July 10th

1. Who will win the stage? Tony Martin vs AOC
Why are you looking at this blog for this prop?? Go read uconnryan and mwallack, jeez.

2. Ghana U20 W/D vs France U20
France and Ghana played each other in group play and it was a 3-1 French victory.  I see another French victory tomorrow.  Ghana played a grueling game just 3 days ago, while the French team smoked Uzbekistan 4-0 4 days ago.  I think France will have far more energy and will win this pretty easily.

3.  Uruguay U20 vs Iraq U20 W/D
Uruguay has only given up 2 goals the entire world cup.  They beat Spain in extra time in their last match who was the favorite to win the cup.  Iraq sneaked through in a very exciting game against South Korea.  At the end of the day, Iraq has scored 10 goals while giving up 8, whereas Uruguay has scored 9 and given up 2, that's far too much of a goal differential for me to big against Uruguay, I'll take them.

4. Run scored in the 1st inning?
Milone will be on the mound for the A's, he has a 4.11 ERA this season.  He'll be matched up against Liriano for the Pirates who has an ERA of 2.20.  Oakland is 7th in the MLB in runs scored and Pittsburgh is 26th.  No is -150 and I think it's a pretty solid pick.

5. Will either team score 2+ goals in the first half?
I can't find an exact line for this, but No should be pretty solid here too.  The O/U for the game is -150 for over.  So I'd think under 1.5 in the first half would be a slight favorite for both teams combined.  Club America has not scored a goal in their last 3 first halves and Chicago has not scored 2 or more in any of their last 3 first halves although they did give up 2 to Kansas City. No should win easy.

6. When will the first goal of the second half be scored? Before 70th minute or AOR?
I have to like earlier here.  I'll have to check the pace of the game, if it's been open or more stuck in the midfield, but 24 minutes is a lot of time in soccer and this should be a reasonably high scoring game (3 goals).  So before looks like a solid play.

7. Boston Red Sox vs Seattle Mariners
No way in hell I'll ever recommend the Padres again after Volquez's performance, the sad part is I knew better.  Oh well.  I'll gladly take the Red Sox in this one.  They are 1st in the MLB in runs scored and Seattle is 25th (although, Boston is a reasonably hitter-favored park and Safeco is definitely a pitchers park).  The Red Sox might even have a slight edge on the mound with Doubront who has a 4.11 ERA vs Harang who is at 4.92.  Harang has a much better WHIP though, so I'd say the pitching matchup is about even.  At the end of the day though, I think Boston's ability to score runs will win them this one.