Took some action on Euro 2008 Soccer this morning.  Haven’t had time to write about it until now.  (The first match has already concluded) Oh well.

Romania +0.5 for +150

France +0.5 for +105

I went to bed after seeing the Celtics down by 20 points in the first half.  I was pleasantly suprised this morning to find out they had come back to win the game (and therefore covered the spread).  Good news for me!

Winners:

Celtics +7.5 Risk 1 for +97 payout

That adds to this week’s winnings and puts me at +377 units for the week.  It has been a pretty good week so far, though we are just starting off.

Well all the baseball games I had action on finished up early.

Losers

Orioles +142

Dodgers +129

Winner

Giants +104

That puts tonights loss -96

This week: Still up for the week at +280

NBA Pick Tonight = Celtics +7.5

I was slow today so I missed a couple of picks on the early games.   Here is what I’m taking action on this evening.

Orioles +142 – Pick from The Money Line Journal – Good picks and a great blog for sure.

Dodgers +129

Giants +104

I ended up doing pretty well last night. Here is the breakdown.

Winners:

Rangers -111

Red Sox -154

Padres -108

Brewers -104

Marlins +142

Philly @ Marlins UNDER 8.5 +105

Losers:

Yankees +111

White Sox -101

Indians -132

No Action:

Braves +143 – Jurrjens scheduled but Bennett started.  That sucks!

Results:

+342 on the day. Coupled with yesterday’s winnings that puts me at 376 up for the week. I guess I can live with these results! haha I hope Lady Luck hangs around for a while!

I have been doing research on who to bet on and wow there are alot of different handicapping systems out there. It blows me away.

Anywhere here is the action I have for today.

Red Sox -151

Yankees +111

Rangers -111

White Sox -101 - My boy Scott Ferrall (I call him my boy, but I don’t know him I’m just a fan) says VERLANDER BLOWS! POUNCE ON THE SOX!

Indians -132 - Another pick from Scott’s free pick section.

Padres -108

Brewers -104

Braves +143

Marlins +142

Philly @ Florida UNDER 8.5 +105

Looks like we picked 3 winners and 3 losers last night.

Winning Picks:

Rangers +104

Orioles +190

Cubs -160

Losing Picks:

Mariners +170

Padres -132

Giants +167

Outcome: +62

We are ahead of the curve so far… let’s keep this up!

Obviously, my first post is up already and we know what baseball games I will be watching tonight. I thought I might share why I started this site.

I am a guy who works for a living in a job that has nothing to do with sports. I am starting from scratch with a few bucks deposited into one of these online sportsbooks. I get my picks from my own sports knowledge as well as a few handicapping blogs and websites that I follow (all of which are free). When I do use a handicapper’s opinion or pick I will post a link to their pick that I followed.

Who knows where we go from here. Ideally I would end up filthy rich, be able to quit my day job, and put my winnings into something less risky (lottery tickets anyone?). Although I am much more likely to lose some (a lot perhaps) of money. The only thing that I REALLY hope for is to have a lot of fun. I expect this to be a bit of a roller coaster ride, so off we go!

Well here we go. I’m obviously pretty new at this blogging thing, so we will see how this goes.

Here is what I have for MLB tonight.

Rangers (Millwood) +105 over Royals (Meche) – I like Scott Ferrall’s logic on this pick. Jose Guillen is HOT right now and Meche is 0-3 in his last 4 starts. Rangers win this one.

Mariners (Silva) +170 over Blue Jays (McGowan)

Orioles (Cabrera) +190 over Red Sox (Beckett)

Padres (Maddux) -132 over Dodgers (Kershaw) – Kershaw has been getting shelled. In 14.2 innings pitched this year, he has given up 9 walks, 8 runs, and 2 homeruns.

Giants (Misch) +167 over Rockies (Cook)

Cubs (Lilly) -160 over Braves (Glavine)