| Date | W/L |
| 7/6/2024 - Canadian Football | LOSER |
At 7:00 pm, on Sunday, our selection is on the Hamilton Tiger-Cats + the points over British Columbia. The Lions are 3-1, while the Ti-Cats are 0-4. But we'll happily grab the points with Hamilton, as 0-4 (or worse) teams off a SU/ATS loss have cashed 8 straight (and 11 of 12). Even better: Hamilton is 6-1-1 ATS its last eight meetings vs. the Lions. Grab the points with the Tiger-Cats. Good luck, as always...Al McMordie. |
| 7/6/2024 - Canadian Football | WINNER |
At 7 pm, our selection is on the Calgary Stampeders + the points over Montreal. The Alouettes won last year's Grey Cup, and are defending their championship perfectly this season, with a 4-0 record. But they're laying their biggest number yet tonight, and we'll grab the points with the Stampeders. Indeed, defending CFL champions are a horrible 21-55-4 ATS when laying 2+ points to a non-division foe, and not off a double-digit loss. Take Calgary. Good luck, as always....Al McMordie. |
| 7/5/2024 - Canadian Football | LOSER |
At 8:30 pm, on Friday, our selection is on the OVER in the Winnipeg/Ottawa game. The Blue Bombers come into this game off a 22-19 overtime loss at Calgary. And that game went under the total of 47.5, and was Winnipeg's fourth straight game to go under the total. This streak of low-scoring games has impacted the O/U line for this game, and I believe the value is squarely on the OVER. For technical support, consider that teams off four (or more) unders have gone OVER the total 61% if they scored less than 21 points in their previous game. Additionally, the Blue Bombers have gone 32-14-1 OVER the total when the O/U line ranged from 43.5 to 47.5 points. Take the Over. Good luck, as always...Al McMordie. |
| 7/5/2024 - Canadian Football | WINNER |
At 8:30 pm, our selection is on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers minus the points over Ottawa. The Blue Bombers reached the Grey Cup championship game each of the last four seasons. So, it's a bit of a head-scratcher that they've started the season with four straight defeats. The last three defeats, though, have been narrow, as they lost by 4, 2 and 3 points. One of those was a 23-19 upset defeat at Ottawa in Week 2. We'll take the Blue Bombers in this revenge game, as teams off a SU loss, and playing with revenge from an upset defeat earlier in the season have cashed 59%. Lay the points. Good luck, as always...Al McMordie. |
| 7/4/2024 - MLB | LOSER |
At 1:05 pm,
our selection is on the New York Yankees over the Cincinnati Reds. Look
up the word "workhorse" in the dictionary and you might just see a
picture of Marcus Stroman. The veteran RH will likely never win a Cy
Young award and he won't be inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame, but
Stroman has a way of putting up solid seasons as a Major League
starter. After opting out of the 2020 season due to the COVID pandemic,
Stroman logged seasons of 33, 25, and 25 starts with the Mets and Cubs
before signing as a free agent with the Yankees this past January.
Stroman has registered double-digit wins in two of the last three
seasons and he's heading there again as he is 7-3 with a 3.29 ERA in 17
starts covering just under 96 innings in his first campaign in
pinstripes. Stroman has seen the Reds plenty of times in his career
from his time with the Cubs and he is 4-2 with a 3.76 ERA in seven
starts against them with 35 strikeouts and 11 walks in just over 38
innings. The Yankees are 6-1 in Stroman's last seven starts going back
to May 25 in San Diego. Take New York. As always, good luck...Al
McMordie.
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| 7/3/2024 - MLB | WINNER |
At 7:05 pm,
our selection is on the Houston Astros over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Despite throwing this season's only complete-game no-hitter in his first
start on April 1 at home, the Astros' Ronel Blanco is hardly a
household name. The 30-year-old Dominican has had a solid -- but not
spectacular -- season since his hit-less performance and he still has a
tendency to walk too many batters from time-to-time. Which Blanco will
show up tonight in Toronto? Will it be the one who struggled through 5
2/3 innings in Queens in his last start or the one who had three
straight wins in his three starts before that, logging a 0.90 ERA in 20
innings against the Orioles, Tigers, and Giants? We'll bet on the
latter as it was the Blue Jays that Blanco "blanc-ed" in his gem back in
April and this will be his first start against them since the no-no.
His only other start here at Rogers Centre was a quality outing as
Blanco allowed two runs on three hits in six innings in a start here
last July. Take the Astros. As always, good luck...Al McMordie.
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| 7/2/2024 - MLB | WINNER |
At 10:10 pm,
our selection is on the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Arizona
Diamondbacks. After a very successful rookie campaign, Dodgers RHP
Bobby Miller looked poised for a huge sophomore season. He lit it up in
the spring and then came out firing in his season debut, tossing six
shutout innings while striking out 11 in a win against the Cardinals.
But Miller developed shoulder inflammation right after that and likely
pitched hurt in his next two starts, before going on the IL in
mid-April. He came back in June and made two starts and, although the
return numbers don't look great, both of those were on the road, with one
of them being in the high altitude of Coors Field. Miller gets his
first Dodger Stadium start since that season debut tonight so I expect
much better things from him (although he will likely still be on a pitch
count). In 2023, Miller went 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA in two regular season
starts vs. the D-Backs. Take Los Angeles. As always, good luck...Al
McMordie.
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| 7/2/2024 - WNBA | LOSER |
At 10 pm, our selection is on the Los Angeles Sparks + the points over Washington. Los Angeles enters this game off 7 straight losses, while the Mystics are on an 8-1 ATS run. The knee-jerk reaction might be to take the red-hot Mystics against the ice cold Sparks. But consider that WNBA teams off 6+ losses have covered 58% vs. foes off an ATS win. Additionally, the Sparks have dominated this series, as they're 16-8-1 ATS in the last 25 meetings. Take Los Angeles. Good luck, as always...Al McMordie. |
| 7/2/2024 - WNBA | WINNER |
At 7 pm, our selection is on the New York Liberty minus the points over Minnesota. The Liberty come into this game off an ATS loss vs. Atlanta, as they won, 81-75, on Sunday, but failed to cover the 15.5-point spread. This is a revenge game for New York, as it played Minnesota last week in the Commissioner's Cup game. The Liberty were favored by 6, but lost, 94-89, as a 6-point favorite. We'll lay the points with New York, as teams off an ATS loss have cashed 59% when playing with revenge from an upset defeat as a 6-point (or greater) favorite earlier in the season. Take New York. Good luck, as always...Al McMordie. |
| 7/1/2024 - WNBA | WINNER |
At 10 pm, our selection is on the Connecticut Sun minus the points over the Phoenix Mercury. The Sun come into this game off a huge upset loss to Atlanta. The Sun were favored by 9.5, yet lost, 78-74. We'll take the Sun to bounce back from that defeat vs. the unrested Mercury, who fell, 88-82, to Indiana on Sunday. Connecticut is a solid 29-10 ATS off a home upset loss. And teams off upset losses as 9.5 point (or greater) favorites have covered their next game 71% vs. unrested foes. Lay the points. Good luck, as always...Al McMordie. |
