Sports Selections on August 9 from 3Daily Winners

As KC and the Sunshine Band used to say, “That’s the way we like it” after another 3-0 day here at 3DW. Our last 34 plays are now 26-8, 76.4 percent. Atlanta has beaten Arizona twice in their series; today’s Top Trend looks at if they can do it again. The LCC was correct on the Dodgers last night and has another consensus selection. No great systems in baseball, thus have unofficial one to ponder in the NFL. Good Luck.

Free Football System -1) PLAY UNDER on any team where the total is between 35.5 and 42 points in the first two weeks of the NFL Preseason. Teams that fit are Indy, Dallas and Washington. This system is 44-14, 72.4 percent. Please note this will not be official system play.

Free Baseball Trend -2) Atlanta is 1-12 against the money line in road games after a win by four runs or more this season.

Free Baseball Selection -3) The Left Coast Connection has seven bettors on the Chicago Cubs today and not a soul on the Cardinals.

Free Baseball Selections at 3Daily Winners

It’s been awhile, but it was due to happen, we finally had a losing 1-2 day. The Top Trend lost for the first time in eight days and comes back with perfect angle, which have hit nine of ten. A top notch System has several variables, with the day of the week being one of them and has won over 84 percent of the time. The Left Coast Connection has supplied many consensus winners as Free plays and has another. Good Luck.

Free Baseball System -1) PLAY AGAINST home underdogs, like Seattle with a money line of +125 to +175, who are below average AL hitting team (.265 or lower BA) against a team with a good bullpen like Tampa Bay, with an ERA under 3.75, playing on Friday. This system is ruthless 39-7, 84.8 percent the last 11 years.

Free Baseball Trend -2) Minnesota is 12-0 (+13.9 Units) against the money line with an on base percentage of .393 or better over their last three games this season.

Free Baseball Selection -3) The Left Coast Connection has eight members on the Dodgers with nary a soul backing the Giants. Like yesterday, divided opinions on the NFL tonight.

Broadway Brett affecting NFL

The Brett Favre soap opera has come to a conclusion and it couldn’t end soon enough for most people. The Green Bay Packers have traded Farve to the Jets for a conditional fourth round pick that should at the very least be a second round selection. Unfortunately, this will be play out longer in Wisconsin than most of the new shows that will be debuting on the various television networks this fall. This whole circumstance could have been avoided if Favre and the Green Bay Packers had acted like smart business people, interested in win-win scenario, instead of narcissistic individuals, playing to the crowd. This whole mess will end up having an impact on several teams, leading one to be cautious about making win total wagers.

Starting with Favre, his behavior off the field the several seasons has left a lot to be desired. The constant flip-flopping of retirement talk has made even boxers blush by comparison. In fact, its surprising Republicans haven’t come out and said Barack Obama is like Brett Favre, wavering on decisions.

Favre has given his all for the Green and Gold, no denying that, yet his constant off-field self-induced dramas has made him the butt of jokes. You have to ask yourself, why Favre would go on Fox’s Greta Van Susteren show. This is sports news, not national news in a traditional sense. Plus, calling out his employers, not feeling loved and wanted, despite making 12 million a year and having about 90 percent of the people in the state in your corner, no matter how many slip-ups over the years. Flying back to be at Lambeau Field for the team’s first official controlled scrimmage with Aaron Rodgers under center last Sunday, told everyone about how important Favre felt about his own shadow.

It’s not like the Green Bay front office is blame-less. General Manager Ted Thompson has never publicly stated any ill-will towards Favre, but has never gone out of this too praise him a great deal, more talking about the team in football-speak. His ridiculous stance of not wanting to Favre back is plain idiotic, since even if Favre were to play back to 2005-06 levels, he’s still in the top half of all starting quarterbacks in the NFL. Where do you or any other GM believes Aaron Rodgers ranks coming into 2008?

The sense you get is Thompson has done a good job rebuilding the Packers into a playoff team and he has fairly high opinion of himself for doing so. His Seattle days left more than a few feathers ruffled and he seems to have the full support of coach Mike McCarthy. This off-season, all of us have seen and heard more from McCarthy than any of his previous two seasons in Packer-land and it’s quite clear, he has his coach-speak down cold. The whole “80-man team” works well in July and August, but what about a divided locker after a few losses early in the season.

Kudos to Aaron Rodgers for being the best adult in the room. His situation was almost impossible after Favre retired, now with this, wow. If adversity determines the strength of a man, than Rodgers could probably win the gold medal for “clean and jerk” portion of the Beijing Olympics right today and the regular season is a month away. He’s done everything flawlessly off the field, however will be judged with greater scrutiny for what he does on the gridiron.

It is of note; the Packers have stayed at 9-1 odds to be NFC Super Bowl representative, however have been passed by Minnesota (5-1) and New Orleans (7-1) and tied by Philadelphia and Seattle as possible Super Bowl teams. Green Bay’s win total has also dropped from opening of Un9 to even money (-115 each side) at 8.5 wins at every sportsbook I could find.

Packer players have talked about being tired of all this talk about one man, who just recently became officially un-retired. What happens if the team gets off to slow start as Steve Makinen from StatFox.com wondered? “Opening Minnesota game has to be emotional on several levels, followed by a short week at sometimes challenging Detroit. Next is home game with Dallas. I’m not saying a 0-3 start will happen, but if it did, you could likely pull the plug on 2008 dreams.”

Tampa Bay figured to be the favorite all along, however something just didn’t click and will be determined in the days ahead. The New York Jets made plenty of noise in the off-season, with signings and now have made the play to knock the Giants off the front page of the sports section. A reasonable argument can be made that the Flyboys offensive skill players are every bit as good as the Packers with receiver Laveranues Coles and running back Thomas Jones leading the way. New York’s offensive line has to be considered above average with youthful talent blended with All-Pro free agent Alan Faneca. Sportsbooks across the world immediately pulled the Jets season total of wins and other long term projection odds. It would seem having the Flyboys at 7.5 or 8 wins, is looking a whole lot better today than on original purchase.

Minnesota thought they were seriously in the running, but underestimated Green Bay’s stubborn in keeping number four out of the division. The Vikings can say what they want, but having arguably the best offensive and defensive lines in the NFL, playing six games against Rodgers, Jon Kitna and T-Rex/Orton, would have made them feel pretty secure having the grey-speckled signal caller under center and improved their odds dramatically as NFC Central and NFC rep down in Tampa in February.

At this juncture, rehashing what should have occurred won’t change what did. Nonetheless, the miscalculations and ego-driven behavior will have direct impact on how the 2008 season will play out for all the teams involved in this fracas. It’s a sad day for Green Bay, but Broadway Brett is the new center of attention in the Big Apple.

Free Baseball Picks at 3Daily Winners

Hard to get too upset when a 2-1 day lowers your average, but that’s what has happened at 3Daily Winners, now a paltry (?) 22-6, 78.5 percent in last 28 Free Selections. Sal from the LCC has what he believes is another Free Winner out West. The Top Trends have won seven straight and looks at Rocky Mountain matchup. Super System play came up short and has intriguing play at 52-11 up today. Good Luck.

Free Baseball System -1) PLAY AGAINST all underdogs like the A’s with a money line of +100 or higher, who are poor AL offensive team scoring 4.2 runs a game or less against a team with a very good bullpen like Toronto (ERA of 3.33 or less), with a starting pitcher like Justin Duchscherer who gives up 5.5 or less hits a start. This scintillating system is 52-11, 82.5 percent.

Free Baseball Trend -2) Washington is 3-13 in 2008 when Jason Bergmann is starting pitcher.

Free Baseball Selection -3) Sal’s tremendous baseball exploits continue after yesterday’s winner and he is on Arizona to rebound versus Atlanta. FYI- The Left Coast Connection members are all over the board on tonight’s NFL preseason games, thus nothing to report.

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Back to deliver more winning information on 20-5 run, we’ve found a Super System that hits 80 percent right on the nose, on a large number of plays. Top Trend returns and it turns out to be one of those perfect, 100 percent angles. Sal from the LCC was hot in Vegas, will he continue, see below. Good Luck.

Free Baseball System -1) PLAY ON All favorites like Arizona with a money line of -150 or more, having won two of their last three games and is marginal winning team (51% to 54%), playing a weak team (38 to 46%) like Pittsburgh. This play comes up fairly frequently on the last five years with 140 plays, winning an astonishing 112 times. Reasoning is based on two teams not that far apart in terms of record, have a significant money line differential, suggesting reasons why a slightly above average team would be such a large favorite.

Free Baseball Trend -2) Minnesota is 11-0 against the money line with an on base percentage of .393 or better over their last three games this season.

Free Baseball Selection -3) Sal off a number of winners in Las Vegas, is playing the White Sox to win as Free pick here.

Back from Vegas

After little sleep, too many adult beverages, it’s back to reality. No doubt things are quieter these days in Sin City. The economy has had an impact, even in Las Vegas. Many more food deals, tons more one and two-cent slot machines and happy hours in most places we ventured. Normally craps is very good to me, however, only found one really hot table and came up a little short overall. I’d never played Let it Ride before, but Sal convinced me to try it and generally thought it was a pretty solid game and won a little. One of the guys pounded a five-team baseball parlay and hit it, wagering on Washington, Cincy, Arizona, Cleveland and Angels on Monday. Thou not something I would do, props to him on fantastic 29-1 payout. This was legit, since I saw the ticket.

Speaking of legit went and saw Carrot Top. The guy was hilarious with all his props and kept the jokes coming rabid fire. Everyone agreed, best stand-up they had seen in sometime. Went to Hawaiian Tropic restaurant after seeing something on the Travel Channel (yes, other things in life besides just sports, just not many) about this place. Despite girls walking around in bikini-tops and short cover-ups, no way to hide bad food. Calamari was the worst I’ve had in years and everyone agreed this place was pretty bad. Girls – Yes, Food – NO!

Mandalay Bay put in new bar called Eye-Candy, you can figure out the rest. The Palazzo is newer joint, next to the Venetian and though nice, didn’t grab anybody. Took my car out to Red Rock Hotel since nobody had been their besides me, everyone very impressed and quite a bit of action, being 15-20 minutes from The Strip.

Looking forward to getting back into routine, at least for a few days, more on that later.