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**Spark** · 08-05-2005, 08:04 AM

12) St Louis Cardinal baseball has been on KMOX radio for the past 52 years, but it won't be next year, as KMOX lost the rights to a rival station this week. New stadium, new radio station for the Redbirds next season.

11) Contracts for NFL rookies are bit more complex this year, since the Labor Agreement is scheduled to end within the life of these contracts. Whereas a normal rookie contract is five of six pages in length, one first-round pick this season has contract that is 24 pages long.

10) Touted rookie Felix Hernandez, a highly-touted 19-year old phenom, made his big league debut for the Mariners Thursday afternoon in Detroit. He gave up two runs in five innings in an impressive debut.

9) NFL Network is providing excellent coverage of training camps, many days focusing on one team for an hour. The network will broadcast over fifty preseason games this summer.

8) No Dallas Cowboy has ever worn number 49.

7) There are thirteen new offensive coordinators on NFL teams this season. Big turnover for a post, where a big year gets you head coaching job, bad year gets you fired.

6) I saw a darts tournament televised last night, and a ladies' curling event last week. This poker craze is causing more low-cost obscure sports to be televised. Guess it beats watching televised fishing.

5) Jim Fassel's 31-year old son has joined his father on Baltimore Ravens' coaching staff. Young Fassel coached at New Mexico Highlands last season.

4) Colt receiver Brandon Stokely dislocated shoulder in Japan, as Indy prepares for American Bowl Saturday night vs Falcons. Stokely might not be ready for season opener, which hurts, since he is guy Peyton Manning looks for on third down.

3) When I was kid, Andre the Giant used to wrestle two or three guys at once; handicap matches, they were called, and Andre always won, or the other guys got DQ'd.

Anyway, there is another kind of handicap match going on now, as Adidas has teamed with Reebok to combat Nike's share in sneaker industry. Ton of cash involved in this merger, few billion dollars. Nike is Andre the Giant in this tussle; I doubt they'll come out a loser.

2) If you're Hall of Fame voter, how can you vote for Palmeiro, McGwire, Bonds or Sheffield, when Pete Rose isn't in? Whose offenses are worse?

1) Memo to Congress: Yes, you nitwits who make our laws. Stay away from the steroids issue until gas gets under $2.00 a gallon. Fuel prices should be Congress' absolute, drop-dead, #1 priority right now. That and getting our people home from the Middle East.

Every waking minute should be spent on these issues. Until then, keep your greedy, attention-grabbing hands away from something trivial like sports.

**Spark** · 08-05-2005, 08:06 AM

Hot pitchers
-- Lowe is 2-1, 3.15 in his last three starts.
-- Sheets is 4-1, 2.66 in his last six starts.
-- Hernandez has 2.35 RA in his last three starts.
-- Rookie Hill is 0-0, 3.27 in his first two starts.
-- Smoltz is 8-0, 2.35 in his last ten starts. Cardinals won last seven Mulder starts (4-0, 2.17).
-- Pettitte is 6-0, 1.45 in his last eight starts.

-- Small is 2-0, 4.38 in two starts for Bronx. Chacin is
5-0, 2.59 in his last five starts.
-- White Sox are 12-2 in last fourteen Garcia starts- in his last nine starts, they scored ninety runs.
-- A's are 5-2 in Saarloos' last seven starts.

Cold pitchers
-- Fogg is 1-4, 6.08 in his last seven starts.
-- Lidle is 1-3, 13.50 in his last four starts.
-- Astacio is 0-2, 7.07 in three starts for San Diego.
-- Glavine is 0-2, 4.15 in his last two starts.
-- Milton is 1-2, 4.71 in his last five starts. Vargas gave up three runs in five IP in his first 2005 start.
-- Webb is 1-5, 6.55 in his last seven starts. Cook gave up seven runs in 4.1 IP in his first '05 start, an 8-7 loss.
-- Schmidt is 1-3, 4.26 in his last six starts.

-- Sabathia is 0-5, 9.12 in his last five starts. Robertson is 0-2, 8.76 in his last two starts.
-- Orioles lost last three Chen starts (0-1, 7.31). Wilson is 0-3, 9.92 in four starts this season.
-- Pineiro is 0-4, 9.00 in his last four starts.
-- Arroyo has 5.40 RA in his last four starts.
-- Radke is 1-6, 3.94 in his last nine starts.
-- Greinke is 2-6, 6.70 in his last eight starts.
-- Byrd is 0-2, 7.31 in his last three starts. Waechter has 6.57 RA in his last nine starts.

Totals
-- Over is 12-5-1 in last eighteen starts by Lowe.
-- Over is 5-1 in last six Milwaukee road games.
-- Six of last seven Padre games went over the total.
-- Under is 8-2 in last ten Cub games.
-- Over is 10-1-1 in last dozen Cincinnati home games.
-- Under is 6-1 in last seven Mulder starts.
-- Under is 7-2 in last nine Colorado road games.
-- Last five Houston road games stayed under the total.

-- Five of last seven Indian games stayed under the total.
-- Over is 6-3-1 in last ten Chacin starts.
-- Six of last seven Texas home games went over total. -- Over is 5-1 in last six Garcia starts, 6-1 in last seven Pineiro starts. .
-- Last eight Minnesota home games stayed under total.
-- Over is 7-1-1 in last nine Kansas City games.
-- Under is 6-2 in last eight Byrd starts.

Hot teams
-- Pirates won three of their last four games.
-- Brewers scored 38 runs in winning four of last five tilts Phillies won five of last seven games.
-- Reds won six of their last eight games. Marlins won six of their last nine games.
-- Braves won eight of their last ten games.
-- Rockies are 5-4 in their last nine road games.
-- Astros won nine of their last ten road games.

-- Indians won five of their last seven games. Tigers won five of their last seven home games.
-- Toronto won seven of last nine home games.
-- Red Sox scored 57 runs in winning last eight games.
-- A's won nine of their last ten road games.
-- Angels won five of last seven home games. Tampa is 13-5 in its last eighteen games.

Cold Teams
-- Dodgers lost six of last eight games, scoring one run in last two contests.
-- Padres lost 17 of their last twenty-five road games.
-- Mets lost five of their last seven games.
-- Cubs lost four of their last five games.
-- Cardinals are 4-6 in their last ten home games.
-- Arizona is 6-13 in its last nineteen home games.
-- Giants are 9-21 in their last thirty home games.

-- Bronx lost five of its last seven road games.
-- Orioles lost fourteen of their last sixteen games. Texas is 1-7 in its last eight home games.
-- White Sox are 4-9 in their last thirteen home games. Seattle lost five of their last seven games.
-- Twins lost eleven of their last thirteen games.
-- Royals allowed 54 runs in losing last seven games.

**Spark** · 08-05-2005, 10:46 AM

Friday, 8/5/2005

HOUSTON (59 - 49) at SAN FRANCISCO (46 - 61) - 10:15 PM
ANDY PETTITTE (L) vs. JASON SCHMIDT (R)
Top Trends for this game.
HOUSTON is 18-29 (-11.6 Units) against the money line after a loss this season.
SAN FRANCISCO is 47-16 (+25.6 Units) against the money line in home games against left-handed starters over the last 3 seasons.
SAN FRANCISCO is 58-43 (+17.4 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 3 seasons.
SAN FRANCISCO is 796-633 (+94.1 Units) against the money line in all games since 1997.
SCHMIDT is 106-64 (+32.7 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field since 1997. (Team's Record)
SCHMIDT is 73-42 (+28.0 Units) against the money line after a win since 1997. (Team's Record)
HOUSTON is 58-49 (+8.6 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
HOUSTON is 58-49 (+8.6 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field this season.
HOUSTON is 42-33 (+9.5 Units) against the money line in night games this season.
HOUSTON is 43-31 (+14.0 Units) against the money line against right-handed starters this season.
SAN FRANCISCO is 44-59 (-13.4 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field this season.
SAN FRANCISCO is 14-22 (-11.1 Units) against the money line in home games in night games this season.
SAN FRANCISCO is 10-19 (-12.3 Units) against the money line at home with a money line of -100 to -125 over the last 2 seasons.
SAN FRANCISCO is 23-31 (-11.8 Units) against the money line in home games this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
SAN FRANCISCO is 2-2 (+0.6 Units) against HOUSTON this season
2 of 2 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL this season . (Under=+2.0 Units)

ANDY PETTITTE vs. SAN FRANCISCO since 1997
PETTITTE is 0-2 when starting against SAN FRANCISCO with an ERA of 6.35 and a WHIP of 1.853.
His team's record is 0-2 (-3.5 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 0-1. (-1.0 units)

JASON SCHMIDT vs. HOUSTON since 1997
SCHMIDT is 3-8 when starting against HOUSTON with an ERA of 4.89 and a WHIP of 1.384.
His team's record is 3-10 (-8.3 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 7-6. (+0.2 units)

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CLEVELAND (57 - 52) at DETROIT (52 - 55) - 7:05 PM
CC SABATHIA (L) vs. NATE ROBERTSON (L)
Top Trends for this game.
CLEVELAND is 16-27 (-16.7 Units) against the money line against division opponents this season.
CLEVELAND is 30-25 (+9.9 Units) against the money line in road games this season.
CLEVELAND is 27-22 (+9.7 Units) against the money line in road games in games played on a grass field this season.
CLEVELAND is 21-10 (+14.6 Units) against the money line in road games in night games this season.
CLEVELAND is 16-10 (+8.7 Units) against the money line in road games after a loss this season.
DETROIT is 43-89 (-39.0 Units) against the money line at home when the total is 8 to 8.5 since 1997.
DETROIT is 28-42 (-22.6 Units) against the money line in home games after a win over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
DETROIT is 5-4 (+1.4 Units) against CLEVELAND this season
5 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL this season . (Over=+0.8 Units)

CC SABATHIA vs. DETROIT since 1997
SABATHIA is 8-4 when starting against DETROIT with an ERA of 4.52 and a WHIP of 1.300.
His team's record is 10-5 (+1.0 units) in these starts. The OVER is 10-5. (+4.5 units)

NATE ROBERTSON vs. CLEVELAND since 1997
ROBERTSON is 1-0 when starting against CLEVELAND with an ERA of 3.59 and a WHIP of 1.476.
His team's record is 4-3 (+1.2 units) in these starts. The OVER is 4-3. (+0.8 units)

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NY YANKEES (57 - 49) at TORONTO (55 - 52) - 7:05 PM
AARON SMALL (R) vs. GUSTAVO CHACIN (L)
Top Trends for this game.
NY YANKEES are 34-35 (-25.0 Units) against the money line in night games this season.
NY YANKEES are 56-49 (-23.7 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
NY YANKEES are 23-28 (-17.5 Units) against the money line in road games this season.
NY YANKEES are 5-12 (-13.4 Units) against the money line when playing on Friday this season.
NY YANKEES are 17-21 (-19.6 Units) against the money line against division opponents this season.
TORONTO is 23-16 (+8.6 Units) against the money line against division opponents this season.
TORONTO is 41-28 (+20.0 Units) against the money line in night games this season.
TORONTO is 55-52 (+6.7 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
CHACIN is 14-8 (+8.1 Units) against the money line in all games this season. (Team's Record)
CHACIN is 12-5 (+9.1 Units) against the money line in night games this season. (Team's Record)
TORONTO is 108-126 (-43.9 Units) against the money line at home when the total is 10 to 10.5 since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
TORONTO is 2-3 (+0.6 Units) against NY YANKEES this season
3 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL this season . (Under=+1.0 Units)

AARON SMALL vs. TORONTO since 1997
No recent starts.

GUSTAVO CHACIN vs. NY YANKEES since 1997
CHACIN is 1-1 when starting against NY YANKEES with an ERA of 4.85 and a WHIP of 1.154.
His team's record is 1-1 (+1.6 units) in these starts. The OVER is 0-2. (-2.3 units)

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BALTIMORE (52 - 56) at TEXAS (54 - 53) - 8:05 PM
BRUCE CHEN (L) vs. C.J. WILSON (L)
Top Trends for this game.
BALTIMORE is 51-57 (-14.5 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
BALTIMORE is 45-48 (-10.3 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field this season.
BALTIMORE is 33-38 (-10.7 Units) against the money line in night games this season.
TEXAS is 80-55 (+18.5 Units) against the money line in home games over the last 2 seasons.
TEXAS is 136-116 (+28.2 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field over the last 2 seasons.
TEXAS is 97-85 (+14.7 Units) against the money line in night games over the last 2 seasons.
TEXAS is 77-65 (+11.9 Units) against the money line after a win over the last 2 seasons.
TEXAS is 67-42 (+20.1 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
TEXAS is 144-125 (+26.6 Units) against the money line in all games over the last 2 seasons.
BALTIMORE is 36-30 (+11.5 Units) against the money line in road games after a win over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
TEXAS is 3-1 (+2.6 Units) against BALTIMORE this season
2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL this season . (Under=+0.9 Units)

BRUCE CHEN vs. TEXAS since 1997
CHEN is 0-0 when starting against TEXAS with an ERA of 11.25 and a WHIP of 2.750.
His team's record is 0-1 (-1.2 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 0-1. (-1.1 units)

C.J. WILSON vs. BALTIMORE since 1997
No recent starts.

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SEATTLE (46 - 61) at CHI WHITE SOX (70 - 37) - 8:05 PM
JOEL PINEIRO (R) vs. FREDDY GARCIA (R)
Top Trends for this game.
SEATTLE is 109-160 (-40.3 Units) against the money line in all games over the last 2 seasons.
SEATTLE is 46-88 (-28.9 Units) against the money line in road games over the last 2 seasons.
SEATTLE is 104-146 (-31.7 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field over the last 2 seasons.
SEATTLE is 71-111 (-32.3 Units) against the money line in night games over the last 2 seasons.
SEATTLE is 74-110 (-25.3 Units) against the money line against right-handed starters over the last 2 seasons.
SEATTLE is 65-95 (-22.9 Units) against the money line after a loss over the last 2 seasons.
PINEIRO is 12-28 (-17.2 Units) against the money line in all games over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
PINEIRO is 3-12 (-9.8 Units) against the money line when the total is 9 to 9.5 over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
PINEIRO is 4-16 (-10.9 Units) against the money line in road games over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
PINEIRO is 11-26 (-16.1 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
PINEIRO is 21-29 (-15.1 Units) against the money line in night games over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
PINEIRO is 6-17 (-11.7 Units) against the money line after a loss over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
PINEIRO is 4-20 (-15.5 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
CHI WHITE SOX are 71-37 (+24.8 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
CHI WHITE SOX are 13-4 (+8.7 Units) against the money line when playing on Friday this season.
CHI WHITE SOX are 65-34 (+22.3 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field this season.
CHI WHITE SOX are 45-24 (+15.0 Units) against the money line in night games this season.
CHI WHITE SOX are 52-27 (+18.1 Units) against the money line against right-handed starters this season.
CHI WHITE SOX are 50-21 (+23.8 Units) against the money line after a win this season.
GARCIA is 19-24 (-18.5 Units) against the money line in home games over the last 3 seasons. (Team's Record)
GARCIA is 19-24 (-18.5 Units) against the money line in home games in games played on a grass field over the last 3 seasons. (Team's Record)
GARCIA is 6-11 (-9.4 Units) against the money line in home games in night games over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
GARCIA is 27-27 (-21.6 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season since 1997. (Team's Record)

Head-to-Head Series History
CHI WHITE SOX is 2-1 (+0.5 Units) against SEATTLE this season
2 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL this season . (Over=+0.8 Units)

JOEL PINEIRO vs. CHI WHITE SOX since 1997
PINEIRO is 1-2 when starting against CHI WHITE SOX with an ERA of 5.46 and a WHIP of 1.429.
His team's record is 2-3 (-1.2 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 2-3. (-1.2 units)

FREDDY GARCIA vs. SEATTLE since 1997
GARCIA is 1-1 when starting against SEATTLE with an ERA of 5.27 and a WHIP of 1.317.
His team's record is 1-1 (-0.6 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 1-1. (+0.0 units)

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BOSTON (62 - 45) at MINNESOTA (55 - 53) - 8:10 PM
BRONSON ARROYO (R) vs. BRAD RADKE (R)
Top Trends for this game.
BOSTON is 28-31 (-20.3 Units) against the money line in games played on artificial turf over the last 3 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 55-52 (-7.5 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
MINNESOTA is 45-48 (-19.4 Units) against the money line in home games after a loss over the last 3 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 22-30 (-13.1 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
RADKE is 18-26 (-15.6 Units) against the money line when the total is 9 to 9.5 over the last 3 seasons. (Team's Record)

Head-to-Head Series History
BOSTON is 3-0 (+3.0 Units) against MINNESOTA this season
2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL this season . (Under=+0.8 Units)

BRONSON ARROYO vs. MINNESOTA since 1997
ARROYO is 2-0 when starting against MINNESOTA with an ERA of 3.07 and a WHIP of 0.955.
His team's record is 2-0 (+2.0 units) in these starts. The OVER is 1-0. (+1.0 units)

BRAD RADKE vs. BOSTON since 1997
RADKE is 5-5 when starting against BOSTON with an ERA of 5.50 and a WHIP of 1.340.
His team's record is 8-9 (-0.3 units) in these starts. The OVER is 6-11. (-5.6 units)

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OAKLAND (61 - 47) at KANSAS CITY (38 - 70) - 8:10 PM
KIRK SAARLOOS (R) vs. ZACK GREINKE (R)
Top Trends for this game.
OAKLAND is 104-116 (-29.7 Units) against the money line in road games over the last 3 seasons.
OAKLAND is 6-17 (-10.6 Units) against the money line on the road when the total is 9 to 9.5 this season.
OAKLAND is 46-53 (-25.1 Units) against the money line in road games when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.
OAKLAND is 61-48 (+13.3 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
OAKLAND is 145-86 (+55.9 Units) against the money line in August games since 1997.
OAKLAND is 56-40 (+17.6 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field this season.
OAKLAND is 39-23 (+16.1 Units) against the money line after a win this season.
KANSAS CITY is 96-173 (-37.5 Units) against the money line in all games over the last 2 seasons.
KANSAS CITY is 61-126 (-42.2 Units) against the money line against right-handed starters over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
There were no past matchups in this series during this time period.

KIRK SAARLOOS vs. KANSAS CITY since 1997
No recent starts.

ZACK GREINKE vs. OAKLAND since 1997
GREINKE is 1-0 when starting against OAKLAND with an ERA of 2.25 and a WHIP of 1.083.
His team's record is 1-1 (+1.0 units) in these starts. The OVER is 0-1. (-1.2 units)

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TAMPA BAY (42 - 67) at ANAHEIM (62 - 46) - 10:05 PM
DOUG WAECHTER (R) vs. PAUL BYRD (R)
Top Trends for this game.
TAMPA BAY is 20-46 (-17.3 Units) against the money line after a loss this season.
ANAHEIM is 63-46 (+7.2 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
ANAHEIM is 128-96 (+29.8 Units) against the money line when playing on Friday since 1997.
ANAHEIM is 59-40 (+9.9 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field this season.
ANAHEIM is 49-29 (+12.4 Units) against the money line in night games this season.
ANAHEIM is 48-30 (+11.7 Units) against the money line against right-handed starters this season.
ANAHEIM is 30-17 (+10.3 Units) against the money line after a loss this season.
ANAHEIM is 31-27 (-17.3 Units) against the money line in home games when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 13-15 (-16.8 Units) against the money line in home games when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
There were no past matchups in this series during this time period.

DOUG WAECHTER vs. ANAHEIM since 1997
No recent starts.

PAUL BYRD vs. TAMPA BAY since 1997
BYRD is 0-0 when starting against TAMPA BAY with an ERA of 4.05 and a WHIP of 1.200.
His team's record is 0-1 (-1.3 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 1-0. (+1.0 units)

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