2012 Rays vs Indians Betting Predictions
The Rays were in a bad way but may be turning the corner with a series win against the Yankees.
2012-13 Football Previews – (SEC) – Alabama Crimson Tide
Head coach Nick Saban has fielded a lethal football squad in Dixieland since his arrival six years ago. The Tide had a Sugar Bowl appearance in 2008, followed by National Titles in ’09 and last season. While taskmaster Saban must replace a considerable amount of NFL-bound talent in 2012, this team is deeper and more talented than most, and is poised for another great season in the SEC West division.
2012-13 Football Previews – (SEC) – Georgia Bulldogs
Head coach Mark Richt enters his 12th season as the main man Between the Hedges at Sanford Stadium, holding the clipboard for the Georgia Bulldogs. Various times during his tenure, he has been on the hot seat and also been lauded for being a brilliant motivator.
Reds vs Dodgers MLB Betting + Handicapping Picks
A few weeks ago the Dodgers had the best record in baseball and everything was looking great. Now, the Dodgers are in a tailspin and looking like a team destined to head back to the .500 mark.
2012 Rangers vs White Sox Betting Predictions
As this is being written the Rangers are getting hammered down 7-0 in the 5th as these two division leaders square off.
Red Sox vs Athletics MLB Betting + Handicapping Picks
Oakland dominated the first game of this three-game set, but Boston starts Ace Jon Lester in this one. The Red Sox started the season poorly, but they have been playing good baseball for the last month or so.
Boston Red Sox vs. Oakland Athletics MLB Betting Preview
Starting Pitchers: Boston (Lester) vs. Oakland (Colon)
Date/Time: July 3, 10:05 p.m. EST
MLB Gambling Odds from TopBet
Moneyline: Boston (-131) Oakland (+121)
Runline: Red Sox -1.5 (+125) vs. Athletics +1.5 (-145)
Total: 7.5
Oakland is proving to be a scrappy team that is difficult to beat, especially at home. Let’s take a look at this Tuesday night matchup.
The Red Sox might consider Jon Lester their Ace, but he hasn’t pitched like one so far this season. Lester is 5-5 with a 4.53 ERA in 2012. He has allowed 109 hits in 101 innings pitched. He has a very disappointing 1.34 WHIP. Lester has been one of the better pitchers in the American League over the past four years, but he hasn’t been able to find his command this year. Boston’s offense has been short-handed all season, but this team has still managed to pile up the runs. Boston is averaging an impressive 5.14 runs per game. Veteran David Ortiz and youngsters Daniel Nava and Will Middlebrooks are all exceeding expectations and leading the way for this offense.[dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]
Bartolo Colon will start for the Athletics in this contest. Colon hasn’t started a game since June 17due to an oblique injury. He is 6-7 with a 4.22 ERA this year. The Athletics have managed to stick around .500 despite having the worst team batting average in the majors. Oakland is 20-19 at home so far in 2012. Josh Reddick leads a more powerful than expected middle of the order. Reddick has 19 homers already this year. Yoenis Cespedes has missed a lot of time this year, but he looks like a guy who will hit a lot of home runs for many years to come. The Athletics are fifth in the majors in stolen bases. The pitching staff has a solid 3.53 ERA.
Both of these pitchers have been inconsistent at best this year. Colon is coming off an injury against a good lineup, and Lester has yet to prove himself this season. I like this one to go over the posted total.
MLB Free Pick: Over 7.5
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MLB Betting Previews- Tuesday, July 3 Parlay
The MLB divisional races continue to heat up with the soaring July temperatures as teams strive to finish the first half of the regular season on a strong note.
2012 Greenbrier Classic
Location: White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, United States
Course: Greenbrier – The Old White Course
Date: Jul 5-8, 2012
Total Purse: US $ 6,100,000
Winner’s Share: US $ 1,080,000 (18% of total purse)
Defending Champion: Scott Stallings ($1,080,000)
This week’s stop on the PGA TOUR comes our way from West Virginia and the Greenbrier Course for only the third edition of the Greenbrier Classic. The course this week rewards length – wide fairways will allow bombers to do their thing with relatively little impunity. But difficult greens await – the putters are going to have to be solid in order to contend.
Last week I had Dustin Johnson winning – he had an uncharacteristically poor performance. Greenbrier suits his game very well – will he be my pick two weeks in a row? Let’s take a look.
The Favorites
Tiger Woods 7/2
What’s most impressive about Tiger’s win last week was the fact that he won while utilizing the driver for more than just marking where to drop the ball. But his all-around game seems to be almost back to his standard – he ranks fifth in total driving, 10th in greens in regulation, 14th in Strokes Gained-Putting and first in adjust scoring. Tiger is plain scary again!!
Webb Simpson 15/1
Simpson isn`t letting a US Open hangover affect his game. He finished 9th last week and obviously played very well. Simpson is a Stud and is a threat each and every week!
Dustin Johnson 20/1
DJ was a disappointment last week but Greenbrier is a course that suits his game perfectly. He ranks 19th on the PGA TOUR in adjusted scoring and 10th in proximity to the hole from the rough. He will be looking for a bounce back and should get it this week.
The Contenders:
Phil Mickelson 20/1
Played here last year and actually missed the cut. He, like so many others has the game perfect for this track – 47th on TOUR in greens in regulation, 12th in Strokes Gained-Putting, seventh in birdie average and 17th in adjusted scoring. Phil is flying under the radar a tad but is still dangerous.
Jim Furyk 25/1
Finished T9 here in 2010 but had a bad week at Congressional finishing T34. His accuracy will serve him well this week – he is fifth on TOUR in fairways hit, 30th in GIR and third in adjusted scoring. You can never count Mr. Furyk out!
Brendon de Jonge 30/1
de Jonge has had success in the first two years of this tournament – 3rd last year and T4 the year before. He loves this track and will be motivated after a brutal Sunday last week.
Bill Haas 40/1
Haas has been so-so this year but he did play well here last year losing in a playoff. If there is a course that he can right the ship on, it may be this one.
The Sleepers:
John Rollins 50/1
Leads the PGA TOUR in total driving and ranks 20th in greens in regulation, 11th in birdie average and 19th in the all-around – perfect traits for this course. He finished T4 in his last start at the Travelers and comes into this week in good form.
Jimmy Walker 50/1
Finished T4 in both editions of this tournament and could break through this week. He loves this course and has to be on the radar this week.
Mark Leishman 60/1
Won the Travelers and has shown flashes on this course in the past. He is playing arguable the best golf of his career.
JB Holmes 80/1
Arguable the biggest hitter on TOUR, Holmes is definitely a nice sleeper this week. Despite some struggles this year, Holmes’ length has to be considered this week.
The Pick:
Tiger is certainly a popular pick this week but I am going back to the well again this week. Dustin Johnson at 20/1 is my pick.
My sleeper is Jimmy Walker 50/1. He loves this course and is due for a win after some impressive results here.
2012 Rangers vs White Sox Betting Predictions
The Rangers were on a nice roll but couldn’t close out the sweep against Oakland over the weekend. Still they have won 7 of their last 10 and are one of the best road teams in the Majors with a 23-15 record.
White Sox vs Yankees MLB Betting + Handicapping Picks
The White Sox arrived at Yankees’ Stadium on Thursday, winners of five of their last seven, but it was still a shocker when they rallied back from three runs down in the top of the ninth on a Dayan Viciedo three-run homer off David Robertson, ending the team’s string of six straight losses to the their New York nemesis.
2012 Phillies vs Marlins Betting Predictions
Are things finally going to start to turn for Philly? They just got back Chase Utley (homer in first AB) and slugger Ryan Howard is rumoured to be not that far behind. The team may be 9 games back right now but if they are full strength in the second half I think most would expect them to make a run.
Germany vs Italy Euro Cup 2012 Betting Picks + Odds
Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas came up big in Spain’s opening match against the Italians, firing in the tying goal in a 1-1 draw, which salvaged a point for the defending champions in a lively encounter in Gdansk.
Tigers vs Rays MLB Betting + Handicapping Picks
High profile pitching matchups are always a lot of fun, and they don’t get much better than Verlander vs. Price. Justin Verlander won the American League MVP award last year, and David Price leads all of baseball with 10 wins already this year.
Mets vs Dodgers MLB Betting + Handicapping Picks
The Dodgers are 10 games into a stretch of 20 games in 20 days leading up to the All-Star break, and just when they thought things couldn’t get any tougher–Andre Ethier left Wednesday’s game in the first inning with a left oblique strain.
NYM: R.A. Dickey (11-1, 2.31 ERA) v LAD: Aaron Harang (5-4, 3.81 ERA)
Date/Time: Friday, June 29, 2012, 10:10 PM ET
Venue: Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles
Broadcast: SNY (New York), FOX Sports Prime Ticket (Los Angeles)
Spread: OFF
Over/Under: OFF
Now they will look to stay in the race for the NL West with the Giants, when they take on the Mets in Game 2 of a four-game set on Friday at venerable Dodger Stadium.
Ethier’s injury seemed a fitting end to a miserable 1-8 road trip for LA, who after being shut out for the third consecutive time by the Giants on Wednesday, have slipped into a tie with their rival, all the while losing 10 of their last 15 heading into the opener with the Mets last night.
An MRI on Thursday was performed and initial reports suggest that the Dodgers’ slugger will join fellow starters Matt Kemp, Mark Ellis and Ted Lilly on the disabled list.
A crushing blow to a team that hadn’t scored a run in 30 innings coming back to Chavez Ravine.
Meanwhile, the Mets exploded for 17 in a rout of the Cubs on Wednesday to snap a four-game losing streak. And after a terrible start, Ike Davis has raised his average over .200 for the first time this season after going 18-for-51 (.353) with five home runs and 20 RBI in his last 16 games.
The Mets Daniel Murphy also had two home runs on Wednesday, breaking a homerless streak of 352 at-bats dating back to last season. [dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]
But this game is likely to be won with a pitching duel, as the Dodgers send Aaron Harang up against the Mets’ R.A. Dickey, who suffered his first loss of the season after being tattooed by the Yankees on Sunday.
The 37-year old right-hander was sporting a perfect 11-0 record before yielding five runs and three walks over six innings to hand the Yanks a 6-5 victory.
Dickey’s streak without allowing an earned run ended at 44 2-3 innings – second best in team history behind Dwight Gooden’s stretch of 49 innings in 1985.
He will no doubt look to get back on track against the Dodgers, whom he has one start against back in 2011, allowing four runs (three earned) over seven innings that resulted in a loss.
But he will have to outgun Harang, who surprisingly failed to record a strikeout in a start for the first time since 2007 in Sunday’s series finale against the Angels.
Still, it was the veteran righty’s ninth quality start of the season and he has gone 2-1 with a 3.14 ERA through his five starts in June.
In two starts against the Mets in 2011, Harang went 1-0 with a 5.91 ERA.
Matt’s Free Prediction: Mets– The Dodgers lineup is skin and bones, and frankly, Dickey shouldn’t have too much trouble against what is now close to a last place team in terms of roster talent.
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Betting ON Quaker State 400 Gambling Odds
The NASCAR Sprint Cup series returns to the bright lights of prime time for the running of the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta.
Tigers vs Rays MLB Betting + Handicapping Picks
Fresh off a three-game series in Texas, the Detroit Tigers continue their road swing with a trip to the Sunshine State to take on the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday.
