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Sep 16, 2026
A Numbers Game | September 16, 2026 | Hour 2
A Numbers Game | September 16, 2026 | Hour 2
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[upbeat music] The numbers told the story, they always do. He's one of those idiots who believe in analytics. This is the Numbers Game with Gil Alexander on VSiN.
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Hour number two of the Numbers Game at VSiN, the sports betting network, vsin.com, Game Plus, iHeartRadio, YouTube TV, SiriusXM channel 189. Gil Alexander, Kelly Bidlan. That's my buddy right here. Hey. My little buddy.
0:21
Sup? How much you weighing now, man? Mm, a buck 95. Buck 95. How much were you at your height? 316 pounds. Damn. Mm-hmm. I don't know if you know that, but that's 121 pounds. 121 pounds. You lost a person.
0:37
Good for you, man. Let's give it up for Kelly Bidlan, everybody. Seriously, there you go. Hey, thanks. Thanks. Hey, thanks. Thanks. Stop, stop right there. Thanks. Don't, don't, don't do any more- Thanks...
0:47
w- w- weight loss. You're, you're maintaining, right? Yeah. Okay. I, I told you this like a week or two ago, I- I just want you to feel good... the past year- Yeah...
0:54
I've only, I've only lost like 10 pounds in the past year. It was amazing. When we look back at those old videos I c- it- it's startling. Yeah, it is. Yeah. I know. We had some- Just in the gym these days getting ripped.
1:04
[laughs] You're gonna be massive. Me and JVT, man, we're just like- It's-... world strongman stuff going on over there... get, getting ripped. It's like Matt Brown's like sweating 'cause we're coming for him.
1:14
[laughs] He looks like a little worried. We got Sweets and Beauty, the book Patrick Kelly, "College football pomp and circumstance? The Grove without a doubt.
1:19
Went to an Ole Miss Memphis game randomly just to experience it. Go Mountaineers in Charlotte, that's gonna be a slobber knocker." Uh, Gizzy, gizzy1344, could be Jizzy. I'll c- I'll go with Gizzy. Good call.
1:31
"I love Tim, but you're not out shooting hoops talking sports, and you're not Ken Griffey Jr. Turn the hat around." Oh my God. I told him to put the hat on. It's my fault.
1:37
We had, we had a little debate before the segment. Should he go hat to the back or no- It- Or no? He had some early morning hair, which I understand. I was like- Yeah... "Put on the cap. You're good."
1:45
By the way, Shakespeare, the original quote- Mm-hmm... "Pride, pomp and circumstance, of glorious war." That was in Othello, apparently. Were people pumped about Shakespeare in the moment?
1:58
I th- Or, or did he only become awesome like years later? Good question. I th- I, I wanna say, I wanna say in the moment. Okay. I think he was like, I think pretty sure he was like the first rock star. Really? Yeah.
2:12
Okay. I'm just kinda making it up, [laughs] obviously, but- Matthew- But what happened to pride? Why don't we just do pomp and circumstance? Pride, pomp and circumstance. I don't know.
2:21
That's the, that's the original quote. Matthew Maybear, "If you just parlay Phillies Red Sox to win their respective league, you can get Phillies Red Sox 70 to 1. I did that last week.
2:28
Did all combos of Braves Phillies, Red Sox Yankees. Braves Phillies versus Red Sox Yankees." Well, Kelly kind of s- said that before the segment, right? Mm-hmm. Make sure the math
2:39
is better in this market, otherwise you should search 'cause the math could be better elsewhere. But you know, this is, again, MGM the only one that I saw that's even offering it.
2:48
So that's your only option at other books. Brian Pointshaver, uh, states, "The Cubs and Phillies, I believe, have the tiebreaker over the Dbacks, so technically they're four and a half and five and a half up?"
2:56
Q- question mark. The Cubs have the tiebreaker over everybody. It's a great point. So yes, there is an extra game built in there.
3:03
Uh, Scrabble Star, biscainedog74, "Gil, I've been a by the way crutch enthusiast since 1981." [laughs] Thank you.
3:09
"On a related note, what do you think about Stormy and JVT using standpoint 17 times in two segments recently? Drinking game perhaps." Wait, listen, I will take no. I love Stormy and JVT both. We all have our crutches.
3:20
I don't even know what that means. I don't know, maybe they say standpoint a lot. Andrew Fixmychipgame, "Are these the final 11 regular season baseball games we'll see until 2028? At least 2028." I fear that they are.
3:39
At the very least, I think we're gonna lose games next year. I know when a lot of the baseball people come on here, and they're super nonchalant about it. They're like, "Oh, no, it's nothing to worry about yet."
3:48
Well, they're right. There's nothing to worry about yet. But come March 1st next year- Yep... or Feb- mid-February, like Valentine's, as soon as the Super Bowl ends, if they're not at agreement at that point, oh boy.
4:01
And they're not close. You think we can figure out, uh, another World Cup quick for next summer if that happens? Say what now? I said, you think we can figure out another World Cup quick for next summer if that happens?
4:11
There's n- 'Cause we're gonna need something... there's no Euro Cup next year either. There isn't? I don't think so. I think it's in two years, right? I don't know.
4:17
So I'm just surprised to hear you say those words at first. Oh. Gil Alexander, like Dave Ross with the Ryder Cup, all over the Euro Cup schedule. [laughs] You don't know about him, but he's a big Euro Cup guy.
4:28
I'm a big Euro Cup guy. Dr. Van Nostrand, "Good morning, boys. I used to work with a member of Gil's tribe who always would correct me, incidentally, not by the way, lol.
4:35
His accent was strong, but I always understood his displeasure." Incidentally, uh, not by the way.
4:41
Chris Heath, "Definitely not locking in my millions picks before the flop this week, although it did keep me from chasing stale lines or fading injury, and I was locked in on three stale lines that all won."
4:50
I believe you mean the flop would be the Thursday Night Football game tomorrow night. Is that what you're referring to? Lions Bills?
4:55
And Nasty Neil, Neil Galbraith, "Vs and crutches that I can't unhear and make me laugh every time, Matt Brown, and all that." Apparently Matt says and all that a lot.
5:02
Matt gets killed for like seven different ones, by the way. I don't, I don't know that one. I mean, the next one I do. He says Wes Reynolds goes, "Yeah." Yeah. Which he does a lot. He does that a lot. Yeah. Yeah.
5:12
And I would buy those shirts though, Neil. He said, "Vs and T-shirts with Vs and host face on them in their crutch sayings. Those would be hot sellers." Those would be hot sellers.
5:19
Uh, last one, Bruce Dobigent, "In my broadcast days, I unconsciously fell into the trap of using the word anyways to segue between stories, as in, anyways, let's go to the scoreboard.
5:26
I found out months later that anyways had become a drinking game among friends and enemies. Uh, sought-" Yeah... sought psychiatric help. Anyways, what can you do?" [laughs] By the way, it's also anyway. Right, yeah.
5:37
But he says anyways. I, I feel for you though, 'cause these are the things. It's like, it's like food in your teeth. This is why I would tell Gil Alexander.
5:44
Your, your buddies are sitting around making a drinking game out of it. A real friend would go tell you- Oh... like, "Hey, hey, hey, watch this. Watch this." Yeah. 'Cause Gil is right.
5:52
The problem is once you hear these things and you hear yourself back, it drives you insane. Let's do the Wednesday whip around, shall we? Let's do it. National Football League week number two. Want me to set these up?
6:03
Yeah, yeah. Thursday night. Yeah. Lions at the Billiards. Yeah. Bills. Great game. Out to four-and-a-half now.
6:10
Four-and-a-half point favorites, and that total's up to 54-and-a-half 'cause people could not stay away from betting the over, which I understand. You know, I, I said great game. Are we sure this is a great game?
6:19
Are you worried about the Lions after they just- Oh, I'm, I'm worried about the Lions, for sure. Yeah. I, I, I...
6:26
Hopefully I made that clear enough in the off-season, which is the one thing we kept going back to is the schedule. The schedule, the schedule, the schedule.
6:32
I think there are enough things to be a little concerned about with this Lions team on both sides of the ball. And then, like, I, I, I think with the Bills,
6:41
what you saw in week one, oh boy, buckle in for, 'cause I think it could be the Bills' whole season. They're, they're playing at a faster pace, more passing a- out of that offense, and I think the defense is a nightmare.
6:52
I guessed four-and-a-half. It was not four-and-a-half when I sent them in, you told me. It came to me at four-and-a-half, the, the line did. Yeah, this opened, or the look ahead was three, at least.
7:02
So this is pretty big move. I don't have any real... First of all, last week I put in my Circa Millions picks early for the Seahawks and Patriots, or the Seahawks, Patriots, and the Rams, Niners.
7:14
This week I will not be putting in my Millions early. I want no part of this on the spread. Obviously no survivor play here. This will be an in-game play for me. I'm gonna throw out just a couple. Yes.
7:25
Yeah, I think that- I do, I do think what, what... I'm sorry, go. The, the last thing- No, no... about, on this. I do think there is a scenario here where the Bills blow them off the field. Me too. Me too.
7:33
And if that happens, we're all gonna have to rethink all our thoughts here on both of these teams. I mean, like, this is a, a good call.
7:39
If I was betting this, if I had to do something with the side pre-game, it would be laying some bolts with the Bills, because I think that, that is definitely in play. I will be betting it live, though.
7:49
I think this could potentially be a great live betting game, uh, as you kinda hinted at. A couple just trends and notes I've pulled up, uh, on this one. You have the Josh Allen, home favorite in September.
8:03
See if it means anything to Gil or not. 10-1 straight up, 7-0 in his last seven. Well, let's remind people of the Cleve TA. Cleve TA on the Megapod today. We're recording it today. Oh, fantastic.
8:14
It's gonna be live on Twitter, Cleve TA with, uh, Todd Wishnev, Will Hill, and myself. What time? 11:00 AM Pacific, 2:00 PM Eastern. Thank you. Uh, Cleve TA pointing this out about this, if you, if you like trends.
8:24
Mm-hmm. Yep. Happens, like, once a year, but here we go. He says, "Lions off an OT game versus New Orleans and a short week on Thursday Night Football in Buffalo. 6-25 ATS in that scenario since 2000."
8:38
In other words, OT game Sunday, travel to a Thursday game. 3-16 ATS, minus 7.7 points per game on the road, spread on the move in Buffalo's favor today. This was from, uh, yesterday or two days ago.
8:51
So if you believe in that, it is a Bills play-on. I wonder if that will be one of Cleve's three Megapod picks today, just based on that alone.
9:01
I'm a little surprised how much, how much Bills betting has been coming in early this week, but I get it, I get it. Okay, onto Sunday.
9:10
I'm gonna go out of order a little bit, so I'm gonna go rotation order, for all the rotation order lovers out there. Uh, Packers at the Jets, early window.
9:17
Packers anywhere t- uh, from three-and-a-half to four-and-a-half road favorites. 44-and-a-half is the total I am seeing across my board.
9:25
Okay, so yesterday I asked the question multiple times, what, what's gonna be the biggest overreaction to week one? Mm-hmm.
9:30
I think this game falls in the category of what did we really learn about either team in week one? Sure. Agreed. Jets, Jets crushed the Titans. I don't know what that means.
9:39
And the Packers were way up on the Vikings, and then the officials did the old, like, bailout Carson Wentz three times on one drive thing, and the Vikings made a historic comeback in terms of points down to points up.
9:50
I don't know. I think Jordan Love is really good at football, but I'm not touching this game. So you know it's tough, 'cause I, I thought you brought up a lot of good... The Packers are just frustrating me.
9:59
Like, shout out to the Wyatt Tomchecks out there, 'cause that, I mean, this, this bl- blown games now is g- like, the number of these is getting outta hand.
10:07
Uh, but like, Jordan Love is very good behind a very shaky offensive line. Like, the amount of times that he's been fading away and having to throw. He's like Chris Foster on the audio, right?
10:17
[laughs] Like, fading away, throwing the ball. That's right. And then, like, I don't know how any Packers fan out there, and I'm sure I'm, I'm just echoing what's in your guys' heads.
10:26
Christian Watson, if his hamstrings could just stay intact for more than, like, three games in a row, would probably be one of the best wide receivers in the NFL, but we only get to see him play twice a year.
10:37
Long way of going about this. Can't, neither of those guys can be caught from behind, Watson or Golden. Right? Yeah. It's incredible, man. Um, I, I'm with you. I think that there is, could be some overreactions here.
10:46
This is, I just wanted to check my screen, three-and-a-half, 105. That's at Circa. That is the cheapest price you're gonna get on the Packers.
10:54
If there, I mean, if there's any world where this actually gets to three, I will be in on the Packers quick, Gil. But oth- other than that, just a pass for now.
11:01
I do, I do think there's some positive with the, positives with the Jets. Let's squeeze in one more. All right, one more. Vikings at Bears. Bears five-and-a-half point home favorites, 48-and-a-half the total.
11:10
Listen, I, I think we, we know what we... The Bears are exactly who we thought they were. Mm-hmm. To quote the great Dennis Green, gonna have a great offense.
11:17
Ben Johnson has called his shot on this, trying to set the NFL points record. They're off to a flying start, and I think their defense is gonna stink. I guessed minus five-and-a-half here. This came to me as well, right?
11:27
The market drifted towards my number. Yep. The one that I sent you Sunday wasn't at minus five-and-a-half, you told me, and then it got to minus five-and-a-half. I think this is properly, properly, uh, lined right here.
11:37
Yeah, me too. I, I'm not sure, I'm not sure it would be my answer to the game I want nothing to do with, but it's up there. But remember with the Bears, because of that, there is a volatility tax you have to put on.
11:47
They could crush teams. Yeah. They could get crushed as well. Coming back, more Whip Around.
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12:56
Whip Around continues with game number four. [laughs] Steelers at the Patriots. [laughs] We gotta do, we gotta, we gotta really pay attention to the word whip around. Yeah, exactly. Steelers at the Patriots.
13:07
Uh, early window here still Patriots five to five-and-a-half point favorites, 41 and a half your total, down from 43 and a half at open. I fear the Steelers stink at football. Me too. I have bet the Patriots. Yeah.
13:19
No A.J. Brown. Yes, that does concern me actually probably more than most. But, uh, the little extra rest, I don't know how much that matters. I think that gets overblown early in the season, by the way.
13:29
Like, it does benefit me here if anything, but, like, the short rest to- or, or a heavy rest, I think that gets overblown.
13:35
Like, that, that matters more to me, like, week eight, week nine when these teams have played a ton. Uh- Patriots are nothing for me. T.J.
13:42
Watt can't bail them out again, Kenny Yeah, and you wanna talk some Pittsburgh offense for a second? Yeah. 24th rated offense in week one by Pro Football Focus. They were 30th in EPA, expected points added.
13:53
Um, and then it, the defense, sure, looked good. Cooper Rush, though, right? And then Joey, Joey Porter Jr., I don't even know if we brought this up last week or have all summer. Like, real weird story going on with him.
14:06
Like, at first it was, like, a back injury, and then it's a contract, like, holdout.
14:10
Did not play last week, which it sure sounds like this is a contract issue, and this is a thing, a thing that could lead to him getting traded is what the reports are this week. So I don't...
14:18
I- you didn't see him last week. I'm not expecting him here this week. Um, okay, still early window. Panthers at the Falcons.
14:26
Member this opened up Atlanta one-and-a-half point favorites, has moved all the way to Carolina two-and-a-half point favorites. Total's at 43 and a half to 44. So this one I guessed Carolina minus one and a half. Yep.
14:38
When I submitted it to you, you said the other team was favored. The Falcons were favored by one and a half. This went not only to me but through me- Mm-hmm... to minus two and a half on the Panthers.
14:46
Um, listen, the Falcons are, uh, what do you say? I mean, Cooper Rush didn't have enough reps, right? And I just think the Panthers are a vastly better football team. Panthers comported themselves very well in week one.
15:04
They should be the favorite here. Yep.
15:07
I, I don't think the Falcons are as bad as most do, but certainly here in the early going with the quarterback troubles, the fact that James Pierce is not gonna be around the first half of the season on defense, I mean, they, they've got trouble here in the early going.
15:21
I still don't want any part of this because these NFC South teams are in, are enough bunched together that it's not... I don't, I don't say one is better than the other with supreme confidence.
15:31
Dude, the Br- the, my Bryce Young line applies to all four teams overall- Yeah... in the NF So- NFC South. I have no idea if you're any good or not.
15:38
And, like, honestly, the Falcons, the Falcons I thought I saw some positives out of, uh, on Sunday. Like you said, like, they still got the, they have some weapons in the skill position.
15:46
I thought the defense looked better than I, uh, was expecting from them, and I think it's gonna be Cooper Rush again. We don't know for sure yet, but, uh, it's at least a full week of practice for Cooper Rush, right?
15:58
Like, that Tua news- Yeah... came down on what, Thursday last week? On the other hand, the Panthers scored 37 on the Bears. I already said the Bears defense- Mm-hmm...
16:05
is gonna stink, so how good, how good are, is the Panthers offense? Gotta be somewhat good, but how good we don't know. And the Panthers defense gave up 59 to the Bears. Right. How bad is the Panthers defense?
16:15
I don't know, 'cause they were playing the Bears offense. Yeah. So I don't know. Yeah. Yeah. It's nothing for me. Nothing here for me. Yeah, nothing for me.
16:20
I, I considered Panthers in, like, teaser on the open when they were one-and-a-half point dogs, but there was no good side to pair with, I thought. Good teaser side here. Browns at the Buccaneers.
16:30
Buccaneers eight-and-a-half point favorites everywhere I'm looking. Total is 41 and a half. So as we discussed at length yesterday, if you missed our survivor segment, uh, you can go back and look at that.
16:39
Buccaneers are going to be at least a survivor and, uh, pick for me on one of my entries, minimum one entry, maybe two. Um, I just think the Buccaneers roll. I think the Buccaneers- Mm... gave that game to the Bengals.
16:53
Three, you know, was it negative three turnover differential against the Bengals for the Bucs. I'm sure they clean that up. And the Brownies, boy, I came into the season, I was really wrong.
17:05
As right as I was about the Bears, I was wrong in saying, "You know, I think the Browns are gonna be okay if they just get any, any good quarterback play." I don't...
17:13
They could be a disaster, but the Bucs in survivor, I'm not laying the points just on the off chance- Yeah... Cleveland can comport themselves well here. I'm over here making a face, 'cause you know what?
17:21
I'm glad you said that, 'cause you, you did bet the Browns last week- Mm-hmm... and you, and you brought it up. Yep. But my only... I'm gonna push back on you. It's one week, dude. Yeah, it's one week.
17:29
One week, and I- One week... the, the Jags could be a really good football team. I, I- Like I said, I'm not laying the number. Yeah, yeah. I- But I, but I am taking them in survivor...
17:34
I'm gonna be mixing them in in survivor too. I'm a little more nervous I think than you are it sounds like, just 'cause it, I think this Bucs team's got questions still too.
17:42
I, I, Mike Evans, like, just Mike Evans, these safety blanket wide receivers that you had that you could rely on for years scares me when they move teams. This is a teaser leg for me though.
17:51
We'll be using it in survivor- Yeah... I think one of the better teaser legs of the week. Yep, agree. Okay, moving on. Bengals at the Texans. We've been monitoring this one all week.
17:59
The number continues to ping pong back and forth, two and a half and three. Right now you can find- Uh, a expensive three on the Bengals or an expensive two and a half on the Texans, 46 and a half the total.
18:13
I already bet a reduced juice three on the Texans during guessing lines. Again, Bengals were handed the game last week. Texans, listen, against Buffalo, no shame in losing that ball game.
18:23
I think the Texans defense shows up this week. Yeah, like I- The vaunted Texans defense... the lean Texans side, I- I'm happy to stay away and just watch this one though.
18:33
I think these are still two quality AFC teams we're gonna learn more about. Next. Uh, Saints at the Ravens. Ravens seven and a half to eight and a half point home favorites, 47, 47 and a half is your total for this game.
18:45
Ravens are my priors, number one team in football. Um, I'm not playing them in survivor here for reasons stated yesterday. I think there's other places to play them.
18:54
I'm not laying the points, but I'm certainly not taking the points with the Saints. This will not be a side play for me. 47 is the total.
19:00
Yeah, shout out to, if I can pull up the tweet yesterday, did you see that awesome AI, uh, @ahruff that sent in for the, the Kelly square bear- Oh, yeah. That was great... square bear teaser of the week.
19:12
A large Kelly Billett. That's right. Yeah. Ravens and Buccaneers, your square bear teaser of the week. Absolutely, I think Ravens. Although I've heard- How popular-... a lot of Saints love this one.
19:19
How popular is that teaser gonna be? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. It will be the most popular teaser- Yeah... for sure. Next. Uh, we've got the Eagles at the Titans. Last early window game.
19:28
Eagles seven-point road favorites, total down to 39 and a half. I guessed seven. I'm sur- I guessed seven and a half. I'm surprised it's still seven.
19:37
Um, to me, I, I'll say it again, I already bet the Eagles at minus seven. I do not know how the Tennessee Titans score in- Mm-hmm... this football game. Yeah. I'm on the under from open. I'm kinda with you.
19:46
I'm a little surprised. I mean, there's not gonna be any public support for Tennessee. Why, I'm surprised we haven't seen a seven and a half yet. I don't get it. Interesting.
19:53
All right, 4:05 Eastern, Raiders at the Chargers. We have moved off the seven here, Gil Alexander, only one or two of those left. Plenty of six and a halfs as the Chargers doubt- [laughs]... seeps in, I guess.
20:07
43 and a half your total. Well, I don't think the Raiders are as good as the Cardinals, but, um, listen, Chargers, the gauntlet begins next week. You already lost one of the supposed two easier games to begin the season.
20:19
Mm-hmm. This is the proverbial must-win situation for the Chargers. Like, they m- they absolutely have to win this game- Yeah... or it is gonna get ugly fast.
20:30
That said, not, no way I'm playing another survivor again, and I am not laying the points. Laden Konkey questionable, Brock Bauer's questionable. I doubt we see either one of them. Uh, what'd we see?
20:40
Marquez Valdel Scant- Scantling signed yesterday by the- Mm-hmm... Chargers, so major, major concerns obviously in that receiving room. He's such a great barometer for if things are bad- Yeah... you sign Marquez Valdel.
20:51
MVS has joined the team. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. I, I think I said it on Monday. I mean, if this gets down to six, I think I said six and a half on Monday. Yeah.
21:01
I think Chargers are gonna end up being a small play for me. I got scolded by a Chargers fan for being too hard on them this week. That is fair. Maybe, maybe you're right. If it gets to six, bang it.
21:08
I don't know, I got scolded. Cardinals fa- flat outplayed them, I thought. Next. They did. Next up, 4:05 Eastern, Jaguars at the Broncos. This is pretty much two and a half everywhere now, 45 and a half your total.
21:18
This is my third bet, and I took the Broncos. Again, I, I, I feel like the Broncos are gonna be the biggest overreaction from their performance Monday night.
21:24
A lot went against them, as we described in detail yesterday, that will not happen, is not likely to happen- Mm-hmm... moving forward. And the Jags, I don't know.
21:32
I mean, they crushed the Browns, but you're supposed to crush the Browns. Yeah. So I, I took the Broncos in this game, my third play. I moved off the three. That's significant to me.
21:39
Uh, I think it's worth noting, like, early in the season, Jags, yeah, you played in Jacksonville, play, beat up on the Browns, now you gotta go up into elevation- There you go... uh, and play the Denver Broncos.
21:48
Like, yeah, I, I'm with you. I, it, it would be lean, lean Broncos. Might be a millions play for me, no bet yet. Next. 4:25 Eastern, Commanders at the Cowboys.
21:56
Cowboys three and a half to four and a half point home favorites, 50 and a half your total. Yeah, I mean, that's where it's supposed to be, right? Yeah.
22:03
The Eagles were a little more of a favorite against Washington, as they should have been. Washington played well, could have won, didn't. I just think the Cowboys are...
22:14
Yeah, they should be a li- I had three and a half I think here. They should be a tick of a favorite- Mm... more than three.
22:18
I feel the same way about this as I did against the Eagles, which is this is a tough way for the Commanders to start the season, and I don't know that that defense can hold enough, uh, in this ball game for Washington.
22:31
But if I took e- either with the points, I would take Washington plus the four. Yeah. Where I'm, I'm not gonna, I'm not racing a money line, but I would take the four. This would be a stay away.
22:39
I was hop- mo- numbers have moved against me. I was hoping we were gonna see a three here I'd be in on Dallas. I was hoping that total wasn't gonna go up. It has. Okay. Uh, so I think I will be laying off this one.
22:48
We'll do the remainder games- Yeah... on the other side, and then Will Hill will join us, all of his bets. Football, college and pro, baseball next. [upbeat music] A numbers game on Beeson, the sports betting network.
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Back on The Numbers Game live from Circle Resort Casino, downtown Las Vegas. Gil Alexander, Kelly Billett. We got tweets being booked. Joe The Fan, "The FIFA Women's World Cup in Brazil is next summer, my friends."
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Oh, there we go. In case there's no baseball. Thank you, Joe. FIFA, FIFA Women's World Cup. Hey, that- Tim, Tim Lawson will have his moment. Boom. He'll be all over it. So will the, so will the United States of America.
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Yes. Po- 'Cause we're far better at women's soccer. That we are. And our expectations do not get out of control. That we are, and by we, I mean us. Yes. That's right. Poke therapy, Women's World Cup next summer.
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Uh, let's see. Oh, good on you guys. You got your calendar circled already. Chris Hitchcock, "If we don't have baseball next summer, it should be the summer of darts." Boptimus Prime.
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I'd bo- Oh, I gotta talk to you about that, by the way. What? I found, I found a dart guest. You got a dart guest? I found, I got a dart guy. Oh, yeah. I got a dart guy. Maybe, maybe Jardians girl, dart guy back to back.
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See this? I'm just like, you know, if we're b- real honest about it on air- Mm-hmm... I, I had a dart guy reach out to me.
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By the way, so you- But then I was like, "Am I really gonna be able to squeeze this in on Thursday or Friday ahead of football?" I just said, "By the way," by the way
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Back to back, it should be noted, just there Make it, ma- put it on a T-shirt Did the no guy never got back to you? Never got back to me.
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Biggest upset in guest booking history He's so big time that he didn't respond to your call? Wow. Also, like, okay, I'm gonna fo- I'm gonna follow up one more time 'cause we like him so much. Yeah.
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I should not have to, though, with a s- with a social media guy like that. No. [laughs] Bobtimus Prime, "I'd buy a Matt Brown Cincinnati Bengals T-shirt for everyo- [laughs] for everyone if it was available.
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Love Matt's analysis. Seems like a great guy," and it says, "Bengals." It says Bengals. It says Bengals. Matt act- Matt actually responded to that.
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And Purple Kevin, @1111, says, "There will be content next summer," because he is showing me a prediction market volume thing on, uh, the Women's World Cup, and it is, uh, it's banging. It's banging currently.
24:58
Uh, Tim Bowers, "Wouldn't CJ Stroud and the Texans being able to put up 30 on the Bills' D be an indicator that the Lions-Bills should be a shootout?
25:05
Yes, it's a given the Bills will probably hang 30 points, but I think the Bills' D being potentially bad is being overlooked." You might be very right about that. I think we said something. Yeah, we did. We did.
25:16
I mean, I'm not betting the o- under because of that's for sure. Th- this Bills defense might be an absolute nightmare. Wilson Hilson joins us now. You may know him as Will Hill.
25:24
You can follow him on Twitter at not the Will Hill, two Es on the the. He is the host of the Shoulda Bet More podcast. That also has three episodes per week. I believe it's a Monday, Wednesday, Friday thing.
25:34
I could be wrong about that. He'll tell us right now. It's Will Hill, everybody, courtesy of the Progressive Guest Line. Good morning to you, sir. Yo, Kelly, what's going on? Yeah, you nailed it.
25:43
So, uh, I mean, you, you're supposed to be listening as my friend every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Yeah. So I would expect you to know it. Uh, gave out a 40 to 1 the other day.
25:51
Mahomes' first touchdown, had Dave Ross on yesterday. He's a great guest. When he is not thirst trapping, trying to, uh, you know, hit on Sydney Sweeney- [laughs]...
25:59
and Madison Beer on Twitter, he does a great job as a guest. Charlie D'Souza. Yeah, you could just go on and on. Let me ask you a question about Dave. Yeah. Dave seems a little bored, doesn't he?
26:07
Like, he seems like he just, he needs things to do, and so he does that all day long on Twitter. Is that correct? Would you, would you think? Uh, bored is one adjective.
26:15
We could, we could probably list a few more, but we'll go with bored. Okay. All right. I'm gonna go with working hard- [laughs] We'll, we'll go with bored... in a remo- remote area of Kentucky. Yeah.
26:23
[laughs] There's other words that could, could apply as well. All right, Will, uh, what, the 40 to 1 Mahomes to score the first touchdown, how often are you, uh, giving first touchdown bets on the show?
26:33
Almost never, but that's one guy I just looked at because I just know from the past, he's usually 15, 20 to 1, and that was one where, you know, I think they were really baking in and probably overbaking in the injury.
26:46
He's not gonna run. Where I just, my whole thing was, you know what? He's gonna have the ball in his hands, and maybe inj- may- maybe instincts take over, and he just kinda scampers and runs.
26:52
And he actually scored the first touchdown. They called it back, and I was like, "Oh man, that one's dead." And then he ru- then, then he runs the next one in.
26:58
Granted, there was a, a hold by Kelce that should've been called- Yeah... but you know what? I'll try to remember that. Next time I get a bad beat, re- remind me of that one, because I got a break there. Yep.
27:06
You sure did. Uh, but that's awesome.
27:08
15 to 1, or 15-yard touchdown from, uh, from, uh, Patrick Mahomes, cashing at 40 to 1, courtesy of the Shoulda Bet More podcast, where again, we'll, we'll throw up the, uh, the QR code again for those to, uh, subscribe to.
27:21
Let us, uh, talk National Football League first. Do you have any play in tomorrow night's game between the Bills and the Lions, or are you staying away? I, I like the over.
27:29
I mean, both teams scored 30, both teams gave up 30.
27:32
I know we're getting up there, 54 and a half, and all it takes, and you guys know this from, you know, from, from watching the NFL and betting the NFL, when you have a total that high, all it takes is one six or seven-minute drive that ends in a field goal or, you know, Campbell goes for it on fourth down and doesn't get it.
27:44
You- you're almost dead, but boy, [sighs] Lions might be really bad on defense, and the Bills might not be much better. Uh, they played a couple years ago. It was 48-42.
27:52
I know it's two years ago, and this one is, is outdoors. But, uh, I know, I forget who I was listening to, but somebody brought up the, the field.
27:58
The fact that it's a new field could be a little bit slippery, which helps the offense. The, the offense knows where they're going, the defense doesn't. So I, I lean over.
28:05
I'm not sure yet if I'm going to use it as my Megapod pick, but it was 53 and a half. Now it's 54 and a half. It would be over nothing. I do have a prop, though. Jamison Williams over 59 and a half receiving yards.
28:17
I gave this out last week as an over. He lost. Four catches, 45 yards, but he had nine targets, and he had a few drops. The volume was there. The, the chances were there, and he really exploded at the end of last year.
28:29
His last six games, he went way over this total, five of the six. Um, you know, 144 yards, 134 one game. So I think the volume will be there. I think they'll give him another chance.
28:38
They'll keep throwing him the ball, and as long as he gets those kind of targets, should be able to go over the 59 and a half.
28:43
Now, just a reminder to you, Will, Megapod today, 2:00 PM Eastern, 11:00 AM Pacific, as I, as I hope you know, with Cleve TA today. You are aware of the schedule? Yes? No? No? Yes? No? Aware of the... Of course.
28:54
Yeah, of course. Of course I'm aware. [laughs] Of course. Okay. Just curious, 'cause Todd seemed surprised last night. That's why I bring it up. Um- That's not, I'm not surprised that Todd is surprised. Yes.
29:03
Yeah, that's true. Uh, we, uh, we do three plays on the Megapod. You don't have to give all of them out now. Yeah. But can you give us one that you love on Sunday or Monday?
29:12
Probably gonna be using Arizona plus the, or, you know, whatever the best available number is, four, four and a half.
29:17
I just, I don't know, man, Drew Lock on the road a- and you don't, and, and you hear this all the time between week one and week two, "Don't overreact. Don't overreact." Well, you gotta react, though.
29:26
I mean, you gotta, you can't just ignore what you saw. Sure. And, you know, especially from, from a content standpoint, we're doing these shows, so you can't just say, "Well, I'll let you know what I think in week six."
29:33
I mean, we're, we're doing the shows now, so we gotta, we gotta have thoughts. But Arizona, I mean, there's a lot of weapons there. If they could just be okay defensively, uh, that seems like more of a field goal game.
29:42
So I'm, uh, I'm interested there in Arizona plus the points. Arizona plus the points. Um, all right. I, I lied. Let's get one more from you. Oh, we got a great award bet from Will. Oh, what's the awards bet?
29:53
I wanna talk about that one. Let's talk about that. What's the awards bet? Yeah, shout out to my buddy Dom, who's a fellow Vikings fan, who put me onto this. Dallas Turner is 100 to 1 Defensive Player of the Year.
30:02
I believe he had the most pressures in the NFL this past week. He did, yeah. He got 10. First round pick. They traded up in the first round to get him, so the pedigree's there. He's in year three.
30:12
This is the kind of time, you know, year three, you start to enter your prime. This could be the breakout year.
30:16
In that Flores defense where they blitz coming off the bus- You know, the opportunities are there to get the sacks, the fumbles, the recoveries, to put up some numbers.
30:24
At 100 to one with his talent, his pedigree, and all of those things I mentioned, I think the 100 to one is, uh, is an interesting, interesting bet here.
30:31
And, and, you know, we'll see here for, uh, w- he, the, the matchup versus the Bears because, you know, the great offense, the explosive offense.
30:38
Flores is not gonna just sit back and, you know, let you pick him apart, you know, four, five, six yards at a time. He's gonna fight fire with fire, so that could lead to some big plays with.
30:46
I really like that 100 to one. I think it's a good bet. I- Was, was that you who sent the Brian Flores tweet- Really... uh, earlier in the week, or was that you, Kelly? I can't remember now. I think me. 77% blitz rate.
30:55
77% blitz rate. Yep. It's wh- and, and Will's right. 10 q- 10 quarterback pressures, uh, by Dallas Turner week one, tied for most in the NFL. He had seven quick pressures under two and a half seconds.
31:06
That w- led the league in week one. Had a sack. The 10 pressures, do you know how many he had his entire rookie season? 'Cause remember he was kind of a bust. Yeah, yeah. 15 total. Wow. 10 in one game. I like it, Will.
31:17
Man. I like it. Okay, I completely lied. You have one other play. It is not a mega pod eligible play, so we can feel free to give it out here. It's a team total. Where are you going? Yeah, a lot of lying going on here.
31:29
I, I'm not used to this from you. [laughs] Um, I'll go Titans team total under 15 and a half. 16 and a half is a little more juice. Kind of some dead numbers, but they're playing the Eagles. Uh, you know what?
31:40
If you score two touchdowns and get another score, you beat me, you beat me. I, I just don't know how Tennessee moves the ball. I think he can start to. I know it's only the, the start of year two for Ward.
31:49
You can start to ask some questions. Is he the guy? And if you look at the Jets game last week when they played the Jets in week one, the meaningful part of that game, they basically had 100 yards and three points.
31:59
They had a 65-yard drive and garbage time for a touchdown to get them to 10 and, like, 180 yards of total offense. They did nothing offensively. That's against the Jets. Can they block Philly? Can they score on Philly?
32:10
You know, Philly's gonna control the ball here. To me, this has, you know, 20 to 10, 23 to 13 or something written all over it. Titans team total under, I think, 15 and a half is the fairest juice.
32:20
That will be a, a bet for me. I may like that bet more than any other bet in the National Football League this week. Mm. It, it, I, I, from the beginning, from Monday, I said, "How are the Titans scoring in this game?"
32:31
Yeah. There could obviously- Yeah...
32:32
be a turnover on their, on the Philly side of the field, and they'll get a garbage three or a garbage seven, but I just genuinely don't know how they- Hey, I went game total, you went Eagles, Will's going, uh, Titans team total under.
32:43
Yeah. It's probably the best bet of all three. Yep. Yep, probably the best bet. That, and by the way, we don't say this in this, I just said again, we don't say this enough about sports betting.
32:50
Todd and I were sort of talking about this the other day, 'cause this happened with him in college football, because at halftimes of games, directionally you can be right, right?
32:57
On any sports bet, directionally you can be right, but it's particularly precise in, in halftimes when you're thinking about second half or third quarter bets. You have different ways to play different things.
33:07
The San Diego State was, okay, uh, under their team total. Mm-hmm. Uh, they get shut out in the third quarter, uh, game total under. Like, there's different ways you have to ponder.
33:19
So th- and that's the thing with sports betting. You can be directionally right- Right... but if you don't pick the right bet sometimes- Totally... that doesn't matter either.
33:26
Yeah, absolutely And so there's a great example of us- Todd does a great job with it... us having three different bets on the s- we're all directionally the same way. Yep. One of us or two of us might not be right.
33:36
Might lose our bets. By the actual bet, even though our thought on the whole process was correct. Uh, more with Will on the other side. College football, uh, baseball, and apparently there's a, uh, bit of a fire alarm.
33:48
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34:48
He is one of the stars of the Beating The Book mega pod. That will again air live on Twitter, 2:00 PM Eastern, we hope, 11:00 AM Pacific.
34:56
We were live on Twitter for about, I don't know, 45 seconds last week, and then something happened with Twitter. Oh, really? Yeah. That's annoying. Yeah. Twitter issues.
35:04
But, uh, l- the, the mega pod audience is just spectacular as also. Th- they, uh, as always, and they pre- predate this audience, so it's a different, it's somewhat of a different crowd.
35:13
So they react quite passionately to some things, good and bad, on the mega pod. But Will Hill starts off his season. Sorry, Will, you're doing, you're doing what Todd said you're gonna do, a one and two.
35:24
Not, not thrilled with that. Todd went, Todd went 0 and 3 though, I think, didn't he, in the end? Todd had the- He did. He certainly did... he had the most unlucky 0 and 3 ever though. He had Detroit. Um- Hmm... he had,
35:38
wanna say- Under the Browns game... under the Browns game- Ooh... which was a gar- garbage touchdown- Yeah, yeah... Deshaun Watson. And what was the third one? Green Bay or something like that? Green Bay. Yeah.
35:47
I mean, that could've- Oh, boy... been a 3 and 0 very easily. Instead it was an 0 and 3. Hey, uh, you guys, you guys want some fun Deshaun Watson quotes? Please. Man, this is, this is gonna end so bad.
35:56
Uh, I can't watch the video right now, but Deshaun Watson on if he needs to have a big game to s- uh, to start in first Browns home game this season.
36:04
Quote, "I think the media has this expectation that I'm supposed to go out and throw 400 yards and five touchdowns every week." Oh, no. Can you just get out of your own way, Deshaun?
36:14
Like, just get out of your own way, man. You said quotes plural. Was there another one? Oh, no, sorry. Quotes. Oh, it's quotes. Okay. Quote, quote. I mean, he's said a couple things- I thought, I-...
36:20
over the past couple years... Will, I, I thought we were gonna do, like, five Deshaun Watson quotes, but- No, no, there's just one... um, college football, Will. You have a play? You are back in the North Carolina camp
36:32
Yeah, give me UNC plus three and a half here. Uh, it s- should be an ugly low-scoring game total at 42 and a half, one of the lower totals, second lowest total on the board.
36:42
And it's Belichick and all his defensive prowess against a freshman quarterback, a true freshman, a backup quarterback, uh, Tate Reynolds. And to me, uh, you know, 1960, 1970 type of game. Clemson has looked ugly.
36:55
UNC, uh, I know, you know, TCU, the quarterback did not play well, but they took care of business against TCU as a nine-point dog. They beat East Tennessee State 35 to three. Could North Carolina be 3 and 0?
37:05
I'm gonna take the three and a half here. I think it's, uh, you know, more of a field goal game.
37:08
I think it's close, and, uh, I, I think by the time this game kicks off we're three or under, so I, I will grab that hook now. Okay. Could North Carolina be 3 and 0? Um, you don't, you, you don't really anticipate a...
37:21
I mean, what, what's the long-term prognosis on them as you see it? I mean, not great. It's, it's, it's not a disaster though for all the off-season turmoil and everything.
37:31
For them to be 3 and 0, I think, you know, that would... w- we wouldn't have expected that i- in the middle of August and doing all these preview shows.
37:37
So I mean, there's, they're not gonna be holding up the trophy come late January or anything like that. They're not gonna be in the playoff. But, uh, taking right steps, get maybe to a bowl game.
37:45
I know the schedule gets tougher, but, uh, I, I do, I do think they're live here in this one. All right, let's go to baseball. You are a big New York Yankees fan.
37:52
Let's do macro on the Yankees first before we get to some plays from you. This, you know, Yankees, we were, we were going through the match-ups, World Series match-ups earlier. Yankees, Dodgers is the short shot.
38:02
Yankees is the short shot to win the AL Pennant. They may not win the division. Might be too big of a three and a half game climb.
38:09
They do have a four-game set with the Rays next week, but again, as I was mentioning earlier, if the Rays are up about this much heading into that four-game set, really all they're trying to do is avoid the sweep at that point with only one series that follows that.
38:21
So I don't know if they, it's gonna happen. So the Yankees will probably have to endure a best of three series here in the process. What do you feel about your Yankees long-term this year?
38:35
I think they're coming out of the American League. I know that best out of three is dangerous, but they're as built for it as anyone. With Schlitter freed, I would think Cole in game three, but you know what?
38:43
Cole is not throwing the ball well, and Rodon, who's pitching today, has pitched pretty well. Uh, Spencer Jones has turned into what they hoped he'd be as a big-time prospect with all those tools. Judge is back.
38:54
You got Garcia. You got Rice. You got a, a watered-down American League. I'll give Tampa credit. Tampa has been pushed here.
38:59
The Yankees have won games and Tampa has, has kind of h- held serve and, you know, they continue to win games, got the walk-off from Cameron Aro. So give them credit.
39:06
Yankees have been charging and, and the Rays have held them off and win games, uh, won games they needed to, but Yankees are really good. Yankees are really good.
39:12
[laughs] It pains me to say anything positive about them because I just hate the way they run the team from the top down, but, uh, I do think the Yankees will p- be playing deep into, uh, October here.
39:21
I think bang for your buck, what's Yankees, Cubs, 40 to 1, something like that? Something like that. That, that would be the way I'd go. Yankees, Cubs, that'd be a fun World Series. Yankees, Cubs. Okay. Yankees, Cubs.
39:28
Go, I was just gonna ask you. Beat me to it. I was gonna call, call your, uh, exact match-up shot. 40 to 1 or thereabouts. Give me like 17 minutes, okay? I'll find it. [laughs] He'll find the exact number eventually.
39:38
All right, what about today in Major League Baseball? What'd you bet? Yeah, give me the Blue Jays plus a half run in the first five, laying a dollar 30 or so.
39:47
Uh, to me, Scherzer should not be a $1.40 favorite over pretty much anyone. I know he's had a couple of good starts recently, but I think his last time out he got hit around.
39:55
It's all just intangibles and gutting through starts. He has seen better days here. So he will be pitching against his former team, and I love getting that half a run through fir- through, through five.
40:04
And I'll also take Baltimore and the half a run plus, uh, plus a half a run here in the first five against the Mets. Bassett going against Stock.
40:11
Again, I just don't know that the Mets should be $1.30, $1.35 favorites over Baltimore. And, uh, again, love, love winning on that half a run. So two similar handicaps here.
40:19
Baltimore plus a half a run in the first five, and Detroit plus a half a run in the first five. And I'm not betting it, but I will be rooting the White Sox.
40:27
Uh, I gave it out earlier in the summer and bet it 20 to 1 to win the division. That was a heartbreaking loss last night. Pretty much a routine fly ball to left field. Bro.
40:34
The, the, the left field was basically playing Little League distance. It falls in on an 0-2 count. Ugh.
40:39
That would've almost put the division away because instead of being up two and a half and having the tiebreaker, now you're only up a half a game, and if you lose today, you're in second place.
40:48
That was a devastating loss for the White Sox. Came back from three runs down, were an out away, a strike away. Boy, that really bothered me last night and that...
40:55
I think the expected batting average of that ball based on where it was hit and the exit velocity and everything was.060. That ball never should have dropped in, but here we are.
41:04
Yeah, I, I learned of it at, at dinner also, and it is also a brutal result for my Guardian season win total under, which is on life support now.
41:11
I think I can only absorb two more wins by this team that just figures out way to win ballgames in just all kinds of fashion. Let, let's do a... And it, you're right, the rubber match starts here this morning.
41:23
White Sox, Guardians. White Sox with a, uh, with a half game lead in the AL Central heading into this ballgame. An answer for Will real quick. Yes, 40 to 1 on the Yankees, Cubs. 40 to 1. 40 to 1.
41:33
Uh, r- year in review, I know there's a week and a half left in the regular season- Yeah... but in baseball, 'cause you, 'cause we just talked about the Orioles and the Mets. So here are your three candidates.
41:41
Orioles, Mets, and Mariners. I don't think I'm leaving out anyone else that dramatically. The mo- Hmm... the single most disappointing team in Major League Baseball this season was who?
41:52
Uh, the Orioles were disappointing, but they're not on the same level as the Mariners and the Mets. I mean, the Mariners should have been in the World Series last year.
41:58
They're like 12 games under 500, but the Mets were lined at, what, 92 and a half wins? So it's to me, dead heat. Mariners and Mets, you know, flip a coin.
42:05
You could talk me into either one, but both just absolute disasters. So I, i- it's hard to choose between those two. I don't think Baltimore's on that level. Yeah. But the other two, just absolute abject disasters.
42:14
The best i- it's so great how, like, certain lines that people say, like, land on you. I have quoted you maybe five times since you wo- [laughs] since you texted this, which was about the Mariners.
42:23
He goes, "Hey, for a, uh, team..." This is such a Will comment. "Hey, for a team that's supposed to have all these great freaking pitchers- [laughs]... why do they suck so bad?" I l- That's awesome.
42:31
[laughs] It's just the greatest. I thought you were gonna go with, and, and it's so true, I thought you were gonna go with, and we talked about this at the time, how close they were getting to the World Series.
42:39
They went up two on the road. So, uh, they're an, an out, a, a few outs away in game seven. They're, they, they had all these opportunities to go to the World Series.
42:47
To think about climbing that mountain again, going back to spring training, a regular season, go through all this.
42:52
I wonder if there was a hangover with that loss, because they never should have lost to Toronto in that series. They should have brought in their closer early.
42:59
You know, they just, they, they never kind of got off the floor here in the, in the next season.
43:02
Here's the other way I wanna look at this for people thinking of futures bets, whether pennant, whether World Series match-ups, make miss playoffs, whatever. W- well, let's go beyond make miss playoffs.
43:11
Knowing this, maybe this applies. What is the team in either the American League or National League here with, you know, 11 games-ish left in the regular season,
43:19
that is either, either on the inside looking out of the playoff picture or, or on the outside looking in, that you think if they get in, are built to go further than most believe they would? Mine would be the Red Sox.
43:31
Like, I actually think the Red Sox could make a great run. What would yours be? That I would probably use the same answer, just because, uh, I think whoever gets out of that series h- has a run in them.
43:43
Um, trying to think of something different. Nobody in the AL West. I'm not a believer in the Guardians. Do you believe in the Padres? Yo, could, could- Do you believe in them at all? I was just gonna say. Man...
43:51
can San Diego with that bullpen. You always like having that kind of bullpen in a playoff setting where, you know what, Tatis has got off the mat.
43:57
He basically went to, like, Memorial Day without hitting a homer- home run. You look up, he's got 25 homers.
44:02
They've got the talent and they've got the bullpen, and you probably draw Atlanta in round one, and after Sale, does anyone scare you? I, I guess San Diego.
44:09
I, I don't think I'm gonna bet it, but San Diego I could see, you know, making a little bit of noise.
44:12
And I feel compelled to say that the two most neglected teams, I'll raise my hand on this show, maybe beyond this show, the Braves and the Rays, who have done nothing but be- Yep... in first place all season long.
44:22
Either of them? That would be a fitting World Series, right? Well, I guess- Could you imagine? I guess they're both there. We didn't really talk about them. Who really, who knows? It's, it's baseball.
44:31
There, there are very few combinations that would abso- absolutely shock me with the, just the nature of the baseball playoffs. That's for sure. Let's just have baseball next year, for God sakes. Will, thank you.
44:39
I'll see you on the Megapod shortly. See you, guys. Thanks. Will Hill, everybody. See ya. Uh, we got Nick Whelan, we got Paul Spohrer, we got a numbers game right here at VSiN, the eSports betting network.
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