gknight@ut-ngp.UUCP (gknight) (01/11/86)
Is there any interest on this net in handicapping baseball games, i.e., picking winners into the betting odds? I've been reading the news for a couple of weeks and haven't seen any evidence that anyone is involved in such pursuits but thought I'd inquire anyway. I've tried from year to year but have never come up with anything that works consistently. And handicappers out there?! :wq
dimitrov@csd2.UUCP (Isaac Dimitrovsky) (01/11/86)
[] > Is there any interest on this net in handicapping baseball games, > i.e., picking winners into the betting odds? . . . I've > tried from year to year but have never come up with anything that > works consistently. And handicappers out there?! Try this simple algorithm: for (;;) if (pitcher==GOODEN) bet_on(METS); Isaac Dimitrovsky allegra!cmcl2!csd2!dimitrov (l in cmcl2 is letter l not number 1) 251 Mercer Street, New York NY 10012 (212) 674-8652 You know the great thing about tv? If something important happens anywhere at all in the world, no matter what time of the day or night, you can always change the channel - Jim Ignatowski
gknight@ut-ngp.UUCP (gknight) (01/12/86)
The problem with this approach is that the odds are set such that you lose as much (if not more) when he loses than you win when he wins. Worse, many of Gooden's games were "runs" games instead of odds games, so that in fact betting on Gooden last year was a losing proposition by a considerable margin! But at least it was an idea. Any others??? -- Gary Knight, 3604 Pinnacle Road, Austin, TX 78746 (512/328-2480). Biopsychology Program, Univ. of Texas at Austin. "There is nothing better in life than to have a goal and be working toward it." -- Goethe.