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Twins send Pavano to hill in TorontoBaseball Betting Lines07/06/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The last time Carl Pavano faced the Toronto Blue Jays he was rocked in only four innings of work. The Minnesota Twins hurler will shoot for redemption tonight in the opener of a three-game series at Rogers Centre. Pavano took the hill at Toronto back on May 18 in an 11-2 loss and was battered for six runs and 10 hits, falling to 3-5 in 10 career starts against the Jays to go along with a 6.22 earned run average. Pavano has rebounded nicely since then and is 4-0 with a 1.83 ERA in his last five starts. The right-hander did not record a decision in Minnesota's 5-4 loss to Tampa Bay last Thursday, as he was reached for three runs -- two earned -- and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings of work. Pavano, who is 9-6 with a 3.30 ERA in 16 overall starts this season, is 4-3 in seven trips to enemy mounds in 2010. Minnesota just lost three of four matchups with the Tampa Bay Rays and is coming off Sunday's 7-4 setback at Target Field. Nick Blackburn was saddled with the loss for surrendering seven runs -- four earned -- and nine hits in 6 1/3 innings of work. Jim Thome had two hits and two RBI, while Justin Morneau and Delmon Young both went 2-for-4 and knocked in a run for the Twins, who have lost nine of the past 13 contests and sit a half-game behind Detroit for the AL Central lead. "We're not getting the big hits as consistently as we need to," Morneau said on the team's site. "We've been missing those hits. You can look at our numbers, the runners in scoring position and all that stuff, and we haven't done as well there as we need to." The Twins will also visit the Detroit Tigers for three games and are 18-21 away from home this season. Morneau and catcher Joe Mauer will both start in next week's All-Star Game in Anaheim, CA. Much like the Twins, Toronto enters this series on a losing note, having lost seven of its last eight games. After taking the opener of a three-game series against the New York Yankees in extra innings, the Blue Jays dropped the final two tests of the set and suffered a 7-6 loss in 11 innings Sunday. David Purcey was dealt the loss for allowing Marcus Thames' game-winning hit in the bottom of the 11th, while starter Brandon Morrow put his team in a hole by yielding five runs and nine hits over six frames. Adam Lind and Lyle Overbay both homered and Dewayne Wise belted a three-run homer and finished with four RBI for the Jays. Toronto will also welcome AL East-rival Boston up north on the current residency and are expected to send Jesse Litsch to the hill Tuesday. Litsch will make his fifth start of the season and is 0-3 with a 6.98 ERA over his first four starts. He is coming off a tough loss at Cleveland in which he held the Tribe to a pair of runs over six innings of work. The righty hopes to bounce back against a Minnesota team he's undefeated against, going 3-0 with a 3.10 ERA in five career starts. The Blue Jays will also host Boston for three games and will be represented by catcher John Buck and outfielders Jose Bautista and Vernon Wells in next week's All-Star Game. Minnesota and Toronto split a two-game set this season back on May 17-18 at Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays have won 12 of the previous 16 matchups between the teams.
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Betting the NFL preseasonRule 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. To visit this online sportsbook got to MySportsbook.com for all your bet on football needs. Mysportsbook.com online sportsbook accepts Visa and Mastercard credit cards. Albert Pujols to be This Year's Home Run Champ Says Online Sportsbook Barry Bonds is a 50-1 long shot to be this year's home run champ odds. The favorite to be this year's home run champ is none other than Albert Pujols, however. Be sure to log onto online sports betting site MySportsbook.com to check out the odds for who will lead the MLB in home runs this season. Below is just a sample of the players listed. With the highest credit card rates in the industry, MySportsbook.com is the place to bet on baseball this summer. To visit this online sportsbook got to MySportsbook.com - this sportsbook accepts credit cards. |
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