Well it's been a couple months but we are finally back and ready to get the 2010 tennis year started with the Australian Open. This is the time of the year where I get excited to bet some tennis only to log into my Betfair account to see that I am unable to bet the Australian open because I haven't verified myself for betting on Australian Markets. Since this is the only time of the year that I use the australian markets I just use other sites to bet the tennis instead of Betfair but it seems that the only... More...

Well the NBA season kicked off last night and it was the same old story with the Los Angeles Lakers. I don’t have the stats infront of me but it would be very interesting to see what the Lakers record is ATS the last couple of years, especially in games where they are favoured by double digits. I know off-hand that the record won’t be good because I used to back the Lakers once in awhile as double digit favourites and the fourth quarters always turned into a complete mess. At the center of it all was always Lamar Odom who would commit a turnover or jack up a bad shot right near the end of the game when the spread was in question. Guess it was just “Lamar being Lamar”. It took a couple games but I learnt my lesson with the Lakers. If you are going to take them, take them as small favourites or take them straight up because they will not cover the big spreads.

 

Another game I checked out last night was the Celtics versus the Cavaliers and the Celtics showed them who the big dog in the Eastern Conference is. When completely healthy, the Celtics are the only team that I feel can stand in between the Lakers and another NBA Championship. I had the Celtics last night and five minutes into the game they were down 15 points to the Cavaliers and I was wondering why I bet against the Cavaliers at home. Have to give some big props to the Celtics who stuck to their gameplan and outplayed the Cavaliers for the remaining 3 quarters. Once Garnett is 100% this Celtic team will be scary.

 

The World Series gets underway today and it looks as though this will be a great series. Jimmy Rollins already got the ball rolling saying that his Phillies would win the World Series in 5 games, maybe 6. It’s good that he has some confidence in his team because the people that don’t have confidence in the Phillies are the lines makers who made the Yankees a -202 favourite. You have got to be kidding me. The defending World Series champions getting +185 to win the series, sign me up. These two teams met for three interleague games earlier this season and the Phillies won two of those games. I have to admit though what scares me is Pedro Martinez pitching game 2 for the Phillies. I know that Martinez is one of the greatest pitchers ever to play baseball and I also know that he has been pitching very well so far in these playoffs but I just know in the back of my mind that Martinez is an aging pitcher and he is coming off a poor 2008 season and he is going up against the Yankees and……. You know what I mean. I just don’t have much faith in him at this point of his career. With that being said, the Phillies have the bats to make up for their weakness in pitching this series and I will take my chances with the Phillies as a +185 dog for the series.

 

There is a 30% chance of rain for game one of this series tonight. Both Lee and Sabathia have been lights out in the playoffs so far so I expect this game to be a pitching duel between the two. -170 for Sabathia seems to be a bit to high for me so I suggest either the Phillies ML or no play for this game. I myself am going to pass on the game tonight.

 

Best of luck tonight everyone.

A recent forum topic has got the gears in my mind turning. I have been gambling many years and I have seen how online gambling has evolved and I have come to realize how good it used to be and how bad we all have it now.

 

Bonuses

 

I remember back in the day when bonuses would be thrown around by books like they were nothing. New emails or forum messages would pop up each day about which bonuses were available and where we had to go to get them. Of course all of this brought about people using multiple id’s to create multiple accounts to obtain as many bonuses as they possibly could. The books soon learnt of this and started to restrict the amount of bonuses they had or to add a long list of “rules” attached to each bonus stating things such as rollover or deposit requirements.

 

Neteller

 

Oh how I miss Neteller. You could easily move money back and forth between the various sportsbooks that you had. Made things so much easier. It’s been a couple years now since Neteller left the market but people are still feeling the effects of that. Now, depending on the book, player’s have to worry about when they will receive their money, how they will receive the money and even IF they will receive the money. Some players have to wait two or three weeks for a cheque withdrawal from one site and then wait another week for a cheque to be sent to another book just to transfer money these days.

 

What a waste of time and all of this is due to the United State’s Government trying to do anything they can to kill the on-line gambling industry.  There is so much money that the Government can make from the taxation of online gambling winnings but for some reason they are not even looking into the issue. Society will always have the people that try to “go around” the system and not report their gambling income but there will also be the people that do report their gambling income and at this point any revenue’s received by the Government with respect to the taxes on gambling should definitely be welcomed. Every year it seems a new bill is introduced to possibly get the ball rolling to legalize online gambling again in the states but for some reason the bill always dies along the way. It is frustrating. Now everyone that is gambling not only has to worry about winning or losing money BUT they now have to worry about whether they will receive their winning’s or not. How is this helping the country? If someone wants to blow everything they own on gambling then let them. They only live once and it’s their life. People can smoke or drink and that is fine but gambling isn’t? Give me a break.

 

Another thing that pisses me off about gambling is society’s perception of people that gamble. If someone gambles on the stock market or plays poker they are viewed as professionals…..if someone gambles on sports or on table games they are viewed as a degenerate loser. That’s great. We only live once and if a person chooses to smoke, drink, gamble, be a bum…whatever it is, let them be. Live your own life

Happy NBA Regular Season eve to everyone out there. Does that make sense? Can’t wait for the start of NBA basketball. Out of all of the major sports, most of my time is spent betting on basketball. There have been some pretty big moves this off-season and it is going to be very interesting to see how these new player’s will help to improve their teams.

 

One of the acquisitions that I love is the Celtics getting Rasheed Wallace. Sure he is getting a bit old but in a reduced role coming off of the bench he will improve the Celtic’s bench immensely. Kevin Garnett is said to be in great form and ready for the season but Wallace is a good safety net should the Celtic’s experience any further problem’s with Garnett’s health.

 

As everyone knows the Cavalier’s acquired Shaquille O’Neal which I feel will be a very good move for the Cavs. Ilgauskas is a soft soft player and the Cavaliers were lacking a big presence in the paint to do all of the dirty work and that is going to be where the Big Diesel comes in. At this point of his career Shaq knows that he is no longer a number one scoring option for a team so he should have no problems playing alongside Lebron. As long as James stays healthy I see no reason why the Cavaliers shouldn’t finish at the top of the Eastern Conference.

 

The Orlando Magic also made some moves this off-season losing Hedo Turkoglu but picking up Vince Carter. Vince is not the player that he once was but the one thing that he can still do is score so the Magic won’t miss much offence with the departure of Turkoglu. Jameer Nelson back and healthy is also going to be a big boost for the Magic.

 

At this point you can pretty much pencil in the Magic, Celtic and Cavaliers for the First, Second and Third seeds in the Eastern Conference. The only question really is in which order they will finish.

 

A team that will be greatly improved from a year ago will be the Toronto Raptors. I love the acquisitions of Hedo Turkoglu and Jarrett Jack and the drafting of DeMar DeRozan. So many times in the last couple of years the Raptor’s have blown games in the final minutes and with the acquisition of Turkoglu the Raptor’s finally have someone that they can give the ball to during crunch time. The Raptor’s won’t be winning any divisions but they should be able to get back into the playoffs this year.

 

Lastly we can’t talk about the NBA without mentioning the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers lost a key player in their NBA title run in Trevor Ariza but they made up for that with the acquisition of Ron Artest. Both Artest and Ariza are great defender’s that can also score when needed so the transition from Ariza to Artest should go smooth as long as Artest can hold himself together. If Artest can get along with Kobe and fits nicely into the Lakers system, I don’t think there will be a team in this league that can keep the Lakers from repeating as champions. The problem is that the odds makers feel this way as well because the Lakers to win the championship is +225 and that really has no betting value at all.

 

One game in the NFL tonight. Take the Eagles and thank me later. The Redskins are brutal. Have a good night everyone.

 

   

Well the first of my two futures went down the drain with the Dodger’s last night. Nothing like putting up an effort till the last out guys. Brutal. It’s nice to think about sports back in the day when players actually gave a shit about the games but now adays they have guys like Manny Ramirez and we all know what point the game has come to. You know your bet on the Dodger’s is dead before the game even starts when they talk about an interview with Manny Ramirez and he states that “It’s just another game”. Thanks Manny. Everyone knows that you don’t give a shit about anything but you aren’t supposed to actually come out and say it.

                                                    

In other news everyone is ripping on Steve Phillips for having sex with a girl that is …… not very attractive. I guess whatever floats his boat. We have all gone out to the bar and picked up someone that we weren’t to happy about so we can’t really put the guy down here. Let him be.

 

There have been some reports of the WTA looking into a possible fixed tennis match with Caroline Wozniacki…….NO WAY. I have witnessed myself many “manipulated” matches and the tennis associations always look the other way so this whole “investigation” thing is just a front to make the public think that they are serious about cleaning up tennis. Won’t happen. Too much money to be made and to easy to manipulate matches. End of story. Next.

 

Well today is probably the last day for the LA Angels or whatever you want to call the team. Seems they like to change their name every couple of years so I am just going to guess that I have picked the proper name this time.  The Angels have the right guy on the mound if they are hoping to extend this series in any way with John Lackey. Guy has proved that he is nails. In his last 3 starts he is 1-1 with a great ERA of 2.40. Career vs the Yankees he hasn’t pitched that bad going 5-7 in 16 starts with a 4.66 ERA. To close it out the Yankees are putting AJ Burnett on the mound who has also been pitching very well down the stretch. In his last 3 starts he is 1-0 with a 2.08 ERA. The thing that worries me about AJ Burnett is that he can look like the best pitcher in the league for three or four innings and then all of the sudden implode and allow 5 runs just like that. He has a tough time controlling his emotions and I think if the Angels can get to him early then the flood gates should open on Burnett. The Angels have their backs against the wall and need this game so I am going to take the Angels tonight at -105.

 

The total for this game has been set at 8.5. I like the under for this game. In the Yankees last 8 playoff games the under is 5-1-2 and in the Angels last 29 games as a favourite the under is 20-7-2. Take the under 8.5 +100.

 

Best of luck tonight with your plays.

So far the Major League Baseball playoffs have been fairly exciting, aside from the fact that the Yankee’s games seem to be played at a snail’s pace. Some sad news today regarding Manny Ramirez showering during the ninth inning of the Monday night meltdown by the Dodger’s. Is anyone really surprised by this? Seems that it’s just another example of Manny being a selfish player. The Yankees series looks as though it’s only a matter of time before the Yankees wrap it up. Sabathia had another great pitching performance and Alex Rodriguez is redefining his legacy with another monster game. One of the overlooked points in this series is the fact that even though Mark Texiera’s bat has been non-existent in these playoff’s, he has saved the Yankee’s many runs and has probably saved the Yankees from some losses by his amazing fielding so far in these playoff’s. The Yankee’s infielder’s should probably work on throwing balls to first base instead of taking extra cut’s in the batting cage for once. They are all going to turn into Chuck Knoblauch out there if they don’t watch out.

 

Only one game in Major League Baseball tonight and that is game five of the Dodgers/Phillie’s series. Will the Dodger’s show up in this game or just pack it in since the series is probably over anyways. The fact that the Phillie’s are at home in this game isn’t really helping the Dodger’s cause at all. I guess one positive for the Dodger’s at this point is that they will have their hottest pitcher on the mound to try to help them avoid elimination tonight in Vicente Padilla.  Padilla was lights out in his last start vs the Phillie’s pitching 7 inning’s allowing only 1 run while striking out 6. In his last 3 start’s Padilla is 2-0 with a 0.93 ERA. The Phillie’s will counter with Cole Hamels on the mound tonight. Hamel’s won game 1 of this series but he wasn’t exactly pitching well allowing 4 runs in 5.1 inning’s. In his last 3 starts Hamels is 1-2 with a 7.42 ERA. I am going to take the Dodger’s tonight as a +132 underdog to come out hard with their backs against the wall and take this series back to Los Angeles.  

 

The total for tonight’s game is set at 8.5 runs. In the Phillie’s last 16 games as a favourite the over is 12-2-2 while the over is 8-3 in the Dodger’s last 11 playoff road games. Factor in that Hamel’s is very hittable at this point and 3 of the 4 games already played in this series have gone over the total and the over 8.5 -103 seems like a good bet here. Book it.

 

Not much else happening out there today unless you like shitty college football games or betting on the National Hockey League. I am not sure about you guys but any time I bet the NHL I lose so I basically have packed it up and avoid betting hockey at all costs.

 

Best of luck tonight guys. Let’s hope the Dodger’s win so we have some more games to bet on. I hate these short series.

 

What can I say? It’s been back to back days of winner’s with the cashing of the Phillie’s run-line last night vs the Dodger’s. The game was never in doubt and that is nice to see for once. Usually I have to sweat out my bets right till the very end but once in a blue moon I get to sit back and relax and watch a winning wager cash. I usually like to follow the games as they go and make some in-game wagers as well so I was having difficulty deciding which game to follow last night, the Sunday Night Football game or the baseball game. Well the Phillie’s made that choice a lot easier by pounding the Dodger’s right from the start of the game so I was able to watch a fairly decent Sunday Night Football game. I have to admit that I was shitting my pants in the last couple minutes of the football game last night because I was heavy on the Atlanta -3.5. Early on in that game I was under the impression that I wasn’t going to have to sweat out this bet but Chicago battled and never gave up. Have to give them props for that. Speaking of giving up, why don’t the Tennessee Titans just hand in their uniforms for the year and go on vacation. They might as well. 59-0….. How is that possible? The only way that is possible is if you are playing Madden against the rookie level or you have a team playing another team that has thrown in the towel. What an embarrassment to the fans of the Titans. This team had so much promise and has so much talent but they are just cashing the cheques. Sad

 

Nice to see that there are two baseball games tonight so let’s get to the breakdowns.

 

 

New York Yankees/ LA Angels

 

Please please Angels make this a series. Not just because I have the Angels in a future to win this series but because I am sick of these playoff series ending so early. I like to have some games going to bet. The pitching match-up for today’s game will be Andy Pettitte vs Jered Weaver. Nice. Both of these pitcher’s have pitched well down the stretch so this should be a good duel. Pettitte is 2-1 in his last 3 starts with a 3.24 ERA. In his career vs the Angels Pettitte has faced them 28 times with a 12-10 record and a 4.70 ERA. Not exactly great numbers which I guess is why you can get the Yankees as a +122 dog today BUT not so fast. Check this out. Jered Weaver has been pitching well in his last 3 starts going 2-1 with a 1.47 ERA but in his career vs the Yankees he has faced them 7 times going 4-2 with a 5.88 ERA. So basically we have two pitcher’s that are both pitching very well BUT history dictates that they will have trouble pitching against the other team tonight…..with that being said I think it’s probably best to skip the side on this game and take a closer look at the total. It has been set at 8.5 and the under seems to be the play here. Current form is more important to me then how a pitcher faired against another team throughout his career. The career number’s don’t factor in if the pitcher was injured at the time they faced the opponent, maybe the weather was bad that day, maybe it was the pitcher’s rookie season and he got knocked around that game. Who knows. I am going to put more emphasis on how the pitcher has been doing lately and with both Pettitte and Weaver pitching well down the stretch, I think this game will land under the number. The under is 3-0 for both pitcher’s in their last three starts. For Pettitte this season he has pitched 32 games and the under is 21-11. For Weaver he has pitched 30 games this season and the under is 17-13. In the Yankee’s last 10 playoff road games the under is 8-2. Also in the last 17 games on grass for the Yankees the under is 13-3-1. Both games in this series so far have also gone under so everything is pointing to the under 8.5 runs here. I will take the under 8.5 -110.

 

 

La Dodgers/ Philadelphia Phillies

 

Dodger’s need this game bad because if they go down 3-1 in this series it could be curtains for them and my Dodger series bet. Randy Wolf is starting for the Dodger’s here vs Joe Blanton for the Phillie’s. Wolf has been the Dodger’s most consistent pitcher this season and I was very surprised that the Dodger’s waited until game 4 to finally pitch him in this series, especially since he was originally slated for game 1 of this series until they changed to Kershaw. In his last 3 starts Wolf is 0-1 but has a decent ERA of 3.60. It has been almost two weeks since his last start so that is something that must be considered when backing Wolf. In his career vs the Phillie’s Wolf has pitched 3 times going 1-1 with a 4.42 ERA. Doesn’t sound to bad does it? Well his last start vs the Dodger’s was 6.1 innings allowing 6 earned runs… horrible. Imagine what Wolf’s ERA vs the Phillie’s was BEFORE that beat down since it is still a respectable 4.42 ERA. The Phillie’s are countering tonight with Joe Blanton who is 2-1 in his last 3 starts with an ERA of 4.82. In his career he has pitched very well against the Dodger’s having faced them 4 times going 1-0 with a 2.88 ERA. I really don’t have faith in either of these pitcher’s so I am just going to pass on the side for this game. The total for this game is set at 8.5 and the over is looking to be the play tonight. The over is 2-1 so far in this series and in the Phillie’s last 23 overall the over is 16-5-2. In the last 15 games when the Phillie’s have been the favourite the over is 11-2-2. These stats are screaming for the over. I will take the over 8.5 +100.

 

Best of luck tonight with your plays.

Wow I know what you guys are thinking…. Stacocakes finally won a posted play. I am standing up and taking a bow right now. The winning streak on posted plays has now climbed up to the huge number of one. I am very proud of myself. Great game last night. Alex Rodriguez has become a beast this postseason. I love watching the press conferences after the game where the player’s give the same bullshit answer’s to every question. I could probably tell you what the player’s are going to say before they even say anything. They are all repetitive and boring. “They are a great team”… “We take one game at a time”….”We put it all on the line”… blah blah blah. I would like a player for once to say something like “We are the better team so we should have won that game. The Angel’s suck and we are going to sweep them in this series. I hate the Angels and would like to fight the player’s on their team”. That’s what I am talking about. Now that would be exciting. Until then let’s just get the player’s talking on tape once and then every time there is a press conference someone will walk up to the podium and put the tape recorder and push play and spew out the same repetitive bullshit everyday. What a waste of time.

 

I love Sunday’s. So many games to bet on today. It is like going to an all you can eat buffet and you are walking around the buffet deciding which item to pick because they all look so good….then after you are done eating for the day you feel like shit for the rest of the day. Yes it is like gambling. Here’s what I like today:

 

 

Los Angeles Dodgers at Philadelphia Phillies

 

Oh God is all I can say for this game. Did Randy Wolf go missing or something? Where the hell is this guy? Something must have happened to him because the Dodger’s are countering the series best pitcher in Cliff Lee with Hiroki Kuroda. Yes Kuroda is 2-1 with a 2.25 ERA in his last 3 starts BUT Kuroda hasn’t pitched since September 28^th. Granted the big layoff didn’t hurt Pedro Martinez when he pitched in this series but still a big layoff like that scares me when you are putting him up against Cliff Lee and the Phillie’s in the National League Championship Series. One of the reason’s that Kuroda is getting this start is that he has pitched against the Phillie’s 3 times in his career and is 1-0 with a 0.95 ERA. That’s amazing. Maybe Joe Torre does have something up his sleeve here. The Dodger’s are 8-3 in Kuroda’s last 11 starts BUT it doesn’t look as though Kuroda likes to pitch on Sunday for some reason because in his career on Sunday starts he is 2-7. Maybe he doesn’t like missing the NFL games on Sunday so it affects his play haha. Cliff Lee is going for the Phillie’s and he has been everything that the Phillie’s had hoped for since they acquired him from the Indians. In his last 3 starts Lee is 1-1 with a 2.05 ERA. Lee has only faced the Dodger’s once in his career and he went 7 innings only allowing 1 run. In the Dodger’s last 9 games in Philadelphia they are 2-7 and in the Phillie’s last 9 playoff home games they are 8-1. The line on the Phillie’s is a bit too high at -169 so I think there is a bit more value in the run line at +135 for the Phillie’s. That will be my play on this game.

 

The total for this game has been set at 8. In the Dodger’s last 15 games following a win the over is 10-4-1 while in the Phillie’s last 9 games following a loss the over is 7-1-1. In the Phillie’s last 14 games as a favourite the over is 10-2-2. The games in which Kuroda and Lee have pitched this season have gone more towards the under however with the under being 20-12 for the two pitcher’s combined. I think I am going to pass on the total of this game. To tough to call.

 

Best of luck with your bets today guys. Will see you tomorrow.

Well another day another loss. I don’t even want to know what my record is since I started posting my picks in blogs. Brutal. Great pitching performance by both Pedro and Padilla. The Dodgers should feel lucky to be tired going to Philadelphia and not down 2-0.

 

Los Angeles Angels vs New York Yankees

 

Only one baseball game on the board tonight. Looks as though there is rain in the forecast so the game could get sloppy. Hopefully we don’t have any rain delays or anything. One good thing that has come of the baseball playoffs is the rule implemented last year on the go by Bud Selig stating that all games completed will be finished. This is perfect for total’s backers because I know that we all have a handful of stories where we had a winning bet and the rains came and the game was rain shortened and the totals were all voided. I hate when that happens. The funny thing is that this stuff never happens in your favour it’s always when you are about to win.

 

Good pitching match up tonight with AJ Burnett and Joe Saunders on the mound. Burnett is 1-0 in his last 3 starts with a lights out ERA of 1.56. In 6 career meetings vs the Angels Burnett is 2-2 with a 4.43 ERA. The last game that Burnett pitched against the Angels he went 5.2 innings allowing 2 earned runs while striking out 11. Joe Saunders has also pitched well down the stretch going 3-0 in his last 3 starts with an ERA of 3.26. Something to look at though is that in his career, Joe Saunders has pitched against the Yankees 5 times and his ERA is 6.28 in those games. Yikes. What makes it even worse is that Saunders last start vs the Yankees was actually very good going 8.1 innings and allowing only 2 runs. With that being said, you can imagine how bad Saunder’s career ERA was against the Yankees BEFORE that game. The books have the line for this game around Yankees -180 and that is just a bit too much to lay in the playoffs for me. I will pass on the side for this game.

 

One thing that I do like in this game though is the under 8.5 runs. If you look at all of the stats regarding the Angels and the Yankees coming into this game, everything screams at the under. In the Angels last 9 playoff road games the under is 6-1-2. In the Angels last 17 road games the under is 14-3. Overall in the last 35 games for the Angels, the under is 26-8-1. Wow. These numbers are just jumping off the page at this point. But wait….it gets even better. Yankees last 8 home games……….under is 7-0-1. Hmm….. How about the last 11 games when the Yankees were the favourite……..under is 9-1-1. Want one more reason? Last 16 for the Yankees on grass….under is 12-3-1. By looking at all of these stats, how can you bet the over? Factor in that game 1 of this series went under already and the under 8.5 looks like a very very good bet tonight. I’m on the under 8.5 -105.

 

Best of luck tonight guys. Let’s make some money.

Well it took five innings but Clayton Kershaw’s train fell off the track’s last night and it cost Dodger’s backers money. Whenever the Phillies bullpen comes into a game you always have the feeling that your bet is not dead till the final out. You just have to think that the Phillie’s pen will hurt them at some point in these playoffs and hopefully that point is this National League Championship Series. Today Game two of the Dodgers series will be played and the first game of the Yankees series as well.

 

Philadelphia Phillies/ LA Dodgers

 

Today’s pitching match-up is Pedro Martinez vs Vicente Padilla. Martinez has played the Dodgers 9 times in his career and is 3-5 with a 4.02 ERA in those starts. The thing that worries me about Martinez is that he hasn’t pitched since September 30, 2009 which is over two weeks. No doubt there will be some rust for Martinez when he takes the mound today. In his last three starts Martinez is 1-1 with a respectable ERA of 3.60. The Dodgers will be relying on Vicente Padilla to get them back even in this series. Padilla is coming off of a great performance in the National League Divisional Series against the Rockies where he went 5 innings allowing 1 run and striking out 10. In his career, Padilla has faced the Phillies once and that was a loss giving up 7 runs in 6 innings.  Padilla has been lights out in his last 3 starts going 2-0 with a 2.65 ERA. To be honest both of these pitchers scare me. If you look at the pitching numbers in the last three starts or if you look at the pitching numbers for the season for both pitchers they have been pitching great but for some reason I just don’t really have faith in either pitcher to the point that I would be willing to put down some money on a side in this game, especially with the Dodgers at -148. That is way way to high here. What I do like in this game though is the over 9 runs. The over has been 15-4-2 in Philadelphia’s last 21 games and 13-3 in their last 16 road games while the over has been 6-2-1 in the Dodgers last 9 home games. The long wait in between starts will probably hurt Martinez and the Philadelphia bullpen is very shaky so some runs will definitely be scored today. Take the over 9 -110.

 

 

New York Yankees/ LA Angels

 

Looks as though there is going to be rain throughout the day in New York. Whether it will be enough to affect the game in any way is a different story. The pitching match-up for today’s game will be John Lackey vs CC Sabathia. Lackey has pitched against the Yankees 16 times in his career going 5-7 with a 4.66 ERA. In his last start vs the Yankees Lackey pitched 7 innings allowing only 2 runs while striking out 6. Even though Lackey pitched well in his last start vs the Red Sox going 7.1 scoreless innings, the previous 3 starts Lackey was knocked around. Sabathia has faced the Angels 14 times in his career and is 5-7 with a 4.72 ERA. His last start vs the Angels Sabathia gave up 5 runs in only 6.2 innings pitched. A stat that jumps off the page is that Sabathia has won 10 of his last 11 decisions and the Yankees as a team are 13-1 in Sabathia’s last 14 games. Hard to go against Sabathia at this point no matter which team he is facing. Unfortunately the Yankees are -171 to win this game and at that price I am reluctant to bet it so I am going to have to pass on the side for this game.  Due to the rain throughout the game I am going to pass on the total in this game as well.

 

Best of luck tonight guys. Hopefully we get both games in.