I must be going crazy......

[Nolan Dalla]

.........because last night I posted something that was ridiculous -- and now I would like to make ammends to the Forum.

There may be a lesson in here somewhere:

About midnight here on the East Coast, I was looking for a possible 2nd half play in the Seattle-Sacramento game because of the blowout situation (Sonics up by 23 at the half). I could not tune in and get the game on satellite, so I had the scores and stats updated at Yahoo every minute.

Yahoo posted that ALL FIVE starters for the Kings had played the entire first half (no breaks, no substitutions). I tried to do a cut and paste job and post it here, so I could get feedback from the Forum, but couldn't lift the text.

Anyways, I was stunned to see Adelman playing his starters so hard (presumably). So, I expected a fatigue factor to set in and played the Sonics +12 in the 2H.

Sure enough, the Sonics went down by 13 in the 2H and I lost the bet. But what was really troubling to me was that I HAD MADE A BET BASED ON INACCURATE INFORMATION.

I e-mailed Yahoo and let them know that if they are going to bother with stats and scores, to at least try an get the basics right. I don't want to have to worry about the stats being WRONG everytime I check the percentages and numbers.

Let this be a lesson that there IS NO SUBSTITUTE for watching a game. I know a lot of bettors have to rely on the scrolling updates, but as you can see -- that info is NOT always correct.

I'm sorry for posting the remark that the Kings had played all the starters (Hoops set me straight on that)...but it was what I thought was accurate at the time.

From now on, I'll know better.

Thanks,

Nolan Dalla

 

[Mr.]

I hear ya, Nolan. Last year I lost a large bet on inaccurate info on a starting goalie. Ever since, I've used alternate sources.......but still nothing is better than to see it yourself.

cheers!

 

[gsp]

Nolan, I pay very little attention to Yahoo's on going game stats. Their game log score and the score they post as the game progresses are very seldom the same. I have seen many times in the first qt where there have been no subs, yet, all five starters have played different min. One time last year they even posted the wrong final score, corrected it the next day. I have also seen them post the correct score, wrong winner.

 

[heelsfan]

Yahoo has also made me want to kick my computer in...earlier this year I had a nice chunk on an nba game...can't seem to remember which one but the game was close and they posted a final score showing that I lost my bet by one point. The next day I checked my account and was pleasently surprised to see that my bankroll was much higher. I looked at my past wagers and saw that I was on the right side by four points...

Lesson here is don't kick in your computer until you are sure you have lost. :nono: