As everyone at
is trying to figure out what politically incorrect statement Tony
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
betting odds on proposition bets involving Donovan McNabb,
Owens—basically everyone but Jerry Jones and the ghost of Leon
The Red Sox and Rays continue their series in
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
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.
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
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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:
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the White Sox at the Yankees,
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and the Angels at
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.