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**StarDust Bum** · 08-01-2010, 09:13 AM

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The Bum's Week 17 Results-Week Ending 08/01/10 ( Bum is also known as Cnotes (

MLB Week 17 Results - Week Ending 08/01/10
Rank Member WLT Pct Units Record History Status
1 AirforceZack 92-49-3 65.25% +22955 View View
2 Yanidis 90-51-3 63.83% +18513 View View
3 DaBoss80 96-60-2 61.54% +16600 View View
4 BrunoG0 74-38-2 66.07% +16160 View View
5 KAL5 52-28-0 65.00% +15585 View View Pending
6 spawns65 98-58-4 62.82% +15055 View View Pending
7 tim2win 95-58-4 62.09% +14235 View View
8 mobbydick 92-59-3 60.93% +14050 View View
9 bolog 92-64-4 58.97% +13885 View View
10 Biscuit09 88-51-1 63.31% +13860 View View
11 GRAP 98-60-2 62.03% +13520 View View
12 rickahunta 96-57-4 62.75% +13515 View View
13 robsaun 93-63-3 59.62% +12960 View View
14 MAC316 67-45-1 59.82% +12585 View View
15 rickino 78-46-1 62.90% +12300 View View
16 CNOTES 90-63-5 58.82% +12195 View View Pending

17 theSleeper 62-35-2 63.92% +12100 View View
18 vegasWA 55-27-2 67.07% +12040 View View Pending
19 GIANTDAD 87-67-4 56.49% +11815 View View
20 dayton 89-55-2 61.81% +11785 View View
21 DogsLoveTrucks 39-15-0 72.22% +11780 View View
22 redwingfanattic 59-28-2 67.82% +11755 View View
23 bigmoney726 52-26-2 66.67% +11635 View View
24 gambler649 82-56-4 59.42% +11505 View View
25 babyseth 87-67-4 56.49% +11330 View View
26 edyen 62-36-3 63.27% +11285 View View
27 nab10 94-60-3 61.04% +11250 View View
28 hallwl 38-10-0 79.17% +11250 View View
29 militarystrikeforce 47-27-1 63.51% +10995 View View
30 jr5601 63-35-1 64.29% +10930 View View Pending
31 sonofsamtom 82-59-4 58.16% +10740 View View Pending
32 miamifins 86-57-5 60.14% +10735 View View
33 kensmith 59-34-1 63.44% +10715 View View
34 aerison12 90-63-5 58.82% +10700 View View
35 Chainz 51-25-0 67.11% +10640 View View
36 jgh811 70-46-2 60.34% +10600 View View
37 RGWINS1ST 81-62-3 56.64% +10540 View View
38 TheBoss13 62-36-1 63.27% +10495 View View Pending
39 LBCWeasie 43-25-0 63.24% +10475 View View
40 MARKJ442 72-45-2 61.54% +10455 View View
41 daddymactwo 61-38-3 61.62% +10435 View View
42 lou_eville 58-34-2 63.04% +10310 View View
43 rambo1304 61-39-2 61.00% +10295 View View
44 DrWon 58-30-1 65.91% +10280 View View
45 keeblerr 88-65-3 57.52% +10220 View View
46 tonydor 83-56-3 59.71% +10125 View View
47 jgoins 79-50-3 61.24% +10045 View View
48 Beroman 97-63-2 60.63% +9970 View View
49 mojo1267 56-40-1 58.33% +9875 View View
50 monty1 62-41-1 60.19% +9845 View View

Sunday, August 1Game Score Status Pick Amount

Cleveland - 1:07 PM ET Toronto -164 500
Toronto - Under 9 500

Arizona - 1:10 PM ET NY Mets -150 500
NY Mets - Under 9 500 *****

Atlanta - 1:10 PM ET Cincinnati +106 500 *****
Cincinnati - Under 9 500

Detroit - 1:35 PM ET Detroit +135 500 *****
Boston - Over 8 500 *****

Philadelphia - 1:35 PM ET Washington +141 500 *****
Washington - Over 8.5 500

NY Yankees - 1:40 PM ET NY Yankees -138 500
Tampa Bay - Under 8.5 500

Oakland - 2:05 PM ET Oakland +133 500 *****
Chi. White Sox - Under 8 500

Milwaukee - 2:05 PM ET Houston +126 500 *****
Houston - Over 9 500

Baltimore - 2:10 PM ET Baltimore +133 500
Kansas City - Under 9.5 500 *****

Seattle - 2:10 PM ET Seattle +278 500 *****
Minnesota - Over 8.5 500

Pittsburgh - 2:15 PM ET Pittsburgh +295 500 *****
St. Louis - Under 7.5 500

Chi. Cubs - 3:10 PM ET Chi. Cubs +132 500
Colorado - Under 9.5 500

Texas - 3:35 PM ET Texas -125 500
LA Angels - Under 7 500

Florida - 4:05 PM ET Florida -133 500 *****
San Diego - Under 6.5 500*****

LA Dodgers - 8:00 PM ET LA Dodgers +109 500 *****
San Francisco - Over 7 500 *****

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Date WLT Pct Net Units Record
07/30/10 7-3-0 70.00% +1850 Detail
07/29/10 2-2-0 50.00% -100 Detail
07/27/10 5-7-0 41.67% -1350 Detail
07/25/10 2-1-1 66.67% +450 Detail
07/24/10 6-1-1 85.71% +2450 Detail
07/23/10 1-1-0 50.00% -50 Detail
07/22/10 3-3-0 50.00% -150 Detail
07/21/10 0-2-0 0.00% -1100 Detail
07/20/10 1-1-0 50.00% -50 Detail
07/18/10 3-3-0 50.00% -150 Detail
07/17/10 4-2-0 66.67% +900 Detail
07/16/10 3-3-0 50.00% -150 Detail
07/15/10 1-1-0 50.00% -50 Detail
07/13/10 0-2-0 0.00% -1100 Detail
07/11/10 1-0-1 100.00% +500 Detail
07/08/10 4-0-0 100.00% +2000 Detail
07/07/10 0-2-0 0.00% -1100 Detail
07/06/10 3-5-0 37.50% -1250 Detail
07/03/10 3-5-0 37.50% -1250 Detail
07/01/10 4-4-0 50.00% -200 Detail
Totals 53-48-3 52.48% +100

Sunday, August 1Game Score Status Pick Amount

Indiana - 3:00 PM ET Indiana +2 500 *****
Atlanta - Under 161.5 500 *****

Connecticut - 4:00 PM ET New York -3 500
New York - Under 156 500 *****

Tulsa - 4:00 PM ET Washington -12.5 500 *****
Washington - Over 158 500 *****

Chicago - 6:00 PM ET Phoenix -5.5 500
Phoenix - Over 181 500 *****

Seattle - 7:00 PM ET Seattle -5 500 *****
Minnesota - Under 152.5 500 *****

Good Luck !

**StarDust Bum** · 08-01-2010, 09:15 AM

Hamlin has become the man to beat at Pocono

NASCAR continues its march towards the Chase when it travels to Pocono Raceway again on Sunday for the Pennsylvania 500. This will be the second time in two months that the Cup Series will have visited Pocono, following Denny Hamlin’s win in the June race. Hamlin just happens to be the defending champion of this race too, and accomplished the season sweep at this track in the 2006 season. Is it any wonder why he is the race favorite for Sunday at 4-1 odds according to Sportsbook.com?

The rest of the favorites board includes Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch, at 6-1, plus Jeff Gordon, at 9-1. Of the three, none really commands any respect due to recent performance at this venue. Busch‘s career is actually littered with struggles at Pocono, as he owns just three Top 10 finishes in 11 prior starts. One of those came in June though, in his runner-up finish. Johnson has two career Pocono wins, but none since ’04. Gordon is tied with Hamlin at the top of the active career wins board, with four. However, since the advent of the COT, he has just a single Top 5 and average finish of 13.6 in five starts.

Hamlin truly is the man to beat this week, as he had led 179 of 404 laps in the last two races here and has been in the Top 15 in 403 of those, or 99.8%! He is the career average finish leader at 8.6 and owns seven Top 10 finishes in his nine starts. Oddsmakers might want to adjust their second tier favorites though, as several other drivers figure to have a better shot to win than Johnson, Gordon, or Busch. Instead you might want to consider Carl Edwards (20-1), Tony Stewart (10-1), Kasey Kahne (20-1), Juan Montoya (20-1), or Clint Bowyer (12-1). Edwards is second to Hamlin in laps led in the COT at 158, and has a win and average finish of 8.4 in those five starts. Stewart, like Hamlin, has three Top 5’s in those races, including a 3rd place finish in June. Kahne has a ’08 win and 145 laps led in the COT to his credit, while Bowyer is among the other drivers who seems to run out front at this track, evidenced by his 82 laps led. Finally, there is Montoya…victim of what seems to be the worst luck of any driver on these 2.5-mile flat superspeedway’s. He finished eighth here in June but has two DNF’s in the COT to go along with consecutive DNF’s at Indy.

A series sweep at Pocono is not uncommon, as the only real difference between this race and the June one figures to be that the track has heated up over the course of the summer. In addition, the schedule of recent years has this race always the week after the Brickyard 400, meaning a second consecutive race on a 2.5-mile flat track. While Indianapolis Motor Speedway's rectangular shape is significantly different than the Pocono triangle, many of the same skills are required to go fast on both. Drivers who ran well last week also should dominate the front of the pack this week. Of course, there always is the uncertain intangible of luck. Jamie McMurray (25-1) was the beneficiary of the luck last week, as he won the Brickyard 400 only after Montoya, who dominated most of the race, hit the wall late in a desperate attempt to get back out front after a miscalculated pit road choice.

Of the potential dark horses to consider, or those drivers who don’t boast the best Pocono stats, Kevin Harvick (10-1) finished fourth in the first Pocono race and enters the weekend with top-fives in his past two flat-track races and there is every indication he will add another at Pocono. Sam Hornish Jr. (25-1) is a bigger longshot but last year, he swept the top 10 in both races there and narrowly missed adding a third such finish with an 11th earlier this year. Dollar for dollar, he might be the best value in the game this week. Jamie McMurray is developing a reputation for stepping up for the big races after winning this year's Daytona 500, finishing second in the Coke 600, and winning last week's Brickyard 400. It remains to be seen if he can level out his results and also run strong on smaller stages, but considering that he earned a fifth at Chicagoland two weeks ago, he's well worth the risk. So far it's been difficult for McMurray to string together good results. This week, he enters Pocono with consecutive top-fives for the first time all season. Greg Biffle (20-1) is also noteworthy in that he had a strong third place run at Indy and may be readying himself for a late charge to ensure a Chase spot.

Other drivers you may want to avoid include Joey Logano (35-1), Kurt Busch (20-1), Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (35-1), and Mark Martin (25-1). Of the four, there is just a single Top 5 finish, belonging to Junior, in the five races run in the COT.

With just six races to go till the cutoff for the Chase, Kevin Harvick continues to lead the points standings by a wide margin, 184 points over Jeff Gordon. Denny Hamlin is 260 points out, while Jimmie Johnson trails by 261, and Kurt Busch 262. Hamlin & Johnson’s flip flop in the standings was the only move after the Brickyard 400 results were counted. Outside of the Top 12, Mark Martin moved past Dale Earnhardt, Jr. into 13th. He trails Clint Bowyer by 62 points and leads Junior by 31 points. Ryan Newman seems to be the only other driver within striking distance, but he trails Bowyer by 147 points and needs some luck over the next six weeks. The last thing any of the contending drivers need at this point is to encounter trouble on the track in any given race. Keep that in mind, as many of the Chase contenders will simply be “point racing” during the month of August, not going for wins quite as hard while hoping to avoid the dreaded DNF. Pocono is the type of track where most DNF’s are caused by equipment problems, such as blown motors, not wrecks. This is a big facility where cars get spaced out significantly by virtue of horsepower. Trying to push that envelope too far can expire a motor quickly. Most Crew Chiefs know this, and many of them choose to play the track positioning game, opting to make pit strategy moves while sacrificing engine strength

The action gets started with qualifying at 3:40 pm ET on Friday. Denny Hamlin started 4th in the June victory, and runner-up Kyle Busch started 2nd. In short, qualifying is very important here. In fact, of the last 16 races, six winners have started on the pole and six others were in the first three rows. Practice is also highly important, as the last nine Pocono winners have averaged a 5.0 Happy Hour rank with only one finishing worse than 6th in the session. Sunday’s race comes around at 1:18 pm ET. Of course, the ******* NASCAR FoxSheet, Driver Pages, and Matchup Analyzer are also below to assist with all of your race wagers…

**Spark** · 08-01-2010, 09:28 AM

One thread per day Bum ... Thanks

Let me know if you want me to edit title

**StarDust Bum** · 08-01-2010, 09:49 AM

Thanks Spark.....I don't know what happen there......Please Edit for me.......

**StarDust Bum** · 08-01-2010, 09:50 AM

SPARK....or use post # 2

**Spark** · 08-01-2010, 10:26 AM

Originally posted by StarDust Bum View Post

Thanks Spark.....I don't know what happen there......Please Edit for me.......

No problem Bum ... Good luck today

**StarDust Bum** · 08-01-2010, 10:36 AM

Thanks again Spark...........

**jt4545** · 08-01-2010, 11:37 AM

Thanks and good luck star

**Kaptain** · 08-01-2010, 12:26 PM

gl to ya Bum....I too accidentaly opened 2 threads today.....must be in the air.....give em L

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