MLB ALDS Game 1s

Neuman101 · #1 10-03-2007, 09:23 AM

Thoughts all...havent seen much baseball discussion lately but i want to get involved in these games...

Sabathia +105 at home seems good...

dawade · #2 10-03-2007, 11:58 AM

Should I be slamming +105 now or will more people hop on NYY and bump it up?

MAC-N-TODD · #3 10-03-2007, 12:02 PM

I would hold off for a bit. The line will only get better.

MicroBob · #4 10-03-2007, 02:08 PM

LAA +155?

This looks okay to me and I'm not sure it's going to get better.

People jumping on Red Sox a bit more on their home-field, best record in baseball, and Beckett's arm.

But BOS was only 2 games better than LAA this year. and Lackey is no slouch who also almost won 20 games and he seems to be pitching particularly well of late.
1 lousy start in his last 5.
Couple really good ones in his last 3:
Sep 28 vs. OAK 7ip, 2h, 0r
Sep 18 vs TB 8ip, 5h, 1r, 0bb, 10k

Beckett is obviously good and has proven himself as a big-game pitcher so I think he can handle the pressure here just fine. He had a bad outing his last time out vs. MIN
6ip, 10h, 5er, 2hra. But before that he had a string of 4 terrific starts so he's probably not in trouble or anything.

I just think that overall these teams match-up fairly well and the game should be a tad closer to even-ish than the line suggests.
BOS home-field is nothing to sneeze at but I don't think it's worth making BOS that much of a favorite.

B00T · #5 10-03-2007, 02:12 PM

I'm an Angels fan, and would try and concoct any argument to support them but I hate them today

wrt to your bet, Manny and Ortiz own Lackey

New001 · #6 10-03-2007, 02:17 PM

I got in at Boston -160 and -1.5 +140. Those are all I have on the day, but I'm eying the Rockies too.

MicroBob · #7 10-03-2007, 02:18 PM

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I'm an Angels fan, and would try and concoct any argument to support them but I hate them today

wrt to your bet, Manny and Ortiz own Lackey

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I'm not exactly in love with LAA today. But at +155 I'll roll the dice on them.

jba · #8 10-03-2007, 02:20 PM

bob I was thinking about going the other way, so if you want to skip the juice let me know!

MicroBob · #9 10-03-2007, 02:22 PM

bet already placed. My betting units may be the smallest among all the 2+2'ers. If you are really desperate to skip the juice on my $10 worth of action then maybe we can get together for future picks where we're on opposite sides.

rja87 · #10 10-03-2007, 02:35 PM

I'm not big on LAA, Lackey has been meh against Boston this year, I like Cleveland in this game alot though, I imagine the line will move favorably as everyone will bet NY.