OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper Matt Rivers has a baseball pick Saturday and it is on the NY Yankees (+120) to Boston.
When push comes to shove, 1-6 or not 1-6, I do think the Red Sox are the overall superior team when compared to the Yankees and the boys from Beantown showed that yesterday in their first victory. But these New York-Boston rivalry games are always high scoring slugfests that can go either way and in the end I’ll grab a solid price back on the still super talented Yankees.
One can never go wrong when getting such a takeback with Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, Derek Jeter, Brett Gardner, Nick Swisher and the rest of the Bronx Bombers. This team has been there and done that and Joe Girardi’s squad can without a doubt win this game. It’s not like the Yankee players are going to be intimidated by the Fenway faithful. Guys like Jeter and Arod and Rivera are guys who have won there and will win there again.
Ivan Nova is a young kid who knows how to get himself in trouble at times but the right-hander also knows how to get himself out of it and I like this guy. He doesn’t have the blue chip no-hit, when on, type stuff of Clay Bucholz but I don’t fully trust the Boston right-hander in Fenway against the potent Pinstripers. Sure Nova will get hit a bit but so will Bucholz and I don’t expect either guy to really last all that long.
The Sox drew first blood in the opener and there is no doubt that the Yanks can even up the series by getting enough from Nova and more from the offense.
Top expert pick on this game: NY Yankees
For more information: An extremely rare and poor Friday but the funny thing is that it’s not like I made dreadful calls. The beats were horrible and if you were following how everything went down you know as such. The Wizards were literally within 4 points and getting 13 ½ with seven minutes left in the game before getting outscored 17-2 to end it, save a meaningless three at the buzzer. The Cavs were right at the number and missed a slam dunk at the end for the cover and the Phillies had an all world superstar in Cliff Lee on the bump leading 3-0 before inexplicably blowing it thanks in part to an uncharacteristically horrible fielding play by Shane Victorino which allowed three runs to score. It happens, breaks at times will all go against you and that about sums up Friday.
I am still ridiculously ahead of the game and will put yet another winning notch in my belt today with a pair of locks on the diamond. 300,000* Toronto-Anaheim plus a 200,000* St. Louis-San Francisco. About to be 27 of 35 winning days! Click now to purchase