King Dirk Diggler

April 28th Lock of the Day

2009-04-28T17:21:00.004-04:00

Game: Oakland Athletics Vs Texas Rangers

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Rangers Run Line -1.5 at 2.37

Reason: Kevin Millwood is on the mound tonight for the Rangers and is coming off a 7-1 loss to the Blue Jays. He allowed 4 runs in the start but other then a couple mistakes he pitched a fine ball game, giving up only 5 hits in 7 innings. Unfortunately for him 3 of those hits were home runs. Millwood will get back on track tonight against the A's and his offense should give him some help as they are facing 21 year old Brett Anderson, who is 0-2 with a 5.89 Era. This powerful rangers offense should tag the rookie for a bunch of runs and have him hit the showers early.

Record to Date: 14-6

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April 25th Results

2009-04-26T20:04:00.002-04:00

Game: Atlanta Hawks Vs Miami Heat

Sport: National Basketball Association
Pick: Heat -4 at 1.91

Results: Heat win 107-78 R

April 25th Lock of the Day

2009-04-25T14:14:00.005-04:00

Game: Atlanta Hawks Vs Miami Heat

Sport: National Basketball Association
Pick: Heat -4 at 1.91

Reason: The Miami Heat were impresive in there 108-93 win. It was a full team effort and didn't need Dwayne Wade to go for 40 for them to have a chance to win. I see the Heat opening up there home opener with a win, and Wade having an impressive offensive night. The heat are 7-10 against the spread in there last 10 games while the Hawks are 3-10. The Hawks failed to win one road game in the playoffs last year and I see that trend continuing tonight. The HEat are 6-2 in there last 8 against Atlanta while Atlanta is 3-12 in there last 15 in Miami. Take the Heat plus the points.

Record to Date: 13-6

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April 24th Results

2009-04-24T22:03:00.002-04:00

Game: Cleveland Cavaliers Vs Detroit Pistons

Sport: National Basketball Association
Pick: Cavaliers -5 at 1.91

Results: Cavaliers Win 79-68 R

April 24th Lock of the Day

2009-04-24T14:41:00.007-04:00

Game: Cleveland Cavaliers Vs Detroit Pistons

Sport: National Basketball Association
Pick: Cavaliers -5 at 1.91

Reasons: The Cleveland Cavaliers are a team on a mission, and Lebron and company are looking at another dominating performance. Up to this point they have not looked at all like they were in any danger of not covering their spreads let alone losing the game. in there last 10 the Cavs are 7-10 against the spread, while the Detroit Pistons are 2-10. The Pistons home crowd should be buzzing but Lebron James always plays well on the Pistons home court and should have no problem covering the 5 point spread.

Record to Date: 12-6

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April 23rd Results

2009-04-24T14:08:00.002-04:00

Game: Chicago White Sox Vs Baltimore Orioles

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: White Sox Money Line 1.91

Results: Orioles 6-2 S

April 23 Lock of The Day

2009-04-23T15:23:00.000-04:00

Game: Chicago White Sox Vs Baltimore Orioles

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: White Sox Money Line 1.91

Reason: The White Sox offense is rolling on all cylinders and are going to look forward to facing Orioles pitcher Adam Eaton who has not been able to get past 4 innings in his first 2 starts. He allowed 6 runs in his last start and is allowing hitters to hit .425 batting average against him. He will have to pitch a lot better if he wants to get past the 4th inning against the hot Chicago White Sox hitters. On the hill for the Whites Sox is Bartolo Colon who is 1-0 with a 3.86 Era but had a hard time towards the end of last game allowing 5 runs, but he is only allowing batters to hit .201 off of him which is a good sign. He was 2-0 last season with a 3.75 Era against the Orioles.

Record to Date: 12-5

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April 22nd Results

2009-04-23T15:19:00.000-04:00

Game: Chicago White Sox Vs Baltimore Orioles

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: White Sox Money Line 1.91
Results: White Sox Win 8-2 R

April 22nd Lock of the Day

2009-04-22T14:28:00.000-04:00

Game: Chicago White Sox Vs Baltimore Orioles

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: White Sox Money Line 1.91

Reason: Pitching for the White Sox tonight is the impressive John Danks, who has a 1-0 record with a 0.75 Era. He should be 2-0 if the White Sox offense wasn't so slow to start off the year, but they are clicking now and should have a great game against the Orioles, Jeremy Gunthrie. Gunthrie is 2- 0 with a 4.32 Era but is allowing hitters to hit with .294 Avg of of him. This will not be be the recipe of success against this potent White Sox offense who are hitting .393 Avg off of him as a team with batters with 5 or more at bats against him.

April 21th Results

2009-04-22T01:17:00.000-04:00

Game: Colorado Rockies Vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Rockies Moneyline 2.00

Results: Rockies Win 9-6 R

April 21th Lock of The Day

2009-04-21T15:35:00.000-04:00

Game: Colorado Rockies Vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Rockies Moneyline 2.00

Reason: Franklin Morales is being called up to face the Arizona Diamondback for his second start of the season. In his first start he limited the Arizona to 1 run on 4 hits. The Rockies left many runners in scoring position which could have changed the game completely. Tonight for Arizona, pitcher Yusmiero Petit gets the start. He is 0-1 with a 7.71 Era in his only start of the season. I see Morales pitching 7 strong innings, hopefully so the thin Rockies Bullpen doesn't have to chew up a lot of innings.

Record to Date: 10-5

April 20th Results

2009-04-21T15:32:00.000-04:00

Game: Colorado Rockies Vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Rockies Moneyline 1.95

Results: Diamondbacks Win 6-3 S

April 20th Lock of the Day

2009-04-20T15:48:00.000-04:00

Game: Colorado Rockies Vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Rockies Moneyline 1.95

Reason: Jason Marquis has had great control and command of his pitches in his last 2 starts against great bats of the Cubs and Phillies. In his win over the Cubs he only allowed 1 run in 7 inning of work. He is not only letting his pitching doing the talking but he is one of the better hitting pitchers and has helped his team out by scoring runs in both his starts. The Diamondbacks are coming off a horribile 3-6 homestand and have been very inconsistent in both there offense and pitching. I see the rockies offense coming to life once again behind Marquis great pitching.

Record to Date: 10-4

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April 18th Results

2009-04-18T20:33:00.001-04:00

Game: Florida Marlins Vs Washington Nationals

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Marlins -1.5 Run Line for 2.0

Results: Marlins win 9-6 R

April 18th Lock of the Day

2009-04-18T12:39:00.000-04:00

Game: Florida Marlins Vs Washington Nationals

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Marlins -1.5 Run Line for 2.0

Reason: Marlins Jack Johnson is on the mound this afternoon and he is coming off a complete game shutout against the Mets. He didn't allow any runs in his first start against the Nationals and i see that trend continuing today. The marlins hitters had a great time batting against Scott Olsen as they roughed him up for 8 runs in 3 innings. I see this being a repeat of Olsens first outing as the Marlins continue to be Baseballs best team so far.

Record to Date: 9-4

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April17th Results

2009-04-18T00:43:00.000-04:00

Game: San Diego Padres Vs Philadelphia Phillies

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Padres Money LIne 2.45

Results: Padres Win 8-7 R

April 17th Lock of the Day

2009-04-17T13:34:00.000-04:00

Game: San Diego Padres Vs Philadelphia Phillies

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Padres Money LIne 2.45

Reason: Cole Hamel is starting for the Phillies and he had a tough outing during his first start allowing 7 runs and 11 hits in only 3 innings. He is probably still being bothered by the arm injury that kept him out of starting opening day. I see his arm troubles continuing today and see him having problems with his command against a hot Padres team. Not helping the Phillies as well is facing Chris Young who is off to an amazing start to the season. Young is off to 2-0 record and a small 1.38 ERA with 12 strikeouts to start the season. In his last game he flirted wih a no hitter as he sent down the first 12 batters he saw, before giving up a hit in the 5th.

Record to Date: 8-4

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April 16th Results

2009-04-17T13:31:00.000-04:00

Game: Philadelphia Phillies Vs Washington Nationals

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Nationals Money LIne 2.19

Results: Nationals 8-2 R

April 16th Lock of the Day

2009-04-16T12:41:00.000-04:00

Game: Philadelphia Phillies Vs Washington Nationals

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Nationals Money LIne 2.19

Reason: The Washington Nationals are the lone team in the Majors without a win. They are primed to get their first win tonight, against the Phillies and pitcher Joe Blanton, who got roughed up up for nine hits and seven runs in 4 innings of work but didn't get the loss as the Phillies made that miraculous comeback over the braves 12-11. The Nationals haven't really had problems scoring , it's just that their pitching has let them down. Shairon Martis is hoping to change that. He didn't get to complete his first start due to a lengthy rain delay so he should be more then fresh to get his first win tonight. If he can give the Nationals a decent outing the Nationals are going to win this game as i see the Nationals attacking Joe Blanton for a lot of runs.

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April 15th Results

2009-04-16T12:40:00.000-04:00

Game: Philadelphia Phillies Vs Washington Nationals

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Nationals Money LIne 2.19

Results: Game Postponed

April 15th Lock of the Day

2009-04-15T12:44:00.000-04:00

Game: Philadelphia Phillies Vs Washington Nationals

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Nationals Money LIne 2.19

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April 14th Results

2009-04-15T12:35:00.000-04:00

Game: Cleveland Indians Vs Kansas City Royals

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Royals Run line -1.5 for 2.36

Results: Royals win 9-3 R

April 14th Lock of The Day

2009-04-14T13:16:00.000-04:00

Game: Cleveland Indians Vs Kansas City Royals

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Royals Run line -1.5 for 2.36

Reason: The Kansas City offense which had been struggling has picked up in the last 2 games, and they get a chance to really explode today facing Carl Pavano. Saying his debut for the Indians was a bad outing is an understatement. Pavano allowed 9 runs on six hits and 2 homeruns in 1 inning. He kept missing the strike zone and when he did find it batters where driving the ball hard. On the other side though, Royals pitcher Kyle Davies continued his hot September from last year into the first week of the season. Davies pitched 7 shut out innings allowing the potent White Sox batters only 3 hits and no earned runs and striking out 8. I see this trend continuing tonight so take the Royals to win by a couple of runs.

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April 13th Results

2009-04-14T13:12:00.000-04:00

Game: Toronto Blue Jays Vs Minnesota Twins

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Blue Jays Money Line 2.00

Results: Blue Jays 8-6 R

April 13th Lock of the Day

2009-04-13T12:50:00.000-04:00

Game: Toronto Blue Jays Vs Minnisota Twins

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Blue Jays Money Line 2.00

Reason: The Blue Jays offense has had a hot start to the season and are clicking on all cylinders. Blue Jays starter Jesse Litsch had a rough time in his first start of the season but should bounce back tonight with a win since the blue jays do fairly well against the Twins. LItsch is 3-0 with a 2.08 ERA in four starts against the Twins. Twins pitcher Kevin Slowey struggled with his command against the Mariners and got roughed up. He has a an 0-2 record with a 5.51 ERA in 3 starts against the Jays.

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April 12th Results

2009-04-12T20:42:00.000-04:00

Game: New York Yankees Vs Kansas City Royals

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Yankess -1.5 run line at 2.1

Results: Royals win 6-4 S

Game: Philadelphia 76'ers Vs Toronto Raptors

Sport: National Basketball Association

Pick: 76'ers -1.5

Results: Raptors win 111-104 S

April 12th Lock of the Day

2009-04-12T12:41:00.000-04:00

Game: New York Yankees Vs Kansas City Royals

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Yankess -1.5 run line at 2.1

Reason: Once again the Royals continue their offensive woes. Even with their ace Gill Meche pitching, I feel very confident in the Yankees winning by a 2 run margin. Until the Royals prove to be able to score more then 1.4 runs a game, continue to ride the Yankees hot streak.

Game: Philadelphia 76'ers Vs Toronto Raptors

Sport: National Basketball Association

Pick: 76'ers -1.5

Reason: The 76'ers are trying to move up one spot in the standing to avoid playing the Orlando Magics in the first round of the playoffs, while the Raptors are just trying to finish of an awful season. The favorite in the last 6 games head to head has covered the spread and I don't see any reason for the streak not to continue.

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Sat April 11th Results

2009-04-12T00:52:00.000-04:00

Game: New York Yankees Vs Kansas City Royals

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Yankess -1.5 runline at 1.91

Results: Yankees 6-1 R

2009-04-11T12:33:00.000-04:00

Game: New York Yankees Vs Kansas City Royals

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Yankess -1.5 runline at 1.91

Reason: The Yankees pitching is slowly turning around and should get better today with Sabathia on the mound. Sabitha had a shaky start to the 09 season but should have a better command of his pitches second time around. The Yankees offense is really heating up as well and should have no problem with the Royals pitcher who is usually a reliever. Until the Royals show that they can score more then 2 runs a game i would keep betting against them by -1.5 margin.

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April 10th Results

2009-04-11T12:26:00.000-04:00

Game: Washington Wizards Vs Toronto Raptors

Sport: Natinal Baskeball Association
Pick: Raptors Cover -6.5

Results: Wizards 100-98 S

Game: New York Yankees Vs Kansas City Royals

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Yankess -1.5 runline at 1.91

Results: Yankees 4-1 R

Friday April 10th Lock of the Day

2009-04-10T14:13:00.000-04:00

Game: Washington Wizards Vs Toronto Raptors

Sport: Natinal Baskeball Association
Pick: Raptors Cover -6.5

Reason: The Wizards are a team riddiled with effort issues, and are already thinking ahead about the summer. Some might say they played some of the better teams tough lately but that is an illusion that you shouldn't fall for. Their efforts have only picked up when there is an elite team such as Lebron visiting. Against the Raptors who have been on fire of late they will not be able to wait to count down the seconds to get out of the game. I am recommending two units on this game.

Game: New York Yankees Vs Kansas City Royals

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Yankess -1.5 runline at 1.91

Reason: The Yankees offense has been productive in the last 3 games but can only muster 1 win due to poor pitching in the first 2 games. The Yankees bats will be very happy to get Sidney Ponson in todays game. Ponson barely made it on the Royals pitching squad after he was signed to a minor league deal. This Royals Offense has been anything but productive only putting together 2 runs a game. As long as Andy Pettite who as a lifetime record of 12-3, 3.59 era against the royals can put up a decent effort the Yankees should roll all over the Royals.

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Thurs April 09 Results

2009-04-09T21:30:00.000-04:00

Game: Pittsburgh Pirates Vs St.Louis Cardinals

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Cardinals Money Line 1.53

Results: Cardinals win 2-1 R

Game: Kansas City Royals Vs Chicago White Sox
Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: White Sox -1.5 run line for 2.3

Results: Royals win 2-1 S

Thurs April 9th Lock of the Day

2009-04-09T02:21:00.000-04:00

Game: Pittsburgh Pirates Vs St.Louis Cardinals

Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Cardinals Money Line 1.53

Reason: Chris Carpenter will be the best pitcher not to have pitched during the first 4 days of the season. He has had a great spring training allowing only 4 earned runs , all that coming on his last start. He should keep the Pirates bats quiet. He has missed nearly 2 full years but if he can stay healthy should regain his place as the ace of this rotation.

Game: Kansas City Royals Vs Chicago White Sox
Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: White Sox -1.5 run line for 2.3

Reason: There wasn't a more consistent starter among the White Sox rotation last year than the 23-year-old left-hander John Danks. Danks won 12 games but easily could have won five or six more, as he allowed two runs or fewer in 22 starts, tying Cy Young Award winner Cliff Lee for the most among American League pitchers. He is a very stingy pitcher that doesn't allow a lot of opportunity to score, which doesn't bode well for the royals who have only scored 4 times in 2 games. The White Sox bats should be alive tomorrow against Royals pitcher Kyle Davies, who has only posted an Era. of under 5 once in his career.

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Wed April 8th Results

2009-04-08T20:46:00.000-04:00

Game: Atlanta Braves Vs Philadelphia Phillies
Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Phillie's Money Line 1.92

Results: Philies win 12-11 R

Game: Washington Nationals Vs Florida Marlins
Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Marlins Money line 1.75

Results: Marlins win 6-4 R

Wed April 8th Lock of the Day

2009-04-08T02:34:00.001-04:00

Game: Atlanta Braves Vs Philadelphia Phillies
Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Phillie's Money Line 1.92

Reason: I know the Phillies have struggled offensively the first 2 games but i think the batters will start picking it up in this afternoon battle and will avoid the sweep. The Phillies will officially be receiving their World Series Rings before this game in a ceremony that hopefully will pump up the players.

Game: Washington Nationals Vs Florida Marlins
Sport: Major League Baseball
Pick: Marlins Money line 1.75

Reason: The marlins have been on fire in there first two games, nearly winning by double digits. Hitters 1 through 9 have been hitting the ball really well against the hapless Nationals who are going to have a lot of problems with their pitching and defense as evident in their first 2 games.