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May, 16 2008 9:05pm EST
MONEYLINE: Minnesota Twins +116
WIN for +1.16 unit(s)

Minnesota Twins at Colorado Rockies

At 9:05pm our complimentary selection is on the Minnesota Twins over the Colorado Rockies. These first interleague games are going to be a very interesting test to find out some things about the quality of the two leagues. If the National League is really that much better this season (as many purported baseball people have been saying) then weaker NL teams with losing records should be very competitive against AL squads with significantly better records. The general feeling is that there is much more competition in the NL with several high-quality clubs (Arizona, St. Louis, NY, Phily, Florida, Houston) while the AL really only has two standouts, the Red Sox and Angels, with everyone else as an also-ran. Thus a team with a .500 record in the AL should be about equal to a 15-25 team in the NL. Such is the case with this matchup tonight, and indeed Colorado has been installed as a clear favorite as a result. Well I'm not buying it. I think a team like Minnesota that is well disciplined and coached should be able to come into the house of a 15-25 team and walk away with a "W", especially when the pitching matchup appears to favor them. Righthander Nick Blackburn has a winning record and a very nice 3.93 ERA on the year, while Colorado's Ubaldo Jimenez has been simply dreadful and the Rockies are 1-7 in games which he's started. And the Twins recently showed that they do in fact belong with the Red Sox, even if their record doesn't indicate it, as they took three of four games from Boston just last weekend. Take the Twins. As always, good luck...Al McMordie.

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