The Cat's MLB Playoff Over/Under Bets & Detailed Writeups - October 8, 2012 - YTD: 3-3 (2012 Season: 361-329-47; 108-82-20, 57% from Aug 2-on)

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2012 MLB O/U Playoff Record: 3-3, -$64
2011 MLB O/U Playoff Record: 14-11-3, +$5
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2012 MLB O/U Season Record: 361-329-47, -$1,490 (Was making much bigger bets earlier in the year, with countless fluke bad breaks, obviously. I also undoubtedly lead the country in half-run/one-run losses)
2011 MLB O/U Season Record: 366-270-42, +$1,104

Very important 2-0 day yesterday, one of which required a rare good break in my favor, since I didn’t really deserve that Milone vs Fister over, but it doesn’t even come close to making up for the two awful bad beats I received in each of the two days prior so far this postseason. In any case, I was able to even up my record, which is important as I enter this next week of playoff baseball. Let’s see what we have on this Monday evening…


Jordan Zimmermann vs Jaime Garcia OVER 7.5 - $15 for $15
This is the definition of a minimum-sized bet. As a result of me taking zero days off these past six-months-and-change (Same thing last year), that means I have to take at least one game each day during the postseason as well, even if that day doesn’t really feature a game that I’m really into. Well unfortunately, there’s only two games today, both of which I’m not particular fond of, but I have to pick the lesser of two poisons, I think I’ll go with this one. Jordan Zimmermann, as I’ve mentioned before, is one of the few pitchers that I really don’t have astrong “feel” for. In other words, despite his usual excellent showing throughout 2012, I’m just not able to pan him out on a regular basis, although more likely, that all goes out the window with this being his first careerplayoff start. As a result, I just think mentally he won’t be as successful aswe’ve grown accustomed to from him over these past few years, especially on the road against the defending World Champions, who can hit and are trying to avoid that seemingly always-fatal 0-2 hole. Then there is Jaime Garcia, who underwentsome severe struggles after a lengthy stay on the disabled list not too longago. However, he has put those behind him, including his well-documented road woes that have plagued him throughout his entire career, as he ended the season with an impressive stretch that saw him record four consecutive quality starts,some of which coming as the visiting pitcher. The aforementioned road woes won’t matter here, though, as he’s usually terrific at home, but when it comes to playoff outings, Garcia can be a mixed bag, as was on display last year when half of his starts saw him go less than five innings. Two others one resulted in seven-inning dandies. All we really need is one of these pitchers to get hit a bit, as I sense there being at least one crooked number on the scoreboard, and hopefully the other offense isn’t completely shut down. If that’s the case,we win this over. Vegas apparently likes the over as well by not letting us have this game at 7… normally, with two pitchers of this caliber, the line would be 7, given their outstanding stats. However, Vegas doesn’t want us over backers having that comfort, hence why the line is at 7.5. That could be a telling sign of where this game is headed.
 
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And my apologies for the lack of notice (First pitch 4:38 EST). I don't even really recommend tailing this one anyway, as this is my bet for the minimum, and when one of the main reasons for taking it is simply because I don't take any days off, well, that's not a very good sign that said bet will be a successful one.

If you're looking for a great bet from me for tonight, check out my football thread, as I'll be adding one Monday Night wager, which will be posted in my thread soon. I was an incredible 8-1 yesterday, which keeps me OVER 60-percent for the season, which absolutely has to be among the best in the country so if, for some reason, you haven't been checking out my football work, now is the time to jump aboard. Won't be stopped
 

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On it as well. Good luck Cats. Great work in the NFL as well. I'm just getting back here and catching up on everything. Great NFL and everything overall.
 
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On it as well. Good luck Cats. Great work in the NFL as well. I'm just getting back here and catching up on everything. Great NFL and everything overall.

Thanks buddy. Yeah, welcome back! We should be in good shape as another thing I forgot to point out is Jordan Zimmermann's unusual struggles against the Cardinals. For his career, he has a 9.12 ERA and 1.71 WHIP against St. Louis in five career starts, which are by far his worst numbers in each category against ANY team.

Then again, we all knew about Joe Saunders' struggles against the Rangers for his career, especially in Arlington, and he ended up tossing a gem in that "Play-In" game. The playoffs are just such an intense animal that you really never know if past consistent tendencies will hold up in such a significantly different setting in potentially a different mindset as well.
 
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Alright, there we go, a third straight victory with that over, which SHOULD actually be a fifth straight victory if not for that unbelievably fluky 9th inning in Game 1 of Reds vs Giants (Let alone the WILD PITCH, before the game-ending strikeout, that scored the deciding run with two outs and two strikes in the bottom of the 9th. Yeesh).

My work is done for the day, at least as it pertains to baseball, and if you're looking to tail me more tonight, I have a bigger bet for the Monday Night Football game (Remember, my biggest bet of the season won in last week's MNF game), which is located in my thread in the football forum so check that out, where I am among the elite in the entire country this year with my remarkable 42-25-3 (62.7%) record, including 10-4-1 in prop bets, which is exactly what I have up for tonight.
 

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