The first time ever...

For the first time my predictions have a loss streak...

I guess there is always a first time.


Ciao,
Mr. BangB

Let´s take the Mets tonight...

Expect the Mets to carry out their great early season perfomances against a lowly Washington team that got a though win yesterday.

Michael Pelfrey might just be the next Justin Verlander, he is up to the task and tonight is just a introduction game to the NY crowd.
Expect the Mets to put up big numbers.

The explanation is short but it is trustworthy...

Take the NY Mets -1,5 @1.95 BET365


Best of luck,
Mr. BangB

I am getting unlucky lately...

The Minnesota Twins came through and won on the buzzer with a last inning solo run, but the total of the Mets went over by half a run...

The Mets vs. Phillies started well and on the bottom of the 4th there were 7 runs on the scoreboard, but only one more run was scored for the Mets... though luck.

1W - 1L last night.


Ciao Mr. BangB

If I had kids, I wanted Twins...

Late night bet on the Minnesota Twins.

The Twins play the Devil Rays at home and the pitchers matchup is ridiculous... Fossum is take the mound for Tampa, and Minnesota is starting ace Silva.
Fossum is horrible and is coming of a surgery, well is ERA this season is 17.18 so far and Whip is over 2. Silva, on the other hand, is great in the last games. The Bullpen matchup is also in favour for the Twins, so no argument here.
Tampa got a big win yesterday in Texas by one run so they will be a little relaxed and they travelled to Minnesota, while the Twins are coming of a comfortable win over the Yankees (it is like a shot of vodka for the morale)

No question, take the Twins @1.63 BET365


Best of luck,
Mr. BangB

85 years old...

This is the combined age of the starting pitchers for the NY Mets vs. Phillies matchup.

Today we witness a duel of dinosaurs, the Mets are going with Tom Glavine and the Phillies are starting Jamie Moyer. This alone should be a reason to go with the Mets as they want to win the series, but the weather is awful.
Glavine as said that the cold weather, strong wins and heavy rain might affect his control, well, I expect this to happen to Moyer (44 years old) also.
Vegas is posting the game total at 8,5... I think that they are out of their minds. NY is hitting very good and the Phillies aren´t going to throw the game, I expect a lot of hitting and some defense errors on both sides (the Mets bullpen threw 61/3 innings yesterday).

Take over 8,5 @1.83 BET365


Best of luck,
Mr. BangB

The gunpowder was over...

Not too much too say about an offense which got one hit over 9 innings...

Dice-K delivered another quality start just giving up 3 runs in seven full innings, but the Mariners ace pitcher threw 9 innings for almost a no hitter (he only suffered one hit in the 8th inning).
When you win large there is not much too say... but when you loose like this... not much too say either.

A big L on the status bar.


Ciao,
Mr. BangB

Boston, again?

You must be thinking that this guy only bets on the Red Sox or NYY...

I know, but this is a winner... Boston is sending Dice-K back to the mound to face the Mariners cold bats today.
Seattle is going to be pissed off after last night's beating, but Boston just showed they are steaming... Felix Hernandez will be the Mariners pitcher and he is not bad, but their bullpen had to play 6 innings and they played poorly. Hernandez pitched the best game of his career against Oakland in day one, but the A´s are just miserable this week.

I expect Dice-K to bring home another victory supported by the fans and the big bats, the worst case scenario would be for the bullpens to decide this one and the advantage is on the better, fresher, Boston team.

Take Boston on the ML @1.62 BET365

Best of luck,
Mr. BangB

It is like stealing from a baby...

Boston scored in the first six innings they took the bat... in my dictionary that means a big win.

14 hits, 14 runs… it is still top of the ninth but the score is 14-1 and Seattle has two outs. Just too much Red Sox for the Mariners, they started hitting Weaver on the first inning and never stopped. The score was 13-1 after 5 full innings, nothing more to add.
The game just ended, final score is 14-3.

You can add another win on your spreadsheet, I know I will.

Ciao,
Mr. BangB

It almost feels like an obligation...

Season opener at Fenway Park, Josh Becket takes the mound...

It just looks like a movie scene, it is too much emotion for an humble Red Sox fan.
Boston is hosting Seattle today at Fenway and Josh Becket has the ball, this alone seems like a winner, but the Red Sox will not disappoint their fans against a Mariners team that hasn’t played in 5 days and probably even gained some weight.
I think we will see the awakening of the big cannons today, Big Papi had two HR yesterday... expect the ball two fly.
Other then that, Jeff Weaver has struggled in the last years and this is not going to be an exception. The only thing that scares me is the big party that is scheduled to anticipate the game.

Still I will stick with Josh and the crew.

Take the Red Sox @1.48 at BET365


Best of luck,
Mr. BangB

Remember the Alamo?

I guess the Blazers do...

I am back on the winning track as San Antonio handed Portland a 112-96 defeat.
As I expected Portland got their shots in and gave the Spurs a fight for the win for must of the game, but taunted by Popovich´s yelling on the bench San Antonio managed to win this one easy.
Incredible thing for me is that the Spurs had 11 guys with 5 or more points and both teams shot over 50% from the field.

One more notch in my riffle,
Mr. BangB

Do you like barbecue? cause tonight we are going to Texas

When the rodeo is in town the San Antonio Spurs have to go on the longest NBA road trip, but the rodeo is long gone and they host the lowly Portland Trailblazers.

Vegas is making this a low points game, but I am not going to go on their talk... Portland scored only 74 points on Saturday when they were routed by Dallas in Dallas and they are playing without Zach Randolph. I guess this should be enough to bet the under? Wrong... they can’t get worst then 74 points, they can only go up.
San Antonio has been scoring a lot lately and they wont see much defence from the blazers, but Portland is pissed because they aren’t scoring much.

In my opinion I see the Blazers looking very aggressive on offence and letting San Antonio get is way, my only problem is if the Spurs decide to play those stupid 1 minute attack games.

Take the Over 179 @1.90 at BET365


Good luck,
Mr. BangB

Well, overtime is a b#%/$...

The game went almost as I expected, but my worst fear happened.

Wade missed a free throw with 2 seconds to go and the game went to overtime, as you might already guess the total went over in OT.

So this is a loss, but a painful one.


Ciao,
Mr. BangB

Late season NBA trends

The playoffs are just around the corner, so what to expect for the rest of the NBA season?

This is a time of the year were all Americans are paying extra attention to the start of the baseball season, and they turn their eyes away from the NBA. Don’t be fooled, there are still some euros to be earned just be careful with some late season predictions.
There is something called pride and everyone has his own, so there are a lot of guys that are going to be exceeding their potential to show that maybe they don’t deserve to be so far down in the ladder. Expect poor teams like the Boston Celtics, that covered the spread in Indiana last night (07-04-07), and they were playing without 8 players including Paul Pierce, to keep fighting for those points.
Also the heart plays a big role this time of the year… expect to see blood and tears in the playoff race, a lot of players will be playing with small injuries (Jermaine O´Neal is playing on one leg) so their game wont be the best, but the bookies will try and fool you by making them big favourites.
And last but not least, expect teams that have secured their spot on the boat to take their foot of the gas and save those extra strengths for that playoff run, this is typical on the 3^rd to 5^th seeds.
So expect the unexpected and think twice when Dallas goes on the road (they lost ATS in the last 6), or Miami is playing home to the Bobcats… you might find yourself swearing at your computer and the poor guy is innocent.

Good luck,
Mr.BangB

Do you like South beach? I love it...

Since the last tip went well I couldn’t avoid making another one for today.

Miami is playing Charlotte @ South beach, and they will try to clinch the division title now that Arenas (Washington Wizards) is done for the season. I don’t think that the, lowly, Bobcats will slow down the Heat.
But I must not loose focus... my bet is under the game total points.
Vegas is tagging the game for 189,5 points, but Miami’s haven’t reached that mark for a while. Now, they do this because they expect Miami to win and Charlotte to put up a show but I think that the Bobcats latest results is just good luck.
Miami’s game totals has gone under in 13 of the last 19 games @ home and the last games between them as gone over, but this was with a healthy Wade. Since the Bobcats became the Bobcats they only won one game from Miami and I don’t think this will be number two.

Expect a low scoring game.

Take the Under 189,5 @1.90 at BET365


Best of luck,
Mr. BangB

Close your umbrella, it is in my pocket...

I don’t even have to wait for the end of the game to post the W, it is already over 9,5 on the bottom of the eight.

I guess Yankee stadium is becoming a good ballpark for me, second win in two days. My prediction was correct about the pitchers, both struggled, but the Yankees are on the verge of loosing the series to Baltimore.


Too bad for NYY, but it means another win for me,
Mr. BangB.

Let´s watch them fly...

Today’s tip brings us back to Yankee stadium.

The Yankees are playing the series finale against the Orioles just after lunch, and I think this one will be a great desert to watch. Sit back and enjoy as the runs pile up one after the other.
Both pitchers don’t have good "memoires" about their opponents, Erik Bedard never won at Yankee stadium and Darrel Rasner only lasted 2 1/3 of a inning and surrendered 5 runs last year vs. Baltimore, plus we saw Erik Bedard being tagged with 6 runs and 10 hits against Minnesota on opening day.

I will ride the momentum and bet on the big cannons (I wouldn’t be surprised if NYY destroyed the O´s).

Take the Over 9,5 @1.86 at BET365


Best of luck,
Mr. BangB