{"id":5082,"date":"2009-07-30T16:12:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-30T21:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/baseball-betting-big-papi-david-ortiz-on-roid-list\/"},"modified":"2009-07-30T16:12:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-30T21:12:00","slug":"baseball-betting-big-papi-david-ortiz-on-roid-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/baseball-betting-big-papi-david-ortiz-on-roid-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Betting: Big Papi David Ortiz on Roid List"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>Well it wasn&#8217;t trips to the Quick Weight Loss Center after all. David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez are the latest names to surface on the 2003 steriods list. Big Papi has seen his numbers plummet this year, hence the Red Sox are now shopping for offensive talent. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>QWL may be to credit for the Rush Limbaugh diet as he has dropped 58 pounds. In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoresoddspicks.com\/nfl.html\">football betting<\/a> news, Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo has a new girlfriend and it&#8217;s Natalie Smith, a 22-year-old Jessica Simpson look-alike. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>Perhaps Kim Kardashian, fresh off her breakup with Reggie Bush, will be Romo&#8217;s next babe. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>Now to the Yankees-White Sox. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>Following an awful road trip, the Chicago White Sox hope returning home can help them get back on track.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>It won&#8217;t be easy with consecutive series against the two best teams in the league, beginning tonight with a four-game set against the AL East-leading New York Yankees.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>New York arrives in town after defeating Tampa Bay 6-2 on Thursday to move a season-best 3 \u00bd games up on second-place Boston. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>In the series opener, <strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Andy Pettitte<\/font><\/b><\/strong> seeks his first victory in nearly a month.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>Pettitte is 0-6 with an 8.55 ERA in seven starts in Chicago since 1996. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>Unlike Pettitte, <strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Gavin Floyd<\/font><\/b><\/strong> has been at his best on Chicago&#8217;s South Side. Floyd is 4-0 with a 2.03 ERA in his last seven home starts with the Sox winning each time.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>This will be Floyd&#8217;s first start of the season against the Yankees.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>Betting on your own? Then you are a bigger nutcase than Joan Walsh, the Salon.com lunutic fringe. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>At <\/span><\/font><st1:time Hour=\"14\" Minute=\"42\">2:42 EST<\/st1:time>, a third night Wise Guy was added. That&#8217;s three Wise Guys and a Major for night action. Wise Guy plays from Joe Duffy&#8217;s GodsTips are widely accepted by high rollers, bookmakers, linesmakers, and fellow handicappers as the biggest play in the handicapping abyss. This is just fact.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>Simply put, GodsTips is the top betting and handicapping service ever led by Grandmaster <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">sports handicapper<\/a> Joe Duffy. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\">Click now to purchase<\/a> from the betting service hotter than Heidi Pratt. <\/span><\/font><span lang=EN style='mso-ansi-language:EN'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><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 previews the Cardinals-Dodgers from a betting standpoint. Also get the latest Buick Open 2009 odds and the US Senior Open 2009 betting lines. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>After a dramatic extra-inning victory, <strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Albert Pujols<\/font><\/b><\/strong> and the -110 favored St. Louis Cardinals look to make a statement by sweeping a four-game series over the Los Angeles Dodgers in today&#8217;s finale.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>With two outs and two on in the 15<sup>th<\/sup> inning of a tie game Wednesday, Pujols lined an RBI single to center, giving St. Louis a 3-2 victory over the Dodgers, who are in the midst of a season-high four-game skid.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>The Cardinals improved to 11-2 against the Dodgers at four-year-old Busch Stadium.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>While everything has been going the Cardinals&#8217; way in this series, they haven&#8217;t had much luck with scheduled starter <strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Kyle Lohse<\/font><\/b><\/strong> on the mound lately.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>Lohse is just 1-6 with a 5.44 ERA in his last nine starts, with the Cardinals winning just once in that span. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>L.A. counters with <strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Hiroki Kuroda<\/font><\/b><\/strong>, who looks to build on his first quality start in a month.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>More MLB odds at <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.bodog.com\/welcome\/1861245\/\">Bodog<\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/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>Well it wasn&#8217;t trips to the Quick Weight Loss Center after all. David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez are the latest names to surface on the 2003 steriods list. Big Papi has seen his numbers plummet this year, hence the Red Sox are now shopping for offensive talent. QWL may be to credit for the Rush &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/baseball-betting-big-papi-david-ortiz-on-roid-list\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Baseball Betting: Big Papi David Ortiz on Roid List<\/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-5082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5082","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=5082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}