10/11
4-2, +$317.14
Royals, FG, +110 (Ventura / Norris) $210 to win $226.60
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Fact Check
Royals are 5-0 versus very tough circumstances. Faced with Lester (Chief of Staff) at home, Weaver (Chief of Staff) and Shoemaker (best pitcher on the staff) at Anaheim, Wilson (puke) at home, and Tillman (Chief of Staff) on the road, they have run the gauntlet and anyone thinking they are either the inferior team or don’t belong here is simply not facing reality.
“Ace Ventura, Pet Detective”
Rookie Ventura went through the season (according to my numbers, bash them if you want) with an 18-12 h2h record versus his opposite number and a 19-11 quality start record, all of which means there is a 63% chance he gives you a quality performance tonight. His 7 inning, 5 hit, 5 K, 1 earned run performance at Anaheim certainly does not detract at all from his probability rating.
Bud Norris
A guy I like and I was glad to see him get the chance to escape Houston, but he, personally, has not really improved and his super performance at Detroit has to be taken with a grain of salt. Remember that the Tigers were already down 2-0 and staggering from two weak performances by their supposed aces, Scherzer and Verlander. Norris over the course of the season was only 13-15 h2h with his opposite number and 14-14 in quality starts. His “official” W-L record of 15-8 looks good on paper, but he was he was aided greatly by the O’s offense and was the official winner is some high scoring match ups only because he lasted long enough to record the official win.
Royals Offense
Wake up. Stop reading raw stats and assuming all other things were equal. George Brett had one of the most cogent comments ever heard yesterday, before the game was played. He simply stated “If the Royals played in this park (Camden Yards) they would not have the lowest number of home runs in MLB. That turned out not only to be cogent, but prescient, as the Royals out slugged the Orioles in their own crib.
Orioles Offense
Darn good offense, not taking anything away from them, simply saying that if you think they have a far and away better offense you need yet another reality check. A team plays a higher percentage of their games, home and away, within their own division and there is only one pitchers park in the A.L. East. The teams in that division, excepting the Rays, play 110 games, 68%, of their games in hitter’s parks before you even tack on the hitter’s parks they may land in when playing outside of their division. It distorts the true reality.
BOL
Fact Check
Royals are 5-0 versus very tough circumstances. Faced with Lester (Chief of Staff) at home, Weaver (Chief of Staff) and Shoemaker (best pitcher on the staff) at Anaheim, Wilson (puke) at home, and Tillman (Chief of Staff) on the road, they have run the gauntlet and anyone thinking they are either the inferior team or don’t belong here is simply not facing reality.
“Ace Ventura, Pet Detective”
Rookie Ventura went through the season (according to my numbers, bash them if you want) with an 18-12 h2h record versus his opposite number and a 19-11 quality start record, all of which means there is a 63% chance he gives you a quality performance tonight. His 7 inning, 5 hit, 5 K, 1 earned run performance at Anaheim certainly does not detract at all from his probability rating.
Bud Norris
A guy I like and I was glad to see him get the chance to escape Houston, but he, personally, has not really improved and his super performance at Detroit has to be taken with a grain of salt. Remember that the Tigers were already down 2-0 and staggering from two weak performances by their supposed aces, Scherzer and Verlander. Norris over the course of the season was only 13-15 h2h with his opposite number and 14-14 in quality starts. His “official” W-L record of 15-8 looks good on paper, but he was he was aided greatly by the O’s offense and was the official winner is some high scoring match ups only because he lasted long enough to record the official win.
Royals Offense
Wake up. Stop reading raw stats and assuming all other things were equal. George Brett had one of the most cogent comments ever heard yesterday, before the game was played. He simply stated “If the Royals played in this park (Camden Yards) they would not have the lowest number of home runs in MLB. That turned out not only to be cogent, but prescient, as the Royals out slugged the Orioles in their own crib.
Orioles Offense
Darn good offense, not taking anything away from them, simply saying that if you think they have a far and away better offense you need yet another reality check. A team plays a higher percentage of their games, home and away, within their own division and there is only one pitchers park in the A.L. East. The teams in that division, excepting the Rays, play 110 games, 68%, of their games in hitter’s parks before you even tack on the hitter’s parks they may land in when playing outside of their division. It distorts the true reality.
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