LT Profits
Seattle Seahawks +6.5
The Monday Night Football contest between the Seattle Seahawks and the San Diego Chargers features the largest pointspread of any preseason game so fat this year, and frankly, not only do we feel the spread is inflated but we also give the underdog Seahawks an excellent chance to win straight up!
As usual, LaDainian Tomlinson has yet to see a snap in the preseason, and that will be the case again this week. However, that is not the entire story. The Chargers will also again be without tight end Antonio Gates, and without LT and Gates in the lineup, the club manages just six points vs. the St/ Louis Rams last week. As if that is not bad enough, linebacker Shawne Merriman may have a torn posterior cruciate ligament.
Now the Seahawks may be without quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, but they will not be missing anyone else of note, and Charlie Frye played commendably in directing Seattle to a thrilling 29-26 overtime win over the Bears last week. Seneca Wallace has also performed well in the past, so the drop-off at the quarterback position is not all that much for just one game.
The bottom line here is that the Seahawks have played better this preseason and they will have more guns at their disposal, a dangerous combination for a decided underdog like this.
Pick: Seahawks +6.5
Los Angeles Dodgers @ Philadelphia Phillies Under 8.0
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies were in a 2-1 game with two outs in the ninth inning last night, and although four more runs were then scored, the contest still stayed Under, and we look for another such result tonight.
Chad Billingsley deserved much better than his 12-9 record for the Dodgers, as he owns a 3.10 ERA and is among the league leaders in strikeouts with 168 in just 162.2 innings. He limited the Phillies to just one run and four hits in seven innings the last time he faced them, and he is catching a Philadelphia lineup here that is batting a pathetic .223 over the last 10 games.
Meanwhile, Brett Myers has completely turned his season around for the Phillies, and he is finally pitching like the number two starter he was projected to be. Myers has now allowed three runs or less in six consecutive starts, and he is coming off of a Complete Game shutout of the Washington Nationals. True, the Nats are not much, but Myers did toss a Quality Start in his only other outing vs. the Dodgers this year.
Look for both offenses to struggle once again.
Pick: Dodgers, Phillies Under 8
Seattle Seahawks +6.5
The Monday Night Football contest between the Seattle Seahawks and the San Diego Chargers features the largest pointspread of any preseason game so fat this year, and frankly, not only do we feel the spread is inflated but we also give the underdog Seahawks an excellent chance to win straight up!
As usual, LaDainian Tomlinson has yet to see a snap in the preseason, and that will be the case again this week. However, that is not the entire story. The Chargers will also again be without tight end Antonio Gates, and without LT and Gates in the lineup, the club manages just six points vs. the St/ Louis Rams last week. As if that is not bad enough, linebacker Shawne Merriman may have a torn posterior cruciate ligament.
Now the Seahawks may be without quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, but they will not be missing anyone else of note, and Charlie Frye played commendably in directing Seattle to a thrilling 29-26 overtime win over the Bears last week. Seneca Wallace has also performed well in the past, so the drop-off at the quarterback position is not all that much for just one game.
The bottom line here is that the Seahawks have played better this preseason and they will have more guns at their disposal, a dangerous combination for a decided underdog like this.
Pick: Seahawks +6.5
Los Angeles Dodgers @ Philadelphia Phillies Under 8.0
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies were in a 2-1 game with two outs in the ninth inning last night, and although four more runs were then scored, the contest still stayed Under, and we look for another such result tonight.
Chad Billingsley deserved much better than his 12-9 record for the Dodgers, as he owns a 3.10 ERA and is among the league leaders in strikeouts with 168 in just 162.2 innings. He limited the Phillies to just one run and four hits in seven innings the last time he faced them, and he is catching a Philadelphia lineup here that is batting a pathetic .223 over the last 10 games.
Meanwhile, Brett Myers has completely turned his season around for the Phillies, and he is finally pitching like the number two starter he was projected to be. Myers has now allowed three runs or less in six consecutive starts, and he is coming off of a Complete Game shutout of the Washington Nationals. True, the Nats are not much, but Myers did toss a Quality Start in his only other outing vs. the Dodgers this year.
Look for both offenses to struggle once again.
Pick: Dodgers, Phillies Under 8
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Monday, August 25, 2008...We have 1 NFL play and 4 MLB plays so far today, emailed earlier to subscribers of Professional Gambler Newsletter. Here's a comp copy of one of our plays, as published in today's Professional Gambler Newsletter...
CHARGERS -5.5 -109 over Seahawks
Matt Hasselbeck is out as Seattle's quarterback for this game (back stiffness.) Third-stringer Charlie Frye will be Hasselback's backup because Seneca Wallace, the 2nd-stringer, is recovering from a groin problem.
Seattle's starting center, Chris Spencer, is also missing because of back trouble.
Are you ready?...Backup center Chris Gray is also out because of back trouble.
Are counting? That's a third-string quarterback behind a third-string center, the two most important positions for any sports bettor.
Chargers' head coach, Norm Turner, figures to use this game to test a lot of his starting players. We expect the Chargers' 'A' players to take the field. Like many coaches, Turner figures to be serious about tonight's third week of preseason. Look for Turner to rest a lot of his starters next week, using Week Four to decide which players to cut from his team.
In our newsletter yesterday we wrote the script in last night's Bills-Colts' game, and we feel at least as good about tonight's game. Pawn your wife's vacuum cleaner if you have to, but get down on this game.
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Monday, August 25, 2008...We have 1 NFL play and 4 MLB plays so far today, emailed earlier to subscribers of Professional Gambler Newsletter. Here's a comp copy of one of our plays, as published in today's Professional Gambler Newsletter...
CHARGERS -5.5 -109 over Seahawks
Matt Hasselbeck is out as Seattle's quarterback for this game (back stiffness.) Third-stringer Charlie Frye will be Hasselback's backup because Seneca Wallace, the 2nd-stringer, is recovering from a groin problem.
Seattle's starting center, Chris Spencer, is also missing because of back trouble.
Are you ready?...Backup center Chris Gray is also out because of back trouble.
Are counting? That's a third-string quarterback behind a third-string center, the two most important positions for any sports bettor.
Chargers' head coach, Norm Turner, figures to use this game to test a lot of his starting players. We expect the Chargers' 'A' players to take the field. Like many coaches, Turner figures to be serious about tonight's third week of preseason. Look for Turner to rest a lot of his starters next week, using Week Four to decide which players to cut from his team.
In our newsletter yesterday we wrote the script in last night's Bills-Colts' game, and we feel at least as good about tonight's game. Pawn your wife's vacuum cleaner if you have to, but get down on this game.
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