We’re well into September now, and the MLB playoff picture is taking shape with about a dozen games left in the regular season.As the season winds down, we’re watching some key series, including the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, which comprise two of my three best bets for this slate.Below are three bets I highly recommend considering for Sunday, Sept. 15. Let’s check it out:Boston Red Sox vs. New York YankeesThe Red Sox and Yankees totals line is 8.5 runs, and I’m slamming the over here. In this one, the two pitchers on the mound are Kutter Crawford for the Red Sox and Carlos Rodon for the Yankees.Crawford is 8-14 on the season with a 4.09 EA, while Rodon is 14-9 with a 4.15 ERA. However, these are two of the top three pitchers in HR/9, with Crawford leading the majors at …

Tommy Lineberry, a golf cart driver for NBC Sports analyst Roger Maltbie, was arrested at the U.S. Open Saturday for hitting a North Carolina state trooper's leg with his cart. Lineberry was taken to the Moore County jail and charged, though the exact charges weren't available. From the AP report: An Associated Press reporter who witnessed the incident heard Lineberry tell the trooper, "I'm supposed to get the cart to Roger." "When a state trooper tells you to stop, THAT'S what you're supposed to do," the trooper responded, inches from Lineberry's face. A Golf Digest photographer snapped some pictures of Lineberry's arrest, which you can find here. Finally, there's this graf, in which golf fans act like golf fans: The…

Some people are fans of the Houston Texans. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Houston Texans. This 2018 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. Your team: Houston Texans Your 2017 record: 4-12. Goddamn if the Texans didn’t at least TRY to be the biggest disaster to befall the state of Texas last year. Really a stunning effort. The team insisted on opening the season with Tom Savage as the starter, which resulted in this: Amazing. It’s like watching reverse footage of Frankenstein getting up from the table. The Texans gave up the charade and benched Savage after his Week 1 performance, which prompted a remarkably detailed and futile tape-eating analysis from his own agent. And really, what better resource will y…

Some people are fans of the Detroit Lions. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Detroit Lions. This 2015 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. Your team: the Detroit Lions. The Lions: Eat Three Buttholes At The Stadium, And The Fourth Is On Us!™ From here on out, as long as I live, the first thing I think about when it comes to the Detroit Lions will be parking-lot rimjobs. They could win a million Super Bowls (they won’t), and it won’t matter. They’re the Butthole Team now. It was destiny that brought this franchise and analingus together at last. Never shall they again be separated. Your 2014 record: 11-5. Hey, that’s pretty good! Let’s see how it ended OH MY GODDDDDDDD… “There is no foul on the p…