Baseball was great now Football must be divine!

What a great World Series! Not just because game 6 was one of the greatest games of all time or at least top 10 all time, but we had it nailed with St Louis in 7 games. The baseball season ends on a high and the average fan showed interest in the game.

Game 6 brought the average fan into the game and will have an impact over the next couple of years. No steroids involved. As with the last great shot in the arm{no pun intended} with Mark MC Guire and Sammy Sosa hitting home runs in bunches to bring the fans back to the national past time.

The playoffs were a true money maker for the Sportsdevil!

Overall record of the entire season 196 wins 195 losses PLUS + 37.00 units

The 2011 Playoff record an amazing 31 wins 17 losses PLUS + 25.10 units

With the Cardinals leading the way by picking up 7 units for getting to the World Series!
This is a post season I will never forget. Not for the great play but the great plays.

Now we concentrate fully on the rest of the football season. College and the NFL. I have a lot of work ahead to make sure this football season ends up in the black. Right now it will be an uphill climb. I am having the worst football season I have had in 18 years. That is the last time I had a losing football season.

All I can say is there is a large number of easy looking favorites covering any number and that will always spell LOSER for me. When the average guy can open his or her newspaper and just point to any favorite at any number and win without handicapping at all. I have faith because I am used to winning and when the dust clears we will have had a winning year.

There will be no 10 unit or 100 star plays. There will be one and two unit selections. There might be one or two 3 unit selections but that is doubtful. I have had 9 of those in the last 18 years, so that is not what will save our football season.

NCAA Football 40-48 -12.80 units

Georgia Tech +4

Michigan State +4

Illinois +6

Rutgers +7

Boston College +7

Vanderbilt +10

Washington -4

Western Kentucky +6

NCAA Football Double Plays 13-14 -4.80 units

Kansas State +14

LA Laffayette +3

Stanford -7

This is the start of the way back. The Stanford spread opened at 9 now down to 7. Thank you all you U.S.C backers.

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The punks and the quietly confident do battle again

Talk about nothing to complain about. The playoffs in baseball have been spectacular so far and just want to keep it going.

Looks as though Harrison has had a tough time with the Tigers line up with an ERA around 7. The only thing that bothers mew with this play is the weather. The Tigers have some bumps and bruises so the wet weather could be a bother.

The National League game is very interesting. I always looked the Cardinals as bullies. In this case the bullies have been the Brewers. Maybe not bullies but loud punks. Albert Puljos already shut the mouths of idiots by tearing the cover off the ball with 3 doubles, a home run and 5 RBI in the last game. I guess you will not be hearing the Alberta comment anytime soon from anyone with the Brewers.

Now it is Carpenters turn to shut the punks up. The Brewers have their own problems on the road. They score less and give up mare on the road then they do at home. The Brwers need to worry about their own team rather then the actions of others.

I do not think the Brewers are punks but they need to just play baseball. When this team just plays it is a wonderful, fun and exciting team.

Baseball 181-189 +21.95 units
Playoff Baseball 16-11 +9.15 units

Detroit +120
Detroit Over 9 -120
ST Louis -150
ST Louis under 7 -115

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Saturday 10/8/2011 NCAA Football and Baseball

As noted on this blog at the start of the playoffs. Take Detroit to beat the Yankees, Take Milwaukee +400 and ST Louis +700 to win the National league championship. Well we have won money on those plays.

Detroit won in a great series and Milwaukee or St Louis will be representing the National League in the World Series! For price would love to see the Cardinals be the one but will take whatever comes down the pike.

The Philadelphia Phillies have got to be sick as another weaker team has kept them from the promised land. The Giants last year and now the Cardinals this year. Maybe this team does not have the heart to dig deep and make it happen. Maybe this team is happy with its World Series a few years ago. Whatever it is, hopefully no one loses their job and they keep this team intact. I love their whole team that has the pitching and hitting to get to the World Series for the next few years.

Baseball 178-188 +19.75 units
Playoff Records 13-10 +6.95 units

Detroit -105 Detroit will not have a letdown after such a tough series. Jim Leyland and his team had no doubt that they would beat the Yankees. Their manager kept to his word and saved his ace for game one of the next series. The Tigers as a whole want to win this for their manager as much as themselves. This man showed that he had faith in the whole team not just his stars.

NCAA Football 28-30 -5.00 units {this is why Iam posting until I show a College profit}

Western Kentucky +11 Winner
California +24 loser

Saturday regular college football 10/8/2011

Rutgers +7
Temple -9.5
Ohio -8 If over 8 this will be a pass
Auburn +10
Tennessee +3
Air Force +14 The bettors catching up to the Irish this opened at +17
Oregon Sate +3 at plus 4 this will be a double play
Wake Forest +10
Texas Tech +8
Kansas State +4 One of the most under rated teams in the country

NCAA Top plays or double plays 9-7 +2.60 units

Texas +10.5
Utah +3.5
Florida +14 How many times has LSU covered a double digit spread at home with Les Miles as coach? in all league games that is? THAT WOULD BE NONE!!!!!!!
LA Laffyette

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Play as a TEAM and be a winner. Baseball plays for Tuesday 8/30/2011

Teams that do not have hitters who can hit 20 to 30 home runs in a season must do the little things perfect. When a lead off hitter gets on base, steals a base with no outs, what must the next batter do? The next hitter must lay down a bunt, hit a long fly ball or hit a grounder to the right side. Do not hit a off the plate pitch hard to the shortstop. Ok so that's one out and a runner on 2nd. Up steps the highest paid player on the team who will get paid 15-18 million a year on his next contract. Well he swings at the first pitch, which would have been a ball. 2nd pitch almost hits this batter but he is swinging. 3rd pitch goes off the plate and because the shortstop is out of position, the superstar swings at should have been ball 4. 3 pitches and all out of the strike zone. YOUR OUT. Of course the next guy swings at 2 balls and hits a long fly ball to the deepest part of the yard.

What should have happened. The 2nd hitter hits a ground ball to 2nd base and the runner goes to 3rd with one out. The Super Star takes a few pitches and works a nice walk. The 4th place hitter, who is hitting over 300 for the year. Well he hits the long fly ball and TEAM scores a run, playing team baseball.

I watch games from all over the country everyday and all players care about in to many cases is their own stats that bring the TEAM down. It is sad that unless you are a really big time player that you do not put the TEAM first.

The team I am talking about won it all last year and did all the little things right. No egos got in the way of this team doing all they could to just win. Amazingly while playing as a TEAM, the group as a whole had a decent year hitting. Nothing special but with no STARS that is the way it had to be done. Back to my point. Because of mental breakdowns and selfish players a good man and a good hitting coach will be fired. The players will get paid their millions and not give this coach a second thought.

It happens all over baseball and the teams that play as a TEAM are the teams that can shock the world.

Started with a list of 10 possible plays for this weekends college football. Getting the information I need from the people closest to some of the key players in these match ups. Will also look for line moves with or against us. Hopefully I can land on just a handful of plays that will get the season off to the right start.

I will give this Thursday play right now........Bowling Green +7.5

All other plays will be posted right after kickoff.

Have a great day

Tiger goes further down the list and the Pirates have gone back to the bottom

Tiger after 36 holes is in 36th place out of 50 players. If there was a cut line Tiger would be resting his knee some more. You almost feel bad for this used to be superhero. Almost, he fires a caddy that was with him in all of his glory. A guy who did open his mouth to much when Tiger was down but he was there for Tiger all along the way. Breaking cameras and shutting the media down when he had to for his guy.

Now another caddy, another prolonged swing change, and switching putters every other round. He is using the putter that has won 13 majors, this is a good thing. I heard him talking after his round today saying he is hitting his irons further then ever before. He was saying he just has to trust the distances. He is now hitting Phil type distances with his irons but Phil still has the better pitching and chipping game. Both guys are lacking with the flat stick.

Tigers scoring average since 2008 ranks 138 on tour. So media!!! Are any of you experts ready to admit Tiger is not the best player in the world any longer?

During the U.S Open, Azinger and Curtis Strange had the oddity of saying we all know who the best player in the world is. He is the guy{at that time 15th in the world rankings} sitting at number 15 in the world. I thought at the time, what are these guys talking about? Tiger is mentally not in the game and has an injury that could cost him his career. At least with the knee he has a built in excuse if his game never returns to form.

Tiger no longer is feared by the other players and that got Tiger half of his wins in the past. That and the fact that he made every single big putt in a 15 year span, that would not allow the other players even a thought of winning the tournament.

In baseball you have to feel for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Now losing 8 games in a row and going from first place to 8 games out in less then two weeks. The fans were filling the ball park, the players were ready to breakout, even management made some moves to get a couple veteran bats in the line up. Two weeks later the new bats are wondering what they are doing there and the fans were booing a double play ball. TWO WEEKS!!!

The Phillies are playing great baseball at the right time of year winning 8 games in a row and looking to really damage the San Francisco Giants opportunity to meet Philadelphia in the playoffs once again.

As the Giants sink, the Atlanta Braves are doing just enough to stay ahead in the Wild Card race. With Dan Uggla hitting in a career high 26 games in a row. The starters for the most part are doing their job and the offese has been opportunistic.

Milwaukee Brewers two weeks ago were in 2nd place and looking to be in a huge dog fight till the bitter end of the season. Winning 9 out of 10 games and extending to a 3 game lead over the Cardinals and a season ending{ for the Pirates} 8 game lead over the real Pittsburgh Pirates.

Ah, the American League Central. The division no one wants. The Tigers who are 8 games over .500 with a 4 game lead over the free falling Cleveland Indians. Then their in the White Sox who are 3-7 over the last 10 and are 6.5 games out of first and talking like the season is over. In this division it is not over for anyone. Finish at .500 and you have a 50-50 chance to waltz into the playoffs.

Another fun division is the American league West. The fun part of this division is the fact that the top 2 teams are playing very good baseball. Texas has a 1 game lead over the Angels. These two teams are playing solid baseball and when one team wins early in the day the other team finds a way to win later. Both teams have had big comeback wins and both teams have won the close games. Another division that will go down to the last day. Weaver for the Angels with his 1.88 ERA and 12 wins should be the CY Young award winner. I dont care how many wins Sabathia for the Yankees has by the end of the year. Sabathia's numbers are very average as compared to Weaver.

I am a life long San Francisco Giants fan but to me the manager of the year is the manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Mister Gibson has done a great job and making the playoffs or not, the job he has done is nothing short of spectacular.

Boston and New York. I was reading today how that rivalry is growing old and tired. That is really is not a rivalry. HUH, WHAT.... It is alive and well, I know when those teams play one another I make it a point to watch. I follow every team and watch many games but when those teams get together, they average fan will watch that game.

San Francisco and Philadelphia got into a very solid baseball fight yesterday. This one has been brewing for 2 years and with San Francisco beating the heavily favored Phillies in the playoffs last year, this will not die for a while. As long as both teams have the opportunity to meet in the playoffs and do not face one another that much during the season, every hit batter or stolen base with a 6 run lead will have an impact down the road.

It is a shame that the Dodgers have fallen so far and so fast on the field and off that the Giants have to go to the east coast for a true rivalry.

Baseball 105-125 -2.50 units

Cubs +130

San Francisco +125

Boston +150

Pittsburgh -120 only because Padres scored 15 runs yesterday

New York Mets +120

Oakland +150

Washington Over 9

Cleveland +190

All lines are over night odds from sportsbook.com

Have a great day.

AROD, is a ROD, when will he learn

From a gambling side of yesterday, OUCH that was tough. Still up a little bit on the year and no juice was lost. You really have to feel for the Pittsburgh Pirates, losing another tough game. Losing 0-1 is a real ball buster. The Detroit Tigers have owned the Texas Rangers in Detroit the last 2 years. You wouldn't think, hey great the rangers are in town let us get HOT. When you own a team you own a team. Detroit getting hot at the right time along with the Milwaukee Brewers. Both teams making a real run at taking their divisions.

In the East the Red Sox and the Yankees are gonna fight it out till the end. I would say the Yankees really need to win their division. With the Yankees starting rotation they will need all the home games they can get in the Playoffs. The Red Sox on the other hand have decent starting pitching and being on the road will not hurt their chances.

The National League East is looking to be a landslide by the Philadelphia Phillies. Getting really hot at the right time. With Lee going tonight against the Giants, the Phillies have a great chance to stay hot. The Giants are the backwards team. The tougher the opponent the greater the chance that the Giants will at least split the 4 game series.

Losing 2 out 3 against the Nationals, hurt the Braves a little bit. Putting the Giants and Arizona in the thick of the fight for the wild card.

The National and American league West has become two very good two team races. The Giants lead by one game because Vogelsong is now 8-1 after a Giants loss this year. The Rangers also hold a one game lead in their division with a great opportunity to tie for the lead yesterday. Of course the called dead Twins knocked the Angels off to keep them out of first.

Baseball is going to be great and meaningful all the way to the last days of the season. It would be great if those Central divisions would tighten back up and see some fun stuff down the stretch.

Arod back in the news again, for the wrong reasons...AGAIN. If he was involved with underground poker games where their was some violence involved and drugs, he should and will be suspended. They already gave him a pass about 6 years ago ans this is after the steroid issues. There will be no free passes. This story is very quiet right now but it will get very big in the next week or so. This is going to get nasty folks.

YAWN!!!! Tiger is playing in a P.G.A event this week and the media is giving him a win or a top 10 finish. This man has not made a birdie since April. Cmon media, Tiger is a middle of the road golfer with zero Bite left. Not right now anyways. Give the guy a chance to maybe play a round or two before crowning him the great one again.

Baseball 100-116 +1.35 units

Toronto +105

Cleveland +155

White Sox +100

San Francisco +125

Pittsburgh -140

Kansas City -130

Washington +130

Minnesota +160

Have a great day.

The Magic is broken up in San Francisco and Atlanta

Some trades look great on paper but in real life do not work for the other guys on the team. Atlanta gets their man. A speedy center fielder who is a great leadoff hitter. The Giants get that big bat that will make the difference. The Pirates get a couple veteran bats in the middle of their line up that will keep them in the race. The Atlanta Braves at the time of the trade had a 5 game lead in the wildcard, all but gone now. The Giants had a 4 game lead and playing best baseball of the year now 1-5 later and tied for first. The Pirates free falling out of contention but at least the ball park is full. With Atlanta and San Francisco, both teams had fought injuries all year but despite that had good records and a group that was playing over their collective heads. I do not know why but getting their man made the other 24 have pause and overall losing has taken over. The Pirates had Jerry Meals to put a stop to the Pirates story.

Baseball 99-110 +6.25 units

Washington +150

Arizona +140

Pittsburgh +105

Detroit +110

Toronto +150

Baltimore +115

Chicago White Sox +110

Have a great Day.

And so it goes. Baseball rules the day

You have got to love what the Brewers have done in the last week. Winning 7 in a row and getting some distance between them and the rest of the central. I feel so bad for the Pirates. They pick up Lee and he hits two home runs in his first game, and drives in 3 runs. The rest of the Pirates did not do enough and they lost 5-3. Ever since the blown call by no eye Meals, this team continues to lose close game after close game.

Arizona came up with a big win yesterday. Now the Diamondbacks have a great chance to sweep this series. If Arizona gets by Timmy tonight they have Jason Marquis going on Wednesday, Jason has owned the Giants.

Baseball 97-109 +4.75 units

Toronto +140

ST Louis +110

Minnesota +150

Have a great day.

The NL and AL Central looks to be a real slobber knocker

I took a look at both central divisions and what a sight with 8 total teams in the hunt for a division title. take the American Central, Detroit is in first and Cleveland is fading fast but hanging in only 2.5 games back but youth and starting pitching is catching up to them. The White Sox are only 3 games back but this team is very inconsistent with the bats and their starting pitching. Finally Minnesota is 6 games back but has fought the hardest to stay in contention and their greatest asset is their manager, who has never freaked out after being double digit games out for much of the season. The Twins are also getting healthy and will be the team fighting it out with the Tigers down the stretch.

In the National League Milwaukee is at the top and looks to have hit their best stride late. ST Louis has the bats but their decent starting pitching has been very up and down. Pittsburgh has the arms but youth will probably knock them out late. Cincinnati is 6.5 games back and they are very streaky. This will come down to the Brewers and the Cardinals which will go to the Cardinals.

Baseball 94-106 +4.55 units

Angels -120

Pittsburgh +220

Washington -105

San Francisco +100

Minnesota +120

Arizona +120

Have a great day.

Does Beltran mess up the make up of the Giants?

Not a bad Wednesday, with a no hitter early in the day and just really good baseball later. Pittsburgh and Atlanta play another good game and the Phillies and Giants splitting their first two games. Game 1 was played at the Phillies pace and in game 2 the Giants find that good pitching and just enough offense formula which has done them proud for the last 2 years. The Giants did get Beltran and hopefully it will not mess up the make up of that team.

Baseball 88-100 +5.70 units

Angels +125

Arizona -105

San Francisco -115

Pittsburgh +150

Minnesota +145

Have a great day.

It is a heating up y'all, hot, hot, hot

When they are closing race tracks because of the heat you know it is very hot. This is one of the most exciting baseball seasons ever, with almost every division up for grabs. The wild card divisions will be in doubt, to the very last inning of the season!

Baseball 79-94 -.25 unit

Pittsburgh +125

NY Mets +115

Tampa Bay -120

Washington +115

San Francisco -135

Have a great day.

What a day, What a day

Sunday was a great day for the underdog. The British Open won by the Cigar smoking slow walking, Pint drinking.... Darren Clark. He did everything right. He withstood two real challenges from Lefty and D.J. Both of whom ha a real chance to win this thing, but no matter how much they tried Darren would not make a mistake and steady as is goes put out the fireworks from the talented Americans. Great win for the man, a great win for golf an another sign that Tiger is not needed.

The World Cup was won by the grief filled Nation of Japan, who as there people have shown the pride of a people the woman's soccer team was not to be denied, even by the mighty Americans. The Americans had this thing won twice with under 10 minutes to go, but Japan would not give up and in the end had more energy overall and got the much deserved win!!!

Yesterday was a wonderful day in baseball and after a long tough stretch, winning has finally become the norm rather then the hope.

Baseball 72-90 -3.45 units

Pittsburgh -105

Washington -115

Milwaukee +115

San Francisco -130

Have a great day.

Let's get to the All-Star break on an UP note

I had said it before it got really bad, as I said the shit was going to slam the fan at THE Ohio State university. All of last years wins gone, Coach gone, I will stay just let me play in the Bowl Game player GONE.

The NCAA is going to probably ban Ohio State from post season for at least 2 years and a number of scholarships will be yanked.

THE Ohio State university is in a lot of trouble and the NCAA is going to pound them in the head. They knew players were getting benefits outside of the school and other things will come out. The school is using Jim Tressel as a scape goat and he will be blamed for everything.

Jim did know, but so did the higher ups and it will all come out.

Baseball, losing in many ways as of late. Losing 1-0 games, blowing 2 run leads in the 9th and the best bullpen in baseball gives up 3 in the 9th of a tie ball game. Holy cow batman a little luck would help solid handicapping.

Baseball 60-79 -6.80 units

Atlanta +145

San Diego +115

Washington +105

Pittsburgh -110

Houston +160

Baltimore +180

San Francisco Over 6.5 -105

Have a great day

Bonus Sunday play, take the U.S.A against Brazil +295. For some reason the U.S.A has beaten the women from Brazil 4 out of their last 5 meetings. This is a good match-up for the U.S.A

Friday night baseball nothing better

A nice winning day yesterday. Bartolo Colon now has not had a win past June in 5 years. Things like that are good to know when you are about to lay -200 on a team.

Baseball 58-75 -5.10 units

Cincinnati +125

Kansas City +105

Arizona +120

San Diego +110

San Francisco -140

Have a great day

The good times are A coming. NFL! hopefully

Maybe it is time to start playing the chalk. Nah that will not work. I am having a very bad run but where can you be 19 games under .500 and only be down 8.60 units? By the end of the year I will be up 10 to 20 units and very happy that Football will be here.

I will challenge anyone and put up any amount of money, that I will beat anyone in the NFL and College Bowl Games.

Baseball 54-73 -8.60 units

Tampa Bay +160

Baltimore +150

Minnesota +150

Seattle +170

Arizona +130

San Francisco -110

Have a great day

Happy July 6th and a Happy Football year

It is time for the players and Owners to finish this craziness. The NFL is the golden goose, so get it together and let the fans, Rookies and T.V networks get on with this season.

When things are not going your way when betting on games, it is not against the law to take a step back and PASS. I know the knee jerk reaction is to find some big favorites that cannot lose and fire a few big shots. This approach will break your bankroll.

Baseball 52-69 -6.95 units

Arizona +145

Kansas City +135

Seattle +110

Pittsburgh -120

Toronto +110

Mets +120

Have a great day.

Sunday Baseball July, 3rd, 2011 and Horses

Friday we picked a little over a unit but it was looking really good with 4 games left. All 4 games tanked but still a winning day. All today's plays are with teams that are hot and getting odds with an even pitcher or a better pitcher.

Baseball 50-65 -6.65 units

San Francisco +120

Cleveland +170

Pittsburgh +140

ST Louis +120

Minnesota +130

Arizona +110

Horses for Sunday July 3rd, 2011

Arlington Park Race #3 Horse #3 SSSCHILLE DAY This one has speed and the ability to go wire to wire.

Arlington Park Race #8 Horse #11 Franklin County, This one has the best final time on the turf at this distance and if repeated can score at a big price.

Belmont Park Race#5 Horse #6 Victory For V L TS He won 2 back and because of the last start will be overlooked by many handicapper which will make this one a big price. Has the best final time at this distance.

Churchill Downs Race#1 Horse#3 Rules of Romance. Good trainer a lot of speed, and could wire the field at a big number.

Churchill Race#10 Horse#11 Carson's Dash. The lone closer who will have one big run down the lane.

Churchill Race#12 Horse #11 All Ready. Another lone closer who has a good chance of winning at a big number.

Hollywood Race#2 Horse#5 Theif River. Solid trainer, Big workout says all systems go for this First Time Starter.

Hollywood Race#5 Horse#8 Jax El. Areal danger here. Dropping in class with the best speed figures and coming out of a key race.

Hollywood Race#8 Horse#2 Dancing in Silks. In a speed laden race we have the best closer in the race.

Have a Great Day.

Hot teams good odds and a winning Friday

Baseball has been very tough the last 5 days with only one winning day and it was not even a full unit. Today I concentrated on hot teams and even pitching match ups, along with hot hitting. Should be a very big day. Wednesday was so tough with two 1-0 losses and two 2-1 losses and a extra inning loss.

Baseball Overall 44-59 -7.70 units Most handicappers would not put their real record when things are going bad but It Is what It Is. I have not had a losing baseball season in 12 years and I do not plan on losing this year. The All-Star break is coming at the right time for the players and myself.

Philadelphia Phillies +145 Kendrick can hold his own with a 4-4 record and a 3.23 E.R.A. On the other side of it Romero is coming off his best outing of the year but it was deceptive, their were a lot of base runners and the other team could not cash in. Romero has a 7-7 record and a very nice E.R.A of 2.74. With a 7-7 record he is not getting a lot of run support. Philadelphia is 6-4 last 10, while the Blue Jays are 4-6 last 10. Toronto has a home record of only 18-20, and Philadelphia is two games over .500 on the road. This looks like a nice situation play for the fighting Phils.

Pittsburgh Pirates +130 Davey Johnson doesn't seem to have that old Mets magic. He arrived with a team that was the hottest in all of baseball and now they have lost 3 in a row. What can you say about Pittsburgh? Two games over .500 and only 2 games out of first. Morton for Pittsburgh has a very nice 7-4 record and another pitcher with a solid E.R.A of 3.77. Washington has Gorzelanny on the bump and he has been snake bit. He is only 2-6 with a 4.18 E.R.A and he has deserved a better record. Going against the team in a little bit of turmoil and playing the hot hand.

San Francisco Giants +120 The Giants have lost two tough games in a row but have a very nice 7-3 record over the last 10. Amazingly the Giants are 2 games over .500 since Buster Posey went down for the season, how good would they be if he had been healthy. The Tigers bullpen is chewed up right now giving up 24 runs in two games to a weak hitting team. The Tigers only 5-5 last 10 and as the season has gone along Brad Penny is getting hit a little harder with every start. Penny has a 5-6 record and a 4.66 E.R.A. Bumgarter has a 4-9 record but a respectable E.R.A of 3.84. That E.R.A is that low after Minnesota 2 starts ago put 9 earned runs up against him. He came right back in his next start, threw a shutout and punched out 11 for a career high. I am going with the better pitcher but more important then that is the fact that Tigers Stadium is much like the park that the Giants pitchers are used.

Cleveland Indians +120 This is a very nice match up with a two teams in the same state and surprisingly both teams are fighting for a division title. It looked like the Indians were folding the tent about 2 weeks ago but have stayed in the race, only half a game back of the Detroit Tigers. The Indians have the upper hand on the mound today, with Masterson and his smooth E.R.A of 2.98. For the Reds Arroyo is not having a good year in the E.R.A department with a 5.01, but a very lucky record of 7-6.

ST Louis Cardinals +125 I think many people were counting the Cards all but done for the year, and what do they do? Get hot that is what. Winning 3 in a row while the Brewers lost 3 in a row and your looking at a tie on top of the National League Central. The strange Part about the Tampa Bay Rays is that they are under .500 at home and crushing it on the road by going 26-16. The Cardinals on the other hand are a solid 23-20 on the road, and seem to have the advantage by playing at Tampa. Westbrook had a very bad stretch but in his last start was like the Westbrook of old. I will take the hot team with their ace on the mound looking to keep his team rolling.

Atlanta Braves -170 This is a rarity for me, playing such a big favorite. The situation dictates that I play this game though. Atlanta has won 3 in a row and are favored at home which is a very strong angle by itself. When you add in the fact that Baltimore has lost 3 in a row, the play becomes that much stronger. The two teams are going in different directions, with the Braves being 8-2 over the last 10 and Baltimore only going 4-6 over the same span of games. The pitching, Bats and bullpen all favor the Braves.

Florida Marlins +165 For the Marlins they have their only pitcher who has not been hard luck johnny. Sanchez has a solid 6-1 record and a respectable E.R.A of 2.82. The fish have won two in a row and they are another team that plays better on the road then at home. All things being even the plus 165 catches the eye.

Kansas City Royals/Colorado Rockies Over 10 -110 It seems to me that a first time team going to Colorado has a difficult time learning how to pitch there. Going to Colorado also has a knack for getting visitors to put up more runs then they usually score. Both starters have been beat up and the bullpens have been beat up, so I look for about 13 or 14 runs to be scored here.

Minnesota Twins +110 Every time I count the Twins out they go on a winning streak. It is only a 2 game streak right now but they are catching the Brewers at the right time. Milwaukee has lost 3 in a row and are only 4-6 in the last 10 games. Milwaukee also has one of the worst road records in all of baseball, going 15-27.

Arizona Diamond Backs -115 Another Favorite but again a worthy one. It is indeed rare when I take a team that hits well over a good pitching team. Oakland is just plain sick with the sticks, and that will not do against this Arizona team.

Los Angeles Angels +100 Hot verses cold again, with the odds being in favor of the hot team. The Angels have won 3 in a row and will probably be a slight favorite by game time. A very strong angle. The Dodgers have lost two in a row and are only 5-5 in their last 10 games. Kuroda has been very good E.R.A wise with a solid 3.10 but gets little to no run support. His record of 5-9 shows that the Dodgers just do not hit for Kuroda.

San Diego Padres +125 If you are going to play the Padres this is the time to do it. San Diego has won 4 in a row and have a 7-3 over their last 10 games. Seattle has lost 3 in a row with their best pitchers on the mound so that tells us that the bats have gone cold. The Mariners are only 3-7 their last 10 games. Take the hot dog.

Best plays....Atlanta...Angels.....Padres.....

I know most people do not like playing 12 games but to me a play is a play. If that is one play in a day or 12.

Have a great day

The Drugs of the now will kill you

Methadone, Soma and Valium, A cocktail for disaster. The poor young man from Alabama had no idea just what he was dealing with. I have 6 empty discs and the surgery that has been suggested for 15 years now is full disc replacement. The recovery time is one year, the chance to never walk again is 7%.

What do I do to stay active? I take pain killers and muscle relaxers. I have tried to not take these pain relievers but doing anything at all brings tears to my eyes. My injuries started when I was a +2 handicap and headed to the PGA tour.

For me I would never take Methadone because it builds up in your system. What this means is when you take 2 then 2 more it doubles up in your system to act as 8 pills. What Methadone also does is slow your breathing.

Valium also slows you down and slows your breathing, this is not for pain as much as anxiety. Add soma to the mix and you get knocked out and your breathing slows to a stop.

A doctor knows what the interaction can do to you and I would be shocked if these drugs were given to him by a doctor.

I am in pain 24 hours a day and for me the opiets keep me awake and the soma allows me to sleep. It is also very easy to build a tolerance to these pain killers. When I first started taking these drugs, I though what a godsend. One day I ran out of a script and got a huge wake up call. It had been months on these drugs and when I didn't have any I did not know what was happening. I could not sleep and I was sweating and did not know why I could not sleep.

Withdrawl is what I was going thru and It was no fun at all. After 3 days of this I went to the hospital and they gave me a couple of things that knocked me out I was so grateful after 3 days of hell. I was thanking everyone.

These kids in College who are in pain from 2 a days and odd injuries. Will lead to taking drugs which needs to be watched by a doctor. The wrong mix will kill anyone, no matter how tough a kid in college thinks he or she is.

Have a great day

Baseball Wednesday{slump buster plays}

Well if these games were 7 innings long I would be on a big time winning streak. Little luck late in games but that will turn around.

Baseball 42-54 -5.40 units

Dodgers +130

Kansas City +140

Atlanta +140

Washington +140

Mets +130

Pittsburgh +160

Milwaukee +130

These are overnight lines and with Dogs they probably go up.

Have a great slump busting day.....