Ultra Sports Bet

This picture made me very excited when I saw it today. I can’t stand the Red Sox, and though I really like Josh Beckett it wasn’t him that made me giddy, either. It was that baseball season got under way. Sort of. The Red Sox beat the life out of Boston College in a ridiculous exhibition by a decidedly non-baseball like 24-0 score.
I could care less about this game, obviously. It just means that we are only a month away from the regular season of baseball. As a sports bettor, I love baseball. It goes on every day, there are …read more

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Today is one of those days where I have a lot of research I am doing, and as a result I am reading a lot of sports websites and news articles. In other words, I have the best job in the world. As I have been reading around, these are 10 things have have stuck in my mind for further reference in my sports betting journeys:
1. Yao Ming’s season ending injury. My first reaction – wow, that sucks. My second reaction – with Rick Adelman at the helm, the team isn’t going to struggle as much as people think. That …read more

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Let me say this up front – I hate the Red Sox and I will be looking for a way to pick against them. They are smug and superior and they make me throw up a little every time I see them. I respect several of their individual players, but as a team I don’t have any time for them at all.
That being said, they are the better team. By a lot. They have better pitching, a better bullpen, better hitting, more depth, and infinitely more experience. They are the favorites, and they unquestionably should be.
The problem, in my mind, …read more

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Game four of the ALCS goes tonight in Cleveland, and there may be a chance to get some decent betting value. The pitching matchup is Paul Byrd (+104) for the Indians versus knuckleballer Tim Wakefield (-114) for Boston. I’m on Cleveland for the series and I would suggest that there is value on them here, too. Here are three reasons why:
1. Paul Byrd is an underappreciated pitcher. Sabathia and Carmona get all the credit in Cleveland, but Byrd was a solid 15-8 this year. In his appearance in the ALDS he handled the Yankees very nicely. He’s not flashy, but …read more

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I had a very successful LDS round from a betting perspective. If history repeats itself then that likely means that I am doomed in the LCS round, but that won’t stop me from trying. Here’s my very quick take on the two rounds. I did more in depth analysis here.
Arizona (+115) vs. Colorado (-135) – I’m torn on this one. I think that Colorado is the choice, but I don’t love the price. Both teams are overachieving compared to what they show on paper, but the Rockies are playing with a cohesiveness and unified vision that I’m not sure I …read more

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There should be a brief period of calm, but it is going to be very interesting to watch how the Yankees act this offseason. I expect it to be dramatic. Out with the A-Rod and in with the pitchers who can actually get an out would be a good place to start. Betting on this team is going to be a very different proposition next year.
The public is overwhelmingly(87% of bets) on the Patriots in their game against the Cowboys on Sunday. I wonder what the bet split would have been if Dallas hadn’t have had such a rough Monday …read more

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The baseball playoffs are here, and I couldn’t be happier. Baseball is a great, great sport, but it is truly at its best in the playoffs. The drama that the sport is capable of is incredible.
That’s enough talking about the sport, let’s talk about betting on it. Here’s a quick look at the series prices with my thoughts and my selections. If you want more depth, you can check out what I wrote here.
Colorado (+114) vs. Philadelphia (-124) – Both teams come in with tremendous momentum. To put it simply, I am taking the Rockies. I think the series is …read more

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Here’s some of today’s news that I am storing away in my brain because it may be useful down the road as I am making a pick:

Marc Bulger has been benched to recover from injuries including broken ribs sustained because his line couldn’t stop my three year old cousin. He’s being replaced by Gus Frerotte. I had no idea that Frerotte was still alive. Bulger will likely be backup because the only other QB the team has is Brock Berlin, and he’s on the practice roster.
Kwame Brown faces a misdemeanor charge in Georgia after he tried to interfere with a …read more

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San Diego in Colorado for a best-of-one. How can you not love that?
The public is jumping all over Jake Peavy and the Padres. I’m not buying it. I don’t love Josh Fogg, but the Rockies are at home, they are the hottest team in baseball, they are playing a team that fizzled down the stretch, and they are +120. That’s a lot of reasons for me to be on Colorado.
UPDATE: What a freaking game. That was high drama at its best, and a perfect start to the playoffs. 9-8 Colorado in 13 innings – you couldn’t have scripted that better.

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I love Washington. They may be one of my favorite teams. Sure, I don’t know all of their players (parts of their lineup are so obscure that I doubt the coaching staff know them, either), I almost never watch them play, and as a Canadian I am a little bitter that they aren’t still in Montreal. None of that matters when it comes to the betting window, though. This team has had the perfect combination of circumstances this year – they are not that bad, yet the public thinks that they are terrible. That’s why I love them. They were …read more

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