{"id":1278,"date":"2007-06-12T23:02:47","date_gmt":"2007-06-13T04:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/06\/sports-betting-watch-list-6-13-07\/"},"modified":"2007-06-12T23:02:47","modified_gmt":"2007-06-13T04:02:47","slug":"sports-betting-watch-list-6-13-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/06\/sports-betting-watch-list-6-13-07\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Betting Watch List 6-13-07"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'><\/p>\n<div class=Section1>\n<h1><a name=\"OLE_LINK2\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Joe Duffy (<\/span><\/a><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'>www.OffshoreInsiders.com<\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><\/span><\/a><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'>) <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'>Sharp players examine<br \/>\nour daily news and notes on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"\ntarget=\"_blank\"><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/span><span\nstyle='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><\/span><\/a><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'>.<br \/>\nAmong the other crib sheets we compile in-house are our pro-active sports<br \/>\ngambling \u201cWatch Lists\u201d. These are nuggets on what to look for based on drastic<br \/>\nchanges and recent trends by specific teams. Most importantly, we analyze how<br \/>\nthe teams and oddsmakers will adapt accordingly.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'>Update: <\/b>Mets top hitters are getting healthy. Shawn Green is<br \/>\nreturning from the DL and David Wright is red hot. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'>Insight: <\/b>The Mets June swoon has been a team effort\u2014or lack<br \/>\nthereof. Their pitching and offense have both been dreadful. However, last year<br \/>\nthe Mets offense was able to conceal their pitching deficiencies.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>Often having a margin of error is the<br \/>\ndifference for borderline set-up men being effective and not being successful. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'>Shawn Green was one<br \/>\nof the Mets most productive hitters before going on the DL. He returns just as<br \/>\nDavid Wright is swinging the bat well. This will take some of the heat off of<br \/>\nslumping Carlos Delgado. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'>Their offense will<br \/>\ncome around and with a larger margin of error their mediocre bullpen will pitch<br \/>\nbetter.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>It\u2019s time to stop fading the Mets<br \/>\nand ride the domino effect. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'>Update: <\/b><\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'>Houston<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span\nstyle='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'> ousted closer Brad <span class=SpellE>Lidge<\/span><br \/>\nis back in a groove. He\u2019s given up just three earned runs in his last 26 1\/3 IP<br \/>\nand has tentatively regained the role as closer. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'>Insight: <\/b>In the name of full disclosure, as we are finishing off<br \/>\nour article, <span class=SpellE>Lidge<\/span> gave up that third run to blow a<br \/>\nsave. But blowing a one-run lead aside, he is pitching much better. <span\nclass=SpellE>Lidge<\/span> can be among the game\u2019s best.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>A reliable closer is important not just for<br \/>\nthe obvious reasons, but also psychological reasons.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>Among them is that nothing can be as<br \/>\ndisconcerting as consistently blowing leads.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'><br \/>\n<\/span>The damaging snowball effect leads to prolonged slumps.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>If <span class=SpellE>Lidge<\/span> is back,<br \/>\nthe Astros have their edge back.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>We look<br \/>\nfor underachieving <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'>Houston<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span\nstyle='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'> to finally get on a roll. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'>Update: <\/b>Roger Clemens is back, but the jugs gun says his fastball<br \/>\nis not. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'>Insight: <\/b>Clemens was so\/so against an offensively challenged Pirate<br \/>\nteam.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>Clemens has stated in the past he<br \/>\nis a power pitcher and will never be a finesse hurler.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>We doubt if he can adjust the way a more<br \/>\nwilling Curt Schilling has.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>Ironically<br \/>\nbecause Clemens gives the Yankees some swagger, he may actually help them more<br \/>\nin games he doesn\u2019t pitch.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'>For those raising<br \/>\ntheir eyebrows and saying how little sense that makes, be aware, we are huge<br \/>\nbelievers in the Yogi-ism of \u201c90 percent of the game is half mental\u201d. <span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'> <\/span>This is more so in baseball where teams play<br \/>\nevery day.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>Sometimes it takes either a<br \/>\nwake-up call or an emotional lift to turn a season around.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>That\u2019s why we know from experience that<br \/>\ngetting arguably the greatest pitcher of all time will help the Yanks even when<br \/>\nhe\u2019s not in the ballpark.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>Getting him<br \/>\npast his prime though could mean good investment opportunities going against<br \/>\nhim when he pitches. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'>Joe Duffy is CEO of <\/span><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><b\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/span><span\nstyle='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><\/span><\/a><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><b\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='color:blue'> <\/span><\/b>and is<br \/>\nthe Chief Analyst for Joe Duffy\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.godstips.com\/\"><span\nstyle='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'>GodsTips.com<\/span><span style='mso-bookmark:\nOLE_LINK2'><\/span><\/a><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'>. Since his \u201cJD of<br \/>\nthe ACC\u201d scorephone days, he has been accepted as the top underdog and small<br \/>\nfavorite handicappers in the industry. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Duffy (www.OffshoreInsiders.com) Sharp players examine our daily news and notes on OffshoreInsiders.com. Among the other crib sheets we compile in-house are our pro-active sports gambling \u201cWatch Lists\u201d. These are nuggets on what to look for based on drastic changes and recent trends by specific teams. Most importantly, we analyze how the teams and oddsmakers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/06\/sports-betting-watch-list-6-13-07\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sports Betting Watch List 6-13-07<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports_gambling_strategy_articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}