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It’s been a busy spring for the city of Chicago.
The Blackhawks made a run in the NHL playoffs. The Bears acquired quarterback Jay Cutler. And the White Sox and Cubs kicked off the 2009 MLB season. Both Windy City baseball clubs are riding roller coaster seasons.
On the south side, the White Sox have climbed out of the American League Central basement and are making a run for the top spot in the division.
Both the Los Angeles Dodgers (47-24, +2100) and Chicago White Sox (33-37, -$435) pick Interleague play back up on Wednesday night from beautiful US Cellular Field for the second of three baseball betting battles.
The Dodgers enter tonight’s confrontation with the Palehose with the best record in all of baseball after taking the first game of this series by a 5-2 final count behind a stellar pitching performance from Hiroki Kuroda who tossed 8.2 innings of two-run ball.
Playing baseball in the Big Apple is unlike any other market. Whether a player is hot, cold, cheating on his wife, or has bad breath, chances are fans can read about it in the daily rags.
It’s the price you pay for playing ball for two of the most popular sports franchises in America.
Rules are rules … sucky, freakin’ rules.
Sometimes a sportsbooks rules help us. But more often it seems they don’t.
Everytime one goes against us, it acts as a reminder that the odds are stacked heavily against us. Take Friday’s Brewers-Tigers tilt in Detroit.
If you thought the Big East has been bad in recent years, just wait ’till this season.
There is no favorite, just a bunch of mediocre teams, for the most part lacking big-time talent.
College Football Oddsmakers seem to like South Florida to win the conference. The media prefers Pittsburgh, with the Panthers picked in multiple preseason publications. Rutgers and West Virginia also should be in the mix. But none of the above is heads and shoulders better than UConn, Louisville or even Syracuse (gasp).
The “Lone Star Series” picks back up Thursday night from the beautiful Ballpark in Arlington when the Houston Astros (29-34, -$400) and Texas Rangers (37-27, +$1213) lock horns for their sixth and final MLB betting match-up of the 2009 season.
Last night was supposed to be all about Catcher Ivan Rodriguez who broke Carlton Fisk’s record for the most games caught (2,227), but the Rangers took advantage of three Astros errors and got the best of Houston for the fifth time this season.
On a short Monday card let’s take a look at Bullpen stats and rankings in MLb, in my opinion and based on solid research, bettors often overlook the importance of the bullpen when making a bet.
One mistake is that they assume that the starter will continue his 3 game trend into the current start.
That many times does not occur and when a strong starter struggle the bullpen is often times the reason a team can still win the game.
With the All Star break nearing it is time to take stock of some of the better teams in MLB.
Here is a look with some notes on my Top 10 teams in MLB betting circles as of June 15th.
1. LA Dodgers – With 42 wins, the Dodgers have done it without the services on Manny, and hitting just .220 as a team and averaging under 3 runs a game in their last 10. The bullpen has an ERA of 2.97 on the year and with a solid starter rotation, and Manny coming back soon, they look to be the beast in the West for the entire season.
What in the world was in the Gatorade this week?
(Vodka goes best, by the way).
Pop-ups were causing havoc in New York and Tampa. Birds were doing the same in Cleveland. And in Chicago, Milton Bradley still doesn’t have a clue.
We’ll start at the backyard known as the new Yankee Stadium, where Gold Glove-second baseman Luis Castillo handed Mets’ backers an atrocious bad beat that may not be topped this season.
Each Friday, Burns and Payne prepare college football bettors for the upcoming season. This week the pair break down the ACC and highlight several items to keep in mind when September rolls around.
The ACC has a reputation as a second-tier conference.
It has the potential to exceed its bad rep this year.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the talk of the National League after rolling to baseball’s best record in the first two months of the season. Sparking that dominance is a superb start by the rotation, which boasts the major’s lowest staff ERA.
Two of the biggest contributors are Chad Billingsley and Eric Stults, who had combined for over 11 betting units as of Wednesday. And despite the MLB moneylines on Los Angeles hovering around -200, these two arms continue to make a bundle with the best team in the bigs behind them.
Betting pitchers is like riding the city bus – you’ve got to know when to get on, and you’ve got to know when to get off. Some rides last only a few starts before sportsbooks adjust the betting odds, while other arms can boost your bankroll for the entire season.
Leading the American League money rankings is Los Angeles Angels righthander Matt Palmer, who is 5-0 with an ERA just over 4.00 but will likely be used out of the bullpen for the remainder of the season now that Kelvim Escobar has returned from the DL.
Going by the Book guarantees nothing.
But it would be nice if your manager at least acted like he was aware when he was taking huge statisical gamble.
For example, in Tuesday’s Diamondbacks-Dodgers game, Arizona manager A.J. Hinch’s squad was in a bind.
A very nice performance by the Orlando Magic in game 3 has this series at 2-1.
Now as a sports handicapper we need to analyze what does it mean for the upcoming games?
Can the Orlando Magic shoot over 60% for three more games?
NBA Finals betting at Bookmaker Sportsbook picks back up Tuesday night when the series shifts to Amway Arena in sunny Orlando, FL for Game 3. The Los Angeles Lakers (79-23, 53-49 ATS) will look to take a commanding 3-0 lead over the Orlando Magic (71-32, 61-41 ATS) after they picked up an overtime victory in Game 2. Though they won outright, the Lakers failed their betting backers after winning by just a 101-96 final count.
This series is a very interesting match-up between two teams that have brought questionable efforts at times in the NBA playoffs. They played each other twice this season, once in December and once in January.
Orlando won both games, one at Los Angeles, and one at home. However, Jameer Nelson was a very key contributor in both games, so his absence could hurt the Magic’s chances.
