Ben Burns
(**Personnel Favorite**)
Toronto Blue Jays
Larry Ness
Daytime Delight)
San Diego Padres
(LV Insider)
Toronto Blue Jays
Marc Lawrence
MLB Baltimore vs. San Diego
Take San Diego Padres
San Diego w/Wells over Baltimore Padres close out their series with the Orioles this afternoon behind David Wells, whose numbers a home have been dramatically better than on the road this season. That's confirmed by Wells' 2.95 ERA (with a 9.08 WHIP) in San Diego , as opposed to a 7.08 ERA (with a 17.05 WHIP) on the road. We also like the fact the big lefty has cashed in eight of his last ten team starts in June, and fourteen of his last eighteen starts on Thursdays. The numbers all add up in the Padres favor here today
Executive
SAN DIEGO -115
Michael Cannon
Money Train
15 Dime
Toronto
5 Dime
Baltimore
The Wunderdog
Game: Baltimore at San Diego (3:30 PM Eastern)
Pick: San Diego +109
There is nothing like a win for the Birds this season. They finally broke a 9 game losing streak with a win yesterday. The Birds have been 18-10 this season after a win, and will have their best pitcher on the hill today in Eric Bedard. Bedard got off to a shaky start, but in his last 9 starts has not allowed more than 3 earned runs in any of them, and has pitched to a 2.25 ERA covering 60 innings of work. The Bird offense after scoring just 25 runs in 8 games, has caught fire, plating 13 runs in their last 2. David Wells has shown signs of aging, and has not been as effective as he has in the past. His ERA is on the cusp of 5, and in the NL with no DH, that is more like 5.5-6 in the AL. The Padres are just 5-8 in his starts, and Baltimore has done better against LHP than RHP. Birds win this one.
Trev Rogers
Yankees/Rockies Over 10.5
Mighty ! Quinn
Baltimore Orioles
Dave Cokin
(951) CHI Cubs
(952) TEX Rangers
Take "(951) CHI Cubs"
Ted Lilly has some noteworthy day/night splits this season. Lilly's seven nighttime starts show him at only 1-2, 5.70. But under the sun, the Cubs lefty has been awesome. In those seven starts, he's 4-2, 2.20. That bodes well for his go against Texas as these teams wrap up their series. So does the fact he's pitching against Vicente Padilla, who has arguably been the worst regular rotation member in all of baseball this season. Looks like another good spot to fade the pathetic Rangers, so I'll back Lilly and the Cubs here
Jim Feist
(957) LA Dodgers
(958) TOR Blue Jays
Take "Under"
These may not be big-name pitchers, but these two guys are getting the job done. LA starter Chad Billingsley is 4-0 with a 3.09 ERA. He has 40 Ks in 35 innings! Toronto starter Shaun Marcum is off an 11 strikeout, 7 inning game (2 runs) and for the season has a 3.41 ERA. The Toronto offense has never faced Billingsley. The Blue Jays are 25-12 under the total at home! Play the Dodgers/Blue Jays under the total.
Mensapicks
LAD/Tor Under 9 for 5 units
MLB = 120-124 @ -43.80 units (based on 1-5 units)
FYI: Mensa was -134.80 units in the NFL last year and -71.50 units in college football. His prices are too high though. Funny how they charge high prices when their history of picks aren't worth Monopoly money.
Untouchable Dime Players
Cubs/Tex Over 10.5 for 1 unit
MLB = 2-1 @ +0.90 units (based on 1-5 units)
Cannon Wins Big Bet on Thursday With A's Run Line
Michael Cannon Money Train
Thursday's Plays:
15 Dime -
BLUE JAYS (With Billingsley and Marcum as listed pitchers)
5 Dime -
ORIOLES (With Bedard and Wells as listed pitchers)
Bonus Play: YANKEES -1 1/2 RUN LINE
EZ Winners
1 Colorado +169
1 Pitt +170
Fast Eddie Sports
Colorado +170 for 5 units
MLB = 205-219 @ -52.40 units (based on 1-5 units)
FYI: Fast Eddie NFL was -18.30 units and College Football was -80.30 units.
Wild Bill
LA Dodgers +125 for 1 unit
MLB = 199-179 @ +1.90 units (based on 1-5 units)
Handicapper: Big Al McMordie
# Event Date: 6/21/2007 2:05:00 PM EST
# Sport: MLB
# Pick Selection: Rangers
At 2:05pm our complimentary selection is on the Texas Rangers over the Chicago Cubs. Rangers outfielder Sammy Sosa reached a rare milestone Wednesday night when he cracked his 600th career home run off of the Cubs' Jason Marquis. A couple of years ago steroid allegations were swirling around the veteran outfielder before he stopped playing, but now all seems to be forgiven upon a successful return albeit with a new team. Perhaps all that players like Mark McGwire and Juan Gonzalez need to do to fix their reputations is come out of retirement and set more milestones? But other than Sosa's remarkable comeback this year, not much else has gone right for Texas. Once again they have poor pitching (perhaps their worst pitching in years) and can't seem to get enough timely hitting to offset the problems. This afternoon, in the series finale against Sosa's former team, the Rangers will try and take 2 of 3 from the Cubs and will be relying on Vicente Padilla, who certainly could be a poster child for the Rangers' pitching woes. But there are several reasons to like Padilla and Texas tomorrow, not least of which is that he seems to pitch much better at home than on the road, and his opponent, lefty Ted Lilly is just the opposite. And despite having a poor ERA over his last 3 starts, Padilla's K to BB ratio has been outstanding (11:2). Also, Padilla's team has won 3 of his last 4 starts against the Cubs, and again the exact opposite is true of Lily (his teams have lost 3 of his last 4 vs. Texas). Finally, Texas is hitting a scorching .281 vs. lefties, so Sosa could very well begin his climb to #700 today. Take the Rangers. As always, good luck...Al McMordie
FPBE Free Picks
Marc Lawrence - SD -114
Matty O'Shea - BAL +100
Ben Burns - CHC -130
Bryan Leonard - BAL/SD under 7.5
Jeff Bonds - SD -114
Larry Ness - LAD/TOR under 9
Thursday's Comps
Sebastian-Pitt.
Winner Line, OTM, Mark Gunn and All Star Sports all have UNDER Pitt. as the comp.
Computer Boys-Cubs
Kevin Kennedy-OVER Pitt.
Feiner-UNDER Yankees
fletch:
7PM Toronto Blue Jays (S. Marcum) -129
10PM Pittsburgh Pirates (J. Van Benschoten) RL +1.5 -110
Tony Onio
1000?padres
500?yankees -1.5
Bobby Bo
Thursday June 21, 2007
Sport:MLB
Game: NYY vs Colorado
Prediction: Under 10.5
Paul Leiner
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Sport: MLB
Game: Baltimore/San Diego
Prediction: 5* Padres -115
Executive
100% Padres
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MLB Chicago (N) vs. Texas
Take Chicago (N) Cubs
1 Unit - Take Chicago Cubs -124, The Cubs have the superior pitcher on the mound for them this afternoon and his breaking ball looked great in his last outing against the Padres in a game which I happened to be at to witness first hand. Lilly went 8 innings while allowing just 6 hits and 1 ER and he will have good success against this Texas line-up that has struggled against lefties. Padilla has an ERA of 10.66 over his last 3 starts and the Cubs are hitting the ball very well over their last 7 games.
All Bonus Plays (+1860) 26-7 L33 79% Have a Great Thursday!
Vernon Croy
MLB Baltimore vs. San Diego
Take Under
We like a low scoring game here as San Diego starter David Wells has a 9 to 1 strikeout to walk ratio in his last 3 starts. Wells has allowed 14 runs total in his last 6 starts. Baltimore starter Eric Bedard has allowed 3 or less runs in 8 straight starts and he has an 8 to 1 strikeout to walk ratio in his last 3 starts. Play On 'Under' (Wells vs. Bedard)
Tom Freese
totals 4 u
top play
lad OVER 9
reg plays
nyy UNDER 10-
sd UNDER 7-
D Gordon
300* Cubs
100* Blue Jays
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C Jordan
300* Toronto
100* Seattle -1.5 runs
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K Garrett
30* Texas
10* LA Dodgers
========================================
Paul Leiner
10* Cubs -125
5* Yanks -180
5* Over 9 Tor/LAD
5* Padres -115
John Ryan
Game: New York Yankees at Colorado Rockies
Jun 21 2007 3:05PM
Prediction: Colorado Rockies
Reason: Ai Simulator 3* graded play on the Rockies ? Just when you think the Yankees are back and that Boston may be in another epic race, the NYY go out west and lose 2 straight to the Rockies. What is really unbelievable is that the NYY starting lineup, that was batting over 300 for a 12 games span scored just 1 run in each of these two losses. Many times a team can reach unsustainable levels of strong and poor performance and will revert back to their norm. At least the NYY are fielding well, but that actually puts them into a poor role for today's game. NY YANKEES are 5-15 (-18.0 Units) against the money line in road games after 4 straight games where they committed no errors over the last 3 seasons. NY YANKEES are 1-7 (-7.8 Units) against the money line in road games in day games this season. COLORADO is 8-3 (+9.3 Units) against the money line against AL East opponents this season. COLORADO is 13-6 (+12.2 Units) against the money line after allowing 2 runs or less this season. Supporting this graded play is a system that has gone 60-42 and has made 45.6 units since 2001. Play on home underdogs with a money line of +125 or more with an on base percentage of .350 or better over their last 20 games, with a hot bullpen whose ERA is under 3.00 the last 15 games. Tweaking this system to reflect home dogs with a ML of +125 to +175 inclusive we find a record of 55-35 and profits of 42.6 units since 2001.
VEGAS SPORTS PICS
N.Y.Yankees (Clemens) - 1.5 (-115**) over Colorado (Lopez)
L.A.Dodgers (Billingsley) +120* over Toronto (Marcum)
Pittsburgh (Van Benschoten) / Seattle (Hernandez) UNDER 9*
chris Jordon
300* Toronto
100* Seattle-1.5,
Computer Plays
Colorado Rockies + 170
Seattle Mariners - 185
Hondo
Cubs
Philadelphia
Mighty Quinn
Baltimore
STRALEY GROUP
Cubs -130
Cubs Over 10.5
Yankees RL
LA Dodgers
South Side
Pittsburgh under
(**Personnel Favorite**)
Toronto Blue Jays
Larry Ness
Daytime Delight)
San Diego Padres
(LV Insider)
Toronto Blue Jays
Marc Lawrence
MLB Baltimore vs. San Diego
Take San Diego Padres
San Diego w/Wells over Baltimore Padres close out their series with the Orioles this afternoon behind David Wells, whose numbers a home have been dramatically better than on the road this season. That's confirmed by Wells' 2.95 ERA (with a 9.08 WHIP) in San Diego , as opposed to a 7.08 ERA (with a 17.05 WHIP) on the road. We also like the fact the big lefty has cashed in eight of his last ten team starts in June, and fourteen of his last eighteen starts on Thursdays. The numbers all add up in the Padres favor here today
Executive
SAN DIEGO -115
Michael Cannon
Money Train
15 Dime
Toronto
5 Dime
Baltimore
The Wunderdog
Game: Baltimore at San Diego (3:30 PM Eastern)
Pick: San Diego +109
There is nothing like a win for the Birds this season. They finally broke a 9 game losing streak with a win yesterday. The Birds have been 18-10 this season after a win, and will have their best pitcher on the hill today in Eric Bedard. Bedard got off to a shaky start, but in his last 9 starts has not allowed more than 3 earned runs in any of them, and has pitched to a 2.25 ERA covering 60 innings of work. The Bird offense after scoring just 25 runs in 8 games, has caught fire, plating 13 runs in their last 2. David Wells has shown signs of aging, and has not been as effective as he has in the past. His ERA is on the cusp of 5, and in the NL with no DH, that is more like 5.5-6 in the AL. The Padres are just 5-8 in his starts, and Baltimore has done better against LHP than RHP. Birds win this one.
Trev Rogers
Yankees/Rockies Over 10.5
Mighty ! Quinn
Baltimore Orioles
Dave Cokin
(951) CHI Cubs
(952) TEX Rangers
Take "(951) CHI Cubs"
Ted Lilly has some noteworthy day/night splits this season. Lilly's seven nighttime starts show him at only 1-2, 5.70. But under the sun, the Cubs lefty has been awesome. In those seven starts, he's 4-2, 2.20. That bodes well for his go against Texas as these teams wrap up their series. So does the fact he's pitching against Vicente Padilla, who has arguably been the worst regular rotation member in all of baseball this season. Looks like another good spot to fade the pathetic Rangers, so I'll back Lilly and the Cubs here
Jim Feist
(957) LA Dodgers
(958) TOR Blue Jays
Take "Under"
These may not be big-name pitchers, but these two guys are getting the job done. LA starter Chad Billingsley is 4-0 with a 3.09 ERA. He has 40 Ks in 35 innings! Toronto starter Shaun Marcum is off an 11 strikeout, 7 inning game (2 runs) and for the season has a 3.41 ERA. The Toronto offense has never faced Billingsley. The Blue Jays are 25-12 under the total at home! Play the Dodgers/Blue Jays under the total.
Mensapicks
LAD/Tor Under 9 for 5 units
MLB = 120-124 @ -43.80 units (based on 1-5 units)
FYI: Mensa was -134.80 units in the NFL last year and -71.50 units in college football. His prices are too high though. Funny how they charge high prices when their history of picks aren't worth Monopoly money.
Untouchable Dime Players
Cubs/Tex Over 10.5 for 1 unit
MLB = 2-1 @ +0.90 units (based on 1-5 units)
Cannon Wins Big Bet on Thursday With A's Run Line
Michael Cannon Money Train
Thursday's Plays:
15 Dime -
BLUE JAYS (With Billingsley and Marcum as listed pitchers)
5 Dime -
ORIOLES (With Bedard and Wells as listed pitchers)
Bonus Play: YANKEES -1 1/2 RUN LINE
EZ Winners
1 Colorado +169
1 Pitt +170
Fast Eddie Sports
Colorado +170 for 5 units
MLB = 205-219 @ -52.40 units (based on 1-5 units)
FYI: Fast Eddie NFL was -18.30 units and College Football was -80.30 units.
Wild Bill
LA Dodgers +125 for 1 unit
MLB = 199-179 @ +1.90 units (based on 1-5 units)
Handicapper: Big Al McMordie
# Event Date: 6/21/2007 2:05:00 PM EST
# Sport: MLB
# Pick Selection: Rangers
At 2:05pm our complimentary selection is on the Texas Rangers over the Chicago Cubs. Rangers outfielder Sammy Sosa reached a rare milestone Wednesday night when he cracked his 600th career home run off of the Cubs' Jason Marquis. A couple of years ago steroid allegations were swirling around the veteran outfielder before he stopped playing, but now all seems to be forgiven upon a successful return albeit with a new team. Perhaps all that players like Mark McGwire and Juan Gonzalez need to do to fix their reputations is come out of retirement and set more milestones? But other than Sosa's remarkable comeback this year, not much else has gone right for Texas. Once again they have poor pitching (perhaps their worst pitching in years) and can't seem to get enough timely hitting to offset the problems. This afternoon, in the series finale against Sosa's former team, the Rangers will try and take 2 of 3 from the Cubs and will be relying on Vicente Padilla, who certainly could be a poster child for the Rangers' pitching woes. But there are several reasons to like Padilla and Texas tomorrow, not least of which is that he seems to pitch much better at home than on the road, and his opponent, lefty Ted Lilly is just the opposite. And despite having a poor ERA over his last 3 starts, Padilla's K to BB ratio has been outstanding (11:2). Also, Padilla's team has won 3 of his last 4 starts against the Cubs, and again the exact opposite is true of Lily (his teams have lost 3 of his last 4 vs. Texas). Finally, Texas is hitting a scorching .281 vs. lefties, so Sosa could very well begin his climb to #700 today. Take the Rangers. As always, good luck...Al McMordie
FPBE Free Picks
Marc Lawrence - SD -114
Matty O'Shea - BAL +100
Ben Burns - CHC -130
Bryan Leonard - BAL/SD under 7.5
Jeff Bonds - SD -114
Larry Ness - LAD/TOR under 9
Thursday's Comps
Sebastian-Pitt.
Winner Line, OTM, Mark Gunn and All Star Sports all have UNDER Pitt. as the comp.
Computer Boys-Cubs
Kevin Kennedy-OVER Pitt.
Feiner-UNDER Yankees
fletch:
7PM Toronto Blue Jays (S. Marcum) -129
10PM Pittsburgh Pirates (J. Van Benschoten) RL +1.5 -110
Tony Onio
1000?padres
500?yankees -1.5
Bobby Bo
Thursday June 21, 2007
Sport:MLB
Game: NYY vs Colorado
Prediction: Under 10.5
Paul Leiner
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Sport: MLB
Game: Baltimore/San Diego
Prediction: 5* Padres -115
Executive
100% Padres
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MLB Chicago (N) vs. Texas
Take Chicago (N) Cubs
1 Unit - Take Chicago Cubs -124, The Cubs have the superior pitcher on the mound for them this afternoon and his breaking ball looked great in his last outing against the Padres in a game which I happened to be at to witness first hand. Lilly went 8 innings while allowing just 6 hits and 1 ER and he will have good success against this Texas line-up that has struggled against lefties. Padilla has an ERA of 10.66 over his last 3 starts and the Cubs are hitting the ball very well over their last 7 games.
All Bonus Plays (+1860) 26-7 L33 79% Have a Great Thursday!
Vernon Croy
MLB Baltimore vs. San Diego
Take Under
We like a low scoring game here as San Diego starter David Wells has a 9 to 1 strikeout to walk ratio in his last 3 starts. Wells has allowed 14 runs total in his last 6 starts. Baltimore starter Eric Bedard has allowed 3 or less runs in 8 straight starts and he has an 8 to 1 strikeout to walk ratio in his last 3 starts. Play On 'Under' (Wells vs. Bedard)
Tom Freese
totals 4 u
top play
lad OVER 9
reg plays
nyy UNDER 10-
sd UNDER 7-
D Gordon
300* Cubs
100* Blue Jays
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C Jordan
300* Toronto
100* Seattle -1.5 runs
======================================== ==============
K Garrett
30* Texas
10* LA Dodgers
========================================
Paul Leiner
10* Cubs -125
5* Yanks -180
5* Over 9 Tor/LAD
5* Padres -115
John Ryan
Game: New York Yankees at Colorado Rockies
Jun 21 2007 3:05PM
Prediction: Colorado Rockies
Reason: Ai Simulator 3* graded play on the Rockies ? Just when you think the Yankees are back and that Boston may be in another epic race, the NYY go out west and lose 2 straight to the Rockies. What is really unbelievable is that the NYY starting lineup, that was batting over 300 for a 12 games span scored just 1 run in each of these two losses. Many times a team can reach unsustainable levels of strong and poor performance and will revert back to their norm. At least the NYY are fielding well, but that actually puts them into a poor role for today's game. NY YANKEES are 5-15 (-18.0 Units) against the money line in road games after 4 straight games where they committed no errors over the last 3 seasons. NY YANKEES are 1-7 (-7.8 Units) against the money line in road games in day games this season. COLORADO is 8-3 (+9.3 Units) against the money line against AL East opponents this season. COLORADO is 13-6 (+12.2 Units) against the money line after allowing 2 runs or less this season. Supporting this graded play is a system that has gone 60-42 and has made 45.6 units since 2001. Play on home underdogs with a money line of +125 or more with an on base percentage of .350 or better over their last 20 games, with a hot bullpen whose ERA is under 3.00 the last 15 games. Tweaking this system to reflect home dogs with a ML of +125 to +175 inclusive we find a record of 55-35 and profits of 42.6 units since 2001.
VEGAS SPORTS PICS
N.Y.Yankees (Clemens) - 1.5 (-115**) over Colorado (Lopez)
L.A.Dodgers (Billingsley) +120* over Toronto (Marcum)
Pittsburgh (Van Benschoten) / Seattle (Hernandez) UNDER 9*
chris Jordon
300* Toronto
100* Seattle-1.5,
Computer Plays
Colorado Rockies + 170
Seattle Mariners - 185
Hondo
Cubs
Philadelphia
Mighty Quinn
Baltimore
STRALEY GROUP
Cubs -130
Cubs Over 10.5
Yankees RL
LA Dodgers
South Side
Pittsburgh under