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**Spark** · 08-08-2005, 12:29 PM

Monday, 8/8/2005

CHI WHITE SOX (72 - 38) at NY YANKEES (59 - 50) - 7:05 PM
ORLANDO HERNANDEZ (R) vs. MIKE MUSSINA (R)
Top Trends for this game.
CHI WHITE SOX are 36-16 (+19.0 Units) against the money line in road games this season.
CHI WHITE SOX are 67-35 (+22.4 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field this season.
CHI WHITE SOX are 46-25 (+14.1 Units) against the money line in night games this season.
CHI WHITE SOX are 53-28 (+17.2 Units) against the money line against right-handed starters this season.
CHI WHITE SOX are 51-22 (+22.9 Units) against the money line after a win this season.
CHI WHITE SOX are 29-16 (+9.7 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
CHI WHITE SOX are 26-19 (+12.1 Units) against the money line in road games when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 3 seasons.
CHI WHITE SOX are 73-38 (+24.9 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
NY YANKEES are 58-50 (-24.1 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
NY YANKEES are 8-12 (-14.9 Units) against the money line at home when the total is 10 to 10.5 this season.
NY YANKEES are 52-44 (-19.5 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field this season.
NY YANKEES are 35-35 (-24.0 Units) against the money line in night games this season.
NY YANKEES are 40-34 (-14.0 Units) against the money line against right-handed starters this season.

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

ORLANDO HERNANDEZ vs. NY YANKEES since 1997
No recent starts.

MIKE MUSSINA vs. CHI WHITE SOX since 1997
MUSSINA is 7-8 when starting against CHI WHITE SOX with an ERA of 4.29 and a WHIP of 1.248.
His team's record is 8-8 (-5.6 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 7-9. (-3.1 units)

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TEXAS (56 - 54) at BOSTON (63 - 47) - 7:05 PM
RICARDO RODRIGUEZ (R) vs. WADE MILLER (R)
Top Trends for this game.
BOSTON is 68-28 (+26.0 Units) against the money line in home games against right-handed starters over the last 2 seasons.
TEXAS is 66-46 (+29.3 Units) against the money line on the road when the total is 11 to 11.5 since 1997.
TEXAS is 138-117 (+29.0 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field over the last 2 seasons.
TEXAS is 97-86 (+13.5 Units) against the money line in night games over the last 2 seasons.
TEXAS is 49-36 (+13.5 Units) against the money line against right-handed starters this season.
TEXAS is 78-66 (+11.7 Units) against the money line after a win over the last 2 seasons.
TEXAS is 146-126 (+27.4 Units) against the money line in all games over the last 2 seasons.
BOSTON is 226-185 (-54.6 Units) against the money line in home games after a win since 1997.
BOSTON is 51-44 (-30.0 Units) against the money line as a home favorite of -175 to -200 since 1997.
BOSTON is 5-10 (-10.6 Units) against the money line when playing on Monday this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
BOSTON is 4-2 (+1.8 Units) against TEXAS this season
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL this season . (Over=+0.0 Units)

RICARDO RODRIGUEZ vs. BOSTON since 1997
RODRIGUEZ is 0-2 when starting against BOSTON with an ERA of 7.32 and a WHIP of 1.679.
His team's record is 2-2 (+0.6 units) in these starts. The OVER is 2-2. (-0.2 units)

WADE MILLER vs. TEXAS since 1997
MILLER is 2-1 when starting against TEXAS with an ERA of 3.50 and a WHIP of 1.472.
His team's record is 3-3 (-0.7 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 3-2. (+1.0 units)

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DETROIT (52 - 58) at TORONTO (56 - 54) - 7:05 PM
MIKE MAROTH (L) vs. DAVID BUSH (R)
Top Trends for this game.
DETROIT is 48-88 (-34.0 Units) against the money line as a road underdog of +100 to +125 since 1997.
DETROIT is 37-49 (-14.3 Units) against the money line against right-handed starters this season.
MAROTH is 0-8 (-8.0 Units) against the money line as a road underdog of +100 to +125 over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
TORONTO is 41-29 (+18.9 Units) against the money line in night games this season.
TORONTO is 56-54 (+6.9 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
TORONTO is 18-10 (+9.0 Units) against the money line at home when the total is 9 to 9.5 this season.

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

MIKE MAROTH vs. TORONTO since 1997
MAROTH is 2-3 when starting against TORONTO with an ERA of 6.75 and a WHIP of 1.571.
His team's record is 2-3 (+0.6 units) in these starts. The OVER is 2-2. (-0.2 units)

DAVID BUSH vs. DETROIT since 1997
No recent starts.

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MINNESOTA (57 - 54) at SEATTLE (47 - 63) - 10:05 PM
CARLOS SILVA (R) vs. GIL MECHE (R)
Top Trends for this game.
MINNESOTA is 57-53 (-6.4 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
MECHE is 24-15 (+11.9 Units) against the money line after a loss over the last 3 seasons. (Team's Record)
MECHE is 16-10 (+12.1 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
SEATTLE is 110-162 (-40.5 Units) against the money line in all games over the last 2 seasons.
SEATTLE is 105-148 (-31.9 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field over the last 2 seasons.
SEATTLE is 72-112 (-31.5 Units) against the money line in night games over the last 2 seasons.
SEATTLE is 75-111 (-24.5 Units) against the money line against right-handed starters over the last 2 seasons.
SEATTLE is 66-96 (-22.1 Units) against the money line after a loss over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 2-1 (+1.2 Units) against SEATTLE this season
2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL this season . (Under=+1.0 Units)

CARLOS SILVA vs. SEATTLE since 1997
SILVA is 2-0 when starting against SEATTLE with an ERA of 1.23 and a WHIP of 1.182.
His team's record is 3-0 (+3.6 units) in these starts. The OVER is 1-2. (-1.1 units)

GIL MECHE vs. MINNESOTA since 1997
MECHE is 5-1 when starting against MINNESOTA with an ERA of 4.01 and a WHIP of 1.172.
His team's record is 5-2 (+2.6 units) in these starts. The OVER is 5-2. (+2.8 units)

**Spark** · 08-08-2005, 12:30 PM

Hot pitchers
-- Jennings is 2-0, 1.89 in his last three starts, but was on DL, and is making first start since July 20. Vargas is 1-0, 3.18 in his two starts this season.

-- Miller is 2-0, 3.46 in his last two starts.
-- Bush is 2-0, 3.10 in his last three starts.
-- Silva has 2.84 RA in his last five starts.

Cold pitchers
-- Kim is 0-1, 4.79 in his last three starts. Florida is 3-6 in Beckett's road starts.
-- Santos has 8.18 RA in his last nine starts. Morris 1-2, 7.65 in his last three starts.
-- Williams is 2-2, 4.89 in his last six starts. Claussen is 0-2, 11.42 in two starts vs Cubs this season.

-- Rodriguez is 0-3, 6.47 in his last seven starts.
-- Hernandez is 1-3, 5.34 in his last five starts. Mussina is 0-2, 5.68 in his last two starts.
-- Maroth has 9.12 RA in his last five starts.
-- Meche is 2-4, 7.71 in his last seven starts.

Totals
-- Last four Colorado games went over the total.
-- Over is 4-1 in last five Santos starts, after previous 12 starts all went over the total.
-- Under is 6-1 in last seven Wrigley games.

-- Over is 5-2 in last seven Fenway Park games.
-- Over is 4-0-1 in last five White Sox road games.
-- Four of last five Detroit road games went over total.
-- Four of last five Silva starts stayed under the total.

Hot teams
-- Rockies won five of last seven games.
-- Brewers won six of their last eight games. St Louis is 12-6 in its last eighteen road games.
-- Reds won their last five road games.

-- Red Sox won nine of last 11 games, eight in a row at Fenway Park. Texas won six of its last seven road tilts.
-- White Sox are 18-5 in last 23 road games.

Cold Teams
-- Woeful Cubs lost last five games, scoring 13 runs.

-- Tigers lost eight of their last ten games.
-- Minnesota lost twelve of its last sixteen games. Seattle lost four of its last five games.

**Spark** · 08-08-2005, 12:33 PM

13) Golfer Jason Gore shot a 59 on Nationwide Tour Friday, then had eight consecutive birdies Sunday, as he won his third tournament of season, and got on the PGA Tour for the rest of the season.

12) If I rooted for the Mets, and a radio announcer for Mets called Carlos Beltran "a timid outfielder", would I be happy that my team spent $100 million on him?

To me, announcer Howie Rose is fair, and definitely wants the Mets to win, as he is authority on all things Mets, so if he criticizes a star player, it is warranted.

11) Was out Saturday night, and the bar TVs had four things on: poker, X Games, quarter horse racing from Los Alamitos and Astros-Diamondbacks baseball tilt. By far, the event getting the least amount of attention was the baseball game.

10) Was impressive to hear both Dan Marinos speak at the Hall of Fame Sunday; the younger Marino has taken acting lessons and performed, so his polish was not surprising. The elder Marino is obviously revered by those who know him; those things become clear at an event like this.

When someone like Bob Costas, who works at HBO with Marino, comes in for an event like this, that is an obvious statement of respect. Jackie Sherrill, one of his coaches at Pitt, came in, as did both Mark Clayton and Mark Duper, who caught so many passes from Marino. All in all, an excellent event.

9) Once again, Steve Young plays second fiddle; his 49er career was in shadow of Joe Montana, and Hall of Fame enshrinement was in Marino's shadow. Still, I rated Young as a better player than Marino. Running QBs always scare the hell out of me.

8) Just because every stat Marino has is so awesome, he threw 3,391 passes that were either incomplete or picked off. Incredible number by a great passer.

7) Marino family seems so close. Teenage kids aren't always cooperative, but the two sons that sat in front now both wore #13 Dolphin jerseys. All of them just seemed like the ideal family. Pretty cool.

6) Las Vegas will host the 2007 NBA All-Star Game, which guarantees that every limo west of the Rockies will be on the Strip that weekend.

5) Strangest TV commercial in years; Snoop Dawg on golf course with Lee Iacocca, doing Chrysler ad. Talk about worlds colliding.

4) Shareef Abdur-Rahim sprained his knee 12 years ago, in high school, and that is what is holding up his trade to the Nets. Having been burned in the past with injured players, they are being ultra-cautious.

3) I am guessing teams that will have edge in NHL this season are teams with experienced coaches, who are sharper at putting a team together. All of which makes this next note a little more unusual...........

.........Phoenix will announce Wayne Gretzky as coach on Monday. Granted, he is an icon who will help the league recover from the last year, but he hasn't been a coach, and will be at a disadvantage this season.

2) Seen on a t-shirt in Florida:

"Seven days without pizza makes you weak" I agree.

1)Peter Jennings died from lung cancer. Anchormen like Jennings come into our homes for years, so much so that they become fixtures. Just to think that he was 67 years old is amazing; he didn't look it.

Peter Jennings will surely be missed.

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