As we get set here in NJ for a possibly all time storm,I finished up my look at what occurred last year in two game series'.
These hybrids had some interesting results:There were 36 of these.Home favorites went 29-22 ,showing a loss of 2.01 units,while the roadies went 14-7,leaving 4.10 to the good side.
Now for the real good stuff.First for the visitors.
In Game 2 of the series,road favorites on a one game winning streak went 5-0,covering the run line all 5 times.All other Game 2's were inconclusive.
In Game 1's,road favorites went 2-0 each in three different situations;When starting a road trip playing a team already on a home stand and in which the starting over-under is 8.When already on a road trip playing a team already on a home stand.Finally,when already on a road trip playing a team starting a home stand.
All other games,roadies went 3-7.
Now for the home siders.We'll again start with Game 2.
Home favorites on a one or two game winning streak here went 8-0 when facing a team on at least a 2 game losing streak.On a one or two game losing streak here,they were 3-6.On a 3 game winning streak,they went 1-4.
In Game 1's,the good guys went 5-0 when already on a home stand playing a team starting a road trip.They were also 5-0 with a starting over-under of 8.5,though two were also in this first instance,leaving a record of 8-0.
Of course,we'll have to see if future results are anywhere near as good as this borders on Gray's Sports Almanac territory at 27-0.
As with all of my angles,they will be tweaked.However,this gives me more cannon fodder to my theory that different games of series have different outcomes even with similar factors.
I'll be going dark for a while as I have to retrofit about 700 or so first games of series to the over-unders.If I'm snowbound here for a week or so,that should enough time.
10 weeks from tonight,the flag will be up.