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MR A'S PICKS


Wednesday, September 15, 2010 8:05 p.m. est.

Detroit Tigers (72-73) at Texas Rangers (81-63)
(R) Armando Galarraga (4-5) vs. (R) Colby Lewis (10-12)
Texas Rangers -170

Oddsmakers line:
Texas as a -170 home favorite over Detroit with the total listed at 9½'over'

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TOP SHELF CHICAGO


1* Toronto/Baltimore over 9
1* Pittsburgh/NY Mets over 8

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9/15/10 @ 3:32:29 P.M.
JAMIE TURSINI

Yankees at Rays
Pick: Rays

I'm backing J.Shields at home. He hasn't been great at all. But he's faced New York 4 times this season. And has gone 26 innings and allowed just 16 hits and 8 ER's with 28 K's. On Aug. 1st he went 7.1 innings at home and allowed 4 hits and 0 ER's in a 3-0 win. Good price as the Yankees and P.Hughes getting a bit too much respect here.

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KEITH MARTIN SPORTS


Toronto Blue Jays +105 (Drabek)

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Billy Coleman

3* Mets over

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GINA

Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 8:10 p.m. est.

Minnesota Twins (86-58) at Chicago White Sox (79-65)
(L) Brian Duensing (8-2) vs. (R) Gavin Floyd (10-12)

Minnesota has won 9 of their last 10 games, 6 of its last 8 on the road and has taken 9 of the last 11 versus the White Sox, including Tuesday’s 9-3 victory. Chicago has dropped 5 of their last 7 games.

Minnesota sends Brian Duensing to the hill. The lefthander is 1-1 with a 2.18 ERA in his last three starts and is 3-0 with a 2.40 ERA in 3 career starts against the White Sox. The Twins are 5-1 in Duensing's last 6 starts, but just 2-5 in his last 7 on the road.
Chicago counters with Gavin Floyd. The right-hander is 1-2 with a 3.86 ERA in his last three starts and is 4-7 with a 4.93 ERA in 12 career starts against the Twins. The White Sox are 6-2 in Floyd's last 8 home starts.

Let's go with the hot Twins again tonight. Minnesota has won nine of their last 11 games at U.S Cellular Field and the White Sox have lost Floyd's last 4 starts versus the Twins, 0-3 this year.

Minnesota Twins -110

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BASEBALL CRUSHER
POD

SF Giants(-150) over LA Dodgers.

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SPORTS 'N' PROFITS

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Mets over 8

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BOB BALFE

Philadelphia Phillies -1.5

The Phillies have the best pitcher in baseball on the mound going against Jose Sosa, who has not pitched for a few years. Look for the Phillies' bats to come alive tonight and for Halladay to shut down the Marlins' hitters. Take Philadelphia runline.

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PittViper

* ROT# 906 - 3:10pm - Colorado Rockies -1.5 (+135) (De La Rosa)
* ROT# 917 - 6:40pm - Boston Red Sox -1.5 (-105) (C Buchholz)
* ROT# 919 - 7:05pm - LA Angels -124 (J Weaver)
* ROT# 912 - 7:10pm - New York Mets -151 (J Mejia)

All his plays are the same value

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JOHN RYAN

AL GAME OF THE MONTH
25* Tampa Bay Rays

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SB Professor MLB 1.0 Picks 9/15/10

Tampa Bay Rays -115

Chicago White Sox +100

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IG Sports Picks

Wednesday September 15th:
1 Star Pick - MLB Cleveland Indians +113

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DAVE COKIN

SOLID GOLD PLAY

10* Toronto Blue Jays

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JOHN MORRISON SPORTS PICK BUFFET

The Ultimate Bet Of The Day Today Is On: Oakland Athletics! (11:1 ratio!)

Best Bets
Chicago Cubs
New York Yankees
LA Angels

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Cincinnati Reds
Boston Red Sox

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jeff benton wednesday. yesterday 1-1 minus 10 dimes minus $100. overall, 116-137-7 minus 470

Tuesday's Action

10 DIME baseball selection is on the LOS ANGELES DODGERS over San Francisco from AT&T Park. As I go live with today’s plays, the Dodgers are catahing between +125 and +130 in this contest. Note that when placing your action, you MUST list Chad Billingsley as the Dodgers’ starting pitcher. If Billingsley does not start, this play is VOID!





5 DIME baseball selection is on the CHICACO CUBS over the Cardinals from Busch Stadium. As I go live with today’s plays, Vegas and offshoere books have Chicago as a +160 to +165 ‘dog. Note that when placing your action, you MUST list Carlos Zambrano as the Cubs’ starting pitcher. If Zambrano doesn’t start, this relerse is VOID!








DODGERS (Listing Billingsley)





The Giants just cannot hit L.A. right-hander Chad Billingsley. Check out the numbers in four games this season:





6 innings, 2 runs, 5 hits, 2 walks


9 innings, 0 runs, 5 hits, 2 walks


6 2/3 innings, 0 runs, 2 hits, 2 walks


8 innings, 2 runs (0 earned), 2 hits, 2 walks





I’ll do the math for you: In 29 2/3 innings, Billingsley has given up just four runs (two earned), 14 hits and eight walks. That means his ERA in four starts against San Francisco this season is 0.61 ERA. The Dodgers won three of the four games, and if not for a Jonathan Broxton implosion on July 31 in San Francisco (he blew a 1-0 lead by giving up a two-run, eighth-inning homer), L.A. would’ve won all four contests.





Billingsley is now 6-2 with a 2.73 ERA in 19 career appearances (14 starts) against the Giants, and in his last 10 starts against San Francisco he’s allowed just 16 earned runs in 73 1/3 innings (1.96 ERA). And he’s served up just one home run in his last 12 starts against the Giants.





Now contrast Billingsley’s career numbers vs. the Giants with Matt Cain’s career stats against L.A. Cain has faced the Dodgers 16 times, and he’s just 1-8 with a 4.03 ERA, 1.56 WHIP and .289 batting average-against. Yes, his one victory occurred at home on Aug. 1 (he pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings in a 2-0 win), but just 10 days ago in Los Angeles – facing a Dodgers team that was in a serious offensive funk – Cain gave up four runs on seven hits in seven innings. It was the third time in his last four starts that Cain has given up exactly four runs and seven hits against the Dodgers.





Bottom line: I’ve been saying for a couple of weeks now how the Dodgers have quit on the season. But if there’s one series where they’re going to show up and fight, it’s a series against their hated rivals at AT&T Park when the Giants are battling for a playoff spot. They proved as much last night, gutting out a 1-0 win desepite getting just one hit.





Knowing that the Dodgers are motivated and knowing Billingsley’s history against the Giants (plus Cain’s struggles against the Dodgers), to get L.A. at this big of a plus price is too good to pass up.








CUBS (Listing Zambrano)





Not happy that the betting public has been hammering the Cubs today, pushing this number from +190 down to +160. Still, it’s a smart line move because even though the Cardinals have ace Chris Carpenter on the mound, it’s really the only thing they’ve got going for them. Consider:





St. Louis, despite being in the thick of a pennant race with the Reds, has dropped 20 of its last 29 games. That includes four straight losses to the Cubs – two the last two nights by scores of 5-1 and 7-2 – and Chicago cashed tickets of +225, +130, +205 and +200 in those four contests.





Carpenter got rocked in his last start at Atlanta on Friday, losing 8-6 while surrendering all eight runs (six earned) in five innings. He was also on the losing end of one of St. Louis’ four straight defeats to the Cubs, falling 3-2 at home on Aug. 14. Pitching opposite Carpenter that day was Cubs hothead Carlos Zambrano, who allowed two runs in 5 2/3 innings.





That outing by Zambrano – his first after returning from a team exile because of his behavior – began a six-start stretch in which the former All-Star has gone 5-0 with a 1.37 ERA in six contests, including 4-0 with a 0.95 ERA in his last four trips to the mound.





The Cubs have been a consistent winner when Zambrano faces the Cardinals, going 16-5 in his last 21 starts against them, including 4-0 the last four times Big Z has matched up against Carpenter. Furthrrmore, Zambrano has felt right at home on the Busch Stadium mound, going 6-1 with a 1.27 ERA in all starts. And here’s potentially the best part: Zambrano might not have to face his nemesis Albert Pujols, who sat out Tuesday’s game with a sore elbow and is questionable tonight (Pujols has a .281 average and five HRs in his career against Zambrano). Even if Pujols does play, can we expect him to be anywhere near 100 percent?





Finally, while the Cardinals have been floundering, Chicago has actually been playing solid baseball, winning four of five on its current road trip and going 14-8 in its last 22 (8-3 on the road).