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OUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND SPORTS POTPOURRI COLUMN It's a great day (and weekend) for the old red, white and blue -- and not a bad one for Major-League Baseball either! |
RACING NETWORK WINS 2 of 3!
Belmont, R7: Tempest Steam WON $7.00
Hollywood, R8: Laura's Pleasure WON $8.80
HOME RUN CLUB WINS FIFTH STRAIGHT!
Astros (-110) Padres 7-2 WON
HIT-AND-RUN BASEBALL CLUB GOES 2-0!
Now won four straight!
White Sox (-1.5 Runs, +110) Royals 4-1 WON
Cubs (-145) Brewers 9-5 WON
Whether you're a big bettor who likes to swing for the fences with our Home Run Club's 10-Star Lock Plays of the Night, or a small-ball bettor who likes to chip away with 2-3 solid plays per night, the Jim Hurley Network is your source for summer fun and money. With a team of in-house stat handicappers and computer programmers, we uncover all the trends and have the sharpest numbers in the business. With on-scene sources in every city, we know what intangibles are there to throw off the numbers. And with Jim Hurley himself, we've got America's leading handicapper putting it all together into top-caliber releases every day. With preseason football on the horizon for August 9, can you afford to miss out on the bankroll-building opportunities the Network is releasing every day?
SPEAKING OF FOOTBALL...
Our on-scene sources are hard at work gathering information on the offseason moves. Our football experts are studying the game tapes. Our handicappers are studying all the data that the past season provided. The Network's going to hit the ground running in the preseason! Get on board for early bird prices!
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Braves hold on to beat Nationals, extend win streak to fiveWashington, DC (Sports Network) - Brooks Conrad's first home run of his career was a pinch-hit, three-run shot to help the Atlanta Braves take a 9-8 win over the Washington Nationals in the opener of a three-game set. continue... 7/4/2009 2:55:14 AM |
 HANDICAPPING NOTEBOOK WHAT'S WRONG WITH by Mathew Hurley It's been one of the amazing stories of the 2009 Major League baseball season in a 'train wreck' kind of way. The Arizona Diamondbacks were preseason favorites along with the Los Angeles Dodgers to control the NL West. Even though they were disappointing last year, experts and pundits expected a strong bounce back this season. Instead of contending, Arizona started the season as one of the worst teams in baseball, and never got better. They changed managers, and the team is as unresponsive now as before. In fact, there were rumblings immediately about the lack of a baseball background for the new manager. Players don't respect expertise that isn't 'in the trenches' no matter how many championships Boston wins with a stathead approach. Instead of playing harder for the new manager, this team may have slacked off even more. What's amazing to us is the degree that Arizona's incompetence is hidden in the standings. Yes, you can see that they have a bad record. But...they're actually much worse than that record! Consider... *Arizona is 31-48 this year despite playing 43 home games and 36 ... Read More... |
Mine That Bird's People Made The Right Call SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY, July 1, 2009--Calvin Borel’s loss of his Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird as a future mount was inevitable and probably the best scenario for both parties. Trainer Chip Woolley might have known that taking Mine That Bird far back off the early pace was the gelding’s hole card, but it’s quite another thing to execute the tack so effectively. Call it right place, right time, or anything you please. But it’s doubtful whether any jockey who ever lived could have gotten as much out of the son of Birdstone as Borel did on the first Saturday this past May. We’re not just referring to his death defying instincts and superb timing. And if you believe that description to be hyperbolic, go back to the videotape. That final sloppy sixteenth of a mile still seems unbelievable coming at the end of such an enervating run. Borel’s exhibition, identified by many veteran observers as the best ride they had ever seen, completed a Cinderella story that began in the back of an old pickup 2,100 miles away and ended up a never to be forgotten piece of Derby history. Borel’s ride provided a band of heretofore racing unknowns with a Triple Crown identity, simultaneously giving the skilled veteran a huge push toward the doors of the racing pantheon on Union Avenue. Should ... Read More... |