10-15-08

[Mr. IWS]

Brandon Lang

ADVANCED WINNER
20 Dime TCU - Analysis by 7 p.m. eastern on your advanced winner for Thursday.



5 Dime PHILLIES - Guys, this is your basic hedge bet since we are sitting on a 10-Dime Series play with the Dodgers. After the Game 4 collapse to go down 3-games-to-1, we now take a look at the Phils to get our series bet back and break even with the NLCS. And with Cole Hamels going for us tonight, and this lineup hitting the way it has, there might not be anything that can stop Philadelphia. Chad Billingsley has been tough, I'll give him that, but this Phils team has come together, despite Ryan Howard and Chase Utley's deficiencies at the plate. Take the road chalk here.

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Al

At 8:20pm our selection is on the Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers 'under' the total.

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Ben Burns' NLCS TOTAL OF THE YEAR (PERFECT in 2nd Round!)

Ben Burns has only made two selections in the second round of the baseball playoffs. Both of them came from the Dodgers/Phillies series and BOTH resulted in winners. Burns returns with ANOTHER BEAUTY on Wednesday. This is his HIGHEST RATED TOTAL of the playoffs thus far. Don't even consider missing out!

Dodgers/Phillies Under

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Ben Burns' Wednesday NHL ANNIHILATOR!

Anaheim

I'm laying the price with ANAHEIM. The Ducks are off to a slow (0-3) start and they lost at LA last night. They are still a strong team though. Keep in mind that they went an impressive 28-9-1-3 at home last season, finishing with 102 points overall. That was the second best home record in the entire league and the nine home regulation losses were tied (with Detroit) for the fewest. It's also worth noting that they were 6-1-1 in the preseason, so it's not like they just forgot how to win. The Ducks' slow start combined with the fact that they are playing the second of back to back games has kept the price very reasonable here. Neither of those factors really bothers me though. For starters, the slow start should ensure an extremely motivated effort here, as they really don't want to fall to 0-4. Additionally, this is a team which is built for the playoffs and therefore they really don't mind playing back to back games. In fact, if we look back to last season we find that Anaheim was 14-6 the last 20 times that it played the second of back to back games, including a perfect 8-0 mark at home. Look for another big effort from the Ducks tonight as they earn their first victory of the new season. *Annihilator