Minnesota Twins at San Diego Padres Preview 6/24/08
The red-hot Minnesota Twins head into San Diego on Tuesday to begin a series with the Padres. The Twins have won six straight and eight of nine to move just 1.5 games back of the White Sox for first place in the American League Central. To continue that streak they will have to defeat Jake Peavy on Tuesday night.
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Chicago White Sox at Los Angeles Dodgers 6/24/08 Preview
The Chicago White Sox open a three-game series on Tuesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers looking to break a nine-game road losing streak. Suddenly the White Sox look vulnerable, having lost eight of their last 12 games while the Minnesota Twins have won eight of their last 9 to cut the Sox lead to just a game and a half in the American League Central. The White Sox were swept by the Cubs over the weekend.
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Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs 6/22/08
The battle of Chicago wraps up on Sunday as the Cubs host the White Sox. Neither team is treating this as a big series although the fans might be. “One thing about Sox fans, they show up and watch the game,” White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said, “I think it’s great. I think it’s fun. I think it’s good for the fans, good for everybody. Even if you try to avoid the circumstances, you can’t avoid the circumstances. But we’re in first place, they’re in first place. They’re playing great baseball.”
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San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Lakers Game 5 Pick
The Los Angeles Lakers will try and advance to the NBA Finals by eliminating the defending champion San Antonio Spurs on Thursday. The Lakers are a perfect 7-0 at home in the playoffs this season and in their last 21 home playoff games are 18-3.
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Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Mets 5/29/08 Preview
The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets open up a four games series in New York on Thursday with Brad Penny facing Claudio Vargas. Penny has struggled this year going 5-5 with a 5.32 ERA. He pitched better in his last start against St. Louis, giving up four runs and four hits in 7 innings but still didn’t get the win. Vargas is 1-2 on the season with a 3.93 ERA. He won at Colorado last Saturday and went 7 innings giving up only two runs on four hits.
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Detroit Pistons at Boston Celtics Game 5 Pick
The Detroit Pistons got their must-win game on Monday as they won at home against the Boston Celtics to even the best of seven Eastern Conference Finals at two games each. Now the Boston Celtics are facing their must-win game on Wednesday in Game Five as they don’t want to go back to Detroit having to win a Game Six.
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Houston Astros at St. Louis Cardinals Preview 5/28/2008
The Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals play the middle game of their three-game set on Wednesday with Wandy Rodriguez facing Adam Wainwright. It will be the first start for Rodriguez since late April as he has been on the DL. He is 1-4 in his career against St. Louis with a 5.25 ERA.
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Los Angeles Lakers at San Antonio Spurs Game 4 Pick
The San Antonio Spurs will try and even up the best of seven Western Conference Finals on Tuesday as they host the Los Angeles Lakers. The Spurs got back in the series on Sunday as Manu Ginobili hit five three pointers and scored 30 points overall to lead San Antonio. Kobe Bryant had 30 points for the Lakers but didn’t get much help.
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Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago Cubs Preview 5/27/08
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs play the middle game of their three-game set on Tuesday night with Hiroki Kuroda facing Sean Gallagher. The Cubs took the opener on Monday 3-1 as Ryan Dempster held the Dodgers to only one run while Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez hit home runs. The Cubs snapped a two-game losing streak and are the only team in baseball to not lose three straight this year.
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San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Lakers Game 2 Pick
The San Antonio Spurs let a golden chance slip away in Game One against the Los Angeles Lakers as they blew a 20 point third quarter lead and lost 89-85. The Lakers are 52-7 when winning Game 1 in a best-of-seven series. The also have owned the Spurs in the postseason. They have beaten them in seven of their previous 10 postseason matchups, including all three in the conference finals.
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