west coast welcome

Hello everybody. Welcome to the bullpen catcher. I am the west coast edition.

A little bit about myself.

Name: Rich
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Occupation: Insurance Agent
Married: Yes. I will give you infinite reasons not to do so.
Hobbies: Poker, sports, cigars, and a good bottle of Crown Royal or Patron

Now that we have that over with, onto business. My good buddy Paul from St. Louis said he wanted me to post on this blog. I'm supposed to offer a gambling and/or west coast perspective on sports happenings. And oh yeah, "I am cool."

First blog topic: the Preakness

The setting is Pimlico. Maryland, my Maryland. I ask myself, how can it be that Street Sense gets such disrespect that his morning line is at 7-5? Worse, so far, it looks like you may get better odds than that. The ONLY Breeders Cup Juvenile winner in 23 years to win the Derby. 19th place to 1st in the Derby. Yet, he gets far better odds than Barbaro. 5 out of the last 6 Preakness winners were Derby winners...and most of them far worse than Street Sense. Curlin, Hard Spun and Xchanger are his main competitors. Strangely, Xchanger...which I consider to be this year's Bernardini has a morning line of 15-1 and as of today is 30-1 on some offshore wagering sites. If Xchanger does goes off at these long odds, he is defintely the best bet of the race. Otherwise, my bet in an 8/2-4-7/ALL trifecta. Cost $21. Risk is that either somehow Street Sense gets beat or Circular Quay gets 2nd. No way he gets 1st. (Please God don't let this horse ruin my credibiliy in my 1st blog posting). Amen.

Rich Kim