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.... the poll on the right side of this page to know that I am one blogger who does not pull any punches. This blog is not afraid to speak its mind. It may not have good information like Jeff's site, pictures of hot (albeit probably underaged) girls like Mikey Miller's site, crazy videos like Andy's site, or "winners" like Hoffman's site but dammit - this blog speaks the truth.

As you loyal readers probably already know, my parents are in town from (Northern) Virginia this week and I've been going around to a number of sports books with my Dad in search of a fun future bet he can make here and then tell people back home about. For the most part, this has been a futile search as most of the books we have been to are garbage and afraid to take a bet. I won't name any names but we went to one place on Saturday that had the Red Wings at 4-7 to win the Stanley Cup and the Penguins at 5-6 to win that same title. In other words, BOTH teams were favored to emerge triumphant in the Stanley Cup Final(s). Another book we went to today had crappy odds on just about every team in every future pool imaginable. It looks like these guys take a bet on a team, panic and bring the number way down, but don't bring any of the other teams up to compensate.

I may have to tell my Dad to just come in and place his bet at the Hilton. At least he'll get a fair number. The Hilton has by far the largest betting menu in the city and their assistant manager is a local radio star. What more could you want from a Race and Sports Book? Today's blog will pay tribute to the Hilton's famous prop bets, as I will make up some fun ones of my own for the upcoming NBA Conference Finals.

Unlike some places, I'm not afraid to take a bet so if you like any of these numbers, you have MY number. Enjoy.


What Will Be More?

4701- Kobe Bryant Free Throw Attempts In Game 1 -0.5 (EV)
4702- Times Jeff Says "Atlanta Falcons" During Next Radio Show +0.5 (-120)

4703- Times Ed Complains About Officiating In Lakers Series -2.5 (-110)
4704- Times Jeff Calls Ed a ******* Baby +2.5 (-110)

4705- Games Played During the Conference Finals Round PK (-110)
4706- "Locks" Chad Releases During the Conference Finals Round PK (-110)

4707- Times Doc Rivers Has No Clue What Play to Call -1.5 (-130)
4708- Times Flip Saunders Has No Clue What Play to Call +1.5 (+110)

4709- Times Kobe Bryant Looks Out Into the Crowd During Game 3 PK (-115)
4710- Times Dads in SA Will Nervously Clutch Their Daughters PK (-105)

4711- Times Gasol Shoves A Player and Grabs a Board vs. SA -5.5 (-160)
4712- Times the Refs See That Happen and Call Him For It +5.5 (+140)

4713- Games the Pistons and Spurs Combine To Win PK (-120)
4714- ABC Executives Who Contemplate Suicide PK (EV)

4715- Points By All 4 Teams Combined During Conf Final Round* +2.5 (-140)
4716- Times Jeff Refreshes My Blog Per Day -2.5 (+120)
* Both Series Must Go 7 Games for Bet to Have Action

4717- Minutes Ray Allen Will Play During East Finals -3.5 (-110)
4718- Days Chris Graham Will Work During the Month of June +3.5 (-110)

4719- Games the Spurs Will Attempt More FTs Than Lakers PK (-110)
4720- Times Tim Thomas Will Think About Basketball Until October PK (-110)


On Monday night, I went to the the Beatles Love Show at the Mirage with my parents. Since I am on such a roll with my prop bets, I have created a few that you all can bet into after the fact:


What Was More?

5701- Times My Mom Clapped Loudly By Herself -0.5 (-110)
5702- Times My Mom Looked to See If Anyone Else Was Clapping +0.5 (-110)

5703- Times I Hid My Laughter When My Mom Clapped +10.5 (+155)
5704- Times I Glanced at My Dad to Make Sure He Was Awake -10.5 (-175)

5705- Number of People That Were Part of the Show PK (-110)
5706- Number of People From Europe That Were Part of the Show PK (-110)


Pretty good show, really. My Dad was still awake at the end even though it was after 11:30. That's 2:30 AM East Coast/Southern time. Let's finish off these prop bets with a batch of work-related ones. They are coming to me faster than I can type them out. Try not to get those feelings hurt now....


What Will Be More?

6701- Customers Jorgen Will Deal With On Tuesday -2.5 (-110)
6702- Customers Jorgen Will Want to Strangle on Tuesday +2.5 (-110)

6703- People Working the Sports Line on Tuesday PK (-110)
6704- People Glad Chad Has Tuesdays Off PK (-110)

6705- Calls About Horse Racing I Will Answer on Tuesday -6.5 (-150)
6706- Calls Our "Race Book Coordinator" Will Answer +6.5 (+130)

6707- People Who Will Work With Austin on Tuesday -2.5 (-120)
6708- People Who Will Recognize Austin on Tuesday +2.5 (EV)

6709- Sports Books Jorgen Will Make a Bet in This Summer -0.5 (+110)
6710- Sports Books Jorgen Will Be Banned From This Summer +0.5 (-130)

6711- Times Ed Will Praise Chase Utley During Phillies Game -0.5 (EV)
6712- Times Ed Will Curse Chase Utley During Phillies Game +0.5 (-120)

6713- Times Ed Will Check Scott's Blog for An Action Bet -2.5 (-130)
6714- Times Ed Will Get Impatient and Ask Me To Call Scott +2.5 (+110)

6715- "Multi-Unit" Picks Scott Will Post On Tuesday PK (-110)
6716- Times Ed Will Ask Me What Constitutes a "Multi-Unit" Play PK (-110)

6717- Times Austin Will Read My Blog At Work PK (-110)
6718- Times Austin Will Call Back to Ask Me What BI #6708 Means PK (-110)

6719- Hours Matt Spent Worrying Whether Rodney Was Mad -1.5 (EV)
6720- Hours I Spent Doing This Blog That I Get No Money For +1.5 (-120)

Here's one last one to prove there are no hard feelings....

What Will Be More?

7001 - Times Every Reader Combined Will Laugh At This Entry +17.5 (-150)
7002 - Times I Had to Stifle My Own Giggles Writing This Drivel -17.5 (+130)


That is a Hilton-esque batch of props right there. As soon as Covers.com sends over the stat sheets I'll post them in the blog so you guys can make some educated bets. My limit is a BoDog-like $300. Unless Fezzik wants a piece in which case I will give him $200 Million.

Please contact me if you feel the need to bet into any of these numbers. Just make sure you give me that betting number. I don't want to hear any team names.

And please - no group bets.

Finally kudos to Chad Jackson for winning his "Lock" play on Monday as the San Antonio Spurs won straight up in New Orleans. This kid releases so many locks he may as well call himself Chad Allyn Root but he did pick up a big winner there. Nice job.


Tuesday's Trivia Question - What was the original name of 90's Seattle rock band Pearl Jam?

** Sunday's Answer - Affirmed won the Triple Crown in 1978. Everyone knew that one.... well almost everyone.


That will wrap it up for today. I'm going to bed. My mom has arranged to have someone come and "clean my windows" tomorrow and what better time to do this than at 8 o'clock in the morning? I'm going to go think about how much I love having houseguests. You guys go and....



Enjoy the game.