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    Cadillac Pete's "Owning Mahoney" Baseball Thread 2010

    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

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    good luck

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    just a note.

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

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    2 day composite:

    AL Away Teams:

    2-4, -1.9 units

    NL Home Teams:

    4-4, +.10 units

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    4/6 card

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

    Hous -137
    Mil -138
    AZ -159

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    Interesting thread, Good movie.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gryfyn1 View Post
    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.

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    AL Away Teams

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

    NL Home Teams

    1-2 (5-6) -1.96 (-1.86)
    Last edited by cadillac pete; 04-07-10 at 09:02 AM.

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    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

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