#969 ASA PLAY ON Oakland Athletics -130 over Chicago White Sox, Friday at 7:40 PM ET - We are going to take advantage of being able to fade one of the worst teams in MLB history at a very reasonable price. Of course we get this reasonable price going against the White Sox because the Athletics are not a great team. But look at some of the following numbers and you will understand why this price is a bargain. Oakland is 17-16 against lefties this season while the White Sox are 7-27 against lefties. Chicago is 18-57 at home and also only 12-28 against teams with a losing record on the season. The A's are 33-25 against teams with a losing record this season. You can see from these numbers above that this is the type of game in which Oakland should again take advantage of facing a lesser foe. Chicago is starting Crochet and he has averaged only 3 innings per start his last 11 starts. His short starts expose a very bad White Sox bullpen. Not only that, Crochet has not even been pitching well. He has an 0-5 record with a 7.09 ERA since the All-Star break. The A's start Brady Basso here and he is pitching in only his 5th MLB game and 2nd start but he is coming off a great start versus the Tigers and certainly is capable of duplicating that against a bad White Sox team. Lay it with the Athletics! Take Oakland!