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2011 baseball thread (244-187 +51.21)
2012 baseball thread (587-512 +25.65)

Los Angeles Angels win AL West -160 risk 1.6

26307 LAA regular season wins -1 -115
6308 LOS regular season wins +1 -115

26219 BAL regular season wins +13 -115

26220 WAS regular season wins -13 -115

26403 TOR regular season wins -6½ -115
26404 ARI regular season wins +6½ -115

I have always loved going to Rangers game when I get to arlington but the moves off season were horrible for the Rangers. Losing Young is worse than Hamilton in my opinion, I am just glad my dad has National tickets. A.J. Pierzynski and Lance Berkman should be interesting to watch but overall Texas really made some poor moves offseason. Rangers give Soria a two-year, $8 million deal and he didnt pitch all last year and wont be back until May? 8 figures for Lance Berkman who had two surgeries on his right knee last year, and played in just 32 games with the Cardinals.

Houston with baseball's lowest payroll, first-year manager, playing in the tough AL west, they should rack up another 100 loss season but I wouldn't be surprised to see Texas end up behind the Angels and the As this year in the west. There is talk about Ryan ending up in Houston.

Norris finished the season with a 7-13 mark, pretty respectable ERA and whip numbers though, and he does have great home numbers but you still have to score runs and I dont see where they are going to come from for the Astros.

Rangers are a mess but they are still facing the Astros here. Harrison went 18-11 in 2012, great whip numbers, 3.29 ERA. He was pretty solid last year on the road and Texas has dominated this series and Astros look to be the first team to lose at least 106 games in three straight seasons since the expansion Mets did it from 1962-65.

Rangers -155 risk 1.55

Rangers Astros under 8 -103 risk 1.03

M.Harrison & B.Norris must start for action
1205 HOU J.Maxwell hits+runs+RBI over 2 -110
1206 HOU J.Maxwell hits+runs+RBI under 2 -120 risk 1.2