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09/10/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Although the Tampa Bay Rays still stand a good chance of reaching the postseason, they haven't played like a playoff participant over most of the team's current road trip. The American League Wild Card leaders will attempt to get back on track when they head to Toronto's Rogers Centre tonight for a battle with the fellow AL East-member Blue Jays.
After opening this nine-game trek with a victory at Baltimore on September 3, the Rays have lost four of five contests to fall 2 1/2 games behind the New York Yankees for first place in the AL East. Tampa Bay also lost a bit of ground to Boston in the Wild Card race, with the Red Sox closing to within 6 1/2 games after coming through with an 11-5 win over the Rays Wednesday at Fenway Park.
Tampa jumped out to a 4-0 lead after 1 1/2 innings, but Boston stormed back by battering starter Matt Garza and three other Rays pitchers for 17 hits, five of which were home runs.
Garza (14-8) served up four of the long balls and surrendered six runs and nine hits before being removed after only 4 1/3 innings.
"It's not a surprise," said Garza of his poor showing. "I just left some heavy heaters up, and they hit everything. There was spin on breaking balls, and they knew it was coming. I'm a fastball-type guy, and they sat on my fastball."
B.J. Upton belted a three-run homer in the second inning for Tampa, with Jason Bartlett contributing an RBI double later on in the loss.
Despite their problems on this swing, the Rays still own the best road record in the majors at 41-29. They've struggled in their visits to Toronto, however, having lost four of six games at the Rogers Centre thus far in 2010. The Blue Jays swept a three-game set with Tampa Bay north of the border from August 6-8.
Brett Cecil has given the Rays plenty of trouble this season as well. The young Toronto lefty is 3-1 with a 2.63 earned run average in four starts against Tampa in 2010, including an August 6 triumph at the Rogers Centre in which he yielded just one run on four hits and fanned nine batters over seven sharp innings.
Cecil has put together a very solid first full season in the big leagues, with the 24-year-old bringing a 12-7 record and a 3.76 ERA over 24 starts into tonight's assignment. His most recent victory came against the division- leading Yankees on Sunday, when the 2007 supplemental first round draft choice allowed three runs in 6 1/3 innings of work.
In six starts and one relief appearance lifetime against Tampa Bay, Cecil has gone 4-2 with a 3.29 ERA.
He'll be attempting to halt a two-game losing streak for the Blue Jays, with both defeats taking place at home against AL West front-runner Texas. Toronto mustered just six hits in dropping Wednesday's series finale by a 4-2 count.
Lyle Overbay and Jose Bautista both hit solo homers to account for the lone Toronto runs, with Bautista's blast extending his major league-leading total to 44 this season. The Blue Jays also top the majors as a team in that category, having belted 218 long balls on the year, and have now gone deep in 11 consecutive games.
James Shields is fully aware of the power Toronto possesses in its lineup. In his most recent encounter with the Blue Jays, the Tampa hurler permitted a career-worst six homers and eight runs total on nine hits in a forgettable four-inning stint at the Rogers Centre on August 7. The durable righty will try to bounce back from that shelling when he takes the mound for tonight's opener of this three-game set.
Shields was also hit hard in his last start, an 8-4 loss at Baltimore on Saturday in which he was tagged for six runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings. He had won three straight outings prior to that setback, however.
The 28-year-old is 6-5 with a 4.18 ERA over 14 career starts against Toronto, but is just 1-3 with a 5.67 ERA in five career visits to the Rogers Centre and has allowed a whopping 14 homers in 33 1/3 innings at the venue.
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Toronto, Canada (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Hamilton began the year meekly, but has now
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came against the Toronto Argonauts, who have slipped in the standings and are
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New York Mets
Let’s take a look at the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds and the betting line and figure out where they’ve been and where they are going to go.
MySportsbook.com put up the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds late on Sunday night with the Pittsburgh Steelers favored by 6.5 points and a total betting line at 47.5 points.
Since then, however, the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds have seen a good deal of movement and you’ll want to be on top of where they are likely to move to make sure you get the best line value for the big game.
Since opening, the Super Bowl 2009 betting lines went to Steelers -7 in the span of roughly 3 hours but were quickly bought back down just minutes later to 6.5 again.
After that is took about 5-6 more hours before the betting line went back to -7 where it has sat for a while now and is likely to remain. The opening betting total of 47.5 was bet down right after the line became available and went to 47 within minutes.
Roughly a day later it has been bet even further down to the 46.5 tally it currently is set at.
Roughly 60% of gamblers seem to be on the Cardinals here so the point spread will be bet down and a 7.5 would not last very long at all with many taking the early 6.5 in hopes of finding a potential middle in the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds.
If you like Arizona and see a 7.5, I’d take it as soon as possible because it’s unlikely to last. For Pittsburgh backers, the -7 might be the best you’ll be able to find but a 6.5 is definitely possible close to game time.
Regarding the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds for the total, most tracked gamblers are already on the over and with those who took the under 47.5 already securing a middle on the over 46.5, the only way I see it moving is back up to 47 so if you like the over, I’d recommend betting now.
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American Idol odds : Blake Lewis the Early Standout
An important American Idol betting lines recap from February 20 Guys episode. The 12 men came out flat overall with Blake Lewis appearing to have the early edge after the first hour and a half.
Rudy - was quite good singing "Free Ride" to start off. Randy was not impressed though. Paula thought he started off fantastic. "Never had anyone stop off so lively" said Paula but Simon (who does not like Rudy) does not feel he has a distinct voice and was not impressed either.
Brandon was a little pitchy according to Randy and Paula agreed. Simon said he was a good singer but the song was "too safe" and he needs to make an impact. He was listed at +1200 odds or $1200 paid out on a $100 bet should he win the competition.
Big favorite Sundance came in with a flat version of "Knights in White Satin" and the judges let him have it, including Paula. Randy claimed the song was out of pitch throughout.
Korean American - and a Jenny Woo favorite - Paul Kim was up next. Another pitchy flat one but Randy said he still liked his potential. Kim at +3000 odds was said to have sung a "third rate version of that (George Michael) song" according to Simon Cowell. He sang "Careless Whisper".
22 year old Chris Richardson was up next. He was listed with +1100 odds coming in. He got the best response from the judges though Simon did not believe the vocal was that great.
Nick was boring and pitchy. Simon didn't think he was that bad though and predicted he would be back next week. Nick Pedro was a big +3000 dog coming into this competition.
Beat boxer Blake Lewis was listed with early +1000 odds or $1000 payout on a $100 bet if he were to become the next American Idol winner odds . These of course were the early odds. He was considered original for picking an "odd song". He did not beat box and the judges felt it was the best vocal of the night.
Sanjaya came in as the second biggest favorite after Chris Sligh but his performance Tuesday night was not very good.
Chris Sleigh was the early favorite at +450 odds. Great voice and a great sense of humor. He's a real standout. Randy felt it was on point but maybe ahead of the chorus a little bit. Simon Cowell said he felt like he was in some "sort of weird student gig".
Jared Cotter followed. He was listed with +2000 odds early on to win the competition. The judges felt he needs to take more risks but looked good.
22-year old AJ Talbado, who has tried out for American Idol five times, was up next. "Kind of a theme park performance" said Simon. Though the judges felt he performed okay. Simon did feel AJ might be better than he originally thought.
Phil - this season's military favorite - came into this competition with +1200 odds to win the competition. He was the last to perform. He was certainly strong enough to get through this stage of the competition and perhaps the best one after a shaky start.
Tomorrow night, the ladies perform and I sure hope they do a better job than the boys. Check out all the American Idol betting odds here.
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