Giving New Meaning to the Phrase "For Entertainment Purposes Only"

I just read the "picks" from both major Boston papers and while entertaining - the results could be better if the games were picked by stoned armadillos.

Jim McCabe of the Boston Globe - on the season 13-16-2 in his picks.

Jim Lazar of the Boston Herald - Overall he's 17-12-3 but last week he was 6-9-1. To put that in perspective - if you bet $100 on each game he picked then you would be up $380 for the season (with the vig accounted for). However, you would have won big in week one and maybe spent some of that money on a nice dinner at a fancy restaurant or on a snazzy shirt (and yes I did just use the word "snazzy" - I also still say dungarees). Last week you would have lost $390 - so chances are in real dollars you'd be lucky to be even right now.

"Double D" of the Boston Herald - he's 13-16-3 for the season.

IM Bettor of the Boston Herald - he only picks a couple of games per week but for the season he's just 2-2 and minus a mythical $150.

Combined these guys are 45-46-8. How can anyone take these guys seriously? If they are going to treat their picks as a joke and just try to crack wise - then either paper would be much better off just paying the money to get Norman Chad's syndicated column. Although to be fair - Jim Lazar's results so far aren't half bad.