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I see someone asked about the Buffalo game and just wanted to let everyone know that it is a horrendous travel aspect for the Bulls here. They left on Thursday so that they could get a flight into South Dakota but from there they had to bus another hour just to get to the venue. They also are forced to stay overnight because no flights leave until Sunday morning. I don't know if this will effect them but it is something to consider in this one.

Best of luck today NRopp, a really tough day to handicap as the board is so loaded, we need to clone you for days like this.

Look back at his threads earlier this week, although I may be wrong with all of these games on the board it probably will be Wyoming like Kine Professor said. He already mentioned that he was hoping for a Colorado State blowout on Tuesday, we will see and best of luck today NRopp.

Nropp, rare to get Butler as a underdog in Horizon League play, in fact they have been favored in all four so far this year. Yes, they are 0-3-1 ATS in the Horizon League this year but I like them getting points here. Detroit has been a major disappointment and while the Titans need this game they are only 1-4 in conference against the 8th toughest schedule (HL) while Butler is 3-1 against the 5th toughest HL schedule. The game might win or lose, but I'm Butler with you, good luck buddy and thanks for sharing your writeups.

NRopp, big fan of your knowledge and I enjoy your insight. I don't think I missed it yet but did you do your conference rankings yet? I wrote them down earlier this year with the ten or so you did and am interested in your insight into the rest of the conferences. Thanks for taking time out of your day to do these writeups, simply outstanding research!

Only if the game lands 152!

Texas +1.16 (Wilson vs. Carpenter)

For what it is worth, I like Texas for the Series as well, here is my writeup:

I hate to fade a destiny type team like the Cardinals but something tells me they are in trouble in this series. They were able to defeat the mighty Phillies and then defeated the Brewers who were the best home team this year but taking on the Rangers here is a totally different animal. The first problem that St. Louis will encounter is a lineup that can batter any opponent as they average 5.3 runs per game on the year and against right handed starters like they are facing tonight in Carpenter they averaged 5.4 runs per game. That tells me that they don't care who is on the mound, they have the confidence to hit them. I'll just focus in on tonight's game to show you the disparity here as the Rangers are 76-46 against right handed starters this year for a profit of 17.1 units while the Cardinals are only 20-22 against left handed starters for a loss of 6 units this year. The Cardinals are likely to face 3 left handers in this series and while their lineup appears stacked on that side, the proof is in the pudding and the big factor is the lack of power from Berkman on the right hand side. I also believe that despite the performances this postseason, the Rangers have the better bullpen and the Cardinals have blown their load in that respect. This is of course gambling and anything can happen but the line value on this series is strongly in favor of Texas, whether they win or not is a different story. Tonight's HP Umpire is Jerry Layne and one interesting angle here is that Layne has umped 5 games for the Cardinals this year including a playoff performance and the Cards have went 3-2 while he has not umped one game for the Rangers this year so the advantage there is for the Cards BUT Carpenter has had two career starts with Layne and he is 0-2 in two very high scoring games. The Rangers just beat a team in the Tigers that are very similar to the Cardinals in that Leyland manages his team quite like LaRussa and while St. Louis is more healthy, they are still a team without a lot of speed other than Furcal and I still question his speed as well. If I was not getting destroyed in football the way that I am this year I would be increasing my bet on this series as I really think Texas should be a -2.00 favorite. I hope that I am right but these are my bets not only for tonight but also the series!

RECORD TO DATE 56-46-1 +2191 L2

Milwaukee/St. Louis Under 7 1/2 -1.13 (Greinke vs. Garcia)

RECORD TO DATE 56-45-1 +2296 L1

Texas/Detroit Under 7 -1.05 (Wilson vs. Verlander)

RECORD TO DATE 56-44-1 +2396

Detroit +1.10 (Harrison vs. Porcello)

Weebs, thanks for posting this everyday. Just to give you a heads up that the backup goalie for Columbus is Curtis Sanford though, not Garon! Keep up the great work, I went to Columbus' Team Website to get that info.

https://bluejackets.nhl.com/club/roster.htm

RECORD TO DATE 55-44-1 +2296 L2

Detroit -1.24 (Lewis vs. Fister)

St. Louis/Milwaukee Under 8 1/2 -1.01 (Jackson vs. Marcum)

RECORD TO DATE 55-42-1 +2497

St. Louis +1.36 (Garcia vs. Greinke)

RECORD TO DATE 54-42-1 +2397

Texas -1.05 (Verlander vs. Wilson)

RECORD TO DATE 53-42-1 +2294

Arizona/Milwaukee Under 7 +1.03 (Kennedy vs. Gallardo)

Detroit +1.49 (Fister vs. Nova)

RECORD TO DATE 52-41-1 +2269

Milwaukee/Arizona Under 9 1/2 -1.24 (Wolf vs. Saunders)

RECORD TO DATE 51-41-1 +2169 W4

Philadelphia/St. Louis Under 7 -1.09 (Hamels vs. Garcia)

RECORD TO DATE 50-41-1 +2069

Texas/Tampa Bay Under 8 -1.12 (Lewis vs. Price)

RECORD TO DATE 49-41-1 +1969

Detroit/NY Yankees Under 9 +1.02 (Scherzer vs. Garcia)