Detroit Tigers -245
Chicago White Sox -310
Oakland Athletics -235
1 unit bet wins 1.65
Washington Nationals -235
Under 7 Milwaukee Brewers vs. St. Louis Cardinals
1 unit bet wins 1.72
stupid chalk parlays....I seek out dogs, but tonight only half-ass like the Cubbies...when I started doing parlays years ago, I remember Raymond carefully telling me in the Sunset Station Casino sportsbook how ya gotta be just as careful with chalk parlays as dog parlays...
2014 parlay record: 8-37, +36.22 units.....on various mixed sports....(1 unit bet each parlay)
May the most you wish for be the least you get!! :00hour :toast: :spotting: :clap: :slomo :0074
Posted here was the first winning parlay of the year, and it was my biggest. Not long after that I didn't post for a few months (the unpredictable ends of NBA + NHL seasons, plus start of MLB, is the worst time of year for parlays), then had this small winner (only paid 1.58 as one game ppd and one total pushed) and Sunday, July 6 three-teamer, and July 14 four-teamer, July 25 4-teamer, with a push, that became a 3 teamer...then this 4 teamer July 29th...and 2-3 on bunch of smaller parlays I tried July 30th..
ripped and cut and pasted from the internets:
ESPN Stats & Info@ESPNStatsInfo
Justin Verlander pitches vs the Rockies tonight. He's won 13 straight vs NL teams dating to a road loss to the Mets on June 22, 2010
The Cardinals are worth the price of admission as they send their best to the hill. The visiting Brewers go with Wily Peralta (12-6, 3.56 ERA); Peralta has won three-straight, but note that he?s a pedestrian 3-3 with a 4.98 ERA in six games started lifetime against St. Louis. The Cardinals will feel pretty confident sending out their ace in Adam Wainwright (13-5, 1.92 ERA); Wainwright held the Cubs to zero runs in seven innings to earn a win in his last outing. The big right-hander is 10-6 with a 2.19 ERA and strong 0.89 WHIP in 27 games started life time versus the Brewers and earned a victory going seven strong in his last meeting with them this season. In fact, he was 3-0 with a 2.37 ERA in the previous four matchups and has 28 strikeouts with no walks over 30 1/3 innings. Note that St. Louis is a strong 13-8 versus the Brewers at Busch Stadium the last three seasons and holds a 28-15 advantage overall. Jhonny Peralta is batting .400 with four homers in 14 career matchups with Milwaukee and has three of those longballs this season. He's 2 for 6 against Wily Peralta. Consider the Cardinals and Wainwright.
The Cardinals will host Game 1 of a three game series featuring the top two teams in NL Central. I think second placed St. Louis will make up ground in the standings tonight, which would also see them extend their lead in the season series to 6-4.
Here are my keys to the game:
1. Pitching - The Cardinals will send Adam Wainwright to the hill and he's coming off a strong performance at Wrigley in a win over the Cubs. Wainwright (13-5, 1.92 ERA) tossed seven scoreless innings allowing five runs in a 1-0 win. He's 7-3 with a 1.63 ERA in games under the lights, and a respectable 4-2 with a 3.00 ERA home at Busch Stadium this season. The Brew Crew will counter with Wily Peralta (12-6, 3.56 ERA) who conceded two runs on six hits over 5 2/3 innings in a win at the Mets his last time out.
2. Home Cookin' - St. Louis needs to avoid a fourth consecutive loss at home. They have a strong 29-23 home record, and should be able to get back on track tonight with their ace on the hill.
3. X-factor - Wainwright has dominated the Brewers in the last four meetings, going 3-0 with a 2.37 ERA and striking out 28 over 30 1/3 innings.
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Even After 25 Years, Pete Rose?s Ban From Baseball Is Money in the Bank
By Kostya Kennedy
In the long and varied history of sports heroes ? from Pheidippides to Johnny Football ? none has signed his name more often, nor more energetically and whimsically, than Pete Rose. Signing for dollars has been at the core of Rose?s livelihood, and lifeblood, since he was banned from baseball 25 years ago. For years now he has appeared four days a week, in five-hour shifts, at a memorabilia shop in a Las Vegas mall. The crowds don?t swarm, but they do come, steadily. An autographed ball costs $99, a bat $200, a jersey $40. Items are also bundled and sold in packages. It?s not unusual for Rose to move more than $10,000 worth of merchandise in a day.
Prices and item choices are set not by Rose himself but by the company, Hit King Inc., that employs him. (He gets a flat fee for his work, but if sales pass a certain level, he receives a percentage of the extra money.) That means that when he?s signing somewhere else and has a different employer, the prices, and the menu, can vary. Just the other day, for example, Rose was in Cooperstown for Induction Weekend, where he has made almost annual autograph appearances for the past two decades. He signed at the Safe at Home shop on Main Street, less than 400 feet from the Hall of Fame to which he has been famously denied induction. In Cooperstown, customers could do a lot better for themselves than they could at The Art of Music store, Rose?s autographing venue in Vegas.
So how does Rose?s Cooperstown fee of $60 compare with other players? fees? Below is a look at the rate for some notable autographs during Induction Weekend. Typically, a Hall of Famer?s autograph sells for more than a non-Hall of Famer?s. So leaving out Rose?s figure, and relying on help from a pair of fine reporters (big cheers to David Bauer and Larry Mileo), I also calculated the average price for each of those two subsets of players. The autograph prices are set by the vendor and are determined, naturally, based on demand. It sometimes happened that a player appeared at more than one venue during the weekend and his autograph sold for slightly different prices. I took that into account.
In comparison with Hall of Famers (the group Rose?s supporters believe he should be part of), Rose commanded 6 percent less than the average price. (Among teammates from the 1970s Big Red Machine, Rose drew about 13 percent less than Hall of Famers Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan and about 9 percent more than Hall of Famer Tony Perez.) Compared to other non-Hall of Famers, however, Rose killed it. Braves pitcher John Smoltz, who had the Atlanta contingent in town and who was billed on a price flyer as a ?Future Hall of Famer? (he?ll get in next year) was the only non-Hall of Fame player whose autograph went for as much as Rose?s.
Most surprising, given how long Rose has been at it and how deeply he has saturated the market for his own signature, is that his price has remained stable as he has continued to sell. At Safe at Home, the signed ball fee went up from $55 to $60 about seven years ago, according to store proprietor Andrew Vilacky, and has remained at that price. In Las Vegas, Rose?s autograph on a ball cost $79 when he was selling at the Field of Dreams in 2009. Today, at The Art of Music, he gets a 25.3 percent higher rate without any drop in volume.
So why does Rose, now 73, still draw? As the eBay price in the first table suggests, no one is investing in his autograph in hopes of making much resale profit. Part of the allure is Rose?s continued fame ? he may be the most famous non-Hall of Fame former baseball player alive. But there is more to it than that.
What people keep buying is not just the autograph, but also the experience of getting it. Plenty of ballplayers can engage with the fan base, but nobody does it better or embraces it more than Rose does. Pete is extremely good at being Pete. You sit with him for five minutes during an autograph session. He?ll banter cornily (?Your name is Bob? Mind if I spell it backward??) and crassly (?The whole time your wife was taking that photo with me, she had her hand on my ass?). He will give batting tips to kids (essentially, ?Be aggressive?) and recall old at-bats with astounding clarity and detail. He?ll break off an anecdote about Willie Mays in a urinal, and he might, without warning or provocation, hold forth on the subject of blow jobs. However all this may sound to you, many customers clearly view it as value added. I have seen people wait to get their ball signed, spend the time with Rose, then get back in the queue and do it again.
People are also drawn to Rose for the contradictions in his character ? what to make of someone who both honored and dishonored the game so profoundly? Rose, through his gambling and his recalcitrance, has the lure of an outlaw hero. He?s also the only player in baseball history to be expressly denied a place on the Hall of Fame ballot, and that gives customers something edgy to discuss with him. As much as Rose might like to get inducted one day, he is not blind to the notoriety that his banishment has given him, nor to the understanding that, in the autograph trade, it may have helped his bottom line. ?You know,? he once said to me. ?Not being in the Hall of Fame ? that?s my shtick!?
For the right price, I?m sure, Rose will write that on a baseball for you.
Chicago White Sox -310
Oakland Athletics -235
1 unit bet wins 1.65
Washington Nationals -235
Under 7 Milwaukee Brewers vs. St. Louis Cardinals
1 unit bet wins 1.72
stupid chalk parlays....I seek out dogs, but tonight only half-ass like the Cubbies...when I started doing parlays years ago, I remember Raymond carefully telling me in the Sunset Station Casino sportsbook how ya gotta be just as careful with chalk parlays as dog parlays...
2014 parlay record: 8-37, +36.22 units.....on various mixed sports....(1 unit bet each parlay)
May the most you wish for be the least you get!! :00hour :toast: :spotting: :clap: :slomo :0074
Posted here was the first winning parlay of the year, and it was my biggest. Not long after that I didn't post for a few months (the unpredictable ends of NBA + NHL seasons, plus start of MLB, is the worst time of year for parlays), then had this small winner (only paid 1.58 as one game ppd and one total pushed) and Sunday, July 6 three-teamer, and July 14 four-teamer, July 25 4-teamer, with a push, that became a 3 teamer...then this 4 teamer July 29th...and 2-3 on bunch of smaller parlays I tried July 30th..
ripped and cut and pasted from the internets:
ESPN Stats & Info@ESPNStatsInfo
Justin Verlander pitches vs the Rockies tonight. He's won 13 straight vs NL teams dating to a road loss to the Mets on June 22, 2010
The Cardinals are worth the price of admission as they send their best to the hill. The visiting Brewers go with Wily Peralta (12-6, 3.56 ERA); Peralta has won three-straight, but note that he?s a pedestrian 3-3 with a 4.98 ERA in six games started lifetime against St. Louis. The Cardinals will feel pretty confident sending out their ace in Adam Wainwright (13-5, 1.92 ERA); Wainwright held the Cubs to zero runs in seven innings to earn a win in his last outing. The big right-hander is 10-6 with a 2.19 ERA and strong 0.89 WHIP in 27 games started life time versus the Brewers and earned a victory going seven strong in his last meeting with them this season. In fact, he was 3-0 with a 2.37 ERA in the previous four matchups and has 28 strikeouts with no walks over 30 1/3 innings. Note that St. Louis is a strong 13-8 versus the Brewers at Busch Stadium the last three seasons and holds a 28-15 advantage overall. Jhonny Peralta is batting .400 with four homers in 14 career matchups with Milwaukee and has three of those longballs this season. He's 2 for 6 against Wily Peralta. Consider the Cardinals and Wainwright.
The Cardinals will host Game 1 of a three game series featuring the top two teams in NL Central. I think second placed St. Louis will make up ground in the standings tonight, which would also see them extend their lead in the season series to 6-4.
Here are my keys to the game:
1. Pitching - The Cardinals will send Adam Wainwright to the hill and he's coming off a strong performance at Wrigley in a win over the Cubs. Wainwright (13-5, 1.92 ERA) tossed seven scoreless innings allowing five runs in a 1-0 win. He's 7-3 with a 1.63 ERA in games under the lights, and a respectable 4-2 with a 3.00 ERA home at Busch Stadium this season. The Brew Crew will counter with Wily Peralta (12-6, 3.56 ERA) who conceded two runs on six hits over 5 2/3 innings in a win at the Mets his last time out.
2. Home Cookin' - St. Louis needs to avoid a fourth consecutive loss at home. They have a strong 29-23 home record, and should be able to get back on track tonight with their ace on the hill.
3. X-factor - Wainwright has dominated the Brewers in the last four meetings, going 3-0 with a 2.37 ERA and striking out 28 over 30 1/3 innings.
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Even After 25 Years, Pete Rose?s Ban From Baseball Is Money in the Bank
By Kostya Kennedy
In the long and varied history of sports heroes ? from Pheidippides to Johnny Football ? none has signed his name more often, nor more energetically and whimsically, than Pete Rose. Signing for dollars has been at the core of Rose?s livelihood, and lifeblood, since he was banned from baseball 25 years ago. For years now he has appeared four days a week, in five-hour shifts, at a memorabilia shop in a Las Vegas mall. The crowds don?t swarm, but they do come, steadily. An autographed ball costs $99, a bat $200, a jersey $40. Items are also bundled and sold in packages. It?s not unusual for Rose to move more than $10,000 worth of merchandise in a day.
Prices and item choices are set not by Rose himself but by the company, Hit King Inc., that employs him. (He gets a flat fee for his work, but if sales pass a certain level, he receives a percentage of the extra money.) That means that when he?s signing somewhere else and has a different employer, the prices, and the menu, can vary. Just the other day, for example, Rose was in Cooperstown for Induction Weekend, where he has made almost annual autograph appearances for the past two decades. He signed at the Safe at Home shop on Main Street, less than 400 feet from the Hall of Fame to which he has been famously denied induction. In Cooperstown, customers could do a lot better for themselves than they could at The Art of Music store, Rose?s autographing venue in Vegas.
So how does Rose?s Cooperstown fee of $60 compare with other players? fees? Below is a look at the rate for some notable autographs during Induction Weekend. Typically, a Hall of Famer?s autograph sells for more than a non-Hall of Famer?s. So leaving out Rose?s figure, and relying on help from a pair of fine reporters (big cheers to David Bauer and Larry Mileo), I also calculated the average price for each of those two subsets of players. The autograph prices are set by the vendor and are determined, naturally, based on demand. It sometimes happened that a player appeared at more than one venue during the weekend and his autograph sold for slightly different prices. I took that into account.
In comparison with Hall of Famers (the group Rose?s supporters believe he should be part of), Rose commanded 6 percent less than the average price. (Among teammates from the 1970s Big Red Machine, Rose drew about 13 percent less than Hall of Famers Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan and about 9 percent more than Hall of Famer Tony Perez.) Compared to other non-Hall of Famers, however, Rose killed it. Braves pitcher John Smoltz, who had the Atlanta contingent in town and who was billed on a price flyer as a ?Future Hall of Famer? (he?ll get in next year) was the only non-Hall of Fame player whose autograph went for as much as Rose?s.
Most surprising, given how long Rose has been at it and how deeply he has saturated the market for his own signature, is that his price has remained stable as he has continued to sell. At Safe at Home, the signed ball fee went up from $55 to $60 about seven years ago, according to store proprietor Andrew Vilacky, and has remained at that price. In Las Vegas, Rose?s autograph on a ball cost $79 when he was selling at the Field of Dreams in 2009. Today, at The Art of Music, he gets a 25.3 percent higher rate without any drop in volume.
So why does Rose, now 73, still draw? As the eBay price in the first table suggests, no one is investing in his autograph in hopes of making much resale profit. Part of the allure is Rose?s continued fame ? he may be the most famous non-Hall of Fame former baseball player alive. But there is more to it than that.
What people keep buying is not just the autograph, but also the experience of getting it. Plenty of ballplayers can engage with the fan base, but nobody does it better or embraces it more than Rose does. Pete is extremely good at being Pete. You sit with him for five minutes during an autograph session. He?ll banter cornily (?Your name is Bob? Mind if I spell it backward??) and crassly (?The whole time your wife was taking that photo with me, she had her hand on my ass?). He will give batting tips to kids (essentially, ?Be aggressive?) and recall old at-bats with astounding clarity and detail. He?ll break off an anecdote about Willie Mays in a urinal, and he might, without warning or provocation, hold forth on the subject of blow jobs. However all this may sound to you, many customers clearly view it as value added. I have seen people wait to get their ball signed, spend the time with Rose, then get back in the queue and do it again.
People are also drawn to Rose for the contradictions in his character ? what to make of someone who both honored and dishonored the game so profoundly? Rose, through his gambling and his recalcitrance, has the lure of an outlaw hero. He?s also the only player in baseball history to be expressly denied a place on the Hall of Fame ballot, and that gives customers something edgy to discuss with him. As much as Rose might like to get inducted one day, he is not blind to the notoriety that his banishment has given him, nor to the understanding that, in the autograph trade, it may have helped his bottom line. ?You know,? he once said to me. ?Not being in the Hall of Fame ? that?s my shtick!?
For the right price, I?m sure, Rose will write that on a baseball for you.
