MLB 2025 BEST BETS-NEWS THRU THE WORLD SERIES !

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2025 WORLD SERIES BEST BETS !

10/29/2025..................1 - 1- 0......................50.00%.....................+ 2.75
10/28/2025..................0 - 1 - 1......................25.00%.....................- 10.25
10/27/2025..................2 - 0 - 0.....................100.00%....................- 10.00
10/25/2025..................0 - 2 - 0......................00.00%.....................- 13.50
10/24/2025..................0 - 2 - 0......................00.00%.....................- 13.00

TOTALS.......................3 - 6 - 1.......................33.33%.....................- 24.00

 

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Thursday’s 6-pack:
— Blue Jays 6, Dodgers 1- Rookie Yesavage struck out 12 guys in 7 IP.
— First two batters of game homered for Toronto.
— Toronto heads home leading World Series, 3-2.
— Dallas 107, Indiana 105- Mavericks’ bench outscored Indiana’s, 64-43
— Denver 122, New Orleans 88- Jokic had 21 points, 12 boards, 10 assists, in 28:00
— Hawks 117-, Nets 112- Atlanta star Trae Young sprained his knee in first quarter.

Quote of the Day
“It shouldn’t be needed…I never wanted to miss a game, because it was an opportunity to prove — I want to impress that guy, way up in the top, who worked his ass off to come and watch me.”
Michael Jordan, talking about load management

Thursday’s quiz
Baltimore Ravens won the Super Bowl in 2012; who was their quarterback?

Wednesday’s quiz
In the movie Danny Collins, Al Pacino plays a famous singer who meets his son for the first time. Christopher Plummer played his agent in that movie.

Tuesday’s quiz
Former Chargers’ kicker Rolf Benirschke was the host of Wheel of Fortune for six months, in 1989.

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Thursday’s Den: Early NHL trends…….​

NHL trends
(thru Tuesday’s games)

Anaheim (5-3-1)
Won three of last four games.
Over 3-1 last four games.

Boston (5-7)
Lost their last four road games.
Over 4-1 last five games.

Buffalo (4-4-2)
Won four of last five home games.
Last three games went over the total.

Calgary (2-8-1)
Lost nine of first 11 games.
Over 5-1 road games.

Carolina (6-3)
Lost three of last four games.
Over 3-0 home games.

Chicago (5-3-2)
Won five of last seven games.
Under 6-2 last eight games.

Colorado (6-1-4)
Lost four of last five games.
Over four of last five games.

Columbus (5-4)
Won four of last five games.
Under 4-0 home games.

Dallas (6-3-1)
Won last three games, allowing 2-2-0 goals.
Last six games stayed under.

Detroit (7-3)
Won seven of last nine games.
Over 4-1 last five games.

Edmonton (5-4-2)
Lost five of last six road games.
Over 5-2 last seven games.

Florida (5-5-1)
4-2 at home, 1-4 on the road.
Under 5-2 last seven games.

Los Angeles (5-3-3)
Won four of last five games.
4-4 in OT/SO games.

Minnesota (3-5-3)
Lost seven of last eight games.
Over 5-0 home games.

Montreal (8-3)
Won eight of last 10 games.
Over 3-0 last three games.

Famous birthdays, October 30th:
Henry Winkler, 80
Phil Chenier, 75
Harry Hamlin, 74
Kevin Pollak, 68
Danny Tartabull, 63
Marco Scutaro, 50
Marcus Mariota, 32
Devin Booker, 29
Wenceel Perez, 26

Nashville (4-5-2)
Lost six of last eight games.
Under 3-1 road games.

New Jersey (8-2)
Won eight of last nine games.
Over 4-1 road games.

NY Islanders (4-4-1)
Won last three home games.
Over 8-1

NY Rangers (4-5-2)
Lost all five home games.
Under 4-1 home games.

Ottawa (5-5-1)
Won three of last four games.
Over 5-0 road games.

Philadelphia (5-3-1)
5- 1 at home, 0-3 on road.
Over 4-2 home games.

Pittsburgh (7-2-2)
Won five of last seven games.
Over 4-1 home games.

St Louis (3-6-1)
Lost last five games, outscored 26-14
Over last four games.

San Jose (2-6-2)
0-5 at home, outscored, 23-13
Over 4-1 last five games.

Seattle (5-2-3)
3-1 at home
Under 3-1 home games.

Tampa Bay (4-4-2)
Won last three games, allowing six goals.
Under 5-2 last seven games.

Toronto (5-4-1)
Lost both road games, 6-3/5-3
Over 5-0 last five games.

Utah (8-3)
Won seven of last eight games.
Over 4-1 last five games.

Vancouver (5-6)
Lost four of last five games.
Over 4-1 home games.

Vegas (6-1-3)
Won five of last seven games.
Over 3-1 home games.

Washington (6-4)
Lost last two games, scoring one goal.
Under 3-1 last four games.

Winnipeg (7-3)
Won all four road games.
Over 3-1 road games.

 

[Udog]

No game today. Game 6 is tomorrow in Toronto.

 

[Cnotes53]

Friday’s 6-pack:
NBA leaders in minutes per game:
40.3— VJ Edgecombe, Phil
38.8— Kelly Oubre, Phil
38.3— Lauri Markkanen, Utah
38.0— Alperen Sengun, Hst
36.5— Mikal Bridges, NY
36.3— Kevin Durant, Hst

Quote of the Day
“I looked at everything, as far as that. I’m going to do a better job with that. But there has been opportunities where it just didn’t happen. So I looked at everything, and I failed him. That’s what I told him. I have to do a better job with that. But it’s a two-way street. We definitely looked at that.”
Detroit Lions offensive coordinator John Morton, talking about WR Jameson Williams

Friday’s quiz
In the Peanuts comic strip, what is the kid’s name who plays the piano?

Thursday’s quiz
Baltimore Ravens won the Super Bowl in 2012; Joe Flacco was their quarterback.

Wednesday’s quiz
In the movie Danny Collins, Al Pacino plays a famous singer who meets his son for the first time. Christopher Plummer played his agent in that movie.

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Friday’s Den: Happy Halloween, everyone…….​

— Just watched Jeopardy! for the first time in years; I felt pretty freakin’ stupid

Luckily they had a football category in the early part, so I got those questions right, but most of the other questions, no chance.
When I was a kid, loved game shows, but I preferred Hollywood Squares to Jeopardy!
Gambit, Concentration, Wheel of Fortune were also on my game show list.

— Ravens 28, Dolphins 6
Miami in first half: 42 plays, 211 yards, only 6 points.
Dolphins converted 2-12 third down plays.
Miami in 2nd half: 23 plays, 120 yards, 2 turnovers, no points.
Dolphins missed a 35-yard FG, lost a fumble on their 4-yard line.
Baltimore led 14-6 at halftime.
Jackson threw for 204 yards, 4 TD’s in his return from injury.
Ravens are 14-8 ATS last 22 games as a road favorite.
Last three games, Baltimore held opponent to 74-96-87 rushing yards.

— Detroit Lions gave star DE Aidan Hutchinson a 4-year contract extension worth $180M, with $141M guaranteed, a record for any non-quarterback.

— Coastal Carolina 44, Marshall 27
Marshall led 27-17 at early in third quarter.
Marshall turned ball over on four straight drives after that.
Herd ran ball for 279 yards, but five turnovers is a killer.

— Texas-San Antonio 48, Tulane 26
McCown was 31-33/370 passing, with four TD’s.
Roadrunners led 31-12 at halftime.
UTSA had 116 penalty yards, but was +4 in turnovers.

— Jacksonville State 24, Middle Tennessee 21
Jax State outscored the Blue Raiders 14-7 in third quarter.
WR Johnson caught four passes for 131 yards, two TD’s.
Gamecocks are 4-0 in C-USA, tied for first with Kennesaw State

— Missouri State 28, FIU 21
RB Lawrence ran for 104 yards, two TD’s against his old team.
Overall, Bears ran the ball 37 times for 206 yards.
Missouri State converted 8-16 third down plays.

— Famous birthdays, October 31st:
Lee Grant, 100
John Lucas, 72
Mike Gallego, 65
Fred McGriff, 62
Blue Edwards, 60
Antonio Davis, 57
Steve Trachsel, 55
Piper Perabo, 49
Mike Napoli, 44
Tony Kemp, 34
Friday would’ve been John Candy’s 75th birthday

— Washington Nationals are hiring 33-year old Blake Butera as their new manager; he will be the youngest manager in the major leagues since 1972. Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol, 39, was the youngest MLB manager in 2025.
Butera comes from the Tampa Bay Rays’ organization; he played parts of two minor league seasons.
Nationals won the 2019 World Series, but haven’t won more than 71 games in a season since then.

— Minnesota Twins hired former Pirates manager Derek Shelton as their new skipper; Shelton managed Pittsburgh for 5+ seasons, getting fired after a 12-26 start this past season.
Twins have missed the playoffs four of last five years; they were 70-92 this year.

— College basketball starts Monday; West Virginia has its fourth head coach in four years, with former North Texas coach Ross Hodge the newest coach. He went 46-24 in two years with the Mean Green, going 24-12 in AAC games.
Last three years, West Virginia is 47-51, 21-35 in conference games.

— Michael Jordan criticized NBA players taking games off (load management); in his great career, Jordan played in all 82 games nine times. NBA had more physical games when he was playing, too.

— Blue Jays lead the World Series 3-2, after taking two of three games in Los Angeles
a) the 18-inning game Monday was epic, just a fun game to watch.
b) Shohei Ohtani batted nine times Monday and didn’t make an out.
c) Teams that won Game 5 of World Series when it was tied 2-2 have gone on to win the series 67.4% of the time.
d) Blue Jays rookie Trey Yesavage started this season pitching for Class A Dunedin in the Florida State League.
e) Blake Snell threw 116 pitches in Game 5, third-most in his career.

 

[Udog]

MLB
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MLB
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MLB

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Trend Report
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Los Angeles VS Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of LA Dodgers' last 10 games.
LA Dodgers is 16-4 SU in its last 20 games.
LA Dodgers is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games against Toronto.
LA Dodgers is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games on the road.
Toronto is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games.
Toronto is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games at home.
Toronto is 3-9 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers.
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Toronto's last 13 games against an opponent in the National League.


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[Cnotes53]

Friday, October 31​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
LAD at TOR	08:00 PM	LAD -140 O 7.5	+500 +500

 

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2025 WORLD SERIES BEST BETS !

10/31/2025..................1 - 1- 0......................50.00%.....................- 0.50
10/29/2025..................1 - 1- 0......................50.00%.....................+ 2.75
10/28/2025..................0 - 1 - 1......................25.00%.....................- 10.25
10/27/2025..................2 - 0 - 0.....................100.00%....................- 10.00
10/25/2025..................0 - 2 - 0......................00.00%.....................- 13.50
10/24/2025..................0 - 2 - 0......................00.00%.....................- 13.00

TOTALS.......................4 - 7 - 1.......................36.36%.....................- 24.50

 

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Saturday’s 6-pack:
— Bulls 135, Knicks 125- Chicago is 5-0 for the first time since 1997.
— Hawks 128, Pacers 108- Indiana is 0-5 after making the Finals last year.
— Raptors 112, Cavaliers 101- Toronto was +28 in 15:00 that Battle played.
— Celtics 109, 76ers 108- Teams have already split two one-point decisions.
— Lakers 117, Cavaliers 112- Luka Doncic scored 44 points, had 12 rebounds.
— Trail Blazers 109, Nuggets 107- Blazers outscored Denver 38-26 in 4th quarter.

Quote of the Day
“Every night there’s different guys making plays and stepping up. We’ve got a bunch of guys — six, seven guys averaging double figures. That kind of speaks volumes to how deep we are as a team and the impact we’re getting across the board.”
Chicago Bulls’ G Josh Giddey

Saturday’s quiz
When was the last time the World Series went seven games?

Friday’s quiz
In the Peanuts comic strip, Schroeder plays the piano.

Thursday’s quiz
Baltimore Ravens won the Super Bowl in 2012; Joe Flacco was their quarterback.

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Saturday’s Den: Random stuff with the weekend here……..​

So this happened the last couple of days………YouTubeTV and Disney are at war, so if you have YouTubeTV, for the time being you don’t have ESPN, ABC, Hulu. No bueno.
I have YouTubeTV because of the NFL Sunday Ticket; it is really good. They’ve set up a library of my favorite movies/TV shows. It is an excellent service.
I pay $120/year for ESPN+ because I love college basketball and they have most of the college basketball games on ESPN+, especially the more obscure leagues. Spend most of my winter on ESPN+, but maybe not this winter.
My thoughts are these:

— Hopefully, they’ll compromise soon and things will return to normal. College basketball starts on Monday; would like to watch the games.

— That said, I am BLEEPING sick and tired of corporate greed, where these networks try and weasel more $$$ out of every nook and cranny. I’ve paid you $120 and I still can’t use your service? Seriously???? Bleep you.

— FOX/DirecTV went thru this three years ago; not sure if they’ve ever resolved their issues, because I dumped DirecTV when they lost the Sunday Ticket.

— We’ll see what happens, but I’m not happy with the Disney people.

— Dodgers 3, Blue Jays 1
Dodgers only had four hits, three of them in the 3rd inning.
Blue Jays had runners on 2nd/3rd, none out in 9th, but didn’t score.
Toronto was 1-9 with runners in scoring position.
Game 7 is Saturday night in Toronto.
Toronto 3B Ernie Clement said Friday that he’s using a glove he bought on EBay a couple of months ago. Seriously.

— Memphis 38, Rice 14
Memphis led 31-7 at halftime.
QB Lewis was 18-22/225 passing; he also ran for 87 yards.
Memphis is 8-1; Rice is 4-5.

— North Carolina 27, Syracuse 10
Syracuse led 10-6 at halftime.
QB Lopez was 15-19/216 passing, with two TD’s.
Tar Heels outgained Syracuse, 425-147.

— Louisiana Tech 55, Sam Houston 14
RB Thevenin ran 11 times for 143 yards, three TD’s.
Tech led 27-0 at halftime.
Only six of Tech’s 60 plays were on third down.

— Famous birthdays, November 1st
Robert Foxworth, 84
Ted Hendricks, 78
Jenny McCarthy, 53
Coco Crisp, 46
Stephen Vogt, 41
Anthony Ramos, 34
Brent Rooker, 31
Trent Grisham, 29

— UCLA’s football team has a lease to play its home games at the Rose Bowl thru 2044; apparently, UCLA wants to move its home games to SoFi Stadium, starting as early as next season.
The city of Pasadena has filed a lawsuit that is meant to hold UCLA to its lease agreement at the Rose Bowl. The contract was originally signed in 2010. As usual, there will be lawyers involved.

— Arizona State QB Sam Leavitt has a foot injury, is out for the year; Jeff Sims is the backup; he’s thrown 49 passes for ASU this season.

— Miami Dolphins fired GM Chris Grier Friday; he had been with the Dolphins since 2000, been the GM since 2016, but Miami hasn’t won a playoff game since 2000 and now the team is overhauling their front office.
Coach Mike McDaniel will finish this season, but its hard to believe that the new GM won’t bring in a new coach this winter.

— Los Angeles Angels hired Mike Maddux as their new pitching coach; Maddux has been a pitching coach for four different teams over the last 23 years- he was with the Rangers when they won the World Series two years ago.

— Nine of the last 11 World Series ended with the visiting team winning the last game.

— Belmont has a basketball player, Tyler Lundblade, who shot 47.2% on the arc last year, going 100-212 on 3-pointers. He previously walked on at SMU and TCU but found his stride with Belmont last year.
There is a video of Lundblade making 10 or so 3-pointers in a row at a practice; apparently, he made 60+ in a row behind the arc that day. Shooting is marketable.

 

[Udog]

MLB
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MLB
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Los Angeles VS Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of LA Dodgers' last 11 games.
LA Dodgers is 16-4 SU in its last 20 games.
LA Dodgers is 13-7 SU in its last 20 games against Toronto.
LA Dodgers is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games on the road.
Toronto is 13-7 SU in its last 20 games.
Toronto is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games at home.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers.
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Toronto's last 20 games against an opponent in the National League West Division division.


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[Cnotes53]

Saturday, November 1​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
LAD at TOR	08:00 PM	TOR +125***** U 8.0*****	+500 +500

 

[Cnotes53]

Sunday’s 6-pack:
— Kings 135, Bucks 133- Zach LaVine scored 31 points.
— T’Wolves 122, Hornets 105- Wolves outscored Charlotte 36-18 in 3rd quarter.
— Pacers 114, Warriors 109- Pacers’ starters were +75, their subs, minus-50.
— Magic 125, Wizards 94- Paolo Banchero had 28 points, 11 rebounds.
— Rockets 128, Celtics 101- Kevin Durant scored 26 points in 30:00.
— Pistons 122, Mavericks 110- Jalen Duran scored 33 points, had 10 rebounds.

Quote of the Day
“That was incredible. You know, I talked to him yesterday, I was like, ‘Hey, if you can give us one we’re going to win.’ He gave us three. That was special. He’ll have a few months off. I know he’s going to need it, but I’m just happy for him. That was awesome.”
Dodgers C Will Smith, talking about Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Sunday’s quiz
Where did Packers’ QB Jordan Love play his college football?

Saturday’s quiz
2019 was the last time the World Series had gone seven games.

Friday’s quiz
In the Peanuts comic strip, Schroeder plays the piano.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a busy Saturday……​

— Dodgers 5, Blue Jays 4 (11)
Dodgers win World Series for second year in a row.
Tremendous World Series; lot of excellent action.
Toronto led this game 4-2 after the 7th inning.
Max Muncy homered in the 8th inning.
Miguel Rojas tied the game with a 9th inning homer.
Will Smith hit the game-winner, in the 11th.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw 96 pitches, won Friday’s game.
Yamamoto threw 34 pitches in this game, and won it, too.

— By the way, interviewing managers in the dugout during Game 7 of the World Series is BS. They never say anything interesting, it is just annoying.

— Georgia 24, Florida 20
Dawgs drove 82 yards, scoring winning TD with 4:36 left.
Georgia outgained Florida, 361-281
Dawgs were 7-15 on third down, Florida 2-11

— SMU 26, Miami 20 OT
SMU drove 69 yards, kicked game-tying FG with 0:25 left to force OT.
Miami had 12 penalties for 96 yards, SMU 4 for 40.
Since joining the league, Mustangs are 13-1 in ACC regular season games.

— West Virginia 45, Houston 35
WVU was +4 in turnovers, ran ball 53 times for 246 yards.
QB Fox threw for 157 yards and a TD, ran for 65 yards, two TD’s.
Mountaineers snapped a five-game losing skid.

— Duke 46, Clemson 45
Duke scored TD with 0:40 left, went for 2 points, got a road win.
Duke converted two 4th down plays on the game-winning drive.
Blue Devils hadn’t won at Clemson since 1980.

— Upsets of the Week:
Fresno State (+17.5) 30, Boise State 7
West Virginia (+13.5) 45, Houston 35
SMU (+12.5) 26, Miami 20 OT
Kentucky (+10.5) 10, Auburn 3
Arizona State (+7.5) 24, Iowa State 19
Arkansas State (+7.5) 23, Troy 10
NC State (+5.5) 48, Georgia Tech 36
Coastal Carolina (+5.5) 44, Marshall 27

— Mississippi State 38, Arkansas 35
Arkansas led 35-21 with 11:00 left in the game.
Miss State drove 69 yards, scored game-winning TD with 0:48 left.
Arkansas had 18 penalties for 193 yards. Lot of penalties.

— Minnesota 23, Michigan State 20 OT
Gophers led 10-0 at halftime.
Gophers drove 65 yards, scored TD to force OT with 0:29 left.
Both teams played a freshman QB.

— Arizona State 24, Iowa State 19
Backup QB Sims ran for 228 yards, 2 TD’s, threw for 177 yards and a TD.
Sun Devils outgained Iowa State, 467-336.
ASU won despite committing 11 penalties for 119 yards.

— New Mexico 40, UNLV 35
Lobos drove 75 yards, scored winning TD with 2:54 left.
QB Layne threw for 342 yards, 3 TD’s.
New Mexico is bowl eligible for first time since 2016.

— Famous birthdays, November 2nd:
Ron Reed, 83
Tom Paciorek, 79
Willie McGee, 67
David Schwimmer, 59
Orlando Cabrera, 51
Danny Amendola, 40
Jimmy Garoppolo, 34
Jordan Love, 27
Parker Meadows, 26

— USC 21, Nebraska 17
Nebraska led 14-6 at halftime.
USC completed only 9-23 passes, but ran for 202 yards.
Nebraska QB Raiola (ankle) was hurt in the third quarter.

— NC State 48, Georgia Tech 36
Tech had been 7-0 for the first time since 1966.
Wolfpack scored six TD’s, two FG’s on 10 drives.
Total yardage in this game: State 583, Tech 559;
— Oklahoma 33, Tennessee 27
Sooners’ QB Matter threw for 159 yards, ran for 80 more.
Tennessee outgained Sooners 456-351, but had 3 turnovers.
Oklahoma overcame 11 penalties for 104 yards.

— Kentucky 10, Auburn 3
Kentucky’s defense had seven sacks.
Total yardage: 241-240, Auburn.
Just 2nd win for Kentucky in their last 21 games vs Auburn.