The curse of the infielders gloves turning to frying pans continue
I have never, ever seen an inning like the top of the 2nd at Wrigley last night
An inning ending double play turns into a run and no outs after DeRose flops all over the infield
Another potential inning ending double play turns into an infield single when Derek Lee muffs the ball then cant find it
Big Z could NOT believe it
This is after Big Z had the place on its fuckin feet after a 1-2-3, first inning capped by a Manny Ramirez strike out
The Cubs were dead after that, the bats just die in October, two years in a row, five games in a row, no offense to be found whatsoever
A fake rally in the bottom of the ninth is alls they could muster
The Goat, the Black Cat, Bartman all showed up at once
I have never seen such a collapse in two games, when a team was heavily favored, at HOME, with the best home field advantage in baseball
But its not over yet, Cubs are somehow still favored on Saturday night with Rich Harden on the mound, no cubs fan will say it but Rich Harden is the best pitcher on the team PERIOD
And he is going up against the worst pitcher in the playoffs that is not a Milwaukee Brewer
Hiroki Kurodo has had luck against the Cubs, but come on, he is Hirkoki Kurodo
Lets update the Odds
Chi. Cubs (+300) +450..+1400
TB Rays (+350) +350....+400
LA Angels (+500) +500..+550
Red Sox (+550) +300...+250
Phillies (+850) +600..+450
Dodgers (+900) +500...+300
White Sox (+1000)+1000.+1400
Brewers (+1000)+1500..+3300
So they are still giving the Cubs a punchers chance here while ruling the Brewers out completely. It says alot that the White Sox and Cubs have the same odds although the Chi Sox are down 0-1 and still have two home games left while the Cubbies are down 0-2 and will be lucky to even see Wrigley again.
The Dodgers have sky rocketed to +300 while the Red Sox impressed many with their win and are the clubhouse favorites at +250. I called an epic Angels collapse with the 100-win curse but that is still early and not bad value seeing them at +550.
College Football Friday Night
3 units on Utah State +28.5
CMarsh, put it best
"Its not everyday you can get 28.5 on a home dog on an in-state game."
MLB NLDS Friday 10.03.08
2 units on Tampa Bay -150
4 units on LA Angels -128
4 units on LA Angels -128
College Football Saturday 10.04.08
With the way the weekend forecast is looking, I am going to go ahead and get these plays in
McNeil and I are headed East to hopefully find a sportsbar with ESPN GamePlan to watch the Rutgers/WVU game and then attend Chucks wedding/funeral later in the evening
1 unit Tulsa -16.5
2 units Kentucky +14.5
3 units California -8.5
3 units UTEP +7.5
3 units Kansas St. +7
4 units North Carolina -7.5
Big Ten Game of the Year
8 units on Iowa +7
The Office
Season Two
Episode One
"The Dundies"
| Michael Scott: | A lot of the people here don't get trophies very often, like Meridith or Kevin. I mean who's gonna give Kevin an award? Dunkin' Donuts? |
| Jan Levinson-Gould: | You already had a party on May fifth for no reason-- |
| Michael Scott: | No reason? It was the 05/05/05 party, it happens once every billion years. |
| Jan Levinson-Gould: | --and a tsunami relief fundraiser which somehow lost a lot of money. |
| Michael Scott: | No that was a fun raiser, I think I made that very clear in the flyers. |
| Michael Scott: | What are we going to play for the ladies, hit it Dwight! |
| [Dwight starts playing recorder to Mambo #5] | |
| Michael Scott: | A little bit of Pam all night long, a little bit of Angela on the thing, a little bit of Phyllis everywhere, a little bit of Roy eating chicken-crispers, a little bit of Jim with some ribs... |
WPIAL High School Friday Night
Shaler vs North Allegheny
First place in the Class AAAA Norther Six Conference is on the line
As much as it pains me to say, NA has owned Shaler in the past winning 16 of the last 17 games. I think Neil Gordon can turn things around but it is going to be tough tonight.
Closer than the experts think
-n
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