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08/01/2010 - Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Colorado Rockies center fielder Dexter Fowler was injured in the ninth inning of Colorado's 8-7 win over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.
Holding a two-run lead and with a man on third and one out, Fowler made a leaping catch at the wall in center to rob Alfonso Soriano of a chance to tie the game.
Fowler laid on the field in obvious pain for several minutes before being taken off the field on a cart.
He was evaluated by the Rockies training staff and it was diagnosed that he had a left rib and hip contusion. He will have a follow up MRI on Monday.
On the season, he is batting .239 with three home runs and 16 RBI in 76 games.
<< Biffle snaps winless streak at Pocono
Long Pond, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Greg Biffle ended a near two-year winless
streak in the Sprint Cup Series by taking Sunday's Sunoco Red Cross
Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway.
Biffle was not a factor for most of the race,
<< Reds option Fisher
Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cincinnati Reds optioned pitcher
Carlos Fisher to Triple-A Louisville after Sunday's win over Atlanta.
The right-hander was 1-1 with a 6.89 earned run average in 13 relief outings.
The move is
<< Tulowitzki helps Rockies complete sweep of Cubs
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Troy Tulowitzki drove in two runs as the
Colorado Rockies completed a three-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs with an 8-7
win.
Jonathan Herrera drove in a run and scored twice while Dexter Fowler added two
<< Lookin At Lucky nails down Haskell win
Oceanport, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Preakness Stakes winner Lookin At Lucky got
away from the field at the top of the stretch on his way to capturing Sunday's
$1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park.
Lookin At Lucky, ridden by Marti
Langer beats Couples to win U.S. Senior Open >>
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bernhard Langer shot a three-under 67 on Sunday
to beat Fred Couples by three shots and win the U.S. Senior Open.
Langer finished 72 holes at Sahalee with an eight-under 272 to capture his
second consecutive ma
Royals P Meche opts against surgery, will head to bullpen >>
Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Royals right-hander Gil Meche has decided
against season-ending surgery and will instead head to the bullpen for the
remainder of the year.
Meche, who Royals manager Ned Yost said last Tuesday was
Querrey downs Murray to take Los Angeles title >>
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sam Querrey successfully defended his title
as he defeated top-seeded Andy Murray in the final Sunday at the $700,000
Farmers Classic tennis event.
The second-seeded American Querrey took a 5-7,
Masoli to join Ole Miss >>
Oxford, MS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli has
apparently decided to join the Ole Miss Rebels for the upcoming college
football season.
Masoli, who pleaded guilty to second-degree burglary in Mar
In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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LaDainian Tomlinson Favorite to be 2007 NFL MVP
With the first NFL preseason game less than two weeks away, it is time to start thinking about football once again at MySportsbook.com. Reigning NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson is currently the 5-1 co-favorite to win the award again alongside Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning.
This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone after his all out assault on the record books last season. For those suffering from amnesia or were under a rock last football season, all L.T. did last season was set the NFL record for rushing touchdowns (28), total touchdowns (31) and total points scored (186) to go along with his 1815 rushing yards and 508 receiving yards. At 6-1, Tom Brady is next in line which isn’t surprising considering all of the firepower the Pats added over the off-season. With the addition of Randy Moss, Donte Stallworth and Wes Welker; it would be quite difficult for Brady’s numbers not to improve from last years 3529 yards and 24 touchdowns. There appears to be some decent value in Drew Bees at 10-1 considering he probably would have won the award last year if it wasn’t for L.T.’s record breaking season.
There is no reason to think the Saints will come back to earth this season and playing in a weak NFC, they should have as good a shot as any to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. At 15-1, Donovan McNabb could also be worth a look. Remember, many felt he was the MVP of the first half of the season before going down with a season ending injury. Reportedly, he is in great shape and well ahead of schedule to return to form. Also, he could have some added motivation to put up big numbers this season with the Eagles using their first pick in the draft on McNabb’s future successor Kevin Kolb.
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