Cadillac Pete's "Owning Mahoney" Baseball Thread 2010

[cadillac pete]

For those that have seen the movie, Owning Mahoney, there is a scene where the he calls his bookie to place baseball bets. He tells the bookie to give him all the National league "home teams", and the all the American league "away teams" that were on the card that day. I thought about tracking it to see how it would do if one took this approach. I know its not a method by any means and probably sounds completly dumb, but out of curiosity, I want to give it a go. So what better way to start then Opening Day. I hope to keep up with it for the entire year. I'll calculate the won/loss record and use the 5 Dimes opener to calculate units. I'll do a 1 unit=$100 for tracking purposes. Who knows, where this will go.

4/4 Game.

NYY +104

4/5

Nats +180
Mets -130
Cincy +135
Pitt +140
Mil -130
Atl -135
Az -170
Hous +113

Clev +160
Tor +125
Det +110
Min +120
Sea -125

[sportsfan2009]

good luck

[gryfyn1]

just a note.

Last year NL home teams were 689-606 (.532)
AL away teams were 503-632 (.443)

[cadillac pete]

2 day composite:

AL Away Teams:

2-4, -1.9 units

NL Home Teams:

4-4, +.10 units

[cadillac pete]

4/6 card

Balt +156
NYY +131
Minny +115
Sea +121

Hous -137
Mil -138
AZ -159

[Facepunch]

Interesting thread, Good movie.

[cadillac pete]

just a note.

Last year NL home teams were 689-606 (.532)
AL away teams were 503-632 (.443)

Thanks. I don't know if these figures include inter-league games, but if so, I am not going to count those.

[cadillac pete]

AL Away Teams

2-2 (4-6), +.46 (-1.44)

NL Home Teams

1-2 (5-6) -1.96 (-1.86)

[cadillac pete]

4/7

Mil -111
Hous +135
Pitt +148
Nats +151
Atl -149
Cincy +121
Mets +108
AZ -130


NYY +130
Balt +190
Tor +162
Clev +154
Det -129
Minny +135
Sea +113