Pre Football Friday Cy Young Special & Red Sox-Yankees

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To start the weekend off positively, a unique Baseball opportunity play is here tonight. An opportunity that we just want to touch on before we head back into our virtual ‘war room’ to resume researching and dissecting this weekend’s NCAA College and NFL pro football action.

Tonight there are at least 5 former Cy Young Award winners that will be on the mound tonight for their respective teams as follows:
Cliff Lee @ Milwaukee (Lee has been nothing short of dominant for the Phils)
Chris Carpenter @ Colorado (Sorry Tracy Ringolsby but the Rox are tightening up)
Roy Halladay vs. Seattle(Seattle starts rookie Doug ‘don’t call me price’ Fister.)
Jake Peavy vs. Detroit (Detroit goes with September call up Scrubby Bonine)
Tim Lincecum vs. Chicago (NL) (Lincecum is the real deal, the Giants desperate)

If you were to parlay those five and if all were to start the game with their team winning, based on my calculations, the Vegas payout would be approximately 10:1. 10:1 for 5 dominating pitchers. Book it, but be prepared to pull a late hedge on the last game of the night, the Giants and Cubs at 10:15 EST.

The other game of note tonight is the Friday night rumble in the Bronx which features John Lester and the visiting Red Sox facing Joba ‘doesn’t rule’ Chamberlain and the mighty Yankees. This game tonight is a parlay lock if you are so inclined.

First off, the Yankees ‘plan’ with Joba Chamberlain is a joke. Way to prepare this tool to be a softy who will be virtually incapable of pitching out of jams as his career goes on. He should pitch every fifth day, deep into every start so he can work his way to MLB productivity. If he gets shelled, then fortunately you have the offense to claw back into any game in a hurry.

As far as the Red Sox go, the absolutely ridiculous debate about Jason Varitek leaving Boston’s pine is hard to fathom. Victor Martinez is clearly much better than you Tek. Quite frankly all of the credit you’ve been given in the past for being such a ‘great handler of pitchers’ has to come into question, along the lines of ‘Rocking’ Leo Mazzone and all the credit he got for developing Maddux, Smoltz, and Glavine. Great job Jason catching Josh Beckett in his prime and as much as it nauseates me to write, future Hall of Famer, ‘Ketchup Sock Curt’ Schilling. Yet you couldn’t quite get around to learning how to catch another future Hall of Famer Tim Wakefield. Don’t even get me started on your contract situation last off-season with you and Scott Boras dropping the $ 10,000,000 option ball and you needing to swallow your pride and beg back to bean-town. I’m not sure which is worse, your decision-making, your bat, or your recent run of dropped third strikes. No matter, the fact that Josh Beckett has all but admitted that he can’t pitch to anyone but you is not as much of a positive reflection on you as it a direct reflection of what a head case Boston’s former staff Ace is.

Now back to the action on the field. As mentioned above, tonight’s game presents a great opportunity for a parlay lock. Lester is the Red Sox staff Ace. He can be downright nasty, but the Yankees will touch him up a bit. Joba Chamberlain, at this point, is nothing more than a coddled, over emotional batting practice pitcher. The Red Sox are hungry and will light up Joba like a Christmas tree. If you are feeling lucky, your team at P4P recommends OVER 9 runs and the Red Sox.