matt45

Las Vegas - Game SEVEN BAABBBEEE!!! No matter what sport, it's the cat's pajamas. Which as you all know, is a highly admired or exceptionally excellent person or thing according to Merriam-Webster. And for those of you with a green thumb, you probably already know that Cat's Pajamas is a plant, and voted 2021 Perennial of the Year. But back to the ice. Of course, we did our requisite research and found out that Tampa Bay has played in eight game sevens and won five. The New Yorkers have played in nine game 7s and won just four. The big question mark in this game is Lightning superstar Nikita Kucherov, who left after one shift and a wicked cross-check in game six. Kucherov is the leading scorer in the playoffs with 27 points. But he missed the entire regular season while recovering from hip surgery, so it's not like the Lightning have not been down this road before if he should miss the game. My heart is with New York but wallet is screaming Tampa Bay. Lightning will not strike eight times like game five, but the defending Stanley Cup champions will get to defend their Stanley Cup and move into the Finals for the second straight season.

The Orioles are letting Matt Harvey take the mound for another start, and to say his numbers are UGLIFIED would not be totally accurate. It's gone WAY beyond uglified. Gotta come up with a new word. Open to all suggestions. For those who have not been on the MONEY TRAIN playing against Harvey, here are some numbers. No wins since May 1 (0-8), and in the last eight starts, he has been SCORCHED for 54 hits and 40 earned runs in just 27 innings of work. YIKES! That's TWO hits per inning and a GINORMOUS 13.33 ERA. Flying with the Blue Jays no matter what the price, and yup, you can BOOK IT!!!

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