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Marty,

The purpose of the thread was to stir a little bit of intellectual debate.

Most systems by nature are losers, and that may certainly be the case here.  If it is a loser by a wide margin, then we have found a profitable fade.

Most likely it lands somewhere in the middle and we lose the vig, making neither side profitable.

 

I have priced the games very conservatively, and line shoppers no doubt could increase their ROI (or decrease their losses) by searching for better prices.

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Marty,

The purpose of the thread was to stir a little bit of intellectual debate.

Most systems by nature are losers, and that may certainly be the case here.  If it is a loser by a wide margin, then we have found a profitable fade.

Most likely it lands somewhere in the middle and we lose the vig, making neither side profitable.

 

I have priced the games very conservatively, and line shoppers no doubt could increase their ROI (or decrease their losses) by searching for better prices.

 

GD, the phrases "system" and "intellectual debate" should never appear anywhere near each other. A system does not involve quantifying your edge and is therefore pure guessing. I would guess you'll exactly lose the vig, which is just as much as you'd lose flipping coins.

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LAA and OAK both won as dogs, +130 and +120.

LAA were shutout back-to-back, and I put two units on them.

 

For record keeping purposes, will keep it to one unit though to be consistent.

 

YTD teams coming off a shutout are 13-9 (+6.6 units).

 

Seattle was shutout tonight (and almost no hit).

They are a fave with King Felix on the mound tomorrow and will be a play.

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SEA with the comfortable 10-5 win over MIA.

 

Runs the shutout YTD to 14-9 (+7.6 units)

 

I would be interested to see the scores of these games after a team was shutout.  See if anything developed regarding totals and/or team totals.

 

WAS routed ATL 14-4.  

 

ATL is a 10+ run loser play at a juicy price (+165)

 

4 teams were shutout Wednesday:  ARZ, BOS, CIN, SF

 

Plays are:

arz -110 SD

bos -150 TOR

CIN +115 bal

 

SF is off and resumes action Friday versus COL.

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White Sox with the win off the double shutout today.

 

Current records-

Shutout YTD: 16-15 (+4.05)

Double shutout YTD: 2-0 (+3.0)

 

We have a shutout play for tomorrow in the woeful SF Giants.  Currently +130 against the Dodgers.

 

The A's lost by 10 today.  They have an extra day to sit and stew before they play the Angels on Tuesday.

 

10-run losers YTD are currently 1-3 (-1.9)

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Rough day yesterday, got swept for an 0-3.

 

Cole couldn't have done much more for the Pirates, but the bats went silent.

 

Updated YTDs-

Shutouts 17-16 (+4.35)

10-run losers 1-5 (-4.25)  fade time or small sample size?

 

2 shutout plays tomorrow:

PIT +155  with the rare off a 10-run loser then getting shutout combo

BAL -140

 

10-run loser play:

sea -125

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Scoring differential in any sport tends to regress to center so watching for spots where the fave is coming off several Wins and the dog off several losses can be a useful indicator. I find it works best in NHL and NBA.....NFL to some degree...MLB maybe hardest as streaks seem to be more frequent

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