Picks 4/4-4/8

[AllinOnDraw]

YTD 4-2-0, +4.69 units.

Cool beans, finally had a winning day. I do good on paper so I expected I would pull above even soon enough at the very least. I'll post some more picks later tonight. Ride the wave. Kowabunga!

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Isn't that -148?

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No. I remember seeing the odds for Baltimore to win outright around -140/150. This means the -1.5 line was about +140-ish.

[AllinOnDraw]

MLB
*** Cincinnati -1.5 +160
3 star pick, 3 units to win 4.80 units
I think Snell is going to get rocked. I don't like Claussen that much but I do like his career 2.70 ERA against the Bucs.

* Pittsburgh/Cincinnati Over 10 -121
1 star pick, 1.21 units to win 1 units
This pick is like a function of bad starting pitching and a hitter's ballpark. The Pirates' inability to score runs makes this only a one star pick.

[craig]

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YTD 4-2-0, +4.69 units.


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From the FAQ

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We would appreciate it if you kept a weighted and unweighted record, but we will not require that until the beginning of the baseball season where W/L record is not nearly as important as the amount W/L.

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Thanks for doing this. You can post both, but one has to be unweighted; i.e. dogs are 1 unit to win +xxx and favs are xxx to win one unit. That is usually the easiest way to keep track of on a message board. Thanks again.

craig

[AllinOnDraw]

Sorry I'm new to this betting thing. You're going to have to tell me how to post that. If you posted my current record the way you want it I'm sure I'd get what you mean.

[craig]

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Sorry I'm new to this betting thing. You're going to have to tell me how to post that. If you posted my current record the way you want it I'm sure I'd get what you mean.

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No problem. The best way is to do it just like you are doing, but instead do everyting as one unit. So, if you had: ATL +120 (2 units) and CIN -130 (2.6 units) and that was all for the year:

YTD 2-0-0: +2.20 units (+4.60 weighted)

That is it really. If you would have lost you would have both listed again like above, but with losses included. You don't have to go back through your old threads and figure it out. Just start doing it from this thread on. Thanks again.

craig

[PropPlayer]

Craig I'm not posting baseball picks, but I am trying to follow what others are posting while learning to bet baseball well.

I'm not sure I understand how you are asking him to record his record, and would like to understand. If you don't mind (or someone else can answer) I'll give a fake sample of 10 games below and tell me how the record should be listed.
All bets equal units:

Red Sox -140 Loss
Yankees -180 Loss
Royals +280 Win
Red Sox -110 Win
Nationals +135 WIN
Braves -115 Win
Cardinals +107 LOSS
Royals +300 Loss
Astros -220 LOSS
Mariners +130 Win

How should these results list as a record? Once I see it I should understand, thanks.

[craig]

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Craig I'm not posting baseball picks, but I am trying to follow what others are posting while learning to bet baseball well.

I'm not sure I understand how you are asking him to record his record, and would like to understand. If you don't mind (or someone else can answer) I'll give a fake sample of 10 games below and tell me how the record should be listed.
All bets equal units:

Red Sox -140 Loss
Yankees -180 Loss
Royals +280 Win
Red Sox -110 Win (2.2 units)
Nationals +135 WIN
Braves -115 Win
Cardinals +107 LOSS
Royals +300 Loss
Astros -220 LOSS
Mariners +130 (2 units) Win

How should these results list as a record? Once I see it I should understand, thanks.

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Okay, I will do this for you, but somebody has to write a better explanation in the FAQ for me [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] : We wll assume that you sometimes bet two units on a game and you put that in the post as well. I changed the above on two games just to show you.

YTD: 5-5 +1.87 units (weighted record: +2.27 units)

The reason other sites and 2+2 are doing this now is that record is very misleading in games with ML and a weighted record can be deceiving, since somebody can make a 10 unit bet to get out of the hole. If I am new at this and want to follow somebody's picks for fun and I see "how much" they "won", then I could easily be fooled if that is all I looked at (especially if someone said it isn't W/L record in baseball and that is all I heard).

craig

[AllinOnDraw]

Craig, only problem I have with this is not very many people will know what the heck is going on with listing records that way. O.k. maybe thoese in the know will know what's going on but for casual fans like me records like this will only confuse. I'll just post my weighted and unweighted record seperate. People generally catch on to people who pull crap like 10 star picks to get out of the hole.