Revenge of the Nerd
In this case, one of the SBR techie nerds is kicking ass and taking names in the SBRun-Line Contest that's going on right now and sponsored by BetPhoenix. Can whitey be stopped?
It's starting to get a little embarrassing here in the office as whitey continues to rule in the SBRun-Line Contest. With each winning pick, the programmer’s cockiness rises right along with his lead, currently more than four units ahead of xyzky in second-place.
Take this morning for example when whitey showed up in a limo and wearing a Superman costume. I asked him what his secret was and believe he might have come up with a new system that will blow all previous betting strategies out of the water, including that John Morrison stuff.
“First I look at the location of the game, that is very important,” whitey told me in an exclusive interview.
“Oh, so you are employing adjusted park factors into your capping?” I asked.
“Adjusted what?”
“Park factors, you know, like the new Yankee Stadium being a better hitter’s park than say Petco,” I replied.
“The Yankees are playing in a new stadium? I wasn’t aware of that. No, I don’t use any park factors, just the city that the game is played in.”
“Really? The city is more important than the actual stadium?” I asked.
“Yes, I look at the city the game is being played, calculate the time differential between expected sunrise and sunset, taking into account low and high tides of course,” he explained. “Then I subtract the combined ERAs of the starting pitchers from that and multiply by the moon phase. If that number is greater than 3.14159265, then I bet the +1.5 and if it’s less, I bet the -1.5.
”By the way Willie, thanks for explaining that +1.5 and -1.5 part to me the other day. I never knew what a run line was before this contest started.”
Smart ass!
There’s still plenty of time for folks to sign up and play along, and hopefully kick this smart ass’ ass. All you need is a BetPhoenix account when you register for the contest at SBR Picks.
Currrent Top 10 Standings
POSTER. . . . . . W L P . .PCT. . .UNITS
1. whitey . . . . 8-0-0 . 100.00. +10.90
2. xyzky. . . . . 8-3-0 . .72.73. .+6.85
3. shhhhh22 . . . 8-4-0 . .66.67. .+6.50
4. HotStreak. . . 8-5-0 . .61.54. .+6.20
5. PureGuava. . .13-12-0. .52.00. .+5.95
6. Sforz. . . . .10-6-0 . .62.50. .+5.90
7. xxx. . . . . . 8-6-0 . .57.14. .+5.75
8. aca. . . . . . 6-3-0 . .66.67. .+4.75
9. ivanator . . . 3-0-0 . 100.00. .+4.60
10 flyingillini .12-9-0 . .57.14. .+4.60
In this case, one of the SBR techie nerds is kicking ass and taking names in the SBRun-Line Contest that's going on right now and sponsored by BetPhoenix. Can whitey be stopped?
It's starting to get a little embarrassing here in the office as whitey continues to rule in the SBRun-Line Contest. With each winning pick, the programmer’s cockiness rises right along with his lead, currently more than four units ahead of xyzky in second-place.
Take this morning for example when whitey showed up in a limo and wearing a Superman costume. I asked him what his secret was and believe he might have come up with a new system that will blow all previous betting strategies out of the water, including that John Morrison stuff.
“First I look at the location of the game, that is very important,” whitey told me in an exclusive interview.
“Oh, so you are employing adjusted park factors into your capping?” I asked.
“Adjusted what?”
“Park factors, you know, like the new Yankee Stadium being a better hitter’s park than say Petco,” I replied.
“The Yankees are playing in a new stadium? I wasn’t aware of that. No, I don’t use any park factors, just the city that the game is played in.”
“Really? The city is more important than the actual stadium?” I asked.
“Yes, I look at the city the game is being played, calculate the time differential between expected sunrise and sunset, taking into account low and high tides of course,” he explained. “Then I subtract the combined ERAs of the starting pitchers from that and multiply by the moon phase. If that number is greater than 3.14159265, then I bet the +1.5 and if it’s less, I bet the -1.5.
”By the way Willie, thanks for explaining that +1.5 and -1.5 part to me the other day. I never knew what a run line was before this contest started.”
Smart ass!
There’s still plenty of time for folks to sign up and play along, and hopefully kick this smart ass’ ass. All you need is a BetPhoenix account when you register for the contest at SBR Picks.
Currrent Top 10 Standings
POSTER. . . . . . W L P . .PCT. . .UNITS
1. whitey . . . . 8-0-0 . 100.00. +10.90
2. xyzky. . . . . 8-3-0 . .72.73. .+6.85
3. shhhhh22 . . . 8-4-0 . .66.67. .+6.50
4. HotStreak. . . 8-5-0 . .61.54. .+6.20
5. PureGuava. . .13-12-0. .52.00. .+5.95
6. Sforz. . . . .10-6-0 . .62.50. .+5.90
7. xxx. . . . . . 8-6-0 . .57.14. .+5.75
8. aca. . . . . . 6-3-0 . .66.67. .+4.75
9. ivanator . . . 3-0-0 . 100.00. .+4.60
10 flyingillini .12-9-0 . .57.14. .+4.60
