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6 Unit Series Wager.
PARLAY DENVER -220 & ORLANDO -1000 for the Series.
A 6 Unit Wager will yield you 3.6 Units here. Given that each of our plays are 4 Units, this is a standard wager for us and we are riding two teams that both have home court advantages and have a nice set of advantages in this series. I talk about each series in the daily page on the Research, so I will have more thoughts on these two teams tomorrow. But, bear in mind that the Nuggets closed the year very strong. They have won 8 of their last 10 and I love the fact they come off a 76-104 loss at Portland. That's great. In fact, Karl probably wanted his team to come off that loss so they remain focused and fired up for this game. These two teams have met four times so far this year and have actually split. Each team has won home once and each team has won on the road once. Denver won 101-88 last time out on the road, New Orleans won 94-81 at home prior to that, Denver won 105-100 at home and New Orleans won 101-105 on the road. But, the difference to this series and frankly, the difference in how these two teams finished the regular season is the fact that Denver has a bench that is stepping up with JR Smith and has a General this year as compared to last year. Billups has stabilized this team to 54 wins on the year, plus New Orleans has just not been clicking well to close the year out. This team has lost 6 of their last 8 and finished 1-3 on the road this year. Again, I love the fact that Denver comes off an ugly loss to Portland the road, they win at home on Sunday, and I expect them to pick up right where they left off winning 7 of their last 9 as compared to New Orleans who simply won 2 of their last 8. I got nothing against New Orleans, this team is solid, plays strong defense and has a great general of their own in Chris Paul. But, bear in mind the way New Orleans struggled on the road at San Antonio, at Dallas, losing 66-86 at Houston, the home court advantage of Denver, I suspect Denver wins this series in 6 games as they pluck off a road win in the process. As per Orlando, not much needs to be said outside the fact Orlando has covered and won all 3 times these two teams have met, the Magic are well rested, and Philadelphia comes into this game 1-6 over their last 7 games and even the win at Cleveland in OT was a failed cover as they were laying 3 as Lebron was out in that game. Denver in 6 and Orlando in 5.
LARRY NESS
Saturday Night Delight
The Tigers went 95-67 in 2006, making it all the way to the World Series, where they were upset by the Cardinals. They fell to 88-74 in 2007 and then last year, went just 74-88. At minus-$2,917, they finished as MLB's third-worst team vs the moneyline. The Mariners were MLB's second-worst moneyline team in 2008 (minus-$3,598), going 61-101, just a year after being the majors' second-best moneyline team in 2007, at plus-$1,9124 (88-74). The Mariners opened a three-game home series with the Tigers last night, winning 6-3. While the Tigers are now 5-5 in the early part of 2009, Seattle (despite Ichiro missing the first seven games) is an AL-best 8-3 and plus-$627 vs the moneyline. The Tigers went 34-47 on the road last year and have opened 1-4 this year (outscored 3.8-to-6.0 RPG). Detroit will send Edwin Jackson to the mound. Jackson began his career in Southern California (with both the Angels and Dodgers) but then wound up in Tampa. He was a terrible 5-15 with a 5.76 ERA in 2007 (team went 8-23 in his starts) but pitched pretty well for the AL champs last year, going 14-11 with a 4.42 ERA (team was 17-14). He signed with the Tigers for this season and while he's yet to get a decision in two starts, he's had two solid outings (3.38 ERA). However, I like the way the Mariners have opened this season and will take them again tonight (had a free play winner on them, Friday). Seattle traded five prospects to Baltimore for Bedard prior to last season but hip and back problems plagued him early on in 2008 and a shoulder injury ended his season after going 6-4 with a 3.67 ERA in 15 starts (team was 8-7). He had gone 28-16 (3.47) with Baltimore the previous two seasons (Orioles were 36-25) and the Mariners were counting on him to anchor their staff. Then again, as already stated, not much went right ofr Seattle in 2008. The Mariners have to be happy with the way Bedard has opened the 2009 season. He's 1-0 with a 2.03 ERA and should be 2-0. He allowed three runs in five innings at Minnesota on April 7 but with the Mariners up 5-3 in the ninth, Seattle's closer allowed three runs, after getting the first two batters out! Bedard then came within two outs of recording his second career shutout in a 1-0 win at Oakland this past Sunday. He's struck out 15 batters this year, while walking just one! The Tigers were great vs lefties in 2006 and 07 but last year fell to just 26-22 against them. Bedard leads a pitching staff which tops the AL in ERA at 3.01 (3rd-best in MLB) and that includes a bullpen which owns a 2.56 ERA (also No. 1 in the AL and third-best in the majors). Seattle's won seven of eight and the team's 8-3 mark ties the franchise record for the best 11-game start in team history. The winning continues tonight.
Saturday Night Delight on the Sea Mariners
LARRY NESS
Saturday Night Delight
The Tigers went 95-67 in 2006, making it all the way to the World Series, where they were upset by the Cardinals. They fell to 88-74 in 2007 and then last year, went just 74-88. At minus-$2,917, they finished as MLB's third-worst team vs the moneyline. The Mariners were MLB's second-worst moneyline team in 2008 (minus-$3,598), going 61-101, just a year after being the majors' second-best moneyline team in 2007, at plus-$1,9124 (88-74). The Mariners opened a three-game home series with the Tigers last night, winning 6-3. While the Tigers are now 5-5 in the early part of 2009, Seattle (despite Ichiro missing the first seven games) is an AL-best 8-3 and plus-$627 vs the moneyline. The Tigers went 34-47 on the road last year and have opened 1-4 this year (outscored 3.8-to-6.0 RPG). Detroit will send Edwin Jackson to the mound. Jackson began his career in Southern California (with both the Angels and Dodgers) but then wound up in Tampa. He was a terrible 5-15 with a 5.76 ERA in 2007 (team went 8-23 in his starts) but pitched pretty well for the AL champs last year, going 14-11 with a 4.42 ERA (team was 17-14). He signed with the Tigers for this season and while he's yet to get a decision in two starts, he's had two solid outings (3.38 ERA). However, I like the way the Mariners have opened this season and will take them again tonight (had a free play winner on them, Friday). Seattle traded five prospects to Baltimore for Bedard prior to last season but hip and back problems plagued him early on in 2008 and a shoulder injury ended his season after going 6-4 with a 3.67 ERA in 15 starts (team was 8-7). He had gone 28-16 (3.47) with Baltimore the previous two seasons (Orioles were 36-25) and the Mariners were counting on him to anchor their staff. Then again, as already stated, not much went right ofr Seattle in 2008. The Mariners have to be happy with the way Bedard has opened the 2009 season. He's 1-0 with a 2.03 ERA and should be 2-0. He allowed three runs in five innings at Minnesota on April 7 but with the Mariners up 5-3 in the ninth, Seattle's closer allowed three runs, after getting the first two batters out! Bedard then came within two outs of recording his second career shutout in a 1-0 win at Oakland this past Sunday. He's struck out 15 batters this year, while walking just one! The Tigers were great vs lefties in 2006 and 07 but last year fell to just 26-22 against them. Bedard leads a pitching staff which tops the AL in ERA at 3.01 (3rd-best in MLB) and that includes a bullpen which owns a 2.56 ERA (also No. 1 in the AL and third-best in the majors). Seattle's won seven of eight and the team's 8-3 mark ties the franchise record for the best 11-game start in team history. The winning continues tonight.
Saturday Night Delight on the Sea Mariners
Man is anyone on Detroit tonight other than Cash ;D
Joe Wiz 1-2 on Saturday but his site says the Bulls won. I paid for the premium playoff service and the Bulls weren't a play. Scammer. If he doesn't go 65%-75% in the playoffs I get baseball season for free. Scammer. Don't follow him.
Sunday premium Miami & Denver
Pay after you win Yankees runline
Spurs series play pending