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06/11/2007 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez and Detroit Tigers slugger Gary Sheffield were selected as the American League's top players for the week ending June 10.
Rodriguez notched his second Player of the Week honor this year after posting a batting average of .400 with a .960 slugging percentage and a .515 on-base percentage. He belted four home runs, drove in 16 runs and scored seven times in seven games last week.
The two-time AL MVP, who registered five multi-RBI performances last week, also shared the honor in the first week of the season with Angels outfielder Vladimir Guerrero.
Sheffield also connected for four homers with 11 runs batted in last week, while batting .417 with a 1.000 slugging percentage. He put together three multi-RBI efforts in six games last week.
Others considered for the award included Yankees outfielder Bobby Abreu, who batted .500 with a homer and nine runs batted in; Boston pitcher Curt Schilling, who came within an out of his first career no-hitter; and Cleveland ace C.C. Sabathia, who was 1-0 with 14 strikeouts in 18 innings.
<< Legendary Vols coach Ray Mears passes away
Knoxville, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The winningest coach in University of
Tennessee history, Ray Mears, died Monday at NHC Health Care Center in
Knoxville. He was 80 years old.
The Dover, Ohio native led the Vols to a 278
<< Austin up to No. 81 in world rankings
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Woody Austin jumped 92 places to No. 81 in
the latest Official World Golf Ranking following his win Sunday at the
Stanford St. Jude Championship.
In Europe, Richard Green's victory at the BA-CA Ope
<< Schiavone, Shaughnessy reach second round in Spain
Barcelona, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded Italian Francesca Schiavone
and sixth-seeded American Meghann Shaughnessy highlighted Monday's first-round
winners at the inaugural $145,000 Barcelona KIA tennis event.
Schiavone was leadin
<< Montana State tabs Ash to lead football program
Bozeman, MT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Montana State has named Rob Ash as its new head
football coach.
Ash spent the past 18 seasons at Drake University and also coached at Division
III Juniata College for nine years. He has an overall coaching
Cubs place Ramirez on DL >>
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Cubs placed infielder Aramis
Ramirez on the 15-day disabled list on Monday with left patellar tendinitis,
retroactive to June 7. Also, the club reinstated outfielder Cliff Floyd from
the ber
Bonds falls out of top three in OF voting for All-Star Game >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - San Francisco slugger Barry Bonds has fallen
out of the top three in the voting for the National League All-Star Game,
putting him in danger of not starting and possibly not even being selected to
play in
Phillies' Eaton shuts down White Sox >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Adam Eaton tossed seven shutout innings
to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-0 blanking of the Chicago White Sox
in the opener of a three-game interleague series at Citizens Bank Park.
Pat Burrel
Ibanez lifts Mariners over Indians >>
Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Raul Ibanez capped a huge offensive night by
driving in the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth as the Seattle Mariners
defeated the Cleveland Indians, 8-7, at Jacobs Field.
Ibanez went 4-for-5 with two
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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