Final Regular Season YTD 2012: 363-369-37, +245.87 Units, 6.72% ROI
2012 Playoffs: 12-8-3, +15.29 Units, 20.3% ROI
Correction in ROI added this morning, my tally had a small flaw in it, but my double check does not miss those things. It can’t, that is why it is in place, the books have to balance, as in any other business.
All Plays Are 5 Units, FLAT, Do NOT “add the juice”
Sunday: Tigers F5 +135, FG +134 (Sanchez / Kuroda) Push, W
Monday: Cardinals @ Giants (Carpenter / / Vogelsong) F5 Over 3.5, -110 FG Over 6.5, -110, W,W
Tuesday: Yankees @ Tigers (Hughes / Verlander) No Play
Wednesday: Giants (FG) +116 (Cain / Lohse) L
Thursday: Tigers (F5) +110 (Sabathia / Scherzer) (F5) Under 3.5, -120, W,L
Friday: NO PLAY: Saturday: NO action available
Sunday: Cardinals (FG) +113 (Carpenter / Vogelsong) L
Wednesday, 10.24.12 World Series Game 1
Tigers (FG) -1.5, +105 (Verlander / Zito)
I honestly think you are in for one of the greatest post season performances in MLB history this year. I expect Justin Verlander to write his page in the history of the game. He is absolutely on top of his form, every pitch working to perfection, and that means domination. The only thing standing in his way is that I can’t see it going 7 games so he can post three shutouts. Barry Zito has posted two playoff wins for the Giants but the first was actually an offensive win in a comeback victory over the Reds when he personally made it only 2.2 innings, surrendering 2 earned runs on 4 hits and 4 walks to 16 batters. In his second he was aided greatly by the Cardinals implosion, extremely poor play surrendering 4 unearned runs and stumbling, bumbling their way through the balance of the playoffs. Not to take anything away from Barry that he deserves, he did turn in an impressive performance with a score of 84.2, but his first was only a 60.8. I have every starting pitcher with 15 or more starts rated and Barry ranks 98th with a 1 point below average 67.8. Verlander ranks 7th at 76.8 and the disparity is probably larger since Verlander faces designated hitters in more hitter friendly parks than Zito does in the National League and a decidedly pitcher friendly park. Versus Zito’s 60.8 and 84.2 performances Verlander has posted 81.7, 88.7 and 83.3 versus better offenses and only the second was in a pitcher friendly park, at Oakland. There is really no comparison here and Bochy is grasping at straws with his hope that lefty friendly AT&T can give the Giants a chance versus the dominant right handed pitching power of the Tigers. No way, no how do I see that happening. Tigers roll, game set, match.
BOL