Which of these three big dogs hits?

[beaneaters]

Which do you like best? Appreciate any thoughts.

Baltimore +185 over LAA.
The Angels travel from the east while Orioles have been on the west coast; Angels may have letdown after facing Red Sox and Yankees; Orioles are averaging 6.7 runs a game through last seven, and over 5 a game vs. lefties; and Orioles just saw Saunders last week.

Pittsburgh +245 over Arizona. Sure, Haren is a stud, but do you trust the D-back offence to give him any support? Could be a 3-2 or 4-3 game either way; the Pirates are 34-15 on the over in their road games this season.

Houston +185 over Ch. Cubs. Its a big price for a division rival; Astros just swept Mets, and have won seven of nine; two weeks ago Moehler held the Cubs to four hits over seven innings.

[Clueless_Norway]

If I had to pick one it's the O's...
You never know about the HOU/CHC either...
Can't see the Pirates beat the D'Backs on the road..

[accuscoresucks]

houston looks the best stat wise
your up against a 12-4 pitcher,and a far better bull pen
now that i already typed i couldnt tell ya
the others ptt,blt look awful to

[ZBOIZ]

Houston would be the best. The Angels coming off a lost and coming vack home will get the businee done tommorrow.

[wtt0315]

no way in hell i would go against haren.. houston is your best bet but will need more research on that angels game

[pat venditto]

I think you will show a profit betting the same ammount on the nationals/a's today. atleast 1 will hit.

[LT Profits]

If I had to take one of those three, it would be the O's at that price.

[ryanXL977]

if i had to pick, it would be houston due to the fact that dempster isnt much to write home about

i think saunders will eat balti alive and baltis starter is shit

[pavyracer]

Which do you like best? Appreciate any thoughts.

Baltimore +185 over LAA.
The Angels travel from the east while Orioles have been on the west coast; Angels may have letdown after facing Red Sox and Yankees; Orioles are averaging 6.7 runs a game through last seven, and over 5 a game vs. lefties; and Orioles just saw Saunders last week.

Pittsburgh +245 over Arizona. Sure, Haren is a stud, but do you trust the D-back offence to give him any support? Could be a 3-2 or 4-3 game either way; the Pirates are 34-15 on the over in their road games this season.

Houston +185 over Ch. Cubs. Its a big price for a division rival; Astros just swept Mets, and have won seven of nine; two weeks ago Moehler held the Cubs to four hits over seven innings.

1. Angels are the best team in baseball. Don't ever fade them.

2. Pittsburgh is your best chance for an upset. The talent gap between Pirates and DBacks is small.

3. Dempster pitched a 9 inning shutout against Astros last time. Cubs offense will carry the team tonight.

[ryanXL977]

the gap between haren and any starter in the nl not named webb is huge. haren is a ****ing machine. there is no evidence at all that can go against him here.

haren is the best pitcher in the nl
i dont usually bet pitchers but he is the one to do!

GO HOUSTON!

[pat venditto]

dbacks cant hit.

[ryanXL977]

dbacksare in first place and i dont lose harens starts
i am confident they can hit that piece of shit the pirates are throwing out there



haren and a good bullpen

pitt has no starter and no pen

[ryanXL977]

i think a better dog to pick may be oak, they generally play tough vs tor, tor cant hit, and oaks pen is not worse than tors

[pat venditto]

i have oak and nats in the stretchrun contest. tor cant hit and colorado sucks i don't care how good they've played since the break. that team is a joke and should not be so heavily favored. don't like anything enough to bet though.

[pavyracer]

Pittsburgh Pirates 51-60
Arizona Diamondbacks 57-54

Pittsburgh against NL West 9-12
Arizona against NL Central 9-14

It doesn't matter that Arizona is first in NL West. Look at the big picture.

[ryanXL977]

i am with you on oak pat

also, az wont lose tonite, no chancezero

[mathdotcom]

Where is BTJ to put a $100 parlay on all 3?

[ryanXL977]

pavy
you want to pick and choose which stats you use? haren has never lost to pitt, why dont you use that stat

[pat venditto]

btj is mowin my lawn to make up for the $50 he lost on the a's 2 days ago.

[ryanXL977]

seriously people
oak is a better dog bet than any of those 3

[pavyracer]

pavy
you want to pick and choose which stats you use? haren has never lost to pitt, why dont you use that stat

I'm just saying that IF I had to choose bewteen the three options (Orioles, Pirates, Astros) I would choose the Pirates.

This was the original question asked.

[ryanXL977]

fair enough. i say take all 3, maybe you nail 2!

[Mike Rose]

The A's are at the top of my list regardless of how terrible they've looked of late with Houston a close second. Gallagher did a solid job of keeping the BJ's bats silent in his start there earlier this season with the Cubs.

It's rainy and crappy here in Chicago, and I've seen the Cubbies go down more times than not with this weather scenario. Houston's also the only team in the NL Central to carry a winning mark against the Cubs this season.

I also think the O's are live dogs, but I feel much more comfortable backing them on the run-line considering they've lost four to the Halos by just one run this season.

[ryanXL977]

yeah, houston seems to play the cubs tough for some reason, go figure

[BigD]

I like Oak. the Jays on the road last night in hot Texas and have a odd 6:07 start time tonight

[gordon gekko]

All losers those 3 big dogs are going to go 0 - 3 tonight.

[ryanXL977]

i guarantee they all three dont lose
every day there are one or two or 5 or 6 big upsets
its mlb
162 games

[B1GER1C828]

i think oak and balt hav good shots at winning. take 1 or both of those.

[BadBeatBodog]

the gap between haren and any starter in the nl not named webb is huge. haren is a ****ing machine. there is no evidence at all that can go against him here.

haren is the best pitcher in the nl
i dont usually bet pitchers but he is the one to do!

GO HOUSTON!

Uhh, Lincecum? Peavy? Haren is NOT the best pitcher in the NL.

[ryanXL977]

haren is better than peavy

peavy is pretty medicore away from petco

go look it up

[BadBeatBodog]

His career BAbip away from Petco is .290; this year it's .317. What about in '07 when his home/away ERA split was the same? Or '05 when his away ERA was under 3.00? If you think Haren is better than Peavy you're off your rocker.

[ryanXL977]

haren is better this year, absoultely

[topgame85]

Nationals Dog of the night

[The HG]

my 2 cents:

If I had to pick one of those 3 dogs - Orioles.

The SP disparity in the Pitt/Ari game is too great. Herrera is going to be vulnerable, Arizona might not have the most fearsome lineup around but if his control is off they will hit him hard.

Moehler is overachieving I think, should be vulnerable here, Cubs might jump out to a big early lead.

[BadBeatBodog]

He's better THIS year but only SLIGHTLY. To say he's better absolutely is ignorant. Peavy has 72 PRC in 19 GS. Haren has 88 in 22, which equates to 76 in 19. Haren's xFIP is 3.42 while Peavy's is 3.59.