Originally Posted by
CappinTerp
Thinking of the old days : After writing that post about the 1990 WS, it brought back some memories of days past which some may find interesting. The year was 1988 and there was a guy named Benjamin Lee Eckstein who would put out a pitching form with a pick in the NY Daily News. His 1st pick of the new season was Baltimore and they lost so he kept on picking Balt. on and on (every day) for about 12 days. The O's were now 0-12 so now he stopped his daily picks.( the paper got many angry calls) A guy I worked with said now is the time to bet Balt.!! Well he did so and doubled down until he lost too much. The O's that year started off 0 - 21.!!! One of my most important baseball capping tips is to never bet on a cold team to win or a hot team to loose.( 90% of the time) The betting line will tell you when to buck the trend for the other 10 %. - FYI -Back in the day when the Mets were good and Doc Gooden was pitching there was no $ line.!! The run line.... 2.5-3 runs I once saw a 3-3.5 run line.!! Just think about that we may never see that again.!!.........GL