Wednesday Night

Daddy needs a couple of winners tonight after watching the early play lose in the 12th inning.

MLB

Dodgers +101, 1 unit to win 1.01 units

Dodgers lineup is stacked with solid OPS guys versus left-handed pitchers (Kemp, Jones, Kent, Loney, Martin all over .850 last 3 seasons) and get the very mediocre lefty Parra tonight, whose K/BB is just barely over 1 so far this season. Brewers lineup is set up the same way, but unfortunately for them, they're not facing a left-handed starter tonight (only Fielder over .850 OPS vs. righties last 3 seasons). Even without Furcal, Los Angeles should be able to score enough to take tonight's game.

NBA

Jazz +8.5 -103, 1.03 units to win 1 unit

I asked B.A. Baracus who Hannibal Smith was picking tonight, and he said, "He's on the Jazz. He's on the Jazz." If you're not old enough to get that lame reference, then get back to your homework, it's almost your bedtime. I'm not banking on a Kobe injury, but it couldn't hurt if he's not 100% yet. If Utah doesn't have to triple-team Kobe, then Pau Gasol won't be able to score at all, as all he does is roll to the basket for an uncontested layup when his man leaves to double Kobe. All of the games in this series have been relatively close, even with a perfectly healthy Black Mamba, and if Boozer can get over whatever funk he's been in this series, the Lakers really don't have an answer for him or Deron Williams. Lakers might win, but it should be close.