Friday's Service Plays & Request Thread

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DAILY SPORTS PICKS
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FREEBIE

LW=Last Week"s Record TW=This Week"s Record - *Did not meet minimum*

RK Service Sport Today"s Pick TW LW

#1 5 Star Selections MLB Montreal (+230) 1-3 -237 7-0 +775

#3 Texas Sports MLB New York-A (-280) 1-1 -37 5-2 +300

#4 SportsAdvisors2004 MLB Atlanta (-168) 1-2 -142 5-2 +253

#5 Sports Winners MLB St Louis (-150) 1-2 -275 4-2 +185

#6 Sports Consultants MLB Atlanta (-168) 1-2 -239 4-2 +150

#8 Rocketman MLB Minnesota (-133) 2-1 +100 3-2 +94

#9 GamblingCorner MLB Boston (-112) 1-3 -272 3-2 +40

#11 Computer-Picks MLB Chicago-A (-138) 2-2 -50 4-3 -2

#12 Psychic Sports MLB Boston (-112) 1-2 -148 3-3 -20


#14 Guaranteed Sports MLB New York-A Over (10) 2-1 +80 2-4 -215

#15 Assassins Picks MLB Boston (-112) 0-2 -229 3-4 -233

#16 Joe Wiz MLB Chicago-A (-138) 1-3 -243 3-4 -255


#18 PositiveUnits MLB Tampa Bay Under (9) (-120) 2-2 +0 2-5 -440

#19 Buzz Sports MLB Philadelphia (+132) 2-2 -115 2-4 -465

#20 Black Widow MLB San Diego (-210) 3-1 +110 3-1 +240*

#22 Info Plays MLB Boston (-112) 3-1 +163 2-2 +11*

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NET PROPHET FRI 8/6

MLB:

Cincinnati/Colorado OVER 13’ +100
Cleveland (Sabithia) +125 over Chicago WS (Buehrle)

CFL:

Ottawa +9’ over British Columbia

JRM/THE PROPHET

nonigoji

[Cubs04]

Anyone have Tally NL GOY?

[savage1]

Northcoast Compline (3* from Mike Lee) is on under the total in Atlanta/Arizona.
Sebastian's comp. play is the Mets.

[jaguilar]

cubs that nl tally goy probably wont be released until 5 to 6pm eastern. we should defintely keep our eye out for it . they are usually good with these games.

[illjaunt]

Looking for Big Al's AL game of the week and Larry Ness NL game of the week along with his favorite of the week glta, Mack

[illjaunt]

Sweetlou you out there?

[Cubs04]

Originally posted by jaguilar
cubs that nl tally goy probably wont be released until 5 to 6pm eastern. we should defintely keep our eye out for it . they are usually good with these games.

I would have it if they would let me buy it, I posed on another board and they won't let me buy it anymore, I will try to get a friend to.

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SGH

We're on a 80-49-2 run with our last 131 complimentary releases.

For Friday take Florida to beat Milwaukee

Milwaukee just got swept at home by the Mets and now they have to hit the road. They are looking sluggish and even ace Ben Sheets can't help them. Milwaukee is 3-12 in their last 15 on the road.

Sheets has been better than A.J. Burnett all season but Burnett has had his best stuff of late while Sheets is struggling over the last few starts. Milwaukee has lost both games Sheets has started against the Marlins this season.

Florida didn't look great out west but they are back home and recent acquisitions like Paul LaDuca are playing good play and keeping the Marlins momentum going. Florida has won 9 of 11 against the Brewers.

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AllSports Free Baseball Pick

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08/06/04 MLB Minnesota Over Oakland by -130
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Free Pick Record: Current Month 4-0-0 Season To-Date 65-35-0

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BOB G
AUG: 1-3


Florida and Milwaukee Over 7 -110
Both teams have been playing over recently. Milwaukee has gone over three in a row. Florida has gone over in four of their last five. Both pitcher have been hit hard lately. Sheets has a 5.95 ERA in his last three and Pavano has a 4.29 ERA in his last three. The bullpen ERA for Milwaukee is over 6.00 in the last 10 games. Very low under considering the trends.

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WUNDERDOG
AUG: 1-3

*Chicago Cubs (-110tbd) vs. San Francisco Giants (Clement vs. Schmidt or Walker)

The Cubs are "en fuego" and I don't see them slowing down tonight. They are averaging 6.3 runs per game over their last seven and have won 8 of their last ten. Clement's on the mound and he's been consistently awesome (3.03 ERA for the season). In his last three starts against the Giants, Clement gave up an average of just two runs per game in 23 innings. Not sure who is going to start for the Giants but what we do know is that their bullpen is pretty bad (5.14 ERA, weak in strike-outs and giving up >1 hit/inning). The start will likely go to Schmidt and if that's the case, consider this trend: Home teams when the money line is +125 to -125 (SAN FRANCISCO) - starting a pitcher who gave up <=2 earned runs in his last 2 outings, with a struggling bullpen whose ERA is over 6.00 the last 10 games are 29-59 (67%) over the last 5 seasons. One unit on the Cubs regardless of who starts for the Giants.

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Alatex Sports

Milwaukee +105 vs. Florida

The Milwaukee Brewers and Ben Sheets travel to Miami for the first of a three-game set against the Florida Marlins and AJ Burnett tonight. I think Ben Sheets has been one of the most dominating pitchers in baseball this year. It hasn’t shown in the W/L department but the numbers are there. A 2.76 ERA with an amazing 162:21 SO:BB rate. Sheets has given up 13 earned runs in his last three starts, but I like the fact that his peripherals have been there with a 21:1 SO:BB in his last three. Sheets has gotten the job done this year with a fastball/curve combo and I expect that curve to have some extra bite on it in the humidity tonight. Burnett is still trying to find his stuff after Tommy John surgery. No question he has dominant stuff, but I like the way the Brewers match-up against the hard stuff of Burnett. It would have been hard to predict the Brewers being just two games in back of the Marlins at this point at the beginning of the season. After tonight I expect it to be one game. Take the dominating pitcher in Sheets tonight.

Recommendation: Milwaukee

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Vegas Sports Authority’s Bonus Pick

Friday’s Bonus Pick from James Kruger

We have two teams facing each other who are both on three-game winning streaks, Texas and Baltimore. Texas swept the Tigers in Detroit while Baltimore at home took advantage of the lowly Mariners. Texas is fighting for a Division Title while Baltimore is playing for pride and a paycheck.

The pitching match-up tonight favors Texas. The Rangers’ Regilio only has started twice since his call-up to the Majors and has an overall ERA of 4.80 in 15 innings. Baltimore’s Bedard, a lefty power pitcher, has been quite shaky the last few weeks as the O’s have lost five of his last six starts. His last three starts have shown an ERA of 8.80 with a very high WHIP of 1.89.

To make matters worse, Texas is 16-5 against power pitchers this year. They are 12-9 on the road against lefties and are hitting a very healthy third-best in the AL with a slugging percentage of .471 against southpaws.

Even though we have an inexperienced pitcher on the mound, we have more faith in Regilio than Bedard going against the Rangers’ bats. Vegas Sports Authority has played the Texas Rangers at +117.