Where’d you go, NFLTrends? Please, continue.
Or did my current 68-36 run (65.3%), which is the hottest streak in the country over the past month-and-change, by the way, scare you off?
Yaawn. This is why I’m the professional, getting paid a nice amount (And will be making, at least, an extra grand with my Win Total bets and Futures Bets at the end of the year), and you’re… here simply taking shots at the professionals behind their backs, in order to get their attention, while they’re busy doing big-boy stuff.
I was nothing but helpful and respectful to everyone else around here in my time here, which is why just about everybody wished me luck. I wrote more than anybody on these forums last year during both MLB and NFL - while expectedly getting the most views for each of my threads (Have you even been cracking 1,000 views yet?) - and you have the nerve to continue to show me that much disrespect? You continue to drag my name in every thread possible?
Uh, should I file a police report over this blatant stalking? Because even several months later, as people have even pointed out, you’re still obsessed with me. And I’m creeped out a bit.
Then again, the fact that you’re still here and I’m where I am, well, I guess I’m not too surprised. Just keep trying, man. You’ll get there eventually.
P.S. I’m not surprised I struggled mightily in April. As I’ve stressed since day one, just like a lot of the other great handicappers, there’s nothing more important than feel to a handicapper. Well, when you’re a 27-year old kid who made it to the big-time early on - and am the youngest one on the roster, by the way - you’re thinking about all the mental variables, especially once you see what these clients are paying you. I’ll be honest, I didn’t think I would even do any sales my first few weeks. Well, after a strong first week, en route to attracting over $1,000 in sales alone, you become nervous and intimidated, and then you start pressing. When that happens, you’re not yourself because you're treating it like a job (While it's a fictional comparison, Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn exemplifies this pretty well). Obviously, as I even admitted to my higher-ups, I was not feeling like myself because I wasn’t having fun trying to live up to these newfound expectations and the pressure of people solely depending on you. Throughout the first month-and-change, I was obviously not myself at all, just constantly thinking about this over and over and over on a nightly basis. But then you get used to it and settle down, and voila… here I stand with, literally, the best extensive over/under run in the entire country (Oh, wait, you know someone with a better 104-game stretch? Enlighten us, please) - which is probably the best run of the entire season.
Also, I have not changed. I still write my usual 500-1,200-word write-ups for every single game, breaking down each starting pitcher as much as possible. I still write about Bud Norris as much as humanly possible (Am 9-3-1 with him this year in over/unders, if you were wondering… brought a tear to my eye when he was dominating the headlines throughout the Trade Deadline period). I still love to write about my sleeper pitchers as much as possible (Tyler Thornburg, I do declare! Oh, and how about that wonderful outlook on Tyler Chatwood last year? Did anyone but me have any clue he’d become a top-rotation pitcher, or anything of significance for that matter, - in Colorado??)
Keep talking, man. Just like when I was the most active member on these forums, you’re still making an absolute fool of yourself. But hey, maybe one day you’ll make it. Maybe one day (Although based on the fact that you don’t post baseball anymore… highly doubtful.
Good luck in your quest. Maybe one day you’ll grow up, too.