The World Series gets underway in Tampa Bay on Wednesday night, with the Rays looking to take Game 1 of the set from the Phillies. Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup.
The Gridiron Spotlight
If the Tennessee Titans are going to remain unbeaten on the season they’re going to have to knock off the rival Indianapolis Colts on Monday Night Football this week. The oddsmakers have the Titans listed as 4-point home favorites, with the total at 42 points.
The NFL’s two winless teams are also in action this week, with 0-6
NFL picks week 8 is the same as the college football spread betting picks and NFL picks for the first seven weeks. You should never place a bet without visiting OffshoreInsiders.com first.
The official injury report for NFL betting comes out Sunday morning on Lines-Maker.com but here is an early look.
Out includes:
Doubtful: Joseph Addai.
Questionable: Matt Hasselbeck, Anquan Boldin, Ike Hilliard, Deion Branch, Jeremy Shockey,
Probable: Brian Westbrook, Willie Parker.
Other Notable Events
The Rays will send Scott Kazmir to the mound in Game 1. Kazmir was up and down in the ALCS against the Red Sox, giving up five earned runs over 4 1-3 innings in his first outing, and then tossing six shutout innings in his second kick at the can. The lefthander won his only start in the ALDS, making him 1-0 with two no-decisions in the postseason.
Cole Hamels will counter for the Phillies. Hamels has rolled in each of his three playoff starts this month. The lefthander blanked the Brewers through eight innings in his only NLDS outing, and he held the Dodgers to three earned runs on 11 hits over 14 innings over two starts in the NLCS. That performance earned MVP honors for the lefthander.
The oddsmakers currently have Hamels and the Phillies pegged as -106 road favorites for Game 1, with the Rays listed at -104. The total for the game is sitting at just 7.5 runs.
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The Rest of the Schedule
There are five hockey games on the Wednesday schedule, including the Detroit Red Wings at the St. Louis Blues. The defending champs are
As well, there are six preseason NBA games set for Wednesday:
NBA odds on proposition bets have been posted, such as who wins the league MVP (we don’t think Doug Christie), who wins the championship, the first coach to be fired (George Karl isn’t even the favorite), and much more.
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News from the Wire
Brett Myers and James Shields are slated to pitch in Game 2 of the World Series on Thursday night, with Jamie Moyer vs. Matt Garza the expected matchup when the set heads to Philadelphia for Game 3 on Saturday . . . the Colts might get running back Joseph Addai back from his hamstring injury for the Monday nighter . . . Canadiens forward Andrei Kostitsyn missed Monday night’s win over Florida with his head injury…David Beckman may leave the LA Galaxy for AC Milan.
A Peek at the Future
The Broncos will sit out Week 8 after getting pounded by the Patriots on Monday night;
Political Betting Odds
We know that the odds for President say it will take a miracle to defeat Barack Obama, but there are other odds posted. Partisans can insert their own joke, but what will happen with George W. Bush’s legacy? The odds are posted on the next landmark to be named after him and the next US Treasury Secretary.
One would think it’s more significant that talking about Sarah Palin’s clothes or Morning Joe’s ratings.