Alright time for the second round of Interleague games. The Great 8 won the first round 5-3... with a couple NICE upsets...IF you wanna call it that. here's a quick preview of the must see games tonight...
Bakers vs Tiger... (Battle of the #1s)
These games are always fun as they give us a baseline to begin the discussion of what side has the more legit chance and having the promotion team! Baker is coming off of a 1 pt Loss to Philly (who always beats top teams... so no surprise there). Despite being a 2 loss team (baker) vs a 1 loss team (Tigers) Baker is only behind 14 pts in the Pt Differential. If you believe all baker has said (negative) about his view on his team this year then this game should be easily won by Tigers. But i personally believe Baker has some gamesmanship and this is going to be a good game! Tiger who finished 6th place last year is on the prowl to continue to show this season is NO FLUKE! Given that they each have a TIE game coming up. I expect both teams to play their "playoff lineups" and go normal. should be a good 1 i'm picking making the bias pick of taking the Upset... but the line in vegas has Tigers favorited by 6.5
Frosty vs Homeboyz... (Jocking for playoff position)
This should be a really tight game in my opinion. Homeboyz is out of the Cup race so i expect him to play his starters as he would a normal 2 game week. But note he plays Marsh on tuesday so it'll be interesting to see what game focus he chooses. Frosty is still in the cup, but gets a game tuesday he will probably view as very winnable. Also note Frosty has NO Intentions of not making the playoffs and he knows these games are the ones that later come back to haunt you. Neither team has a "scary" roster but Homeboyz has 2 players in the tops in the league in scoring one is second only to tommy lee. Can Frosty's guards defend enough to give him a chance to win down the stretch. With HomeBoyz at home i'm taking the Boyz to win. Vegas has the line at Homeboyz favorite by 8.5
Philly vs Warhawks (Intriguing game)
If you look at Phillys wins you'd say why is this game even getting mentioned as a preview should be a win. BUT if you then look at Phillys losses you realize there are no chalk it up wins for Philly this team is very polarizing. Warhawk in the same sense has been a roller coaster as well hard to pick what games he will win or lose. The hawks are out of the cup, while Philly has a tough cup opponent AND a game against walnut on tuesday. This could be the game Philly tries to save game shape and game enthusiasm which would make him vulnerable for a loss. Hard to call this game. My gut says Philly TIE's this game and doesn't play his starters (Reasoning... he sees Frosty could lose, and Crosstown plays BucsBlue...so even if he loses and those 2 teams lose as well he doesn't lose ANY playoff ground) so i am picking Hawk to win. But the Vegas line based on both teams playing it equally has Philly as a 11.5 favorite.
BucsBlue vs Crosstown
This game is being featured because its a homer game. BucsBlue seems to have the ship going in the right direction after a bad season start. The pieces are playing together, the chemistry is growing, they have won 4 in a row by a point margin of about 40 points. Crosstown is a team still battling the rough Great 8 for a playoff spot and always puts his best foot forward. Crosstown has beat who he should and has lost to teams higher than him in the power Rankings. I believe his guys will play hard, but are slightly outmatched in some critical positions. I am picking BucsBlue (not a bias pick). Vegas has the line at 17.5 in favor of BucsBlue
Best of luck to all the teams!!!!!!! Today's Games will be 4-4 thats the III.7 Daily News Prediction. Winners are as follows
Philly, Walnut, Bucs, Marshall, Tigers, Lambda, Mits, Homeboyz