{"id":4692,"date":"2009-06-22T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/sports-service-is-hotter-than-courtney-kupets-lydia-hearst-or-heather-vanderveen\/"},"modified":"2009-06-22T13:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-22T18:45:00","slug":"sports-service-is-hotter-than-courtney-kupets-lydia-hearst-or-heather-vanderveen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/sports-service-is-hotter-than-courtney-kupets-lydia-hearst-or-heather-vanderveen\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Service is Hotter Than Courtney Kupets, Lydia Hearst or Heather Vanderveen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Rockies meet the Angels and the Giants take on the A&#8217;s in MLB <span class=SpellE>matchups<\/span>, and the U.S. Open continues for one more day<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Meeting up on the diamond . . .<\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <span class=apple-style-span>There are just four games on tap around Major League Baseball on Monday night, including the Rockies starting a three-game series in Anaheim. <\/span><st1:State><st1:place><span class=apple-style-span>Colorado<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><span class=apple-style-span> will send Aaron Cook (6-3, 4.23 ERA) to the mound in that contest. <span class=SpellE>Righthander<\/span> Cook has won three straight starts, allowing just five earned runs over 21 innings of work. <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span   class=apple-style-span>Los Angeles<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span class=apple-style-span> counters with Matt Palmer (6-0, 4.13 ERA) on Monday. <span class=SpellE>Righthander<\/span> Palmer has one win and four no-decisions in his past five outings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=apple-style-span>The other <span class=SpellE>interleague<\/span> matchup on Monday has <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span class=apple-style-span>San   Francisco<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span class=apple-style-span> at <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span   class=apple-style-span>Oakland<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span class=apple-style-span>, with the Giants&#8217; Jonathan Sanchez (2-7, 5.43 ERA) taking on the Athletics&#8217; Trevor Cahill (4-5, 3.89 ERA). Lefthander Sanchez has lost three straight starts, and he was knocked around for seven runs on 10 hits in 3 2-3 innings against the Angels last time out. <span class=SpellE>Righthander<\/span> Cahill has given up three or fewer earned runs in nine of his past 10 trips to the mound, beating the Dodgers in a start last Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=apple-style-span>The Cardinals and Mets will start an NL-only series in New York on Monday night, with St. Louis&#8217; Todd Wellemeyer (6-6, 5.36 ERA) set to take on New York&#8217;s Tim Redding (0-2, 6.27 ERA). <span class=SpellE>Righthander<\/span> Wellemeyer bounced back from a couple of bad outings to beat the Tigers last time out, allowing two runs over 5 1-3 innings. <span class=SpellE>Righthander<\/span> Redding has two losses and four no-decisions in his six trips to the mound this season, allowing seven runs over his last 12 1-3 innings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=apple-style-span>Finally, the Cubs and Braves will play a makeup game in <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span class=apple-style-span>Atlanta<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span class=apple-style-span> to round out the Monday schedule, with <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span   class=apple-style-span>Chicago<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span class=apple-style-span>&#8216;s Ryan <span class=SpellE>Dempster<\/span> (4-4, 3.92 ERA) facing off against <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span   class=apple-style-span>Atlanta<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span class=apple-style-span>&#8216;s Javier Vazquez (4-6, 3.41 ERA). <span class=SpellE>Righthander<\/span> <span class=SpellE>Dempster<\/span> hasn&#8217;t picked up a win since May 30, but he&#8217;s surrendered just four earned runs over his last 19 innings of work (three no-decisions). <span class=SpellE>Righthander<\/span> Vazquez is winless since May 20, taking a loss versus the Reds (eight innings, four runs) last outing.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=GramE><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Much hotter than Courtney <span class=SpellE>Kupets<\/span>, Lydia Hearst or Heather <span class=SpellE>Vanderveen<\/span>, the top <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>sports handicapper<\/span><\/font><\/a><\/u> in the business unloads Monday.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/span><span class=apple-style-span> <\/span><b><font color=black><span style='color:black; font-weight:bold'>Steam: third Wise Guy added!<span class=apple-converted-space>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b><font color=black><span style='color:black'>The best goes on for <span class=SpellE>Grandmaster<a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><font color=black><span style='color:black'>sports<\/span><\/font><\/a><\/span><span class=MsoHyperlink><u><font color=black><span style='color:black'> handicapper<\/span><\/font><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=apple-converted-space><font size=3 color=black face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/span><font size=3 color=black face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA'>Joe Duffy and GodsTips. With all underdogs and small favorites, it was a 7-3 Sunday overall, including a 4-0 Wise Guy sweep: Dandy Dog on the Orioles and other underdogs White Sox, Cardinals, and Giants.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font>  <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline: none'>That&#8217;s 11-3 the last 14 Wise Guys in MLB. Dog winners (or<\/span><\/font><span class=apple-converted-space><font color=black><span style='color:black; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/span><span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><font color=black><span style='color:black; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>runlines<\/span><\/font><\/span><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline: none'>where<\/span><\/font><\/span><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'> we get juice) outnumbering chalk losers by an 11-1 margin, four winners of +130 or more.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/a><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline: none'>All that winning and now we have three MLB Wise Guys for <span class=SpellE>Monday.<span style='mso-field-code:\" HYPERLINK \\0022http\\:\\\/\\\/www\\.offshoreinsiders\\.com\\\/index\\.php?Page=Packages\\0022 \"'><u><font color=black><span style='color:black'>Click<\/span><\/font><\/u><u><font color=black><span style='color:black'> now to purchase<\/span><\/font><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Rounding out the Roundup . . <span class=GramE>.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Roger Federer, the <span style='mso-field-code:\" HYPERLINK \\0022http\\:\\\/\\\/www\\.offshoreinsiders\\.com\\\/index\\.php?PageID=129\\0022 \"'><u>Wimbledon betting line<\/u><\/span> favorite won his opening round match\u2026As those who watched the NBC Sports US Open coverage know, Lucas Glover edged out Phil Michelson and David Duval to win the tournament\u2026the wife of <span class=SpellE>PGA<\/span> golfer Chris Smith was killed on a car crash&#8230;Ryan Howard is expected to return to the Phillies line-up Tuesday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/a><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Rockies meet the Angels and the Giants take on the A&#8217;s in MLB matchups, and the U.S. Open continues for one more day Meeting up on the diamond . . . There are just four games on tap around Major League Baseball on Monday night, including the Rockies &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/sports-service-is-hotter-than-courtney-kupets-lydia-hearst-or-heather-vanderveen\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sports Service is Hotter Than Courtney Kupets, Lydia Hearst or Heather Vanderveen<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}