Crew, Sounders square off at Qwest

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04/30/2010 - Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Columbus Crew travel to take on Seattle Sounders FC at Qwest Field in Major League Soccer action on Saturday night.

The Crew (2-0-1) are one of just two unbeaten teams through one month of the season, although they have only played three league games. The team is coming off a 1-0 win at defending MLS Cup champions Real Salt lake last weekend thanks to a Guillermo Barros Schelotto penalty-kick goal. The Crew earned the full points despite managing just one shot on goal in the game.

"I'll take it, its three points,' Crew coach Robert Warzycha said. "I'd rather win a scrappy game and know we'll get better. We had one shot on goal and actually scored and I'm happy about it."

Goalkeeper Will Hesmer also had a strong game for the Crew, with a number of key saves to give his team a chance to beat the champs.

"I thought we could have done a little better job of possessing the ball," Hesmer said. "But at the end of the game you know they're going to throw everything they have at you and you're going to have to withstand pressure and fight and battle hard and win some challenges in the box and we did that for the most part."

Seattle (2-2-2), on the other hand, will be trying to rebound from a two-game road trip last week that say them come away with just one point.

After suffering a late setback to settle for a share of the points on April 22 at Dallas, the Sounders fell at Toronto three days later to conclude the trip.

"I thought we were doing alright and were pretty comfortable, then we made a big mistake in the back and that was a big shot of adrenaline for Toronto," Sounders FC coach Sigi Schmid told his club's website of the Toronto loss. "Then we made another mistake and then after that Toronto dominated the game the last 20 minutes."

Seattle felt like it was in the game, which it lost 2-0, but two critical mistakes led to two goals by Toronto, which was obviously the difference.

"You can make mistakes and thats part of the game, but with the two big mistakes we made, you will never win the game. It doesn't matter how good you play," Seattle attacker Freddie Ljungberg told his team's website. "It's extremely disappointing that we're not winning when we play so well. Next time we won't make those mistakes and we'll win the game."

Seattle will be without attackers Nate Jaqua, Pat Noonan and Michael Fucito because of injuries, while defender Taylor Graham is questionable.

Columbus will be without defender Shaun Francis, while veteran defenders Chad Marshall and Gino Padula are doubtful.

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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.

Now that Barry Bonds is signed and in Giants camp, it is on to his pursuit of all of sports most prestigious records: the all-time home run mark. Bonds sits just 21 homers shy of tying Hank Aaron for the career mark at 755. Word out of Giants’ camp is that Bonds is the healthiest he has been in a few years. Bonds is just two seasons removed from his injury riddled 2005 campaign where he played in only 14 games and hit only 5 home runs. He did come back last year and had a solid season hitting .270 with 26 bombs. All eyes will be on Bonds this spring and summer not only because of his home run chase but his highly publicized steroid abuse allegations. If and when Bonds breaks the record, he surely will not get the positive attention one should for breaking a record that was once thought of as “unbreakable”. Despite Bonds decent season last year, he is just 50-1 at MySportsbook.com to lead the MLB in long balls this season.

Not surprisingly, the favorites to go deep the most times this season are Albert Pujols 5-1, Ryan Howard 6-1, David Ortiz 8-1 and Alex Rodriguez 12-1. With 49 homers, Pujols finished second in the National League behind Howard (58). Pujols is considered the favorite due to the consistent power numbers that he has posted since breaking into the league in 2001. Also one must consider the fact that he played in 16 fewer games then Howard did due to an injury. Howard smashed 58 homers in his first complete season of big league play en route to the National League MVP odds award. He silenced his critics by successfully hitting left-handed pitching. Howard also displayed the ability to use his power to the opposite field. Two attributes which should keep Howard amongst the league leaders in long balls for years to come. From the American League representatives, David Ortiz leads the field. Ortiz was second in the majors last year with 54 home runs. Except for 1999 when he only played in 10 games, Ortiz has improved on his home run numbers each year he has been in the majors (1997).

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Alex Rodriguez 12-1

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Carlos Delgado 40-1

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Jermaine Dye 40-1

Ken Griffey Jr. 100-1

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Chiefs' Treen Green out for Sunday's game

How long Trent Green will remain sidelined is unknown. Coach Herm Edwards said Monday he will miss a second straight start Sunday when the Chiefs host the San Francisco 49ers.

A two-time Pro Bowler, Green was going into a feet-first hook slide when he was knocked unconscious by a thunderous, head-snapping hit from Cincinnati's Robert Geathers.

Oddsmakers at online sportsbook MySportsbook.com currently have the Chiefs listed as 7-point favorites versus the 49ers.

The 49ers got beat by Philadelphia 38-24 as a 6.5-point underdog last week. The combined score went OVER the posted over/under total (42.5).

Alex Smith completed 27-of-46 passes for 293 yards with a touchdown. Michael Robinson rushed for 29 yards and a pair of touchdowns on five carries.

The Chiefs lost 9-6 to Denver last week as an 11-point underdog. The combined score was well UNDER the posted over/under total (38).

Larry Johnson rushed for 126 yards on 27 carries. Damon Huard completed 17-of-23 passes for 133 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions.

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