Post #2016 in 2016

Again the Overs went only 9-6 on this past Saturday, 3 June '17.


Comparing the offensively explosive days
of 21 May '17 with that of 3 June '17 —
we find the two teams of Penn
Pitt & Phill going under on both days, accounting for 3 of the Undies.
Zona in a super-slugging season (w/o Greinke): Under on both days.
Public-loved Yanks, also slugging well this year: Under on both days.
Power-hitter lineups of Tor BJ's & Balt O's: Under both days (3 total).


Hence, were one to have eliminated the aforesaid under-teams
from a humungous multi-team parlay of the overs...  Cha-ching! 

Also noteworthy is that the MLB has sanctioned
the use of humidifiers for watering down baseballs
before play in Coors Field by the Rockies & foes...
This trick may have to be secretively deployed at
all ball parks in the very near future if we all start
hitting 10-teamers on a consistent basis through-
out this year...

Reasoning behind stating that it is indeed rare
that the NL's ERA is greater than the AL's lies
in the fact that starting pichers are typically
allowed to face a day's lineup of hitters for
three times thru the order, and in the NL
the pitcher must bat so the starter has
only 7 hitters he must actually pitch to
since the pitcher is nearly an auto-out
and the hitter preceding the pitcher in
the lineup can be fed a diet of darts
at the corners because a walk to
him means less with the pitcher
due up next to hit.


Anybody willing to test this year's balls
- the superball-core & windings - and
compare the findings with balls from
years past...??

The strike zone is now smaller,
as MLB has instructed the Umps
to NOT call the strike thrown at
the knees ==> it pays to know
an Umpire & his tendencies...

Reasons for the offensive increase in runs scored
are this year's baseball & the shrunken strike-zone.

MLB’s competition committee agreed last year to
raise the strike zone such that pitches below the
knees would stop being called for strikes by umps.
MLB proposed the change in February of 2017,
but the union did not directly agree to the change.

Major League Baseball can change the strike zone
without the consent from the players' union, but it
would they'd have to wait 1 year after a proposal
before a new rule change could come into effect.

HRs & Grand Salms shows Umps are NOT waiting.

Last season was the 1st time in 6 seasons that the
strike-zone didn’t increase (via Hardballtimes.com).
Fangraphs measured called-3rd-strikes in the strike-
zone's lower portion: #'s far less than years past.

Hence, Pitchers have really been hard done by.

6-6-2017

The 500 hit club:
Hou 552  hits
Wash 546
Col 538
Arz 524
Sea 516
Miami 513
Cinci 510
Bos 509
ATL 508
TB 503
NYY 500

The500's 100-2B Club (HRs):
Wash 112  2B's (87 HRs)
Arz 111  (76)
Col 105  (73)
Bos 105  (53)
Hou 104  (92)
Cinci 100  (78)

The 100-2B 500-Club's best walkers:
Wash 202  BB's => O/U: 29-23-3 (6 more Overs)
Bos 200     => O/U: 26-28-2
Hou 189    => O/U: 28-24-5 (4 more Overs)
Arz 186    => O/U: 26-31-2
Cinci 182 => O/U: 31-21-3 (10 more Overs)
Col 164  => O/U: 26-30-3

Game 5 for Lord Stanley's Cup

Smashville's a Corsi %age = 51.1%
Pens Corsi %age of only 49.8%.

Pred's Fenwick %age = 50.6%
Pens Fenwick %age = 50.7%

Preds won face-offs +51.4%
Pens' faceoff win %age is only 47.6%

Preds start possessions in the offensive zone 50.7%
of the time & their defensive zone %age is at 49.3%.
The Pens have an offensive zone %age of 53.4%
while their defensive zone %age is only 46.6%.  

NBA teams are 18-271 all-time when down 0-2 in a best-of-7 series.

Only 5 of 64 teams since 2009 won when in that spot –
the OKC in the 2012 Western Conference finals,
the Grizz in the 1st round of the 2013 playoffs,
the Blazers in the 1st round of the 2016 playoffs,
the Cavs in the 2016 NBA Finals,
and the Celts in the 1st round of this 2017 year’s playoffs.

The last 20 playoff squads returning home down 0-2
covered the 1st Half point-spread 19 times out of 20
& that loss was this year's Spurs against Golden St.

Here's those teams that came back
and won the series after trailing 0-2:

Year        Series winner    Series loser      Round
1969        Boston Celts     L.A. Lakers         NBA Finals
1969        L.A. Lakers       San Fran              Western Div. Semifinals
1971        Baltimore          New York              Eastern Conference Finals
1977        Portland           Philadelphia     NBA Finals
1993        Chicago           New York             Eastern Conference Finals
1994        Houston           Phoenix               Western Conf. Semifinals
1995        Houston           Phoenix               Western Conf. Semifinals
2004        L.A. Lakers      San Antonio         Western Conf. Semifinals
2005        Dallas              Houston               Western Conf. first round
2005        Washington     Chicago               Eastern Conf. first round
2006        Miami               Dallas             NBA Finals (LBJ's 1st yr.)*
2007        Utah                 Houston              Western Conf. first round
2007        Cleveland        Detroit                 Eastern Conference Finals
2008        San Antonio    New Orleans       Western Conf. Semifinals
2012        OKC                San Antonio        Western Conf. Finals
2013        Memphis         L.A. Clippers       Western Conf. first round
2016        Portland          L.A. Clippers       Western Conf. first round
2016        Cleveland       Golden State    NBA Finals (Clev's 1st title)
2017        Boston            Bulls              East Conf. 1st round (no Rondo)

Don't question why they need to be loss-free
They'll tell you it's like Bulls on TNT
Winning all the time
Lose a game and we will lose our minds
Then trend's unkind...

Good Buy Halo-Tuesdays
Who could hang a loss on you?
When you win in every new way
Still we gonna bet you...

Good Buy Ten-Ohh Tuesdays!

1st Q's 71 pts is over 58
and, 2nd Q's 57 points = PUSH
so 1H sails over the posted total.

1-0-1

The point spreads for 1st & 2nd quarters & half
were too busy fluctuating = too much action for
those secondary types of wagers, hence totals.

Professional sports in the USA
is most often about getting paid:
Oh! were it performance-based !

In-game wagering: The St. Louis Cardinals have
been outscored 42-18 in the 7th inning this year !

This post is #342 w/i this thread
and 3, 4, 2 reminds me of Dice,
a lesser known game Barbooth.

Barbooth is also called Barbotte, or Barbudi,
and is a dice game of Middle Eastern origin;
in the USA it is played chiefly by folks of a
Greek and/or Jewish ancestry.


The Shooter casts two dice (traditionally miniature dice).
If he throws 3–3, 5–5, 6–6, or 6–5, he wins;
if he throws 1–1, 2–2, 4–4, or 1–2, he loses.
All other combinations are meaningless.

A 2nd player (the Fader) sets stakes in betting against the Shooter,
and alternates with him in casting the dice.

Other players make side bets
on whether the Shooter or the Fader will win.

When banked by a House (in place of the Fader),
the official responsible (the Cutter)
charges a percentage on each bet,
usually 5%, in order to make a profit.


The game is even-up:
Shooter & Fader having exactly equal chances of winning.

LBJ through the 3 games of the series vs. GS
has only 11 pts combined in the 4th Quarter !!


Playoffs, esp. in The Finals, is a question of matchuops:
The Celts' Holford & Jereko can hit 3's consistently and
so would have provided more of an engaging matchup
than Tristan Thompson and Jefferson can ever deliver,
and thus a more competitive Finals series would have
ensued since Celts are the only team to go into GS's
Waracle and win 2 years in a row - the only team !!

And also, when GS is at full strength, the Celtics
at home the past few years have given GS much
tougher & tighter games than Clev has provided.

It's the truth, true a month ago and for eight years running;
Pens have the best player in the game by a wide margin !!

Hard on Pekker Weenie
stiffed & shutout stoned
Zero to Six by Penguins
- & 0-6 without any wins
in the Pitt Pens' Building

In Pittsburg Pekker Weenie
wished for the in-betweenie
but no - just road and home
& homies win all series long

CWS

3415 MISSISSIPPI STATE
3416 LSU - $320

MISSISSIPPI STATE PLUS $260

College World Series
Mississippi State vs LSU -
NCAA Baseball Tournament -
Baton Rouge Super Regional - Game 1 -
Alex Box Stadium - Baton Rouge, LA -
ESPN2 — 9:00pm

Ole Miss alt-RL -2.5 (+685)

Correction
College World Series
Mississippi State vs LSU -
NCAA Baseball Tournament -
Baton Rouge Super Regional - Game 1 -
Alex Box Stadium - Baton Rouge, LA -
ESPN2 — 9:00pm

Miss St. alt-RL -2.5 (+685)

971 CWS ( HOLMBERG )
972 CLEVELAND ( TOMLIN )

CWS - CLEVELAND OVER 10 RUNS

Mississippi State blew a 3-0 lead in the 8th inning, losing 4-3.
The 2nd game of the series is Sunday, 11 June '17 at 8 p.m.
(ESPN2).
Their whole season is on the line so they must win..

If the Cavs win Monday,
doubt creeps in, & then
the series goes seven.

The longer the series,
the more chance for
incurring injuries,
even ejection(s).