Wednesday Godspicks

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Three night winners, including a Dandy Dog, go with our day winner. Dandy dogs are dogs of 140 or more in MLB.  Godspicks.com has yet another winning night.  We go 3-2 with our only Wise Guy being easy on Minnesota.  We also added Dandy Dog Kansas City.  Go 4-0 now. The ENTIRE card  is just $17 at www.godspicks.com.    

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MLB

LA ANAHEIM (ESCOBAR -140) Boston (Lester)

The Red Sox are the poster child for what we tell you about being careful simply going with a team that “needs to win it more”.  Teams that are in must-win games got there because they struggled winning must-win games to begin with.

Boston is 4-13 their last 17, 1-8 their last nine, including six straight losses. Anaheim is on a 5-0 run. They are 12-5 their last 17.

Wow, talk about our famed bubble burst theory—this year’s poster child is John Lester. Over his last six starts, his ERA is 6.63 and that includes 9.88 in his last three with a 2.268 WHIP.

Despite little run support, Kelvim Escobar has a 3.31 home ERA with a 1.260 WHIP.