Tuesday was a great day for yours truly.
After staying up late to post my daily “Tuley’s Takes Today” for Monday, I had to get up early and write my weekly “Tuley’s Takes” column for “Point Spread Weekly, but that’s OK as I’m a workaholic. It was also my 56th birthday, so my wife didn’t argue with me a single time and my kids gave me plenty of love. For lunch, I made barbecue chicken wings in my air fryer and was in an even better mood as my Best Bet of the day on the Diamondbacks 1st 5 Innings + 105 cashed as the D-backs led the Guardians 5-2 after 5 innings on the way to a 6-3 upset. I did lose my secondary play on the Royals 1st 5 + 140 vs. the White Sox, but still came out ahead on the day. Over the last 7 days, we’ve been making two 1st 5 Inning plays a day and we’re 7-3-4 for a net profit of 7.79 units. For dinner, we went to my favorite pizza place, Rosati’s, for a taste of Chicago and then went home for some chocolate cake and opened my presents. My favorite present was a double-capacity air fryer, meaning it has two chambers so I can now do two separate types of fries (or mozzarella sticks, or more wings) for my picky family when we eat at home, and even a third different item as this is an addition to the kitchen and not replacing our older air fryer. I just need to clear out some counter space! But that’s a good problem to have. Let’s recap the rest of Tuesday’s (full-game) betting results and look for more 1st 5 inning opportunities on Wednesday’s MLB card, plus we have some swagger and anti-swagger plays, too.Tuesday’s recaps
MLB: Favorites/underdogs split 8-8 on Tuesday with the biggest upsets by the Nationals (+ 300 in 5-1 win vs. Mets, who had their 7-game winning streak snapped), Pirates (+ 235 in 5-3 win vs. Brewers) and Red Sox (+ 180 in 2-1 win at Astros). Home/road teams also split 8-8. Over/Unders also split 8-8.
More MLB: Faves lead 920-611 SU (60.1 percent) on the season with 25 pick-'ems (faves usually win around 59 percent; still ahead of pace; gap had been narrowing but now back over 60 percent). Home teams lead just 813-743 (52.2 percent, but usually closer to 54 percent). Unders lead 769-713-72 (51.9 percent).