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2008 Baseball Page
Baseball games analyzed every
day during the season.
Every day during
baseball season, armadillosports.com analyzes daily baseball
action, featuring on hot and cold pitchers, hot and cold teams.
Thanks for logging on every day during the 2008 baseball season; I look forward to having fun next season too-- see you in April!!!!!!
2008 World Series
Phillies vs Rays -$143
Game 1- Wednesday- Phil, 3-2.
Game 2- Thursday- TB, 4-1.
Game 3- Saturday- Phil, 5-4
Game 4- Sunday- Phil, 10-2
Game 5- Monday- Phil, 4-3
Phillies win World Championship, 4-1. |
2008 Baseball Playoffs
League Championship Series
Los Angeles -$109 vs Philadelphia
Phil, 3-2
Phil, 8-5
LA, 7-2
Phil, 7-5
Phil, 5-1
Phillies win National League title, 4-1
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Boston -$118 vs Tampa Bay
Bos, 2-0
TB, 9-8 (11)
TB, 9-1
TB, 13-4
Bos, 8-7
Bos, 4-2
TB, 3-1
Rays win American League title, 4-3 |
First Round Matchups
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Milwaukee Brewers vs
Philadelphia Phillies -$180
Phil, 3-1
Phil, 5-2
Mil, 4-1
Phil, 6-2
Phillies win series, 3-1. |
Los Angeles Dodgers vs
Chicago Cubs -$215
LA, 7-2
LA, 10-3
LA, 3-1
Dodgers win series, 3-0 |
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Chicago White Sox vs
Tampa Bay Rays -$165
TB, 6-4
TB, 6-2
Chi, 5-3
TB, 6-2
Rays win series, 3-1
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Boston Red Sox vs
Los Angeles Angels -$130
Bos, 4-1
Box, 7-5
LAA, 5-4 (12)
Bos 3-2
Red Sox win series 3-1 |
Records in series for big league
squads, 2008.....
One of the more intriguing investment possibilities on baseball
diamond is wagering not on single games, but on whole series.
Below, I list each teams' record in series, home, away, combined
through games of 8/25.
| Arizona Diamondbacks |
12-7-2 |
9-8-4 |
21-17-6 |
| Atlanta Braves |
9-9-3 |
5-18 |
14-27-3 |
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Chicago Cubs |
18-4-1 |
7-10-3 |
25-14-4 |
| Cincinnati Reds |
8-11-2 |
6-13-2 |
14-25-4 |
| Colorado Rockies |
11-8-2 |
7-12-2 |
18-20-4 |
| Florida Marlins |
13-7-1 |
8-10-3 |
21-17-4 |
| Houston Astros |
11-8-1 |
8-14 |
19-22-1 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers |
11-8-3 |
8-11-1 |
19-19-4 |
| Milwaukee Brewers |
11-7-3 |
12-7-2 |
23-14-5 |
| New York Mets |
14-5-2 |
11-8-2 |
25-13-4 |
| Philadelphia Phillies |
14-7 |
8-9-4 |
22-16-4 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates |
9-8-4 |
4-14-3 |
13-22-7 |
| St Louis Cardinals |
12-6-3 |
12-5-4 |
24-11-7 |
| San Diego Padres |
5-15-1 |
5-16 |
10-31-1 |
| San Francisco Giants |
8-11-2 |
9-12 |
17-23-2 |
| Washington Nationals |
6-13-1 |
5-16-1 |
11-29-2 |
| Baltimore Orioles |
8-7-5 |
8-13-1 |
16-20-6 |
| Boston Red Sox |
15-5 |
11-9-3 |
26-14-3 |
| Chicago White Sox |
13-5-4 |
9-9-2 |
22-14-6 |
| Cleveland Indians |
9-8-4 |
7-13-1 |
16-21-5 |
| Detroit Tigers |
9-9-2 |
6-11-5 |
15-20-7 |
| Kansas City Royals |
9-12-1 |
7-9-4 |
16-21-5 |
| Los Angeles Angels |
13-3-5 |
14-5-2 |
27-8-7 |
| Minnesota Twins |
16-3-3 |
8-10-2 |
24-13-5 |
| New York (AL) |
10-6-5 |
7-9-5 |
17-15-10 |
| Oakland A's |
9-13 |
4-12-5 |
13-25-5 |
| Seattle Mariners |
6-12-3 |
5-14-2 |
11-26-5 |
| Tampa Bay Rays |
*17-4 |
11-6-4 |
28-10-4 |
| Texas Rangers |
11-7-3 |
10-10-1 |
21-17-4 |
| Toronto Blue Jays |
10-10-1 |
7-13-1 |
17-23-2 |
2008 Over/Under win totals for
major leagues
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National League |
American League |
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Arizona 86.5 |
Baltimore 65.5 |
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Atlanta 84.5 |
Boston 93.5 |
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Chicago Cubs 87.5 |
Chicago White Sox 79.5 |
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Cincinnati 79.5 |
Cleveland 88.5 |
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Colorado 82.5 |
Detroit 93.5 |
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Florida 68.5 |
Kansas City 71.5 |
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Houston 72.5 |
LA Angels 91.5 |
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LA Dodgers 87.5 |
Minnesota 72.5 |
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Milwaukee 84.5 |
Bronx Bombers 93.5 |
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NY Mets 93.5 |
Oakland 73.5 |
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Philadelphia 87.5 |
Seattle 86.5 |
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Pittsburgh 68.5 |
Tampa Bay 73.5 |
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San Diego 84.5 |
Texas 74.5 |
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San Francisco 71.5 |
Toronto 85.5 |
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St Louis 70.5 |
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Washington 70.5 |
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2007 World Series
Colorado Rockies vs Boston
Red Sox -$230
Francis @ Beckett -$126, 8.5 Bos,
13-1
Jimenez @ Schilling -$210, 8.5 Bos,
2-1
Matsuzaka -$128, 10 @ Fogg
Bos, 10-5
Lester -$138, 10.5 @ Cook Bos,
4-3 (Boston wins, 4-0) |
Colorado -$135 vs Arizona
Francis @ Webb -$128, 7.5
Colo, 5-1
Jimenez -$115, 8 @ Davis Col, 3-2
(11)
Hernandez @ Fogg -$153, 10 Col
4-1
Owings @ Morales Col 6-4 (Rockies
win series 4-0) |
Cleveland vs Boston -$175
Sabathia @ Beckett -$154, 8.5 Bos,
10-3
Carmona @ Schilling -$137, 8.5
Clev 13-6 (11)
Matsuzaka -$118, 10 @ Westbrook
Clev 4-2
Wakefield even @ Byrd Clev 7-3
Beckett -$118, 8.5 @ Sabathia
Bos, 7-1
Carmona @ Schilling Bos,
12-2
Westbrook @ Matsuzaka
Bos, 11-2 (Boston wins, 4-3) |
2007 Divisional Playoff Series
Colorado vs Philadelphia -$135
Francis vs Hamels -$144, 9 Col
4-2
Morales vs Kendrick -$129, 10
Col 10-5
Jimenez -$147, 10.5 vs Moyer Col
2-1 (Rockies win 3-0) |
Chicago Cubs -$128 vs Arizona
Zambrano vs Webb -$135, 7.5 Ariz
3-1
Lilly -$134, 8.5 vs Davis Ariz
8-4
Hill -$143, 9 vs Hernandez
Ariz 5-1 (Arizona wins 3-0) |
LA Angels vs Boston -$175
Lackey vs Burkett -$163, 8.5 Bos
4-0
Escobar vs Matsuzaka -$153, 9.5 Bos
6-3
Weaver vs Schilling -$109, 8.5 Bos
9-1 (Boston wins 3-0) |
Bronx -$195 vs Cleveland
Wang -$116, 9 vs Sabathia 12-3
Clev
Pettitte -$125, 9.5 vs Carmona 2-1
Clev (11)
Clemens -$188, 9.5 vs Westbrook NYY
8-4
Wang -$220, 10 vs Byrd 8-4 Clev
(Indians win 3-1) |
My plan to re-align the major
leagues
Very little of the following is likely
to ever happen, but I think this is a good plan to make the
major leagues better.
1) Realignment.....here are the
way I would align the divisions:
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East
Red Sox
Mets
Bronx
Phillies
Blue Jays |
Great Lakes
Reds
Indians
Tigers
Twins
Pirates |
Southeast
Braves
Orioles
Marlins
Rays
Nationals |
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Midwest
Cubs
White Sox
Royals
Brewers
Cardinals |
Mountain
Diamondbacks
Rockies
Astros
Mariners
Rangers |
West
Angels
Dodgers
A's
Padres
Giants |
2) The schedule.........
72 games-- Play four division rivals 18 times each......
60 games-- Six games against other 10 teams in conference
30 games-- Six games against five teams in division in the other
conference, which alternates every year.
3) Get rid of the designated hitter.
4) Players are only people who
wear uniforms.
5) Coaches do not come on the field
during games; no stalling on the mound; you want to change pitches,
just sub him like it was a basketball game. Call time, bring
the new guy in.
6) No activity is washed out; if
game gets rained out in second inning, you pick it up from the
point of interruption. Anything that happens counts.
7) Home field in World Series is
decided by who wins season series between Eastern and Western
Conference.
8) All-Star Game alternates between
East-West, USA-World formats; they are exhibitions, they don't
determine home field in World Series, maybe the worst idea in
the history of ideas. .
9) One thing we've called for that
will happen next year; there will be a Baseball Channel, and
hopefully they will do a great job of following the Amateur
Draft every June. We know they will do fine job on daily basis.
This is an excellent idea.
10) Would it be too much to ask
for all the warm weather/dome teams to play at home the first
week each season? It won't be something that eliminates rainouts,
but it should help.
11) This is very important and
probably the least likely thing to happen: $50M salary floor,
$125 or $150M salary cap. Imagine how great the sport would
be with competitive balance, like in NFL or NBA or the NFL.
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