I think and hope that North Carolina wins tonight, but with the way State is playing it's hard to bet against them. Equally, it's hard to bet against North Carolina so I'm avoiding the biggest game in college basketball and putting some money down on the ball diamond.
$$$$ Dodgers +130 @ San Diego
Jake Peavy takes the mound for the Padres today but that doesn't bother me. Peavy struggled in the WBC and at the end of the season last year and overall San Diego can't match up with the Dodgers. Pitching match ups are the key to betting on baseball, and although Peavy is one of the best pitchers in baseball, LA righty Hiroki Kuroda who posted a 3.7 ERA last year (a .373 in one outing against the Padres) will throw enough strikes to get the win. And strikes is all you need to throw against a poor hitting Padres team. Play the Dodgers + the money line.
$$$$ Arizona - 1 1/2 vs. Colorado
I don't need to say much more than Matt Holiday is no longer a Rocky and Brandon Webb gets the start against Aaron Cook. You could play the D-backs to win straight up at -160, but they should be able to assemble enough runs to win by more than one. Play the D-backs in an opening day shellacking.
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(Thursday) Carolina is -1.5 +150 or -210 even up tonight against Buffalo. The Sabres are on the brink of elimination from the playoffs. I expect them to come out firing, but eventually the weak legs will come out after their night game at Toronto yesterday. Carolina is flying high and loose with a 9-game win streak. All good things have to come to an end, but not tonight for Carolina. I'm gonna give the 1.5 and get greedy.
ReplyDelete(Thursday) Carolina is -1.5 +150 or -210 even up tonight against Buffalo. The Sabres are on the brink of elimination from the playoffs. I expect them to come out firing, but eventually the weak legs will come out after their night game at Toronto yesterday. Carolina is flying high and loose with a 9 game win streak. All good things have to come to an end, but not tonight for Carolina. I'm gonna give the 1.5 and get greedy.
ReplyDelete(Friday) I should know better than to bet on any sport as the playoffs approach. My bad.
ReplyDeleteTo answer your previous question. The Stanley Cup winner will come out of the west. My guess is the Sharks. (Really going out on a limb.) You can't count out the Wings, and if they do win it, it will be inspite of Osgood, not because of him. He's been really shaky this year.
My sportsbook didn't offer Carolina giving - 1 1/2 so I didn't bet on them. And hey, it was the first time you've been wrong! I was beginning to think you owned a copy of the 2009 Sports Almanac. I've made some money off your hockey plays so don't let one miss kill your confidence... hey it hasn't killed mine... not yet anyway.
ReplyDeleteI like the Sharks too. What scares me about the wings is their goaltending. Tough to win a championship without a consistent goalie.