Scherzer was down 2-0, but Rendon started the Nationals’ 6-2 win with a homer off of Greinke. Then Soto was walked and Greinke was pulled. Gerrit Cole did not come in and Howie made the Astros pay with a two-run homer. 3-2 Nationals. Corbin throws 3 shut out innings and Eaton adds a two RBI single. Amazing run for the Nationals. First team to win 5 winner-take-all games. No other team had won 4. They were down in all 5 of those games. Strasburg is the first #1 overall pick to win World Series MVP. Amazing!
Of course I lose my second bet of the young NBA season because Trae Young got hurt after 11 minutes. My Luck. It looks like his injury wasn’t as bad as it looks, but I felt his pain in my account. Moving on..
Suns +5Â at -103 for 3 units. Suns beat a Clippers team that dominated the Warriors. Booker is going in this season. Him against Patrick Beverly was fun to watch.
Clippers +6Â at -110 for 4 units. No Leonard, but Beverly, Harrell, and Lou Will are not going to lay down. I like the Clippers to keep it close. LAC have been one of the best offensive teams in the league behind some lethal shooting.
Hornets +8Â at -125 for 3 units. Kings are 0-4 and losing by an average of 19 points. Devonte Graham, PJ Washington, and Miles Bridges have all looked good for Charlotte this season. Kings don’t have a defense. Monk finally made some shots in his last game. I hate betting on my favorite NBA team because they are known to let me down, but maybe that left with Kemba.
92-83 on MLB last season and went up 34.31 units
49-43 on MLB this season down 5.81 units
7-4 on playoffs down 0.01 units
Nationals +1.5Â at -175 for 4 units.
Nationals -1.5Â at +195 for 2 units.
Nationals -2.5Â at +290 for 2 units. Give me all the Nats. Greinke has allowed 7 walks and 10 hits in his last two starts (9 innings combined). That’s a lot of baserunners. Greinke walked in a run against the Yankees. Greinke allowed 10 baserunners against the Nationals in 4 2/3rds, but only gave up 1 run. Nationals will make him pay if he does that again. The road team has won the first 6 games for the first time ever in the MLB Postseason. Nats are on the road.
Scherzer does have an injury concern, but nothing a little cortisone couldn’t fix. Cortisone is a steroid. I’ve done studies, Roids help in baseball. Scherzer is 3-0 with a 2.16 ERA this postseason. This World Series run started with the Nationals winning a wild card game against the Brewers, because of a terrible play by Trent Grisham of the Brewers. Yelich would have been playing right-field had he not been injured. Rendon and Soto are on fire. Soto hit a ball that is still orbiting planet Earth in Game 6. All Rendon did in Game 6 was drive in 5 runs. Nationals get up early and don’t look back.
Monfils at -205 for 4 units. Monfils will make Paire work for his points. Paire will get frustrated and Monfils will take advantage. Gael is 11-3 on hard this year, Paire is 7-6. The surface and tournament history favor Monfils. I like the higher ranked Frenchman to place more winners here and move on.
Berrettini -2Â at -105 for 2 units. Berrettini has a better serve and forehand. The conditions and recent form favor Berrettini as well. The Italian’s inside-in forehand is fun to watch.
Isner at -245 for 2 units. Isner will want revenge for losing to Christian Garin a couple months ago. Garin lost to strong servers like Isner over his past few tournaments. Isner has looked good all October long.
Thiem -1.5Â at -115 for 2 units. Thiem has more from and fitness. The H2H is giving us good value here, but doesn’t scare me away. Raonic has beat Thiem in these conditions before, but I don’t expect him to upset the Swiss-man here.
David Martinez got ejected because of the play below. First manager to get ejected in a World Series game since Bobby Cox in 1996.
Juan Soto hit a solo homer that is still orbiting planet Earth to put the Nationals up 3-2. Nationals won 7-2 behind 5 Rendon RBIs. Alex Bregman carried his bat all the way to first base after his first inning homer. Juan Soto did the same thing after his Yack Monster. Strasburg is now 5-0 in these playoffs. Justin Verlander is 0-6 in his career in World Series games. Game 6 had all the drama. Astros were the best team in baseball all season long and have earned homefield for Game 7.. Will they make the most of it? Altuve was quiet tonight.
Hawks +8Â at -110 for 2 units. Two teams that haven’t lost against the spread this season in the Heat and Hawks. Trae Young has been balling out this season. Jimmy Butler returns from paternity leave tonight. De’Andre Hunter, John Collins, and Cam Reddish are all solid defenders in Atlanta’s starting lineup. Young, coming off Eastern Conference Player of the Week, does enough for his 2-1 Hawks to cover.
92-83 on MLB last season and went up 34.31 units
48-43 on MLB this season down 7.29 units
6-4Â on playoffs down 1.49Â units
Nationals +1.5Â at -135 for 2 units.
Cheering for a Game 7 here. Verlander has struggled early in games this postseason. He is 0-5 in World Series games, but his teams have won games he has started. Strasburg has one of the best playoff ERAs ever. The road team has won every game this series. Washington’s bats have been quiet, but I expect them to wake up a little tonight. Scherzer was throwing in warmups and could come in as a reliever. The Strasburg changeup is hard to figure out. Nationals should be able to hit Verlander in their second meeting this World Series.
69-58-5Â on the NFL last season (2018/19)Â up 26.36 units
28-37 on the NFL this season down 11.86 units
Dolphins/Steelers over 43Â for 2 units. FitzMagic will score some touchdowns and have some turnovers. Short Fields help overs. Minkah Fitzpatrick plays against the team that traded him this season. Steelers have scored at least 20 points in every game except Week 1 against the Patriots. Bills dropped 31 on the Dolphins last week. If Pittsburgh wins this game, they will be only 2 games back in the division. They should score some points to help this over and win.
Here’s a useless stat.. NFL teams that names start with B went 0-6 this weekend. My Panthers got ruined by the Shanahan offense. I normally wait till Wednesday to write these, but I don’t care enough about the Steelers/Dolphins game tonight to wait for them to play.
Adrian Peterson passed Tomlinson (13,684) for the 6th-most rush yards; however, the Redskins are 1-7. Vikings are 4-0 at home and a game back of the 7-1 Packers for the division. Dalvin Cook and Diggs are talented. Cousins is now 28-15-1 against teams below .500
Jameis is going to Jameis. Winston has 7 interceptions in his last 2 games. Mike Evans went off and now has the most catches in Buccaneers history. Tannehill has done well with his starts. The Buccaneers are now 0-4 against backup Qbs this season. Tennessee travels to Carolina this week.
Allen Robinson:Â 7 targets, 5 receptions, 62 yards
Anthony Miller:Â 3 targets, 3 receptions, 67 yards
Taylor Gabriel:Â 6 targets, 4 receptions, 53 yards
Trey Burton:Â 4 targets, 1 reception, 16 yards
Bears missed the game winning field goal. Matt Nagy decided to take a knee instead of run the ball for more yards to get a closer field goal. Bears are 7-12 when Trubisky throws the ball more than 30 times. Allen Robinson is a stud. Chargers did just enough to win. Neither of these teams looks good this season.
Bengals couldn’t stop Kupp over the middle of the field. I have said it 18 times, but the Bengals are rarely in position to make a tackle and they miss a lot of tackles. Not a good combo. Rams have beat the Falcons and Bengals recently, so 5-3 isn’t as good as it looks for them. Bengals have allowed over 400 yards in most (5) of their games this season.
Patriots’ defense dominates again. James White has scored between 9 and 11 fantasy points in every game this season. Thirst Trap Edelman went off with 2 TDs. Belichick gets his 300th win. Chubb lost two fumbles. Former Brown, Jamie Collins now has a career high 6 sacks. Baker Mayfield has more interceptions this season (12) than Tom Brady had last season.
Lions Beat Giants 31-26
Daniel Jones:Â 28/41, 322 yards, 4 TDs, 3 sacks, 1 fumble lost + 4 carries, 13 yards
Saquon Barkley beasted a human-being, but the Giants were in too big of a hole to climb out. Why the Giants were not in the no-huddle down 12 with 9 minutes left is beyond me. Lions might be good, but their division is tough. Lions already have more 28+ points games than they had last season. Jones had 4 TDs today, but he has 12 turnovers since week 3.
Eagles have won 22 games in a row when scoring more than 25 points. Eagles had to win this game and they did. Miles Sanders had a pretty 65 yard TD run. John Brown has had 50 yards in every game this season. Josh Allen is a consistent fantasy QB. Lot of wind in Buffalo. Bills can rebound against the Redskins and the Eagles have the Bears next.
Brees is back. Kamara is still injured. Michael Thomas is a stud. Saints keep rolling. New Orleans has the best rushing defense in the league. The Saints have allowed less than 300 total yards in 5 straight. Arizona has allowed 7 100 yard receivers this season. Edmonds left with a hamstring injury. Cardinals running-backs continue to frustrate fantasy owners. The Cardinals just traded for Kenyan Drake.
Jets blitzed Minshew too much. The Jags mascot dressed up as a ghost after Darnold said he was seeing ghosts against the Patriots last week. Bell has yet to get 100 yards in a game this season. Fournette is looking like a stud RB lately.
Flacco isn’t good and the Broncos blew it. TY Hilton got open late in the 4th for the big play that led to the win. Hilton still hasn’t had a 100 yard game this season, but he opens the offense up for Mack and others.
Darren Fells:Â 6 targets, 6 catches, 58 yards, 2 TDs
DeAndre Carter:Â 3 targets, 1 catch, 46 yards
Watson is more clutch than Carr. Watson passed Derek’s brother, David Carr, for 2nd most pass Tds in Texans History. Hunter Renfrow got a long touchdown. Gruden continues to praise opposing team’s QBs, while ignoring his own. He compared Watson to Michael Jordan this week.
Seahawks got up by 20-something and let the Falcons claw back. Matt Schaub didn’t look terrible, but Russell Wilson is clearly better. Falcons haven’t had an interception for 6 straight games. Austin Hooper looks like a stud TE. Ridley, Hooper, and Jones stepped up without Sanu. Falcons don’t have a defense. They don’t sack and they don’t turn you over.
Whatever. Panthers got manhandled. Just bring Cam Newton back and beat the Titans. I bet on my Panthers to have over 8 wins this season… they have to win at home this week for that bet to hit and them to make the playoffs. Carolina still have Saints 2x, at Packers, and at Colts on their schedule. Not easy games. 51 points were the most for the 49ers since 1993 when Steve Young was their QB. Young is 19 years older than their head coach, Kyle Shanahan.
Rodgers is an amazing QB. Andy Reid’s clock management is once again questionable. Hardman and Hill are crazy fast. The Packers have a great two-headed running-back monster in Jones and Williams. Jones had 159 receiving yards. Davante Adams who?McCoy had a costly fumble. Matt Moore has lost his last 8 against a QB that has won a Super Bowl. Jones has 11 Tds, the last Packer RB to have that many Tds in a season was Ahman Green in 2003.
Didn’t proofread this article. Get over it. Go drink a bloody and have some fun today. Play this whole board and you can’t lose.
13-13-1Â on College Football in 2019Â up 3.19 units
I got drunk in Raleigh North Carolina tonight. I am going to the UNC/Duke game tomorrow with my good luck charm of a girlfriend. I am seeing the board real well with my BAC over .01 I haven’t even looked at my twitter sharps and excel sheet for these plays. These are just drunk gut plays. The account has been emptied. They say don’t bet when you’re drunk.. but here I am at 12:47 AM on a Saturday sending bullets. Fade if you’re a hater. Follow if you like straight cash homie.
UNC -3Â at -120 for 8 units. Duck Fook. Duke’s O-line got worked by a basketball school in Vargina last week. UNC is coming off of a 6-OT loss. Heels come ready to play. My drunk ass will be cheering them on at Kenan. Homecoming for the Heels. Sam Howell is a stud true freshman. I won $200 on horses this week. I know studs.
Kentucky +10Â at -115 for 4 units. Kentucky is 3-1 at home. Missouri is 0-2 away. Get LOUD Lexington.
Wyoming -13.5Â at -110 for 2 units. Reverse Line Movement. The public are on Nevada, but the sharps are on Wyoming. I ate some sharp Manchego cheese tonight to know the sharps taste good.
Ohio State/Iowa/Minnesota for 8 units to win 5.2 units. No way any of these teams lose. I looked at the board while taking a petron shot and all 3 looked at me and said… John, I’d take a petron shot with you. Plus Iowa hasn’t won against NW since 2016. They are due.
