Welcome to the factory. We assemble two-team parlays here.
I have always been fascinated with two-teamers (or I should say two-component, as we will also include totals plays in our selections), because it opens for some interesting strategies.
It can be a juice-reducer if you feel extra strongly about some favourites, and it can be a nice way to boost the payout from a whack line you want to take advantage of or a contrarian angle you might be working. If you hit the original high risk high pay pick, that's a nice multiplier for a "safe" chalker too juice-laden on its own. Another thing I've had success with in the past is combining a favourite RL and a home dog.
This is my first season in SBR quarters. So far I've mostly loitered in Pair of 5s Sir's excellent thread Pair of 5s Sir Season Selection. In my opinion we are talking about an inspired man here. He is honest, hard-working and runs a clean shop with a transparent count. He expounds money management and advocates what he refers to as "contrarian angles", he thinks about what kind of information the public sees and how they might process it vs. the stats and factors he considers the most instrumental. He is also admirably true to his system, evidenced by an awesome comeback now underway from a tough start.
I have learned a lot from this approach, and part of why I am starting this thread is that I think I am getting better at seeing what + lines are due to "sqaure perception" and which ones actually truly involves a team with superior winning chances - the best way to combine is to multiply them and reduce the juice at the same time!
As for how I would like this thread to work:
First of all, I want discussion, provide real input (stats, park factors, what should we be looking at/thinking about) - if you just pop in to say "you're wrong" or "I don't think they can win tonight" there isn't too much we can do with that "info".
We are all here for one "simple" thing, we believe this game can be had. We believe we can make money picking games, so that's what we should do: pick games. By all means, some humour will certainly be appreciated and can lighten up a thread into a place where people feel good and want to hang around, but let's get our picks in first.
This is an experimental approach on my part, and the plays I post should be "for consideration" only. No guarantees up in this bi*ch.
The threads that I enjoy the most have not much bickering and petty quarrelling in them. Please help make this thread free of it too, it's seldom productive and always discouraging.
Posters are free to post their selections if, and only if, they keep and post a record. Record must be verifiable in this very thread, so posters must post all plays that go into the record they claim in this thread.
Post your picks before first pitch.
If playing a total, include the over/under number.
State the number at which you booked a play, US format.
We have sympathy for the fact that getting bad beat can cause anger, but as a general rule: tone down the profanity.
No personal attacs.
No dirty laundry in the thread. Report a post or PM.
No grandstanding
No grandstanding
No grandstanding
I have always been fascinated with two-teamers (or I should say two-component, as we will also include totals plays in our selections), because it opens for some interesting strategies.
It can be a juice-reducer if you feel extra strongly about some favourites, and it can be a nice way to boost the payout from a whack line you want to take advantage of or a contrarian angle you might be working. If you hit the original high risk high pay pick, that's a nice multiplier for a "safe" chalker too juice-laden on its own. Another thing I've had success with in the past is combining a favourite RL and a home dog.
This is my first season in SBR quarters. So far I've mostly loitered in Pair of 5s Sir's excellent thread Pair of 5s Sir Season Selection. In my opinion we are talking about an inspired man here. He is honest, hard-working and runs a clean shop with a transparent count. He expounds money management and advocates what he refers to as "contrarian angles", he thinks about what kind of information the public sees and how they might process it vs. the stats and factors he considers the most instrumental. He is also admirably true to his system, evidenced by an awesome comeback now underway from a tough start.
I have learned a lot from this approach, and part of why I am starting this thread is that I think I am getting better at seeing what + lines are due to "sqaure perception" and which ones actually truly involves a team with superior winning chances - the best way to combine is to multiply them and reduce the juice at the same time!
As for how I would like this thread to work:
First of all, I want discussion, provide real input (stats, park factors, what should we be looking at/thinking about) - if you just pop in to say "you're wrong" or "I don't think they can win tonight" there isn't too much we can do with that "info".
We are all here for one "simple" thing, we believe this game can be had. We believe we can make money picking games, so that's what we should do: pick games. By all means, some humour will certainly be appreciated and can lighten up a thread into a place where people feel good and want to hang around, but let's get our picks in first.
This is an experimental approach on my part, and the plays I post should be "for consideration" only. No guarantees up in this bi*ch.
The threads that I enjoy the most have not much bickering and petty quarrelling in them. Please help make this thread free of it too, it's seldom productive and always discouraging.
Posters are free to post their selections if, and only if, they keep and post a record. Record must be verifiable in this very thread, so posters must post all plays that go into the record they claim in this thread.
Post your picks before first pitch.
If playing a total, include the over/under number.
State the number at which you booked a play, US format.
We have sympathy for the fact that getting bad beat can cause anger, but as a general rule: tone down the profanity.
No personal attacs.
No dirty laundry in the thread. Report a post or PM.
No grandstanding
No grandstanding
No grandstanding
Brewers RL +110