Wednesday, October 01, 2014

PITTSBURGH PIRATES(Volquez) -102 over San Francisco Giants(Bumgarner)----Certainly,  the limp defeat taken by the Steelers at home in Pittsburgh on Sunday and the unthinkably impossible loss,  at home in Pittsburgh,  as 20.5 point favorites,  by the Pitt Panthers at the hands of the Akron Zips are important risk factors to consider.   However,  as I supported the Pirates last year(when they almost got past Michael Wacha,  but didn't) I'll also support them this year as I think its more "their year" than it is the Giants.   That is,  the Giants have really overperformed in recent postseasons.  2 WS wins since 2010??  Surprising in 2010 and,  of course,  they had absolutely no business beating the Tigers in 2012----if I remember correctly.   The home crowd got the job done in the AL WC game last night(of course,  they had a boost from the HUGE Chiefs home win the night before;  such an "NFL boost" the Pirates will not have in this game) so we can look to that for confidence...........and note that the Steelers were beaten by Buccaneers,  which are..........like Pirates.(Lose 8-0..........Pirates say nolo contendere.............no desire to win this game.)

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