I think tonight I'm going to pick on (not pick, but pick on) a pack of sorry bitches in Kansas City. The Royals have been outslugged by the Mariners in the first games of their series by scores of 7-6 and 11-6. Tonight the woeful, totally disinterested Royals will try to prevent the sweep. And when I say "try", I mean they'll barely try.
For most of the season, the Royals have laid down in the last game of a home series, going 2-9. Ten of those home series were 3-game sets with one 4-game set against the White Sox. Out the ten 3-game sets, the Royals lost nine of them, including gettting swept four times. In all nine of those losing series, either playing the rubber game or looking to avoid the sweep, the Royals failed to compete in the final game. Just look at these disgraceful results:
May 21st - they lost the rubber game to Cleveland, 8-3
May 27th - they lost the rubber game to Detroit, 8-3
May 31st - they got swept by the White Sox, 7-4
June 18th - they lost the rubber game to Arizona, 12-5
June 21st - they lost the rubber game to St. Louis, 12-5
July 1st - they lost the rubber game to Minnesota, 5-1
July 19th - they got swept by Tampa Bay, 4-3
July 22nd - they got swept by the Angels, 9-6
July 26th - they lost the rubber game to Texas, 7-2
Pathetic. That's an average score of 8-3.5, and in 8 of those 9 games, you could've laid the -1.5 with the visiting team and laughed. That's what I'm thinking of doing, either laying the runline for the whole bet or splitting my bet between Seattle -105 and -1.5 +160.
I put my trust in Bruce Chen last Saturday afternoon in Tampa, and while Chen didn't pitch badly, he and his team still came up a 7-1 loser in what was a big flat spot for the Rays. Chen talked after the game about how hungry he is to finally get a win, but his hunger doesn't scare me. This guy might never win another major league game.
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