No Rainouts Here

**yomillionaire** · 03-30-10, 12:22 PM

Originally posted by superjeff24

k thanks for the clarification. anyone know where to find out the dodgers starter? hammel for col.

Justin Spier is pitching for the Rockies today. Eric Stults was scheduled to go for the Dodgers but he was scratched. (looks like they sold him to some Japanese team). So right now, a spot starter is in line for them today, maybe one of their long relievers.

**superjeff24** · 03-30-10, 12:39 PM

on the mlb page it said hammel was starting his last spring game today. where did you see the spier thing?

**superjeff24** · 03-30-10, 12:47 PM

nevermind, i misread the march 29th analysis

**TodaysAction** · 03-30-10, 05:29 PM

Originally posted by bombCanada

Hi TA

I'm intrigued by your comment on Matchbook. There's no doubt that lines can be arbed between books to exploit inefficient or deliberately mispriced lines. But can you provide a specific example of how this might be used against an average bettor like me or someone else in the thread? I'm an active matchbook user and would welcome the opportunity to learn.

thanks.

Good evening bombCanada,

Let me get some dinner in me and I'll come back to this, if I forget, remind me but didn't want you thinking your question was being ignored.

**TodaysAction** · 03-30-10, 05:32 PM

Originally posted by Spaceviews

Morning T.A. Its been awhile! Like your picks. Gonna tail.

Break a leg today Bro!!

Good evening and welcome

back Spaceviews,

Hope things have improved since last time and you're ready for another ride on the roller coaster. Add your gems once they count for real.

**TodaysAction** · 03-30-10, 05:36 PM

Originally posted by chrislau86

I'm not TA but thought I'd just chime in since its close to game time. The dollar signs equal the amount of units.. it's on the first page of the thread.

Good evening chrislau86,

Thank you for answering that for me while I wasn't around. I have no problems if/when people do that as "I'm a little busy, right now." - understatement of the month. As always, looking forward to your future scribings.

**chrislau86** · 03-30-10, 05:40 PM

No problem TA, nice picks today! Lets hope Colorado can hold on

**TodaysAction** · 03-30-10, 05:56 PM

Originally posted by chrislau86

No problem TA, nice picks today! Lets hope Colorado can hold on

Thank you. They did.

**TodaysAction** · 03-30-10, 05:57 PM

3-1-0 on the day adding 6.05 units to the accounts. Time to switch to

mood.

**yomillionaire** · 03-30-10, 06:19 PM

Crushed it today bud! Nice!

**Mybologne** · 03-30-10, 06:31 PM

dam I missed 2day's

GJ TA

**Jive** · 03-30-10, 08:12 PM

Excellent work today.

**acarmelo1** · 03-30-10, 08:41 PM

Good Luck!!

**TodaysAction** · 03-30-10, 11:27 PM

Originally posted by yomillionaire

Crushed it today bud! Nice!

Thank you yomillionaire. As spring training is winding down there will be fewer wagers from me and could "stop" at a moment's notice.

**TodaysAction** · 03-30-10, 11:29 PM

Originally posted by Mybologne

dam I missed 2day's

GJ TA

Sorry you missed out Mybologne. Thank you.

**TodaysAction** · 03-30-10, 11:30 PM

Originally posted by Jive

Excellent work today.

Thank you Jive. Hopefully today's will fall in place too.

**TodaysAction** · 03-30-10, 11:31 PM

Originally posted by acarmelo1

Good Luck!!

Thank you acarmelo1 and the same to you Wednesday.

**TodaysAction** · 03-30-10, 11:32 PM

Overall
03.02.10: 1-1-0, even
03.03.10: 3-1-0, +2.75 units
03.04.10: 6-3-0, +3.05 units
03.05.10: 8-5-0, +2.70 units
03.06.10: 2-4-0, -5.30 units
03.07.10: 2-1-0, +8.00 units
03.08.10: 3-2-0, +1.20 units
Total After 1 Week: 25-17-0, +12.40 units

03.09.10: 5-2-0, +12.45 units
03.10.10: 2-2-0, +1.05 units
03.11.10: 0-3-1, -8.40 units
03.12.10: 3-2-0, -6.40 units
03.13.10: 1-1-0, -3.25 units
03.14.10: 3-2-0, -1.60 units
03.15.10: 0-1-1, -12.00 units
Total After Week 2: 14-13-2, -18.15 units

03.16.10: 1-0-0, +22.00 units
03.17.10: 3-1-0, -0.05 unit
03.18.10: 2-1-0, +1.15 units
03.19.10: 1-3-0, -7.05 units
03.20.10: 1-3-0, -8.95 units
03.21.10: 0-2-1, -5.80 units
03.22.10: 2-1-0, +0.95 unit
Total After Week 3: 10-11-1, +2.25 units

03.23.10: 3-2-0, +3.70 units
03.24.10: 3-0-0, +24.00 units
03.25.10: 1-1-0, -1.05 units
03.26.10: 3-1-0, +0.10 unit
03.27.10: 1-2-0, -0.50 unit
03.28.10: 1-1-1, -6.00 units
03.29.10: 0-1-1, -3.00 units
Total After Week 4: 12-8-2, +17.25 units

03.30.10: 3-1-0, +6.05 units
03.31.10: 2 T.B.A.
04.01.10: Spring Training wagers could be done
04.02.10: Spring Training wagers could be done
Total After Week 5: 3-1-0, +6.05 units

Season to date: 60-47-3, 56.08%, +22.75 units
... Week 1: 25-17-0, +12.40 units, 25-17-0, +12.40 units
... Week 2: 14-13-2, -18.15 units, 39-30-2, -5.75 units
... Week 3: 10-11-1, +2.25 units, 49-41-3, -3.50 units
... Week 4: 12-08-2, +17.25 units, 61-49-5, +13.75 units
... Week 5: 03-01-0, +6.05 units, 64-50-5, +19.80 units
..... Spring Training: 64-50-5, 56.14%, +19.80 units
... Regular Season Week 1: 00-00-0, +0.00 units, 00-00-0, +0.00 units

**saints7011** · 03-30-10, 11:38 PM

nice work TA , keep it up , I need it ,

**superjeff24** · 03-31-10, 12:09 AM

What a great day to start my picks early. 3-1 start and almost 5 units up! WOOOO

**Gary'sTerp2010** · 03-31-10, 12:15 AM

good day TA!! Glad we got Col today! Lets not give any back. go into the reg season on a high note!

**bombCanada** · 03-31-10, 07:15 AM

Originally posted by TodaysAction

Good evening bombCanada,

Let me get some dinner in me and I'll come back to this, if I forget, remind me but didn't want you thinking your question was being ignored.

GM TA

At your convenience I'd welcome the opportunity to understand some more about the arbing issues you perceive with matchbook.

I'm happy for your success. I have always enjoyed watching people who are good at what they do, in your case in your hockey thread and now in this baseball thread. Best luck.

**TodaysAction** · 03-31-10, 07:42 AM

Originally posted by saints7011

nice work TA , keep it up , I need it ,

Originally posted by superjeff24

What a great day to start my picks early. 3-1 start and almost 5 units up! WOOOO

Originally posted by Gary'sTerp2010

good day TA!! Glad we got Col today! Lets not give any back. go into the reg season on a high note!

Thanks guys, lets have a successful Tuesday.

**TodaysAction** · 03-31-10, 07:55 AM

Originally posted by bombCanada

GM TA

At your convenience I'd welcome the opportunity to understand some more about the arbing issues you perceive with matchbook.

I'm happy for your success. I have always enjoyed watching people who are good at what they do, in your case in your hockey thread and now in this baseball thread. Best luck.

Good morning bombCanada,

The issue I have with Matchbox is at times the 'best line' has to low of a limit, where as a regular sports book won't - yes you may get your limits cut but at least you know in advance you can only make "x" number of dollars from that book. For example, Team ABC is the one I've selected to play for today, for whatever reason things have caused my day to run behind, I log into Matchbook, to see them -122 where every where else it's -125, thinking I've got this covered I close out the other accounts (in terms of logging out), and place the wager only to find out the person is only taking $300 on the game when I wanted more. Don't get me wrong, it was my fault for not first checking things out better but the game was nearing, less than 5 minutes away, and I rushed - so now I make it a point to use them for laying off for a local. Win or lose, I still get my cut for doing this for them before you ask why doesn't he set up on his own, you should already know the answer. One of the other problems is people wait to long to put out fair market value/always hustling and the lines in the past jump all over the place prior to games starting. Overall, I like book but use it the way mentioned above. Thanks for bringing this back to the front, as I kept thinking, "What did I forget?".

**TodaysAction** · 03-31-10, 07:56 AM

1:05pm, PHI,

**TodaysAction** · 03-31-10, 07:57 AM

1:05pm, ATL,

Taking the dogs for a walk and then might hit a bucket before the games.

**playr101** · 03-31-10, 08:31 AM

GJ yesterday TA.. cashed the COL...
damn PHI...:/
will be tailing today...

GL

-playr101

**superjeff24** · 03-31-10, 10:39 AM

is that 11 units on ATL today? just for clarity

**snapstick** · 03-31-10, 11:03 AM

what do those symbols mean?

**jolmscheid** · 03-31-10, 11:03 AM

Come on man..let's get them today...isn't 11 units a lot to bet on one game?? You are obviously very successful...just wondering...thanks!

**snapstick** · 03-31-10, 11:04 AM

How many units are those 2 games?

**bombCanada** · 03-31-10, 11:10 AM

Originally posted by superjeff24

is that 11 units on ATL today? just for clarity

Originally posted by snapstick

what do those symbols mean?

Go back to the first couple of pages of this thread where TA describes his symbology.

**strickerson** · 03-31-10, 11:19 AM

gl. no doubt halladay wants a win

**bombCanada** · 03-31-10, 11:22 AM

Originally posted by TodaysAction

Good morning bombCanada, The issue I have with Matchbox is at times the 'best line' has to low of a limit, where as a regular sports book won't - yes you may get your limits cut but at least you know in advance you can only make "x" number of dollars from that book. For example, Team ABC is the one I've selected to play for today, for whatever reason things have caused my day to run behind, I log into Matchbook, to see them -122 where every where else it's -125, thinking I've got this covered I close out the other accounts (in terms of logging out), and place the wager only to find out the person is only taking $300 on the game when I wanted more. Don't get me wrong, it was my fault for not first checking things out better but the game was nearing, less than 5 minutes away, and I rushed - so now I make it a point to use them for laying off for a local. Win or lose, I still get my cut for doing this for them before you ask why doesn't he set up on his own, you should already know the answer. One of the other problems is people wait to long to put out fair market value/always hustling and the lines in the past jump all over the place prior to games starting. Overall, I like book but use it the way mentioned above. Thanks for bringing this back to the front, as I kept thinking, "What did I forget?".

TA thanks for the amplification.

matchbook positives:
1) limited but visible market depth similar to that of a stock or futures market
2) potential for 1 cent bid/ask spread
3) proxies using matchbook to lay off action for other books

matchbook negatives
1) uneven or nonexistent market making from league to league and game to game
2) potential for wild swings in bid/ask spread, best price, and liquidity
3) proxies using matchbook to lay off action for other books
9) very weak user interface

In general I believe that the positives way way way outweigh the negatives. And as far as point 3) goes, in my opinion anything which improves liquidity is wildly positive. There's nothing more horrifying than a lack of a bid or ask to hit. Look no farther than physical commodities markets where prices on a given contract have gone limit down or limit up for the day.

Keep on keepin' on TA. Great work.

**betme** · 03-31-10, 12:05 PM

anyone know if we can watch PHI game online somewhere ?