Sentences with phrase «handicapper who»

Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer recounted a conversation to reporters on Capitol Hill that he had recently with Charlie Cook, a top political handicapper who publishes regular analysis of congressional races across the country in the Cook Political Report.

A handicapper who is 55 - 45 on the year, but is always on the right side of line moves is far more dangerous than a capper at 15 - 5 with no market agreement.

We ran the same analysis above but this time assumed a skilled handicapper who historically hits 55 % of his games.

I have nothing against golf, but it is not often that you meet a low handicapper who is eager to put in the kind of hours most new businesses require.

Not exact matches

The handicappers should have given more attention to the man who came in second last time.

Anyone who's ever played even a partial round of golf knows the game can be frustrating enough to make the highest of handicappers throw irons, woods, even bags full of several of each into the nearest body of water.

I'm in a bar, and a guy says, «Come on, big handicapper pro, who's going to win this?»

While there are many legitimate and transparent handicappers in the industry, there are also an overwhelming amount who use fake names, flashy cars, women of questionable clothing and morals (we're guessing) and unachievable records to convince new or uneducated bettors to buy their picks.

A point worth remembering is that successful handicappers usually have some skill at this and most groups of professional bettors have at least one «number cruncher» among them who didn't muck around at the back of the class and paid attention in school during math lessons.

Linden says of the professional handicappers they monitor, unlike last century, there are fewer who simply excel by focusing on a specific team or conference, but instead they do notice, «The elite services do consistently go for or against the same teams for extended periods.»

A sports handicapper is someone who assists people with their sports picks.

So «buzz» is really code for a two - way conversation conducted between a handful of awards handicappers eager to anoint or dismiss potential contenders, and a handful of studio publicists and independent firms who are listening for the dog - whistle frequency that tells them that somebody thinks their movie might be in the running.