That Could Have Been A Lot Worse

But it should have been a lot better. I'm even more angry at the Bulls inability to cover now that my record is updated (look to your right) and I can see clearly just how miserable the NBA has been for me. Still, I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing, which, according to Albert Einstein, means that the NBA has clearly driven me insane.

Regardless, logic says that the oddsmakers have to overcompensate for this ridiculous string of favorites covering at some point. It's not like action on these games is split 50-50, so the books have to be getting killed on the NBA this year. And, as anyone who's ever placed a bet in Vegas can tell you, the house losing doesn't usually last for very long.

Surveying Thursday's wreckage:

Record: 3-5
Day: -1.84%
YTD: -10.82%

Back For More NBA Punishment

Money losers if I ever saw them.

Basketball:
Chicago -3 -104 (1) vs. Boston
Orlando +5 +109 (1) (without Dwight Howard) @ Philadelphia
Portland +5 +100 (1) @ Houston

Baseball:
Arizona +106 (1) @ Milwaukee
Washington +112 (1) vs. St. Louis
Tampa Bay +106 (1) vs. Boston
Oakland +118 (1) @ Texas
San Diego +142 (1) @ LA Dodgers

Daily Wrap-Up: Wednesday, April 29

I can't wait until the NBA Playoffs are over.

Record: 3-6
Day: -2.39%
YTD: -9.14%

The Only Good Thing About Getting Your Laptop Stolen

Is that you can't bet on the Nationals for a few days.

Baseball:
Washington +166 (1) @ Philly
Cleveland +124 (1) vs. Boston
Arizona +110 (1) vs. Chicago Cubs
Houston +137 (1) @ Cinci
Detroit +139 (1) vs. NY Yankees
Atlanta -109 (1) vs. St. Louis
Minnesota +119 (1) vs. Tampa Bay

Basketball:
Miami +5.5 -102 (1) @ Atlanta
New Orleans +10.5 +103 (1) @ Denver

EDIT: Adding Oakland at Texas Under 10.5 +120 (1) Or it could just get rained out

Tuesday Wrap-Up

You may have noticed that I didn't actually post any picks today. That didn't stop me from losing money though.

Record: 5-7
Day: -1.44%
YTD: -6.92%

Trust me, that really is how I did today. If I was going to make something up, I'd probably pretend that I was...oh, I don't know...winning. Also, for the record, a meeting between 3:30 and 5:30 today prevented me from getting in picks that would have gone 2-1: Oakland, Houston, and Seattle in the 2nd game of yesterday's doubleheader.

Anyways, tomorrow should be slightly less busy than today so I should (finally) be able to post some picks on this thing.

LMQ Is Back!

After the nightmare that was last week, I'm back with a new computer and ready to lose some more cash. First, here's a quick wrap of the last two days that I made picks. Obviously, I didn't post what the picks were, so you (again, term used loosely) will just have to trust me here.

Tuesday, April 21:
Record: 8-8
Day: +1.62%
YTD: -8.26%

Monday, April 27:
Record: 5-3
Day: +2.95%
YTD: -5.56%

Not quite sure how that happened. Maybe having a computer will allow me to find losers more easily.

No Picks Today

And most likely nothing for the next few days either. Awesomely, my laptop was stolen last night. Fortunately, everything was backed up in "the cloud" so I'm not losing anything valuable, just my sanity. But I'm spending so much of my time cancelling credit cards and changing passwords that I don't have time to really think about these picks. If I'm really going to lose money quick, it's going to be on my own terms, dammit. I hope you all (and looking at this site's traffic, I use that term loosely) understand.

In Which The Nationals Go For Two In A Row

Baseball:
Washington +123 (1) vs. Atlanta
Baltimore -102 (1) vs. Chicago White Sox
LA Angels -105 (1) vs. Detroit
Pittsburgh +119 (1) vs. Florida
Houston +150 (1) vs. LA Dodgers
Milwaukee +122 (1) @ Philadelphia
Minnesota +153 (1) @ Boston
New York Mets +105 (1) @ St. Louis
San Francisco +119 (1) vs. San Diego
Texas +200 (1) @ Toronto
Oakland +188 (1) @ NY Yankees
Tampa Bay -103 (1) @ Seattle

Hockey:
Columbus +149 (1) vs. Detroit
Anaheim +120 (1) vs. San Jose

Basketball:
Detroit +11 +103 (1) @ Cleveland
Portland -6 -104 (1) vs. Houston
Utah +11.5 -105 (1) @ LA Lakers

There Must Be Some Mistake

Record: 2-1
Day: +1.75%
YTD: -9.73%

The Totals Experiment is Over

(For now.)

Also, who plays a baseball game at 8AM?

Baseball:
Washington +147 (1) vs. Atlanta
Pittsburgh +113 (1) vs. Florida
Oakland +175 (1) @ NY Yankees RAINED OUT

Hockey:
Montreal +130 (1) vs. Boston

The First Weekly Wrap-Up

Sunday Record: 9-11
Week Record: 39-61-2
Day: -0.47%
Week: -9.62%
YTD: -11.28%

I know it's not great for a new blog to go on the blink so soon into its existence, but I'm going to be traveling next week and will be posting (and betting) less frequently. Things should be back to normal by Thursday.

Playoffs!?!?!

NBA:
Utah +11.5 +107 (1) @ LA Lakers
Atlanta -4.5 -103 (1) vs. Miami

NHL:
Anaheim +228 (1) @ San Jose

The Rest of Sunday Baseball

Chicago White Sox +158 (1) @ Tampa Bay
Houston +107 (1) vs. Cincinnati
Washington +122 (1) vs. Florida - The Worst!
Kansas City +134 (1) @ Texas
St. Louis +135 (1) @ Chicago Cubs RAINED OUT
Atlanta/Pittsburgh Under 8 +103 (1)
Baltimore/Boston Under 10 -115 (1)
Colorado/LA Dodgers Under 9 +118 (1)
San Diego/Philadelphia Under 10 +120 (1)
Detroit/Seattle Under 9.5 -103 (1)
Florida/Washington Under 9.5 -103 (1) - Also the Worst!
Arizona/San Francisco Under 8 -105 (1)
Cincinnati/Houston Under 9 -111 (1)
Kansas City/Texas Under 10 +100 (1)

10:05 AM Games Only

I'm playing lots of totals today since I think a lot has been made of how scoring is up across baseball this early season. With all the lousy pitchers pitching today along with this trend, I figure betting unders is a great way to lose.

Baseball:
Oakland +122 (1) @ Toronto
Oakland/Toronto Under 9 +117 (1)
Milwaukee/NY Mets Under 10 +104 (1)
Cleveland +228 (1) @ NY Yankees

Be back momentarily with the rest of the games.

Saturday Recap

Record: 3-7
Day: -2.07%
YTD: -10.86%

I'm obviously getting really good at this losing money thing.

What I Learned Today

A good way to lose money is to bet on a team managed by Bruce Bochy. It's like the man actively tries to make the worst possible decision in any given situation.

Real Live Baseball

Going to see Tim Lincecum pitch and the Giants' offense "hit" at Phone Company Park today so I have to get everything for the day in now. The park has wifi, but if you bring a laptop to the game you deserve a fastball to your hard drive.

In case you're wondering, I do not regret missing the thrilling first games of the first round of the NBA playoffs.

Baseball:
Colorado +160 (1) @ LA Dodgers
Detroit +141 (1) @ Seattle (Don't like this one as much as I did earlier, bought out of it with Seattle -138)
Cleveland +120 (1) @ NY Yankees
Arizona/San Francisco Under 8 -117 (1)
Baltimore/Boston Under 9.5 +102 (1) (Note: Apparently, I was only able to get 0.2 of this picked up.)
Cleveland/NY Yankees Under 10.5 -107 (1)
Colorado/LA Dodgers Under 8 +115 (1) (Note: This didn't get picked up at Matchbook for me, lucky.)
LA Angels/Minnesota Under 9 +101 (1)
San Diego/Philadelphia Under 9.5 -106 (1)

Hockey:
Columbus +250 (1) @ Detroit
Montreal +226 (1) @ Boston
NY Rangers +191 (1) @ Washington

I also would have taken the Brewers, Nationals, and Pirates had I woken up in time. Life is tough in the Pacific Time Zone.

Real Quick Wrap

Lots of tension tonight with the Nationals losing in extras and leads being blown by the Orioles, Rockies, Tigers, and White Sox. Good to see all my teams coming through for me in the end though.

Record: 7-11
Day: -1.58%
YTD: -8.97%

Action Packed!

Boom!

Baseball:
Oakland +122 (1) @ Toronto
Milwaukee +123 (1) @ NY Mets
Kansas City -102 (1) @ Texas
Detroit +116 (1) @ Seattle
Colorado +139 (1) @ LA Dodgers
Cincinnati +141 (1) @ Houston
Washington +118 (1) vs. Florida
Baltimore +140 (1) @ Boston
San Francisco +142 (1) vs. Arizona
Chicago +186 (1) @ Tampa Bay
CHW/TB Under 8.5 +115 (1)
COL/LAD Under 8.5 +131 (1)
DET/SEA Under 7.5 -107 (1)
FLA/WAS Under 9 +114 (1)

Hockey:
St. Louis +170 (1) @ Vancouver
Philadelphia +163 (1) @ Pittsburgh
Carolina +142 (1) @ New Jersey

TGIF Early Games

Er, game.

Cleveland +197 (1) @ NY Yankees

Thursday Wrap-Up

The unoriginal title is due to me being tired. You would think it wouldn't be all that hard to type a sentence or two twice a day about your gambling investing. You would be right. That's beside the point though. Anyways,

Record: 4-4-1
Day: +2.78%
YTD: -7.51%

Hopefully, some insightful (yeah, right) writing will be coming this weekend.

Can't Top Yesterday

But I'll try. This is everything for the whole day.

Baseball:
St. Louis +110 (1) @ Chicago Cubs
Washington +128 (1) vs. Philadelphia
Washington/Philadelphia Under 10 -110 (1)
San Francisco +162 (1) @ LA Dodgers
Cleveland +191 (2) @ NY Yankees
Minnesota +126 (1) vs. Toronto
Seattle +140 (1) vs. LA Angels

Hockey:
Chicago -146 (1) vs. Calgary
Columbus +220 (1) @ Detroit

Red Is My Favorite Color

Good thing too.

Record: 5-15-1
Day: -7.98%
YTD: -10.01%

Sad to see the NBA season end tonight. The league has done everything possible to help this site live up to its name.

Hoc-key?

Yes, hockey.

NY Rangers +166 (1) @ Washington
Philadelphia +150 (1) @ Pittsburgh
St. Louis +170 (1) @ Vancouver

And basketball.

Charlotte +3 -110 (1) @ Orlando
San Antonio -9 +105 (1) vs. New Orleans
Washington +3.5 +122 (1) @ Boston

And of course, baseball.

San Diego +175 (1) @ NY Mets
Cincinnati +129 (1) @ Milwaukee
Florida +161 (1) @ Atlanta
Seattle +121 (1) vs. LA Angels
San Francisco +149 (1) @ LA Dodgers
Cincinnati/Milwaukee Under 9 +113 (1)
Toronto/Minnesota Under 8.5 -106 (1)

Whew, that's a lot of losing.

Ace Wednesday

No, I'm not talking about the private investigator (who doesn't exist as far as I know) but instead making a sarcastic "joke" about the quality of today's starters.

Marquis! Ponson! Benson! Hampton! It's a veritable who's who of pitchers who were mediocre five years ago and something worse than that now. The bottom line is that I've finally found some people I can count on to lose a game for me.

Colorado (J. Marquis) +202 (1) @ Chicago Cubs (R. Harden)
Arizona (J. Garland) -112 (1) vs. St. Louis (J. Piniero)
Chicago White Sox (J. Contreras) +150 (1) @ Detroit (A. Galarraga)
Oakland (B. Anderson) +105 (1) vs. Boston (T. Wakefield)
Tampa Bay (A. Sonnanstine) +103 (1) vs. New York Yankees (A. Pettitte)
Colorado/Chicago Under 7 +110 (1)
Cleveland/Kansas City Under 9.5 -108 (1)
Boston/Oakland Under 8.5 +103 (1)

The Day In Losing - Tuesday 4/14

The Red Sox are now 2-6. EVERYBAHDY PANIC!

Record: 6-4
Day: +2.78%
YTD: -2.21%

Tuesday Night Picks

There's no way these can win:

Baseball:
Arizona +128 (1) vs. St. Louis
St. Louis/Arizona Over 9 +104 (1)
Seattle +104 (1) vs. LA Angels
Baltimore +140 (1) at Texas
Baltimore/Texas Under 11 +111 (1)
Toronto +117 (1) at Minnesota
Cleveland +133 (1) at Kansas City
Oakland +140 (1) vs. Boston
Cincinnati/Milwaukee Under 9 +105 (1)

Basketball:
Utah +6 -110 (1) at LA Lakers

The Tuesday Morning Game

All these opening days are really interfering with my sleep. Fortunately, baseball's finally back to a more normal schedule with just one day game. I guess no one's willing to go out at night in Detroit.

Chicago White Sox (J. Danks 0-0, 0.00) at Detroit (R. Porcello 0-1, 7.20)

Danks looked really good in his last start against the Royals, allowing just 3 hits in 6 innings. Porcello's pitched 5 total innings in his career. He might be good eventually, but right now he's still adjusting to the majors. In baseball, winning comes with experience. Which is why I'm going with:

Detroit +120 (1) vs. Chicago White Sox RAINED OUT

Afternoon picks coming...in the afternoon.

The Day That Was - Monday 4/13

So far so good. I'll try to lose money even quicker tomorrow.

Record: 5-9
Day: -3.07%
YTD: -4.85%

Since I've been researching new and improved ways to stupidly lose money since long before this site existed, let me explain quickly what these numbers mean for me. "Record" should be self-explanatory. "Day" is my percentage gain or loss since the beginning of the day. Even though each unit is approximately equal to 1% of my beginning bankroll, this number won't always look correct if you do the math based on my picks. The reason: I've been so good at LMQ that my current bankroll is actually less than what I started with. Because I haven't changed my unit size (I hear it's a painful procedure and doesn't always work), in reality, I'm betting a little more than 1% with each unit.

If you're still with me after that explanation, you're way too smart and should probably leave immediately. You can also probably understand that "YTD" is my gain or loss since I started keeping track of how quickly I can lose money (February 15th, 2009).

Since That Went So Well...

Baseball:
Arizona +103 (1) vs. St. Louis
Oakland +143 (1) vs. Boston
Baltimore +120 (1) at Texas
Cleveland +121 (1) at Kansas City

Basketball:
Indiana +3.5 -110 (1) vs. Cleveland
Milwaukee -4 -110 (1) vs. Orlando
Minnesota +11 -110 (1) at Dallas
LA Clippers +12.5 -105 (1) at Utah
Memphis +8 -105 (1) at Phoenix

Monday Morning Stupidity

Last night really set this blog off on the right foot.

Baseball
Houston +125 (1) at Pittsburgh
Colorado +115 (1) at Chicago Cubs
Washington +109 (1) vs. Philadelphia
San Francisco +174 (1) at Los Angeles
San Diego +193 (1) at New York Mets

More to come in the afternoon.

Let's Get Right To It

Page design and formatting is for winners. So is actual analysis. You won't find any of that here.

Milwaukee +122 (1) vs. Chicago Cubs