1. 07-31-07 01:01 PM #1
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    LUNT's Pick Of The Night - 07/31

    Atlanta Braves -1.5 (+120) vs. Houston Astros

    Chuck James has been ridiculous of late, especially at home against below average lineups, like Houston.
    -vs. STL (7IP, 1ER)
    -vs. PIT (6IP, 0ER)

    Atlanta didn't have a great road-trip, but are in a good mindset anyway. They rallied behind their ace to win 14-0 in their final game against a hot Arizona team, flew home that night and got the entire day off yesterday. They got to be with their families and sleep in their own beds. On the news they hear that they just landed Mark Teixeira, followed by Octavio Dotel. They have to be excited about where the team is headed, and with a full day of rest, the new best lineup in the NL should be able to put up a bunch of runs at home tonight.

    Chris Sampson has not been horrible for the Astros, but has not given very good starts against good lineups. His last 3 starts (excluding Washington's miserable offense):
    -vs. LAD (5IP, 4ER)
    -vs. PHI (6.1IP, 4ER)
    -vs. COL (5.2IP, 7ER)

    Houston is 18-34 away from Minute Maid Park. You can't really be scared of the addition of Ty Wigginton to the Houston lineup. Sure, he's a decent bat, but think of it this way; Houston has had a poor offense all season with 3 good bats, Pence, Berkman and Lee. Now Pence is on the DL and they replaced him with Wigginton. However, Pence > Wiggy.

    Another thing to keep in mind, Atlanta has a huge bullpen edge here. Houston's bullpen has a 4.81 ERA and just traded away Dan Wheeler. Atlanta's bullpen has a 3.79 ERA. I don't usually recommend taking Atlanta on the RL because even if they win the game, Wickman can easily give up a couple of runs to make it close at the end. However, in 16.2 IP, Wickman HAS NOT GIVEN UP ONE RUN AT HOME this season.

    Looking to go 5-0 in 'LUNT's Pick Of The Night.' Good luck tonight!
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  2. 07-31-07 01:07 PM #2
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    I'm taking atlanta tonight also.. Nothin better than easy money.
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  3. 07-31-07 01:18 PM #3
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    I too like the Braves tonight guys.
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  4. 07-31-07 02:19 PM #4
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    Good luck to everyone! Thx for the feedback.
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  5. 07-31-07 08:46 PM #5
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    Big spot in the game here boys. Braves up 6-4 bottom 7 bases loaded no outs mccann coming up, texieira JUST enters the dugout to meet everyone. crowd gives a standing O for him. gotta score right here.
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  6. 07-31-07 08:49 PM #6
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    braves need a couple more runs so wickman won't pitch later....
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  7. 07-31-07 08:51 PM #7
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    YES!! 3 run hr...10-4 lead for ATL....
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  8. 07-31-07 08:52 PM #8
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    sac fly, 3-run homer. that's what i'm talkin about.
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  9. 07-31-07 09:15 PM #9
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    12-4 braves.
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  10. 07-31-07 10:01 PM #10
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    Congrats

    Congrats,

    5-0 Very impressive, keep up the good work LUNT'S
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  11. 07-31-07 10:15 PM #11
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    nice atl play
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  12. 07-31-07 11:01 PM #12
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    Cashed this with you as well. Great play.
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  13. 07-31-07 11:15 PM #13
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    Hope you all got in on this! Thx for the feedback.
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  14. 07-31-07 11:36 PM #14
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    Impressive run here, how much are you making off your picks/what kind of units are you laying here?
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