Aloha Gang......I hope you are all in good health and spirits today......Well for me I am still in a bit of a slump, which is being spurred on by some bad beats of late.....Dam them Cubs BP giving up a 2 run blast yesterday to a struggling Bondless SF team......Dam SD losing after up 6-0 to the worst home team in the Majors.....Anyways, yesterday I went 6W-5L, and again losing by the vig.....Still, the sun came out today and it is again a new day, and a chance for redemption and an opportunity to embrace it with a new positive outlook as we head on into the weekend.......Its Aloha Friday Gang.....and that means No Work till Monday.......So lets start this weekend Party off early today......Lets Dance Baby!
**TOP 3 UNIT PLAY ON:
St Louis Cardinals -117
-I gotta go with the Cards who are playing better ball on the offensive end of late over the struggling and injury plagued Cubs team today.......Carpenter for the Cards hits the hill today, where he has been solid this year, especially in his last 3 starts where he is 3-0 with an 3.10 ERA, allowing just 15 hits and 7 runs, in over 20 innings......Carpenter, more currently, in his last two starts has ONLY allowed 8 hits and ONLY 2 runs in 15 innings, one of which includes a shutout win over the Fishes from Florida.....
Mitre for the Cubs, on the other hand, in his last 3 starts overall he went 2-1 with a 5.63 ERA, and struggled a bit giving up 23 hits, 10 runs, in just 16 innings....More specifically though, in Mitre last 3 starts at home he has given up 25 hits and has a higher ERA of 6.60 and a WHIP of 2.06....So it seems that pitching at home doesn't give him any edge at all over his opponents....
An advantage Carperter has today, beside having the better Offense to back him up, is that he will be facing the Cubs for the first time in his career and will do it also without having to deal with Sosa in the lineup......Most times, when a solid pitcher comes in to face a team that has never seen or dealt with him before, he will have an advantage as it will take some time for the opposing hitters to get use to what he has to offer.......Mitre as well will be facing the Cards for the first time in his career, but due to his recent struggles, a struggling Offense, and his tendency to give up a lot of hits, especially at home......I dont expect that he will be able to avoid being tagged by this Cards Offensive squad, who has multiple players in the zone of late at the plate, for to long if at all.......The Cubs only real bright spot is Moises Alou, who has been single handily been keeping them in the game these past few....but as you can see by their losing the series to an even worst struggling, Bondless, team in the Giants says a lot about their current woes......
Other stats and statistics I like favoring the Cards today:
-They are 5-2 in Carpenter's last 7 starts......And they have won 7 of their last 10 games overall.....
-The Cards are 5-1 on the road when the ML is between -100-125.
-They will have the advantage in the BP, where they have a 2.58 ERA on the road.....giving up NO homeruns away from home...
-The Cubs BP(Assholes...lol.) sucks and has an ERA of 4.99, and has given up 15 HR's overall (10 of them at home), and 70 Walks overall (30 of them at home).
-Lastly, the Cards currently have the better Offense then the Cubs in almost every statistical category over Cubs.....Only below the Cubs in HR's on the year, but again no Sosa today....
*Also one overlooked statistic that favors the Cards in this one is their ability to move the runner on base via STEALING.....The Cards rank 3rd in the entire League in SB's, whereas the Cubs play conservative and rank 2nd to last in the league in this catergory......Better Team Hitting %+better OBP+3rd in SB=possibly more opportunities to win.....
In short, to me, the Cards have the better Offense and Defensive matchup in this game today and I like them to come out with another impressive win today, just like they did yesterday vs the Mets.....GL.
**Ok Gang......Lets start this Aloha Friday Off on a winning note......I will have the rest of my card up a little later, so you are all welcome to check back for them if interested......Lets have some fun today Gang and keep it positive as only positive will come.......Good luck to ALL today and LETS GO GET EM! ALOHA CC.
[This message was edited by Co-Captain on May 21, 2004 at 02:24 PM.]
**TOP 3 UNIT PLAY ON:
St Louis Cardinals -117
-I gotta go with the Cards who are playing better ball on the offensive end of late over the struggling and injury plagued Cubs team today.......Carpenter for the Cards hits the hill today, where he has been solid this year, especially in his last 3 starts where he is 3-0 with an 3.10 ERA, allowing just 15 hits and 7 runs, in over 20 innings......Carpenter, more currently, in his last two starts has ONLY allowed 8 hits and ONLY 2 runs in 15 innings, one of which includes a shutout win over the Fishes from Florida.....
Mitre for the Cubs, on the other hand, in his last 3 starts overall he went 2-1 with a 5.63 ERA, and struggled a bit giving up 23 hits, 10 runs, in just 16 innings....More specifically though, in Mitre last 3 starts at home he has given up 25 hits and has a higher ERA of 6.60 and a WHIP of 2.06....So it seems that pitching at home doesn't give him any edge at all over his opponents....
An advantage Carperter has today, beside having the better Offense to back him up, is that he will be facing the Cubs for the first time in his career and will do it also without having to deal with Sosa in the lineup......Most times, when a solid pitcher comes in to face a team that has never seen or dealt with him before, he will have an advantage as it will take some time for the opposing hitters to get use to what he has to offer.......Mitre as well will be facing the Cards for the first time in his career, but due to his recent struggles, a struggling Offense, and his tendency to give up a lot of hits, especially at home......I dont expect that he will be able to avoid being tagged by this Cards Offensive squad, who has multiple players in the zone of late at the plate, for to long if at all.......The Cubs only real bright spot is Moises Alou, who has been single handily been keeping them in the game these past few....but as you can see by their losing the series to an even worst struggling, Bondless, team in the Giants says a lot about their current woes......
Other stats and statistics I like favoring the Cards today:
-They are 5-2 in Carpenter's last 7 starts......And they have won 7 of their last 10 games overall.....
-The Cards are 5-1 on the road when the ML is between -100-125.
-They will have the advantage in the BP, where they have a 2.58 ERA on the road.....giving up NO homeruns away from home...
-The Cubs BP(Assholes...lol.) sucks and has an ERA of 4.99, and has given up 15 HR's overall (10 of them at home), and 70 Walks overall (30 of them at home).
-Lastly, the Cards currently have the better Offense then the Cubs in almost every statistical category over Cubs.....Only below the Cubs in HR's on the year, but again no Sosa today....
*Also one overlooked statistic that favors the Cards in this one is their ability to move the runner on base via STEALING.....The Cards rank 3rd in the entire League in SB's, whereas the Cubs play conservative and rank 2nd to last in the league in this catergory......Better Team Hitting %+better OBP+3rd in SB=possibly more opportunities to win.....
In short, to me, the Cards have the better Offense and Defensive matchup in this game today and I like them to come out with another impressive win today, just like they did yesterday vs the Mets.....GL.
**Ok Gang......Lets start this Aloha Friday Off on a winning note......I will have the rest of my card up a little later, so you are all welcome to check back for them if interested......Lets have some fun today Gang and keep it positive as only positive will come.......Good luck to ALL today and LETS GO GET EM! ALOHA CC.
[This message was edited by Co-Captain on May 21, 2004 at 02:24 PM.]
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**TOP 3 UNIT PLAY ON:
Boston RS -103
-Ok so last years Cy Young Winner has come to town, does that mean he should be the favorite today.....Not to me.....The last time I checked, he was 1-2 vs the Sox's in his last 3 games vs them this year....He is also only in his career vs the Sox's just 5-6 with a 4.45 ERA the last 16 starts.....
I know that this year he was facing Pedro, but Arroyo is a solid up and comer and has proven that vs this same BJay team on Sun, where he dominated them for 8 innings allowing just 3 hits, NO runs, striking out 6, and giving up NO walks....SOLID!......Arroyo took over the 5th spot from Kim, who was demoted to the minors and rightfully so, but that doesnt mean he shouldnt have been there in front of Kim to begin with....Some people are reading into this to much and thinking that Kim was better thats why he was ahead of Arroyo....No Way!....Arroyo is not as established as Kim is in the League, but he will be soon.....
I like this one with the young Arroyo also because, he will have the many sticks on Offense to back him up....Halladay isnt as fortunate.....Halladay is good, but in his last 9 starts the lack of Offensive support to him has led the BJays to string any back to back outings....Heres his pattern when starting....L,L,W,L,W,L,W,L,W.....Today should result in another lost to the RS....In his last time here, he was tagged for 7 hits, 3 runs, and 2 HR's in 7 innings, that led to a 1-4 lost for the Jays...
Arroyo's in his last 3 starts resulted in the RS taking 2 of 3 games and him pitching 20 innings and allowing just 10 hits, 4 runs, 4 walks, and striking out 15....SOLID!.....He has also faced the Jays twice this year and is 1-0 vs them with a 2.57 ERA....
Boston will have the better BP also in this one over the BJays and they are having a solid year so far with a 2.99 ERA.....The BJays BP, on the other hand, has an 4.51 ERA....and its even higher in their last 3 games at 5.19 ERA...
-Jays 2-7 in their last 9 road games
-Jays 4-10 in Halladay's last 14 starts vs the RS.
-Boston 6-3 the last 9 vs Toronto.....and 11-6 at home this year..
-Boston sticks hitting RHP's at home average .285 vs them..
-Jays last 10 games struggling vs RHP's averaging .222 vs them...
*GL...
**TOP 3 UNIT PLAY ON:
Boston RS -103
-Ok so last years Cy Young Winner has come to town, does that mean he should be the favorite today.....Not to me.....The last time I checked, he was 1-2 vs the Sox's in his last 3 games vs them this year....He is also only in his career vs the Sox's just 5-6 with a 4.45 ERA the last 16 starts.....
I know that this year he was facing Pedro, but Arroyo is a solid up and comer and has proven that vs this same BJay team on Sun, where he dominated them for 8 innings allowing just 3 hits, NO runs, striking out 6, and giving up NO walks....SOLID!......Arroyo took over the 5th spot from Kim, who was demoted to the minors and rightfully so, but that doesnt mean he shouldnt have been there in front of Kim to begin with....Some people are reading into this to much and thinking that Kim was better thats why he was ahead of Arroyo....No Way!....Arroyo is not as established as Kim is in the League, but he will be soon.....
I like this one with the young Arroyo also because, he will have the many sticks on Offense to back him up....Halladay isnt as fortunate.....Halladay is good, but in his last 9 starts the lack of Offensive support to him has led the BJays to string any back to back outings....Heres his pattern when starting....L,L,W,L,W,L,W,L,W.....Today should result in another lost to the RS....In his last time here, he was tagged for 7 hits, 3 runs, and 2 HR's in 7 innings, that led to a 1-4 lost for the Jays...
Arroyo's in his last 3 starts resulted in the RS taking 2 of 3 games and him pitching 20 innings and allowing just 10 hits, 4 runs, 4 walks, and striking out 15....SOLID!.....He has also faced the Jays twice this year and is 1-0 vs them with a 2.57 ERA....
Boston will have the better BP also in this one over the BJays and they are having a solid year so far with a 2.99 ERA.....The BJays BP, on the other hand, has an 4.51 ERA....and its even higher in their last 3 games at 5.19 ERA...
-Jays 2-7 in their last 9 road games
-Jays 4-10 in Halladay's last 14 starts vs the RS.
-Boston 6-3 the last 9 vs Toronto.....and 11-6 at home this year..
-Boston sticks hitting RHP's at home average .285 vs them..
-Jays last 10 games struggling vs RHP's averaging .222 vs them...
*GL...
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**TOP 3 UNIT PLAY ON:
Cleveland -142
-CC career vs the Devil Rays is 5-0 w/ a 2.50 ERA in 5 starts....This year he is 2-1 with a 2.03 ERA, and 28 K's.....Abbott is 2-4 on the year with an 6.21 ERA, just 18 K's, along with 18 Walks......Abbott also lost his last 3 starts...
Cleveland has the sticks and Offense to support CC on the hill today.....In fact, they are ranked #2 in the League in Hitting %....TB ranks 2nd to last in the League in hitting.......Cleveland is ranked #1 in OBP in the League.....TB ranks 2nd to last........Cleveland is ranked #5 in the League in runs scored.....TB ranks 2nd to last.........Cleveland is ranked #3 in hits on the year.....TB is ranked 2nd to last....
In CC's last game vs the Devil Rays on Sunday, he allowed just 5 hits and NO RUNS in 7 innings....OUTSTANDING!
Cleveland is also 17-5 vs TB since 2001 and more currently are 8-1 the last 9 visits to Tampa's House....Cleveland and CC continues their dominance over the Devil Rays agains today.....Go Indians....
**TOP 3 UNIT PLAY ON:
Cleveland -142
-CC career vs the Devil Rays is 5-0 w/ a 2.50 ERA in 5 starts....This year he is 2-1 with a 2.03 ERA, and 28 K's.....Abbott is 2-4 on the year with an 6.21 ERA, just 18 K's, along with 18 Walks......Abbott also lost his last 3 starts...
Cleveland has the sticks and Offense to support CC on the hill today.....In fact, they are ranked #2 in the League in Hitting %....TB ranks 2nd to last in the League in hitting.......Cleveland is ranked #1 in OBP in the League.....TB ranks 2nd to last........Cleveland is ranked #5 in the League in runs scored.....TB ranks 2nd to last.........Cleveland is ranked #3 in hits on the year.....TB is ranked 2nd to last....
In CC's last game vs the Devil Rays on Sunday, he allowed just 5 hits and NO RUNS in 7 innings....OUTSTANDING!
Cleveland is also 17-5 vs TB since 2001 and more currently are 8-1 the last 9 visits to Tampa's House....Cleveland and CC continues their dominance over the Devil Rays agains today.....Go Indians....
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**2 UNIT PLAYS ON:
Florida -130
Atlanta -112
Philly -150
SF +139
**Ok Gang, I will be back a little later with more plays that will cover the late games....so check back later if interested.....Good luck and lets keep spanking that ASS!.....Good start with St Louis, lets keep it rolling.....Aloha CC.
**2 UNIT PLAYS ON:
Florida -130
Atlanta -112
Philly -150
SF +139
**Ok Gang, I will be back a little later with more plays that will cover the late games....so check back later if interested.....Good luck and lets keep spanking that ASS!.....Good start with St Louis, lets keep it rolling.....Aloha CC.
Ok Gang, here we go with the Late Set....So far this week the Late Set has probably been the only bright spot so far....going 5W-2L this week....Lets keep that positive trend rolling with these BAD BOYS!
**TOP 3 UNIT PLAYS ON:
Angels -130
**2 UNIT PLAY ON:
Detroit +133
-GL Gang...and lets finish this day off strong.....Aloha CC.
**TOP 3 UNIT PLAYS ON:
Angels -130
**2 UNIT PLAY ON:
Detroit +133
-GL Gang...and lets finish this day off strong.....Aloha CC.
Fvck you CC Sabatia....you fvck my shot at a PERFECT DAY!....Shit did you forget that you were 5-0 and owned the She-Devil Rays.....Dam!....Ok, enough of that shit....
I am glad that the BOSTON RED SOX came through......Halladay, is good, but he has no support....What good is having a solid pitcher if he gets no run support...and then have a shitty BP to lose the game in the end.....Cleveland was the victim of there shitty BP losing it again for them....Fvckin assholes, eating sunflower seeds and scratching your asses all day.....Shit keep practicing you worthless shitheads...Dammit!
Ok....I feel better now....lol.
I am glad that the BOSTON RED SOX came through......Halladay, is good, but he has no support....What good is having a solid pitcher if he gets no run support...and then have a shitty BP to lose the game in the end.....Cleveland was the victim of there shitty BP losing it again for them....Fvckin assholes, eating sunflower seeds and scratching your asses all day.....Shit keep practicing you worthless shitheads...Dammit!
Ok....I feel better now....lol.
