{"id":5048,"date":"2009-07-28T16:56:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-28T21:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/mlb-picks\/"},"modified":"2009-07-28T16:56:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-28T21:56:00","slug":"mlb-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/mlb-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sharp gamblers always have the room to make more money, and square players need to get off the cash for clunkers list. Both are in luck tonight thanks to <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font color=blue><span style='color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/b> and <\/span><\/font><span lang=EN style='mso-ansi-language:EN'><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.bodog.com\/welcome\/1861245\/\">Bodog<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sports headlines: Brett Favre has permanently retired again according to multiple reports. Also Mark <span class=SpellE>Kotsay<\/span> and Brian Anderson have switched Sox. <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> traded <span class=SpellE>Kotsay<\/span> for the AL Chicago Anderson. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Superstar Stevie Vincent just keeps winning. The &#8220;King of Offshore&#8221; nails huge underdog <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> as the National League Interdivisional SHOCKER of the DECADE. Of course since <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font color=blue><span style='color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal; font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>the Great One<\/span><\/font><\/i><\/b> picked them it wasn&#8217;t actually a shocker once they won. He goes 2-1 overall.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>He has <span class=GramE>two Level 5 over\/under burials tonight<\/span>. Stop losing and bet with forensic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/08\/betonsports360com_1.html\">sports handicapping<\/a> now. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\">Click now to purchase<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN'>Plagued by inconsistency before the All-Star break, <strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Cole Hamels<\/font><\/b><\/strong> looks to continue his strong start to the second half in a matchup with Dan Haren and the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN'>Hamels has been impressive in his first two games since the break, posting a 3.00 ERA in two Philadelphia wins. He held San Diego to three runs and four hits in seven innings of a 9-4 victory Thursday.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN'>Haren has surpassed all expectations from the start of the season. He leads the majors in opponents&#8217; batting average and he&#8217;s the only Diamondbacks starter with a winning record.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN'>Haren is 0-1 with a 5.25 ERA in two career starts against Philadelphia, which he hasn&#8217;t faced since 2003. Hamels is 1-0 with a 2.13 ERA in two starts against Arizona.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN'>The +105 underdog Phillies are 30-15 on the road with four straight wins away from home.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN'><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.bodog.com\/welcome\/1861245\/\">Bodog<\/a> also takes a look at the Cardinals and Angels. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><b><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>Matt Holliday<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><span lang=EN style='mso-ansi-language:EN'> looks to continue his hot start with his new club as <strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Adam Wainwright<\/font><\/b><\/strong> goes for his 12<sup>th<\/sup> victory tonight when the St. Louis Cardinals face the Los Angeles Dodgers, who are in danger of suffering their first three-game losing streak of the season.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN'>Holliday has driven in a run in each of his first four games with St. Louis. He&#8217;s gone 8 for 14 with five doubles, three walks and three runs scored, and the Cardinals have gone 2-2.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN'>Wainwright is 1-2 with a 5.30 ERA in three career starts against the Dodgers, who are 3-15 in St. Louis since the start of the 2004 season.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN'>The +110 underdog Dodgers will try to rebound behind <strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Chad Billingsley<\/font><\/b><\/strong>. In three career starts against the Cardinals, Billingsley is 0-1 with a 3.60 ERA.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN'>The Dodgers went 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position Monday and 3 for 15 with men on base.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN'>Get your <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.bodog.com\/welcome\/1861245\" modo=false>MLB Odds<\/a> in the Bodog Sportsbook!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Because the MasterLockLine monitors each and every one of the nation&#8217;s top sports service, handicappers, tip sheets and syndicates, you will get every Game of the Year play worth betting. Every last one in the industry is yours. 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Sports headlines: Brett Favre has permanently retired again according to multiple reports. Also Mark Kotsay and Brian Anderson have switched Sox. 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