Fun Summer at Stock Lemon? Bet on it.

We're approaching the dog days of summer, but around here there will be no such thing. The summer of 2010 will be packed with MLB and World Cup betting action, along with plenty more.

We were hoping to have another Free MLB Pick for you over the weekend, but it didn't materialize. Expect one before the end of this week, however.

In the meantime, if you're feeling adventurous enough to make your own picks, check out the baseball whip stats for pitchers before putting money on them.

Or, if you're a long term thinker, you can always check out the Odds to win the World Series over at Doc's Sports. Good info there.

If baseball isn't your thing, though, NFL Free agency continues to rage on. Now that the draft has concluded, you can see the full list of NFL undrafted free agents. Plenty of info to keep you busy for at least a part of the summer.

The rest of the summer? We'll take care of that.

Our World Series Pick is in!

We don't know if we'll be betting game by game this series, but we will bet who will win the series.

Yankees -200 over the Phillies

Good luck!

If the NFL Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It

While we didn't have a wager on the game between the Chargers and Steelers, in a way, everyone lost.

Especially the NFL. Well, them, and the people who bet on the Steelers.

With the Steelers ahead of the Chargers 11-10, San Diego had time for one last desperation play. It went just about how you'd expect a dump-off-and-lateral-from-inside-the-20 play to go, with Philip Rivers throwing a short pass to Ladainian Tomlinson, Tomlinson flipping it back to Chris Chambers, and Chambers lateralling it to nobody in particular.

Chambers' heave was knocked down and scooped up by Troy Polamalu, who ran it in for a touchdown, giving the Steelers a 17-10 lead. Unfortunately, due to an illegal forward lateral by Tomlinson, the touchdown was wiped off of the scoreboard. Still, the Steelers won, so no harm done, right?

Wrong.

The Steelers may have won, but anyone who took the Steelers at anywhere from -3 1/2 to -5 didn't share the victory. Okay, so Steelers bettors caught a bad break, happens all the time, right?

Sure, but does it usually happen when 66% of the action is on the Steelers as opposed to 34% for the Chargers, with bookies looking at a huge profit if the Chargers win? Does it also usually happen when the Steelers are penalized 13 times for 115 yards as opposed to two times for five yards for San Diego? And does it usually happen on a call so clearly wrong? Take a look at a couple of screenshots of Tomlinson's pitch back to Chambers. Notice the arm going behind Tomlinson, followed by the ball.

As you can see, Tomlinson tosses the ball backwards to Chambers, and pretty obviously at that. Could this have anything to do with the fact that, as RJ Bell of Pregame.com points out, Vegas was on the receiving end of a $64 million swing as a result of this lateral? From the looks of it, the referees did everything in their power to make sure the Steelers didn't cover. The zebras even admitted to making the wrong call at the end of the game.

So, was this just a huge mix up, or are we just scratching the surface of an NFL betting scandal bigger than the Chicago Black Sox of the MLB (White Sox players rigging the World Series in 1919 for the youngsters out there) or Tim Donaghy in the NBA?

We might not even want to know the answer to that.

Free MLB Picks Go 2-0 On Monday/Wednesday

It took about 50 hours, but our final two Free MLB Picks of the year both came out victorious.

Brad Lidge, as he's done all year, closed out the Phillies 4-3 win in Game Five over the Rays to become World Series champions. More importantly, Lidge and company helped us go 2-0 on the final night(s) of the MLB season.

Not only did we have the Phillies money line, but we also had the UNDER 7 1/2. These wins let us go out on a positive note in the MLB, after an up and down season for our Free MLB Picks.

We're already looking forward to Spring Training.

Monday Night Split, World Series Quit

In football, the Titans beat the Colts tonight 31-21, unfortunately going over the 40-point mark. Fortunately, we were able to determine, based on our Free NFL Pick system, that the Titans pick did qualify and played them at -4 over the Colts to split the night 1-1.

Meanwhile, in baseball, our last two Free MLB Picks of the year are still our last two Free MLB Picks of the year... we just don't know the results.

As you can see by the above photo of Jimmy Rollins and B.J. Upton late in the game, neither the Rays or Phillies will continue playing in the rain tonight, as they take a 2-2 tie headed into a time and date to be determined.

So, stay tuned to a time unknown.

Last Free MLB Picks of the Year

They've been extremely hot, extremely cold, and extremely streaky, and tonight, they'll be done for the year. Extremely.

Our Free MLB Picks conclude tonight with two plays in what should be the last game of the World Series.

Philadelphia Phillies ML -177 over the Rays

Phillies/Rays UNDER 7 1/2

Ryan Howard and the Phils will bring the city its first championship since 1980, and with Cole Hamels on the mound, they won't need many runs to do it. We like the Phils and the under.

The countdown to the 2009 MLB season will begin shortly.

Good luck!

Play the Rays In Game Three

We won our Game One over/under play in the World Series, then thought about pulling the trigger on the Rays but didn't think our system showed enough value.

Today, for Game Three, we thought about pulling the trigger on the Rays and will, because our Free MLB Pick system does show enough value.

Rays ML -115 over Phillies

We think the bats could finally come alive in this one, especially for B.J. Upton and the Rays. On the mound, Matt Garza has been exceptional for the Rays, while Jamie Moyer is 0-2 in the playoffs with an ERA of 13.50.

How much do we like the Rays tonight? Enough for Lemmy to get a Rayhawk, that's how much.

Good luck!

Game One Goes Under!

Cole Hamels and the Phillies beat the Rays 3-2 in Game One of the World Series, with both teams pitching their way out of jams and keeping us under the 7 1/2 run-mark that the over/under was set at.

The five-run game gives our Free MLB Picks their first win of the World Series, with many more to come if we have anything to do about it. Which we do.

We might have another play in the series tomorrow, so be sure to check back then!

World Series Game One Play

Our system shows no strong lean on either the Phillies or Rays tonight, but there is a solid Free MLB Pick on the over/under.

Phillies/Rays UNDER 7 1/2

With Scott Kazmir and Cole Hamels on the hill tonight, there shouldn't be too many runs crossing the plate.

Good luck!

We'll Take It

Wow.

We'll take them however we can get them, we suppose. It took a J.D. Drew walk-off hit to complete one of the greatest comebacks in MLB postseason history, leading the Red Sox to an 8-7 win over the Rays.

The Sox trailed the game 7-0 late, before heeding to the advice of the great prognosticator George W. Bush, making sure not to fool us again. The Sox win is a big one for our Free MLB Picks system, which hasn't performed up to expectations in the playoffs thus far.

For now, the AL representative in the World Series is still TBD as the series heads back to Tampa.

We'll crunch some numbers and hopefully come up with a play for Saturday's Game Six, so stay tuned.

Let's Try This Again

There's an old saying, courtesy of George W. Bush: Fool me once, shame on you... if you fool me you can't get fooled again.

That's how we feel about tonight's Game Five of the ALCS. We got burned pretty bad by the Red Sox last game, but with Daisuke Matsuzaka on the mound tonight against the oft-injured Scott Kazmir, we feel confident going with the Red Sox again, who are no strangers to a playoff series deficit.

Boston Red Sox ML -155 over the Tampa Bay Rays

The Sox will try to fend off the Rays and prevent them from a match-up with the Phillies in the World Series, at least for another game.

In honor of Bush's last months in office, we're hoping he was right when he said we can't get fooled agian.

NLCS Game One Total

And then, there were four.

With the quest to the World Series now down to the Dodgers, Phillies, Rays, and Red Sox, we're hoping for more frequent (and more successful) bets.

The first game of the NLCS between the Dodgers and Phillies is tonight, and we have a Free MLB Pick on the over/under for you.

Dodgers/Phillies UNDER 7 1/2

With Cole Hamels and Derek Lowe on the mound, this one should be a low scoring affair. We were tempted to take the Dodgers moneyline just for kicks, but will stick with the under play that our Free MLB Pick system shows has a high probability of hitting tonight.

Good luck!

We're Ready For the MLB Playoffs

Now that we're one game away from knowing all eight postseason participants, here's a quick look at the match-ups, with our early prediction highlighted in yellow.

Milwaukee Brewers vs. Philadelphia Phillies

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs

Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Somebody vs. Tampa Bay Rays

Of course, once the actual playoffs start, we'll take our 63% record and bring back the Free MLB Picks all the way through the World Series.

The White Sox Have Huge Value Today

We haven't had a Free MLB Pick since finishing up our Summer system at 14-9 (61%), but this one is impossible to pass up.

White Sox ML -216 over Tigers

It's a lot of juice to lay but in this unique circumstance you absolutely have to take the Sox. The White Sox have everything to play for tomorrow, while the Tigers probably won't even want to be there.

With a win, the Sox would force a one game playoff--in Chicago--with the division leading Twins to decide who goes on to face the Rays in the playoffs. With a loss, their 2008 season is over. Meanwhile, the Tigers season ends tomorrow either way.

Lay the juice on Ozzie Guillen's troops, they'll get the job done tomorrow and keep their hopes of winning another World Series ring alive.