You Never Know

On Tuesday, the line for the Mets-Cubs game was -455. It made sense. deGrom was on the hill for the Mets. It was the second biggest line of the season in a single MLB game. Of course, the Cubbies whipped the Mets and deGrom 4-1.  

Trout’s Streak

Mike Trout of the Angels has now homered in 7 straight games. Tonight he will try to tie the all-time Major League record of 8 straight. He would join Don Mattingly (1987), Ken Griffey Jr. (1993) and Dale Long (1956) who all achieved the feat.  

NFL Week 1 Odds

After Seattle upset Denver on Monday night, the favorites were just 8-8 vs. the spread in week 1. And, more notably, the unders were 11-5. Consider that going into week 2.  

Rare Air

Zac Gallen tossed seven shutout innings against Milwaukee this week to run his scoreless streak to 41 1/3 innings.The Major League record of 59 belongs to Orel Hershiser (1988). Gallen’s next outing is likely to come next Sunday against the Rockies at Coors...

Winning Ugly

Iowa prevailed at home vs. South Dakota St. on Saturday by the score of 7-3. The game featured more punts (21) than first downs (16). In fact, this was the first time that a team has scored 7 points without a touchdown since 2000 (Iowa broke a 3-3 tie with two...