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    oakland at kansas city

    not a pretty day yesterday. the two dogs i had hoping for a split at least, detroit and toronto, went under. still, i won't change a style that works and will keep looking for overpriced games. hudson vs. durbin hudson is without question an excellent pitcher who has been fairly steady...
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    can you make a living off gambling?

    this was touched upon by kc on a previous post and it left me thinking, so here i go to set this off: while i have no doubt that good bookies, writers and intermediaries in general do, can a mere mortal depend on 50-80-100 thou a year to provide for living expenses with no other source of...
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    milwaukee at san diego

    haynes vs. jones neither pitcher is worth looking at, as they both are in terrible form, both averaging right around a 7 era in their last 4 games. using my 2nd grade math, i add 7+7 and come up with 14, yet the totals line is at 9.5?? are you kidding? if we are getting set up on this one, so...
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    detroit at cleveland

    weaver vs. colon i will make an exception here and use the last 3 games for each pitcher, as they both got hammered in their previous one. weaver has pitched 20 innings in his last 3, allowed 12 hits and 7 bbs, and a mind-boggling under 1 era. 'nuff said. colon's last 3 have also been...
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    toronto at new york

    carpenter vs. mussina i see and hear all kinds of trends developing here, but i am disregarding them and concentrating on the game at hand and the pitcher against pitcher comparison. carpenter's era is almost the same as mussina, but that is neither nor there. he has pitched some gems and will...
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    montreal at atlanta

    munoz vs. perez munoz has had only one appearance this year, and it was so-so, as he allowed 2 er in 5.2 innings, but a whopping 12 between hits/bb, much too high, and suggesting the era could have been a lot higher than 3.18. perez on the other hand, appears like an easy read, as we could...
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    cinci at florida

    acevedo vs. clements acevedo has started and pitched a total of 5 games this year. his first 2 were a disaster, averaging somewhere around a 12 era. however, his last 3 have been just short of excellent, going 7, 6 and 7 innings and averaging an era of 2.27. clements, who is capable of...
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    need help with 1-2-3

    i'm at wits end. i run a contest, where i list the contestants down the column, then the weekly postings and results accross. somehow there is a formula stuck in all the columns and i can't take it off, or post for that matter. i even tried opening up a new spreadsheet, and just copied the...
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    do you gamble in sports for: entertainment/profit/ or both?

    this should be interesting if we get enough participation, but then, who will tally it? my vote i gamble for entertainment and profit. pep
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    st louis at houston

    morris vs. miller morris and miller show many similarities, such as both getting shellacked recently, both showing excellent era trends if you forgive each one's last bad game. the only differences are both in favor or morris: he has a season era 1 run lower than miller and he recovered nicely...
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    yankees at detroit

    lilly vs. santos lilly can throw a pretty decent game once in a while, but still carries a hefty 4.99 era, and his last 4 confirm that fact. on the other hand, santos, who carries a 3.92 era, was hit hard his last 2 as a starter, came back in relief, and has not pitched for about a month...
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    kansas city at chicubs

    byrd vs. lieber i saw happy cappers' notes on byrd, but can also assume that his arm will be fresher today. in any event, byrd had a terrible outing his last time out, and since he has only pitched 39 innings this year, that one bad inning made his era jump from 2.50 to 5.54. he is just one of...
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    tampa at atlanta

    lopez vs. perez there is still hope for albie. after starting the season with a bang, he became a sure bet against. now, in his last 4 he has had a couple of so-so showings, but has managed to cut down on his hits/bb per innning to about 1.3 from an earlier 2+. he is now facing the born again...
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    nevada guys: please explain

    when i moved from nyc to houston back in 1973, the friends i left behind laughed and thought i was crazy, as they envisioned the old west movies with people carrying guns in their holsters and riding horses. now, i get the feeling that people perceive nevada and its surroundings as being pure...
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    re: nolan's beijing olympics article

    re: nolan's beijing olympics article nolan i certainly do share your anger at the shameful disregard for life and human beings in general in china. this is a very hypocritical world we live in, and part of that has to do with our commercial relations with china as well. from the little that...
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    aol quickcash-legal scam?

    aol has now joined forces with citibank to offer quickcash, where you can "transfer" money from email to email account. contrary to all that is legal and we are taught, they don't tell you: 1. how it works. 2. how much it will cost. 3. what are the terms and conditions. like so many other...
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    milwaukee at giants

    wright vs. hernandez wright has been just short of great in his last four, sporting a less than 1 era and going an average of 7 innings. not much more to say here. hernandez has improved from earlier in the season and could go 8 innings. yet, his era is still over 4 (in his last 4), which...
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    cinci at minn

    dessens vs. radke another dog with good potential. radke's era has been worsening, up to a 5.80 in his last four, while dessen's is fairly steady at around 4.1. a one plus run era advantage for the visitor, and an inflated line, which should be no more than 130/120, including the minny...
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    oakland at arizona

    zito vs. schilling zito has been improving on his era, down to about 3.2 in his last 4 games, he is now facing a team which is particularly weak against left handers, although the record seems to indicate that zito will only go about 6 innings, so the bullpen will have to pick him up...
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    Your favorite drink?

    let's see if we can top jack's mj issue. only one drink. for me, without any doubt, a good S T O U T pep
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