Larry Ness
15* IL Underdog GOW
Colorado Rockies
Larry Ness' 15* IL Underdog GOW (59-16 TY!)
Guaranteed Pick: Larry Ness
Game: New York Yankees at Colorado Rockies Jun 20 2007 9:05PM
Prediction: Colorado Rockies
Reason: Andy Pettitte has pitched well for the Yankees this year with a 2.93 ERA in 14 starts but the team is just 7-7 (minus-$353) in those starts. Tonight, Pettitte will try to win two straight starts for the first time this year. He won for the first time since May 23 in his last outing, allowing one run and four hits in eight innings to defeat Arizona 7-1 last Thursday. The Yankees have been winning lately, despite Tuesday's 3-1 loss to Colorado. New York was a season-high eight games below .500 on May 29 but has since gone 14-4. However, Colorado is playing even better. The Rockies, who have won a club record-tying five straight series, were nine games below .500 on May 21 but improved to 18-7 since then with Tuesday's victory. Jeff Francis opened the year with two excellent starts (2.84 ERA as the team won both) but then lost four straight games (7.99 ERA). However, he's gone 5-1 with a 1.93 ERA in his last eight starts (team is 6-2), allowing two ERs or less, SEVEN times. Meanwhile, Pettitte was roughed up in his only visit to Denver on June 19, 2002, in his first stint with New York. He allowed eight runs and eight hits (including two home runs) while walking three and failing to record a strikeout in 3.1 innings. Neither team has fared well against lefties this year but the Yankees check in at a DREADFUL 1-7 (minus-$860) against left-handers in road games. Once again, the Yankees are overpriced and I'll ride the red-hot Francis. IL Underdog GOW 15* Col Rockies.
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Stu Feiner
1000 DIME Diamond Best Bet ....CLEVELAND INDIANS (Run Line -1.5)
500 DIME Diamond No Brainer....OVER Pirates-Mariners
200 DIME Diamond No Brainer....LAA ANGELS (Run Line -1.5)
Chris Jordan
400? YANKEES
100? PADRES RUN LINE
Drew Gordon
1. 200,000? Red Sox
2. 100,000? Royals
3. 100,000? Rockies
The Wunderdog
Game: Tampa Bay at Arizona (3:40 PM Eastern)
Pick: Tampa Bay -106
The D-Rays pen let another get away last night. One of the reasons Shields has had success for Tampa Bay is because he pitches deep into games and limits the exposure of the Rays middle relief. Shields has completed seven innings in 10 of his last 11 starts and has pitched an average of just shy of eight innings in those 11 starts. It is the difference between him and Kazmir, both quality starters. But the fact he pitches deep into games is why he is 6-1 because the D-Rays can swing the bats. Micah Owings has pitched better on the road than at home, where the D-Backs are just 2-4 in games he has appeared in. The odds-makers are speaking loud here as the D-Rays are an ever so slight favorite on the road vs. a decent team, and we agree.
Trev Rogers
D'Backs -105
D-Rays/D'Backs Under 9
Dodgers/B.Jays Under 8
Twins/Mets Over 8.5
Braves +117
Larry Ness
Daytime Delight:
Milwaukee Brewers
Vegas Experts
Minnesota Twins at New York Mets
Santana threw a shutout last night but before that the Twins used up their pen in allowing 33 runs in four games. Starter Baker has an 11.47 ERA his last three as he prepares to work vs. a Mets' lineup capable of scoring runs in bunches. The METS pen has struggled in June and the team is 18-8 OVER after having lost 5 or 6 of their last 7 games over the last 2 seasons while starter PEREZ is 13-3 OVER at home when the total is 7 to 8.5 over the last 3 seasons. (Team's Record)
Play on: Over
Michael Cannon
Money Train
30 Dime
A’s -1 ½ Run Line
5 Dime
Royals
Cubs
Mighty ! Quinn
Kansas City Royals
Dave Cokin
(919) KC Royals
(920) STL Cardinals
Take "(919) KC Royals"
Gil Meche has thus far provided a nice return on the big investment the Royals made in him. His W/L record isn't indicative of how well he's pitched, and Meche is in very solid form coming into this game. Todd Wellemeyer has proven it's sometimes better to be lucky than good. The Cardinals have won all four of his starts to date. But the fact is that Wellemeyer has been terrible in this stretch, allowing just under two baserunners per inning and walking way too many hitters. Eeventually, that stuff has to catch up and I think it might just happen tonight. I'm taking Meche and the Royals in this one.
Michael Cannon Goes 3-0 on Paid Picks, Interleague Game of Year on Oakland
Michael Cannon Money Train
Wednesday's Plays:
30 Dime –
A’s -1 ½ RUN LINE (With Belisle and Haren as listed pitchers)
Take the A’s on the run line today over the Reds.
This is a great spot to cash in on the A’s as they will send one of their best pitchers to the mound in Dan Haren. Their loss last night was the wake up call they needed and I expect them to bounce back in full force today.
Haren is 4-0 with a 1.47 ERA over his last five starts. He’s been consistently great all season long, going 8-2 with a 1.64 ERA in 15 games. I can’t see the Reds getting to him today, or holding the A’s offense down for that matter.
That’s because the Reds will send Matt Belisle to the hill and he’s been knocked around over his last three starts, going 0-1 with a 7.64 ERA. Belisle isn’t half the pitcher Haren is, and he’ll have to pitch out of his mind to even keep the Reds in this game.
There’s no way the Reds win this series on the road, not a chance.
There’s no way they’re going to stay close in this game, either.
With that, take the A’s on the run line as they cruise to an easy win.
5 Dime –
ROYALS (With Meche and Wellemeyer as listed pitchers)
Take the Royals for the road win over the Cardinals.
Gil Meche will start for Kansas City and he’s been a victim of poor run support.
I see that changing tonight, however.
St. Louis will start Todd Wellemeyer and his numbers are less than flattering this year. The right-hander is 2-1 with a 7.03 ERA in 39 2-3 innings this year. He’s allowed 54 hits and 23 walks over that span for an astronomical 1.84 WHIP. Over his last three games, Wellemeyer is 0-2 with an 11.12 ERA.
Meche has been consistent all season long, but doesn’t have the record to show for it. He’s 4-6 on the year but sports a 3.00 ERA in 15 games. He pitched a gem his last time out, going eight innings and allowing only one earned run on six hits in the Royals 6-2 win over the Marlins on Friday.
Kansas City should be able to plate enough runs for Meche tonight off Wellemeyer, so take the Royals for the road win.
CUBS (With Marquis and Loe as listed pitchers)
Take the Cubs again for the road win over the Rangers.
I hit the Cubbies as a 20 Dime winner last night and I’m coming right back with them again tonight.
The Rangers are a complete mess right now and Cubs starter Jason Marquis has a chance to right the ship against them.
After a stellar start to the season, Marquis has hit the wall and hasn’t posted a win since May 9. He has received little to no run support lately, and when he’s gotten support the bullpen has blown the lead.
That shouldn’t happen tonight against Kameron Loe. The right-hander pitched a gem his last time out against the Pirates, but that was more of a case of the bind squirrel finding the nut.
Loe is 2-6 on the year with a 6.56 ERA in 16 games this year. Even with the gem he tossed in his last start, Loe is still just 1-3 with a 7.07 ERA over his last five starts.
Take the Cubs as they grab the road win again over the Rangers.
Bonus Play: PIRATES
The top 2 WNBA cappers agree on Los Angeles -2 and Detroit -1.5.
#1 BADGUY 83-42-2
#2 wgocts 77-40-3
will-thug
member since 4/5/2007
Survivor Pick Record: 21-20-0
(WNBA record = 10-2 and he has won 7 WNBA games in a row))
Wed = WNBA Detroit
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There is a service making its way around all of the forums posting guarantees and other boiler room bullshit. They suck! I watched them go 1-3 last night after guaranteeing a 4-0 night. The sad part of the story is the fact that people followed them and are now bitching on the forum. People, 10% of the services in this business are good and legit. The remaining 90% need to be faded!
The capper/service is called Moneymaker. I have seen them posted as $maker also.
Here is their Wednesday card. !Beware! They went 1-3 last night.
SF @ 2:05 pm
KC @ 8:10 pm
TB @ 3:40 pm
TOR @ 7:05 pm
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EZ Winners
179-168 +73.05 units
1 SF +127
1 Houston +165
Ness Day Del - Milw ML
Trev Rogers-
1. D-backs -105
2. D-Rays vs. D-backs Under 9
3. Dodgers vs. B-Jays Under 8
4. Twins vs. Mets Over 8.5
5. Braves +117
Billy Coleman
4* over pitts
4* Under Houston
3* Yankees
3* Under baltimore
4* in the WNBA on the Under in the LA/Houston game..
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Ness Larry Ness' Wipeout Wednesday Total (14-2 88% TY!)
Guaranteed Pick: Larry Ness
Game: Pittsburgh Pirates at Seattle Mariners Jun 20 2007 10:05PM
Prediction: over
Reason: I went 'over' in this game last night and came up a run short but that will not deter me from coming right back with another 'over play' here. In fact, the matchups are slightly better, this time around. Maholm is not nearly the pitcher Gorzelanny is and then of course, we all know about Jeff Weaver. Please don't tell me he's "looked better" since returning from the DL (right shoulder tendinitis). How could he look worse? In his first six starts, he allowed 50 hits and 35 ERs in only 22 innings, for an ERA of 14.32. Yes he's after shown some improvement since being activated June 9, yielding four earned runs over 10 innings in two outings while not recording a decision, but come on? He's now allowed 62 hits in 32 innings with a 10.97 ERA on the year (eight starts). As for Maholm of Pittsburgh, he's 3-9 with a 5.00 ERA in 14 starts this year. That includes a 5.51 road ERA in six starts (5-1 to the Over!), not much better than the 6.25 road ERA he posted in 15 starts last year. Seattle's bats have been somewhat quiet as of late but the team is still 13-6 (plus-$965), while averaging 5.1 RPG this year vs lefties. Wipeout Wednesday Total on Pit/Sea Over.
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Professional Plays
YTD = 38-22
Plays rated 1-5 Units
3 units on Toronto -1.5 (+125)
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Bob Balfe
YTD = 72-62
MLB
Philadelphia +180
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Panhandle Sports Insider
YTD = 61-27
MLB
San Francisco +130
Pittsburgh +113
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Russ Culver Part I +14.02u ytd bases
Marlins +122
Reds +230
TRIPLE CROWN SPORTS
Pitt./Seatle over
FPBE Free Picks
Jeff Bonds - SF/MIL over 8.5
Matty O'Shea - SD -145
Ben Burns - LAA -180
Greg Shaker - DET/WAS over 9.5
Bryan Leonard - FLA +118
Tony George - KC/STL under 9.5
Larry Ness - SD -145
Scott Spreitzer's 25* Wednesday Night IL Blowout! -- 4-1, 80%!
I'm laying the price with the Cubs on Wednesday. We have another chance to play against Kameron Loe. The Rangers are just 3-10 in his last 13 starts overall, and they've lost four straight home starts by the righty. Loe is coming off a solid outing, but has followed his few decent starts with a clunker each time. Before his last start, Loe had made just three quality starts. He followed those games with a team-loss each time, allowing 16 ER & 31 BR in just 17 2/3 IP. That's an 8.14 ERA & 1.75 WHIP! In 10 home appearances this season (7 starts) Loe has been lit up for a 7.07 ERA and a .313 BAA. I expect Loe to struggle again today. The Cubs are 10-6 in June and they're a healthy 5-2 in IL action this season. Meanwhile, the Rangers are now 10-23 against teams with a losing record, they're 18-32 (-12.4 units) against right-handed starters, and they're 0-10 on Wednesdays. Cubbie righty Jason Marquis owns a solid 2.95 ERA & 1.29 WHIP in seven road starts this season and should have little trouble tonight. We'll back the Cubs, our 25* release on Wednesday.
Wed. Comps
Sebastian-Cubs
Winner Line-Seattle
OTM-Yankees
Computer Boys-White Sox
Feiner-OVER Tigers
Kevin Carr-Over orioles
Chris Jordan
2-0 Sweep tonight ...
400? YANKEES (LIST Pettitte and Francis) - Forget the Run Line on this one, I am laying the juice. The Yankees are playing incredible baseball right now, and the last time we saw them struggle offensively - last Friday with Clemens aboard versus the Mets - they turned it on at the plate and put an 11-spot on their cross-town rival.
I'll side with Andy Pettitte, who no doubt remember his only visit to Denver. The crafty southpaw is 2-0 with a 2.29 ERA in three career starts against Colorado, but was tagged pretty good in Denver in 2002, in his first stint with New York. Pettitte allowed eight runs and eight hits - including a pair of dongs - while walking three and failing to record a strikeout in 3-2/3 innings. But get this, the Bombers took care of him with a 20-10 win over the Rockies.
Remember, this is a team that was a season-high eight games below .500 on May 29, but has since gone 14-4 and trails first-place Boston by nine games in the AL East. New York is 5-2 all-time against the Rockies, and tonight we'll see a duplicate performance as it showed us after getting stymied by the Mets. Easy win by the Yanks here.
100? PADRES RUN LINE (LIST Germano and Guthrie) - The Orioles have lost nine straight, their organization is in disarray, and just like yesterday with the Padres as my top play, we'll lay the run and a half with Justin Germano toeing the rubber for us.
The right-hander is 5-0 in seven starts since being promoted from Triple-A Portland on May 8 to replace then-injured Clay Hensley. Now he gets to face a team that lost for the 14th time in 16 games and for the first time under interim manager Dave Trembley last night, 12-6.
I know Jeremy Guthrie has been solid for Baltimore this season, but San Diego has scored 23 runs in its last two games after scoring one in each of its previous two contests. Factor that with the fact the Padres lead the majors in overall ERA (2.97) and at home (2.46), that gives us a blowout win here as well.
15* IL Underdog GOW
Colorado Rockies
Larry Ness' 15* IL Underdog GOW (59-16 TY!)
Guaranteed Pick: Larry Ness
Game: New York Yankees at Colorado Rockies Jun 20 2007 9:05PM
Prediction: Colorado Rockies
Reason: Andy Pettitte has pitched well for the Yankees this year with a 2.93 ERA in 14 starts but the team is just 7-7 (minus-$353) in those starts. Tonight, Pettitte will try to win two straight starts for the first time this year. He won for the first time since May 23 in his last outing, allowing one run and four hits in eight innings to defeat Arizona 7-1 last Thursday. The Yankees have been winning lately, despite Tuesday's 3-1 loss to Colorado. New York was a season-high eight games below .500 on May 29 but has since gone 14-4. However, Colorado is playing even better. The Rockies, who have won a club record-tying five straight series, were nine games below .500 on May 21 but improved to 18-7 since then with Tuesday's victory. Jeff Francis opened the year with two excellent starts (2.84 ERA as the team won both) but then lost four straight games (7.99 ERA). However, he's gone 5-1 with a 1.93 ERA in his last eight starts (team is 6-2), allowing two ERs or less, SEVEN times. Meanwhile, Pettitte was roughed up in his only visit to Denver on June 19, 2002, in his first stint with New York. He allowed eight runs and eight hits (including two home runs) while walking three and failing to record a strikeout in 3.1 innings. Neither team has fared well against lefties this year but the Yankees check in at a DREADFUL 1-7 (minus-$860) against left-handers in road games. Once again, the Yankees are overpriced and I'll ride the red-hot Francis. IL Underdog GOW 15* Col Rockies.
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Stu Feiner
1000 DIME Diamond Best Bet ....CLEVELAND INDIANS (Run Line -1.5)
500 DIME Diamond No Brainer....OVER Pirates-Mariners
200 DIME Diamond No Brainer....LAA ANGELS (Run Line -1.5)
Chris Jordan
400? YANKEES
100? PADRES RUN LINE
Drew Gordon
1. 200,000? Red Sox
2. 100,000? Royals
3. 100,000? Rockies
The Wunderdog
Game: Tampa Bay at Arizona (3:40 PM Eastern)
Pick: Tampa Bay -106
The D-Rays pen let another get away last night. One of the reasons Shields has had success for Tampa Bay is because he pitches deep into games and limits the exposure of the Rays middle relief. Shields has completed seven innings in 10 of his last 11 starts and has pitched an average of just shy of eight innings in those 11 starts. It is the difference between him and Kazmir, both quality starters. But the fact he pitches deep into games is why he is 6-1 because the D-Rays can swing the bats. Micah Owings has pitched better on the road than at home, where the D-Backs are just 2-4 in games he has appeared in. The odds-makers are speaking loud here as the D-Rays are an ever so slight favorite on the road vs. a decent team, and we agree.
Trev Rogers
D'Backs -105
D-Rays/D'Backs Under 9
Dodgers/B.Jays Under 8
Twins/Mets Over 8.5
Braves +117
Larry Ness
Daytime Delight:
Milwaukee Brewers
Vegas Experts
Minnesota Twins at New York Mets
Santana threw a shutout last night but before that the Twins used up their pen in allowing 33 runs in four games. Starter Baker has an 11.47 ERA his last three as he prepares to work vs. a Mets' lineup capable of scoring runs in bunches. The METS pen has struggled in June and the team is 18-8 OVER after having lost 5 or 6 of their last 7 games over the last 2 seasons while starter PEREZ is 13-3 OVER at home when the total is 7 to 8.5 over the last 3 seasons. (Team's Record)
Play on: Over
Michael Cannon
Money Train
30 Dime
A’s -1 ½ Run Line
5 Dime
Royals
Cubs
Mighty ! Quinn
Kansas City Royals
Dave Cokin
(919) KC Royals
(920) STL Cardinals
Take "(919) KC Royals"
Gil Meche has thus far provided a nice return on the big investment the Royals made in him. His W/L record isn't indicative of how well he's pitched, and Meche is in very solid form coming into this game. Todd Wellemeyer has proven it's sometimes better to be lucky than good. The Cardinals have won all four of his starts to date. But the fact is that Wellemeyer has been terrible in this stretch, allowing just under two baserunners per inning and walking way too many hitters. Eeventually, that stuff has to catch up and I think it might just happen tonight. I'm taking Meche and the Royals in this one.
Michael Cannon Goes 3-0 on Paid Picks, Interleague Game of Year on Oakland
Michael Cannon Money Train
Wednesday's Plays:
30 Dime –
A’s -1 ½ RUN LINE (With Belisle and Haren as listed pitchers)
Take the A’s on the run line today over the Reds.
This is a great spot to cash in on the A’s as they will send one of their best pitchers to the mound in Dan Haren. Their loss last night was the wake up call they needed and I expect them to bounce back in full force today.
Haren is 4-0 with a 1.47 ERA over his last five starts. He’s been consistently great all season long, going 8-2 with a 1.64 ERA in 15 games. I can’t see the Reds getting to him today, or holding the A’s offense down for that matter.
That’s because the Reds will send Matt Belisle to the hill and he’s been knocked around over his last three starts, going 0-1 with a 7.64 ERA. Belisle isn’t half the pitcher Haren is, and he’ll have to pitch out of his mind to even keep the Reds in this game.
There’s no way the Reds win this series on the road, not a chance.
There’s no way they’re going to stay close in this game, either.
With that, take the A’s on the run line as they cruise to an easy win.
5 Dime –
ROYALS (With Meche and Wellemeyer as listed pitchers)
Take the Royals for the road win over the Cardinals.
Gil Meche will start for Kansas City and he’s been a victim of poor run support.
I see that changing tonight, however.
St. Louis will start Todd Wellemeyer and his numbers are less than flattering this year. The right-hander is 2-1 with a 7.03 ERA in 39 2-3 innings this year. He’s allowed 54 hits and 23 walks over that span for an astronomical 1.84 WHIP. Over his last three games, Wellemeyer is 0-2 with an 11.12 ERA.
Meche has been consistent all season long, but doesn’t have the record to show for it. He’s 4-6 on the year but sports a 3.00 ERA in 15 games. He pitched a gem his last time out, going eight innings and allowing only one earned run on six hits in the Royals 6-2 win over the Marlins on Friday.
Kansas City should be able to plate enough runs for Meche tonight off Wellemeyer, so take the Royals for the road win.
CUBS (With Marquis and Loe as listed pitchers)
Take the Cubs again for the road win over the Rangers.
I hit the Cubbies as a 20 Dime winner last night and I’m coming right back with them again tonight.
The Rangers are a complete mess right now and Cubs starter Jason Marquis has a chance to right the ship against them.
After a stellar start to the season, Marquis has hit the wall and hasn’t posted a win since May 9. He has received little to no run support lately, and when he’s gotten support the bullpen has blown the lead.
That shouldn’t happen tonight against Kameron Loe. The right-hander pitched a gem his last time out against the Pirates, but that was more of a case of the bind squirrel finding the nut.
Loe is 2-6 on the year with a 6.56 ERA in 16 games this year. Even with the gem he tossed in his last start, Loe is still just 1-3 with a 7.07 ERA over his last five starts.
Take the Cubs as they grab the road win again over the Rangers.
Bonus Play: PIRATES
The top 2 WNBA cappers agree on Los Angeles -2 and Detroit -1.5.
#1 BADGUY 83-42-2
#2 wgocts 77-40-3
will-thug
member since 4/5/2007
Survivor Pick Record: 21-20-0
(WNBA record = 10-2 and he has won 7 WNBA games in a row))
Wed = WNBA Detroit
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!ALERT!
There is a service making its way around all of the forums posting guarantees and other boiler room bullshit. They suck! I watched them go 1-3 last night after guaranteeing a 4-0 night. The sad part of the story is the fact that people followed them and are now bitching on the forum. People, 10% of the services in this business are good and legit. The remaining 90% need to be faded!
The capper/service is called Moneymaker. I have seen them posted as $maker also.
Here is their Wednesday card. !Beware! They went 1-3 last night.
SF @ 2:05 pm
KC @ 8:10 pm
TB @ 3:40 pm
TOR @ 7:05 pm
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EZ Winners
179-168 +73.05 units
1 SF +127
1 Houston +165
Ness Day Del - Milw ML
Trev Rogers-
1. D-backs -105
2. D-Rays vs. D-backs Under 9
3. Dodgers vs. B-Jays Under 8
4. Twins vs. Mets Over 8.5
5. Braves +117
Billy Coleman
4* over pitts
4* Under Houston
3* Yankees
3* Under baltimore
4* in the WNBA on the Under in the LA/Houston game..
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Ness Larry Ness' Wipeout Wednesday Total (14-2 88% TY!)
Guaranteed Pick: Larry Ness
Game: Pittsburgh Pirates at Seattle Mariners Jun 20 2007 10:05PM
Prediction: over
Reason: I went 'over' in this game last night and came up a run short but that will not deter me from coming right back with another 'over play' here. In fact, the matchups are slightly better, this time around. Maholm is not nearly the pitcher Gorzelanny is and then of course, we all know about Jeff Weaver. Please don't tell me he's "looked better" since returning from the DL (right shoulder tendinitis). How could he look worse? In his first six starts, he allowed 50 hits and 35 ERs in only 22 innings, for an ERA of 14.32. Yes he's after shown some improvement since being activated June 9, yielding four earned runs over 10 innings in two outings while not recording a decision, but come on? He's now allowed 62 hits in 32 innings with a 10.97 ERA on the year (eight starts). As for Maholm of Pittsburgh, he's 3-9 with a 5.00 ERA in 14 starts this year. That includes a 5.51 road ERA in six starts (5-1 to the Over!), not much better than the 6.25 road ERA he posted in 15 starts last year. Seattle's bats have been somewhat quiet as of late but the team is still 13-6 (plus-$965), while averaging 5.1 RPG this year vs lefties. Wipeout Wednesday Total on Pit/Sea Over.
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Professional Plays
YTD = 38-22
Plays rated 1-5 Units
3 units on Toronto -1.5 (+125)
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Bob Balfe
YTD = 72-62
MLB
Philadelphia +180
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Panhandle Sports Insider
YTD = 61-27
MLB
San Francisco +130
Pittsburgh +113
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Russ Culver Part I +14.02u ytd bases
Marlins +122
Reds +230
TRIPLE CROWN SPORTS
Pitt./Seatle over
FPBE Free Picks
Jeff Bonds - SF/MIL over 8.5
Matty O'Shea - SD -145
Ben Burns - LAA -180
Greg Shaker - DET/WAS over 9.5
Bryan Leonard - FLA +118
Tony George - KC/STL under 9.5
Larry Ness - SD -145
Scott Spreitzer's 25* Wednesday Night IL Blowout! -- 4-1, 80%!
I'm laying the price with the Cubs on Wednesday. We have another chance to play against Kameron Loe. The Rangers are just 3-10 in his last 13 starts overall, and they've lost four straight home starts by the righty. Loe is coming off a solid outing, but has followed his few decent starts with a clunker each time. Before his last start, Loe had made just three quality starts. He followed those games with a team-loss each time, allowing 16 ER & 31 BR in just 17 2/3 IP. That's an 8.14 ERA & 1.75 WHIP! In 10 home appearances this season (7 starts) Loe has been lit up for a 7.07 ERA and a .313 BAA. I expect Loe to struggle again today. The Cubs are 10-6 in June and they're a healthy 5-2 in IL action this season. Meanwhile, the Rangers are now 10-23 against teams with a losing record, they're 18-32 (-12.4 units) against right-handed starters, and they're 0-10 on Wednesdays. Cubbie righty Jason Marquis owns a solid 2.95 ERA & 1.29 WHIP in seven road starts this season and should have little trouble tonight. We'll back the Cubs, our 25* release on Wednesday.
Wed. Comps
Sebastian-Cubs
Winner Line-Seattle
OTM-Yankees
Computer Boys-White Sox
Feiner-OVER Tigers
Kevin Carr-Over orioles
Chris Jordan
2-0 Sweep tonight ...
400? YANKEES (LIST Pettitte and Francis) - Forget the Run Line on this one, I am laying the juice. The Yankees are playing incredible baseball right now, and the last time we saw them struggle offensively - last Friday with Clemens aboard versus the Mets - they turned it on at the plate and put an 11-spot on their cross-town rival.
I'll side with Andy Pettitte, who no doubt remember his only visit to Denver. The crafty southpaw is 2-0 with a 2.29 ERA in three career starts against Colorado, but was tagged pretty good in Denver in 2002, in his first stint with New York. Pettitte allowed eight runs and eight hits - including a pair of dongs - while walking three and failing to record a strikeout in 3-2/3 innings. But get this, the Bombers took care of him with a 20-10 win over the Rockies.
Remember, this is a team that was a season-high eight games below .500 on May 29, but has since gone 14-4 and trails first-place Boston by nine games in the AL East. New York is 5-2 all-time against the Rockies, and tonight we'll see a duplicate performance as it showed us after getting stymied by the Mets. Easy win by the Yanks here.
100? PADRES RUN LINE (LIST Germano and Guthrie) - The Orioles have lost nine straight, their organization is in disarray, and just like yesterday with the Padres as my top play, we'll lay the run and a half with Justin Germano toeing the rubber for us.
The right-hander is 5-0 in seven starts since being promoted from Triple-A Portland on May 8 to replace then-injured Clay Hensley. Now he gets to face a team that lost for the 14th time in 16 games and for the first time under interim manager Dave Trembley last night, 12-6.
I know Jeremy Guthrie has been solid for Baltimore this season, but San Diego has scored 23 runs in its last two games after scoring one in each of its previous two contests. Factor that with the fact the Padres lead the majors in overall ERA (2.97) and at home (2.46), that gives us a blowout win here as well.
