OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper Matt Rivers has a free baseball pick Thursday is on the St. Louis Cardinals.

Bud Norris had another outstanding performance against St. Louis yesterday in the Houston upset victory but I don’t see lightning striking twice. Certainly I can’t fully trust young Lance Lynn in only his second start after getting hit fairly hard by the Giants at home in his first but this price is just too cheap on the definite better team.

Let’s face it, the Astros may not be the worst team in the history of the major leagues but they also are not good and to get a surging Pujols, a former Astro who should be more than motivated in Berkman and the far better overall team at around a pick or so is more than fine with me. I don’t even mind JA Happ as the former Phillie lefthander has a solid upside and can be very good at times. But the Astros are just not good and at this price, even in Houston, makes me more than alright with Tony LaRussa’s Redbirds.

By the way Lynn did allow five runs in five innings in that last start but he also showed a lot of promise as evidenced by the five strikeouts and no walks. This kid may not become Cy Young but he isn’t bad at all and to get the much harder hitting ballclub that is deserving of being in first place at this price is a deal and a total must play, period.

Top expert pick on this game: St. Louis

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The Game 5 spread for the Mavericks-Heat NBA Finals is up. Dallas is a small 1.5 point chalk and just -113 on the moneyline at the sportsbooks

The series line has gotten much tighter as well, though for a final round tied at 2-2, Miami is still a large chalk.

There are many player prop bets as well. Fantasy NBA players have thrived on these the entire NBA Finals 2011.

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OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper Matt Rivers has a Wednesday lock is on the Arizona Diamondbacks (+104) to Pittsburgh.

Reasoning: Zach Duke is facing his old team and that should provide a ton of motivation today. I have no issues with the Pirates and in fact admit how this Pittsburgh team is pretty good at PNC Park. Walker, McCutchen, Jones and the Bucos are better than the 65 or so win team that Vegas believed in the beginning of the season and Paul Maholm is a professional pitcher who should be alright as well.

But with the above said Duke is going to be beyond fired up and ready to get after it against his old mates. I remember when the southpaw came up in 2005 and was amazing in that first season. He had an era in the 1’s and basically shot through from nowhere into a great pitcher early on. Things tailed off a bit since but this guy has always been capable and pretty good despite the seasons with sub .500 records and now is still potentially very good. He is familiar with PNC as well as with his opponent and was brilliant in his lone road start this season in Houston shutting down the Astros.

I expect Duke to be really good today and for the surging snakes to continue to play well here. Arizona was pretty much said to be dead and buried and going nowhere but as you look up they are now an amazing 33-28, even with the loss last night, and up there in the division. It probably won’t last as Diamondbacks don’t have the horses in the end but with Duke in this spot and Upton, Young, Johnson, Drew and a few other solid bats I’m fine with the D-Backs to win another one today.

Top expert pick on this game: Arizona

For more information: Wow do I love this hockey game.  I have literally never had a play on the ice higher than 200,000* and today I more than double that! I won that last 200,000* game on the Bruins on Monday and I think you could say they won going away. Certainly this thing will not end up 8-1 as that was far from the norm but what does that blowout mean today? A steaming angry Vancouver team that will prove just why they had the most points in the regular season and come out with passion and determination or a Boston team that at home is undervalued and will even up the series?

It’s been 56 of 94 winning days after I took care of business on Tuesday and 4.6 million* of profit. Two plays today, 500,000* Canucks-Bruins plus a bonus 200,000* Red Sox-Yankees and a ton of more profit as I go well over the 5 million plus star mark in the past three plus months! Click now to purchase

OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper Matt Rivers has a winner Tuesday is on the NY Mets in the first five innings to Milwaukee.

Sure it’s going to be tough for the well undermanned Mets to go into Miller Park and beat the far superior Brewers with a pair of stars in Braun and Fielder plus a borderline great pitcher in Shaun Marcum but at this price I am going to take my chances with the big dog from New York in the first half of the contest.

I readily admit that Terry Collins’ team is behind the eight ball from the get go in this thing. The contrast in talent is huge and that could be enough for Milwaukee to win the game. But let’s not forget how Chris Capuano is a former Brewer and I can see the still capable southpaw be extremely focused and muster up his best performance of the season. I love when guys go up against former teams like this because you pretty much know that you are going to get their best effort. It may not seem like much but there has been an arrow on this start for Capuano for a long time and over the last five days this is probably all the lefty has been thinking about. Plus knowing the hitters and their weaknesses in its own right isn’t a bad thing.

Marcum has been an All-Star this season and the beat up Mets without David Wright, Ike Davis and maybe Jason Bay are probably not going to explode in this spot. But New York just took two out of three against the Braves and if not for the bad Jose Reyes error it would have been a perfect sweep. I’m not dumb and do realize how the Mets are half a disaster but this is a spot that is conducive to success because of Capuano going back to Milwaukee where he spent a bunch of seasons.

I don’t like the Mets bullpen as they have blown game after game after game after game after game after game, pretty much literally. That’s why I am going to avoid the full 9 innings and take my chances with a sweet takeback on Capuano and the visitors in the first five.

Top expert pick on this game: NY Mets first five innings.

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The Dallas Mavericks are the favorites to tie the NBA Finals 2011 series against the Miami Heat. Dallas is laying three points.

Miami’s win and cover in Game 2 not only made it 19-3 the last 22 sides for GodsTip, but also returned them to prohibitive favorites to win the series. GodsTips of OffshoreInsiders.com is 19-3 with NBA sides, 15-2 with NBA Wise Guys and 31-12 overall in the NBA.

OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper Matt Rivers  has a free pick Sunday is on the Twins.

I have been on the Twins a bunch recently and today will be just another one of those plays.

Minnesota is in the midst of one of their worst seasons in a long time and probably is going nowhere as they are just too far behind. But I’m not fully losing hope on Ron Gardenhire’s gritty and talented club because they are not as bad as their porous record, no how no way. Sure Joe Nathan, Joe Mauer and Jason Kubel are all now out which hurts but there are still pieces on this Twins’ team with Morneau, Cuddyer, Span and Young and after now winning the first three games of this series against the medicore at the very best Royals this price is just a bit silly.

I don’t mind Kansas City as guys like Butler and Gordon are high quality hitters and Francouer and Cabrera are capable but the Royals are on their usual downward trend after the good start and all in all are not the overall team of today’s opponent. The record may still favor the Royals but it won’t for much longer and in a battle of these southpaws I will grab the price.

Jeff Francis was awesome years back in Colorado and has shown glimpses this season but it’s not like he is the guy he used to be and therefore I will take my chances on the yes struggling, but still capable Brian Duensing. Things have not been great for the Twinkie lefthander but he showed a ton of upside with quality pitching earlier in the season and at this number I am just fine in taking my chances with him and the Twins, expecting a fourth straight victory.

Top expert pick on this game: Minnesota Twins

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OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper Matt Rivers has a Saturday comp winner for Saturday is on the Oakland A’s (+162) to Boston.

Reasoning: This is an interesting comp play because to be honest with you it is going to be hard for the visitors from Oakland to win this game. The Red Sox are a team that is clearly better than the Athletics and at home with a stud in Beckett on the hill the Sox win this game a lot more than they don’t. But with the aforementioned said Trevor Cahill is borderline great and a guy that just cannot really ever be getting such a takeback, ever, and against anybody.

The Athletic starter busted through last season proving he was a future star. Nothing at all has changed this season as Cahill has been even better. The last few outings weren’t as good as the first month plus to the season but don’t kid yourself the guy is very good and will keep the A’s in the game. He is going to have to be great in order to match Beckett and mow down guys like Adrian Gonzalez, Dustin Pedroia, Carl Crawford and others but Cahill has been great at times and at this price I can’t help but back him in some capacity.

The bottom line is that playing the A’s today is almost something that I can’t pass up on principle alone. It’s not a lock or a game that can’t lose but it is just one of those things where I am getting an All-Star pitcher and a great takeback. Win or lose I’ll take my chances with the visitors from the West Coast.

Top expert pick on this game: Oakland

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Game 3 NBA odds for Sunday’s Miami Heat vs. Dallas Maverick’s Game 3 are set with the home team laying three points.

With Miami’s epic collapse—or Dallas’ remarkable comeback—the Hea have dropped to -147 to win the NBA Championship odds.

Proposition bets have been posted for all key players in Game 3: Dwayne Wade, Jason Kidd, Dirk Nowitzki, LeBron James and crew.

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OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper Matt Rivers has a free pick Friday is on the Chicago Cubs (+160) at St. Louis.

Reasoning: Certainly I don’t love backing the underachieving Cubbies without Alfonso Soriano around but the Cardinals just lost Matt Holliday and after Jaime Garcia’s last outing why not grab a ton of coin here with the at least potential of the Cubs.

Chicago’s going nowhere this season but they are not a terrible team to back as the big dog. No doubt when they are the big chalk I will run to the window and fade the heck out of them but in this spot I’ll take my chances with Ramirez, Fukudome, Castro and others. The days where this franchise was pretty good appear to be gone but they aren’t terrible and Ryan Dempster and that sinker can be very good at times.

The first month of the season was awful for the Chicago ace but the Dumpster has settled in and has been looking very good once again. I’m not saying he is on the high level of Garcia when the southpaw is on but the lefthander was pounded in that last game and who knows if that was the beginning of a little rut. I will give any player a pass for one egg but the previous one wasn’t as good as before and quite possibly we have a bit of a downward trend developing.

All in all the Cardinals at Busch are obviously the superior team as the records clearly would attest to. But the Cubbies have enough, especially with an improving Dempster, to compete and win the game in the end.

Top expert pick on this game: Chicago Cubs

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