A couple of items caught my eye today. The first is going back, way back. It was on this date back in 1929 that the immortal Babe Ruth clubbed his 500th career shot. Ruth has been the subject of these post's on many occasions. It's my personal opinion he is one of the rare ball players who could stand in today against the major leaguers and hold his own. I think he was every bit that much a freak ball player that was well ahead of his time when it came to skills. I'd love to see Babe Ruth stand in the box against Clayton Kershaw. Maybe I'm wrong, but it's fun to think about. It was also on this date back in 1951 that the very first major league baseball game was televised in color. The Dodgers knocked off the Boston Braves 8-1. People today tend to take tv and sports coverage for granted. I have flat screens all over the home and love them. I know I am dating myself but I can recall as a kid my folks black and white TV in the family room. When you turned it on you had to wait about 45 seconds for it to warm up. When the stations would sign off around midnight they would play the national anthem. We got three channels, ABC, CBS and NBC. Hell, I laugh when I think about first seeing HBO when it came on the scene. They played the same half dozen movies all month long.
Okay, a free selection. Cashed on the last one in the NFL, let's see if we can get one here guys. Going with #968 the Kansas City Royals as they open a series against the A's. The Royals are hot as hell right now and closing the gap on the Tigers. The fans and sports talk radio hosts are beside themselves. I for one am taking a wait and see attitude. This team has not been in the post season since the mid 80's. I hope they make it, their fans deserve it. I do like them tonight. Right now the strange fact is the Kansas City Royals are the hottest team in baseball.
Okay, on the business side. A couple of things. I do have a monday night Triple Star in play. I have not released a baseball Triple since back on july 31 when we cashed with Toronto. There is one game tonight I feel merits it. I also have my first College football Triple Star up and loaded. Last year in college ball we hit those at a documented 70% clip. The documented part is key. This time of year every service hanging out a shingle is proclaiming all kinds of wonderful results. The fly in the ointment is most of it is scripted, fictional bullshit. Sorry, but sometimes you have to speak plainly. It can be frustrating doing things the right way when there are characters out there running amok luring in naive, newer sports bettors with their carnival barking. If you get a call from some knucklehead making outrageous claims just take it as cheap comedy and hang up on the creep.
Well, that's it for today. Don't forget the season football packages are still available. All that is fully addressed at length on my personal pro page. We won exactly 100 units last season in football. I cannot guarantee that I will match that this time around but I can guarantee I will give it my very best shot. Nobody will out work me. Take care guys and best of luck this week!