Friday's Service Plays & Request Thread

[Spark]

MEL STEWART

comp line (54-20)
ST.L (mlb)

@******** (30-15)
REDS
Webb is 2-6, 5.63 his last ten starts; Arizona lost 8 of his last nine road starts. Arizona lost seventeen of last twenty-one series openers. Go Reds and Good luck as always

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OTM
AUG: 16-8-1

TWINS

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DAILY SPORTS PLAY
AUG: 14-10

MARINERS

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NORTHCOAST COMP
16-7 run

3-CLE/CHW OVER (mike lee)

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COMPUTER BOYS
29-14

ANAHEIM

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CHOKE YOUR BOOKIE
AUG: 15-8-1

DODGERS OVER

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the pirate group
3 unit-cincinnati -127 strong
3 unit-anaheim -122
3 unit-st.louis/pittsburgh over 9.5 +104
3 unit-colorado/florida over 8.5 -107
2 unit-san francisco/atlanta over 9.5 -110
2 unit-houston +138
2 unit-detroit +175

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east coast sports
nfl
1*~washington
1*~new orleans

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tnt sports
nfl
14-5 overall - 10-3 on sides
minnesota
chicago
seattle

[drugstuntman]

The Animal
Today's Pick: MINNESOTA VIKINGS -6.5
These picks are premium pay picks. Plays are ranked 3, 4, or 5 Units

NFL - 8:00 ET
San Francisco 49ers at Minnesota Vikings

3* Minnesota -6 1/2 (-130)

As somebody that had a 4* on Chicago last week, I feel very fortunate. The 49ers out-gained the Bears by a wide 412-241 advantage but lost the turnover war 5-0. This is a tough spot for the 49ers as they are traveling for the 2nd straight week in August. Normally San Francisco rarely travels farther east than Denver. Now they are in Chicago and Minnesota in a span of six days. Plus Tim Rattay's status is in some jeopardy as Coach Erickson claims he'll wait until warm-ups to determine whether or not Rattay will start? 2nd stringer Ken Dorsey is sidelined meaning you have Cody Pickett and Brandon Doman possible the only signal callers who will play for SF. The 49ers did finally sign LB Julian Peterson this week, but he's not expected to play. In week #1, San Francisco allowed Oakland 33 points and 348 total yards and lost by a field goal despite the Raiders committing 21 penalties for 246 yards. Minnesota is a more polished team than either Chicago or Oakland. Remember what Coach Tice stated at the beginning of the preseason.

"Because of how the season ended, because of the shock and the depression we were in as a football team, winning is the only thing that's going to cure that," Tice said. "So it's important for us to have an exceptional preseason. Winning's a habit. It needs to become a habit." Last week we went against Minnesota partially because the Vikings where off that huge revenge win against Arizona, the team that prevented them from the 2003 playoffs. The Vikings raced out to a 14-0 1st quarter lead in Atlanta only to see Matt Schaub connect on 16-of-19 for 205 yards and three TD's against the Minnesota defensive replacement. That won't happen tonight. I don't often lay a TD in the preseason but this is a difficult travel spot for the 49ers and especially with the possibility of playing without their top two quarterbacks on the depth chart. The men in purple are also 15-6-1 ATS off a practice defeat. 5* BEST BET goes this weekend! 3* Minnesota -6 1/2 on the buy at -130

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VegasSportsPics

08/27

Atlanta Braves - 1.5 (+125) , San Francisco (71-58) is 7-6 last 13 road games. The Giants have lost in Rueter's (7-9, 5.02) last six road starts, by a combined 42-20. Rueter is 0-1 vs. Atlanta this season, losing at home 12-3 on April 27, allowing 5 runs over 4 1/3 innings. Atlanta (73-53) is 10-3 last 13 home games. The Braves are 9-2 last 11 Wright (12-6, 3.17) starts. Wright has allowed two runs or less in nine of his last ten starts. Wright is 1-0 over the Giants this season, winning at San Francisco 12-3 on April 27, allowing two runs over 6 2/3 innings. The Braves are 3-0 over Giants last three meetings in Atlanta.
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[SuperZero]

ASA preseason GOY anyone?

Alatex free play: Minnesota +115 vs. Anaheim

Lets look for the Twins to bounce back with a win to open the series in Anaheim. Brad Radke gives us an edge over Aaron Sele, and we find Radke as the underdog here as well.

Ted Sevransky freebie: Minnesota Vikings-7

The long term trends in the NFL preseason tell us that we should not play on favorites of a TD or more, as they have been a 33% ATS proposition over the past dozen years. And frankly, laying more than a FG in August is not something that I’m looking to do. But there’s only one case that can be made here, and that’s the case for the Minnesota Vikings minus the points. San Francisco’s offense is in a state of complete disarray right now. Projected 1st string QB Tim Rattay has missed all of training camp recovering from a groin injury and a sore forearm. He returned to practice this week, but he’s clearly not even close to being 100%. "I don't think he's full speed by any means," 49ers coach Dennis Erickson said. "I want to make sure he can defend himself and do the things he's capable of doing before I put him out on the field (in a game). He'll have to let me know how he feels about that." Erickson said the 49ers won't decide until before gametime if Rattay will be available to play. Even if he plays, I wouldn’t expect him to be able to move the offense. 2nd stringer Ken Dorsey has been the starter, with modest success, in the first two preseason games. But Dorsey has a bulging disc in his back, listed as doubtful for this game. So it’s quite possible that the 49ers, who turned the ball over five times last week, may have a QB rotation of Brandon Doman and Cody Pickett, neither of whom has ever thrown a pass against an NFL 1st string defense. And Minnesota is poised to unleash their explosive attack on the San Francisco defense, still waiting for star LB Julian Peterson to return to game action and still in the midst of learning a brand new system. The Vikings have been throwing long in preseason, as both Daunte Culpepper and Gus Frerotte have connected on deep TD passes. Minnesota has dominated each of their two opponents with the starters on the field, and the reserves who blew their big lead at Atlanta last week aren’t likely to see much action on Friday night. If I was ever going to lay a TD in a preseason ballgame, this would be the spot to do it!

Recommendation: Minnesota

[SuperZero]

ALATEX PRESEASON GOY????

Preseason Game of the Year: $59.00 Alatex Sports presents its 20* Preseason NFL Game of the Year! This huge play in Monday night action is the highest-rated play from Alatex Sports.

Damn! $59 seems steep for 1 preseason game. Now there is no wonder why people have to share picks seeng the prices these scammers are charging.

[ratb22]

Jimmy the Fixer

20* New Orleans
20* San Diego
20* Washington
15* Jacksonville
15* Denver

[Spark]

Dunkel Index - Friday
National League

Chicago Cubs* (Wood) 12.69 (2) Houston (Oswalt) 10.89
O/U: 8

San Diego (Tankersley) 12.57 (1 1/2) Montreal* (Downs) 11.25
O/U: 10

Philadelphia* (Padilla) 9.83 (1) Milwaukee (Santos) 9.04
O/U: 9 1/2

St. Louis (Suppan) 13.97 (3 1/2) Pittsburgh* (Vogelsong) 10.39
O/U: 9 1/2

Los Angeles (Alvarez) 12.37 (2) New York Mets* (Glavine) 10.39
O/U: 8 1/2

Cincinnati* (Claussen) 11.19 (1 1/2) Arizona (Webb) 9.93
O/U: 9

Atlanta* (Wright) 13.12 (1/2) San Francisco (Rueter) 12.77
O/U: 8 1/2

Florida* (Valdez) 12.03 (2) Colorado (Kennedy) 10.09
O/U: 9

American League

New York Yankees (Loaiza) 10.76 (1/2) Toronto* (Miller) 10.48
O/U: 9 1/2

Boston* (Lowe) 13.19 (2 1/2) Detroit (Maroth) 10.75
O/U: 10 1/2

Chicago White Sox (Grilli) 10.66 (1) Cleveland* (Sabathia) 9.43
O/U: 10

Texas* (Wasdin) 11.47 (1 1/2) Baltimore (Bedard) 9.82
O/U: 10 1/2

Kansas City (Greinke) 10.09 (1/2) Seattle* (Meche) 9.52
O/U: 8 1/2

Oakland* (Redman) 13.01 (2 1/2) Tampa Bay (Hendrickson) 10.45
O/U: 9

Anaheim* (Sele) 12.68 (1) Minnesota (Radke) 11.92
O/U: 8

*Denotes Home Team

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SPORT WIZARDS

NFL Preseason Picks
8-4 YTD +6 Units

Rams/Skins under 41 : 1 Unit

Rams have trouble scoring, and the Skins D is tough. These two teams will be looking to play some tougher D this game due to their recent performances.

Jets -3 : 1 Unit

The Giants are getting a lot of hype with their 2 QB's. But I think thats all it should be is hype. Herm Edwards knows how to get his team ready to play in the preseason and they usually deliver.

Bears/Saints under 36: 1 Unit

Too bad offensive teams and preseason play sets this one up for a solid under. I thought this line would be about 34 or 34.5 so I like the value here.

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Profit Sports (17-6-1 / +1,256)
ATLANTA -165


Cajun Sports (18-7-0 / +909)
STL -200


Pro Tech Sports (17-6-0 / +914)
STL -200


PositiveUnits (17-9-0 / +592)
JETS -3

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[rocko]

FIXERWINS

Friday, August 27, 2004.
5* HOUSTON over Denver
Houston sets up nicely for a solid win in this one. First, Dom Capers has said that Houston is actually game-planning this one, and they are playing their starters will play into the 3rd quarter of this game. However, like most preseason games this one is all about the situation that Houston finds themselves in, and we love their chances of responding strong. Houston was embarrassed last week losing to Pittsburgh 3-38, and in that loss they were out-gained 184-427 in total yards, which sets up a solid situation where teams that are dogs of small favorites of less than 4 pts are an incredible 18-4 ATS last few years if they were out-gained by 125 or more total yards last game as those teams tend to play hard to redeem themselves in these preseason games. In addition, road dogs in conference games are usually solid plays, and Houston qualifies in a solid 19-4-1 ATS angle based on that premise as conference road dogs playing a team off a win are great situational plays in preseason games. This is the 4th preseason game for Denver so they are less interested in this game from a scouting perspective than is Houston, and historically they have not played well in preseason games off a good defensive performance going just 3-9 ATS overall after allowing 14 or less pts last game, and that includes a mark of just 1-5-1 ATS last few seasons at home after allowing 14 or less pts last game. Denver dominated Seattle last week, but they are in for a battle today and we’ll call for the Houston SU win in the Mile High City!! HANDICAPPED LINE: (+5.5)

2* ST LOUIS over Washington
St Louis has yet to win a game this preseason, and they are coming off a 7-24 loss to KC in their last game. However, preseason favorites that are off consecutive losses with the last loss being by double digits are a solid 17-6-1 ATS last few seasons, and home favorites that have a losing record in the preseason are 16-5 ATS last few seasons if they scored 7 or less and allowed 24 or more pts in a road loss last game. The latter of those two angles is already 3-0 ATS this season. Like Denver above, Washington is playing its 4th preseason game and has less interest in conditioning its players during this game then does St Louis. For that reason, we are likely to see Bulger and Chandler throughout this entire game, while Washington continues to mix in Ransey, Brunell, Hasselbeck, and Handen at the quarterback position. St Louis also qualifies in another 32-10 ATS preseason angle in this game, and with that we will be on the side of the Rams in this one. HANDICAPPED LINE: (-3)

2* SEATTLE over San Diego
Like Houston, Seattle was manhandled last game getting out-gained by a 183-385 margin in their loss to Denver. That qualifies them in the same 18-4 ATS angle noted above in the Houston writeup, and Seattle also qualifies in a solid 16-5 ATS angle as road teams that were 7-9 or better the year prior are usually good plays in week 3 of the preseason against home teams that were 6-10 or worse that prior season. Matt Hassellbeck and the entire starting offense will play the entire first half, and into the 3rd quarter. When Hassellbeck comes out we will see veteran Trent Dilfer and some mop up duties from Seneca Wallace. On the other side, Drew Brees will start and play into the early second quarter with Phillip Rivers getting the snaps through the latter part of the 3rd quarter when Cleo Lemon and Joe Germaine will see action in the latter 3rd and 4th. We certainly have the better talent with Seattle in this game, and with Seattle’s defense currently allowing 251 total yards in the preseason we doubt San Diego will mount much of a threat. HANDICAPPED LINE: (-3)

[pascal5757]

NORTHCOAST

3* ON NY GIANTS

[rocko]

FACTSMAN BEEN ON FIRE 10-1-1

10-1-1 last 12 baseball totals so why stop now

I looked at the pitcher/ hitter matchup in the colorado/ florida game
And its no secret the marlins feast off left handed pitching and you can tack on 2 more runs for being home so we feel the marlins are worth 5-6 runs here
What makes this play even more solid is valdez flat out blows and I looked at that rockie line up and see they don’t just hit him they bitch slap him
So I have to figure the rockies for the same 5-6 runs now if we do the math
Seems like another double digit run game yet the total is only 8.5

The best part of my baseball totals and everyone always asks me the same question
How do you pin point the totals almost exact ? well its simple

When im right we cant lose……….if im wrong on one side I can still win.
I see both teams scoring 5-6 runs if im wrong one way 6-3 is a winner
7-2 is a winner 5-4 is a winner the key is I wont be wrong both ways hardly ever
which give us as the player a 75% edge every time we play a total

but I still see this game flying over 10 runs….over like rover

[savage1]

Question-what is the difference between Jimmy the Fixer and Fixer Wins?
Is this one service giving out different sides of picks or why trying to ride the name of the other one?(over the years Jimmy the Fixer has been the butt end of a lot of jokes especially back when Joh nny Demarco used to pimp for him;the latter would say no matter when you called that Fixer was up 50, 60 thousand dollars for the dime player over the last week and quote outrageous and absurd for him records like 24-2.
Of course it was also added to give Fixer credibility that latter has been in and out of prison all of his life, is now 75 years old and works 16-20 work days 7 days a week and 365 days a year.