Biggest Pick of the Year Carries Seventh Straight Winning Week
It was the
most frustrating weeks of picks since the beginning of the football season, and
I still ended up with +19.50 points despite going 1-3. Winning my biggest football
pick of the year obviously carried me through the week.
The end of
the World Series got things off to a bad start as Texas blew a 3-2 series lead
to lose it for -15.50 points (I included the .50 just to make it easier as they
were -155). I think the worst part for me, besides watching the Rangers get the
Cardinals to their last strike twice in Game 6 and blowing it, was that I
stayed away from Game 7 not wanting to go directly against my series pick. I
really didn’t think the Rangers could recover after the emotional loss the
night before, but it seemed stupid to essentially force a push by picking St.
Louis in the final game. Besides the obvious result, I’m still not sure if it
makes sense in general to bail on a series like that. Regardless, I lost.
To wrap up
the World Series and baseball season, I finished 3-2 for -6.37 points in the
Series including individual games, 7-5 for +2.01 points for the MLB playoffs
(including the Series), and a rather boring 37-35 for -7.50 points overall in
baseball. All-time in baseball I’m 42-44 for -77.99 points.
As you can
see losing big picks can also
carry a section of picks, so I’m not just saying it this week because it
benefited me. The -77.99 points in baseball is largely from a pick of 50 points
on the Yankees to win the Series in 2010 when it looked like they were going to
get Cliff Lee.
Things
continued downhill for the week on Saturday when I lost my college pick for the
first time in five weeks. Clemson lost as a -3.5 favorite to Georgia Tech for
-15 points.
Then came
Sunday, and everything turned on one pick. I took the Steelers as an underdog
at +120 on the money line to win against the Patriots for 50 points – my
biggest pick since June. Their win was good for +60 points. By the way, I
posted this pick on Friday afternoon before the World Series concluded and the
Clemson loss. This was not some bogus big pick just to try to win the week.
Unfortunately,
my first Monday night pick of the year, the Chargers -3 over Chiefs, was a 10
point loser. I know whining about losers is stupid, but it was ridiculous how
many times San Diego kept Kansas City in the game and ultimately gave it away.
And I have to admit that once again the pick I didn’t make was just as good as
the old I won this week. Let’s just say I still can’t believe the Eagles beat
Dallas. I finished 1-1 in the NFL for the second straight week, but this time
it was good for +50 points and my seventh straight winning week overall.
In the last
seven weeks my picks have been good for +164.26 points, chopping the deficit
created by my terrible NBA playoff run by almost exactly half. For the year,
I’m now at -162.43 points. All-time picks on the blog stand at +248.44 points.
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