Play Of The Day Thread – All-Star Tuesday!
TSB Scott about 1 month ago // 12 responses // TopSportsBets.com Play Of The Day Thread

I was gonna post service plays, but they are all either national league, or american league, or the over/under. So, here is the only comprehensive description of why they are taking their pick:

SPORTS ADVISORS

ALL-STAR GAME

American League vs. National League

The American League looks to continue its dominance of the All-Star Game when it battles the National League in the final mid-summer classic ever played at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. Cleveland’s Cliff Lee (12-2, 2.31 ERA) will start for the American League opposite Brewers ace Ben Sheets (10-3, 2.85), who becomes the first Milwaukee hurler to ever start an All-Star Game.

The A.L. has won five consecutive All-Star games and is on a 10-0-1 run in the annual midsummer exhibition, with seven of the 10 victories coming by more than one run. However, the past two contests have been one-run affairs, including last year at AT&T Park in San Francisco, where the American League got home runs from Ichiro Suzuki, Carl Crawford and Victor Martinez and held off a ninth-inning rally to win 5-4. The N.L. entered the ninth trailing 5-2, then scored two runs and had the bases loaded when the final out was recorded.

The N.L. still leads the all-time series 41-35-2, but the senior circuit has been on the losing end in 18 of the last 25 contests, plus one push in 2002. In fact, going back to 1988, the A.L. is on a 15-3-1 run in this contest. Prior to this current drought, the N.L. had won 19 of 20 meetings from 1963-82, including a record 11 straight from 1972-82.

In addition to the All-Star Game, the A.L. has dominated interleague play the last three years, holding advantages of 154-98 in 2006, 137-115 in 2007 and 149-103 this year.

Yankee Stadium has hosted the All-Star Game three times previously. The American League prevailed 3-1 in 1939, but the National League took the last two by scores of 6-0 in 1960 and 7-6 in 1977.

Sheets is making his fourth All-Star appearance. In the previous three, he has pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings. The right-hander is 6-1 with a 2.78 ERA in 11 road starts this year, although this is the first time in his career that he’ll take the mound at Yankee Stadium.

Lee, who wasn’t even assured of making the Indians’ roster out of spring training after spending a portion of 2007 in Triple-A, is in his first-ever All-Star Game, and he’s the fourth Indians pitcher to get the starting nod. Lee is 7-2 with a 2.77 ERA in 11 road outings this year, but in four career starts at Yankee Stadium, he’s 2-2 with a 5.91 ERA.

The last two All-Star games have stayed under the total, snapping a four-game “over� streak in the midsummer classic. Also, the under is 8-3 the last 11 times the game has been played in an American League ballpark, though the last two in A.L. yards – at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago in 2003 and Comerica Park in Detroit in 2005 – were double-digit shootouts that flew over the total.

ATS ADVANTAGE: AMERICAN LEAGUE and UNDER

I am personally going with the National League and the under. The national league comes into this all-star game actually wanting this game. They have better power, which is all this is gonna come down to. I see a final of 5-4 National, hitting the under 10. I am playing the national league by themselves, and a small parlay separately with the under.

Whats up guys. Anyone hit any bets last night for the home run derby? There are a few WNBA games tonight along with the all-star game, so a few plays out there. How about that third quarter by the sparks? ugly.

We will be starting a new contest on Thursday, and will announce it sometime tomorrow, so keep an eye out for that!

yeah brutal 3rd to kill the over:

Today I like:

N.Y./Con over 158

SA +3

SA/Phx under 174

What ya think 25??

I got NY Lib +7 (bought the hook). My only play today, and not a pod. May tail the over in the same game. GL to all

Unfortunately i agree with you jizzle. That could be very, very bad news for you.

I really like the over 157 betweeen the LIBERTY and the SUN. It’s my only play tonight.

As always, good luck!

Don’t beat yourselves up too bad guys. My last week was horrible at work and betting. Happens! I am on lunch, just wanted to check in and say whats up to the board. I like the national league play top. C ya guys

i might be the damn jinx Mike-lol

hey-its just one of those things but we will get it back!!!!!!!!!

football is NEAR

Dammit Dollar

i have been thinking allday and have only thought about the AL and the over but you are totally opposite and you have been $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

It honestly a toss up because both are loaded and that interleague record and all that BS doesnt matter in this game.

I may have better luck flipping a coin 4 out of 7 -lol

i love the over though-i see a high scoring slugfest but my cards have been shit lately so FADE me

Card for tonight:

WNBA

Phx -3

3-Team Teaser

NY +11.5

NY/Con over 150

SA/Phx under 180

Damn

NY and Con combined for 148 and I had over 50-go figure