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Kaptains "Thursdays" Picks
Lets start off with the NBA.........Detroit has won at home by 21, and 36 pts.....avg 27 1/2 per game....Never faltered, never looked back.....Now lets go to Chicgo, where the Bulls are now the Home team.....Lets give a 5pt home advantage to the Bulls, and at the same time, take 5 pts away from the Pistons.....10 pt swingaround.....Still leaves a difference of 17 1/2, now lets add 2 1/2 for being the dog, and you have, IMO, a 20 pt discrepancy in the line....Do I feel that Home Court is worth 20 pts difference....Hell no.......I know the Bulls need this game, or they fall into a bad ass category, but needing and getting, are not the same.....Simply put, my play is
703 Pistons + 2 1/2 -108............................10*
MLB
971/972 D'Rays/O's OVER 9 -115...................3* Kruise POD
973 R Sox + 1 1/2 -164...............................3*
973/974 R'Sox/Jays UNDER 8 1/2 -120...........3*
Very Rare for me to have a UNDER.....heres my reasoning....
Wakefield 2.1 Era....Hallady 5.6, but Hallady always progressively gets stronger.....
Weather----Winds in from LF at 7-12 mph.....Temp 70, RH 61.....Very small difference from temp and rel hmdty, means a "Heavy Ball"....will lose about 10-12 % of it's travel velocity under these conditions.....What makes a Knuckle Ball so hard to hit....."When it's really breaking""and bottoms out"....With the heavy air resistance, Wakefields pitches will be dancing all over the place.....Both good pitchers, Red Sox hitting slightly better than Toronto, 271-261, so I give a slight edge to the Sox, and a slight edge to Wakefield.....Could be totaly wrong here, but these are part of the parameters I afctor in when picking a total....Hope I'm right.....lock and load.....kapt
Just hope Wakefield doesn't walk too many.....hard to control knuckle pitches.....kapt
703 Pistons + 2 1/2 -108............................10*
MLB
971/972 D'Rays/O's OVER 9 -115...................3* Kruise POD
973 R Sox + 1 1/2 -164...............................3*
973/974 R'Sox/Jays UNDER 8 1/2 -120...........3*
Very Rare for me to have a UNDER.....heres my reasoning....
Wakefield 2.1 Era....Hallady 5.6, but Hallady always progressively gets stronger.....
Weather----Winds in from LF at 7-12 mph.....Temp 70, RH 61.....Very small difference from temp and rel hmdty, means a "Heavy Ball"....will lose about 10-12 % of it's travel velocity under these conditions.....What makes a Knuckle Ball so hard to hit....."When it's really breaking""and bottoms out"....With the heavy air resistance, Wakefields pitches will be dancing all over the place.....Both good pitchers, Red Sox hitting slightly better than Toronto, 271-261, so I give a slight edge to the Sox, and a slight edge to Wakefield.....Could be totaly wrong here, but these are part of the parameters I afctor in when picking a total....Hope I'm right.....lock and load.....kapt
Just hope Wakefield doesn't walk too many.....hard to control knuckle pitches.....kapt
, and I know his pal o mine, can't resist it, so here's his 
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