CAPPERS ACCESS
Spurs
Pirates
Dodgers
John Fina
Selection: Cleveland Indians -1.5 Runs
Today the Texas Rangers will be on the road as they take on the Cleveland Indians. We will side with the Cleveland Indians -1.5 Runs! One reason why we are siding with the Cleveland Indians is because they will be sending to the mound the much superior starting pitcher. This says it all... The Texas Rangers Starting Pitcher (Scott Feldman) has a 4.10 ERA this season, while Cleveland Indians Starting Pitcher (Cliff Lee) has a 1.37 ERA this season. To say the least, the Cleveland Indians hold a huge advantage on the mound today. The Cleveland Indians are 8-4 in their last 12 meetings against the Texas Rangers, and should be able to get another blowout win tonight! Take the Cleveland Indians -1.5 Runs
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Detroit w/Verlander -182
Big Al
White Sox/Angels Over
MadduxSports
Spurs -5
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Detroit -1.5
Tampa Bay -155
JerseySteveWins
Arizona
Templer's Sports Picks
San Diego
Paul Leiner
10* Redsox
Jack Clayton
Diamondbacks
PlusLineSports
New York Yankees -1.5
RedZone Sports
Spurs
2-Minute Warning
Spurs
Arthur Ralph
White Sox
THE VEGAS STEAMLINE
ARIZONA
DARK HORSE
Angels
COMPUTER SPORTS
RED SOX-130
HAWKEYE
Dodgers/St. Louis Over
TOTALS 4 U
ANGELS/WHITE SOX OVER
PLATINUM PLAYS
Angels/White Sox Under
MIKE WYNN
Toronto
HUDDLE UP
KC
#1 SPORTS
ATHLETICS
TRACE ADAMS
LA ANGELS
RAZOR SHARP
NY METS
NEVADA SHARP SHOOTER
METS
BIG TIME SPORTS
ANGELS/WHITE SOX OVER
SCOUT
Atlanta
DR VEGAS
Dodgers
Donald Tran
LA Angels
ARMVIN SPORTS
REDS
Hot Lock sports
Brewers/Nationals Under 9
CHUCK FRANKLIN
3* SAN DIEGO
Insider Sports Report
Chicago Cubs
Scott Spreitzer's NBA Western Finals **GAME OF THE YEAR!**
I'm laying the points with the Spurs on Sunday. I released the Lakers on these pages a couple of nights ago and we were rewarded with a blowout win. I expect another wide-margin victory tonight, but this time the defending champs will be the winning side. Tim Duncan wrapped up the Spurs game-two perfomance saying his team had plenty of open looks, just couldn't make the shots. But it was a bit more than that. Obviously, Manu wasn't right. But also, the Spurs were hungover from blowing their 20-point third quarter lead in game one, along with the fatigue from the short turnaround in New Orleans. The Spurs have now had a couple of days to recuperate and that promises to be bad news for the Lakers. Dating back to last season, the Spurs are on a 12-0 playoff run on their home floor, where they average almost 17 ppg more than they do on the road. San Antone was in the same spot in their last series with New Orleans. After dropping the first two games in blowout fashion, everyone questioned whether the Spurs had grown too old to compete with the younger and talented Hornets. The Spurs responded with back-to-back blowout wins of their own, scoring 110 and 100 points. Obviously, this is a tougher challenge, but I believe the Spurs are up to the task...at least tonight. San Antone took just 10 free throws in game-two, making just five. Tonight, I expect Parker and Ginobili to take it to the Lakers in the paint, not only drawing fouls, but also setting up their outside shooters for kickouts. This will force the Lakers into scheme adjustments, eventually on both ends of the court. Finally, the Spurs are on a 20-8 ATS run in home games revenging a road loss, and they're a healthy 15-4 ATS after shooting 42% or less in three straight games, which shows their "bounce-back" ability! It's do or die time for the defending champs, and I believe they have it in them tonight to produce a big win and cover. My Western Finals GOY is a play on the Spurs, minus points.
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Spurs
Padres
Braves
Paul Leiner
200* LA/SAOver -192.5
50* LA Angels -110
10* Red Sox -110
Erin Rynning
Play Maker SPURS
Big Al
At 8:30 pm, our selection is on the San Antonio Spurs minus the points over Los Angeles. Gregg Popovich's crew arrives back in the Alamo City down two games to none to the Lakers, and the reason can be summed up in a nutshell: poor shooting. San Antonio shot just 37%, and made only 11 of 43 attempts from 3-point range, and suffered, in Game 2, its 3rd worst Playoff defeat in the Popovich era. But now, back home in the comfortable confines of the AT & T Center, I look for a much different result. After all, the Spurs were blown out three games in New Orleans, yet handled the Hornets all 3 times in Texas. And, dating back to last season, San Antonio has won 12 straight home playoff games, the longest active such streak in the NBA. This season, the Spurs were third-best in the league, with a 34-7 regular season home record. Their offensive point production has been markedly different at home this post-season (103 ppg) than on the road (86 ppg) for a 17 ppg average! In a must-win game for the Spurs, look for the Champs to roll. Lay the points. Good luck, as always...Al McMordie. SAN ANTONIO
BIG AL's NATIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL B-L-O-W-O-U-T.
At 1:35pm our selection is on the Chicago Cubs over the Pittsburgh PIrates. It's hard to imagine a more one-sided rivalry (if you can call it that) than the Cubs and Pirates. These two teams have already met eleven times in 2008 and even with Pittsburgh's late night, fourteen inning win on Saturday, the Cubs still hold a 9-2 edge in the series so far. The good news for the Pirates is that even though these two teams have already faced each other eleven times, today's starter, lefty Paul Maholm has yet to start in any of these games. The bad news for Pittsburgh however is that the Cubs are just murdering lefties this season, batting a sizzling .311 against them so far. The Cubs will also start a lefty in veteran Ted Lilly. Lilly got off to a very rough start this season, surrendering five earned runs in three of his first four starts (and four earned runs in the other start), but has really settled down lately and after six decent starts in a row has seen his ERA cut almost in half from 9.16 to 5.14 and his record improve from 0-3 to 5-4. In his last three starts, Lilly is 3-0 with a 3.44 ERA and 0.98 WHIP. This is the Ted Lilly the Cubs were hoping for when they acquired him from Toronto after the 2006 season. Take the Cubs. As always, good luck...Al McMordie. CHICAGO CUBS
EZWINNERS
MLB
1 STAR PARLAY: (968) NY YANKEES (-$235) and (959) PHILADELPHIA (-$160)
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1 STAR: (973) MINNESOTA (+$177) over Detroit
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1 STAR: (954) PITTSBURGH (+$120) over Chicago
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1 STAR: (956) WASHINGTON (-$102) over Milwaukee
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1 STAR: (966) LA DODGERS (-$117) OVER St. Louis
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NBA
1 STAR: (711) LA LAKERS (+5) over San Antonio
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GAMBLERS WORLD TIP OF THE DAY
Los Angeles Angels vs. Chicago White Sox
Prediction: Chicago White Sox
Current Line: -125 Over/Under: 8.5 Reason: The fans at U.S. Cellular Field will be treated to a game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Chicago White Sox when they take their seats on Sunday. Ace righthander John Lackey will take the mound for the Angels to start this game. Lackey is 1-0 this season with a 1.29 ERA. It'll be Jose Contreras toeing the rubber for the White Sox in this contest. Righthander Contreras is 5-3 with a 3.17 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the White Sox listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Angels, while the game's total is sitting at 8½. Jered Weaver tossed a three-hit shutout through eight innings on Saturday, as the Angels blanked the White Sox 2-0. The Angels won the game as a -105 pick'em, and the two runs fell UNDER the posted over/under (8.5). Casey Kotchman went 2-for-3 with one RBI for the Angels. Francisco Rodriguez turned away the side to earn his 21st save of the season. John Danks gave up two runs off five hits over five innings to suffer the loss on the hill. Current streak: Los Angeles has won 2 straight games. Chicago has lost 2 straight games. Team records: Los Angeles: 30-21 SU Chicago: 26-22 SU Los Angeles most recently: When playing on Sunday are 6-4 Before playing Detroit are 7-3 After playing Chi White Sox are 5-5 After a win are 6-4 Chicago most recently: When playing on Sunday are 2-8 Before playing Cleveland are 3-7 After playing LA Angels are 6-4 After a loss are 3-7 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Angels's last 5 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Angels's last 5 games The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Angels's last 5 games when playing Chi White Sox The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Angels's last 7 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi White Sox's last 5 games when playing LA Angels The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chi White Sox's last 7 games when playing at home against LA Angels The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi White Sox's last 6 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Chi White Sox's last 11 games
WILD BILL
Under 9 1/2 AZ-Braves (1 unit)
Phillies -160 w/Hamels (4 units)
Padres -135 w/Maddux (3 units)
St Louis +100 vs Kershaw (3 units)
Indians -200 w/CC Sabathia (4 units)
Under 9 1/2 Seattle-NYY (3 units)
Yankees -230 w/Wang (3 units)
Orioles +135 (5 units)
Boston -115 (5 units)
Under 8 1/2 Angels-White Sox (1 unit)
Over 8 KC-Toronto (1 unit)
Parlay: Yankees -230, Indians -200 (1 unit)
Parlay: Phillies -160, Indians -200, Red Sox -115 & Orioles +135 (1 unit)
NBA
Over 192 Lakers-Spurs (5 units)
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Cubs
Ariz
Mets
Phillies
Seattle + 1.5
VEGAS EXPERTS
Los Angeles Angels at Chicago White Sox
All signs point to the Under this evening on Sunday Night Baseball. Angels' starter John Lackey has gone Under in 14 of his previous 17 road starts and his team has gone Under in 16 of 22 overall. Five of the previous six meetings with the White Sox have gone Under the total. Chicago is 12-1 Under, not only after scoring 2 runs or less, but if playing with double revenge.
Play on: Under
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D'backs +105 (pod)
Cubs -120
Nats +105
Padres -130
Redsox -105