My sense of humor was greatly underappreciated in my last blog, so I am on Comedy Strike, (again) in this one. Serves ya right!

Was having a great week until I missed a boxing play last night. As with all losses, I look back to see if there is anything I could have/should have done differently, as opposed to anything a player or team should have done differently (such as New Orleans SHOULD HAVE played like professionals and NOT put up a 29 point 2^nd half in game 6, after a 109 point 1^st half left me needing a paltry 75 to get a win with the over. In fact, I had the Over in another game in this series that barely missed, after the Spurs put up a weak 12 point Q3. Bastards!)

Anyway, looking back on last night’s play I have no anger, no regrets, other than my lost investment. It could have been a stronger play – my best plays are when I actually “see” the result, based on knowledge of the two fighters and their styles. Last night was not that type of handicap, as I had little experience watching either Jimenez or Gamboa. It was more of a situational play. HBO was presenting a card that was to bring us our first look at tomorrow’s superstars, and Gamboa (6-0 with 6 KO’s) was the headliner, supposed to be the brightest star of all. Knowing this, and the way promoters work, I know they matched up all three stars with guys they could look impressive against. The other two stars of tomorrow did the job – Alfredo Angulo and James Kirkland both scored early KO’s (Kirkland in just 66 seconds!) perfectly setting up the main event with Gamboa. Only problem is, he got knocked on his ass. He won a decision, but lost a lot of believers, and the press and announcers are letting him hear about it today. His opponent, Jimenez, was hand-picked for this coming-out party – he hadn’t fought in over a year, and only fought once in the last two years. He was ready to be KO’d from round 7 on – mouth open, legs unsteady, but “The Can’t Miss Kid” (as ESPN’s Dan Rafael and many others tagged him) missed. Despite being knocked down he won a decision, and I lost my bid for a 6^th straight fight. No biggie, I’ll just start another 5-in-a-row streak. And we take from this fight some valuable information to use in the future – they are talking about matching Gamboa up with Linares sometime next year. Please do. Gamboa is all flash – fast hands, fast feet, and a lot of hype. Linares will KO him inside of 5. And we’ll be there to collect. The week wasn’t a total loss in boxing though – as a lark I threw a fifty on Under in Byrd/George on ESPN Friday night (a play I made late in the day when I realized I was going to have time to watch the bout.) Scored better than 3-1 when it ended just in time to collect on the Under; in the future I will be able to share all my plays with you, even late ones like this play, via the blasts.)

In my last blog I promised I would share a free play the next time I log a play on the Ov/Un profile that has been doing well since the second half of last year (67% at over 50 selections) and has started strong this year (5-2 thus far.) Just so happens it is active again, today, and I purchased it earlier this morning. It hits on ALL FIVE PARAMETERS, and not just barely qualifying – it blows away all five. I said I’d hide it within the blog, but am short on time and am opting to just post it in clues instead.

The “direction” to play?

The place “out of the Sun” where “we’ll be having some fun.”

The team involved?

One from a city I have never visited.

(What, the last clue sucks and no one could possibly know it? Too bad, ya should have laughed at my ‘hands’ joke yesterday!)

OK, I’ll cut ya a break. It’s the game involving scalp ‘ems, as opposed to dot heads . . .

(Send any hate mail for the politically incorrect terminology directly to me, and spare my editor at SM; but ONLY if the play misses; if it wins – SHADDUP ys friggin ingrates!)