann vs Jaime Garcia OVER 7.5 - $15 for $15
This is the definition of a minimum-sized bet. As a result of me taking zero days off these past six-months-and-change (Same thing last year), that means I have to take at least one game each day during the postseason as well, even if that day doesn’t really feature a game that I’m really into. Well unfortunately, there’s only two games today, both of which I’m not particular fond of, but I have to pick the lesser of two poisons, I think I’ll go with this one. Jordan Zimmermann, as I’ve mentioned before, is one of the few pitchers that I really don’t have astrong “feel” for. In other words, despite his usual excellent showing throughout 2012, I’m just not able to pan him out on a regular basis, although more likely, that all goes out the window with this being his first careerplayoff start. As a result, I just think mentally he won’t be as successful aswe’ve grown accustomed to from him over these past few years, especially on the road against the defending World Champions, who can hit and are trying to avoid that seemingly always-fatal 0-2 hole. Then there is Jaime Garcia, who underwentsome severe struggles after a lengthy stay on the disabled list not too longago. However, he has put those behind him, including his well-documented road woes that have plagued him throughout his entire career, as he ended the season with an impressive stretch that saw him record four consecutive quality starts,some of which coming as the visiting pitcher. The aforementioned road woes won’t matter here, though, as he’s usually terrific at home, but when it comes to playoff outings, Garcia can be a mixed bag, as was on display last year when half of his starts saw him go less than five innings. Two others one resulted in seven-inning dandies. All we really need is one of these pitchers to get hit a bit, as I sense there being at least one crooked number on the scoreboard, and hopefully the other offense isn’t completely shut down. If that’s the case,we win this over. Vegas apparently likes the over as well by not letting us have this game at 7… normally, with two pitchers of this caliber, the line would be 7, given their outstanding stats. However, Vegas doesn’t want us over backers having that comfort, hence why the line is at 7.5. That could be a telling sign of where this game is headed.
2011 MLB O/U Playoff Record: 14-11-3, +$5
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2012 MLB O/U Season Record: 361-329-47, -$1,490 (Was making much bigger bets earlier in the year, with countless fluke bad breaks, obviously. I also undoubtedly lead the country in half-run/one-run losses)
2011 MLB O/U Season Record: 366-270-42, +$1,104
Very important 2-0 day yesterday, one of which required a rare good break in my favor, since I didn’t really deserve that Milone vs Fister over, but it doesn’t even come close to making up for the two awful bad beats I received in each of the two days prior so far this postseason. In any case, I was able to even up my record, which is important as I enter this next week of playoff baseball. Let’s see what we have on this Monday evening…
Jordan Zimmermann vs Jaime Garcia OVER 7.5 - $15 for $15
This is the definition of a minimum-sized bet. As a result of me taking zero days off these past six-months-and-change (Same thing last year), that means I have to take at least one game each day during the postseason as well, even if that day doesn’t really feature a game that I’m really into. Well unfortunately, there’s only two games today, both of which I’m not particular fond of, but I have to pick the lesser of two poisons, I think I’ll go with this one. Jordan Zimmermann, as I’ve mentioned before, is one of the few pitchers that I really don’t have astrong “feel” for. In other words, despite his usual excellent showing throughout 2012, I’m just not able to pan him out on a regular basis, although more likely, that all goes out the window with this being his first careerplayoff start. As a result, I just think mentally he won’t be as successful aswe’ve grown accustomed to from him over these past few years, especially on the road against the defending World Champions, who can hit and are trying to avoid that seemingly always-fatal 0-2 hole. Then there is Jaime Garcia, who underwentsome severe struggles after a lengthy stay on the disabled list not too longago. However, he has put those behind him, including his well-documented road woes that have plagued him throughout his entire career, as he ended the season with an impressive stretch that saw him record four consecutive quality starts,some of which coming as the visiting pitcher. The aforementioned road woes won’t matter here, though, as he’s usually terrific at home, but when it comes to playoff outings, Garcia can be a mixed bag, as was on display last year when half of his starts saw him go less than five innings. Two others one resulted in seven-inning dandies. All we really need is one of these pitchers to get hit a bit, as I sense there being at least one crooked number on the scoreboard, and hopefully the other offense isn’t completely shut down. If that’s the case,we win this over. Vegas apparently likes the over as well by not letting us have this game at 7… normally, with two pitchers of this caliber, the line would be 7, given their outstanding stats. However, Vegas doesn’t want us over backers having that comfort, hence why the line is at 7.5. That could be a telling sign of where this game is headed.