As everyone at OffshoreInsiders.com is trying to figure out what politically incorrect statement Tony Kornheiser has to apologize for—yet doesn’t have to apologize for bringing up Andy Reid’s sons legal problems—we will take a look at Tuesday information to beat the sportsbooks. All we know is it had something to do with Mexican Independence day, which is not Cinco de Mayo.

The books though are telling us that many sharpies exploited the fantasy football betting odds on proposition bets involving Donovan McNabb, Desean Jackson, Terrell Owens—basically everyone but Jerry Jones and the ghost of Leon Lett’s Super Bowl blunder fumble.

The Red Sox and Rays continue their series in Tampa Bay on Tuesday, while NFL bettors start to pour over all of the lines for Week 3. Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup.

Yost Fired

Surely BetUs Sportsbook will later today post odds on who will be the next manager fired after Ned Yost was let go today.

The Gridiron Spotlight

Matt Cassel didn’t blow up as the Patriots’ starting quarterback in Week 2, as he was able to guide his team to a road win over the Jets. That has given the oddsmakers a little more confidence in New England for Week 3, as they opened as 13-point home favorites against the Dolphins. Also opening as big favorites were the Giants (-13) vs. the Bengals, the Seahawks (-9) vs. the Rams, and the Bills (-9) vs. the Raiders.

Other Notable Events

Josh Beckett (12-9, 4.10 ERA) will get the ball for the Red Sox on Tuesday night, while Andy Sonnanstine (13-7, 4.47 ERA) starts for the Rays. Beckett has given up just one earned run on 10 hits over his last 11 innings of work, and he held the Rays to one earned run over six innings last time out. Sonnanstine held the Red Sox to one unearned run on four hits over seven innings in his start against them September 10.

The other big matchup on the diamond on Tuesday night sees the Cubs playing host to the Brewers. Milwaukee is still reeling from a sweep at the hands of the Wild-Card rival Phillies over the weekend, and they desperately need to right the ship this week. C.C. Sabathia (9-0, 1.59 ERA in the NL) will get the ball for the Brewers in the series opener on Tuesday night. Ryan Dempster (15-6, 3.02 ERA) will take the hill for the Cubs.

The Rest of the Schedule

Other games around the National League on Tuesday include the Dodgers at Pittsburgh, Houston at Florida, the Mets at Washington, St. Louis at Cincinnati, Philadelphia at Atlanta, San Diego at Colorado, and San Francisco at Arizona. The red-hot Roy Oswalt (one earned run over his last four starts) gets the ball for the Astros.

Rounding out Tuesday’s American League schedule: Minnesota at Cleveland, the White Sox at the Yankees, Baltimore at Toronto, Detroit at Texas, Seattle at Kansas City, and the Angels at Oakland. The Mariners’ Brandon Morrow has surrendered just three earned runs on six hits over 12 2-3 innings since re-joining the team as a starter.

News from the Wire

Chargers RB LaDainian Tomlinson had just 26 yards on 10 carries for the team on Sunday as he deals with turf toe . . . Tigers SP Freddy Garcia is expected to make his first start of the season on Wednesday night versus the Rangers . . . the Angels are still trying to get SS Erick Aybar, OF Vladimir Guerrero, and 2B Howie Kendrick back to full health.

A Peek at the Future

It’ll be Tim Wakefield (9-10, 3.92 ERA) vs. Matt Garza (11-9, 3.60 ERA) in the Boston/Tampa series on Wednesday, and Ben Sheets (13-8, 2.97 ERA) vs. Jason Marquis (10-8, 4.36 ERA) in the Milwaukee/Chicago series . . . early college football games this week include Kansas State (-3) at Louisville on Wednesday, West Virginia (-3.5) at Colorado on Thursday, and Baylor at Connecticut (-14.5) on Friday.

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