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    DeFrancis Stakes

    Looks like a replay of the BC Sprint. Caller One, Xtra Heat, Delware Township and Kona Gold are all back. Everyone expected a vicious pace in the BC Sprint and it never materialized; the speed ended up being the trifecta. Usually in a race thats a rematch for many principals, there's a...
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    Caminiti

    He's 38 years old, can't hit anymore, and has had alcohol and drug problems in the past and now gets busted for crack possession. He filed for free agency last week. Ken, I'm guessing they'll be no takers.
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    Retirements

    The nation will mourn the end of the Eddie Kennison era. Maybe he watched a tape of MNF with Dennis Miller talking about the "Kennison effect"; how teams improve when he leaves. Rumor has it some guy who's brother played QB for the Seahawks retired from baseball yesterday.
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    Bulls trend

    In the Floyd-era (i.e. since Krause blew up the championship team), the Bulls are 17-28 ATS in their next game of a SU win.
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    You win you cover?

    I can understand this thinking in the NFL, where most of the spreads are less than 5 pts. While there is some merit to this thinking, esp if one likes moneyline dogs, I always felt that it was a way for chalk players to justify their endless laying of points. So I decided to look at the...
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    Bost/Chicago

    Is Boston good enough to lay 13 against an NCAA team? I see the Bulls, under Floyd, are actually 60-47 ATS (56%) on the road.
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    Breeders Cup Mile

    The Europeans may have an edge here especially if its soft turf but if I have to pick out one horse I like, its Hap. He handles firm or soft, is well trained, is good enough (2nd in Arl Million) and has run the best Thorograph numbers of any of the North American horses. Noverre and No Excuse...
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    Game One Total

    As one who prefers betting UNDERS in totals, I'd be hard pressed to go under with such a low number like 6.5. Both Mussina and Schilling will be making starts with more than 7 days rest. Each pitcher had one such start this season, when play resumed in September. The results for both weren't...
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    Breeders Cup Classic

    Aptitude is the horse to beat; finally running huge numbers in his last 2 after being a perenial runner-up in his 3YO year. He has won over the track, at the same distance, and with a 123 Beyer so he's legit. My only knock on him is his main competitors last time just ran like crap. A pair of...
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    Breeders Cup Juvenile

    Several writers have hailed Officer as the best 2 YO since Spectacular Bid. Didn't we hear that about Arazi?? And Easy Goer?? And Devils Bag? I'm always skeptical when I hear that. Officer is 5 for 5 but his first 2 wins were over Cal-breds. He won a pair of Graded Stakes at Del Mar beating...
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    Breeders Cup Distaff

    I give a slight edge to Exogeneous here. She along with Flute and Spain all finished w/in a length and a half of each other in the Beldame. Spain won last year and as a 4YO is likely done developing. I like the sharp improvement Exogeneous has shown in her last 2 races. Her breakthrough race...
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    Breeders Cup Sprint

    I have no problem betting a speed horse to win when there's another speedball in there. Two other speedballs I'm leery. 5 lead at all cost types and you have a crazy race. Caller One, Squirtle Squirt, Xtra Heat, Five Star Day and Snow Ridge all insist on the lead. Caller One is probably the...
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    Betting: about sports or money?

    If you said sports, you are wrong. It is about money. I saw this quote somewhere and I agree 100%. Sports are just the vehicle that separates moves the money. I think most people focus 95% on the sport and 5% on the value, if that. Most sports bettors are fans first, not bettors. This...
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    You win you cover not automatic last week

    Minnesota, New Orleans and St Louis didn't cover no matter where you got you're line from. Chicago was either a non-cover or a push and while Tennessee and NE both pushed.
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    When garbage meets garbage

    I, like several others on this forum, was on the over. We deserved to not only lose but to get our a---- kicked. After seeing the NBA's equivalent (Chicago Bulls) the past 3 years, I'd forgotten one of the few lessons I've learned about horrible teams: when they play another horrible team, the...
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    LCS Umpires

    Montague will work the plate for the ALCS Game 1 and Crawford will be behind the plate for the NLCS Game 1.
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    When bad teams win

    You hear that such and such team will have to "letdown" because they beat so and so and weren't supposed to. Can bad teams let down? I don't think so. Think about it; to truly let down, you have to be good in the first place. If Arizona beats Philly on the last play of the game but gets...
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    Friday Play

    It's early but I like this play and didn't handicap tonights card. NEW YORK ISLANDERS and the OVER Its the first of 2 back to back games for the Isles, who were terrible last year but were actually 9-9 in these situations. In all other games, they were an abhorrent 12-46. It should also be...
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    Misleading scores Week 3

    I have 2 nominees: NO/NYG and Cin/SD In the Saints/Giants game, NO had the edge in first downs (20-13) and total yardage (330-253) as well as time of possession (32:29 to 27:31). They also had a TD taken away on the last play of the game due to a penalty. In the SD/Cincy game, numbers were...
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    Cubs totals

    Yesterday was the first time since September 9 the Cubs went UNDER the total. This broke a 15-0-1 over streak.
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