A weekly look at smart plays, oddball propositions and all your tales of gambling woe. Send your stories to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Bad beats.

A weekly look at smart plays, oddball propositions and all your tales of gambling woe.

A weekly look at smart plays, oddball propositions and all your tales of gambling woe.

A weekly look at smart plays, oddball propositions and all your tales of gambling woe.

A weekly look at smart plays, oddball propositions and all your tales of gambling woe.

We started the day off with small athletes of the Orient, and we shall end with larger ones.

In case Florida fails to crush another mediocre SEC opponent tonight, Urban Meyer can safely recycle his flu excuse. Sickness has ravaged the Gators, including Tim Tebow, who flew to Lexington on a separate plane last night. [Dr. Saturday]

If Drew's mailbag has taught us anything, it's that gambling stories usually end badly. In that spirit, we'd like to hear your worst.

The normally robotic Ichiro was ejected for the first time in his career after arguing a called third strike in today's game against Toronto. Apparently, it was the old "bat in the sand" demonstration that did it.[ESPN]