Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Your Daily Streak for the Cash

[Ed. Note: I will be providing a daily picks list for espn.com's Streak for the Cash, which allows you to pick prop bets that have been posted on the game page found here for a chance to win $1 million. These picks are to be played on June 10, 2009 and you can only pick one matchup at a time, so you have to let the first matchup end before you can pick the next.]

World Cup Twenty 20 (Trent Bridge, Nottingham): Who will WIN this matchup?
8:00 AM

Cricket
Sri Lanka



West Indies














It's extremely exciting that Streak for the Cash allows me to pick winners of the Twenty20. I didn't even know that this World Cup was going on, but I'm here to give you expert analysis. Looking at the standings, West Indies and Sri Lanka have both played a match against Australia and they both won, which is surprising because I thought that the Aussies were a cricket powerhouse. The winner of this match will be the top team of Group C and I think that will be Sri Lanka because West Indies captain Chris Gayle, who put up 88 runs against Australia, is doubtful for the match because of a knee. Look for the Sri Lankans to take advantage of that injury and come out victorious against the West Indies.

World Cup Qualifying - UEFA (Norway @ Netherlands): How many TOTAL GOALS will be SCORED?
2:45 PM


Soccer
2 Goals or Fewer



3 Goals or More






Netherlands has already qualified for the 2010 World Cup and thus has nothing to play for, while Norway is not a very good team which is evidenced by their scoreless draw against Macedonia. Norway isn't going to be able to score any goals because Netherlands is just going to pack the zone defensively to not risk any of their players getting injured. Look for this to be a low scoring match, with only 2 or fewer goals being scored, possibly played to a draw.

MLB (Yankees @ Red Sox): Which COMBO will have MORE TOTAL BASES?
7:00 PM


MLB
Alex Rodriguez + Mark Teixeira (NYY)



Kevin Youkilis + Jason Bay (BOS)






Mark Teixeira has greatly benefited from the return of Alex Rodriguez to the Yankees lineup and has been on a hot streak as of late, while Jason Bay has been cold. Teixeira and Rodriguez are a prolific 3 and 4 in the batting order, but Youkilis and Bay are going up against starting pitcher Chien-Ming Wang who had an awful April and got demoted to the minor leagues before regaining his place as a starter earlier this month. Look for Wang to have a poor outing and for the Boston batters to take advantage.

Winning Streak: 1
Overall Record: 1-1

1 comment:

F.M. said...

You suck...BOOOO! You know nothing... Nothing.