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Maddux Sports

Thursday Free Pick is St. Louis -121

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Diamond Sports Network FREE

Anaheim -151

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Boxer Sports

Los Angeles Dodgers - W. Alvarez @ Cincinnati Reds - J. Hancock
953 Dodgers -145 ( 4* )

San Diego Padres - J. Peavy @ Chicago Cubs - M. Clement
956 Cubs -133 ( 3* )

San Francisco Giants - J. Schmidt @ Pittsburgh Pirates - R. Vogelsong
961 Giants -1.5 -125 ( 3* )

Detroit Tigers - M. Maroth @ Oakland Athletics - T. Hudson
Play The Total Under 8.5 ( 3* )

Baltimore Orioles - R. Lopez @ Anaheim Angels - B. Colon
974 Angels -151 ( 3* )

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NFL

245 Chicago Bears +3.5

245 Chicago Bears OVER 36.

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ProInfoSports FREEBIE

Atlanta vs. BALTIMORE UNDER 34

Michael Vick and the Atlanta Falcons face the team that ruined their 2003 season Thursday night, as the electric QB, his club, and their new coach travel to play the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium. In a preseason contest on August 16th of last year, Vick broke his right fibula after a hit from Baltimore linebacker Adalius Thomas. With Vick down for the season's first 11 games, the Falcons stumbled out of the blocks and finished 5-11. The Falcons are walking on eggshells with their franchise player this exhibition season, as Vick will only the opening series.

The contest will also mark the head coaching debut of Atlanta's Jim Mora, Jr., who took over in the offseason following Dan Reeves' termination. Mora, formerly the defensive coordinator with the San Francisco 49ers, is the son of former Saints and Colts head coach Jim Mora. Jim Jr., will use a west-coast offensive approach while attempting to strengthen a defense that ranked dead last in the NFL with 381.8 yards yielded per game a year ago.

Under center for the Ravens will be second-year pro Kyle Boller, who like Vick missed a significant portion of 2003 due to injury. Boller should also play sparingly, with backup Kordell Stewart taking a wealth of the snaps in a game that will mark his Ravens debut. Josh Harris, a sixth-round draft choice out of Bowling Green, should also see plenty of time in the second half.

Under normal circumstances, we would give a non-playoff team with a new head coach a very strong look as a road underdog against a quality opponent off a playoff season; however, we don’t have normal circumstances here. Most new coaches come in looking to establish a winning attitude and will take some chances that veteran coaches wouldn’t to that end. Mora, though is more concerned with surviving the preseason healthy than winning, and Vick is on the same page. "We get this preseason game out the way, and we're halfway done with camp," Vick said.

The Falcons simply are not a team looking to make any kind of statement against the Ravens, and don’t figure to do much offensively, especially against Brian Billick’s defense. The Falcons had trouble clicking with Vick watching from the sideline of a recent scrimmage with the Titans. Rookie Matt Schaub was 8-of-13 for 48 yards and no touchdowns or interceptions, but he missed connecting with Peerless Price twice early. "To say that we weren't totally in sync would be accurate," Falcons running back Warrick Dunn said. Schaub will replace Vick after one series and have to face an unfriendly Ravens “D” until the 4th quarter before Ty Detmer mops up. Such a rotation, with a rookie playing the bulk of the game, simply will not produce many offensive points. Baltimore won't slow down just for Vick. ``Anybody that's at the quarterback position, we're going to go after him. That's what they're paid to do,'' Billick said.

Baltimore is in a bit better shape behind center with Boller playing the 1st quarter and Stewart the 2nd, before giving way to rookie QBs in the second half. The Ravens are a team that loves to run the football and play defense, which is what we look for here, again keeping the score down. While Atlanta won’t do much offensively, we look for an aggressive defensive gameplan from Mora as he brings his approach to the Falcons. He was a good DC in San Francisco and should help Atlanta improve their “D” dramatically, as they do their part to keep this game low-scoring.

In looking at some preseason totals numbers, we note that Baltimore is 5-1 UNDER in non-conference games, and 10 of 14 Thursday games last year went UNDER. The weather may also do its part to keep the scoring restrained as rain will be threatening. Despite the low total we like the UNDER.

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Vegas Experts Tip of the Day

Colorado Rockies at Philadelphia Phillies
Thursday, August 12, 2004 7:05 P.M. EDT EST

Cory Lidle makes his Phillies debut tonight knowing he has cashed in 13 of his last 17 team starts in August. Meanwhile, his counterpart Shawn Estes has come up a loser in 12 of his last 15 efforts in August. Look for Philadelphia to improve to 4-0 at home in Game Four of a series here this evening.
Good Luck -Marc Lawrence

Play on: Philadelphia

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FREEBIES

Handicapper League Game Date and Start Time (Eastern) Game Pick Type Pick Unit Value

Ace's High Sports MLB 8/12/2004 at 12:10:00 PM Houston Astros/Pettitte at New York Mets/Zambrano team New York Mets 5

Crusaders Sport Picks MLB 8/12/2004 at 12:35:00 PM Los Angeles Dodgers/Alvarez at Cincinnati Reds/Hancock team Los Angeles Dodgers 5

Porky's Picks MLB 8/12/2004 at 12:35:00 PM Los Angeles Dodgers/Alvarez at Cincinnati Reds/Hancock team Los Angeles Dodgers 5

Bull Dogs Bookie Busters MLB 8/12/2004 at 12:35:00 PM Los Angeles Dodgers/Alvarez at Cincinnati Reds/Hancock team Los Angeles Dodgers 5

BIG BOARD SPORTS MLB 8/12/2004 at 1:05:00 PM St Louis Cardinals/Morris at Florida Marlins/Burnett team Florida Marlins 5

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Inside Edge

We started the preseason 0-1 losing with the Broncos.

Atlanta Falcons at Baltimore Ravens 8:00 PM ET

Atlanta Falcons +3.5 –113 (2 Units)

After an off-season of drastic changes, Atlanta has nothing to do but improve after finishing 2003 with the league’s worst defense. Add in a new coach and there is plenty of motivation to start this preseason off with a winning attitude. The Falcons have spent more time preparing for this preseason game than the team did in recent years, working against a 3-4 defensive front like the one the Ravens will deploy. After what happened to Michael Vick last preseason, don’t expect the Falcons to take any chances with their top QB. "What probably will happen is Mike will start and play a little, probably a series," head coach Jim Mora said. "And then [rookie] Matt [Schaub] will come in and he'll go into the fourth quarter. He'll get a ton of work. We'd like to get him in there against some of their better players on defense.” While that might not seem like the best of news for Atlanta backers, it is better than one might think. Schaub looked solid in scrimmages against the Tennessee Titans last week and took the majority of snaps in practice when Vick was sidelined with a hamstring injury. Schaub is ahead of the learning curve since he ran the West Coast offense in college. The West Coast offense is the new offensive look for the Falcons under new coordinator Gregg Knapp. He is already #2 on the depth charts and a solid performance will only solidify that. “There are some innuendoes that he knows about as far as blitz reads,” Knapp said. “He gets rid of the ball quicker than most rookies because he has an idea what to expect.” It will be a completely different ballgame for Schaub than what he has seen in the past but we feel he has the edge against his Ravens counterparts. With Dale Carter and Chris McAlister both out, Gary Baxter and veteran Corey Fuller are the only current starters in the Baltimore secondary. And with the other injuries, we would see much of them. On offense for the Ravens, Josh Harris and Brian Gaither are the two rookies going after the third spot at quarterback. Harris will likely play almost the entire second half and while he does have tremendous upside, he has struggled at camp working with the third team. As far as intensity, the Falcons seem to have the edge there as well. In Baltimore, reports are that training camps seem to be getting easier every year. Though the team is in full gear, tackling is nonexistent. While winning was a priority for Ravens coach Brian Billick in the past, that doesn’t seem to be the case early on in the preseason. Baltimore is just 2-4 SU the last 3 years in their first two games of the exhibition slate. They are 1-3 ATS as chalk in those games. They are also 1-7 ATS as favorites of 4 or more points and while this line isn’t that high, it does show them playing down to the competition in these games.

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ValleySports FREEBIE

FREE MLB BASEBALL PICK
Thursday 08-12-2004
Montreal(Biddle)Over Arizona(Cormier)

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NET PROPHET THURS 8/12

CFL:

Toronto +7 over Montreal

NFL:

Baltimore -3 over Atlanta

MLB:

Los Angeles (Alverez) -145 over Cincinnati (Hancock) <<12:35 Eastern Start>>
St. Louis (Morris) -125 over Florida (Burnett) <<1:05 Eastern Start>>

JRM/THE PROPHET

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BRYAN LEONARD +/OR ALATEX

Anyone have BRYAN LEONARD'S pre-season NFL pick or the SUPERPLAY from ALATEX? POWER106, can you help us with the Alatex Superplay bro? Alatex went 0-3 yesterday, he should bounce back today.

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Anyone have Brian Gabrielle's NFL play?

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FACTSMAN

Thurs
Hey guys for the newer guys rough 2 days for the guys that have been on the program you know its only Thursday and last week when we hit a little dry spell
We close out the weekend 8-2 so most of the guys know you get these things now and then but as I always say lets add them all up on Sunday and everyone is plus units.
I am going to limit the write ups today maybe im a little superstitious…lol
Because I keep reading the write ups from yesterday and it makes me wnt to bet the same games for more money ok lets do this

FOOTBALL TONIGHT CHICAGO BEARS +4 ….ITS IN MY FACT SHEET

BASEBALL………TAMPA BAY +240…….no im not crazy but here are my thoughts no team should be -280 in any baseball game pedro is good but this year he isn’t great hendickson can get rocked but can also give you 9 innings of shut out baseball as well I also love betting against a team who scores 10 or more runs the night before and plays a day game the next day law of average says that evens out
Do I think tampa bay can win this game YES I DO do I think its more value then brains yes I do will I bet it fuck yeah tampa +240

SD PADRES ……..I LIKE PEAVY A LOT +130 clement for the cubs I just don’t trust sd is the better team better off righties then the cubs are andthere dogs
Sandiego wins here

ST LOUIS CARD…….MORRIS -125 OVER FLA. ITS NO SECRET fla cant score and st louis just finds ways to win 2-1 and 1-0 and the cards haven’t shown up yet at the plate they will today off of burnett play the CARDS-125

UNDER 8.5 ASTROS-METS ZAMBRANO-PETTITE………mets line up is banged up no piazza is big no real threat here petite pitches well in shea
Zambrano is flat out tough on righties and if you never seen this kid and the astros haven’t his 96 mph fastball has movement he is tough to hit when he throws strikes
Typical pitching dual

Summary football
Bears+4
Afternoon bases tampa bay +240
Padres +130
St louis -125
Mets under 8.

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TeasersOnly FREEBIE

Free NFL Teaser for Thursday 8/12/04
2 Team 6.5pt Teaser (-120) Bet Now!
Atlanta Falcons +9.5 @8:00pm EST.
Over 27 Falcons/Ravens @8:00pm EST

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MLB Houston vs. NY Mets [2004-08-12]
1 Unit on Houston -135 (Action)