MLB - NFL, POKER, Knees

I might not be good at words but I do pride myself as being a competent arithmetician which is probably why baseball fascinates me.  All of those numbers.  

For 40 years I have been trying to beat MLB with no success. Now with latest attempt #41 I am up 8.03 units.  I'm ecstatic even though my ROI is pretty putrid.  BUT - it's more for fun and a way to stay in touch with more teams than just the Brewers. 

My machine gun approach to MLB actually makes sense.  In the NFL you can be a sniper and pick and choose games as there are only 255 total.  But baseball is basically a 50/50 game where literally any team can win any game. It's truly the long run.  Not so in the NFL and NBA where they need spreads.

For instance - the Bucks moneyline a few weeks ago was -4000. The Hawks tonight are -1200, who wants to bet $12 to won $1.  

In the NFL there is a total of 255 games a year by the entire league.  In baseball there are 2430 games.   THUS - wagering on 10 games a day but with a smaller amount seems to be ( to me) a smarter way to wager on baseball.  The long run.  

We were talking about betting on golf in golf league last night a few golfers in our league had my exact experience.  They had $$ in 5Dimes and the only way to cash out (they were closing to Americans) was through BitCoin. We both had to google bitcoin desperately to figure out what to so.  We got our funds out  once the funds were now in Bitcoin we found that after a week we were up both up about 10%. (BTW - BitCoin crashed 10% last night THANKS Elon Musk - still up 54% though)

ANYWAY - the odd thing about 5Dimes was that the founder went missing 2 years ago and turned up dead. The rumor NOW is he is NOT dead but running the operation secretly.  ANYWAY

rereading this blog I don't know why I segued into poker - I'll find out.  - OH I see it's about cheating

NOT like Absolute Poker which I loved. WHY?   Send $100 to Absolute Poker and they would automatically double it in one month if you played 1 hand of poker.  WELL - seemed to good to be true right?  NOPE.  I think I put a total of  $700 in and it was doubled to $1400.  I played many many more than 1 hand and cashed out a year later - BEFORE - they were accused of cheating. 

I found some old books with passwords last week. Seems I had 26 online poker and blackjack accounts before the GOP sponsored the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) which broke up that wonderful money making deal. (Island vacations, road trips around America and so forth).

Funny thing - of the 7 Republican lawmakers that sponsored the UIGEA . . . not one of them won reelection the next year.  They said poker was not a game of skill - it was a game of luck, thus unlawful. 

But - - - I digress. 

So I golfed with this guy last night.  

He was subbing for  . . .somebody and wow - he had a swing as sweet as Vogelbach on the Brewers - BALL GO FAR.  (Watch  Vogelbach's so so sweet . . did you see him beat out that strike out pass ball last night  LOL   Slowest guy in MLB I think was "flying" down the line  LOL)   

So Donald  never tee'd off with a driver but used a 4 iron. On the 15th hole at The Oaks  he topped his 4i and it went about 60 yards so for shits and giggles he was talked into using a driver just t osee what happens - didn't count. The tees were way up but he hit the trap in front of the green on the fly - 340 yards - - ON THE FLY!  

On the 16th hole I hit my driver 190.  He hit his 4 iron 45 yards past up on the hill, about 235 yards.  WITH A FOUR IRON.   

We were talking and he said he was just learning the game this year after dabbling most of his life. Awesome nice guy!!   

BUT - here is the interesting part ABOUT ME!  

We all know my issues with my left knee and how UW wanted to totally replace my knee.  A second opinion in Columbus said - NO - don't do it . . YET.  There were other medical issues (PMR).   WELL - the knee has steadily improved where pain was a steady 1 to 2. 

Eight months ago I started taking Glucosamine.  I told DJ a month ago that geez - me knee feels GREAT.  I'm aware of it but that is all.   

Last night golfing I was thinking I might talk to Kestrel Ridge and see if I can walk 4 holes to see how it goes.  I was trotting back and forth to the cart with literally zero discomfort.   OH - it still makes a farting noise when I put a tee in the ground and squats are not in my future but . . . . . 

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OH - dang _ was going to mention all of the world wide shortages and reason - maybe tomorrow - NO POP UP YET!!!  (shortages,  glue, foam and so forth) 

Cheers - warm weather coming