Friday, March 19, 2004
When to bet against KC
Posted by Matthew NameeIn his preview of the Royals at Baseball Primer, Mike Webber gives the following tip to gamblers: "One of our local broadcasters says that he has never seen a major league manager give up on a game, before it starts, like Tony Pena does."
Mike gives as an example the Royals' July 5 game last year, when Brad Voyles, Mike DiFelice, Jarrod Patterson, and Julius Matos were all starting. It'd be interesting to look through the Royals boxscores from 2003 for similar "give up" games, and I know I'll keep an eye out in '04 for more of the same. (Though I'm not a gambler, so I doubt I'll be profiting on the tip.)
Matthew Namee cofounded The Hardball Times in 2004, when he was working as the assistant to baseball author and Red Sox executive Bill James. Matthew still lives in Kansas, where he is currently pursuing a law degree. He can be reached at mfnamee [at] gmail [dot] com.