Pepper McSausage Picks

A pick a day until my mom comes back to life.

I feel wildly vindicated about my pick yesterday. The total was 229.5 and got better down to 227.5 by game time and then soared over. With these picks, it’s starting to feel like I can tell in the first quarter that it’s going to hit. If it’s trending towards obliterating the projection, it’s gonna hit. If it’s just simply on track to hit, it’s not hitting lol. There’s no in between. Getting to watch it hit from a sportsbook live in Vegas had me feeling very sharp 😏.

I love Las Vegas. My wallet doesn’t love Vegas, but that’s just an accessory, it has no feel. My mind and heart and soul all love Vegas. I was predisposed to love this place. My dad brought me here a few times growing up, and him and my mom blessed me an addictive personality, so Vegas is like catnip. It’s weird though, my dad would take me here when I was like 13 years old, and as a non-gambler (and with me his only child), I don’t understand what was so appealing to him about it lol. Every once in a while he’d put me up in an arcade for an hour so he could roam alone for a bit (and I’d lose all my money on a claw machine in like 10 minutes, so I’d just sit around waiting for his return lol), and I always wondered what he’d do. My dad lived a very controlled “no vice” lifestyle as long as I could remember and Vegas is the antithesis of that way of living, so again, what was the point for him? Getting to walk miles with me on the strip. He loved the show Pawn Stars, and we never even went to visit the actual place.

Anyways, many core memories have been created here and I feel so at home being back! Even if I lost a quick couple hundred on roulette yesterday which had me briefly fantasizing about a top down view from the hotel’s roof. Regardless, we started building momentum again last night and what better place to keep that momentum going than Sin City!

Today’s Pick: Pelicans ML (+130)

The Pels should be the favorite here, especially @ home. Not trying to overreact to one game, but the line suggests Vegas doesn’t think they’re real. But are we supposed to believe the Grizz are? They equally suck, and the whole aura of Grizz culture doesn’t feel prevalent anymore. Now I recognize that probably has falling into the trap play of the day, but I can see this bear trap from a mile away, I’m running up and poking it with a stick. This Grizzlies trap is like a 40 year old man going undercover in high school. You’re not fooling anyone!

Good luck and, as always, I’ll see you on the other side!

Pick record: 13-14 (thank you Clips/Lakers)