Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Wednesday Afternoon Picks

I'm trying to talk Hambone off the ledge as we speak after yesterday's 0-4 run. He's trying to talk me out of hunting down and killing Jim Bowden and Sten Kasten.

OK, overall we're up over the last week or so, despite last night's fiasco. Let's try to keep it going this afternoon.

Minnesota Twins +156 (Matchbook), 1 unit to win 1.56 units.

Going for the clean sweep! Mussina's been better than expected this year, but this line is just too good to resist with another one of Minnesota's surprising starters (Perkins) getting the start. Now if the Twins' front office actually showed they care about winning by calling up Liriano, I'd feel a little better about this team. That's just plain embarassing. Twins fans, here in DC we know how it feels. We have Jim Bowden sabotaging our team just like Bill Smith is doing for you right now.

Pittsburgh Pirates +121 (Matchbook), 1 unit to win 1.21 units.

Pirates are better offensively than they get credit for. Seriously, check it out- they've outscored the Astros by 60 runs, even though the Astros play on a little league field.

Oh, who am I kidding. This is all about my irrational mancrush on Ian Snell. Snell's been terrible this year, so, umm, caveat emptor.

Chicago White Sox -114 (Matchbook), 1.14 units to win 1 unit.

We're so square. At least this is close to a 60/40 in the public eye, and we think Sox call-up Clayton Richard looks like a star. We'll play him now, then fade him in September when he's overhyped and major league hitters have had a chance to figure him out.

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