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    why I stopped using dailybaseballdata com for weather info

    Was my primary source for years, regarding wind etc. Totally out to lunch this year; there does seem to be a pattern, though, as they have their wind directions almost precisely backwards for every game this year, in case that's the only thing you have available :facepalm:. I stopped a couple...
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    trying to remember which Adam Curtis flic had the following archival footage

    I'm trying to remember which of his documentaries, and which episode, had the footage of the experiment regarding the monkey. Might have been a Rhesus Macaque but it was a monkey, regardless. Some experimenters had it tied up--immobile, in essence--with its head in a spring-locked vice setup...
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    it was suggested that the Europeans have better officiating rules than the NBA

    Is this true? Hard to imagine them being much worse, but this is the issue that I've had with this sport for a long time now. Contact can't be avoided and decisions, by the refs, need to be done in real time--I get that; upgraded rules for reviewing calls (not the charge/block only but many...
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    worth tuning in for: indians@Twins

    Shane Bieber looks great through one inning, for what it's worth. ML debut on his 23rd birthday. Even the one hit he allowed...Brantley couldn't have broken any slower on that fly...coulda easily been caught. I love great pitching. Welcome to the bigs.
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    apparently, my cousin Vanessa could throw a perfect 5 innings on the bigs

    Mind-boggling how many perfectos through 5+ we've been seeing, so far. Happening to some shit teams--e.g. Marlins tonight--but I think it happened to the Yanks about a week ago, didn't it? Goofy shit. I also heard something about how this (April) was the first ever month, in history, when...
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    anybody read anything by Joseph Buchdahl on sports gambling?

    I found one hit at this site, via a search, from 2006; a list of books on same. I heard an interview with the guy, recently, from an Australian podcast called 'The Business of Betting.' av soundcloud, if nowhere else https://soundcloud.com/businessofbetting/ep-48-psychology-of-betting Has a...
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    who's watching this Nick Kingham debut?

    I just tuned in, to catch however much more he goes. Just wondering how much of an illusion this pitching line is. Perfect in his MLB debut, through 6. 84 pitches, so far, which is often more than a pitcher will throw in their first ever go. Unless they let him toss 120+ pitches, he obviously...
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    thurs april 26

    Just some comments on the games. I have a few plays in but often doing this helps myself with the uncertainty, so take the world with a grain of salt and spend your time more wisely in the future. doin' chronillogical est 12:35 braves(Newcomb)@Reds(Bailey) --I liked Bailey a bunch about 5...
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    after 1st period--holy frig...Leafs are lucky not be down 3-0 in this one

    They look like shit. Anderson is a joke, as I said back in May, and the Leafs defense is brainless. 0-0 currently. If my blood wasn't blue then I'd be live-betting the freakin' B's. ouch Leafs need good smelling salts during intermission or they have golf plans. :facepalm:
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    does you book funk you if the world ends before the game is decided?

    End this crap in Oakland, already. I've been sitting on a solid over 8.5 that begs payment since the 2nd inning. Chisox W might help my Jays in any future wild-card nonsense, but someone needs to score. My book will call this game a push if the world ends before its finished. I may have other...
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    stats on 1st period over 1.5 goals? (gotta be a party)

    Not sure if anybody knows the win-loss, thus far, for minimum 2 goals in the first, this first round, but its gotta be gold.
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    braves @ Cubs saturday

    Have to make a case for trying braves & Newcomb, here. +130 to +140 might give me pause, but I grabbed some dog at +172. The only lefty starter the Braves have faced this year was at Colorado, in Newcomb's last start in a matchup of 1st-round picks vs Freeland. Braves won 4-0 as Newcomb was...
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    laa@KC Sat--some red flags on Junis through 2 starts

    Looking at about a 40% chance of rain at gametime, with snow apparently to follow later in the evening, so this game could very well be postponed. However, I've been watching Junis in his last start vs Mariners. He has great numbers through 2 go's (1st @the non-existent Tigersticks, whcih I...
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    anybody have totals splits for ballparks with retractable roofs?

    I think some ballparks are more renown for the ball sailing well when the roof is closed, but I'm not sure of that. I did a number of searches for Safeco splits, based on roof status, but came up empty. Leaning towards the over8 for tonight, but my disdain for Leake might be slightly...
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    angels @ Royals Thursday

    Tropeano vs Kennedy. Another crapshot SP going for the Angels. He's 27 and may have enough upside to stick around this depleted rotation. I see laa -128. I'd be interested in riding the laa streak if it were closer to even, but Tropeano is more of a fly-ball pitcher than a ground ball...
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    Ohtani just slightly on his game

    tune in to watch this if you can He's a little fortunate to have faced A's for 1st 2 starts, but his stuff looks great and he is totally able to put the ball where he wants it, at least today. Perfect through 6, I believe he's got 11 K's currently.
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    distortion of umpire stats--no sabermetric normalization coming

    Watching the Jays@Rangers. Ump John Tumpane is refusing to call strikes in this one, especially when the Rangers (Moore, Perez, et al) are pitching. Thing is, these pitches are nowhere to be found; borderlineage is absent. This game, alone, is going to distort his strike% to suggest him to be...
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    d'backs@Cardinals Thursday

    Weather supposed to be clear with a 0% chance of precipitation. Fairly strong wind blowing out to left. Ump unknown, currently, as game #1 with the Diamondbacks travelling from home after taking the down the excuse for an offense that the Dodgers have shown, so far, 3-0. Cardinals coming in for...
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    angels @ A's Saturday

    Mengden should be serviceable for a potential decent outing, while I'm less confident of Shoemaker making any heads turn this season. Not sure of either team's offensive output potential this season, so somewhere near even there, this early, despite the Angels having fish-man who everybody...
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    twins @ Orioles saturday

    I get the starters rated dead-even for this first go, barring either showing anything they should both be a tad worse than league-average, best as I get so far. Every year bullpens are wait and see, but I have to give an edge to O's starting the season. Bats pretty even too, from what I get, but...
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