MLB wed 4/11

[Stifler's Mom]

pirates +125

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[joepa66]

GL Stiffie!

[Hackman]

Gl Mom

[emv01]

Let's start the day with a W...

[birdsfan5]

GL Stif

[CuseFan10]

GL with the Buccos Stif!

[gadfly36]

gl stif

[Stifler's Mom]

adding in ytd record: 37-31 (+23.16 units)

Oakland A's -110

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I said it last time Buehrle started, that he's an automatic fade for me at this kind of price. He had one good season....that's it. He hasn't done anything worth speaking of since, unless you are talking about how he was a one season wonder.

It doesn't upset me that there may be lingering effects from the injury he received when he was removed from his last start early in the game just as the Tribe was starting to unload on him, although I'm not counting on that being the case.

I also realize the A's lineup isn't nearly as powerful as Cleveland's, but I still like their chances to get enough to win here, as the White Sox "O" hasn't really done **** this year either after the first 2 games.

[Stifler's Mom]

A's/White Sox over 9 (-115)

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This qualifies as one of those system plays I was talking about last week. I haven't been playing them since the first 4 I posted that went 2-2, but they went 2-5 since. If the PIT/STL game goes under, that will add another loss.

I've decided I'm going to play these selectively, at least for now, and with this one, I'm banking on the law of averages here, plus that I really think the A's can get to Buehrle....while Kennedy is no ace himself, so I'm not seeing him pitching a shutout either.

I will probably be on the Arizona/Cincinnati over later with the same reasoning.

The other 2 plays today would be Baltimore/Detroit over and Tampon Bay/Texas under, neither one of which I am too fond of....and I see them probably going 1-1 at best, so I'm going to pass on those.

[beancounter]

good luck with that over....should be interesting weather wise. it was 65 and sunny yesterday, then woke up to rain this morning, now it is partly cloudy/sunny and really windy.

[Stifler's Mom]

Originally Posted by beancounter

good luck with that over....should be interesting weather wise. it was 65 and sunny yesterday, then woke up to rain this morning, now it is partly cloudy/sunny and really windy.

Hope the wind is blowing OUT towards the outfield, lol.

Something else I've noticed is that the A's tend to play more overs (at home) during the daytime than at night. Since you're from the area, I was wondering if you knew why that might be??

[Stifler's Mom]

Baltimore +120
Seattle +165
Washington +245
Minnesota +145
Arizona/Cincinnati over 9 -120

2 units each

[Dutch Goose]

Good Luck today Stif

[Stifler's Mom]

I'm wondering....is Jim Thome the absolute slowest player in baseball? Now I know he's no speed merchant, but how could he not score from first on that double by Konerko? Seriously, that thing was in the air FOREVER, and there were 2 outs, so he would have been running on contact.

RUN Jimmy RUN.....

[wsox08]

Originally Posted by Stifler's Mom

I'm wondering....is Jim Thome the absolute slowest player in baseball? Now I know he's no speed merchant, but how could he not score from first on that double by Konerko? Seriously, that thing was in the air FOREVER, and there were 2 outs, so he would have been running on contact.

RUN Jimmy RUN.....

Thome is slow but.... Konerko is probably the slowest besides one of the Molinas.. But I agree it would have been nice if he scored.