Larry cook
7* MAJOR on Colorado -102
(Listing Cook and Olsen)
Aaron Cook has been delivering the goods over his last 3 starts. Cook has a 2-0 record with just a 1.64 ERA. Scott Olsen has a 5.82 ERA over the same period of time for the Marlins. The road team is 6-0 in the last 6 meetings between Colorado and Florida. The Marlins are 1-7 in their last 8 vs. National League West. The Rockies are 9-2 in their last 11 after allowing 5 runs or more in their previous game. The Rockies are 4-0 in their last 4 games following an off day. They use their rest wisely. Bet Colorado.
3* on Toronto -116
(List Jackson)
The Blue Jays will be facing one of the worst starters in all of baseball tonight. After a rough loss to the Devil Rays in extra innings last night, Toronto will be looking for revenge. The Blue Jays are 8-3 in their last 11 games following a loss. Edwin Jackson is 2-10 with a 7.00 ERA on the season for Tampa Bay. Blue Jays hitters will feast on this guy tonight. Jesse Litsch has been coming around as of late for Toronto. He is 2-1 with a 3.00 ERA in his last 3 appearances as a starter. The Devil Rays are 1-9 in Jackson's last 10 starts following a team loss in their previous game. Bet Toronto.
10* NL East Surefire on Atlanta -162
(Listing James and Sampson)
Houston is 8-25 in their last 33 road games and 2-7 in their last 9 meetings in Atlanta. Those are two big reasons why Atlanta doesnt lose this one at home folks. Chuck James has a 1.42 ERA over his last 3 starts in 19 innings of work. He is in a little groove right now. Chris Sampson is 1-2 with a 5.00 ERA over his last 3 starts for Houston. Sampson wont get the kind of run support needed to win this game. The Astros are 1-15 in their last 16 road games vs. a team with a winning home record. The Astros are 3-13 in their last 16 games as an underdog of +151 to +200. The Astros are 0-5 in Sampson's last 5 starts vs. a team with a winning record. The Braves are 38-13 in their last 51 home games following a road trip of 7 or more days. Atlanta will be glad to return home and face an awful team in the Houston Astros tonight. Bet Atlanta.
7* MAJOR on Milwaukee +101
(Listing Suppan)
Mets hitters have had their troubles with Jeff Suppan in the past. Only Paul Lo Duca has an average over .300 lifetime against Suppan. The Brewers rarely lose at home with a 41-17 record over their last 58 tries. The Brewers are 8-1 in their last 9 vs. a team with a winning record. Milwaukee likes to play to the level of their competition. The Mets are a good challenge and we believe Milwaukee will be up to the task. The Brewers are 7-2 in Suppan's last 9 home starts. Bet Milwaukee.
7* MAJOR on Colorado -102
(Listing Cook and Olsen)
Aaron Cook has been delivering the goods over his last 3 starts. Cook has a 2-0 record with just a 1.64 ERA. Scott Olsen has a 5.82 ERA over the same period of time for the Marlins. The road team is 6-0 in the last 6 meetings between Colorado and Florida. The Marlins are 1-7 in their last 8 vs. National League West. The Rockies are 9-2 in their last 11 after allowing 5 runs or more in their previous game. The Rockies are 4-0 in their last 4 games following an off day. They use their rest wisely. Bet Colorado.
3* on Toronto -116
(List Jackson)
The Blue Jays will be facing one of the worst starters in all of baseball tonight. After a rough loss to the Devil Rays in extra innings last night, Toronto will be looking for revenge. The Blue Jays are 8-3 in their last 11 games following a loss. Edwin Jackson is 2-10 with a 7.00 ERA on the season for Tampa Bay. Blue Jays hitters will feast on this guy tonight. Jesse Litsch has been coming around as of late for Toronto. He is 2-1 with a 3.00 ERA in his last 3 appearances as a starter. The Devil Rays are 1-9 in Jackson's last 10 starts following a team loss in their previous game. Bet Toronto.
10* NL East Surefire on Atlanta -162
(Listing James and Sampson)
Houston is 8-25 in their last 33 road games and 2-7 in their last 9 meetings in Atlanta. Those are two big reasons why Atlanta doesnt lose this one at home folks. Chuck James has a 1.42 ERA over his last 3 starts in 19 innings of work. He is in a little groove right now. Chris Sampson is 1-2 with a 5.00 ERA over his last 3 starts for Houston. Sampson wont get the kind of run support needed to win this game. The Astros are 1-15 in their last 16 road games vs. a team with a winning home record. The Astros are 3-13 in their last 16 games as an underdog of +151 to +200. The Astros are 0-5 in Sampson's last 5 starts vs. a team with a winning record. The Braves are 38-13 in their last 51 home games following a road trip of 7 or more days. Atlanta will be glad to return home and face an awful team in the Houston Astros tonight. Bet Atlanta.
7* MAJOR on Milwaukee +101
(Listing Suppan)
Mets hitters have had their troubles with Jeff Suppan in the past. Only Paul Lo Duca has an average over .300 lifetime against Suppan. The Brewers rarely lose at home with a 41-17 record over their last 58 tries. The Brewers are 8-1 in their last 9 vs. a team with a winning record. Milwaukee likes to play to the level of their competition. The Mets are a good challenge and we believe Milwaukee will be up to the task. The Brewers are 7-2 in Suppan's last 9 home starts. Bet Milwaukee.
Wunderdog
Game: San Francisco at Los Angeles Dodgers (10:10 PM Eastern)
Pick: Los Angeles Dodgers -166
Brad Penny has been absolute money this season. The guy is 13-1 with a perfect 6-0 record. His ERA is 2.51 and 2.23 at home! He's allowed just 4 HR and 38 ER in 136 innings pitched. San Fancisco is 20-31 for -7.0 units on the road this season. They are 21-34 vs. winning teams. They average only 4.3 runs per game, 4.1 in night games and 4.0 vs. division foes. The Dodgers pound left handed pitchers to the tune of 5.3 runs per game and an 18-11 mark. LA, with Penny on the mound is 17-4 this season and they are 19-4 the past two seasons with him starting when facing a losing opponnent. Finally, San Fran is 3-20 the past three seasons vs. teams wiht an OBP of .393+ (LA's is .341).
Game: San Francisco at Los Angeles Dodgers (10:10 PM Eastern)
Pick: Los Angeles Dodgers -166
Brad Penny has been absolute money this season. The guy is 13-1 with a perfect 6-0 record. His ERA is 2.51 and 2.23 at home! He's allowed just 4 HR and 38 ER in 136 innings pitched. San Fancisco is 20-31 for -7.0 units on the road this season. They are 21-34 vs. winning teams. They average only 4.3 runs per game, 4.1 in night games and 4.0 vs. division foes. The Dodgers pound left handed pitchers to the tune of 5.3 runs per game and an 18-11 mark. LA, with Penny on the mound is 17-4 this season and they are 19-4 the past two seasons with him starting when facing a losing opponnent. Finally, San Fran is 3-20 the past three seasons vs. teams wiht an OBP of .393+ (LA's is .341).
Big Al
San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
At 10:10pm our selection is on the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers 'over' the total. Well the Giants have left San Francisco and unfortunately for the hometown fans, Barry Bonds is still stuck at 754 home runs and now heads out on the road to Los Angeles for three games before then heading to San Diego for three and won't be back in AT&T Park until August 6. There is a good chance that Bonds will not break the record in L.A. as he has only hit one homer in 29 at bats here this season, and he may very well get at least one of the nights off. But that doesn't mean other players won't be doing their share of run scoring. When righthander Brad Penny steps to the mound lately for the Dodgers, runs just seem to accumulate. In Penny's last eight outings, the teams have scored a total of 84 runs or an average of 10.5 runs per game. Especially in his last three starts, the Dodgers have relied more on run support than they have on Penny's stingy pitching as L.A. has has put up five, eight, and ten runs respectively to win those games. Giants lefty starter Noah Lowry has had a very good season, but he has struggled a bit recently in his starts as the Giants have only won one of his last five. The Dodgers could bring more problems for Lowry as they are an excellent hitting team vs. southpaws (.287 team batting average vs. lefties). Take the 'over'. As always, good luck...Al McMordie
GOM Angels
NL Blowout Atlanta
San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
At 10:10pm our selection is on the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers 'over' the total. Well the Giants have left San Francisco and unfortunately for the hometown fans, Barry Bonds is still stuck at 754 home runs and now heads out on the road to Los Angeles for three games before then heading to San Diego for three and won't be back in AT&T Park until August 6. There is a good chance that Bonds will not break the record in L.A. as he has only hit one homer in 29 at bats here this season, and he may very well get at least one of the nights off. But that doesn't mean other players won't be doing their share of run scoring. When righthander Brad Penny steps to the mound lately for the Dodgers, runs just seem to accumulate. In Penny's last eight outings, the teams have scored a total of 84 runs or an average of 10.5 runs per game. Especially in his last three starts, the Dodgers have relied more on run support than they have on Penny's stingy pitching as L.A. has has put up five, eight, and ten runs respectively to win those games. Giants lefty starter Noah Lowry has had a very good season, but he has struggled a bit recently in his starts as the Giants have only won one of his last five. The Dodgers could bring more problems for Lowry as they are an excellent hitting team vs. southpaws (.287 team batting average vs. lefties). Take the 'over'. As always, good luck...Al McMordie
GOM Angels
NL Blowout Atlanta
Jim Fiest
Take "Under"
Oakland is a great pitcher's park, which has helped the A's to the second best pitching staff in the AL this season. Of course, the down side is their offense isn't very good, which is why they are 34-13 under the total at home! Detroit comes to town with an ace in Justin Verlander (11-3) for this game. Make that a pair of aces, as Oakland counters with Dan Haren (12-3, 2.42 ERA). All of which makes this another low scoring tilt in Oakland. Play the Tigers/A's under the total!
Take "Under"
Oakland is a great pitcher's park, which has helped the A's to the second best pitching staff in the AL this season. Of course, the down side is their offense isn't very good, which is why they are 34-13 under the total at home! Detroit comes to town with an ace in Justin Verlander (11-3) for this game. Make that a pair of aces, as Oakland counters with Dan Haren (12-3, 2.42 ERA). All of which makes this another low scoring tilt in Oakland. Play the Tigers/A's under the total!
Yep, that's why BB is the master at this. That is not disputed. It's just a matter of whether anybody is allowed to post any service plays. It is apparent that some are still re-posting plays anyway. How do we effectively screen this out without having a moderator's rights to delete duplicate posts within a thread, that's the question?
* CalvinTy
I myself am curious about Ness plays as usual. I don't know why Bookie Buster hasn't made a comment in this thread yet and it's 5:40pm Eastern time. Even on days where he's super busy, he has no problems letting someone else start the thread and then posting his big sheet.
I am anxious for BB's posts regardless of whether he STARTS a thread or posts in an EXISTING thread. It shouldn't matter, yet I am hoping BB is not standing us up today due to whatever. I don't want that thought to creep in especially after someone gave him flack yesterday.
P.S. Never mind, I see that he recently was working in his WNBA thread...
* CalvinTy
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