Woof!
Have you noticed the recent trend in this short beginning of the 2004 baseball season?
Pick a dog….any dog. Never heard of the pitcher? Who cares. Taking a team that came within a eyelash of breaking the amazing Mets record of 120 loses in a season? Why not. Bet that Mike Mussina will have more loses than 10 teams have games played? You betcha. Betcha you better be betting on the dogs.
Not one to look gift dog in the mouth I will go with the flow. Why try to swim up stream?
Some of you undoubtedly will find my analysis of these games rather hollow and question my strategy. Some of you will ask why and I say why not. After all, has much made sense so far.? Hey it’s early April….is baseball supposed to make sense?
In two of those games I’ll go against aged veterans that have seen better days yet their name still commands some respect by the odds maker with these lines. In the last I take the dog because…..well just because.
Cincinnati Reds +175
Greg Maddux returns to his roots. He better hope his arm does as well. Truth be told he didn’t exactly impress many last year with his less than average record, (for him), of 16-11 3.96 ERA. His worst ERA since 1987. Could his retirement be far off?
San Francisco Giants +182
Roger Clemens was a Yankee. He retired AND they gave him Hummer. Then he re-considered, became a Astro, AND they gave him a Hummer.
Today Barry Bonds steps up to the plate….say’s welcome to the National League….AND gives him a Humma.
(think about this one for a second. With both Bonds and Clemens storied careers, that would rival the best of any material a Hollywood screen play author could ever imagine, doesn’t this have perfect symmetry? Willie in the stands, all the nation’s eyes to on this stage. Rocket buzzes Barry to show him who‘s in charge, Barry regroups, adjusts the body amour on his right arm, gives his patented focused stare, and hellooooo 660. Isn’t baseball great?)
Milwaukee Brewers +185
Are you actually expecting me to defend and explain this pick with any logical argument? (as if the above analysis have any sound rationale)
Well the Brewers have that neat guy in the funky shorts that slides down the shoot into biggest mug of beer on the face of the planet every time a hometown hero hits one out. …….. ……… ……… ……
You know I’ve just sat here for fifteen minutes and I can’t think of one solitary reason to why I like the Brewers…..well maybe just one.
Woof!
MLB to date……3-1.… +3.82
Have you noticed the recent trend in this short beginning of the 2004 baseball season?
Pick a dog….any dog. Never heard of the pitcher? Who cares. Taking a team that came within a eyelash of breaking the amazing Mets record of 120 loses in a season? Why not. Bet that Mike Mussina will have more loses than 10 teams have games played? You betcha. Betcha you better be betting on the dogs.
Not one to look gift dog in the mouth I will go with the flow. Why try to swim up stream?
Some of you undoubtedly will find my analysis of these games rather hollow and question my strategy. Some of you will ask why and I say why not. After all, has much made sense so far.? Hey it’s early April….is baseball supposed to make sense?
In two of those games I’ll go against aged veterans that have seen better days yet their name still commands some respect by the odds maker with these lines. In the last I take the dog because…..well just because.
Cincinnati Reds +175
Greg Maddux returns to his roots. He better hope his arm does as well. Truth be told he didn’t exactly impress many last year with his less than average record, (for him), of 16-11 3.96 ERA. His worst ERA since 1987. Could his retirement be far off?
San Francisco Giants +182
Roger Clemens was a Yankee. He retired AND they gave him Hummer. Then he re-considered, became a Astro, AND they gave him a Hummer.
Today Barry Bonds steps up to the plate….say’s welcome to the National League….AND gives him a Humma.
(think about this one for a second. With both Bonds and Clemens storied careers, that would rival the best of any material a Hollywood screen play author could ever imagine, doesn’t this have perfect symmetry? Willie in the stands, all the nation’s eyes to on this stage. Rocket buzzes Barry to show him who‘s in charge, Barry regroups, adjusts the body amour on his right arm, gives his patented focused stare, and hellooooo 660. Isn’t baseball great?)
Milwaukee Brewers +185
Are you actually expecting me to defend and explain this pick with any logical argument? (as if the above analysis have any sound rationale)
Well the Brewers have that neat guy in the funky shorts that slides down the shoot into biggest mug of beer on the face of the planet every time a hometown hero hits one out. …….. ……… ……… ……
You know I’ve just sat here for fifteen minutes and I can’t think of one solitary reason to why I like the Brewers…..well maybe just one.
Woof!
MLB to date……3-1.… +3.82
