Playing off ideas others have used in other sports (and I know a similar system has been pretty good in the NHL), I thought this year I’d track teams going on road trips of at least seven games. I would never chase a system for as long as seven games — that gets far too costly for my budget — but five or six games seems more reasonable.
So, thus far this season, there have been 18 road trips of at least seven games that have been played or started. It is 17-1 to play against the road team in the belief that it will not win the first five or six games, whichever one of those suits your plan or budget. I do not know if this is customary or not; of the 18, the wager has ended early as the road team has lost in the first or second game 14 times. (Florida is the only team to take this beyond three games, sweeping three games in Atlanta and Washington on a nine-game road trip that started April 14.)
For whatever it’s worth, here are the road trips scheduled to start (through the end of April).
TOR — A24-26 at ChWSx, A27-30 at KC
FLA — A27-29 at NYMets, A30-M3, at Cubs
STL — A27-29 at Atl., A30-M3 at Wash.
HOU — A27-29 at Cin., M1-M3 at Atl., M4-M5 at Wash.
SD— A27-29 at Colo., A30-M3 at LAD
BOS — A27-29 at Clev., A30-M3 at TB, M4-M5, at NYY
LAA — A28-29 at Balt., A30-M3 at NYY, M4-M5 at Oak.
ARIZ — A30-M3 at Mil., M4-M5 at LAD, M6-M7 at SD
Anyone have any thoughts as to how this kind of play is likely to go over the course of 176 road trips? If memory serves me right, a similar NHL system in the just-completed regular season went 160-9.
So, thus far this season, there have been 18 road trips of at least seven games that have been played or started. It is 17-1 to play against the road team in the belief that it will not win the first five or six games, whichever one of those suits your plan or budget. I do not know if this is customary or not; of the 18, the wager has ended early as the road team has lost in the first or second game 14 times. (Florida is the only team to take this beyond three games, sweeping three games in Atlanta and Washington on a nine-game road trip that started April 14.)
For whatever it’s worth, here are the road trips scheduled to start (through the end of April).
TOR — A24-26 at ChWSx, A27-30 at KC
FLA — A27-29 at NYMets, A30-M3, at Cubs
STL — A27-29 at Atl., A30-M3 at Wash.
HOU — A27-29 at Cin., M1-M3 at Atl., M4-M5 at Wash.
SD— A27-29 at Colo., A30-M3 at LAD
BOS — A27-29 at Clev., A30-M3 at TB, M4-M5, at NYY
LAA — A28-29 at Balt., A30-M3 at NYY, M4-M5 at Oak.
ARIZ — A30-M3 at Mil., M4-M5 at LAD, M6-M7 at SD
Anyone have any thoughts as to how this kind of play is likely to go over the course of 176 road trips? If memory serves me right, a similar NHL system in the just-completed regular season went 160-9.