"The Concept of Value in Sports Betting!"
In sports betting you need to make sure that your bets (and trades) are good value in order to make a profit. If you do not do this you will still win bets but profits may be harder to achieve.Let me explain this last statement. I actually lose more bets than I win - but the prices or odds at which I bet compensate for the losing plays.If you bet all season long on the NY Yankees (US Baseball) or Arsenal FC (English Premiership) - to win each game...
10 Things I Don't want to Hear This Baseball Season
It?s Spring; always a great time of year for everybody! Our customers on the East Coast and the Mid-West are thrilled because the long winter is finally coming to an end. For the rest of us, we get to be excited because baseball season is starting. While I always try to be positive, especially with Spring Training going strong and all the youth leagues kicking off their seasons, for this newsletter I?d like to add a twist and focus on 10...
3 - Pointer by Gary Whittaker
3-pointer by Gary WhittakerPoint 1 - Red Sox Win! Red Sox Win! There will NOT be a bigger sporting event this year than the saga that was the 200 ALCS between the little Red Sox team defeating the big bad Yankees. The stories involve Pedro Martinez calling the whole damn Yankees as his "Daddy", to Mariano Rivera coming back to pitch in game 4 after 2 "shocking" deaths in his wife's family. From Schilling making baseball a MAN'S sport by pitching off a bleeding...
3-Pointer
Point 1: NHL Lockout players, Fans lockout NHLIf a tree falls in the forest, and no one is there to hear it, does it really make a sound? That is the question Gary Bettman should be asking himself right now. The NHL season should have been in full swing by now, but other than a few junkets set up by Bettman or the NHLPA, very little attention has been given to the lockout by the press. Where is the outcry from the fans? Where is the demand for a settlement to the CBA by the...
3-Pointer by Gary Whittaker (Feb 15)
Point 1: Basketball's Mr. 3000 Lakers celebrate Bryant's return with a loss against the next great one. Hopefully Kobe, who was watching King James on the court for 41 minutes, was able to take enough notes to see that you don't need to be a veteran to be leader. Hopefully Kobe watched enough of King James to realize that you don't have to be surrounded by superstars to have your teammates play like they are. All you need is a player that not only...
3-Pointer by Gary Whittaker 2same sources of revenue as the other big 3 leagues, or even some College sports. Ticket revenue and merchandise, that's about it. So if the owners are losing over 300 million a year collectively, and the players are countering with a 5% reduction in salaries, where is there room for the average fan to see his ticket prices go down. Players are also the ones bringing up this free-market economy crap. Well, part of a free-market economy is the concept of supply and...
5 Tips for Successful Bird Watching
5 Tips for Successful Bird WatchingChuck Fitzgerald ?2004. All Rights Reserved.Can you name the number one spectator sport in North America? It?s not baseball, figure skating or racing. It?s bird watching. That?s right, more people are watching birds than football and hockey combined. With so many people hoping to see a bird they?ve never seen before, it?s not surprising to see a clamoring for the latest tips and tools to get the job done. Here are my...
6-Max Texas Limit Holdem : Hand Values
6-Max Texas limit Holdem is a variation from the normal full ring limit games. This variation is played more aggressively and with greater potential profit for the better players. Because more hands are dealt per hour, more decisions are made per hour. This can be a great advantage to the player that known their way around the six chaired table. In 6-Max, while you should still play a tight and aggressive style, a few more hands can be played as...
A Sport Tinted Contact Lens Could Be A Major Hit With Professional and Amateur Athletes
Whether you?re a professional athlete, or a spirited player of many outdoor activities, a sport tinted contact lens will finally give you that competitive edge you have been looking for in protective eyewear!Bausch & Lomb and Nike have combined forces to introduce a sport-tinted contact lens called MAXSIGHT?, and this evolutionary soft contact lens product offers two glare-resisting tints available in...
Fantasy Baseball - Why Traditional 5x5 leagues are outdated.
The "fantasy" in fantasy baseball stands for what a team would be like with a collection of stars gathered together, not for an alternate universe where value has no relation to reality. Fantasy baseball is all about capturing players' performance on the field and translating it into a competition. To capture the offensive and defensive sides of play, both hitters' and pitchers' statistics are monitored. Runs, RBIs, battting...
