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Posted: #851
Nats DEF WON last night lol.
 
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Posted: #852
Hey SimonDog, I don't want to stir s##t here but my guess is that your picks have not been included since Mavin asked you "Please provide reasoning" for your picks from yesterday and none was given.
I could be totally wrong though....I am new, what do i know. Just my opinion. BOL and thanks for posting
 
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Posted: #853
greengiants 21-25 -475$

Under 8.5 NY Yankees - ARI Diamondbacks +108

another play on an under ump Kulpa.

NY Mets ML +110

Niese always came back strong after giving up 4 ER runs or more last season, and he usually has strong performances during the day.Garland has typically struggled in his career during day games.


TOR BlueJays ML -110
 
Dickey seemed to getting the feel for his knuckleball back last start, I think he has a strong start tonight.Looking at Sale's splits last season I was surprised to see his ERA near 4 at 3.77, he seemed to have his struggles on the road last season.The line opened with the Jays at -125 at my book, at first glance I thought Sale at + money let's jump on it, but sometimes when it seems to good to be true it usually is, which brings me to take Toronto here to split the 4 game series.

best of luck to everyone today!  

 
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AshyLarryMP 23-23-4 -$358

BAL Orioles TT Under 3.5 -125

CLE Indians TT Under 3.5 -115

Under 7.5 BAL Orioles - TB Rays -115

price has great lifetime #'s vs orioles, and rays need some wins, price is going to piggyback off of moore's solid outing and go 7ip 2er of his own.. i expect miguel gonzales to over match this rays offense as well, as number should go well under in my opinion.. i'll say 3-2 rays.

lesters last 24ip vs CLE 3er 32k's! granted new indians team, way lesters throwing right now i don't expect that to stop.. unless lester gets into a jam and gives up the big one, indians should stay under 4 runs today, i expect a pitchers duel here too.

*side note* knew i should of bet brewers! no scutaro or posey today, but stayed away instead, tough to bet against my giants.. but good luck everyone!
 
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Posted: #855
love the picks today GG!! especially with rockies struggles vs lefties and niese bounceback start.. mets ML has been booked, jays as well, whitesox don't have a lot of experience vs lefties, and hawk harrelson said himself that paul konerko struggles vs knucklers. good luck man 
 
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Posted: #856

Musicmatt1  34-14-2  +1535$

 

DET Tigers  ML  -161

 

SEA Mariners  TT Under 3  -140

 

ATL Braves  ML  -125

 

Verlander should dominate these hitters after the late game yesterday.  He should pitch long enough to rest the bullpen.  Should be a real low scoring game.  Last night was the game, if the Mariners planned on taking it.  I know it is difficult to sweep as series, but I feel more confident that the Tigers have not done it yet this season.

 

I know the Pirates have been hot lately but the Braves have been hot all season.  Remember what happened when two hot teams met in Washington last weekend?  Also, liking the fact the Braves will need to bounce back from a loss yesterday.

 
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Posted: #857
Quote Originally Posted by ashylarrymp:

love the picks today GG!! especially with rockies struggles vs lefties and niese bounceback start.. mets ML has been booked, jays as well, whitesox don't have a lot of experience vs lefties, and hawk harrelson said himself that paul konerko struggles vs knucklers. good luck man 

oops typo.. meant knucklers* we know dickey isn't lefty lol
 
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Posted: #858
Top 2# Baseball handicappers on here rock! Thanks for the great work
 
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Posted: #859
Quote Originally Posted by spach79:

Hey SimonDog, I don't want to stir s##t here but my guess is that your picks have not been included since Mavin asked you "Please provide reasoning" for your picks from yesterday and none was given.
I could be totally wrong though....I am new, what do i know. Just my opinion. BOL and thanks for posting

Yea SimonDog u have been warned a couple times and you've been givin some leeway bc of your record but my guess is Mavin will stop including your plays unless you provide reasoning.  We are all trying to help each other out here and just posting plays really doesn't help us become better handicappers.  Mavin isn't expecting much as far as reasoning goes, literally just a sentence or 2 about each game.  Every else follows the rules and you should as well.  No disrespect towards but just gotta follow the rules of Mavins contest if u want to continue to be a part of it
 
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Posted: #860
cmcmahan.. I will try to do it thanka
 
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Posted: #861
Rock the house today simon Dog.!
 
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Posted: #862

Simondog Reasons for Picks

 

DET Tigers ML -161 (Long game last night, Det has deeper bullpen and Verlander only needs 3 runs to win games

 

ATL Braves ML -125 (Braves best record in baseball vs inconsistent Pirates team.. While Teheran is off to slow start he did settle down against WAS the other night.. so this might be right spot..

 

MIL Brewers ML +102 (No Reaseon Gallardo is winless.. solid pitcher and has some proving to do since his arrest this week.,.. He will focus today

 

 
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Posted: #863
thank you for the reasonings simondog! i trust you, many of us appreciate it! and those reasonings are plenty long 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by ashylarrymp:

love the picks today GG!! especially with rockies struggles vs lefties and niese bounceback start.. mets ML has been booked, jays as well, whitesox don't have a lot of experience vs lefties, and hawk harrelson said himself that paul konerko struggles vs knucklers. good luck man 

Thanks Ash! looking to start a winning streak tonight!
 
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Posted: #865
Hekili1  2-1  +105$

BOS Red Sox -1.5 +120

Lester is off to a great start this season and if the Sox bats can get at least four runs, Lester and his 1.42 ERA should be able to cover.

CIN Reds -1.5 +120

It's the Marlins for goodness sakes...they are 1-5 on the road. Yes it's the first Major League start for Cingrani but this could be a good thing since the Marlins aren't swinging the bats well. Cincy wins by at least three...

ATL Braves ML -117

Great value here with the best record in the League at -117...Teheran has not pitched good this season but the ATL offense will show up as usual.  The bats were silenced against the Royals in the streak ending game but Eddings had something to do with that...even the commentators agreed with the ATL displeasure.

 
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ARI Diamondbacks ML +100

Fading Hughes in this spot.  Good matchup for the D'backs lineup.  Edge to Arizona's bullpen.

ATL Braves ML -120

The Pirates are hitting hot right now but I still like Atlanta's lineup too.  Both have good bullpens.  Teheran has shown spots of great pitching.

CHI White Sox ML -102

Dickey just gets hit hard at Rogers Center.  There is some success for Chicago batters vs Dickey.  Edge to White Sox' bullpen and lineup.
 
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Posted: #867
Quote Originally Posted by SimonDog:

Maybe my numbers are off.

 

I show MusicMatt  (33-16-1) +1151

 

SimonDog  32-17-2  (1259)

 

What am I missing

 

As I just posted a thread about the best cappers and signal givers (binaries) on NBA forum (I began at MLB but my thread was moved to penalty box because of the title I think) - I can affirm that SportsMavin's count is correct:

Musicmatt holds the best MLB record in whole Covers site with 34-14-2 with +1535 USD
Your record if to count yesterday as well (not sure yet what will SportsMavin decide to do with yesterday) would be 33-16-2 +1527 USD. Only 8 USD but still behind Musicmatt.
 
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Posted: #868
Quote Originally Posted by ashylarrymp:

AshyLarryMP 23-23-4 -$358

BAL Orioles TT Under 3.5 -125

CLE Indians TT Under 3.5 -115

Under 7.5 BAL Orioles - TB Rays -115

price has great lifetime #'s vs orioles, and rays need some wins, price is going to piggyback off of moore's solid outing and go 7ip 2er of his own.. i expect miguel gonzales to over match this rays offense as well, as number should go well under in my opinion.. i'll say 3-2 rays.

lesters last 24ip vs CLE 3er 32k's! granted new indians team, way lesters throwing right now i don't expect that to stop.. unless lester gets into a jam and gives up the big one, indians should stay under 4 runs today, i expect a pitchers duel here too.

*side note* knew i should of bet brewers! no scutaro or posey today, but stayed away instead, tough to bet against my giants.. but good luck everyone!

Can we say 3-2 Orioles?

 
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Posted: #869
From observing SportsMavin's techniques regarding the capping - he must believe that you're actually will get worse if you do not reason your picks and it will work against you and that's a reason he tries to put you through some working borderlines. 
 
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Posted: #870
Quote Originally Posted by Musicmatt1:


Can we say 3-2 Orioles?


3-2 O's it is! 

although id prefer 1-0 Orioles, Miguel Gonzalez my fantasy pitcher lol.. but price is going to be spitting some hot fire tonight
 
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Posted: #871
KCsFinest829 20-23 -298$

Didn't like the card yesterday and just needed some time to review things in order to get out of this skid. Here's what I got.

STL Cardinals ML -112

Two aces on the mound, one playing like it the other may be realizing he isn't the staff on the ace (that belongs to Clifford Lee). STL has been more consistent with their bats, just can never trust philly.

Over 8.5 ARI Diamonbacks - NY Yankees -115

Phil Hughes is god awful. Both teams can swing a hot bat and I expect some power to be shown in Yankees stadium tonight.

BAL Orioles ML +123

Gut feeling on this one. I like Balty this year being able to produce runs and just haven't been impressed with Price much at all.
 
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1    33-28       +335$

2    24-18       +337$

3    16-18        -349$

4    17-4-1    +1476$

5    20-11-1    +992$

6    21-8       +1356$

7    14-20-1     -919$

8     12-16       -538$

9     8-20-1      -1431$

10   20-7-2     +1230$
 
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11   11-13-6     -178$

12    14-9-1     +380$

13    13-9-2     +227$

14     10-17      -938$

15    10-12-3    -313$

16    10-12-4    -465$

13    13-10-4     +212$

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Total  266-232-26   +1414$
 
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Posted: #874
anyone notice a trend in mavins postings of the records?? days 7-8-9 and 14-15-16 all are red.. those SHOULD be cooresponding days on the calendar.. 14-15-16 are (sunday, monday, tuesday) of this week.. and 7-8-9 are (sunday, monday, and tuesday of last week).. 

maybe there's something to that, maybe too little of a timetable, not sure. i have noticed tuesdays have been screwing me though so far.


 
 
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MikeTizzy  20-14-1  +721$

 

CHI Whitesox ML +104

 

Sale and CWS has all the measurables here. deeper stronger pen as well for the late game, while Tor doesnt look to hit the Ace lefty. 

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