Not yet. BB posts them over in the Hoops Forum everydays (he will begin posting them here in the Bases Forum when the NBA season is done).
During the week BB typically posts around 3:00 PM (central) daily (missing the noon and 1:00 games) but well in time for the early evening games.
I am not sure when he will post today but I am keeping an eye out and will repost here ASAP.
4/14/7 Service Plays From Bookie Buster:
4/14/7 Service Plays from Bookie Buster:
Saturday Service Plays 4/14
Larry Ness 15* NL Game of the Week
Arizona
Brandon Lang
25 DIME
Giants
10 DIME
Indians
5 DIME
Cardinals
Braves
Scotty Spreitzer
White Sox vs. Indians
Prediction: White Sox
The Chicago White Sox are always worth a look as a dog and I think they are a good value Saturday night at Cleveland. The Pale Hose are 52-41 as short-enders the past three seasons and they are 47-28 as road dogs.
They have also won 40 of 61 at prices up to +$1.50. Conversely, the Tribe is 48-50 as favorites of $1.10 or higher and just 68-62 as home chalk (-25 units). Lefty John Danks impressed in his initial outing as the No. 5 man in Chicagos rotation, limiting Minnesota to three runs and four hits in six innings, while fanning six and walking just two.
Cleveland struggles against lefties, dropping 34 of its last 59. Paul Byrd was the beneficiary of a lot of run support at home last season. Cleveland was 11-3 at Jacobs Field when the veteran puff-ball specialist was the starter despite his 5.64 ERA.
Byrd will be making his first start of the season due to the rash of Indians rainouts and this doesnt work in his favor. Chicago had won 18 of 28 at Cleveland prior to Fridays series opener.
I recommend a play on the underdog White Sox
Greg Daraban
Reds at Cubs
Prediction:Reds
The Reds won Friday 6-5 in a very exciting afternoon contest at Wrigley Field behind some solid relief pitching Coffey (3 strikeouts) and David Weathers (save).
This will be another pitching mismatch as Bronson Arroyo will head to the mound for the Reds and Rich Hill will counter for the Cubs. Arroyo has a men-on-base average of just 10.29.
It won't hurt either when you have Ken Griffey Jr. and new feel good story Josh Hamilton (former No. 1 pick) who fell prey to some personal deamons. He has kicked that habit and is batting .308, and has all applauding in the baseball world.
The Reds has a very good team, and could make a run in the NL Central. Take Cincinnati.
Tom Freese
Baltimore - (Cabrera vs. Perez)
LT Profits
Pittsburgh Pirates
Kansas City Royals
Paul Leiner
5* Mariners
Trev Rogers
SF Giants
SF/Pitt Under
Rangers/Mariners over
Hondo
Nationals
Bob Balfe
Dodgers
Bob Balfe:
MLB Baseball
Dodgers +110 over Padres
Schmidt/Peavy)
Benjamin Lee Eckstein
Orioles
INSIDER SPORTS GROUP
Tony Mathews
Matchup: Washington Nationals vs. New York Mets
Selection: New York Mets -1.5 Runs (-120)
Explanation: We will side with the New York Mets -1.5 Runs as they face-off against the Washington Nationals in Saturday's MLB contest.
Maui Sports Insider.com
We see the Washington Nationals struggling to score runs today as the New York Mets will use starting pitcher Orlando Hernandez. Orlando Hernandez has pitched very well this season (pitching 13 inning, while only giving up two runs), and should have no problem holding a poor Washington Nationals offense to very little runs (maybe leaving the Washington Nationals scoreless).
On the other hand, the Washington Nationals will use starting pitcher Shawn Hill. Shawn Hill has pitched poor this season (pitching 11.2 inning, while giving up six runs), and you can bet he will continue to struggling today as he faces a solid New York Mets offense.
We expect a New York Mets blowout victory!
Maui Sports Insider.com
Take the New York Mets -1.5 Runs
Stan Sharp - Triple Dime
964 ARI (-130) vs 963 COL
Analysis: Today all 3 of Stan's TOP BASEBALL BETTORS have made a BIG WAGER on the ARIZONA. Stan's contacts all agree that today's Pitching Match up is a mismatch. Arizona will even up the series with a BIG Home Win. TAKE ARIZONA as STAN'S NATIONAL LEAGUE BIG BET OF THE WEEK and make them a TRIPLE DIME PLAY. Note Stan is 36-22 ATS with his last 58 Plays!!
Professional-Plays
YTD: (12-4)
Plays rated 1-5
Confirmed:
As long as we have been handicapping Baseball we have never seen a team have a melt down like the Chicago Cubs did yesterday. Up by 5 runs and then let Cincinnati score 6 runs in the 6th inning.
Big Lou really hammered them at a press conference and we expect a change in todays line up so we will take the Cubbies again today to turn a losing day into a winning day.
3 Units Chicago Cubs
FPBE Free Picks
Marc Lawrence - PIT +112 MLB
Matty O'Shea - TB +130 MLB
Ben Burns - NYY/OAK over 9.5 MLB
Redzone Sports Comp (3-0 L 3 I believe) Arizona - MLB
Billy Coleman
5* SF Giants w/Zito
Sebastain
5* tampa bay
7* san francisco
10* oakland makes sure you get the pitching change, dont play with pavano listed
10* oakland over
10* toronto run line -1.5
20* san diego
20* arizona
@tt F@rgo - Comp Play
PICK: San Francisco Giants
Offered at: -110 Sportsbook
REASON FOR PICK: The Giants were able to rid the losing streak against the Pirates as they snapped a six-game skid on Friday against Pittsburgh in rather easy fashion. They now send their record-breaking contract signee Barry Zito to the hill to try and pick up his first win. He struggled mightily in his last outing against the Dodgers as his career in April continues to be horrid. The pressure is now off however as he will be making his first road start of the season and it comes against a team that is not hitting the ball well at all.
Zito brings in an 8.18 ERA but the Pirates are the perfect candidate to reverse the rough start. He has never faced Pittsburgh and that is always an advantage for the pitcher especially when switching over to the National League. Pittsburgh has yet to win this season at home after losing game one in this series and getting swept by the Cardinals in the series prior to that. The Pirates scored just four runs in that series and they are now batting .192 with runners in scoring position and .225 on the season.
The Pirates send Tony Armas to the hill and he has a horrible start to the season as well against Cincinnati. In four innings, he walked five, gave up eight hits and six runs while throwing a hefty 89 pitches, with only 48 of those being strikes. Unlike Zito, he has faced the opponent and things have not gone well. In five career starts against the Giants, Armas is 1-4 with a 5.28 ERA and 1.45 WHIP. Barry Bonds is 5-10 with two home runs and five RBI’s against Armas and is always a weapon.
Going on the road takes the pressure off Zito and he has had a lot of success when traveling. He is 13-5 against the money line in road games over the last two seasons. Playing a team with a losing record doesn’t hurt as he is 36-9 against the money line when playing against a bad team. The Pirates have not fared well against left-handed starters as they are 15-36 against the money line against left-handed starters over the last 2 seasons. Look for the Giants to get it done again and for Zito to get into the win column. Play San Francisco Giants 1 Unit
Greg Daraban
Reds at Cubs
Prediction:Reds
The Reds won Friday 6-5 in a very exciting afternoon contest at Wrigley Field behind some solid relief pitching Coffey (3 strikeouts) and David Weathers (save).
This will be another pitching mismatch as Bronson Arroyo will head to the mound for the Reds and Rich Hill will counter for the Cubs. Arroyo has a men-on-base average of just 10.29.
It won't hurt either when you have Ken Griffey Jr. and new feel good story Josh Hamilton (former No. 1 pick) who fell prey to some personal deamons. He has kicked that habit and is batting .308, and has all applauding in the baseball world.
The Reds has a very good team, and could make a run in the NL Central. Take Cincinnati.
LT PROFITS
Pittsburgh Pirates
Kansas City Royals
PAUL LEINER
5* Mariners
GOLD KEY GAMES:
Silver Key (Bonus Play): LA Dodgers...Schmidt...-1.5 Runs...-165
Boston Blackie
Phillies
GATOR E-REPORT
MLB (Saturday)
Play Against MLB team allowing 5.7 or more runs per game on the season (AL)
versus an opponent whose starting pitcher allowed 7 or more runs in his last outing.
(51-21 last 5 seasons.) (70.8%)
PLAY: Minnesota -140
Larry Ness' 15* NL Game of the Week (now 10 STRAIGHT wins in MLB!)
My 15* play is on the Az D'backs at 9:40 ET. The D'backs got off to a 7-2 start in 2007 but have quickly dropped two games. The Rockies sit a 5-5 because they've beaten Arizona three of four, including besting Brandon Webb last night 6-3. The Rockies are batting just .244 as a team, but are hitting .318 against the Diamondbacks while outscoring them 27-18. All that said, I'm backing the D'backs in this one for a number of reasons. One can't ignore the fact that Colorado was a pathetic 15-34 in away night games vs right-handers in 2006 (face Livan Hernandez tonight). The Rockies are 2-2 in that situation this year but I'm still very leery of them in this kind of spot. Hernandez is a vet, coming off two excellent starts in 2007 (14.0 IP / 8 hits / two ERs / 1.29 ERA / team is 2-0). As rookie in 1997 he went 9-3, 3.18 and was then World Series MVP. Over the last seven years (2000-06), he's had double digit wins each year. As for Colorado, the Rockies will go with Aaron Cook. Cook's a great story, recovering from a severe illness to make 13 starts in 2005, going 7-2, 3.67. However, he was 9-15, 4.23 last year, with the team going 10-22 in his starts. Incredibly, proving the state of the team's starting pitching, Cook was Colorado's opening day starter in 2007. Back on April 2, he started in Coors Field against these D'backs, allowing five runs in six innings. In 12 career appearances (10 starts) vs Arizona, he's 3-3 with a 5.17 ERA. Remember, the Rockies went 32-49 on the road last year, which is fairly typical. Colorado has averaged just over 30 road wins per season over the last five years.
NL Game of the Week 15* Az D'backs.
Dave Ma@linsky:
4 reds
Saturday Comps
Sebastian-Orioles
Computer Boys-Twins
Feiner-San Diego
All Star Sports-San Francisco
Cappers Access
(Sat) MLB Cubs Reds 125 Cubs
(Sat) MLB Yankees A's 130 Yankees
Randall H
MLB:
HOME TEAM IN CAPS
All games are listed pitchers unless stated otherwise.
BALTIMORE –1½ +1.22 over Kansas City PINNACLE
The hitters and GM’s in this league always insisted that Daniel Cabrera just might have the nastiest stuff in the business and that he was a potential Cy Young award winner. It would appear that Cabrera finally has his head on straight and is no longer an enigma. He’s 1-1 with a 2.35 ERA and he’s pitched at least seven full innings in both starts. In his last start he didn’t walk a batter and issuing free passes has been his Achilles Heel in the past. Cabrera has already whiffed 14, he’s not given up a bomb and the opposition hit just .245 against him. Oh, he’s not facing the Yankees here either. K.C. The Royals have scored two runs or fewer in six of its past 10. In the firstr two games of this series they’ve combined to score two runs and bat .195. Odalis Perez is 0-2 with an ERA over 10 to start the year after allowing 12 hits, eight runs and walking four in just 6.2 innings of work. This looks like a total mismatch on every level and we’ll gladly take our chances laying 1½ runs. Play: Baltimore –1½ +1.22 (Risking 2 units).
Chicago +1.23 over CLEVELAND (1:05 PM) PINNACLE
John Danks will make his second major league start after losing his first one by a 3-1 score to Minnesota’s Johan Santana. Danks gave up a three-run shot in that game and that was about his only mistake, as he only allowed five other hits in six full innings. The Twins hit just .182 off him in that contest. Danks is a southpaw and although early the Tribe is off to a 0-2 start versus lefties. Remember, Danks was a first round pick by the Rangers and the White Sox gave up a big time prospect, Brandon McCarthy to get him. Paul Byrd was the unfortunate chucker in the game the umps called in the top of the fifth with two outs and Byrd leading 4-0. Oh well. Byrd pitched beautifully in that game and he’ll do that from time to time but on more occasions then not he’ll just be another very average pitcher in this league of saturated average pitchers. Byrd will put the ball in play, as he won’t strike out many, he won’t walk many but he will give up hits. The opposition hit .308 off him last year in 31 starts and he was also tagged for 26 jacks in 179 innings. The Indians have never seen Danks while everyone in the league has seen Byrd about 100 times and that, too, works in our favor. Play: Chicago +1.23 (Risking 2 units).
Detroit +1.60 over TORONTO (1:05 PM) SPORTSINTERACTION
A.J. Burnett has never had success against the Tigers and when you throw in his propensity for coming up with a stinker after a good outing then taking the Tigers here at a big price makes even more sense. Burnett was torched by Detroit in his season debut and his fragile mind may do him in psychologically in this one. Burnett came back by beating the Royals but that’s not a true indication of anything, as KC is making everyone look good. Burnett, in two starts has not looked sharp at all and even against the Royals he was fighting it. This choice has nothing to do with the Tigers Chad Durbin and everything to do with taking back better then 3-2 against Burnett who is not close to being in top form. Play: Detroit +1.60 (Risking 2 units).
Texas –1.09 over SEATTLE PINNACLE
Vincente Padilla was hit hard in his season debut but followed that up with a solid outing in Boston in his second start. He went seven full innings in Boston and allowed just three runs on four hits. Padilla has very decent stuff and has a very respectable career ERA of 4.10 in 229 major league appearances. It’s even more impressive when you throw in the fact that he pitches the majority of the time at Ameriquest Field in Arlington, perhaps the best hitting park in the majors. The Rangers can bash with the best of them and should have little trouble putting up a few runs against the Mariners Miguel Batista, The A’s ripped apart Batista in his only start of the year to the tune of eight runs and 10 hits in 4.2 innings. Batista has basically been a spot starter his whole career, as he’s pitched in 400 games but has only started 186. The man is a fifth starter and that’s all he’ll ever be. Rangers took the opener in this series and chances are they’ll take this one too. Play: Texas –1.09 (Risking 2.18 units to win 2).
LOS ANGELES +1.06 over San Diego PINNACLE
Jake Peavy has a reputation for being a great pitcher, which can happen when strikeouts pile up, however, a close look at Peavy and the tale is not that great in certain situations. When pitching at night at Petco Park, a pitcher’s best friend, the combination is enough to translate him to great, but he is only great in that particular setting. In all other outings we find that he is nothing more than average. Let’s let the numbers from the past two seasons speak for themselves. When not pitching in Petco at night his ERA doubles, along with the requisite gap in all of the key peripheral categories. And when we see a 4.51 ERA and a 1.29 WHIP (walks + hits per inning pitched), we are looking at your basic average pitcher in the National League. But Peavy is not priced that way at all here, with the Padres being a small favorite despite the fact that he is on the road, with one of the worst offensive teams in the league behind him, taking on a hot Dodgers squad with Jason Schmidt going. That is more than enough for us to step in. Play: Los Angeles +1.06 (Risking 2 units).
Big Al's MLB Winner
At 9:40pm our selection is on the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Colorado Rockies. Arizona righthanded veteran Livan Hernandez could be the most durable starter in the Major Leagues over the last 10 years. Since 1998, Hernandez has only failed to pitch 200 innings one time, and that one time was in 1999 when he pitched 199 2/3 innings! He has been a consistent workhorse for 4 different National League teams during this time, and there is nothing to suggest that now that he is back in Arizona with a much better roster backing him up, he can't get rejuvenated and have one of his best seasons since he was a fixture for both Florida and the Giants. And with Brandon Webb and soon to be added Randy Johnson, Hernandez will no longer have the pressure of being a #1 or 2 starter and that can only help as well. In his last 4 starts (2 this season and the last 2 in 2006), Hernandez pitched exactly 7 innings each time, and has only given up a total of 4 runs in those 28 innings. Colorado righthander Aaron Cook's stock may have risen after his last start, a game in which Colorado lost 2-1 to Jake Peavy & the Padres, but that came in what is now perhaps the stingiest pitcher's park in baseball in San Diego, and there is nothing to suggest in his previous starts that he can repeat that effort in Arizona. The Rockies have lost Cook's last 4 starts against the D-Backs (1 this season and 3 in 2006) and none of them have been pretty. Take Arizona. As always, good luck...Al McMordie. And don't miss my 2 winners in the NBA today.
Beating the Book
SFG(B.Zito) -120 vs. PIT(T. Armas)
GridIron
Take Chicago Cubs (Hill) -120 v. Cincinnati (Arroyo)
Take Arizona (Hernandez) -135 v. Colorado (Cook)
Take San Diego (Peavy) -120 at Los Angeles Dodgers (Schmidt)
Take Tampa Bay (Jackson) +140 at Minnesota (Ponson)
6* Widow Wiseguy Run Line of the Month NY Mets
Shawn Hill takes the mound for the Nationals with his 0-2 record to start the season. Washington is just 2-9 on the year and things dont look to be getting better. They cant produce runs and this gives us the green light to go with the Run Line on the Mets. Orlando Hernandez takes the rubber for his third start of the season. Hernandez (1-0, 1.38 ERA) has been the most consistent starter in the Mets rotation thus far, allowing two runs and seven hits in 13 innings in his two starts. The right-hander gave up only one run and two hits in six innings against Atlanta on Sunday, but New York ended up losing 3-2 after the bullpen yielded two eighth-inning runs. The bullpen wont even be a factor here as New York puts up at least 6 runs through 6 innings to support Hernandez.
4* MAJOR on LA Angels +140
(Listing Carrasco and Shilling)
LA ANGELS are 34-29 (+11.3 Units) against the money line as an underdog of +100 or higher over the last 2 seasons. LA ANGELS are 82-61 (+28.6 Units) against the money line in road games in games played on a grass field over the last 3 seasons. SCHILLING is 0-6 (-8.2 Units) against the money line at home with a money line of -100 to -150 over the last 3 seasons. Shilling is washed up and will get lit up by a very potent Angels line-up tonight.
Chris Jordan
600 Run Line Punisher Toronto Minus The Run And A Half 100 Mets Minus The Run
Priceless Picks
7* AL West Game of the Year on Seattle -104
(Listing Padilla and Batista)
Texas is a terrible road team while the Mariners are very solid at home. The Mariners expect much better out of veteran right hander Miguel Batista than they saw 10 days ago against Oakland. He'll be very rested and will turn in a much better performance today. Padilla is off to an 0-2 start for the Rangers not looking anything like a number two guy in the rotation. This guy really struggles on the road as we saw in his first start of the season in LA. He has also been terrible against the Mariners in his career going 1-3 in 6 career starts with an ERA approaching 6 and an opponents batting average of .320. Take the Mariners at home.
4* on Boston -149
(Listing Escobar and Shilling)
The Red Sox at home with Schilling on the hill. Let's chalk it up. Schilling was terrible in his first start against the Royals, but he bounced back with a great performance against Texas allowing just 1 run and 4 hits in 7 innings. Schilling will be even better today in his first start in front of the Red Sox faithful this season. It's always tough for west coast teams to make the trek out east and be at their best. You better not be jetlagged when facing Schilling or he'll really make you look stupid. All Bean Town in this one.
4* on San Francisco Giants -109
(listing Zito and Armas)
Pittsburgh really hasn't done much since a season opening sweep of the Astros on the road. In fact, the Pirates have been awful at home and Armas has been dreadful with a 13.50 ERA this season. Zito has had a rough start with his new team, but that all turns around today against one of the weakest offensive teams in the National League. We'll bet on Zito and the Giants her e today as Zito will be better than Armas and the Giants' offense will be better than the Pirates' offense.
Guaranteed Pick: Tom Freese
Game: Florida Marlins at Atlanta Braves Apr 14 2007 7:05PM
Prediction: over
Reason: Atlanta is 9-0 Over in the last 9 starts made by Kyle Davies as a favorite. Going back to last year the Braves are 19-7-1 Over at home when the total is 9.0 to 10.5. Florida is 6-0 Over their last 6 games as underdogs and they are 7-0 Over their last 7 games vs. NL East foes. The Marlins are 9-4-1 Over their last 14 games with Scott Olsen on the mound. Atlanta starter Kyle Davies has allowed 11 runs in 11 innings of work in his last 3 starts vs. Florida while the Marlins Scott Olsen has allowed 13 runs in 13.1 innings in his last 3 starts vs. the Marlins. 5* Play On 'Over' (Davies vs. Olsen)
Power Play of the Day
Been on a great run only lost 2 of 15...yesterday won with Hou -110
Today.......SF Zito -140
ATS Financial Package
4 units on the Atlanta Braves (-120) over the Florida Marlins, 7:00
3 units on the Oakland A's (+130) over the New York Yankees, 10:00
Fixerwins MLB
2* Phil.
2* San Diego
Sports Betting Solutions
Toronto Blue Jays -175 $525/$300
Play Against - All underdogs with a money line of +150 or more (DETROIT) - poor AL offensive team (<=4.5 runs/game) against a team with a very good bullpen (ERA<=3.33), in the first half of the season.
New York-A Yankees -129 $390/$300
Play Against - Home underdogs with a money line of +100 or higher (OAKLAND) - poor AL offensive team (<=4.5 runs/game) against a team with a very good bullpen (ERA<=3.33), with a good bullpen whose WHIP is 1.350 or better on the season.
(42-10 since 1997.) (80.8%, +28.9 units. Rating = 3*)
Karl Garrett
40 DIMER - SEATTLE MARINERS WITH BATISTA
I don't have a lot of stats to support my play on the Mariners today, but after Texas came through with the win last night, I like the M's to even the series with the late day win today.
I don't see much seperating these 2 teams, and I don't see much seperating the starting pitchers, as Vincente Padilla, and Miguel Batista have not gotten the job done early this spring.
This is Padilla's 3rd start, and he has already been tagged for 9 runs in 12 innings while taking a pair of losses. Padilla had mixed success last year against Seattle as he went 1-1 in 3 starts, but did allow 8 runs in 18 innings.
Have to look for Seattle to respond after getting back from Boston and being a little flat last night with the win today.
10 DIMER - TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS WITH JACKSON
Hey, if you can stop a 10-game losing streak at the Metrodome by betting one of the best pitchers in the game who was 17-0 his last 24 starts at home, why can't you beat a guy who is only in the rotation until youngster Matt Garza gets some minor league seasoning?
That's right, I am taking the Rays in the dog role to come through with another upset win tonight.
Sidney Ponson didn't fare well in his first start in a Minny uni, as the Yanks banged him around for 8 runs in 6 innings. Ponson also struggled a couple of years ago when he last faced Tampa Bay.
I think there is value in the Devil Rays in this spot tonight, as this team can hit, and will certainly hit Ponson enough to give Edwin Jackson a chance to get something positive started for his season.
10 DIMER - WHITE SOX WITH DANKS - 1PM
Chicago was outhit last night 13-8, but they did get the key hits as both Uribe and Dye went yard. Today they get to face Paul Byrd who has yet to make an "official" start as his debut got snowed out with a no-hitter in progress against Seattle last week.
The White Sox are off to a 3-1 start on the road, and lefty John Danks didn't look too bad in his ML debut losing to the Twins, but pitching a decent 6 frames of 3-run ball.
Their is no love lost between these rivals, but it may be Byrd that cracks, as Chicago did play 9 runs in 12 innings of work against him last year in a pair of no-decisions
Russ Culver baseball -6.94u ytd
Sides
Brewers +115
Giants -127
Rockies +115
Angels +180
Royals +165
Devil Rays +130
Totals
KC-Baltimore UNDER 9 +105 (Perez-Cabrera)
NY-Oakland UNDER 9 1/2 +105 (Rasner-Blanton)
Triple Crown Sports
4-Unit Play. Take Minnesota (-140) over Tampa Bay
3.5-Unit Play. Take Baltimore (-175) over Kansas City
2-Unit Play. Take San Francisco (-128) over Pittsburgh
1.5-Unit Play. Take Boston (-150) over Los Angeles
1-Unit Play. Take Milwaukee (+115) over St. Louis
MTI
4* Houston Astros
PPP
3% Cubs
2% Balti
5 Innings
2% Cubs
2% Giants
4/14/7 Service Plays from Bookie Buster:
Saturday Service Plays 4/14
Larry Ness 15* NL Game of the Week
Arizona
Brandon Lang
25 DIME
Giants
10 DIME
Indians
5 DIME
Cardinals
Braves
Scotty Spreitzer
White Sox vs. Indians
Prediction: White Sox
The Chicago White Sox are always worth a look as a dog and I think they are a good value Saturday night at Cleveland. The Pale Hose are 52-41 as short-enders the past three seasons and they are 47-28 as road dogs.
They have also won 40 of 61 at prices up to +$1.50. Conversely, the Tribe is 48-50 as favorites of $1.10 or higher and just 68-62 as home chalk (-25 units). Lefty John Danks impressed in his initial outing as the No. 5 man in Chicagos rotation, limiting Minnesota to three runs and four hits in six innings, while fanning six and walking just two.
Cleveland struggles against lefties, dropping 34 of its last 59. Paul Byrd was the beneficiary of a lot of run support at home last season. Cleveland was 11-3 at Jacobs Field when the veteran puff-ball specialist was the starter despite his 5.64 ERA.
Byrd will be making his first start of the season due to the rash of Indians rainouts and this doesnt work in his favor. Chicago had won 18 of 28 at Cleveland prior to Fridays series opener.
I recommend a play on the underdog White Sox
Greg Daraban
Reds at Cubs
Prediction:Reds
The Reds won Friday 6-5 in a very exciting afternoon contest at Wrigley Field behind some solid relief pitching Coffey (3 strikeouts) and David Weathers (save).
This will be another pitching mismatch as Bronson Arroyo will head to the mound for the Reds and Rich Hill will counter for the Cubs. Arroyo has a men-on-base average of just 10.29.
It won't hurt either when you have Ken Griffey Jr. and new feel good story Josh Hamilton (former No. 1 pick) who fell prey to some personal deamons. He has kicked that habit and is batting .308, and has all applauding in the baseball world.
The Reds has a very good team, and could make a run in the NL Central. Take Cincinnati.
Tom Freese
Baltimore - (Cabrera vs. Perez)
LT Profits
Pittsburgh Pirates
Kansas City Royals
Paul Leiner
5* Mariners
Trev Rogers
SF Giants
SF/Pitt Under
Rangers/Mariners over
Hondo
Nationals
Bob Balfe
Dodgers
Bob Balfe:
MLB Baseball
Dodgers +110 over Padres
Schmidt/Peavy)
Benjamin Lee Eckstein
Orioles
INSIDER SPORTS GROUP
Tony Mathews
Matchup: Washington Nationals vs. New York Mets
Selection: New York Mets -1.5 Runs (-120)
Explanation: We will side with the New York Mets -1.5 Runs as they face-off against the Washington Nationals in Saturday's MLB contest.
Maui Sports Insider.com
We see the Washington Nationals struggling to score runs today as the New York Mets will use starting pitcher Orlando Hernandez. Orlando Hernandez has pitched very well this season (pitching 13 inning, while only giving up two runs), and should have no problem holding a poor Washington Nationals offense to very little runs (maybe leaving the Washington Nationals scoreless).
On the other hand, the Washington Nationals will use starting pitcher Shawn Hill. Shawn Hill has pitched poor this season (pitching 11.2 inning, while giving up six runs), and you can bet he will continue to struggling today as he faces a solid New York Mets offense.
We expect a New York Mets blowout victory!
Maui Sports Insider.com
Take the New York Mets -1.5 Runs
Stan Sharp - Triple Dime
964 ARI (-130) vs 963 COL
Analysis: Today all 3 of Stan's TOP BASEBALL BETTORS have made a BIG WAGER on the ARIZONA. Stan's contacts all agree that today's Pitching Match up is a mismatch. Arizona will even up the series with a BIG Home Win. TAKE ARIZONA as STAN'S NATIONAL LEAGUE BIG BET OF THE WEEK and make them a TRIPLE DIME PLAY. Note Stan is 36-22 ATS with his last 58 Plays!!
Professional-Plays
YTD: (12-4)
Plays rated 1-5
Confirmed:
As long as we have been handicapping Baseball we have never seen a team have a melt down like the Chicago Cubs did yesterday. Up by 5 runs and then let Cincinnati score 6 runs in the 6th inning.
Big Lou really hammered them at a press conference and we expect a change in todays line up so we will take the Cubbies again today to turn a losing day into a winning day.
3 Units Chicago Cubs
FPBE Free Picks
Marc Lawrence - PIT +112 MLB
Matty O'Shea - TB +130 MLB
Ben Burns - NYY/OAK over 9.5 MLB
Redzone Sports Comp (3-0 L 3 I believe) Arizona - MLB
Billy Coleman
5* SF Giants w/Zito
Sebastain
5* tampa bay
7* san francisco
10* oakland makes sure you get the pitching change, dont play with pavano listed
10* oakland over
10* toronto run line -1.5
20* san diego
20* arizona
@tt F@rgo - Comp Play
PICK: San Francisco Giants
Offered at: -110 Sportsbook
REASON FOR PICK: The Giants were able to rid the losing streak against the Pirates as they snapped a six-game skid on Friday against Pittsburgh in rather easy fashion. They now send their record-breaking contract signee Barry Zito to the hill to try and pick up his first win. He struggled mightily in his last outing against the Dodgers as his career in April continues to be horrid. The pressure is now off however as he will be making his first road start of the season and it comes against a team that is not hitting the ball well at all.
Zito brings in an 8.18 ERA but the Pirates are the perfect candidate to reverse the rough start. He has never faced Pittsburgh and that is always an advantage for the pitcher especially when switching over to the National League. Pittsburgh has yet to win this season at home after losing game one in this series and getting swept by the Cardinals in the series prior to that. The Pirates scored just four runs in that series and they are now batting .192 with runners in scoring position and .225 on the season.
The Pirates send Tony Armas to the hill and he has a horrible start to the season as well against Cincinnati. In four innings, he walked five, gave up eight hits and six runs while throwing a hefty 89 pitches, with only 48 of those being strikes. Unlike Zito, he has faced the opponent and things have not gone well. In five career starts against the Giants, Armas is 1-4 with a 5.28 ERA and 1.45 WHIP. Barry Bonds is 5-10 with two home runs and five RBI’s against Armas and is always a weapon.
Going on the road takes the pressure off Zito and he has had a lot of success when traveling. He is 13-5 against the money line in road games over the last two seasons. Playing a team with a losing record doesn’t hurt as he is 36-9 against the money line when playing against a bad team. The Pirates have not fared well against left-handed starters as they are 15-36 against the money line against left-handed starters over the last 2 seasons. Look for the Giants to get it done again and for Zito to get into the win column. Play San Francisco Giants 1 Unit
Greg Daraban
Reds at Cubs
Prediction:Reds
The Reds won Friday 6-5 in a very exciting afternoon contest at Wrigley Field behind some solid relief pitching Coffey (3 strikeouts) and David Weathers (save).
This will be another pitching mismatch as Bronson Arroyo will head to the mound for the Reds and Rich Hill will counter for the Cubs. Arroyo has a men-on-base average of just 10.29.
It won't hurt either when you have Ken Griffey Jr. and new feel good story Josh Hamilton (former No. 1 pick) who fell prey to some personal deamons. He has kicked that habit and is batting .308, and has all applauding in the baseball world.
The Reds has a very good team, and could make a run in the NL Central. Take Cincinnati.
LT PROFITS
Pittsburgh Pirates
Kansas City Royals
PAUL LEINER
5* Mariners
GOLD KEY GAMES:
Silver Key (Bonus Play): LA Dodgers...Schmidt...-1.5 Runs...-165
Boston Blackie
Phillies
GATOR E-REPORT
MLB (Saturday)
Play Against MLB team allowing 5.7 or more runs per game on the season (AL)
versus an opponent whose starting pitcher allowed 7 or more runs in his last outing.
(51-21 last 5 seasons.) (70.8%)
PLAY: Minnesota -140
Larry Ness' 15* NL Game of the Week (now 10 STRAIGHT wins in MLB!)
My 15* play is on the Az D'backs at 9:40 ET. The D'backs got off to a 7-2 start in 2007 but have quickly dropped two games. The Rockies sit a 5-5 because they've beaten Arizona three of four, including besting Brandon Webb last night 6-3. The Rockies are batting just .244 as a team, but are hitting .318 against the Diamondbacks while outscoring them 27-18. All that said, I'm backing the D'backs in this one for a number of reasons. One can't ignore the fact that Colorado was a pathetic 15-34 in away night games vs right-handers in 2006 (face Livan Hernandez tonight). The Rockies are 2-2 in that situation this year but I'm still very leery of them in this kind of spot. Hernandez is a vet, coming off two excellent starts in 2007 (14.0 IP / 8 hits / two ERs / 1.29 ERA / team is 2-0). As rookie in 1997 he went 9-3, 3.18 and was then World Series MVP. Over the last seven years (2000-06), he's had double digit wins each year. As for Colorado, the Rockies will go with Aaron Cook. Cook's a great story, recovering from a severe illness to make 13 starts in 2005, going 7-2, 3.67. However, he was 9-15, 4.23 last year, with the team going 10-22 in his starts. Incredibly, proving the state of the team's starting pitching, Cook was Colorado's opening day starter in 2007. Back on April 2, he started in Coors Field against these D'backs, allowing five runs in six innings. In 12 career appearances (10 starts) vs Arizona, he's 3-3 with a 5.17 ERA. Remember, the Rockies went 32-49 on the road last year, which is fairly typical. Colorado has averaged just over 30 road wins per season over the last five years.
NL Game of the Week 15* Az D'backs.
Dave Ma@linsky:
4 reds
Saturday Comps
Sebastian-Orioles
Computer Boys-Twins
Feiner-San Diego
All Star Sports-San Francisco
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(Sat) MLB Yankees A's 130 Yankees
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BALTIMORE –1½ +1.22 over Kansas City PINNACLE
The hitters and GM’s in this league always insisted that Daniel Cabrera just might have the nastiest stuff in the business and that he was a potential Cy Young award winner. It would appear that Cabrera finally has his head on straight and is no longer an enigma. He’s 1-1 with a 2.35 ERA and he’s pitched at least seven full innings in both starts. In his last start he didn’t walk a batter and issuing free passes has been his Achilles Heel in the past. Cabrera has already whiffed 14, he’s not given up a bomb and the opposition hit just .245 against him. Oh, he’s not facing the Yankees here either. K.C. The Royals have scored two runs or fewer in six of its past 10. In the firstr two games of this series they’ve combined to score two runs and bat .195. Odalis Perez is 0-2 with an ERA over 10 to start the year after allowing 12 hits, eight runs and walking four in just 6.2 innings of work. This looks like a total mismatch on every level and we’ll gladly take our chances laying 1½ runs. Play: Baltimore –1½ +1.22 (Risking 2 units).
Chicago +1.23 over CLEVELAND (1:05 PM) PINNACLE
John Danks will make his second major league start after losing his first one by a 3-1 score to Minnesota’s Johan Santana. Danks gave up a three-run shot in that game and that was about his only mistake, as he only allowed five other hits in six full innings. The Twins hit just .182 off him in that contest. Danks is a southpaw and although early the Tribe is off to a 0-2 start versus lefties. Remember, Danks was a first round pick by the Rangers and the White Sox gave up a big time prospect, Brandon McCarthy to get him. Paul Byrd was the unfortunate chucker in the game the umps called in the top of the fifth with two outs and Byrd leading 4-0. Oh well. Byrd pitched beautifully in that game and he’ll do that from time to time but on more occasions then not he’ll just be another very average pitcher in this league of saturated average pitchers. Byrd will put the ball in play, as he won’t strike out many, he won’t walk many but he will give up hits. The opposition hit .308 off him last year in 31 starts and he was also tagged for 26 jacks in 179 innings. The Indians have never seen Danks while everyone in the league has seen Byrd about 100 times and that, too, works in our favor. Play: Chicago +1.23 (Risking 2 units).
Detroit +1.60 over TORONTO (1:05 PM) SPORTSINTERACTION
A.J. Burnett has never had success against the Tigers and when you throw in his propensity for coming up with a stinker after a good outing then taking the Tigers here at a big price makes even more sense. Burnett was torched by Detroit in his season debut and his fragile mind may do him in psychologically in this one. Burnett came back by beating the Royals but that’s not a true indication of anything, as KC is making everyone look good. Burnett, in two starts has not looked sharp at all and even against the Royals he was fighting it. This choice has nothing to do with the Tigers Chad Durbin and everything to do with taking back better then 3-2 against Burnett who is not close to being in top form. Play: Detroit +1.60 (Risking 2 units).
Texas –1.09 over SEATTLE PINNACLE
Vincente Padilla was hit hard in his season debut but followed that up with a solid outing in Boston in his second start. He went seven full innings in Boston and allowed just three runs on four hits. Padilla has very decent stuff and has a very respectable career ERA of 4.10 in 229 major league appearances. It’s even more impressive when you throw in the fact that he pitches the majority of the time at Ameriquest Field in Arlington, perhaps the best hitting park in the majors. The Rangers can bash with the best of them and should have little trouble putting up a few runs against the Mariners Miguel Batista, The A’s ripped apart Batista in his only start of the year to the tune of eight runs and 10 hits in 4.2 innings. Batista has basically been a spot starter his whole career, as he’s pitched in 400 games but has only started 186. The man is a fifth starter and that’s all he’ll ever be. Rangers took the opener in this series and chances are they’ll take this one too. Play: Texas –1.09 (Risking 2.18 units to win 2).
LOS ANGELES +1.06 over San Diego PINNACLE
Jake Peavy has a reputation for being a great pitcher, which can happen when strikeouts pile up, however, a close look at Peavy and the tale is not that great in certain situations. When pitching at night at Petco Park, a pitcher’s best friend, the combination is enough to translate him to great, but he is only great in that particular setting. In all other outings we find that he is nothing more than average. Let’s let the numbers from the past two seasons speak for themselves. When not pitching in Petco at night his ERA doubles, along with the requisite gap in all of the key peripheral categories. And when we see a 4.51 ERA and a 1.29 WHIP (walks + hits per inning pitched), we are looking at your basic average pitcher in the National League. But Peavy is not priced that way at all here, with the Padres being a small favorite despite the fact that he is on the road, with one of the worst offensive teams in the league behind him, taking on a hot Dodgers squad with Jason Schmidt going. That is more than enough for us to step in. Play: Los Angeles +1.06 (Risking 2 units).
Big Al's MLB Winner
At 9:40pm our selection is on the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Colorado Rockies. Arizona righthanded veteran Livan Hernandez could be the most durable starter in the Major Leagues over the last 10 years. Since 1998, Hernandez has only failed to pitch 200 innings one time, and that one time was in 1999 when he pitched 199 2/3 innings! He has been a consistent workhorse for 4 different National League teams during this time, and there is nothing to suggest that now that he is back in Arizona with a much better roster backing him up, he can't get rejuvenated and have one of his best seasons since he was a fixture for both Florida and the Giants. And with Brandon Webb and soon to be added Randy Johnson, Hernandez will no longer have the pressure of being a #1 or 2 starter and that can only help as well. In his last 4 starts (2 this season and the last 2 in 2006), Hernandez pitched exactly 7 innings each time, and has only given up a total of 4 runs in those 28 innings. Colorado righthander Aaron Cook's stock may have risen after his last start, a game in which Colorado lost 2-1 to Jake Peavy & the Padres, but that came in what is now perhaps the stingiest pitcher's park in baseball in San Diego, and there is nothing to suggest in his previous starts that he can repeat that effort in Arizona. The Rockies have lost Cook's last 4 starts against the D-Backs (1 this season and 3 in 2006) and none of them have been pretty. Take Arizona. As always, good luck...Al McMordie. And don't miss my 2 winners in the NBA today.
Beating the Book
SFG(B.Zito) -120 vs. PIT(T. Armas)
GridIron
Take Chicago Cubs (Hill) -120 v. Cincinnati (Arroyo)
Take Arizona (Hernandez) -135 v. Colorado (Cook)
Take San Diego (Peavy) -120 at Los Angeles Dodgers (Schmidt)
Take Tampa Bay (Jackson) +140 at Minnesota (Ponson)
6* Widow Wiseguy Run Line of the Month NY Mets
Shawn Hill takes the mound for the Nationals with his 0-2 record to start the season. Washington is just 2-9 on the year and things dont look to be getting better. They cant produce runs and this gives us the green light to go with the Run Line on the Mets. Orlando Hernandez takes the rubber for his third start of the season. Hernandez (1-0, 1.38 ERA) has been the most consistent starter in the Mets rotation thus far, allowing two runs and seven hits in 13 innings in his two starts. The right-hander gave up only one run and two hits in six innings against Atlanta on Sunday, but New York ended up losing 3-2 after the bullpen yielded two eighth-inning runs. The bullpen wont even be a factor here as New York puts up at least 6 runs through 6 innings to support Hernandez.
4* MAJOR on LA Angels +140
(Listing Carrasco and Shilling)
LA ANGELS are 34-29 (+11.3 Units) against the money line as an underdog of +100 or higher over the last 2 seasons. LA ANGELS are 82-61 (+28.6 Units) against the money line in road games in games played on a grass field over the last 3 seasons. SCHILLING is 0-6 (-8.2 Units) against the money line at home with a money line of -100 to -150 over the last 3 seasons. Shilling is washed up and will get lit up by a very potent Angels line-up tonight.
Chris Jordan
600 Run Line Punisher Toronto Minus The Run And A Half 100 Mets Minus The Run
Priceless Picks
7* AL West Game of the Year on Seattle -104
(Listing Padilla and Batista)
Texas is a terrible road team while the Mariners are very solid at home. The Mariners expect much better out of veteran right hander Miguel Batista than they saw 10 days ago against Oakland. He'll be very rested and will turn in a much better performance today. Padilla is off to an 0-2 start for the Rangers not looking anything like a number two guy in the rotation. This guy really struggles on the road as we saw in his first start of the season in LA. He has also been terrible against the Mariners in his career going 1-3 in 6 career starts with an ERA approaching 6 and an opponents batting average of .320. Take the Mariners at home.
4* on Boston -149
(Listing Escobar and Shilling)
The Red Sox at home with Schilling on the hill. Let's chalk it up. Schilling was terrible in his first start against the Royals, but he bounced back with a great performance against Texas allowing just 1 run and 4 hits in 7 innings. Schilling will be even better today in his first start in front of the Red Sox faithful this season. It's always tough for west coast teams to make the trek out east and be at their best. You better not be jetlagged when facing Schilling or he'll really make you look stupid. All Bean Town in this one.
4* on San Francisco Giants -109
(listing Zito and Armas)
Pittsburgh really hasn't done much since a season opening sweep of the Astros on the road. In fact, the Pirates have been awful at home and Armas has been dreadful with a 13.50 ERA this season. Zito has had a rough start with his new team, but that all turns around today against one of the weakest offensive teams in the National League. We'll bet on Zito and the Giants her e today as Zito will be better than Armas and the Giants' offense will be better than the Pirates' offense.
Guaranteed Pick: Tom Freese
Game: Florida Marlins at Atlanta Braves Apr 14 2007 7:05PM
Prediction: over
Reason: Atlanta is 9-0 Over in the last 9 starts made by Kyle Davies as a favorite. Going back to last year the Braves are 19-7-1 Over at home when the total is 9.0 to 10.5. Florida is 6-0 Over their last 6 games as underdogs and they are 7-0 Over their last 7 games vs. NL East foes. The Marlins are 9-4-1 Over their last 14 games with Scott Olsen on the mound. Atlanta starter Kyle Davies has allowed 11 runs in 11 innings of work in his last 3 starts vs. Florida while the Marlins Scott Olsen has allowed 13 runs in 13.1 innings in his last 3 starts vs. the Marlins. 5* Play On 'Over' (Davies vs. Olsen)
Power Play of the Day
Been on a great run only lost 2 of 15...yesterday won with Hou -110
Today.......SF Zito -140
ATS Financial Package
4 units on the Atlanta Braves (-120) over the Florida Marlins, 7:00
3 units on the Oakland A's (+130) over the New York Yankees, 10:00
Fixerwins MLB
2* Phil.
2* San Diego
Sports Betting Solutions
Toronto Blue Jays -175 $525/$300
Play Against - All underdogs with a money line of +150 or more (DETROIT) - poor AL offensive team (<=4.5 runs/game) against a team with a very good bullpen (ERA<=3.33), in the first half of the season.
New York-A Yankees -129 $390/$300
Play Against - Home underdogs with a money line of +100 or higher (OAKLAND) - poor AL offensive team (<=4.5 runs/game) against a team with a very good bullpen (ERA<=3.33), with a good bullpen whose WHIP is 1.350 or better on the season.
(42-10 since 1997.) (80.8%, +28.9 units. Rating = 3*)
Karl Garrett
40 DIMER - SEATTLE MARINERS WITH BATISTA
I don't have a lot of stats to support my play on the Mariners today, but after Texas came through with the win last night, I like the M's to even the series with the late day win today.
I don't see much seperating these 2 teams, and I don't see much seperating the starting pitchers, as Vincente Padilla, and Miguel Batista have not gotten the job done early this spring.
This is Padilla's 3rd start, and he has already been tagged for 9 runs in 12 innings while taking a pair of losses. Padilla had mixed success last year against Seattle as he went 1-1 in 3 starts, but did allow 8 runs in 18 innings.
Have to look for Seattle to respond after getting back from Boston and being a little flat last night with the win today.
10 DIMER - TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS WITH JACKSON
Hey, if you can stop a 10-game losing streak at the Metrodome by betting one of the best pitchers in the game who was 17-0 his last 24 starts at home, why can't you beat a guy who is only in the rotation until youngster Matt Garza gets some minor league seasoning?
That's right, I am taking the Rays in the dog role to come through with another upset win tonight.
Sidney Ponson didn't fare well in his first start in a Minny uni, as the Yanks banged him around for 8 runs in 6 innings. Ponson also struggled a couple of years ago when he last faced Tampa Bay.
I think there is value in the Devil Rays in this spot tonight, as this team can hit, and will certainly hit Ponson enough to give Edwin Jackson a chance to get something positive started for his season.
10 DIMER - WHITE SOX WITH DANKS - 1PM
Chicago was outhit last night 13-8, but they did get the key hits as both Uribe and Dye went yard. Today they get to face Paul Byrd who has yet to make an "official" start as his debut got snowed out with a no-hitter in progress against Seattle last week.
The White Sox are off to a 3-1 start on the road, and lefty John Danks didn't look too bad in his ML debut losing to the Twins, but pitching a decent 6 frames of 3-run ball.
Their is no love lost between these rivals, but it may be Byrd that cracks, as Chicago did play 9 runs in 12 innings of work against him last year in a pair of no-decisions
Russ Culver baseball -6.94u ytd
Sides
Brewers +115
Giants -127
Rockies +115
Angels +180
Royals +165
Devil Rays +130
Totals
KC-Baltimore UNDER 9 +105 (Perez-Cabrera)
NY-Oakland UNDER 9 1/2 +105 (Rasner-Blanton)
Triple Crown Sports
4-Unit Play. Take Minnesota (-140) over Tampa Bay
3.5-Unit Play. Take Baltimore (-175) over Kansas City
2-Unit Play. Take San Francisco (-128) over Pittsburgh
1.5-Unit Play. Take Boston (-150) over Los Angeles
1-Unit Play. Take Milwaukee (+115) over St. Louis
MTI
4* Houston Astros
PPP
3% Cubs
2% Balti
5 Innings
2% Cubs
2% Giants
Larry Ness' Las Vegas Insider-MLB - SF Giants
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Larry Ness' Las Vegas Insider-MLB (just 2nd TY / over 62% winners in MLB '06!)
My Las Vegas Insider is on the SF Giants at 7:05 ET. Bonds came into last night's game batting .192 with one HR and three RBI. He went 3-3 with two HRs (four RBI) in Fridays' 8-5 win over the Pirates, snapping San Francisco's six-game losing streak, to one of the NL's worst teams. Tonight, another struggling Barry (Zito), looks to get back on track. Zito, who went 102-63, 3.55 from 2000-06 with the A's, signed a $126 million contract with the Giants this off season. However, he's had two very poor starts to open '07, allowing 13 hits and 10 ERs in just 11 innings (8.18). That WON'T continue and the Pirates, just 14-36 vs left-handers in 2006 (including 8-16 at home), figure to be the perfect foil. The Pirates opened the '07 season by sweeping a three-game series at Houston but have since remembered, that in fact, they are the Pirates, and have dropped SIX of seven since. It doesn't help that Tony Armas will take the mound, either. Armas spent from 1999-2006 with the Montreal/Washington franchise, going 48-61 with a 4.50 ERA (team was 68-82 in his starts!). In his first start for the Pirates, he gave up six runs, eight hits and walked five over four innings of a 7-5 loss in Cincinnati last Saturday. I don't expect a much better outing here, while I do expect MUCH MORE from Zito. Las Vegas Insider on the SF Giants.
Good Luck...Larry
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Larry Ness' Las Vegas Insider-MLB (just 2nd TY / over 62% winners in MLB '06!)
My Las Vegas Insider is on the SF Giants at 7:05 ET. Bonds came into last night's game batting .192 with one HR and three RBI. He went 3-3 with two HRs (four RBI) in Fridays' 8-5 win over the Pirates, snapping San Francisco's six-game losing streak, to one of the NL's worst teams. Tonight, another struggling Barry (Zito), looks to get back on track. Zito, who went 102-63, 3.55 from 2000-06 with the A's, signed a $126 million contract with the Giants this off season. However, he's had two very poor starts to open '07, allowing 13 hits and 10 ERs in just 11 innings (8.18). That WON'T continue and the Pirates, just 14-36 vs left-handers in 2006 (including 8-16 at home), figure to be the perfect foil. The Pirates opened the '07 season by sweeping a three-game series at Houston but have since remembered, that in fact, they are the Pirates, and have dropped SIX of seven since. It doesn't help that Tony Armas will take the mound, either. Armas spent from 1999-2006 with the Montreal/Washington franchise, going 48-61 with a 4.50 ERA (team was 68-82 in his starts!). In his first start for the Pirates, he gave up six runs, eight hits and walked five over four innings of a 7-5 loss in Cincinnati last Saturday. I don't expect a much better outing here, while I do expect MUCH MORE from Zito. Las Vegas Insider on the SF Giants.
Good Luck...Larry
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Boston over 9.5
Fred Callahan (Bonus Play)
Pittsburgh +115
Vincent Pioli (Bonus Play)
Houston under 9
Charlies Sports (Bonus Play)
Texas over 9
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St Louis -130
Doc's Sports Handicappers (Bonus Play)
Giants under 8.5
Gameday Network (Bonus Play)
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F.Y.I.:
A revised version of the spreadsheets will be rolling out tomorrow. I have went back through all the previously posted service plays from BB's threads and seperated "paid" and "comfirmed" plays from the "free" plays and the "comp" plays.
I still have a lot of work to do, but I am sure this will dramatically alter the overall win-loss records and winning percentages of the tracked services.
In addition, I am also (where applicable) separating various levels of plays for some of the services that regularily post a wider range of plays on a consistent basis (i.e., big unit plays versus small unit plays, triple and double plays, etc.).
Services that do not discriminate between levels of plays on a regualr basis will only have one running record and winning percentage. Further more, since this is increasing the nature of my workload (in some cases doubling and even tripling the number of formatted and tracked plays) I will be permanently deleting any services that we have not had the oppotunity to track on regular and consistent basis. Last night I deleted Lineback and J. Ryan and S.G. Hotline due to the fact that we only had a total of two tracked plays available since April 1st.
F.Y.I.:
A revised version of the spreadsheets will be rolling out tomorrow. I have went back through all the previously posted service plays from BB's threads and seperated "paid" and "comfirmed" plays from the "free" plays and the "comp" plays.
I still have a lot of work to do, but I am sure this will dramatically alter the overall win-loss records and winning percentages of the tracked services.
In addition, I am also (where applicable) separating various levels of plays for some of the services that regularily post a wider range of plays on a consistent basis (i.e., big unit plays versus small unit plays, triple and double plays, etc.).
Services that do not discriminate between levels of plays on a regualr basis will only have one running record and winning percentage. Further more, since this is increasing the nature of my workload (in some cases doubling and even tripling the number of formatted and tracked plays) I will be permanently deleting any services that we have not had the oppotunity to track on regular and consistent basis. Last night I deleted Lineback and J. Ryan and S.G. Hotline due to the fact that we only had a total of two tracked plays available since April 1st.
