{"id":5364,"date":"2009-08-23T11:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-23T16:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/yankees-vs-red-sox-betting-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-23T11:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-23T16:34:00","slug":"yankees-vs-red-sox-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/yankees-vs-red-sox-betting-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees vs. Red Sox Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The countdown to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-7384-Sports-Betting-Examiner~y2009m8d18-College-Football-Betting-Week-1-Spread-Trends-Part-1\">college football betting <\/a>is underway as week 1 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=69\"><span class=GramE>football lines college<\/span><\/a> have been posted. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>But sports bettors know there is plenty of money to be made today and it&#8217;s the NY Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox on ESPN. It&#8217;s a battle of aces, C.C. Sabathia for the Yankees and Josh Beckett for <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. The <span class=SpellE>BoSox<\/span> Beckett is -121 with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linetrackers.com\/\">sportsbook<\/a> total of 8.5.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Both teams are red hot as the Yankees have won 15-of-19. In fact, they are 26-9 since the All-Star break. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>Boston<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 4-of-5. <st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won four straight and 6-of-7 with Sabathia on the hill. Over his last three starts his numbers are a staggering .634 WHIP with a 1.14 ERA. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Josh Beckett has an 8-0 personal record at home and a 10-1 team mark. His home WHIP in 11 starts is a spectacular .978. <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 4-of-5 starts with him and they are 18-6 this season when he&#8217;s on the hill. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The season series has been streakier than a 1970s toga party. <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won the first eight, the Yanks the next five, before <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> snapped that streak last night with a win. The home team is 8-1 the last nine. The Yankees have lost 7-of-9 to Josh Beckett. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>Boston<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is hitting .296 in their last seven with an OBP of .364. In the same span, it&#8217;s .302 and .350 for the Yankees. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>New York<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won eight straight as an underdog and they are 24-7 their last 31 to right-handed starters. They are a stunning 41-15 against a team that allows two runs or less their last game. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>Boston<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 5-of-6 against an opponent with a winning percentage of .600 or greater.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Top expert pick on this game: <\/span><\/font><\/b>The ESPN O\/U of the YEAR highlights a freight train of a card that has five winners, four Level 5 burials for superstar Stevie Vincent. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\">Click now to purchase<\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The countdown to college football betting is underway as week 1 football lines college have been posted. But sports bettors know there is plenty of money to be made today and it&#8217;s the NY Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox on ESPN. It&#8217;s a battle of aces, C.C. Sabathia for the Yankees and Josh Beckett for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/yankees-vs-red-sox-betting-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Yankees vs. Red Sox Betting Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}