Ralph Michaels
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FIRST CFB 5% (SAT 1H TOTAL)....4-0 (100%) ON 5% TOTALS...CFB 5% TOTALS WENT 5-1 (86%) LY!
5% ALERT •• RALPH HAS CASHED 5 OF 6 (86%) CFB 5% O/U'S & 14-5 (74%) ON ALL CFB MAX 5% TOP PLAYS!
•• Ralph's has cashed 4 straight 5% Over/Unders, and this is his first FB 5% this season. He is 24-10 (71%) on FB top-rated 5%!
•• Ralph went 4-1 (80%) last week in CFB, and his current CFB run is 17-6 (74%)!
•• All FB 5% are 24-10 (71%), and all FB Best Bets (4% & 5%) are 61-34-1 (64%), with all FB totals going 30-15 (67%)!
REMEMBER, THE FB WEEKEND WARRIOR IS ONLY $14 MORE & GETS YOU ALL OF RALPH'S SAT CFB & SUNDAY NFL!
Hot Streaks
17-7 (71%) RUN ON MLB/NRFI BEST BETS (4% & 5%)!
MLB #1 TRIPLE CROWN THIS SEASON.....#1 PROFIT, #1 WIN% & #1 RIO%!
TOP-RATED 5% MAX PLAYS ARE 4-0 (100%) & 21-11 (66%)!
AMAZING +98 UNITS (195-141-4 & 59.4%) SINCE JAN 13TH!
NFL/CFB TOTALS WERE #1 LY GOING 33-19 (64%)!
ALL 4% & 5% BEST BETS 13-5 (72%) & 53-33-1 (62%)!
Last updated Sep 19, 10:54 AM EDT
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FIRST CFB 5% (SAT 1H TOTAL)....4-0 (100%) ON 5% TOTALS...CFB 5% TOTALS WENT 5-1 (86%) LY!
5% ALERT •• RALPH HAS CASHED 5 OF 6 (86%) CFB 5% O/U'S & 14-5 (74%) ON ALL CFB MAX 5% TOP PLAYS!
•• Ralph's has cashed 4 straight 5% Over/Unders, and this is his first FB 5% this season. He is 24-10 (71%) on FB top-rated 5%!
•• Ralph went 4-1 (80%) last week in CFB, and his current CFB run is 17-6 (74%)!
•• All FB 5% are 24-10 (71%), and all FB Best Bets (4% & 5%) are 61-34-1 (64%), with all FB totals going 30-15 (67%)!
REMEMBER, THE FB WEEKEND WARRIOR IS ONLY $14 MORE & GETS YOU ALL OF RALPH'S SAT CFB & SUNDAY NFL!
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THE WAGERTALK MLB FIRST INNING REPORT
First-Inning Report for Saturday, September 19th
The WagerTalk First Inning Report from Ralph Michaels is your daily cheat sheet for YRFI/NRFI betting.
Full game lines and totals with teams that scored in the first inning (and who gave one up)
Current streaks (3+ straight 1st inning results highlighted)
Starting pitchers listed — Lefty indicators included
* shows which teams faced a lefty
* Day games are in yellow
From trend chasers to prop hunters, this chart is built for quick-glance insights and actionable info.
Updated every morning with the freshest MLB data — only at WagerTalk!
PLUS…..RALPH LOADS A FREE FIRST INNING PLAY DAILY BY NOON ET M-F AND BY 11 AM ET SAT & SUN ON HIS HOME PAGE - WT.BUZZ/RM
THE WAGERTALK MLB FIRST INNING REPORT
First-Inning Report for Saturday, September 19th
The WagerTalk First Inning Report from Ralph Michaels is your daily cheat sheet for YRFI/NRFI betting.
Full game lines and totals with teams that scored in the first inning (and who gave one up)
Current streaks (3+ straight 1st inning results highlighted)
Starting pitchers listed — Lefty indicators included
* shows which teams faced a lefty
* Day games are in yellow
From trend chasers to prop hunters, this chart is built for quick-glance insights and actionable info.
Updated every morning with the freshest MLB data — only at WagerTalk!
PLUS…..RALPH LOADS A FREE FIRST INNING PLAY DAILY BY NOON ET M-F AND BY 11 AM ET SAT & SUN ON HIS HOME PAGE - WT.BUZZ/RM
Free Picks
THE PLAY: First Inning Over 0.5 (-125) Bryce Miller (RHP), Jose Quintana (LHP) Must Start
(979) Seattle Mariners at (980) Colorado Rockies: Total
First Inning Over 0.5 (-125) Bryce Miller (RHP), Jose Quintana (LHP) Must Start
Miller has a 4.19 ERA and is 2-0 YRFI with 6 YRFI in 14 starts
Sugano is 12-15 YRFI with a 5.61 ERA
Seattle is 6-1 YRFI
Colorado is 6-0 YRFI
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Consultant Bio
Ralph was raised in the home of handicappers in Cleveland, Ohio. Starting in the industry as a key member of Phil Steele's early team, which expanded Northcoast Sports during the mid-90s. Ralph's personal following grew fast, allowing him to strike out on his own as the founder of California Sports. Over the next dozen years as General Manager of Phil Steele Publications and lead handicapper of Northcoast Sports, Ralph managed the creation of some of the most popular sports betting content ever, including Phil Steele's College Football Preview Magazine and Northcoast's Power Sweep Newsletter. Content displaying expertise so elite that Ralph was invited into college football's most exclusive club: Heisman Trophy Voter
Ralph Michaels has a math mind, steadily searching for a value in the numbers in addition to matchup edges, situational advantages, and hidden gems of information. Ralph finds more big bets in the college versions of football and basketball, but his handicapping approach also uncovers selective winners in the professional leagues like MLB. Small conferences are particularly profitable due to mispriced injuries and his profiling of exploitable coaching tendencies.
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