GAMBLERS WORLD TIP OF THE DAY
New York Knicks vs. Detroit Pistons
Prediction: Detroit Pistons
Current Line: -13 Over/Under: 193 Reason: The New York Knicks and the Detroit Pistons will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Oddsmakers currently have the Pistons listed as 13-point favorites versus the Knicks, while the game's total is sitting at 193. The Knicks defeated Orlando 100-90 as an 8-point favorite last time out. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over/under total (212). Wilson Chandler scored 23 points for New York, while Zach Randolph added 20 points and 11 rebounds in the win. The Pistons defeated Miami 91-75 as a 14.5-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score went OVER the posted over/under total (175). Rodney Stuckey scored 19 points for Detroit, while Tayshaun Prince added 14 points in the win. Current streak: Detroit has won 5 straight games. Team records: New York: 21-56 SU, 35-41-1 ATS Detroit: 55-21 SU, 42-33-1 ATS New York most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 4-6 Before playing Charlotte are 7-3 After playing Orlando are 2-8 After a win are 1-9 Detroit most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 8-2 Before playing Philadelphia are 6-4 After playing Miami are 7-3 After a win are 7-3 A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 5 of New York's last 5 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 6 of New York's last 7 games New York is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games New York is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against New York Detroit is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home
EZ WINNERS
MLB
1 STAR: (915) DETROIT (+$152) over Boston
(Listing Rogers and Matsuzaka)
(Risking $100 to win $152)
1 STAR: (917) KANSAS CITY (+$131) over NY Yankees
(Listing Bannister and Hughes)
(Risking $100 to win $131)
1 STAR: (919) OAKLAND (+$122) over Toronto
(Lisiting Harden and Burnett)
(Risking $100 to win $122)
1 STAR: (922) TAMPA BAY (+$117) over Seattle
(Listing Garza and Bedard)
(Risking $100 to win $117)
Alex Smart Sports
Atlanta Hawks vs. Indiana Pacers
Play: Atlanta Hawks
Prediction: Atlanta Hawks Reason: The Atlanta Hawks are currently on all cylinders, winning 6 of their L/7 overall and 11 of their L/13 behind Joe Johnson and Mike Bibby, and look like a team on a mission. Their opposition tonight the Indiana Pacers have played well of late also, but , their positive run, has come against some very weak teams. With Atlanta 3 games up on Indiana for the final postseason spot in the east, and their first playoff appearance in 9 years on the line, you can bet this up and coming team, smells blood in the water, and will attack with relentless mercy in this spot. Final notes & Key Trends: It must be noted that Indiana pummeled the Hawks 113-91 the last time these teams met, here in the Hoosier state back on Jan 4 .Now the Hawks will want some immediate redemption for that loss, which sets up well for us here as they are 9-1 ATS revenging a beat down loss vs opponent of 20 points or more. Play on Atlanta
BRYAN LEONARD
Cleveland Indians @ Los Angeles Angels
PICK: under
Night games in southern California tend to play towards unders and last night was no exception. Just 3 runs were scored in the first 8 innings before each team's closers imploded. With sinker ball throwing Jake Westbrook on the mound we will look for runs to be at a premium. Westbrook went the entire preseason without giving up a run and he was excellent in his 2008 debut. He owns a solid 3.12 career ERA against the Halos.
Ervin Santana had huge home/road splits a year ago but he has dominated in this building. Santana owns a 25-9 record with an outstanding 3.14 ERA at home. A main reason is because he often pitches here at night which limits his fly ball tendencies.
Cleveland's bats have been silent all year while the Angels big boppers have yet to get in stride. We look for a southern California pitchers duel with the under easily coming to fruition.
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Ferringo
1.5-Unit Play. Take Philadelphia (+135) over New York Mets
1-Unit Play. Take ‘Over’ 9.5 Philadelphia at New York Mets
The Phillies have won eight straight against the Mets and six straight in Shea Stadium. We have two equally shaky bullpens and I see both starters getting touched up pretty well. Jamie Moyer has had a lot of success against the Mets in his career and the Phillies are 17-4 in his last 21 starts against divisional opponents. Neither bullpen can get anyone out and both teams crush left-handed pitching. I see a barn burner between these rivals.
3.5-Unit Play. Take ‘Over’ 9.5 St. Louis at Houston
C.B. Bucknor’s tiny zone isn’t going to help out either pitcher in today’s matchup. This guy is a nearly automatic ‘over’ play. And, following a fluke ‘under’ in the Minnesota game last week in which there were 18 hits and just seven runs, I think we’re going to see some fireworks in tiny Minute Maid park. Shawn Chacon has an ERA of nearly 6.00 in his career in Houston and the ‘over’ is 5-1 in Brad Thompson’s last six outings. Finally, the wind will be blowing out and I think the roof will be open. I'm looking for at least three home runs and well over double-digits in runs.
2.5-Unit Play. Take Los Angeles Angels (-120) over Cleveland
1.5-Unit Play. Take ‘Over’ 8.5 Cleveland at Los Angeles Angels
Even though Ervin Santana is 0-5 in his career against the Indians, he is still 25-9 at home in his career and the Angels are 26-9 in his . Hopefully some momentum will carry over for the Halos from their big win last night and they will beat up Jake Westbrook. Jake is 5-12 in his career in April and just 2-5 against the Angels. Cleveland is also 1-6 in his last seven starts against L.A. The Angels are hitting nearly .300 against right-handed pitching and I look for them to jump on Westbrook early.
2-Unit Play. Take New York Yankees (-140) over Kansas City
The Yankees have won nine of 10 against the Royals and are 19-6 against K.C. over the past three years. Also, New York is 48-12 in the last 60 meetings with the Royals. Their bats came out to play in the last two games against Tampa Bay and I think that they will continue to pound Brian Bannister, whom they rocked in an 11-5 win last September.
2-Unit Play. Take San Diego (-105) over San Francisco
In another week or so we’re going to have to pay -200 to bet against the Giants. We’re going to get while the getting is good. The Giants were awful against left-handers last year and San Diego has been hammering right-handed pitching. This one should be tight, but I think the Padres can continue San Fran's misery. They are 11-1 in the last 12 meetings.
1-Unit Play. Take Los Angeles Dodgers (-130) over Arizona
1.5-Unit Play. Take ‘Under’ 9.0 Los Angeles Dodgers at Arizona
I think the Dodgers bounce back with a win today against Doug Davis, who will be making one of his last starts before leaving the team to deal with his thyroid cancer. He should get a nice boost from the home crowd, but the Dodgers have been destroying left-handed pitching over the last two seasons and I think they’re going to get to him today.
FERRALL
BRAVES ( EVEN ODDS ) on ML over Rockies--Atlanta lost 2-1 Monday but get back to .500 winning second game of series. Colorado is hitting .209 and have scored only 12 runs this season. Jair Jurrjens won his first start for Atlanta striking out 5 Pirates.
St.Louis (EVEN ODDS) on ML over Astros--Brad Thompson 2-0 vs Houston in 7 games and two starts. Houston has had to have three late innign rally's to win their games. They haven't won two straight yet. Houston won Monday and ended the Cards five game win streak
CINCY -105 on ML over Brewers--Johnny Cueto over Jeff Suppan in Brew Town. Cueto retired 21 of 22 and K'd 10 in his first start. I'll take the kid in the upset special
Dunkel
Today's MLB Picks
NY Yankees at Kansas City
The Yankees start a stretch of 18 road games in their next 20 without injured Derek Jeter and facing Kansas City starter Brian Bannister, who opened the season with seven shutout innings against the Tigers. The Royals are the home underdog pick (+125) according to Dunkel, which has Kansas City favored straight up by 1/2 a run. Dunkel Pick: Kansas City (+125). Here are all of today's games.
Game 901-902: Philadephia at NY Mets
Dunkel Ratings: Philadelphia (Moyer) 14.940; NY Mets (Perez) 15.295
Dunkel Line: NY Mets by 1/2; 9
Vegas Line: NY Mets (-140); 9 1/2
Dunkel Pick: NY Mets (-140); Under
Game 903-904: St. Louis at Houston
Dunkel Ratings: St. Louis (Thompson) 15.799; Houston (Chacon) 14.987
Dunkel Line: St. Louis by 1; 8 1/2
Vegas Line: Houston (-110); 9 1/2
Dunkel Pick: St. Louis (+100); Under
Game 905-906: Cincinnati at Milwaukee
Dunkel Ratings: Cincinnati (Cueto) 14.703; Milwaukee (Suppan) 15.883
Dunkel Line: Milwaukee by 1; 9
Vegas Line: Cincinnati (-110); 8 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Milwaukee (+100); Over
Game 907-908: Atlanta at Colorado
Dunkel Ratings: Atlanta (Jurrjens) 15.501; Colorado (Jimenez) 14.200
Dunkel Line: Atlanta by 1 1/2; 9
Vegas Line: Colorado (-115); 10 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Atlanta (+105); Under
Game 909-910: LA Dodgers at Arizona
Dunkel Ratings: LA Dodgers (Billingsley) 15.150; Arizona (Davis) 16.070
Dunkel Line: Arizona by 1; 8
Vegas Line: LA Dodgers (-135); 9
Dunkel Pick: Arizona (+125); Under
Game 911-912: San Diego at San Francisco
Dunkel Ratings: San Diego (Wolf) 14.813; San Francisco (Lincecum) 14.120
Dunkel Line: San Diego by 1; 9
Vegas Line: San Diego (-110); 7 1/2
Dunkel Pick: San Diego (-110); Over
Game 913-914: Baltimore at Texas
Dunkel Ratings: Baltimore (Burres) 15.389; Texas (Jennings) 15.968
Dunkel Line: Texas by 1/2; 10
Vegas Line: Texas (-140); 11
Dunkel Pick: Texas (-140); Under
Game 915-916: Detroit at Boston
Dunkel Ratings: Detroit (Rogers) 14.185; Boston (Matsuzaka) 15.390
Dunkel Line: Boston by 1; 10
Vegas Line: Boston (-160); 9 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Boston (-160); Over
Game 917-918: NY Yankees at Kansas City
Dunkel Ratings: NY Yankees (Hughes) 15.098; Kansas City (Bannister) 15.476
Dunkel Line: Kansas City by 1/2; 10
Vegas Line: NY Yankees (-135); 9
Dunkel Pick: Kansas City (+125); Over
Game 919-920: Oakland at Toronto
Dunkel Ratings: Oakland (Harden) 15.206; Toronto (Burnett) 16.769
Dunkel Line: Toronto by 1 1/2; 8 1/2
Vegas Line: Toronto (-135); 7 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Toronto (-135); Over
Game 921-922: Seattle at Tampa Bay
Dunkel Ratings: Seattle (Bedard) 15.062; Tampa Bay (Garza) 15.442
Dunkel Line: Tampa Bay by 1/2; 9
Vegas Line: Seattle (-130); 9 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Tampa Bay (+120); Under
Game 923-924: Cleveland at LA Angels
Dunkel Ratings: Cleveland (Westbrook) 14.882; LA Angels (Santana) 15.117
Dunkel Line: LA Angels by 1/2; 9 1/2
Vegas Line: LA Angels (-125); 8 1/2
Dunkel Pick: LA Angels (-125); Over
DUNKEL
Utah at New Orleans
The Jazz are just 16-22 on the road this season and run into a New Orleans team tonight that has won 10 of its last 11. The Hornets are the pick (-4) according to Dunkel, which has New Orleans favored by 7. Dunkel Pick: New Orleans (-4). Here are all of today's games.
Game 501-502: Minnesota at Charlotte
Dunkel Ratings: Minnesota 113.955; Charlotte 116.680
Dunkel Line & Total: Charlotte by 2 1/2; 197
Vegas Line & Total: Charlotte by 4; 199 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Minnesota (+4); Under
Game 503-504: Atlanta at Indiana
Dunkel Ratings: Atlanta 119.805; Indiana 120.277
Dunkel Line & Total: Even; 210
Vegas Line & Total: Indiana by 2 1/2; 213
Dunkel Pick: Atlanta (+2 1/2); Under
Game 505-506: Chicago at Miami
Dunkel Ratings: Chicago 115.352; Miami 105.600
Dunkel Line & Total: Chicago by 10; 178
Vegas Line & Total: Chicago by 9; 182
Dunkel Pick: Chicago (-9); Under
Game 507-508: New York at Detroit
Dunkel Ratings: New York 109.550; Detroit 125.089
Dunkel Line & Total: Detroit by 15 1/2; 186
Vegas Line & Total: Detroit by 11; 190 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Detroit (-11); Under
Game 509-510: Phoenix at Memphis
Dunkel Ratings: Phoenix 125.896; Memphis 112.606
Dunkel Line & Total: Phoenix by 13; 223
Vegas Line & Total: Phoenix by 11 1/2; 229
Dunkel Pick: Phoenix (-11 1/2); Under
Game 511-512: Utah at New Orleans
Dunkel Ratings: Utah 121.358; New Orleans 128.565
Dunkel Line & Total: New Orleans by 7; 217 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: New Orleans by 4; 212
Dunkel Pick: New Orleans (-4); Over
Game 513-514: Boston at Milwaukee
Dunkel Ratings: Boston 126.429; Milwaukee 114.894
Dunkel Line & Total: Boston by 11 1/2; 190
Vegas Line & Total: Boston by 6 1/2; 195
Dunkel Pick: Boston (-6 1/2); Under
Game 515-516: Seattle at Dallas
Dunkel Ratings: Seattle 107.215; Dallas 125.874
Dunkel Line & Total: Dallas by 18 1/2; 200
Vegas Line & Total: Dallas by 17 1/2; 204 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Dallas (-17 1/2); Under
Game 517-518: LA Lakers at Portland
Dunkel Ratings: LA Lakers 123.171; Portland 113.816
Dunkel Line & Total: LA Lakers by 9 1/2; 198
Vegas Line & Total: LA Lakers by 8 1/2; 202
Dunkel Pick: LA Lakers (-8 1/2); Under
Game 519-520: Denver at LA Clippers
Dunkel Ratings: Denver 123.743; LA Clippers 112.296
Dunkel Line & Total: Denver by 11 1/2; 220
Vegas Line & Total: Denver by 13; 213
Dunkel Pick: LA Clippers (+13); Over
Game 521-522: Sacramento at Golden State
Dunkel Ratings: Sacramento 113.930; Golden State 124.786
Dunkel Line & Total: Golden State by 11; 224
Vegas Line & Total: Golden State by 10 1/2; 228
Dunkel Pick: Golden State (-10 1/2); Under
Bob Balfe
NBA Basketball
Heat +10 over Bulls
Major League Baseball
Rockies -120 over Braves
Brandon Lang
5 DIME
Cardinals
Mets
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Indians
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FREE - BoSox Run Line and Dodgers
Jeff Alexander Sports
1 Unit on Baltimore Orioles +146 (Listing Burres and Jennings)
Baltimore is off to a fantastic start, having won 5 straight games. We'll ride the O's momentum here against the overvalued Rangers. Texas is just 10-24 against the money line in home games vs. an AL team with an on base percentage of .345 or better over the last 3 seasons and 13-28 against the money line in home games vs. AL teams scoring 5.2 or more runs/game on the season over the last 3 seasons. Baltimore is a staggering 114-69 against the money line vs. a terrible bullpen whose ERA is 5.50 or worse since 1997. Jennings is 0-8 against the money line as a favorite of -110 or higher over the last 2 seasons, 3-16 against the money line in all games over the last 2 seasons, and 1-10 against the money line in home games over the last 2 seasons. The O's are 10-1 against the money line after 3 straight games where the bullpen gave up no runs over the last 3 seasons. We'll take the O's here.
Vegas Runner
DET/BOS OVER 9.5 1*
I was looking to back Boston in this spot but was a little surprised by the chalk and I try not to take the RL on home teams unless my work shows an overwhelming edge in doing so...but while capping this one, I did see a lot of things that I like about this Total...so I went ahead and UPLOADED it into the System for Subscribers and since it will be the only Day/Afternoon Wager for us, I decided to use it as the Forum Play and pass it along to you guys in hopes that maybe I can start you off with a Winner headed into this Evening, Good Luck, VR
Jeff Bonds
TEXAS RANGERS +135 RL (1 DIME)
seeyouinthewinnerscircle Indiana Pacers -2.5
CM Million Dollar Picks Charlotte Bobcats -4.0
Lucky Leprechaun Sports LA Angels -112
Delevan New York Mets -142