Thursday, May 31, 2007

Friday Computer Trends

Friday, June 1, 2007
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MLB

·        Mike Maroth 8-4 to Cleveland lifetime
·        Anaheim's John Lackey 8-3 this year
·        Brandon Webb is 1-6 career to the Mets
·        Randy Wolf 4-1 career to Pittsburgh
·        San Diego's Jake Peavy 1.71 ERA this year
 

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Thursday Computer Trends

Thursday, May 31, 2007
 
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MLB

·        Kelvim Escobar 12-4 lifetime mark to Baltimore
·        Vincente Padilla 1-4 lifetime record to Seattle
·        Cha Seung Baek 3-0 lifetime to Texas
·        Woody Williams 9-5 lifetime to Cincinnati
·        Greg Maddux 25-16 lifetime to Pittsburgh with a 2.62 ERA
·        Houston's Woody Williams is 1-7 this year
·        Colorado's Aaron Cook is 4-1 this year

Wednesday GodsTips

Wednesday, May 30, 2007
BASEBALL WINNING DAYS 5 OF 6 + CAVS FOR ANOTHER WINNING NIGHT, NBA WG + 2 IN MLB, 7 WINNERS IN ALL
America's Greatest starts you out with a day winner then we come back with two MLB Wise Guy plays, an NBA Wise Guy plus the NHL side. We have seven winners in all.  We are on fire, especially in MLB where we enter winning day 7-of-8. You get the all of today's Joe Duffy's GodsTips  $17 at OffshoreInsiders.com.  

MLB

BALTIMORE (BEDARD -130) Kansas City (Meche)
Baltimore has won four straight. KC has lost six straight. Baltimore is 14-3 in the series. In his last five starts Erik Bedard has a 2.13 ERA. Welcome back to earth Gil Meche. In his last two starts, 9/13 IP he's given up 12 ER in 19 hits.
KC is 1-3 to Bedard whose ERA is 3.09 to them. 
 

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Wednesday Computer Trends

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

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NBA

·        San Antonio 16-7 versus Utah including 6-1 last three years

·        Utah has gone under 21-8 when trailing in a playoff series

 

MLB

·        Randy Johnson 8-3 lifetime to Philadelphia 2.57 ERA

·        Pittsburgh’s Pat Maholm is 2-6 for the year with a 5.43 ERA

·        Florida’s Sergio Mitre has a 1.64 ERA in his last three starts

·        Oakland’s Danny Haren has a spectacular 1.23 ERA in his last three starts and in 74 1/3 IP this year it’s 1.70

·        Anaheim’s Jared Weaver has a 2.89 ERA in last three starts

·        Kansas City’s Gil Meche has a 3.18 ERA for the year in 70 2/3 IP, but it’s 6.61 in his last three starts

·        Tampa’s James Shields is 3-0 for the year in 74.1 IP his ERA is just 3.15

Monday GodsTips

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

MLB WINNING DAYS 4-OF-5, UNDEFEATED SINCE FRIDAY ALL WISE GUY PLAYS, 7 MLB & NBA WINNERS

America’s Greatest is at the beginning of one of our great runs.  Though many of our permanent clients jumped on us first 10-20 days into one of our historic runs, hop on the money train now.  It’s the NBA moneyline and total as well as five MLB sides. We have an MLB Wise Guy. You get the all of today’s Joe Duffy’s GodsTips  $17 at OffshoreInsiders.com.  

MLB

SAN DIEGO (WELLS +125) Pittsburgh (Gorzelanny)

The Pads are 11-3.  Pittsburgh has lost 6-of-9. We know David Wells has very unfavorable splits.  He’s great at home, but has struggled on the road.  While San Diego is a pitcher’s park, an advantage he won’t have today, he has a lot of road games under his wide belt, so we expect him to return to his mean.

Thanks to a mediocre offense, Pittsburgh is 1-3 at home with Gorzelanny. San Diego is 9-4 in the series last three years. 

 

Monday, May 28, 2007

Tuesday Computer Trends

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

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MLB

·        Andy Pettitte has a 15-7 lifetime mark to Toronto

·        Cleveland’s Jeremy Sowers has a 1-4 record this year with a 6.29 ERA. His ERA over his last three starts is 7.00

·        Josh Beckett of Boston has a 13.97 ERA to Cleveland

·        Detroit’s Jeremy Bonderman is 3-1 lifetime to Tampa with a 1.96 ERA in 36 2/3 IP

·        Anaheim’s Ervin Santana has a 3-6 record for the year with a 6.00 ERA

·        The White Sox John Danks has won his last three starts with an ERA of 1.89

·        Los Angeles Brad Penny is 11-5 lifetime to Washington with a stunning 2.33 ERA

·        St. Louis Jason Marquis is 5-1 this year with a 2.60 ERA

·        Cincinnati’s Matt Belisle has a 2.33 ERA in career to Cincinnati, but is 0-3

·        Oliver Perez is 0-4 lifetime to San Francisco with a 6.23 ERA

·        Jon Lieber has a 1-7 record to Arizona with a 6.10 ERA

 

 

Monday Trends

Monday, May 28, 2007

Thank you to all of our veterans.  You are the most important and heroic among us.

MLB

·        Boston has gone under 9-0 to the AL Central

·        Cincinnati has gone over 32-11 at home after three straight games without a stolen base

·        Arizona has gone under 11-1 on the road with a total of 8.5-10

·        Cincinnati is 8-23 this year -19.4 if the total is posted at 9-9.5

·        Cleveland 0-8 -10.2 on the road following an under

·        The Cubs are 2-8 -12 units as a home favorites of 150 or more this year

·        Yankees are 4-11 -17.4 units last three years to an AL pitcher with an ERA of 6.70 or worse

Monday GodsTips

Monday, May 28, 2007

WIN AGAIN SUNDAY, SWEEPS WISE GUY PLAYS FRI, SAT, SUN

The day card is up with two winners and we just added NBA and night baseball. The king of the dog and small favorite is ready to explode into a remarkable summer of winning and it continues on the unofficial beginning of summer today. You get the all of today’s Joe Duffy’s GodsTips  $17 at OffshoreInsiders.com.  

MLB

BALTIMORE (TRACHSEL -124) Kansas City (Elarton)

They Royals are back to playing like the Royals losing four straight. They are 9-18 at home for the year. Baltimore is 12-3 the last three years in the series and 36-15 going back further.

Baltimore’s Steve Trachsel has a solid 3.77 ERA and that includes 3.02 in nine grass starts. Scott Elarton has a 1.867 WHIP.

 

 

 

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Sunday Godstips

Sunday, May 27, 2007

ONLY WISE GUY ON SAN DIEGO WINS, MLB WISE GUY, 2 MLB MAJORS & 2 NBA

Wise Guy plays from Joe Duffy’s GodsTips are widely accepted by high rollers, bookmakers, linesmakers, and fellow handicappers as the biggest play in the handicapping abyss. This is just fact.  We go 5-0 in MLB and NBA (plus hope you got down on our Indy 500 pick). You get the all of today’s Joe Duffy’s GodsTips  $17 at OffshoreInsiders.com.    

MLB

ANAHEIM (LACKEY +125) NY Yankees (Mussina)

Anaheim is 13-4 their last 17. The Yankees are 5-10 their last 15. John Lackey has been sensational all year with a 7-3 team record with a 2.38 ERA and 1.259 WHIP. He’s given up one or less earned runs in four of his last six starts including one earned run in 11 IP.

Mike Mussina has an 8.10 ERA at home. In his last two starts he’s given up 12 ER in 12 IP giving up 18 hits.

 

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Sunday Computer Trends

Sunday, May 27, 2007

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MLB

·        Jose Contreras 4-0 lifetime to Tampa with a 2.50 ERA

·        Cleveland’s Fausto Carmona is 5-1 this year with a 2.77 ERA

·        Mike Maroth is 8-3 lifetime to Cleveland with a 2.71 ERA

·        Mike Mussina 15-8 lifetime to Anaheim with a 3.45 ERA is 203.1 innings

·        Roy Oswalt is 6-0 lifetime to Arizona with a 1.98 ERA

·        Kyle Davies 0-3 to Philadelphia with a 17.10 ERA

·        Dodgers Randy Wolf is 3-0 in his last three starts with a 1.89 ERA

·        St. Louis Adam Wainwright has a 6.02 ERA this year and 7.02 in his last three starts

·        San Francisco’s Noah Lowry has a 1.64 ERA in his last three starts

 

NBA

·        Detroit 31-15 on the road this year

 

Saturday Computer Trends

Saturday, May 26, 2007

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MLB

·        Oakland under 17-3 off a win

·        Florida has gone over 21-7 against the division

·        Cubs over 11-1 off three or more consecutive road games

·        Milwaukee has gone over 16-4 to NL teams allowing 4.3 or less runs per game

·        Cincinnati is 2-10 at home -11.1 units this year to a team with a bullpen ERA of 3.75-4.50

·        Washington is 14-6 +14.7 units as dog of 125-175

·        Arizona is 10-1 +9 units after three straight games without giving up a stolen base

2 NBA, 5 MLB Winners + Indy 500 Off Winning Friday

Saturday, May 26, 2007

NBA SIDE & TOTAL, INDY 500, 5 MLB INC WG AND DANDY DOG

Wise Guy plays from Joe Duffy’s GodsTips are widely accepted by high rollers, bookmakers, linesmakers, and fellow handicappers as the biggest play in the handicapping abyss. This is just fact. We have an MLB Wise Guy after Oakland as a Wise Guy led us to a winning night last night.  We also check in with the NBA side and total, four MLB dogs including a Dandy Dog.  Plus we have the Indy 500 winner so you can get down on time. You get the all of today’s Joe Duffy’s GodsTips  $17 at OffshoreInsiders.com.  

MLB

LOS ANGELES (HENRICKSON +111) Cubs (Zambrano)

The Dodgers are 16-8 in their last 24 home games. The Cubs are 5-10 their last 15. Carlos Zambrano has given up four or more home runs in three of his last four starts. LA is 2-0 at home with Hendrickson.  They are 3-0 in his day starts as he has a 2.60 ERA and 1.211 WHIP in those games.  Conversely in seven day starts, Zambrano has a 6.48 ERA. He’s allowed home runs in seven straight starts and is off bad outings to Pittsburgh and Washington, teams that rank 29th and 30th in OPS.

 

Friday, May 25, 2007

Friday Computer Trends

Friday, May 25, 2007

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MLB

·        Detroit has gone over 16-2 at home to right-handed pitchers

·        Florida over 21-5 to the division this year

·        Arizona under 21-7 virtual pick ‘em games (line 125 or less either way)

·        Cincinnati is 5-19 -16.5 units to teams averaging .75 or fewer home runs per game

·        Washington is 15-6 this year +16.3 as an underdog

·        Oakland is 22-6 the last two years following an off day

·        St. Louis Anthony Reyes is 0-8 the the last two years as a home favorites of 125-175

·        San Diego’s Greg Maddux is 0-9 -12.2 at home last three years after a start in which he did not walk a batter

Friday GodsTips

Friday, May 25, 2007

2-1 MLB YESTERDAY WITH 3 DOGS, WISE GUY AND MAJOR IN MLB TONIGHT

Wise Guy plays from Joe Duffy’s GodsTips are widely accepted by high rollers, bookmakers, linesmakers, and fellow handicappers as the biggest play in the handicapping abyss. This is just fact.  We have a Wise Guy MLB puppy for tonight plus a Major play.  Jump on that four-day pass.  We will likely have some Indianapolis 500 picks and we will analyze at Monday’s Stanley Cup Final later today for a possible pick for Monday. You get the all of today’s Joe Duffy’s GodsTips  $17 at OffshoreInsiders.com.  

MLB

KANSAS CITY (MECHE +1.5 -150) Seattle (Hernandez)

Runline plays where the line is in typical range of -1.5 (+160) to +1.5 (+130) and a starting pitcher who gives up 5.5 or fewer hits per start with a bullpen WHIP under 1.250 in their last 15 games is +124.4 units.

Felix the Cat Hernandez has been beatable lately with an ERA of 8.00 in his last three starts with a 2.778 WHIP. He’s still looking for a  quality start since coming off the DL.  He faces a Royal team with a .315 batting average and .374 OBP in his their last seven games, averging 6.3 runs.

Gil Meche has great numbers of a 2.44 ERA and 1.236 WHIP for the year.  His home WHIP is 1.020.  We don’t see Seattle winning by multiple runs.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Thursday GodsTips

Thursday, May 24, 2007

ONE DAY, TWO MLB NIGHT + NBA SIDE

America’s Greatest has a night Wise Guy dog plus day and night Major plays and the NBA Cleveland-Detroit Major as well. Wise Guy plays from Joe Duffy’s GodsTips are widely accepted by high rollers, bookmakers, linesmakers, and fellow handicappers as the biggest play in the handicapping abyss. This is just fact. You get the all of today’s Joe Duffy’s GodsTips  $17 at OffshoreInsiders.com.  

MLB

DETROIT (BONDERMAN -160) LA Anaheim (Santana)

Ervin Santana is road kill.  His highway numbers are an 0-4 personal and 0-5 team record with a 7.86 ERA and 1.975 WHIP. The home team is 8-1 in his starts. All he does is face a Detroit team averaging six runs per game at home. 

Going against road teams averaging .9 or fewer home runs per game against a pitcher whose ERA is 7.00 or higher over his last three starts is +76.4.  Detroit is hitting .291 with an OBP of .354 their last seven games.

 

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Thursday Computer Trends

Thursday, May 24, 2007

 

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MLB

 

·        Cleveland’s Jeremy Sowers is 0-4 for the year with a 7.13 ERA. His team record is 2-6

·        Detroit’s Jeremy Bonderman has a 7-16 team record at home to AL teams scoring 4.7 or less runs per gam

·        NY Mets Tom Glavine has a career mark of 31-0 against Atlanta with a 5.49 ERA.  However he has a 33-11 team mark on grass the last two years

·        Florida is 7-3 with Willis this year, going over 7-3

·        Atlanta is 8-2 this year with John Smoltz

·        Seattle over 6-1 for the year with Horacio Ramirez

 

Personal record is a pitcher’s record in his decisions including relief appearances.  Team record is how the team did in his starts whether or not he was involved in the decision.

 

NBA

 

·        Cleveland 5-1 last six on the road

·        Detroit 3-9 skid at home

 

Wednesday Computer Trends

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

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MLB

·        Florida over 20-5 to the division this year

·        Dodgers over 18-4 to NL teams with an OBP of .325 or worse this year

·        Cincinnati over 9-0 at home this year to teams that average .75 or fewer home runs

·        The Yankees have gone under 16-3 this month

·        Atlanta is 1-9 -12.1 units thy off a win of four or more runs

·        NY Yankees are 4-12 -15.8 to the division this year

·        Arizona 20-8 +11.9 units virtual pick ‘em games (line 125 or less either way)

·        Cincinnati 8-20 -13.4 off an over this year

Wednesday GodsTips

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

6 WINNERS OFF MLB PROFIT YESTERDAY

It’s the biggest day this month in MLB as Center of the Handicapping Universe GodsTips.com has six MLB winners.  It includes the uber popular competitor consensus.  If we do not have a lean towards one side but it does not rise to the level of premium play, but get a strong play or consensus from the few other handicappers we respect, we pass it as a “competitor consensus”.

We also go against a big favorite who has a 2.200 WHIP in his last two starts and whose team has an OBP of just .273 in their last seven games. We have a night and day pitcher—his numbers are much worse at night and his WHIP is above 2.000 in his last three overall starts. You get the all of today’s Joe Duffy’s GodsTips  $17 at OffshoreInsiders.com.  

MLB

OAKLAND (GAUDIN +118) White Sox (Garland)

Go with a team that draws four or more walks per game against a pitcher who gave up two or less earned runs in his last two outings is  +83.4 units at 271-185.  Go against a team with a bullpen ERA of 5.00 or worse starting a pitcher whose WHIP is less than 1.00 last five starts.

Guadin has great numbers at a 2.94 ERA and 1.288 WHIP for the year.  Oakland has won three straight with him. Jack Cust and Dan Johnson have sizzling bats for Oakland.

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Led By Curt Thomas, GodsTips 8-3 NBA Run

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

8-3 NBA RUN, CLEV & UNDER LAST NIGHT, UNDEFEATED SINCE 5-5 WITH NHL WISE GUY PLAYS, MLB, NHL & NBA TONIGHT

America’s Greatest goes to 10-3 our last 13 in the NBA with the side and total in Utah-San Antonio, an NHL Wise Guy, two MLB Wise Guys and two MLB totals. Which game tonight has the home team a combined 15-3 in the starts of tonight’s pitchers? You get the all of today’s Joe Duffy’s GodsTips  $17 at OffshoreInsiders.com.  

MLB

SAN FRANCISCO (LINCECUM +106) Houston (Oswalt)

Houston has lost 4-of-5.  They face a pitcher who won’t be undervalued long.  Time Lincecum is coming off consecutive road outings, at Colorado and against these same Astros in which he gave up two earned runs in 14 IP, allowing just 11 baserunners.

Roy Oswalt has a 5.68 road ERA. The Giants have beaten him 5-of-6.  Oswalt has an ROI of -8 in those games.

Houston is hitting .206 their last seven games with an impotent .277 OBP. The Gints are 5-2 at home in the series for +4.2 units.

 

Monday, May 21, 2007

Spurs-Suns Series Shoots Down Another Urban Legend

Joe Duffy (www.OffshoreInsiders.com)

Over the years I’ve heard a common faulty theory regurgitated when either a game has a large pointspread or even more commonplace when a contest involves two teams that play opposite tempos. It entails an if-then-else statement in which both the side and total are essentially handicapped jointly.

“If you like the big favorite you have to like the over, but if you like the big dog, you have to like the under,” the myth goes.  Even more humdrum is “If you like the up-tempo team to cover, you have to like the over,” and I’m sure you can figure out what follows. 

In a classic illustration, I saw this drivel rear its ugly head on gambling posting boards before the Spurs-Suns series. Phoenix of course plays the chaotic full-court style where the shot clock is almost irrelevant.  The Spurs play a classic half-court style where shots are generally taken with the shot clock at single digits.  Even the newspaper hacks and talking heads on television recited the groupthink that a fast-paced game would benefit the Suns and a slow-paced game would be to the advantage of the Spurs.

Game 5 between San Antonio and Phoenix ended with the side being a push. For our purpose, that’s convenient because that was the now infamous game in which the Suns Amare Stoudemire and Boris Diaw were suspended, hence from a handicapping standpoint, the results should be thrown out.

Of the remaining five games, San Antonio won and covered three of them.  All three went over the total.  Phoenix won and covered two, both of which went under the total. All five results, of course, went against the conventional so-called logic.

This is consistent with my observations over the years.  Unless there is a push, there are four possible combinations of a side and total: Team A and the under, Team A and the over, Team B and the under and Team B and the over. Random chance suggests the if-then-else fairy tale has a 50 percent chance of being right because it says of the possible four combinations it will likely be one of two possibilities. My educated observations says every time I hear this theory espoused, one of the two alleged to be likely combinations hits less than 50 percent of the time.

I always handicap sides and totals as separate entities.  If anything, based on experience, I feel more comfortable if I pick the ball control team to cover and the over, or the fast-paced team and the under.   

The domino effect of course is not going to be as overwhelming as the Suns-Spurs series illustrates, but that example is closer to the rule than the exception.

A big believer in contrarian handicapping, as explained in previous articles, I can’t say there is necessarily such an angle here.  But the invaluable lesson is to not inhibit handicapping by subscribing to the popular fallacy.

Here is the if-then-else truth for sports bettors. If you rid of the aforesaid robotic fairy tale, then your chances of winning are much greater.

Joe Duffy is CEO of OffshoreInsiders.com which now has the best free sports gambling match-ups, free picks, databases and more. 

 

Monday Computer Trends

Monday, May 21, 2007

 

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NBA

·        Cleveland is 8-24 road if they led their last game at the half by 15 or more points

·        Cleveland is 9-1 their last 10 v. teams w/ winning record

MLB

·        Milwaukee over 14-2 to NL teams allowing 4.3 or less runs per game

·        LA Dodgers over 17-3 to NL teams with an OBP of .325 or worse

·        Oakland under 15-3 opponent strands 6.9 or less runners on base per game

·        Arizona under 23-9 this year with a total of 8.5-10

·        NY Yankees are 4-13 -13.7 units this year off consecutive road games

·        Boston is 13-1 this year opponent +.5 or better runs per game average

·        Cincinnati is 9-23 -14.5 at night this year

Monday GodsTips

Monday, May 21, 2007

6-3 NBA, SIDE AND TOTAL PLUS 3 MLB

America’s Greatest has three dogs or small favorites including a Dandy Dog. Dandy dogs are moneyline dogs of 140 or more (includes runline getting back 140 or more). We have the Cleveland-Detroit side and total. You get the all of today’s Joe Duffy’s GodsTips  $17 at OffshoreInsiders.com.  

MLB

OAKLAND (BLANTON +110) White Sox (Contreras)

Going with a team that gets four or more walks per game against a starting pitcher who gave up two or less earned runs in each of his last two outings is 271-184 +84.4 units.

Oakland is 3-1 the last four with Blanton.  His ERA is 3.32 with a 1.107 WHIP. In last three starts it’s 2.42 and 1.120 respectively. Contreras has a  7.71 ERA at home with a 1.857 WHIP.

The Sox have a .226 batting average overall including .210 at home with a horrid .299 OPB. Oakland’s OPS of .846 in May is second only to Detroit.  

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Sunday GodsTips

Sunday, May 20, 2007

NAIL ONLY PLAY, A WISE DANDY DOG ON MINNESOTA, WE NAIL CURLIN IN PREAKNESS, NBA SIDE & O/U UP + 3 MLB DOGS

Center of the Handicapping Universe GodsTips.com is in one of those grooves where the books run for cover because our expertise in picking underdogs assures that we win a lot of money in a hurry.  We have five winners today, three in MLB and the Utah-San Antonio side and total. You get the all of today’s Joe Duffy’s GodsTips  $17 at OffshoreInsiders.com.  

MLB

NY METS (MAINE -151) NY Yankees (Clippard)

The Bombers have bombed losing 7-of-9 -8.6 units. The Mets have won 9-of-11. John Maine has been the main man for the Metropolitans.  NY is 7-1 in his starts and his ERA is 2.15.

The Mets are hitting .284 in all games with a beautiful .355 on base percentage. In their last seven games their batting average is .298 with a .380 OBP.  

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