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Play of the Day:



Detroit Tiger -140 over the Kansas City Royals
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Ice picks: Today's best NHL bets

Chicago Blackhawks at Philadelphia Flyers (-120, 5.5)

Sometimes the best way to get into an opponent’s head is keep quiet and frustrate the hell out of them with perfect execution.

And that’s exactly what Chris Pronger has done in the finals against Chicago.

The veteran defenseman agitated Blackhawks forward Dustin Byfuglien in front of the Philadelphia net in Game 3 enough to spur a reaction – a slash which drew a penalty.

"I don't know how he would be getting into our heads, whether it's vocally or whatnot," Jonathan Toews said. "He's not talking a lot out there. He's playing. He's doing his job the way he knows he can do it. So, I mean, he's just one player.”

The 36-year-old Pronger has logged heavy ice time in this series, playing at least 28 minutes in each of the three games. Chicago coach Joel Quenneville, who was with Pronger for eight seasons in St. Louis, believes the officials are looking the other way in certain situations instead of penalizing his former player.

"I think there's a couple for sure late in the game," Quenneville said. "There was one that got my attention. Whether it's stick use or obstruction, I think we'll keep an eye on it."

Whether intentional or not, Pronger has become the villain in this series and is clearly clouding the minds of the Blackhawks.

Pick: Flyers

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Hot Lines: Today's best MLB bets

San Diego Padres at Philadelphia Phillies (-200, 7.5)

The Phillies aren't just in a "slump" anymore; the offense has broken its back and completely fallen over. And it could be a mental thing.

"I don't see a young player on our roster,” manager Charlie Manuel said. “These guys have been around a long time. If they haven't learned something from their hitting by now, and they don't know some of the things that they do when they go bad…it's up to you to master your hitting.

"I see a whole lot of cockiness and big-headedness and complacency," he added.

Philadelphia has scored just 14 runs in its last 11 games, losing nine of those contests and getting shut out in five. The heart of the team’s lineup (Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth) has registered five RBIs during the slide.

Fortunately for the Phils in this matchup, they may only need to squeak out one run to get the win. Roy Halladay is making his first start since a perfect game last Saturday and the Padres have never faced him before.

Pick: UnderBoston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles (+165, 9)

Reports have surfaced that Baltimore manager Dave Trembley will be removed from his position before Friday’s game against Boston. And some of the players are not too pleased about it.

"We're the ones that throw the ball, we are the ones that swing the bats and catch the ball," Luke Scott said. "All the manager can do is put his best nine out there. I mean, it's not his fault.”

"We haven't played good," veteran Kevin Millwood said. "I don't see it. I don't see how most of that is [Trembley's] fault."

The O’s hold the worst record in baseball (15-39) and have dropped eight straight, getting outscored 47-14 in that stretch.

Boston got swept by Baltimore in early May so look for the BoSox to save a little face in this series. They will send Clay Buchholz to the hill and the team is 4-0 in his last four starts.

Pick: Red Sox

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Streaking and Slumping Pitchers

Streaking

Clay Buchholz (7-3, 2.73), Boston Red Sox

After giving up nine earned runs in his first two May starts, Buchholz has only surrendered four runs in four games since. Buchholz and the Sox went 4-0 in those games.

In his last outing, Buchholz outdueled Royals ace Zack Grienke after 7.0 innings of four-hit ball in the 1-0 victory.

“We matched up against a guy who was on top of his game and is one of the best pitchers in the American League,” Kansas City manager Ned Yost said.

“I think it’s just the natural progression of a real good pitcher,” said Terry Francona of Buchholz, who is 3-0 with a 1.32 ERA in his last three outings.

Mat Latos (5-3, 3.08), San Diego Padres

If the Padres are going to beat Roy Halladay on Friday, this guy may give them the best chance to do so.

Latos has a streak of six straight quality starts and shut out the opposition twice in that span. San Diego is 4-0 in his last five outings.

“He’s a big kid with a big arm and tons of talent,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said after Latos threw a complete game, one-hit shutout against his team. “He had good command of all his pitches and he showed good poise, too.

The Phillies lineup has never seen Latos and that situation usually benefits the pitcher.


Slumping

Dallas Braden (4-5, 3.60), Oakland Athletics

Since dealing a perfect game on May 9, the A’s lefty is 0-3 with a 4.13 ERA in four starts.

Braden was removed early from one of those outings because of the flu, but the lingering illness may still be affecting his performance as he yielded 11 hits and five earned runs in his next start.

“They got the leadoff hitter on in every inning and scored in all but one of them,” Braden said after the game. “I’m not a math major, but that doesn’t seem good for me.”


Returning

Carlos Zambrano (1-3, 6.12), Chicago Cubs

Big Z will climb onto the mound in a starter’s role for the first time since April 20 on Tuesday. He was scheduled to return to action Wednesday but his start got bumped to today.

Chicago’s former ace of the staff, Zambrano was demoted to the bullpen after going 1-2 with a 7.45 ERA to start the season.

"He should be able to go six innings, 90 pitches," manager Lou Piniella said. "We'd be very pleased with that -- a nice sharp, crisp performance and then build him up from there."

Zambrano didn’t exactly earn his way back into the rotation with quality work out of the pen. The right-hander was 0-1 with a 4.15 ERA in 13 relief appearances so who knows what to expect Friday. He hasn’t thrown more than 35 pitches in a game in six weeks

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Lady Luck: Today's WNBA best bets

Minnesota Lynx at Tulsa Shock (-3.5, 169)

Behaving badly isn’t just reserved for the NBA’s bad boys.

The WNBA has its fair share of wild girls, including Tulsa Shock starting guard Alexis Hornbuckle, who will miss Friday’s matchup with Minnesota after being suspended two games by the league.

Hornbuckle was suspended after being charged for a DUI which happened back in Detroit last year. She will miss Friday and Saturday’s game in Chicago. She is averaging more than five points, three assists and three rebounds per game this season.

“Alexis was back for the end of practice (on Wednesday),” Shock coach Nolan Richardson told Tulsa World. “She thanked me for being understanding for what had happened before the team moved to Tulsa. She was happy to be back working out with the team.”

The absence of Hornbuckle leaves the Shock with just four guards for this weekend’s double-header. Scholanda Robinson, Shanna Crossley, Natasha Lacy and Marion Jones round out the Tulsa backcourt that faces a Lynx squad coming off a huge win over the defending champion Phoenix Mercury earlier this week.

Pick: Minnesota


Chicago Sky at Atlanta Dream (-6.5, 160.5)

A tough road schedule finally caught up with the Atlanta Dream Tuesday.

The Dream dropped their first game of the season, 90-72, to the Seattle Storm, closing a four-game road stretch at 3-1 straight up and against the spread. Atlanta, which ranks second in the WNBA in scoring (84.7 points per game), shot just under 36 percent from the field and managed only 27 points in the first half.

"It was just one of those days when things didn't go our way," Dream forward Angel McCoughtry told reporters following the loss. "But at the same time, we've got to learn how to play through it. We were just getting by, 6-and-0, winning -- we were feeling good. This is a humbling experience for us."

While the trip home is a welcome thought for Atlanta, their opponent Friday has had their number in recent meetings. The Sky have knocked off the Dream in four straight meetings and own a 6-1 record against the franchise, covering in six of those seven contests.

Pick: Chicago

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Detroit vs. Kansas City stumpthespread.com June 4 pick

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Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals

The Tigers have shown that they are an extremely classy organization in how they have handled the Galarraga perfect game situation and I believe this will unite the team and ignite them into a nice run. It already showed in Thursdays game as they erupted for 12 runs against the Indians. I think the imperfect game will be the greatest thing for this team as it has given them a rallying point going forward. Scherzer will be on the mound for the Tigers in this one and in his last 3 games against the Royals he has only given up 7 runs in 17 innings pitched. The Royals are also in a slump right now loosing 4 of their last 5 games and slipping out of contention in the AL Central.

Detroit Tigers -133

Winning pick yesterday Atlanta +125

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JR ODonnell | NHL Money Line Fri, 06/04/10 - 8:05 PM

double-dime bet 7 CHI (-105) Bookmaker.com vs 8 PHI
Analysis:
Chi Black Hawks -105 grab the 2* Side W tonight

Under the radar winner = Chi Hawks - 105
let's break this baby down
FRESH OFF A NICE 2-0 BIG PLAY RUN ON THE PHI~LA FLYERS W AND LAKERS NBA W LAST NIGHT , JR O GOES TO THE ICE AGAIN TONIGHT WITH THE FLAT OUT BETTER TEAM HERE IN THE 52 -22 CHICAGO!
The Black Hawks will get back in the Winners coulomb behind A Neimi who is a rock in the late season. The Black hawks also get a boost tonight as A Ladd returns to the line up and he will add the spark that takes the Hawks over the top! The public will ride the Flyers at this cheap price but we will ride a hot road team and we will pound the Chi Boys as a side winner

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gill alexander | MLB Money Line Fri, 06/04/10 - 10:10 PM

triple-dime bet 916 LOS (-145) Sportbet vs 915 ATL

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Tony George | MLB Money Line Fri, 06/04/10 - 8:10 PM

dime bet 926 KAN (+120) BetUS vs 925 DET
Analysis: 
Worth the stretch on Kansas City with Chen on the mound tonight. His ERA is under 3 in his last 3 starts and off a tough loss to the Angles last night, I like KC to bounce back at home. Bullpen ERA is under 3 for KC the last 3 games while the Tigers bullpens ERA is over 6 in their last 3 games and not in good form, with Schezer, the Tigers starter having an ERA of 6 on the year himself. KC squeaks one out here.Play 1 Unit on Kansas City +120.

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Dave Cokin

Matchup: Tampa Bay at Texas
Time: 8:05 PM EDT (Fri)
Listed pitchers must go: (R) DAVIS, W vs. (L) WILSON, CJ

Play: Tampa Bay (ML +106)

The Rays just keep on rolling, and they look every bit like the team to beat right now in the American League. This team has no problems at all playing on the road, and they continue to produce quality starts throughout the rotation, which makes life a lot easier for the solid Rays bullpen. Texas is happy to back home where they have played good ball all season. But CJ Wilson has been struggling lately, and I have to think the converted reliever is wearing out some as the innings begin to accumulate. Making matters worse for Wilson tonight is him having to face a TB lineup that has been crushing southpaws all season. Even though Wade Davis is probably the least dominating of the TB starters, he's not bad and I give him the nod tonight to get the job done better than Wilson. With the Rays posted as a small dog, they're definitely the right side in my view.

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Matchup: L.A. Angels at Seattle
Time: 10:10 PM EDT (Fri)
Listed pitchers must go: (L) SAUNDERS, J vs. (R) SNELL, I

Play: L.A. Angels (ML -110)

The Mariners have suddenly shown some life with a trio of wins in succession against the Twins. But I don't like their chances of extending the run here. Even though the Mariners beat up Joe Saunders last weekend, the Angels lefty has awesome numbers vs. Seattle and he's a perfect 5-0 lifetime at Safeco. Ian Snell is on the hill for the Mariners, and he's simply one of the weakest starting pitchers in the game. The Angels are not really missing a beat since the Kendry Morales injury and are off a series win at Kansas City, so they're in good enough form heading into this contest. I like Saunders over Snell, and the price is right for a play on the Angels to get the victory.

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Beat Your Bookie

10* Play Cincinnati (+105) over Washington

Washington is 1-5 over the last 6 games and they are also 15-25 when playing as a home favorite of -110 or higher. Washington pitcher, Livan Hernandez is 4-8 when pitching in the month of June over the last 3 season and he is 2-7 vs. Cincinnati over his career with an ERA of 5.64.


5* Play Colorado (+105) over Arizona

Arizona is 0-10 over the last 10 games and they are also 1-9 after batting .200 or worse over the last 3 games. Arizona is 3-17 coming off two or more losses and they are also 5-19 when the line posted is between +125 to -125.

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maxwell 500 unit tampa bay rays
mancini 10 dime astros 5 dime detroit
garrett 20 dime reds 10 dime tampa bay
cannon 25 dime s.f 10 dime angels 5 dime tampa bay
nover 60 dime cinn. Reds

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AccuScore paid play for NHL 6/4

Blackhawks/Flyers Total OVER 5.5 goals

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Hondo

In the words of Simon Cowell: That was appalling! The American Idle hit a sour note for the Twins last night in Seattle, which again left Hondo singing the blues about being in the red.

Tonight, with 760 amalfitanos owed, Mr. Aitch will side with A.A. Sanchez over R.A. Dickey -- 10 units on the Marlins.