Issue 25
February 28 - March 6, 2001
Volume 1
page 3
 

Insight Annual; Pitching Aces
Key Research Tools For Serious Baseball Bettors In 2001
By Howard Schwartz

Two key research tools for the serious baseball bettor have arrived at Gambler's Book Shop this week-Baseball Insight Annual (2001), a 200-page spiralbound book ($32.95) and Pitching Aces,148 pages, also spiralbound ($22.95). Published by Phil Erwin of Parrish Publications, each book addresses commonly asked questions that can be invaluable to those who are looking for patterns of past performance that might help end up isolating situations for this season.

The annual is the best place to find opening money lines and totals for every regular season game played in 2000. You look up the team then find the date the game was played, the opponent, who the starters were, who won the game, the final score, how far the starter went for the home team, how many earned runs he allowed, what kind of bullpen support he got, whether the game was on grass or turf or day or night, who the home plate umpire was, and whether either pitcher was a leftie.

Then, in summary form, Erwin has provided a three-year history of how teams have done in a variety of situations like the average number of runs scored at home or away, in day or night games, versus southpaws, with a quality start, against flyball or groundball pitchers, and how often a team went over or under in similar situations.

Another section examines most starters and tells you their record home vs. away, day or night, on grass or turf, and what their earned run averages were last season against opponents.

Back to umpires again, Erwin provides a look at how home plate umpires may have influenced a game in regard to totals for last season or the past three seasons and the average number of runs per game scored when that umpire was calling the pitches. For example, When Eddings was behind the plate in 2000, his games went under in 24 of 33 instances.

Pitching Aces is for those bettors who want to see how often a pitcher won as a favorite or dog in the past three years. Here you'll find for example how Brad Radke of the Twins did against every other team since 1998. It won't list the date of the start, but you can see if he won the game, whether the game was home or away, the final score, the number of innings he pitched, earned runs allowed versus each opponent, the money line, and what the total was.

You'll be able to see how he performed for the past three seasons in summary form on grass (he was 12-27) or by month (he's 4-12 in June), at home or away at night, how much bullpen support he got, how he did in quality starts, and how he did overall against every American League team (he's 4-1 against the Anaheim Angels away with an ERA of 1.46). There's a handy table of contents to find any of the 90 starters listed.

Overall, Erwin has provided the numbers and summaries so the information can be used as is, or can be analyzed by the reader/handicapper to ferret out potential trends or angles.

You may purchase either book by calling Gambler's Book Shop at 1-800-522-1777 from 9 to 5 Pacific time, Monday through Saturday. The store is located at 630 South 11th St., Las Vegas NV 89101. You may order using a MasterCard, VISA or Discover card. Orders are shipped the next working day. Order via Internet at www.gamblersbook.com or by fax at 1-702-382-7594 anytime. Ask for the store's free 80-page catalog whether you order or not. It includes 1,000 different books in 30 categories plus software and videos. You may send a check or money order for either book. Add $6.50 postage for one book, $1 extra for both books. Orders cannot be mailed C.O.D. or to a box number.

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