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Las Vegas - Gonna get to the winner of the Home Run Derby in a second, but if you wanna know who has the coolest bats, Pete Alonso is off the charts. He has a bunch of bats designed by artist Gregory Siff that kinda tell the story of his life. There are phrases like Family First, Truth, Beauty, Love, Baseball, LFGM and 'Molon Labe,' a Greek phrase meaning 'come and take them' stemming from Alonso's love of the movie "300." If you're wondering about the LFGM, it's Lets, (bad word), Go, Mets!
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Las Vegas - Breakfast at Wimbledon with Novak Djokovic looking for his 20th major to tie Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. A win would also put Djoker 3/4 of the way to the single season Grand Slam which has not happened since the GREAT GREAT Rod Laver did it back in 1969. Novak WILL drop the Italian Matteo Berrettini, but not prepared to lay $500 to win back $100.
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Las Vegas - Get ready for delicious. Brazil vs. Argentina in the Copa America final at the legendary Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Does NOT get any tastier. Two great soccer traditions and two of the world's greatest players. Argentina's Lionel Messi is perhaps, the world's best, although some might argue in favor of Cristiano Ronaldo. I'm okay with either. For Brazil, it's Neymar Jr.
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Las Vegas - It might be 113 degrees and BOILING in Vegas, but up at Tahoe, it's gonna be around 78/80 with a little breeze off the lake when they tee off at 10:00 AM. That'll be perfect for the American Century Championship. You'll be able to find odds on all the players. Tony Romo is the favorite at 3/2, followed by Mardy Fish at 2/1, Mark Mulder at 4/1, with John Smoltz and Annika Sorenstam at 8/1.
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Las Vegas - Thinking the Suns will shine again, but the final score will be much tighter. After checking out the box score in game one, gotta tell you that Phoenix's starting five have more pop than Milwaukee's group. Lets throw out Jae Crowder (1 point) and P.J. Tucker (7 points), and look at the other four starters. For the Suns, Chris Paul bombed 32 points in the opener, Devin Booker had 27, Deandre Ayton 22 and Mikal Bridges 14. My calculator tells me that adds up to 95 points.
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