[LT Profits]

Starting Sunday (June 1), we will start a new June Baseball Underdog of the Day Contest with a prize of $200 account at DSI, 3 time roll-over. Last place will receive a $25 DSI account with a 3 time roll over. If there is a tie for last place in both units and wins (20 plays minimum), there will be be multiple last place boobie prizes.

*IMPORTANT*
All players must have an account at DSI prior to making picks SIGN UP Here.

Before participating, players must PM their Diamond Sports International account ID to SBRforum Staff


1. Check in the BASEBALL HANDICAPPING FORUM each day for the daily thread to be posted by LT Profits. Lines will be posted by 1:00 p.m. (ET) each day. Plays may be posted before that, but the official posted lines will be used for grading.

2. Only the UNDERDOGS in games posted by LT will be eligible for selection, which will be only games that have underdog prices of greater than +110.

3. All plays will be RISKING one unit, and selections may NOT be changed once posted.

4. Here’s the catch: Your play must include a write-up! The write-up does not have to be long, just a sentence or two (or more) about why you are making your play.

5. Entries that are past-post or do not have analysis will be NO ACTION. Any edited post will count as a LOSS! If you make a mistake, need to add analysis or wish to enter a corrected line, do so in a separate post. This holds true even if the first game on the schedule did not go off yet. It also holds true for past-posts and entries with no analysis. It does NOT hold true for posts that are not contest selections, i.e. standings, commentary posts, LT's notes to posters or congratulatory posts.
*-EXCEPTION: If someone edits a post on the last day of the competition in an attempt to get an automatic loss in order to win the Last Place prize, then the original post will stand.

6. And here’s the fine print:

• Must be 18 years of age or older to participate.
• One entry per home and computer.
• Must use lines posted in daily thread by LT Profits
• Maximum one underdog pick per day, minimum 20 underdog plays required to be eligible for monthly prize.
• Tiebreaker for first place is total WINS. If still tied, combatants will carry on a head-to-head underdog match until winner is determined. This would begin on the first day of next month with no passes allowed. If co-leader passes during tie-breaking period, he or she is eliminated, even if other co-lealers lose.
• All decisions made by SBR with regards to this contest are final.
• SBR employees eligible to participate but are not eligible to win the monthly prize.

The deadline for entering plays in the contest and still being eligible for prizes is Wednesday, June 11.

[LT Profits]

STANDINGS 
Name            W       L       Units
oakas      	5	1	4.69
BigOrangeTitans	4	2	2.90
dog       	4	3	1.73
badhunter   	3	3	0.66
stump      	2	2	0.56
justdoingit 	2	2	0.54
awatkins011	3	3	0.41
mundane   	2	2	0.28
sharktank1  	3	4	0.23
Pigpen     	2	2	0.23
Nostradamus	2	3	-0.23
stevek173 	3	4	-0.35
pokernut9999	3	4	-0.38
Big Daddy    	2	3	-0.44
Junkyard Dog	2	3	-0.45
Bills Hooligan	1	2	-0.55
C Gomez    	1	2	-0.87
moneyboy  	1	2	-0.88
sportsfun   	1	2	-0.89
Sportsgirl	1	2	-0.89
GoHeels12	1	3	-1.00
bettilimbroke9	0	1	-1.00
Dark Horse	0	1	-1.00
Ebone         	0	1	-1.00
ertl09      	0	1	-1.00
Illusion    	0	1	-1.00
juuso      	0	1	-1.00
Wilforth    	0	1	-1.00
brock      	2	4	-1.44
LGBoots    	2	4	-1.55
shantystar 	1	3	-1.55
bbyhill      	2	4	-1.70
elguason  	1	3	-1.88
HedgeHog   	0	2	-2.00
mozomboking	0	2	-2.00
msubulldog	0	2	-2.00
the orangekat 	0	2	-2.00
Wrigley     	2	5	-2.61
Ln2Blaze   	2	5	-2.74
Richkas     	1	4	-2.74
Mr KLC      	1	4	-2.83
LotteryTicket	1	4	-2.89
5 star bomb 	0	3	-3.00
pat venditto  	0	3	-3.00
SlickFazzer	0	3	-3.00
LT Profits	1	5	-3.42
Checkerboard	1	5	-3.83
fifawcs    	1	6	-4.00
pavyracer    	1	6	-4.00
louisvillekid  	1	6	-4.89
PureGuava  	1	6	-4.89
soli        	1	6	-4.89
Cabo        	0	5	-5.00

[badhunter]

Cards +115. Kyle Lohse (6-2, 3.87 ERA) goes for his fourth straight win. St. Louis goes for its eighth win in 12 meetings against the Astros this season. Lohse is 2-0 and 1.50 ERA versus Houston in 2008.
Astros' Wandy Rodriguez (2-1, 2.38) is 0-1 with a 2.25 ERA in two starts versus St. Louis in 2008 and 1-5 with a 5.09 ERA in seven career starts against the Cardinals.

[Checkerboard]

Baltimore Orioles +

Halladay pitches well versus the O's, but the other birds have some momentum coming off one of their better offensive showings of the season and I'm hoping some of that rolls over to today's play.

[soli]

Baltimore Orioles +

Baltimore has played good baseball lately and over .500 for the year. R Liz will pitch today against Toronto who had a bad outing yesterday. Halladay will keep this game low scoring but going with Baltimore with the better value.

[shantystar]

indians,strong team to beat their rivals here.

[Pat Patriot]

Phillies +

Philllies still rolling.They always play Atl. well away and are making plays offensivley and defensivley when it counts toward the end of games.

[stevek173]

KC. Greinke has had some rough starts lately but overall still has nice #'s on the year. Jaba still won't be good for more then 4 innings, leaving it to the Stanks pigpen, and the big tag just makes it that much sweeter. KC +170 is the play, book it.

[Bills Hooligan]

Baltimore +___

Tor over valued balt opo. halladay is pitching but hes onlyl 7-5 and balts bats are hotter.

[LotteryTicket]

Cleveland +

Cle as a dog and 7-2 L9 against Det. 5-4 L9 in Det. is a good play here.

[fifawcs]

Angels +135
Santana is 7-1 with a 1.38 ERA versus the A's. He's also 3-0 with a 1.57 ERA when playing in McAfee Coliseum. The Angels are also the better team in every category except bullpen.

[LT Profits]

Sun 6/8 951 Cincinnati Reds
1:05PM (EST) 952 Florida Marlins +113

Sun 6/8 953 Arizona Diamondbacks +112
1:35PM (EST) 954 Pittsburgh Pirates

Sun 6/8 955 Philadelphia Phillies +123
1:35PM (EST) 956 Atlanta Braves

Sun 6/8 959 St Louis Cardinals +112
2:05PM (EST) 960 Houston Astros

Sun 6/8 961 Milwaukee Brewers +111
3:05PM (EST) 962 Colorado Rockies

Sun 6/8 963 New York Mets
4:05PM (EST) 964 San Diego Padres +135

Sun 6/8 967 Cleveland Indians +138
1:05PM (EST) 968 Detroit Tigers

Sun 6/8 969 Kansas City Royals +170
1:05PM (EST) 970 New York Yankees

Sun 6/8 971 Baltimore Orioles +205
1:05PM (EST) 972 Toronto Blue Jays

Sun 6/8 973 Seattle Mariners +127
1:35PM (EST) 974 Boston Red Sox

Sun 6/8 975 Minnesota Twins +131
2:05PM (EST) 976 Chicago White Sox

Sun 6/8 977 Los Angeles Angels +133
4:05PM (EST) 978 Oakland Athletics

Sun 6/8 979 Tampa Bay Rays
5:05PM (EST) 980 Texas Rangers +116

[pokernut9999]

Angels +133 : Team is hot and will ride them for a sweep.

[LT Profits]

PHILLIES +123: Eaton is pitching his best ball of the season right now with three consecutive Quality Starts, and he allowed exactly one run in each of his last two outings. In fact, is WHIP for the season of 1.35 seems to be low for someone with a 4.63 ERA, and Eaton’s current form is an indication that the ERA is starting to get in line with his WHIP, which is also a good sign. Also, do not forget that the Phillies lead the Major Leagues with a 2.63 bullpen ERA, and it is the pens that have decided the first two games of this series. Campillo pitched brilliantly in his first three starts, but the league may be catching up to him as he allowed four earned runs and seven baserunners in only four innings in his last start. In fact, since going six innings in his first start of the year, Campillo has failed to go more than five innings in any of his last three outings. That is bad news for a crumbling Atlanta bullpen that blew a save in the ninth inning of a 10-inning loss on Friday and that turned a 2-2 game into a 6-2 loss in the last two innings last night.

[Pigpen]

Sun 6/8 961 Milwaukee Brewers +111


Suppan (Milw starter) is pitching well. He carries an era for the season of 3.93 which is 1.6 runs lower than his starting opponent. In his last 3 starts he is even better. 20 2/3 innings; 1.74 era. In his career against the Rocks he has 5 wins against 1 loss with an era of 3.58 in 8 games.

[Wrigley]

971 Baltimore Orioles +205
Radhames Liz pitch well last time out

[GoHeels12]

Arizona +112: it's the Pirates

[brock]

Sun 6/8 959 St Louis Cardinals +112 Lohse looks back in form.

[Ln2Blaze]

Milwaukee Brewers +111

Brewers have the better pitching on the mound. Francis ERA is 5.53.

[Nostradamus]

Texas +116

Just can't see Tampa Bay taking this sweep, on the road.

[oakas]

St. Louis Cardinals +112

Lohse has been on fire lately. I don't like going against Wandy at home, but going with the hot pitcher here.

[SlickFazzer]

LA Angels +133

I can't pass up +133, when Santana has been rock solid vs. Oakland. His last 3 games vs them: 19.3 innnings -0 earned runs. Lifetime vs. Oakland 8-1, 1.27.

[PureGuava]

Baltimore Orioles +205

The O's have been playing good as of late and I think this is some great value for them.

[Junkyard Dog]

955 Philadelphia Phillies +123 - philly is streaking right now while altlanta has no punch besides chipper

[louisvillekid]

this home doggie strategy ain't workin', but i'm going to keep trying it.

#964 SD +135 : lets shoot for 4-4 on the year for a 2-1 Pads win. Pedro might have looked decent against the Giants on his first game back, but the Pads are pitching great as of late, and the BP has stepped it up.

[bbyhill]

Sun 6/8 971 Baltimore Orioles +205
O's are 2-0 in Toronto this season with a 5-2 last 7 looking for the sweap today.Break out the broom.

[Richkas]

959 St Louis Cardinals +112

Lohse has had two nice outings in a row and the Cards sticks woke up yesterday.

[sportsfun]

969 Kansas City Royals +170
greinke has decent era and chamberlain is unproven.

[pavyracer]

San Diego + 135

I like the home dog here and Martinez is going to have a hard time his second start now that he is sore.

[dog]

975 Minnesota Twins +131

Revenge game for Slowey having lost to Chisox earlier this year and he is pitching well of late with a 2.14 ERA his last 3 starts.

[awatkins011]

Mariners +127

Bedard will cool the Sox bats and pull off a win @ Fenway today.

[justdoingit]

LA Angels +133
Angels sweep santana will have a good game and they will take the A's down!

[BigOrangeTitans]

Angels +133
Santana is fantastic against a struggling A's team that just cant hit. The Angels are streaking for 8 straight and I feel they will close out a sweep with this opportunity.

[sharktank1]

ANGELS + 133

Going against my home town boys here, as the Angels look to sweep this road series, having won the previous two games by the respective score of 3-1 (and) 5-3.
Even though the A's have one of the best home records in the AL, they failed miserably in this series to make up any ground against the 1'st place Halos.

Get out the brooms...

[moneyboy]

Cubs +120
The Cubs are a great team and they don't want to look bad on national TV. They will dominate this game.