HERE ARE MY SERIES PICKS, AS WELL AS GAME ONE SELECTIONS...
NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES
SAN DIEGO +150
MILWAUKEE -180
I LIKE BOTH SQUADS HERE AND I HONESTLY BELIEVE THE WINNER OF THUS SERIES WILL WIN THE WORLD SERIES, BUT AT ONLY FIVE GAMES, I GOTTA TAKE THE TEAM WITH THE STRONGER ROTATION. THAT'S MILWAUKEE
-180
GAME ONE SAT 830PM EST AT AMERICAN
FAMILY FIELD IN MILWAUKEE (FOX SPORTS 1)
SAN DIEGO (RAY) +167 & +1' (-132)
MILWAUKEE (MISIOROSKI) -205 & - 1' (+110)
TOTAL 7 OVER -109 UNDER -111
ROBBIE RAY. GETS THE BALL IN GAME ONE FOR THE PADRES AFTER BEING ACQUIRED FROM THE GIANTS AT THE TRADE DEADLINE.
HE'S BEEN EXCELLENT ALL SEASON BUT HE'S IN TROUBLE IN GAME ONE ON THE ROAD
AGAINST THE SLAM DUNK NATIONAL LEAGUE CY YOUNG WINNER JACOB MISIOROSKI. SAN DIEGO CAN DO SOME DAMAGE BUT MAYBE IN GAMES 2 OR 3. NOT AGAINST THE MIZ. I'LL TAKE THE BREWERS ON THE RUN LINE AT +110
AND UNDER 7
NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES
ATLANTA +190
LOS ANGELES -230
EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING WOULD LOVE FOR THE BRAVOS TO WIN THIS SERIES, BUT IT'S JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN. THE DODGERS MAY NOT THREE-PEAT, BUT THEY CERTAINLY AIN'T GONNA BE A FIRST ROUND EXIT, EITHER.
DODGERS -230
GAME ONE SAT 4PM EST AT DODGER STADIUM
IN LALA LAND (FOX)
ATLANTA (BULLPEN) +182 & +1' (-115)
DODGERS (SKUBAL) -223 & -1' (-105)
TOTAL 8 OVER -115 UNDER -105
IN A SURPRISING MOVE, DODGER MANAGER DAVE ROBERTS DECIDES TO GO WITH TARIK SKUBAL IN GAME ONE INSTEAD OF LAST SEASON'S WORLD SERIES MVP YOSHINOBU YAMAMOTO. IT WON'T REALLY MATTER IN A BULLPEN GAME WHERE THE DODGERS WILL LIGHT UP THE BRAVES PEN AND SKUBAL WILL GO 7 STRONG. DODGERS RUN LINE AND OVER 8
AMERICAN LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES
TAMPA BAY EVEN
NEW YORK -120
THIS HAS THE MAKINGS OF AN EXCELLENT SERIES, BUT I DON'T SEE IT. THE YANKEES HAVE THREE TOP NOTCH STARTERS, BUT THE RAYS ARE THE TEAM TO BEAT. GIMME TAMPA AT EVEN MONEY WHERE I BELIEVE THEY'RE UNDERVALUED
GAME ONE SAT 630PM EST AT TROPICANA
FIELD IN TAMPA (TBS)
NEW YORK (COLE) +113 & +1' (-199)
TAMPA BAY (RASMUSSEN) -136 & -1' (+163)
TOTAL 7 OVER -107 UNDER -113
GERRIT COLE WAS BOUGHT BY THE YANKEES SPECIFICALLY FOR OCTOBER BASEBALL AND WHILE HE'S HAD HIS MOMENTS, HE'S ALSO HAD HIS SHARE OF FLOPS. DREW RASMUSSEN HAS BEEN DOMINANT FOR TAMPA ALL SEASON TO THE TUNE OF 16-5 WITH A 2.67 ERA. I KNOW ALL ABOUT THE RUST FACTOR IN THESE LDS GAMES, BUT I'M NOT BUYING IT HERE. TAMPA HAS BEEN BETTER THAN THE YANKEES ALL SEASON AND WIN GAME ONE TO GET A LEG UP. RAYS ML AND UNDER 7
AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
CHICAGO +120
CLEVELAND -140
I LIKE CHICAGO AND WHAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED THIS SEASON, BUT IT COMES TO AN END HERE AGAINST A BETTER, MORE BALANCED CLEVELAND SQUAD
GAME ONE SAT 1PM EST AT PROGRESSIVE
FIELD IN CLEVELAND (TRUTV)
CHICAGO (SMITH) +129 & +1' (-175)
CLEVELAND (MESSICK) -156 & -1' (+144)
TOTAL 7 OVER +102 UNDER -123
CHICAGO HAS TO GET ONE GAME IN CLEVELAND BUT THEY HAVE A BETTER SHOT IN GAME 2 THAN HERE. PARKER MESSICK HAS BEEN DIRTY ALL SEASON AND WON'T STOP NOW. I'LL TAKE THE INDANS, YEP, I CALLED THEM THE INDIANS, ON THE MONEY LINE AND UNDER
