Around the Horn Ats Style
Around the Horn ATS Style
By Ron Raymond
June 29, 2008
Today’s Baseball Pick
Cincinnati – Cleveland: UNDER 9.0 -120
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Key to selection: When CLEVELAND team Played as home team as a Favorite – Last 2 years – Playing on Sunday; the UNDER is 21-4-1 for the Indians in this role L2Y.
Baseball Streakers
Who’s Hot: Detroit 4 SU Wins, Chicago White Sox 3 SU Wins
Who’s Not: San Diego 7 SU Losses, Colorado 6 SU Losses, Los Angeles Angels 3 SU Losses, Chicago Cubs 3 SU Losses
O/U Streaks: Cleveland 6 Under, Los Angeles Dodgers 6 Under , Chicago Cubs 5 Over,
Oakland 5 Under, San Francisco 5 Under, San Diego 3 Under
Today’s Stats and Trends
Arizona vs. Florida: When ARIZONA team played as a Road team – Coming off vs. National League opponent – Vs. Left handed pitchers – Coming off a 1 game win – Coming off a Road win as a Favorite; The UNDER is 17-4-1 for the Dbacks in this spot.
Colorado vs. Detroit: When DETROIT team played as a Home team – Vs Non Conference Opponent – Vs NL WEST opponent – Coming off a Home win as a Favorite – Coming off a Home win; The Tigers are 8-2 SU in this role since ’04.
Atlanta vs. Toronto: When TORONTO team Played as home team as a Favorite – During the 2008 season – Vs. Left handed pitchers; The Jays are 3-7 SU in this situation this season.
Cincinnati vs. Cleveland: When CLEVELAND team played as a -160 to -180 home Favorite – Playing on Sunday – Vs. Right handed pitchers; Cleveland is 20-4 SU in this spot since ’97.
New York Yankees vs. New York Mets: When NY YANKEES team played as a Road team – During the month of June – Vs Non Division Opponent – Coming off a Road win – Coming off a day game; The Yankees are 1-9 SU in this spot since ’97.
Tampa Bay vs. Pittsburgh: When PITTSBURGH team played as a home team – Vs Non Conference Opponent – During a day game; The OVER is 15-3-0 for the Pirates in this role.
Baltimore vs. Washington: When WASHINGTON team Played as home team as a Underdog – Total is 8.5 – During a day game; The UNDER is 23-9-0 for the Nats in this role.
Boston vs. Houston: When HOUSTON team played as a Home team – Before a non division game – Total is between 8.5 to 9.0 – Coming off 1 over – Coming off a 1 game win; the Astros are 10-2 SU in this spot.
Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox: When CHI WHITE SOX team played as a -140 to -160 home Favorite – During a night game – During the month of June; The White Sox are 15-6 SU in this spot.
Milwaukee vs. Minnesota: When MILWAUKEE team Played as road team as a Favorite – Playing on Sunday – Last 4 years; The OVER is 11-2-1 for the Brew Crew in this role L4Y.
St.Louis vs. Kansas City: When ST LOUIS team played as a road team – 3rd game of a series – Vs AL CENTRAL opponent; The Cards are 7-13 SU in this spot since ’97.
Seattle vs. San Diego: When SEATTLE team played as a Road team – Before a non division game – During a day game – Coming off a Road win – Coming off a 2 run win; The UNDER is 12-3-1 for the Mariners in this spot.
San Francisco vs. Oakland: When SAN FRANCISCO team played as a Road team – Vs AL Conference – Before a conference game – Coming off a Road win – Coming off a Road win as a Underdog; The Giants are 1-9 SU in this situation.
Philadelphia vs. Texas: When TEXAS team Played as home team as a Underdog – 3rd game of a series – During the month of June; The OVER is 8-2-1 for the Rangers in this role.
Los Angeles Angels vs. Los Angeles Dodgers: When LOS ANGELES ANGELS team Played as road team as a Favorite – Vs NL Conference – Vs NL WEST opponent; The OVER is 11-3-0 for the Angels in this position.
Phoenix Sports Ticket owner and Sports Handicapper Ron Raymond, 38, is a 4-time handicapping champion and one of the industry most recognizable leaders in the Sports Handicapping business. During the past 11 years, Ron has established over 10 sports gaming related gaming web sites which includes the development of a sports betting stats site (ATSDatabase.com), a sports betting statistical calculator (ATSCalculator.com) and a score result web site (Livescoreboard.com).
I Am Alive (Video Game) – Save Your Beloved
I Am Alive is an action-packed survival video game from Ubisoft and will be available in Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. This game is set in Chicago in the middle of a hot June where a massive earthquake destroys the city.
According the gamestory, a disastrous earthquake hits Chicago leading to the death of plenty of lives. The game’s main hero — Adam Colins, a 24-year old junior executive who was enjoying an expensive coffee two hours earlier before this disaster, is now on a mission to find his girlfriend — Alice who is lost somewhere in the city. Since the rescue team fails to arrive, Adam has to set a refugee camp in the downfall of Chicago to gain the government’s attention.
In the gameplay, Players take the role of Adam who need to find resources, organize survivors and search for Alice. There are some characters who would give some support for the players. Riley is a doctor who helps as many survivors as she can. So players can find the wounded people who can get treatment from Riley. There is a fireman — Peter, who needs Adam (the players) to bring some survivors to his refugee camp. And there is also an ex-soldier — Vigil who will help Adam in protecting the survivors.
During the gameplay, Players will go through an adventurous path filled up with dangers that demand them to involve in various acts like rescue, steal, protect and attack or heal. In short, I Am Alive is choice-driven FPS game where players have to take their decisions wisely.
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Week 15 NFL Power Rankings : Week 15 Edition
NFL Power Rankings for Week 15 – Week 15 : Not wanting to overreact, when the Pittsburgh Steelers lost straight-up to Cleveland last Thursday our power ranking minds immediately started pondering how much weight the upset should have on overall ratings. The Steelers were No. 9 on last week’s chart but that loss was not the kind of football we’ve come to expect over the past few years from this team.
It must be a similar situation for an online sportsbook when writing a line after such a surprising lack of effort from an inherently good team. Do you make them a big dog the next week or bank on public support for the team that was upset to dust off and come back strong?
If the rankings were based on the past month Big Ben would probably be positioned somewhere down near the Ryan Fitzpatrick’s and Josh Freeman’s of the league. But the BetRepublic ratings our based on full season performance so the damage isn’t quite that severe yet but still, Mike Tomlin’s squad needed to be penalized.
Pittsburgh fan – if it’s any consolation, Denver and Dallas have joined Pittsburgh in the group of let-downs but that probably doesn’t help much, does it? No, we didn’t think so.
BetRepublic Week 15 NFL Power Rankings
1. New Orleans Saints – Win establishes new franchise record for victories in a season (13) but Saints are becoming bad-beat specialists for Over/Under bettors. Fake field goal on 4th-and-7 from the 15?
2. Indianapolis Colts – Colts defense is quietly becoming difference that could keep this team perfect regardless of who is calling signals under center in fourth quarter.
3. Minnesota Vikings – Jasper Brinkley is linebacker who took place of EJ Henderson as Vikes extend streak of not allowing 100-plus rushers to 35 games.
4. Philadelphia Eagles – This is really shaping up like a Week 17 replay of last season when Eagles crushed Cowboys 44-6. Philly gets back-to-back home chances to make Dallas outcome moot.
5. New England Patriots – Notice how drama in Foxboro is starting to get more attention than the actual football.
6. San Diego Chargers – It was nice of Norv to let anyone in Denver think they ever had a chance of winning this division.
7. Cincinnati Bengals – Run game is there and Chris Henry is gone but Cinci needs to get its deep passing game working or it’s going to be a one-and-done.
8. Arizona Cardinals – Notice how the top eight teams are all made up of division leaders? Arizona still saving its best games for last few weeks.
9. Green Bay Packers – This is youngest overall team in the NFL for third time in last four years. It’s been a contributing factor towards high number of penalties but at this point in the season it is becoming inexcusable.
10. Baltimore Ravens – It may have only been the Lions but there is no questioning what butters the bread for that Ravens offense. Run-game has crept to eighth-best in the league.
11. Pittsburgh Steelers – Early lines indicate that bookmakers still have faith. Maybe the extra days of prep are what Steelers need; after all, their last win was at Denver following bye week.
12. Denver Broncos – Handicapping Broncos is fairly simple: They lose to every team with a shot at making the playoffs and beat up on the bad teams. Hello Oakland!
13. Dallas Cowboys – Romo and Phillips both look ready to move on but you’ve got to love that big screen TV!
14. Miami Dolphins – First thing you need to know: Fish are 14th against the run giving up 106 yards per game. Second thing: Titan run-game has not been stopped at home since Week 5.
15. Houston Texans – QB Schaub throws for 365 yards doing just enough to keep Texans on pace for shot at .500. Maybe the next step is to not include Gary Kubiak in gameplan.
16. New York Giants – Quite a finale for Eagles’ last ever visit. Hope last one out turned off the lights.
17. Tennessee Titans – Vince Young’s hamstring didn’t look good so Titans already thin playoff hopes may now be clinging to the arm of Kerry Collins.
18. Jacksonville Jaguars – Loss to Miami wasn’t nearly as close as the final score indicates. Jags are the imposter of the AFC playoff picture and won’t be there for long.
19. Atlanta Falcons – Given the injuries Atlanta’s 6-7 record is pretty respectable. Team is 8-5 ATS, too, and could be a good cover team each of next three weeks.
20. Washington Redskins – We don’t want to be an “I told you so,” but did you see our Fantasy Football tip of the week run in Oakland? RB Quinton Ganther is the new Clinton Portis.
21. New York Jets – Rex Ryan defensive system really starting to kick in. Now if the Jets could just face the Bills and Bucs the rest of the way they’d be playoff bound in no time.
22. San Francisco 49ers – One thing about playing for Mike Singletary, you won’t find any quitters on this team.
23. Carolina Panthers – Things are starting to fall into place for Carolina and they should serve as a good warm-up team for the playoffs for their next two or three opponents; possibly even a good dog play.
24. Seattle Seahawks – If there’s any team in need of retooling this off-season, Seattle could be it. And this job will not be for the faint of heart.
25. Chicago Bears – This team is lacking urgency and focus; if players can’t realize they still need to play hard for shot at playoffs they should at least realize their jobs are on the line.
26. Oakland Raiders – Did QB Gradkowski play well enough before season-ending injury to unseat Russell from No. 1 spot for next year? Ball is in your court now JaMarcus.
27. Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Starting with the Bucs, see if you can name the three teams that fired their offensive coordinators just before the season began.
28. Buffalo Bills – That’s two! (And you’re getting warmer)
29. Kansas City Chiefs – For final game of three-week home stand the Chiefs get the Browns
(2-11). KC lost by 29 to Denver (8-5) and just six points to Bills (5-8). Early money says home side wins and by the way, the Chiefs are the third.
30. Cleveland Browns – Beating Steelers gets Mang-idiot a two-spot bounce. Browns are at KC in Week 15, eying out that 29 spot.
31. St. Louis Rams – Rams beat Lions in Week 8 to show they were not the worst and now it looks as if they will burn Detroit again by finishing below them in the standings. Brilliant!
32. Detroit Lions – Enjoyed brief stint out of cellar after beating Cleveland but that loss to Baltimore has likely poured concrete over tomb of another lost season.
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First Trust Advisors L.P. Announces Zero Capital Gains Distributions in 2009 for all 40 Exchange-Traded Funds
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Zacks Releases Four Powerful ”Buy” Stocks: Trina Solar Ltd., Avon Products Inc., Whirlpool Corp. and RadioShack Corporation
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November Financial and Professional Regulation Disciplinary Report Now Available Online
Chicago, IL – The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) on December 30, issued a report on disciplinary actions…
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Employment Security Offices Closed New Year’s Day
Banking holiday might affect paymentsChicago – The offices of the Illinois Department of Employment Security will be closed on Friday, Jan. 1 2010,…
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Byrd lands in Chicago (The Sports Network)
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Griffin and Osetek Direct Sheperd in Chicago ‘Funny Girl,’ Beginning New Year’s Eve (Playbill via Yahoo! News)
Gary Griffin, the busy Chicago director also known for staging Broadway’s The Color Purple, co-directs a new production of the showbiz musical romance Funny Girl, launching Dec. 31 at Drury Lane Oakbrook in Oakbrook Terrace, IL.
