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Florida Marlins @ Atlanta Braves Wednesday August 27, 2008 7:10 pm
At 7:10 pm our selection is the Florida Marlins over the Atlanta Braves. Whether or not the Marlins can continue their improbable run this season and take the National League East division, one thing is for sure: The comeback of starter Josh Johnson has been a big success. ... read more
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Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees Wednesday August 27, 2008 7:05 pm
At 7:05pm our complimentary selection is on the New York Yankees over the Boston Red Sox. Two pitchers that probably no one would have expected to see in Red Sox and Yankee uniforms prior to the beginning of the 2008 season are veterans Paul Byrd and Sidney Ponson. Byrd ... read more
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Milwaukee Brewers @ St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday August 26, 2008 8:15 pm
At 8:15pm our complimentary selection is on the Milwaukee Brewers over the St. Louis Cardinals. The Brewers must be looking forward to this two-game series against the Cards for several reasons. First, there are few teams in the Majors who have dominated a division ... read more
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Cleveland Indians @ Detroit Tigers Tuesday August 26, 2008 7:05 pm
At 7:05pm our selection is on the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers 'under' the total. Detroit will use this game to give 25-year-old righthander Chris Lambert his first appearance in the Major Leagues. Lambert was acquired last August as the player to be named in ... read more
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Colorado Rockies @ San Francisco Giants Monday August 25, 2008 10:15 pm
At 10:15pm our selection is on the San Francisco Giants over the Colorado Rockies. Matt Cain is one of the most underrated starters in baseball. If he pitched for a contender that could go out and score runs every night, and support him with a top bullpen, he could be ... read more
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Tampa Bay Rays @ Chicago White Sox Saturday August 23, 2008 3:55 pm
At 3:55pm our selection is on the Chicago White Sox over the Tampa Bay Rays. It's been a roller-coaster ride of a season for Chicago's 32-year-old righthanded ace Javier Vazquez. Vazquez started out with two very strong months with a 3.72 ERA in April and a 3.15 ERA in ... read more
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Cleveland Indians @ Texas Rangers Friday August 22, 2008 8:05 pm
At 8:05pm our selection is on the Texas Rangers over the Cleveland Indians. What a difference a year makes. Around this time in 2007, the Indians were the surprise team in the American League, on their way to winning the AL Central division and a 24-year-old righthanded ... read more
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Atlanta Braves @ New York Mets Thursday August 21, 2008 7:10 pm
At 7:10pm our selection is on the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets 'under' the total. Two oft-injured veteran pitchers, Atlanta's 35-year-old Mike Hampton and New York's 36-year-old Pedro Martinez will face off in the second game of this series which is crucial to the Mets ... read more
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New York Yankees @ Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday August 20, 2008 7:07 pm
At 7:05pm our complimentary selection is on the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays 'under' the total. Two lefties will go to the mound in this Wednesday night divisional matchup. One is a well-known veteran in Andy Pettitte while the other is a virtual unknown in ... read more
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Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Indians Wednesday August 20, 2008 7:05 pm
At 7:05pm our selection is on the Kansas City Royals over the Cleveland Indians. Both Kansas City and Cleveland are merely playing for pride at this point of the season. And nothing would make the Royals prouder than finishing ahead of last year's division winner, and ... read more
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Colorado Rockies @ Los Angeles Dodgers Tuesday August 19, 2008 10:10 pm
At 10:10pm our selection is on the Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers 'over' the total. It's still less than a month after the trade deadline, but the early returns would seem to indicate that the three-way deal that the Dodgers pulled off with Boston and Pittsburgh has given ... read more
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Detroit Tigers @ Texas Rangers Tuesday August 19, 2008 8:05 pm
At 8:05pm our complimentary selection is on the Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers 'under' the total. Detroit's 26-year-old righthanded starter Armando Galarraga has not only tossed his hat into the ring for AL Rookie of the Year honors, he has thrown it in with authority. ... read more
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New York Mets @ Pittsburgh Pirates Monday August 18, 2008 12:35 pm
At 12:35pm our selection is on the New York Mets and Pittsburgh Pirates 'under' the total. If Pedro Martinez is going to start pitching like the Pedro of old (as he did on Friday night here at PNC Park) then the rest of the NL East may be in quite a bit of trouble. A ... read more
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Colorado Rockies @ Washington Nationals Sunday August 17, 2008 1:35 pm
At 1:35pm our selection is on the Colorado Rockies and Washington Nationals 'under' the total. Although they have a very short history (if you don't include their years as the Montreal Expos), this is probably the lowest point for the Nationals. After Saturday's ... read more
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Toronto Blue Jays @ Boston Red Sox Sunday August 17, 2008 1:35 pm
At 1:35pm our complimentary selection is on the Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox 'over' the total. Not having made a move to acquire a top-flight starting pitcher at the trade deadline at the end of July, the Red Sox just picked up veteran starter Paul Byrd from the Cleveland ... read more
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Arizona D-Backs @ Houston Astros Saturday August 16, 2008 7:05 pm
At 7:05pm our complimentary selection is on the Houston Astros over the Arizona Diamondbacks. The D-Backs have made what they hope is a significant move to light a fire under their sagging offense by trading with the Cincinnati Reds for slugging outfielder Adam Dunn. Dunn may be ... read more
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Chicago White Sox @ Oakland Athletics Saturday August 16, 2008 3:55 pm
At 3:55pm our selection is on the Chicago White Sox over the Oakland Athletics. If the White Sox are going to win their division and make a run in the postseason, they're going to have to win games like the one they blew on Friday against this hapless Oakland squad. Coming ... read more
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San Francisco Giants @ Houston Astros Thursday August 14, 2008 2:05 pm
At 2:05pm our selection is on the San Francisco Giants and Houston Astros 'under' the total. 36-year-old righthander Brian Moehler doesn't seem to mind that his team is out of contention with a sub-.500 record, and over 10 games back in its division. At 8-4 with a 3.83 ... read more
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Toronto Blue Jays @ Detroit Tigers Thursday August 14, 2008 1:05 pm
At 1:05pm our complimentary selection is on the Toronto Blue Jays over the Detroit Tigers. The 2008 version of the Toronto Blue Jays could feature one of the weakest hitting lineups of this franchise in recent memory, but should get a boost from the return of outfielder Vernon ... read more
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Tampa Bay Rays @ Oakland Athletics Tuesday August 12, 2008 10:05 pm
At 10:05pm our selection is on the the Tampa Bay Rays and the Oakland Athletics 'over' the total. The Oakland A's must be glad to be returning home after a brutal 10 game road trip that saw them get swept by both the Red Sox and the Blue Jays and win only a single contest in ... read more
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Philadelphia Phillies @ Los Angeles Dodgers Monday August 11, 2008 10:10 pm
At 10:10pm our complimentary selection is on the Philadelphia Phillies over the Los Angeles Dodgers. So what's the verdict so far on the trade that brought Manny Ramirez to Los Angeles in exchange for some prospects in the hopes of boosting the Dodgers' sagging offense? Well right ... read more
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St. Louis Cardinals @ Florida Marlins Monday August 11, 2008 7:10 pm
At 7:10pm our selection is on the St. Louis Cardinals and Florida Marlins 'under' the total. How happy are the Marlins to have starters Josh Johnson and Anibal Sanchez back in the rotation at apparent full health? Let's just say that if they didn't have both Johnson and ... read more
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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals Sunday August 10, 2008 2:10 pm
At 2:10pm our selection is on the Kansas City Royals over the Minnesota Twins. 29-year-old righthander Gil Meche is finally putting up the kind of numbers that Kansas City hoped he would when it signed him as an expensive (for the Royals) free agent from the Mariners after ... read more
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Houston Astros @ Cincinnati Reds Sunday August 10, 2008 1:15 pm
At 1:15 pm our complimentary selection is on the the Cincinnati Reds over the Houston Astros. 30 year-old righthanded veteran and Reds' strikeout artist Aaron Harang will be activated from the disabled list today in order to make his comeback start in this game. It will ... read more
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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals Saturday August 9, 2008 7:10 pm
At 7:10pm our selection is on the Minnesota Twins over the Kansas City Royals. Twins 24-year-old lefty Francisco Liriano may be 1-3 with a 7.16 ERA but don't let those poor numbers fool you. Liriano tried coming back at the beginning of the season after being on the shelf ... read more
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Boston Red Sox @ Chicago White Sox Friday August 8, 2008 8:11 pm
At 8:10pm our selection is on the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox 'under' the total. This game begins a huge four-game series for both of these teams. Not only might it be a preview of the post-season, but these four games could go a long way toward determining each ... read more
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New York Yankees @ Texas Rangers Wednesday August 6, 2008 8:05 pm
At 8:05pm our complimentary selection is on the New York Yankees over the Texas Rangers. It can't get much more daunting than the situation for Texas' young righthanded starter Tommy Hunter. Just barely 22 years old and still in his first professional season, Hunter will ... read more
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Milwaukee Brewers @ Cincinnati Reds Wednesday August 6, 2008 12:35 pm
At 12:35pm our selection is on the Milwaukee Brewers over the Cincinnati Reds. Perhaps the recent shoving match and near fisticuffs in the Milwaukee dugout is just the thing this team needs to remind it that it is in the middle of a dogfight for the NL Central crown. ... read more
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Atlanta Braves @ San Francisco Giants Tuesday August 5, 2008 10:15 pm
At 10:15pm our selection is on the Atlanta Braves and San Francisco Giants 'over' the total. The two lefthanded starters taking the hill, Braves' veteran Mike Hampton, and Giants' youngster Jonathan O. Sanchez have ERAs over ten runs in their last three starts, although to ... read more
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Minnesota Twins @ Seattle Mariners Monday August 4, 2008 10:10 pm
At 10:10pm our complimentary selection is on the Minnesota Twins over the Seattle Mariners. Things are looking up for the Twins. Sure, their division rival, the White Sox, might have picked up future Hall-of-Famer Ken Griffey Jr. from the Reds at the trade deadline last ... read more
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