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09/06/2010 - Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A.J. Pierzynski singled home the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning, and the Chicago White Sox beat Detroit, 5-4, in the opener of a four-game series at Comerica Park.
Pierzynski added a two-run single in the second for the White Sox, who are 7-0 on a 10-game road trip.
Chicago trails AL Central-leading Minnesota by three games. The Twins are currently playing Kansas City.
Don Kelly belted a two-run homer and added an RBI single for Detroit, which has dropped six of its last 10 games.
<< Cummings named MLS Player of the Week
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Colorado Rapids striker Omar Cummings was
named the MLS Player of the Week for Week 23 on Monday as he had a hand in all
three of Colorado's goals in a 3-0 win over Chivas USA on Saturday.
Cummings is t
<< Djokovic cruises into U.S. Open quarters
Flushing Meadows, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former runner-up Novak Djokovic
handled American Mardy Fish on Monday to reach the quarterfinals at the U.S.
Open.
The third-seeded Djokovic drubbed a lethargic 19th-seeded Fish in surgeon-like
6-3
<< Wells, Hill help Jays rout struggling Rangers
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Vernon Wells hit a three-run homer and Aaron
Hill clubbed a two-run shot, as the Toronto Blue Jays earned a 7-2 decision
over the American League West-leading Texas Rangers in the opener of a four-
game se
<< Ravens add WR Houshmandzadeh
Owings Mills, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Baltimore Ravens added depth to the
wide receiver position by agreeing to contract terms with T.J. Houshmandzadeh.
A report from NFL Network says the deal is thought to be for one year and
$855
Espinosa powers Nationals to win over Mets >>
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Danny Espinosa had the best game of his
very young career as he hit a grand slam and a solo home run to lead the
Washington Nationals to a 13-3 rout of the New York Mets in the opener of a
three-g
Team USA thumps Angola to reach quarterfinals >>
Istanbul, Turkey (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chauncey Billups led a 121-66 rout of
Angola with 19 points on 5-of-7 shooting from three-point range, as Team USA
rolled into the quarterfinals of the 2010 FIBA World Championships.
Kevin Durant,
Roberts, Orioles top Yanks to start series in Bronx >>
Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brian Roberts' seventh inning single drove in the
winning run as Baltimore downed New York, 4-3, in the opener of a three-game
set.
Roberts finished 3-for-5 with two RBI while Matt Wieters knocked in a run and
Kubel, Thome homer to help Twins edge Royals >>
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jason Kubel and Jim Thome both homered in
the bottom of the fifth inning, as the Minnesota Twins clipped Kansas City,
5-4, in the opener of a three-game series at Target Field.
Thome, who now has 585
Rule No. 1 in the gamblers' handbook states, "Avoid sports betting on meaningless games."
When you're drowning in a sea of baseball monotony, however, things change. Even a hint of pro football betting can persuade the most disciplined bettor to break a few rules.
The NFL preseason is around the corner, with a tempting Hall of Fame match kicking off on Sunday. But bettors must stay vigilant. Wagering on NFL exhibition games is an entirely different beast than the regular season. Most fans don't recognize the players on the field because starters get as much action in August as Warcraft fans get on Prom night.
The only certainty about the NFL this time of year is uncertainty – and yet there are some who say betting in August can be a gold mine.
“I actually feel the NFL preseason presents solid profit opportunities for sharp bettors and handicappers,” Sports Expert Steve Merril explains. “My experience has been that the sportsbooks fear the preseason, which is evident by lower limits and massive moves.”
The line moves are attributed to the limited knowledge available regarding playing-time distribution. One team’s top unit out on the field for one more series has an impact on the pointspread. Setting lines in the preseason often is a shot in the dark.
“We base the betting lines mostly on public perception,” Pete Korner, founder of the Sports Club in Las Vegas, says. “It’s very tough to predict, almost a guessing game.”
The preseason is all about figuring out who’s in and for how long.
“It becomes a race between bettors and oddsmakers to find out how long the quarterbacks are going to stay in,” Korner admits. “If a sharp gets the information first, he could exploit an early line. I’m a full believer in moving the line in the preseason if the books find out something late in the week.”
Determining what each team’s motive is can help bettors handicap. To do this you must pay close attention to the philosophies head coaches employ in exhibition play.
“You need to know what a coach is trying to accomplish,” says Covers Expert Bryan Leonard. “Sometimes a new coach will want to instill a winning attitude. Others just want to make sure their starters don’t get hurt."
So how do you distinguish who’s playing scared and who’s playing for keeps?
“Head coaches on the hot seat or new coaches trying to implement a winning attitude usually try harder to win in the preseason,” Merril says.
Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel fits this criteria. He’s entering his third season as the sideline boss and has yet to lead the Browns to more than six wins.
Cleveland is an enticing bet as well because of the unresolved quarterback situation. General manager Phil Savage sacrificed the Browns’ first-round pick in next year’s draft for Brady Quinn, but the former Notre Dame quarterback hasn’t signed or reported to training camp yet.
Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson split time at QB last season and it looks like either player (or even Quinn) could be the opening-day starter.
“If a team has quarterback depth and the pecking order hasn’t been decided, it’s a big advantage,” Leonard says.
Even in the third week of the preseason when starters generally play the most, the final outcome of the game is in the hands of fringe players. A team's talent, all the way down to the last man on the roster, is something to consider.
The New England Patriots have long been considered one of the deeper teams in the NFL and coach Bill Belichick has said in the past he’s unafraid of stars getting hurt in games with nothing on the line. He shocked his colleagues in 2003 by playing some of his starters on special teams in the preseason.
“We want to have the team ready to play a tough, physical game and preparation has to go into that and I imagine a certain amount of injuries go with it,” Belichick told the Providence Journal in August 2003.
Bettors can only hope to find more teams that share the Pats' business-like approach to the preseason (New England is 17-9-3 against the spread since 2000) and take advantage of teams who detest the exhibition schedule.
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Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).
Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.
A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.
Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.
"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.
De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.
The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.
The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.
De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.
Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.
But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.
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