Going into yesterday’s afternoon tilt against the San Diego Padres, the Los Angeles Dodgers had the best record in the National League. One of the main reasons for their success has been their surprising offense. The Dodgers rank fourth in baseball with an 8.8 WAR and one of the big reasons for their offensive success [...]
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After not making the Colorado Rockies’ roster out of spring training and not being able to latch on to a team, 3B Casey Blake has decided to call it a career. Blake played 13 years in the Major Leagues with the Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, and Los Angeles Dodgers and [...]
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Joe Wieland, one of the top prospects in the San Diego Padres’ organization made his Major League debut on Saturday and just like so many other who made their Major League debut, Wieland struggled. Against a red hot Los Angeles Dodger team, Wieland was the victim of falling behind hitters and leaving too many pitches [...]
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Last night in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Aaron Harang struckout nine consecutive San Diego Padres at one point. It was quite the performance considering Harang isn’t considered much of a strikeout pitcher. Harang’s strikeout streak was all-time worthy. The nine consecutive strikeouts were one short of the Major League record. Here are the [...]
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Today is Opening Day in baseball and every team starts out 0-0 and a dream. Well, every team starts out 0-0 except for the Seattle Mariners, Oakland A’s, Miami Marlins, and St. Louis Cardinals. Be it as it may, this year baseball is wide open. You could make the argument for at least 12 teams [...]
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Every year I take on 25 bets for the upcoming baseball season. The bets I take on are player prop bets such as over/under for batting average, hits, home runs, etc… I also take on bets for teams such as over/under for wins. In 2009, I went 64 percent on my bets. Good, but not [...]
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