The cold streak for me continues 1-2 last night and losing my TOP play.  I will get through this, every sports handicapper has a cold streak and I look towards tonight's games to get me back in the winners circle. 1* = $100  TOP FREE PLAY – 28-17-1 (62.2%) (+$4365) NBA YTD 20-21 (48.7%) (+$394) MLB YTD 40-39-1 (50.6%) (+$611) NHL YTD 17-12-1 (58.6%) (+$627) NFL YTD 1-0 (100%) (+$310) PARLAY’S YTD (1*) – 0-2 (0%) (-$200) YEAR-TO-DATE * - 2* 19-13 (59%) 3* 36-37 (49.3%) 4* 20-22-2 (47.6%) 5* 3-0 (100%) All lines courtesy Pinnacle Sports TOP play in bold LA KINGS ml +130 (4*) - Daryl Suter  has his teams mind set on winning here.  They don't want to give any hope for the Rangers tonight.  Rangers had their chance in game 3 and blew it, so it's going to be hard to come out tonight and play knowing only 1 team in NHL history has come back being down 3-0 and go on to win.  That was in 1942.  The Kings D is awesome, Quick is outstanding and on his game.  Kings have the scoring to do it tonight and with the Cup in the building it will be risen.  KINGS win the cup 3-1 Diamondbacks ml +114 (3*) - McCarthy has faced Houston twice in his career and is 2-0 with a .60 ERA and Keuchel is 0-2 against Arizona with a 7.20 ERA.  Taking Arizona with Houston's leadoff man out of the lineup tonight and Springer not 100%. A's/Angels OVER 8 -105 (3*) - Weaver back on June 1st struggled against the A's bats giving up 5 earned runs and 11 hits over 6 innings.  Looking for much of the [...]

It was a 1-1-1 day yesterday with my top play on over in Oakland/Baltimore cashing, Texas losing, and my total on the Dodgers game becoming void after the game was cut short due to weather. For those wondering about how bets work on games like that, totals must go at least 8.5 innings to be official while sides only need to go the requisite five innings to declare a winner. That's something to keep in mind should you be betting on games with questionable weather. There is baseball and Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals on the card tonight so let's get right to the picks. All lines taken from Pinnacle Sports with bet amounts "to win" on favorites and flat on underdogs Play of the Day in Bold NBA YTD: 12-13-1 (-$187) NHL YTD: 9-13-3 (-$417) MLB YTD: 54-59-8 (+$280) MLB Plays Cincinnati ML (-115) $230 to win $200 The Reds dropped two of three out in L.A a few weeks back but as this four-game series starts the Reds are out for revenge. I've talked about Cincinnati's struggles this season against left-handed pitching, but the Dodgers actually have a worse average (.206) against southpaw starters. Tony Cingrani has run into some sophomore struggles so far this year but when he is on, he's got some of the best stuff in the National League. Cincinnati is 5-1 SU in their last six against a right-handed starter and they are 4-1 SU after their last five victories. Dan Haren has been good for L.A this season but he is far from special and the Dodgers are 0-4 SU in his last four starts. That run goes to 0-5 SU when Haren is up against [...]

It was another 2-1 night last night with my play of the day on the over in Houston/Minnesota hitting after the game was delayed. The Phillies showed up as the Reds struggles against left-handers continued and Cleveland couldn't manage to come all the way back against the Rangers. It's on to tonight's card though with the Stanley Cup Playoffs getting going again as well as a full MLB card. All lines taken from Pinnacle Sports with bet amounts "to win" on favorites and flat on underdogs Play of the Day in Bold NBA YTD: 12-13-1 (-$187) NHL YTD: 9-12-3 (-$177) MLB YTD: 51-56-7 (+$192) Belmont Stakes Thoughts I read DRock's thoughts on the Belmont Stakes and was surprised to see what he said. Quite frankly I couldn't disagree more with his idea that this is a "Hollywood" storybook finish because history tells me otherwise. No horse has won the Triple Crown since 1978 and it's not like it's a small sample size either. 11 horses have had the chance to win the Belmont for the Triple Crown since 1978 and all 11 have failed. That's not even including "I'll Have Another" in 2012 after he won the first two legs and pulled out of the Belmont. The last horse to race with a shot at the Triple Crown was Big Brown in 2008. Brown was absolutely dominant in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness and entered the Belmont as a heavy favorite; sound familiar? Well Big Brown pulled up early in that race and didn't even finish the race as Da'Tara came in to win at nearly 80-1. I'm not saying a longshot will come in today, but there is no chance I'm betting California Chrome [...]