2012 MLB O/U Playoff Record: 12-10-1, -$28
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
Is this really it? Is this my final baseball article of the 2012 season? For newer readers on here, I've arguably contributed more original written over/under-related content than anyone in the country, after producing 800-1,200-word articles literally every single day of the 6-month baseball season, not to mention every single day of the postseason... and this could be the last one of the year. Hard to believe, as I still remember Opening Day pretty well. But, that was then and this is now, where I'm currently 3-0 with my World Series over/unders, and with this potentially being the last baseball bet of the entire season, you know I'm going to want to go out in style. Unfortunately, it's taking place on a Sunday, where my concentration is always shifted towards football, but let's see what I have...
World Series Game 4
San Francisco Giants @ Detroit Tigers - Price TBD
Matt Cain vs Max Scherzer
OVER 7
Yup, while I'm significantly more of an unders guy, it appears I'm going with an over for perhaps my final bet of this 2012 baseball season. For that reason, and a couple of more, this is not going to be a big bet all. Let me repeat that: This will NOT be any sort of big bet. Simply put, these are two pitchers I'm not as sharp with, and you could easily argue that no one is sharp when taking an over involving either of these two starting pitchers. With Matt Cain, though, the writing's on the wall. Despite churning out his best playoff effort in his latest outing, this just hasn't been the normal Matt Cain throughout this postseason that we've grown accustomed to over the years. In fact, before his last start, I pointed out that for the first time all year, Cain had surrendered at least three runs in three consecutive starts, perhaps providing evident that he has slowed down at this point in time. Yes, he did toss 5.2 shutout innings in his last start against St. Louis, but it wasn't in usual Matt Cain-like dominant fashion. The lineup he's facing today is a hungry and desperate one, trying to avoid the dubious distinction of being swept in a World Series - the greatest championship series in the world - and they are not going to take any at-bats for granted at all. That, and the fact that this team was ranked first against right-handed pitching in all of baseball, leads me to believe they can scratch across at least a few off the Giants' ace.
Max Scherzer, meanwhile, has himself a nice postseason, having yielded just one run in two starts, spanning just over ten innings of work. Is he a legitimate upper-rotation starter? Absolutely, without question, as his impressive strikeout numbers this year further solidified. However, precedence suggests that when put under pressure, Scherzer has a tendency to get wild, and with his team down 3-0, while basically being the last hope to continue this series, there really can't be anymore pressure, especially performing in front of the home fans (Who wants to get swept in a World Series at home? That'd be quite embarrassing). And that's what this boils down to. I have a tremendous amount of respect for what Scherzer has done to put himself in the position he is in today, but he's shown in the past that pressure CAN get to him, and if that's the case, that's when some of his former wildness comes into play. I believe that will happen, and as a result, he's going to give up some runs. With the line being where it is (Notice how the line is exactly the same as yesterday's clearly inferior Vogelsong vs Sanchez matchup. Each of the pitchers today is better than last night's predecessor), we have a very nice shot at an over victory.
**May Add More Over/Under(s) Throughout Day Leading Up To Gametime**
**Remember that if you have a question concerning an over/under, I will gladly assist you with it if I see it before the game starts, even the ones I don't bet on, as I have at least a small vibe on every single over/under from studying this stuff every single day and night**
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
Is this really it? Is this my final baseball article of the 2012 season? For newer readers on here, I've arguably contributed more original written over/under-related content than anyone in the country, after producing 800-1,200-word articles literally every single day of the 6-month baseball season, not to mention every single day of the postseason... and this could be the last one of the year. Hard to believe, as I still remember Opening Day pretty well. But, that was then and this is now, where I'm currently 3-0 with my World Series over/unders, and with this potentially being the last baseball bet of the entire season, you know I'm going to want to go out in style. Unfortunately, it's taking place on a Sunday, where my concentration is always shifted towards football, but let's see what I have...
World Series Game 4
San Francisco Giants @ Detroit Tigers - Price TBD
Matt Cain vs Max Scherzer
OVER 7
Yup, while I'm significantly more of an unders guy, it appears I'm going with an over for perhaps my final bet of this 2012 baseball season. For that reason, and a couple of more, this is not going to be a big bet all. Let me repeat that: This will NOT be any sort of big bet. Simply put, these are two pitchers I'm not as sharp with, and you could easily argue that no one is sharp when taking an over involving either of these two starting pitchers. With Matt Cain, though, the writing's on the wall. Despite churning out his best playoff effort in his latest outing, this just hasn't been the normal Matt Cain throughout this postseason that we've grown accustomed to over the years. In fact, before his last start, I pointed out that for the first time all year, Cain had surrendered at least three runs in three consecutive starts, perhaps providing evident that he has slowed down at this point in time. Yes, he did toss 5.2 shutout innings in his last start against St. Louis, but it wasn't in usual Matt Cain-like dominant fashion. The lineup he's facing today is a hungry and desperate one, trying to avoid the dubious distinction of being swept in a World Series - the greatest championship series in the world - and they are not going to take any at-bats for granted at all. That, and the fact that this team was ranked first against right-handed pitching in all of baseball, leads me to believe they can scratch across at least a few off the Giants' ace.
Max Scherzer, meanwhile, has himself a nice postseason, having yielded just one run in two starts, spanning just over ten innings of work. Is he a legitimate upper-rotation starter? Absolutely, without question, as his impressive strikeout numbers this year further solidified. However, precedence suggests that when put under pressure, Scherzer has a tendency to get wild, and with his team down 3-0, while basically being the last hope to continue this series, there really can't be anymore pressure, especially performing in front of the home fans (Who wants to get swept in a World Series at home? That'd be quite embarrassing). And that's what this boils down to. I have a tremendous amount of respect for what Scherzer has done to put himself in the position he is in today, but he's shown in the past that pressure CAN get to him, and if that's the case, that's when some of his former wildness comes into play. I believe that will happen, and as a result, he's going to give up some runs. With the line being where it is (Notice how the line is exactly the same as yesterday's clearly inferior Vogelsong vs Sanchez matchup. Each of the pitchers today is better than last night's predecessor), we have a very nice shot at an over victory.
**May Add More Over/Under(s) Throughout Day Leading Up To Gametime**
**Remember that if you have a question concerning an over/under, I will gladly assist you with it if I see it before the game starts, even the ones I don't bet on, as I have at least a small vibe on every single over/under from studying this stuff every single day and night**
