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Las Vegas - Gonna head West and grab the Dodgers with Yoshinobu Yamamoto over the Giants. This phenomenal rivalry started in New York City last century and is still delicious, even with both teams 381 miles apart in California. Los Angeles has had the upper hand over the last few years, and should be able to continue to rule. We knew that Yamamoto was gonna be a stud, but we had no idea he would be PERFECT on the road. It has been BAGELS all around in his last three starts away from home. Yoshi threw 5 donuts at the Cubs, 6 donuts at the Nationals and 6 donuts at the D'backs. That's 17 innings worth of bagels/donuts and you can throw in 20 Ks. No wonder he won the Triple Crown of pitching in Japan three years in a row. Gimme L.A. for the money.

And we gotta skate on to the NHL ice tonight in Denver because the Avalanche owe me a W after losing game three to the Stars, 4-1.

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