INDIAN COWBOY
NBA:
+22 Units this season currently. 4 of 6 POD winners. Kick off the MLB season today on my card, looking forward to a season of dogs, small favorites and totals to reduce juice and increase profits. As my favorite saying goes, Let's Roll.
Jazz -16 (POD)
Great deal of revenge today for the Jazz, they lost to this team outright on the road to the Twolves, they come back home to drill the Wizards in frustration and now they get to face the very team that beat them on the road. I think the Jazz absolutely just hammer the Twolves out of frustration today and remember, Brewer is doubtful as well which hurts this Twolf team out on the wings.
Lakers -13.5
The Lake show lost to this Portland team outright on the road, there is no Brandon Roy today, the Blazers have lost back to back games including the Bobcats at home, the Lakers have not played all that great as well, haven't had a blowout win in quite some time, and of course, remmber, Gasol is likely to come back today so this team will want to win big and they have revenge which make sit for an appealing play.
Grizzlies -8
The Grizz have been playing great basketball till' they got pounded by the Hawks at home in an embarassing way, heck, vegas only had the line at +3 as a home dog because they believed the Grizz could hang tough and possibly win that game and that did not come to fruition. Well, now the Grizz play the Knicks who have been playing well and have revenge here, but in a high scoring game, the Grizz could very well step on the gas and win this one big and I am willing to take my shot with them at home to win big. Today is a day of favorites in the NBA in my opinion and this fits well into that philosophy with the Griz on the bounce-back.
Wizards -10.5
Getting spanked by a ridiculous score at Utah does not bode well to this team as they were embarassed and they will want to bounce-back in a big way today. The Bucks of course do not have Bell starting today which hurts their offensive output, they do have a bit of revenge, but the Bucks have collapsed consistenlty in the second half to ballclubs, so there is no reason why they hang tough late in this ballgame given that the Wiz come off a tough loss and Caron Butler will likely return to this ballgame and I think the Wiz end up winning this by 20+ getting some of their frustration out from Utah.
Major League Baseball:
Angels -127 (POD)
The Angels start Joe Saunders who was critical for this team's success at the end of last year, the Angels offense put up 9 runs in their last ballgame against the Twins #2 starter yesterday and of course, this Angels team with Tori Hunter and Vlad have speed and power to speak of. This team will look to start off the season strong and take this series and don't forget, Nick Blackburn gave up 9 runs in his last 4 innings of baseball to close out the year last year and now faces a very competent Angels offense.
Marlins/Mets Over 9.5
The Marlins come off a big win yesterday and it shocks me that Perez would be a -140 road chalk as he is simply not a sound pitcher to be that much of a favorite. You saw the Marlins lay the law down yesterday beating Pedro and both offenses will look to step it up against each team's 3rd starters and I think this game will go into double-digits in the total runs scored and this will likely be a 6-5 ballgame of sorts in the end. This is not to mention the fact that Andrew Miller is throwing after a rough spring training and I think the Mets offense gets to him as well as they come off a loss.
Drays -111
Getting Garza, from the Twins has strengthened the Drays in many ways as their starting pitching is sound with the likes of Shields and company. This team also has a young offense that is dynamic and can play very well as they have shown in their first game putting up hits with relative ease. I will gladly take Garza over Cabrera who ended the season giving up 21 runs in 19 innings. Give me the better pitcher and the better offense - and frankly, better bullpen at -111and I will gladly take it.
Bluejays +129
Getting A.J. Burnett and this Bluejays offense off a loss is well worth it taking this dog price. The Bluejays nearly beat the Yankees ace in Wang and frankly, you will be surprised at how good this team Bluejays offense is with the likes of Rios taking the anchor. I think the Jays have a great shot at winning this game as they have the better pitching - remember, Burnett has consistently showed up against the Yankees including last year going 8 innings, giving up 4 hits and 1 run to win 2-1 while Mussina relies on the change up which occasionally floats over the plate and the Jays have had success against him. Give me the better pitcher and equitable offense off a loss.
Braves/Pirates Over 9
The Braves desperately need a win after starting the season 0-2 and on the depths of starting the season 0-3 with Jurjens on the mound. This is a young kid, facing a Pirates offense that shelled Glavine. Heck, I should have been on the over in that game. The Braves got to the Pirates ace by scoring a comfortable amount of runs, and they can certainly get to Big Gorzo today in scoring the same runs given their 0-2 start. I look for the Braves to come out early and score often, but the Pirates to chip away similar to what happened in the first game of this series with the roles reversed and the game goes over in the end in my opinion similar to the Mets/Marlins game. When you have good teams coming off bounce-backs putting their 3rd best starter out there, it yields overs typically.
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