I flat-out sucked yesterday, folks, and I'll be the first to say it. I will also say that I felt a lot like a junkie missing his fix (I DO know how that feels) not putting out a Saturday Bitchin' Bases. It may have been a good thing, though. I thought I was doing the right thing for myself and for Pregame by letting myself "cool down" and not propagating Friday's nonsense. I overreacted. I WOULD, though, honestly like to know why a "brand-new" user was not being moderated? That seems VERY unusual and raises a serious "integrity" concern with me? Hardly green to the game, but relatively new to that stuff. My apologies. Lesson learned. You folks will get a credit for yesterday. You pay for 100% and even I can't assure you that you got it. I can assure you that I thought you had. I'm the first to preach discipline and I may have lacked it myself? Expect a big effort today and there WILL be one here today. Do the Work and Stack 'em Up!
**Washington Nationals (-128) ~ This one appears to be a huge pitching mismatch to me. The Nats broke the Bravos' strangle-hold on them at home last night and today could get ugly, IMO. Roark has been an absolute beast at home holding a tiny 1.58 ERA pitching there. I have a lot of key numbers to back this play, but there is one that REALLY stands out....(.212). The Braves road BA. I could add the fact that Atlanta has a combined team BA of .184 against Roark, but why bother?
Let's talk about Santana a bit; LHBs have pasted him to the tune of a .373 OB% and the Nats have a team BA of .293 facing him. L/M is what I expected and I personally will be adding a "half-value" Washington Nationals -1½ (+170) play. I do not expect a ton of scoring here, though. Mostly one-sided, but I'd be very careful if considering the Under. The Nationals may just take out some frustrations here?
Do the Work and Stack the Green!