INTRO:

This ‘weekender’ we have a very tricky trivia question, the MLB season is nearing the halfway point, the odds to win the Super Bowl are up as we have less than 30 days until the “Hall of fame” game, and Prakash S. Joins the ‘winners circle’. Read on!

TRIVIA:

In 1973 I was not selected to pitch in the All-Star game despite my record 18 wins at the All-Star break. Who am I?

A) Mickey Lolich
B) Wilbur Wood
C) Gaylord Perry
D) Phil Niekro

*ANSWER AT BOTTOM

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MLB:

SATURDAY:
  RED SOX (47-35)  
    1:20 PM FOX 
 ORIOLES (44-39)   

In this extremely important series between the first and second place teams in the AL East, the Red Sox are led by All-Stars Manny Ramirez (21HR, 73RBI), Johnny Damon (.338), David Ortiz (19HR, 68RBI, .303) and Jason Varitek (13HR, .313). The O’s counter with their own All Stars Miguel Tejada (19HR, 60RBI, .324) and Brian Roberts (15HR, 49RBI, .354) and Melvin Mora (14HR, 46RBI, .297).

  A’S (41-41)   
    7:05 PM WGN 
 WHITE SOX (56-26)   

On paper the A’s don’t stack up well against the scorching White Sox. Eric Chavez (11HR, 46HR, .278) is an excellent third baseman but after that it’s clear they are rebuilding. Pitching wins ball games and the White Sox have plenty two 10+ game winners at the break in Mark Buehrle (10-2, 2.58) and Jon Garland (13-3, 3.29).

SUNDAY:
  CUBS (40-42)   
    1:05 PM WGN 
 MARLINS (42-39)   

Holy amazing starting pitching staff’s batman! Dontrelle Willis (13-3, 1.29) is having a historic season and the Cubbies finally have their staff healthy and at just the right time. Led by Mark Prior (5-2, 2.86) and Derek Lee (25HR, 67RBI, .378) the Cubs are poised to make a run at the NL Wild Card.

  CARDINALS (53-30)   
    8:05 PM ESPN 
 GIANTS (34-48)   

My favorite to win the World Series, the Cardinals have a great team and will be sending a number of All Stars to Detroit including Albert Pujols (21HR,67RBI, .341), Jim Edmonds (15HR, 50RBI, .278) David Eckstien (.289), Scott Rolen and Chris Carpenter (12-4, 2.66). In what has been a very disappointing season for the Giants Moises Alou’s (12HR, 41RBI, .326) resurgence has been a bright spot.

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HOT PROPS:

With the NFL Hall of Fame game less than 30 days away I thought now would be a great time to remind you of all the great season futures we offer. We have odds to win each division, conference and of course the Super Bowl. Here are the current odds to win Super Bowl XL…..

Odds to win 2006 Super bowl XL
132   San Francisco 49ers       +12000  
126   Cleveland Browns       +10000  
127   Miami Dolphins       +8000  
125   Houston Texans       +5500  
118   New Orleans Saints       +5500  
117   New York Giants       +4500  
122   Cincinnati Bengals       +4500  
129   Detroit Lions       +4500  
116   St Louis Rams       +4200  
130   Chicago Bears       +4000  
124   Oakland Raiders       +3200  
112   Denver Broncos       +3200  
131   Tampa Bay Buccaneers       +3000  
121   Arizona Cardinals       +3000  
119   Green Bay Packers       +2800  
113   Buffalo Bills       +2600  
110   San Diego Chargers       +2400  
120   Washington Redskins       +2000  
128   Dallas Cowboys       +1800  
111   New York Jets       +1800  
107   Atlanta Falcons       +1800  
108   Carolina Panthers       +1500  
105   Pittsburgh Steelers       +1500  
123   Tennessee Titans       +1500  
115   Seattle Seahawks       +1400  
109   Baltimore Ravens       +1200  
103   Kansas City Chiefs       +1150  
104   Jacksonville Jaguars       +1150  
114   Minnesota Vikings       +1000  
101   Indianapolis Colts       +700  
102   New England Patriots       +500  
106   Philadelphia Eagles       +500  

* NOTE: +500 = 5/1, +1500 = 15/1, etc.

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WINNERS CIRCLE:

Prakash S. of Brooklyn N.Y. went eight for nine Sunday in baseball winning $1,008!!! Prakash had the Marlins, Astros, Braves, Cards, Nats, Yanks, Blue Jays and Anaheim all for $50 a piece and then put them together in a round robin by two’s for $10 a piece! ‘Kash’ said “This is the biggest winning day I’ve ever had…..Yet! I only bet $50 a game and the round robin parlays were only for $10 and still I made over $1,000!  ‘Kash’, welcome to the winners circle!

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TRIVIA ANSWER:

B) Wilbur Wood

Wood was a crafty knuckleballer who led the league in innings pitched and victories in 1972 and 1973. He had 18 wins at the All-Star break and was not voted onto the team. His record was somewhat inflated in that as a knuckleball pitcher he was able to start many more games than standard pitchers. Another surprising stat about Wilbur Wood is that he started BOTH GAMES of a doubleheader against the Yankees in 1973!

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