By Razor Sharp Sports
When it comes to baseball there are so many factors that come into play in handicapping. Of course we have the teams themselves, starting pitchers, the home field, the weather, & being outdoors or in a dome. One of the most overlooked factors that can play a very big factor in the game is the home plate umpire. Each umpire has their own strike zone and that can truly effect the hitting and runs scored in a game. If you like playing baseball totals, the home plate umpire should be one of the first things you take a look at before you make a over/under play. We are just over a month into the regular season and we have gotten a pretty good look at the umpires. Most of them have been behind the plate at least 4 or 5 times already. So I took at look at the numbers and have a list of the best Over umps and best Under umps. When I took a look at these numbers, I only used umpires that had been behind the plate at least 4 times this year. So which ones top the lists?
By Razor Sharp Sports
At the start of the season, we almost didn’t have a season. The NHL was in a lockout and it really looked like the 2012-13 season was going to be for not. the sides wer so far away and nothing was getting closer. Somehow the pressure of both sides losing money forced them back to the table and got something worked out. We had an abbreviated season, but one thing that didn’t change was the playoff format and if I had to guess the playoffs won’t change much either. I expect plenty of hard hitting, face paced action and when all is said and done, whether your team is a #1 seed or a #8 seed, it will really not matter much at all. As we have seen over the past few seasons, all you need to do is make the playoffs and then get hot to take home Lord Stanley’s Cup! Let’s take a look at how things ahave played out the last few year and try to come up with idea of how the 2013 playoffs may play out.
By Razor Sharp Sports
The NFL kicks off their 2013 NFL Draft on Thursday night. I absolutely love this event. I don’t know what it is, the selection process or is it that it just puts the NFL back on the center stage and I need my football fix. Either way, I will watch pretty much the entire 1st day and most of the second. Even the third day, where champions are built, may not have the names that you recognize, but I will still keep at least one eye on the TV for most of that. Taking a look at this year’s draft and it isn’t a “Sexy” draft, but down the road we may see that it as a very good one. We won’t see alot of players from the Offensive talent positions going early. As a matter of fact, as you look at my 1st Round Mock Draft, you will see just 5 talent spots from the offense. I have 1 QB in Geno Smith going at #13 and a handful of WRs. I don’t see a RB going in the 1st round. Eddie Lacy could sneak into the 1st round if someone makes a move up by trading to get the top Running Back. So who will get who? Let’s take a look.
By Razor Sharp Sports
The NBA’s second season gets underway this weekend. So what do we have in store for the playoffs. LeBron and Company in Miami are still heavy favorites to win back-to-back titles. If the odds hold it looks like their opponents will again be Oklahoma City, the Western Conference favorites. Both are the #1 seeds heading into the playoffs. Last year, we had a major shocker when Derrick Rose went down and ended the #1 seeded Bulls chances. It was only one of the 3 times in 10 years (20 series) that a #1 went down in the first round. So how have the first rounds played out lately? How will this year’s play out? Finally, do we have any chance of a major upset early in the playoffs? Lets take a look.
By Razor Sharp Sports
As a spring snowstorm comes flying through the Northwest dropping 10 inches on Denver and heads toward the Midwest it seems strange to talk about golf, but it is that time of the year. It is Masters week, so lets take a look at who has a shot to grab the Green Jacket. Last year , fan favorite Bubba Watson topped the field. This year there are plenty of golfers that will take aim at Augusta’s top prize. So who will win? Let’s take a look at the odds and give you our predictions.
By Razor Sharp Sports
We are less than a week away from the start of the 2013 Major League Baseball season. As in every year, free agency plays a big part into how the year will play out. Who will affect his new team? Which teams will come together, while others can’t? Last year we saw a couple of the biggest sluggers in the game switch jerseys as Albert Pujols headed west to join the Angels from St Louis and Prince Fielder left Milwaukee, crossed Lake Michigan and ended up in the American League with the Tigers. This year the names might not be quite as big, but we will have to wait to see if these moves can bring Pennants or even World Series rings. So who are the top free agents changing teams?
By Razor Sharp Sports
The Big Dance gets underway for real on Thursday and even though there is no perfect way to fill out your brackets, we are going to give you a few tips that may help you out. Plus we will give you a couple of situations where upsets may come into play.
By Razor Sharp Sports
The past couple years we have asked our Freeplays.com handicappers to make their predictions for the NFL season. Though we do get quite a few similarities, the way the NFL goes we all know that it is much more wide open that MLB. This was pretty easy to see when we asked our handicappers to again make their season predictions, this time for the Baseball season. 7 of the handicappers gave us their predictions for each of the divisions, the 4 wild card spots and their World Series match-ups. Of the 6 divisions, 3 of them had consensus picks for the winner. The handicapping services that made their predictions were Razor Sharp Sports (RS), Mike Wynn Sports (MW), Kenny Towers Sports (KT), Vegas Steam Line (VS) Hawkeye Sports (HS), Teyas Sports (TS) and Easy Money Sports (EM). Lets take a look at all the predictions.
By Razor Sharp Sports
A couple weeks ago we wrote an article about the teams that were battling to make it to the NCAA tournament. So we have let 2 weeks pass and expected the dust to settle a bit. Instead things have gotten even foggier. Not just at the bubble, but also on top. The battle to be #1 and be a #1 seed in the tournament is still way up for grabs. In 10 days the NCAA will have their field of 68 and the only thing we will have to argue about is who got snubbed and who deserved a higher rank. Before that happens lets let you know how we see it.
By Razor Sharp Sports
I know I mentioned that we were going to give you an update on the bubble teams in College Hoops each week leading up to Selection Sunday and as crazy as things are we could easily do it with #1 Indiana going down to Minnesota, #9 Michigan St losing to Ohio St, # 3 Florida falling to Tennessee and #12 Florida St dropping one to Virginia Tech, all in the last 3 days! But it has been a long, cold and snowy winter for many of us in the North and East and I want to try to warm things up a big by talking baseball. The World Baseball Classic starts this weekend and even though I don’t believe it is the right time of the season to have it, at least it is competitive baseball. Having this tournament with Stars playing so early in the Spring could cause injuries that might effect MLB teams in the long run and I would hate to see that. Still lets take a look at the teams, the key MLB players that are involved and who we expect to win.