CK's Daily Baseball Thread Leans for Monday 4/6/09

[chrisharvard01]

Leaning LAA -128, OVER 8.5

[gyftosgreek]

solobass i like your oakland pick there.bol

[The_Kid]

WTF? Sabathia is already a -200 road favorite on Opening Day? I know Guthrie struggled in spring training but he's not that bad of a pitcher. Anyone taking a chance on +170 for the Orioles?

Better yet, the RL for the Orioles is at +102. I might just take a stab at that.

Orioles win 10-5!

[khaliagent]

HALLADAY IS KILLING IT ...i HOPE HE GETS A NO NO.
THAT IS THE ONE THING HE IS MISSING OTHER THAN POST SEASON ACTION

[khaliagent]

TOR -1/2 (-115) (1st five innings)

-Roy Halladay against a Tigers line-up that only hit .242 for the spring....worst in the league
-Halladay is 11-3 in 14 lifetime starts against the Tigers....with a 1.96 ERA.
-Verlander had more walks than K's in spring training....
-Detroit is 12-25 in their last 37 vs Toronto.

Great pick ...ride halladay big to start the year because the juice wont be as high

[brooks85]

thanks to the interference by a fan

[The_Kid]

thanks to the interference by a fan

Based on this comment, I assume you were on the Yankees or you are a Yankees fan?

[brooks85]

hell no im not a yankees fan. I just call em like i see em. congrats on the win tho, i dont know enough about baseball to bet on it yet

[The_Kid]

hell no im not a yankees fan.

Thanks for clearing that up.

[Dexter]

man, what the hell has happened to verlander. must be an injury hes hiding.

[khaliagent]

Verlander has not been good since his rookie season.
Too bad though, i thought he was gonna be a great one

[nonsense48]

Go spartans!

[Dexter]

nba 4/7-

the thunder have beaten the spurs 2 of 3 games this year, including a win at sa just a few days ago. the spurs are 6-1 ats this year avenging a home loss. the thunder have lost that ats magic, and seems to be a young team tiring down the stretch. theyve dropped 5 of 6 su and ats.

-spurs (big 2x)

the magic will be looking to avenge an early season home loss to the rockets. orl is 6-1 ats at pk to +3.

-magic
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mlb-

mark buehrle has always been a solid april pitcher the last 3 years with an era/whip of 3.30/1.12. the whitesox are also 15-3 in home games hes started vs kc. last year buehrle beat the royals in both home starts giving up a solid 3er in 14ip. meche on the flip side has been below avg in april the last 3 years with a 4.43/1.45 era/whip.

-whitesox (moneyline to follow once booked)

james shields does not like fenway park. tb is 0-3 in games he started at boston. last years 2 starts in boston totaled 11er in 4ip. beckett on the flip side had a solid 20ip for 6er in his 3 home starts vs tb. for his career, the redsox are 4-2 in home games he started vs tb.

-redsox (moneyline to follow once booked)

[Bookie-Rookie]

I'm liking ur spurs pick Dex! I'll ride shotgun on that one!