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    EaglesPhan36
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    Opinions Wanted: A's/Angels Series

    I've got a $50 free play to use and was thinking about taking Oakland at +160 to win the series.

    Both teams are 16-10.

    A's are 8-3 on the road & have won 2 of the 3, three game series they played in so far.

    Pitching Match-ups
    Gaudin/Garland
    G.Smith/Saunders
    Eveland/Santana

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    My opinion is LA. I think Oakland has overachieved and now that teams are getting a read on guys like Smith and Eveland they aren't quite as lights out. How long can Emil Brown keep hitting like Manny Ramirez? I like LA tonight as well I think Gaudin will finally get shelled.
    Just my opinion.

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    obviously the angles are better
    but its a lot of value on a very solid team. a team that is playing well. go for it

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    At +160 it might be worth a shot, yeah. But your asking alot for a young team to sweep a road game series against a division opponent with more talent. seems like +160 equals the risk.

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    they dont have to sweep the series
    just two of 3

    i drink your milkshake

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    Yeah Ryan is on ... they only have to win twice.

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    seems a good one to me . if angles win game 1 today you can hedge it taking the A's tues at plus odds .... angels are a very very good team .

    could happen >> angles win game 1 , you wager a's on tues with plus odds , a's win you get tues bet , then angels win on wed so you get the series bet too .

    ooh , you want to take a's , never mind . lol
    Last edited by chipski; 04-28-08 at 03:41 PM. Reason: misread

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    Like Oakland tonight as I never like teams in game one after traveling across coast, plus Angels played only night game yesterday.
    Last edited by pokernut9999; 04-28-08 at 04:02 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pokernut9999 View Post
    Like Oakland tonight as I never like teams in game one after traveling across coast, plus Angels played only night game yesterday.
    nice one ! was never even close to being a game .

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    a good bet indeed
    you have a shot to make money either way

    nice call
    glad i was on the right side for once

    i suck

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    hey man A's had a great start yesterday for the series but todays game... id completely lay off... but thats just myopinion i spent some time on this game and couldnt see anything that leaned completely toward the opposing team. GL on what ever youe decide bro

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    Saunders has a 5.54 career ERA vs. Oakland which consisted of 5 games where he went 2-1. LAA is 5-0 in his starts, and he has obviously pitched great this year, and against much better offensive teams than Greg Smith has pitched against this year. These pitchers are similar. A counter-argument is that OAK did just win 14-2 yesterday, and they are coming into this game with a pretty decent pitcher (so far this season), which means there is good value in playing OAK again. If I were to make a play, I would take OAK +1.5 (-165). Game-time decision as to whether or not I'll make a small play.

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    joe saunders is not this good
    he simply is not this good
    he is a guy like chin ming wang
    they dont miss bats
    it will catch up to em
    it has to

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    Anyone still think the A's will win this series ?

    is decided tonight , if you do A's are +130 , +140

    no right ? right

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    i will take oak tonite

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    actually santana is lights out vs oak i think

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    Isn't this a four-game series, or am I looking at the schedule wrong?

    Monday, Oakland 13-2
    Tuesday, Angels 2-0
    Wednesday Eveland v. Santana
    Thursday Duchscherer v. Moseley

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    they only count first 3

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    Quote Originally Posted by Willie Bee View Post
    Isn't this a four-game series, or am I looking at the schedule wrong?

    Monday, Oakland 13-2
    Tuesday, Angels 2-0
    Wednesday Eveland v. Santana
    Thursday Duchscherer v. Moseley
    4 game series, but series bets count only the first 3 games.

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    yes , is 4 game , when you bet the best of series only the first 3 games count for your wager . you fast pnut and ryan . lol

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    i like the As value tonight, eveland has some pretty good stuff

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