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Boston’s Annual Playoff Predictions!
by Shawn “Boston” Connolly
To quote the late great Ol' Dirty Bastard: What y'all thought y'all wasn't gon' see me? I'm the
Osiris of this, my playoff predictions is here forever, mother@#$. The regular season is
over and while McKee tells me there was a system to determine who plays who I'm pretty
sure it went like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFOvldn_IRw
That's right it's playoff time so that means it's time for me to take of my Red Sox hat for a
minute and put on my Vegas bookie hat as I accurately predict our playoffs. I'm pretty sure
over the past couple of years I'm batting like friggin .750 or some monster number like
that since none of you have any proof otherwise I'm gonna run with it. Now while I'm
confident most of you degenerates understand how gambling lines work, a quick review for
the underage, naive, and Connor since he doesn't drink or smoke (he's like the 6th son
Mitt Romney didn't know he had) I'm pretty sure he doesn't gamble. So when I say a team
is -5.5 it means I believe that team will win by more than 5.5 points. Why is there a half
point you ask? That's so a bet can't end in a tie since we all know ties are like kissing your
cousin, awkward and only accepted in Alabama. Now with the money line if a bet +$ that
means there's a less than average chance I believe that will happen whereas -$ means it
will more than likely happen so you'd have to bet more to make money. For example if I
say Dave will find this funny +500, it means I don't think he would (that pony tail is wound
too tight) so it’s a long shot.
Before we get a going a quick salute to the also rans: McBob's, Silver Spring House, and
County Clare. Somebody's gotta sit out the playoffs and the rest of us are all glad that it's
you. (Side note: this is the second year that the defending champs ended up missing the
playoffs, clearly we are doing this on purpose). To be honest these are not the three teams
I had missing. A former captain (I don't want to use his name so let's call him Professor X)
and I usually like to have a bet where we predict the regular season records of all the
teams. This year we forgot to get our picks in before the start, which is good for me
because I liked McBob's and Spring House to be leaders in the win column. Call it bad luck,
poor coaching (I'm eyeballing you Olson), or a bad draft things happen. Anyway without
further ado:
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