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**BigDofBA** · 06-08-14, 03:33 PM

And just as I say that Balfour implodes with two outs and two strikes.

**BigDofBA** · 06-08-14, 03:35 PM

Wow. Walk the 9 hole and continue to give up two strike hits.

Shit. Should have just laid off.

**No coincidences** · 06-08-14, 03:36 PM

Balfour is so, so bad. Just completely washed up.

**bababooey13** · 06-08-14, 03:37 PM

Originally posted by BigDofBA

Wow. Walk the 9 hole and continue to give up two strike hits.

Shit. Should have just laid off.

same. tampa has become the worst team in the league. who is worse?

**No coincidences** · 06-08-14, 03:37 PM

Originally posted by BigDofBA

Wow. Walk the 9 hole and continue to give up two strike hits.

Shit. Should have just laid off.

The guy need to get on medication for his Tourette's, first and foremost.

**No coincidences** · 06-08-14, 03:38 PM

Originally posted by bababooey13

same. tampa has become the worst team in the league. who is worse?

Right now, they're the worst in the league hands down. It isn't even close.

**No coincidences** · 06-08-14, 03:39 PM

Let's hear him rip the fans for booing him in the postgame like he did the last time he imploded.

The guy is a joke.

**No coincidences** · 06-08-14, 03:42 PM

The fact that this bum can make millions of dollars to play a game and then turn around and say this is everything that's wrong with baseball. Fvcking moron.

“The fans can boo me and all that [stuff], but that’s fine,” Balfour said after the game. “It’s not going to help me out. It’s not going to help the team do anything out there when you do that [stuff]. The feeling is, the team’s behind you and everybody’s behind you — the crowd, the whole nine yards. Things are going to go right.

“But when you start pulling that [stuff], it’s not a good vibe. The team’s pulling for the team, so the fans have got to be pulling for the team. Everybody’s got to be pulling for the team. You can’t be back and forth like that. That [stuff] doesn’t work. So I’ll just walk away positive from it. It’s a good win. A much-needed win.”

A Solis catching.	0	0
G Balfour relieved J Peralta.	0	0
D Ackley struck out swinging.	0	0
C Gillespie struck out swinging.	0	0
B Miller tripled to deep right.	0	0
W Bloomquist walked.	0	0
E Chavez singled to left center, B Miller scored, W Bloomquist to second.	1	0
J Jones tripled to deep right, W Bloomquist and E Chavez scored.	3	0
R Cano walked.	3	0
K Seager doubled to right, J Jones and R Cano scored, K Seager to third on error by second baseman B Zobrist.

**bababooey13** · 06-08-14, 03:42 PM

**BigDofBA** · 06-08-14, 03:44 PM

2 outs, 2 strikes, no one base.

Proceeds to give up 5 runs.

Lol

**BigDofBA** · 06-08-14, 03:48 PM

I can't be that upset about the Tampa loss. Game could have went 20 innings and they wouldn't have scored.

**No coincidences** · 06-08-14, 03:57 PM

And now Wheeler implodes. Two-out, two-strike double.

Un-fvcking-real. All baseball comes down to is what you do with two outs. It's pretty much that simple.

**tatddy** · 06-08-14, 04:02 PM

Coiner hope you got some on SF full game live pal.

**RavensFan2k3** · 06-08-14, 04:05 PM

Originally posted by bigdofba

2 outs, 2 strikes, no one base.

Proceeds to give up 5 runs.

Lol

lmfao unreal!!!

**BigDofBA** · 06-08-14, 04:13 PM

Mets open at +142 I think.

Lines goes down to like +111

Of course this bet is going to lose for me despite getting a way better number than the close...

Frustrating.

**No coincidences** · 06-08-14, 04:19 PM

Now the Cubs blow it.

Yeezus.

**No coincidences** · 06-08-14, 04:20 PM

Originally posted by BigDofBA

Mets open at +142 I think.

Lines goes down to like +111

Of course this bet is going to lose for me despite getting a way better number than the close...

Frustrating.

I would honestly love to see the % on lines that move 25+ cents. These bets never hit in baseball. Ever.

**No coincidences** · 06-08-14, 04:25 PM

1st and 2nd, 1 out, double play.

Of course. Mets are just hapless.

**Allure** · 06-08-14, 04:26 PM

A baseball game should just last 5 innings. Period. No bullpens, since all they do is to get their asses pounded anyway.

So just 5 innings of baseball. If the pitcher gets pounded, so be it. No pitching change for 5 innings unless there's a serious injury. That would make baseball less ridiculous imo.

**BigDofBA** · 06-08-14, 04:27 PM

At least I didn't bet the Cubs. They were a lean.

Did anyone see that?

It's not that teams are making plays to win. They're making plays to lose.

Routine fly ball turns into an error that allows the runners advance and then a wild pitch follows to score the go ahead run.

Wow.

**No coincidences** · 06-08-14, 04:28 PM

Originally posted by BigDofBA

At least I didn't be the Cubs. They were a lean.

Did anyone see that?

It's not that teams are making plays to win. They're making plays to lose.

Routine fly ball turns into an error that let's the runners advance and then a wild pitch follows to score the go ahead run.

Wow.

I'm on the Cubs of course. Always finding new ways to completely implode.

**BigDofBA** · 06-08-14, 04:35 PM

The Padres go down in order faster than any team I have ever seen.

I should have quit after they bailed me out last night.

Dbacks bases loaded no outs and can't score.

**BigDofBA** · 06-08-14, 04:47 PM

It never fails. If a team has the bases loaded with no outs and doesn't score, the other team always comes back and plates a few.

Atlanta with 2 runs after the first two were retired.

**No coincidences** · 06-08-14, 04:48 PM

D'Bags waste a million chances, and now they're behind.

This just keeps getting better and better.

**No coincidences** · 06-08-14, 04:48 PM

Originally posted by BigDofBA

It never fails. If a team has the bases loaded with no outs and doesn't score, the other team always comes back and plates a few.

Atlanta with 2 runs after the first two were retired.

Exactly.

**No coincidences** · 06-08-14, 04:54 PM

It's really just time to stop complicating things and start betting like an uneducated, unresearched dummy when it comes to baseball. There were gift lines all over the lot today -- free money at bargain-basement prices with Oakland, San Francisco, Atlanta, Seattle, Milwaukee, etc. Unbelievable.

**BigDofBA** · 06-08-14, 04:55 PM

Zona down 2-0 feels like 10-0

**BigDofBA** · 06-08-14, 04:57 PM

Kershaw was cheap too.

**bababooey13** · 06-08-14, 04:58 PM

ya im done cappin for awhile. just gonna fade mushes. only luck i seem to have is when i benefit from others' bad luck. brock on heat moneyline btw.

**BigDofBA** · 06-08-14, 05:02 PM

If you faded all line movement today and took Felix, Kershaw, Giants, As, and any other favorite you would be killing it.

**No coincidences** · 06-08-14, 05:05 PM

Originally posted by BigDofBA

If you faded all line movement today and took Felix, Kershaw, Giants, As, and any other favorite you would be killing it.

Yep. The "Big Bear" approach to gambling. Really no point in putting the time and effort into dissecting matchups -- just take the "better" team/pitcher and destroy Vegas.

**jed81** · 06-08-14, 05:08 PM

I had Cubs and AZ 2 this shit is like a Black Cloud as of late for me

**BigDofBA** · 06-08-14, 05:19 PM

The Dbacks finally wised up and sacrificed the runners over instead of hitting into a double play.

**No coincidences** · 06-08-14, 05:22 PM

Originally posted by BigDofBA

The Dbacks finally wised up and sacrificed the runners over instead of hitting into a double play.

There is no reason for them -- or anyone else for that matter -- to struggle like this vs. Harang. It's like these teams develop amnesia when it comes to weaknesses of certain veteran pitchers. I've watched him pitch a few times this year -- Harang hasn't completely reinvented himself. It's just young, stupid, impatient hitters who refuse to do the little things at the plate that wins ballgames.

**BigDofBA** · 06-08-14, 05:27 PM

Originally posted by No coincidences

There is no reason for them -- or anyone else for that matter -- to struggle like this vs. Harang. It's like these teams develop amnesia when it comes to weaknesses of certain veteran pitchers. I've watched him pitch a few times this year -- Harang hasn't completely reinvented himself. It's just young, stupid, impatient hitters who refuse to do the little things at the plate that wins ballgames.

You're exactly right. Arizona should have like 7 runs by now.

What you said is the exact reason teams like Oakland and San Fran win so many games. They play baseball the right way. They move runners, don't make many errors, don't strike out a lot, and don't walk a ton of batters. They basically just capitalize on the other team's mistakes. They don't beat themselves. It's cliche but true.

Look at Oakland today. They were patient and let Ubaldo walk the world. After the bases were walked full, the As knew they were going to get something fat to hit and they took him deep. They didn't just take wild hacks. They dictated the pitches they wanted to hit.