I am in my backyard watering my grass and watching my dog tear shit up as usual. I see an airplane that I am quite sure was carrying the Giants to Texas where they will take on the Astros in a tilt. The A's just stayed home, but it doesn't matter. I still have my eyes on these teams pretty well. Whatever. Here we go f*ckers.
I have some hum-dingers in store for ya, and it ain't what you want to hear. I'm gonna go against all logical thinking and take the Padres+160 as a dog against the Braves in their series starting on Monday, if for no other reason than I think that they have a pitching advantage. Latos is lights out and kawakami got rocked in his last outing against the Fish giving up 6 earned runs with 7 hits and walked 3 and K'd 4. It was the first time in 5 starts that he struck out more than he walked and this guy hasn't gone past 6 innings since whenever.
The Padres are hot and are on a current streak of 5 wins with one loss. I am not going to be the one to get in the way of that. You either play the Padres in this series or else get the f*ck out of the way! The teams have a history dominated by the Braves so as I said this is a series of current play, not historical play. What is funny about the matchup in this series is that San Diego's starters are 1-0 vs the Braves and the Braves starters are 4-1. The winning percentage is on the side of the Padres with the unkown factor thrown in!
Padres+160 for series vs Braves
Padres+100 Game 1
Padres/Braves under 7.5
Padres-1.5+210 RRL
Record 0-0-0
The Texas Rangers are going nowhere and neither are the A's. The A's have the look and smell of a team that is toast. The fire sale of the best players on their team has the clubhouse flat. The rangers could care less as they know that they have to beat the A's in order to stay out of the cellar in the division. I like Nippert in the oh so precious opener with his 2-0 record against the A's with Anderson's 0-2 record vs the Rangers. Gio Gonzalez is a trainwreck waiting to happen, so i'll roll with Holland in game 2. As stated, the A's have the look of a team that is about to give up on the season in order to get good draft positioning since the Cabrera trade. It was totally unexpected. And Giambi is tankin it too.
The Rangers starters have a collective 5-5 record vs A's starters who are 3-4 agianst Texas.
Rangers+110 for Series vs A's
Rangers+110 Game 1
Rangers-1.5 +170 RRL
Record 0-0-0
And now for the ugly side of wagering. The Giants arrive in Houston full of themseves from getting live coverage from CK and disposing of the Phils 3 games to 1 as I prescribed. Houston had their issues with the Red Birds but who won't. Hell that's one of my teams! No problem. They have had the Giants number winning 7 of the last 10 contests between these teams overall and 6 out of the last 10 at home. The public probably doesn't understand why the Astros are favored in this matchup given the Giants spurt of late. But I do. Give me the 'Stros. They win game one because Hampton is 4-1 overall his last 5 vs the Giants, and Cain is 1-1. Hampton gets the chance to redeem himself for his awful implosion against the Cubbos. The Giants are 8-12 in their last 20 road games so the 'Stros have a chance, especially since they won't have to face Lincecum.
Astros-130 for Series vs Giants
Astros+125 Game 1 vs Giants
Astros-1.5 +245 RRL
Record 0-0-0
I have some hum-dingers in store for ya, and it ain't what you want to hear. I'm gonna go against all logical thinking and take the Padres+160 as a dog against the Braves in their series starting on Monday, if for no other reason than I think that they have a pitching advantage. Latos is lights out and kawakami got rocked in his last outing against the Fish giving up 6 earned runs with 7 hits and walked 3 and K'd 4. It was the first time in 5 starts that he struck out more than he walked and this guy hasn't gone past 6 innings since whenever.
The Padres are hot and are on a current streak of 5 wins with one loss. I am not going to be the one to get in the way of that. You either play the Padres in this series or else get the f*ck out of the way! The teams have a history dominated by the Braves so as I said this is a series of current play, not historical play. What is funny about the matchup in this series is that San Diego's starters are 1-0 vs the Braves and the Braves starters are 4-1. The winning percentage is on the side of the Padres with the unkown factor thrown in!
Padres+160 for series vs Braves
Padres+100 Game 1
Padres/Braves under 7.5
Padres-1.5+210 RRL
Record 0-0-0
The Texas Rangers are going nowhere and neither are the A's. The A's have the look and smell of a team that is toast. The fire sale of the best players on their team has the clubhouse flat. The rangers could care less as they know that they have to beat the A's in order to stay out of the cellar in the division. I like Nippert in the oh so precious opener with his 2-0 record against the A's with Anderson's 0-2 record vs the Rangers. Gio Gonzalez is a trainwreck waiting to happen, so i'll roll with Holland in game 2. As stated, the A's have the look of a team that is about to give up on the season in order to get good draft positioning since the Cabrera trade. It was totally unexpected. And Giambi is tankin it too.
The Rangers starters have a collective 5-5 record vs A's starters who are 3-4 agianst Texas.
Rangers+110 for Series vs A's
Rangers+110 Game 1
Rangers-1.5 +170 RRL
Record 0-0-0
And now for the ugly side of wagering. The Giants arrive in Houston full of themseves from getting live coverage from CK and disposing of the Phils 3 games to 1 as I prescribed. Houston had their issues with the Red Birds but who won't. Hell that's one of my teams! No problem. They have had the Giants number winning 7 of the last 10 contests between these teams overall and 6 out of the last 10 at home. The public probably doesn't understand why the Astros are favored in this matchup given the Giants spurt of late. But I do. Give me the 'Stros. They win game one because Hampton is 4-1 overall his last 5 vs the Giants, and Cain is 1-1. Hampton gets the chance to redeem himself for his awful implosion against the Cubbos. The Giants are 8-12 in their last 20 road games so the 'Stros have a chance, especially since they won't have to face Lincecum.
Astros-130 for Series vs Giants
Astros+125 Game 1 vs Giants
Astros-1.5 +245 RRL
Record 0-0-0
