Padres go for sweep of LA
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09/08/2010 -
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Diego Padres were in serious danger of falling out
of first place in the National League's West Division, but a couple of games
against the fading Los Angeles Dodgers seems to have gotten the surprising
squad back on track. The division leaders will try for a three-game sweep of
this late-season set when the two rivals square off again this evening at
Petco Park.
San Diego had seen its once-commanding lead atop the NL West shrink to only
one game after losing 10 straight contests heading into this series, but has
been able to rebound somewhat by earning a pair of wins over the Dodgers this
week. The Padres remained just one game up on hard-charging San Francisco,
though, after the Giants defeated Arizona on Tuesday.
Following tonight's tilt, the Padres will host San Francisco in a critical
four-game series beginning on Thursday.
San Diego prevailed last night behind another outstanding effort from Mat
Latos, with the young hurler firing seven outstanding innings to lead the way
in a 2-1 decision.
Latos (14-5) yielded just one run and four hits in addition to racking up 10
strikeouts and setting a new Major League record in the process. The 22-year-
old became the first pitcher in history to allow two runs or less while
lasting at least five innings in 15 consecutive starts.
"I didn't know about [the record]," said Latos afterward. "It's great to be
able to set a record, but my career's not going to be defined as setting one
record. My career's going to be defined on my reliability."
Aaron Cunningham and Adrian Gonzalez each knocked in runs to give Latos all
the support he would need, while All-Star closer Heath Bell finished off the
victory by recording the game's final five outs for his 39th save of the year.
Latos outdueled Dodgers youngster Clayton Kershaw (11-10), who permitted just
two runs on five hits and struck out six over seven innings in a tough-luck
result.
Los Angeles mustered just five hits in suffering its fourth straight loss and
eighth setback in its last 10 games. The two-time defending NL West champions
are now one game under .500 (69-70) for the season and 10 behind the Padres in
the standings.
"I don't know how many clubs look good losing," said Dodgers manager Joe
Torre. "It's been the same situation -- we've had trouble through the middle
of our batting order putting anything together offensively."
The Dodgers will be trying to prevent matching their longest losing skid of
the season and hope to break out against untested Padres pitcher Cory Luebke.
The rookie makes his second major league start this evening since being called
up from Triple-A Portland when rosters expanded in September.
Luebke was hurt by the long ball in his big league debut, serving up a pair of
two-run homers in five innings of work in a 4-3 loss to Colorado on Friday.
The left-hander gave up five hits in all and walked two while striking out
three.
The 25-year-old, a supplemental first-round selection by San Diego in the 2007
draft, went a combined 10-1 with a 2.68 earned run average in 19 games (17
starts) between Portland and Double-A San Antonio prior to his promotion.
Luebke will be opposed tonight by Chad Billingsley, a pitcher who's enjoyed
plenty of success when facing the Padres in the past. The Dodgers' right-
hander owns a 10-5 record along with an excellent 2.48 ERA over 21 career
meetings (17 starts) with San Diego and has flourished at Petco Park, where
he's gone 5-2 with a 2.20 ERA in 13 career visits (nine starts).
Billingsley threw six shutout innings to defeat the Padres in San Diego on
July 27, but did take a loss against the Friars in Los Angeles on August 5
after surrendering three runs in another six-inning stint. He's 2-1 with a
splendid 1.40 ERA in three encounters with San Diego this season, with both
victories taking place at Petco Park.
The 26-year-old is coming off an outstanding effort in his most recent start
as well, limiting San Francisco to two unearned runs and just two hits while
fanning seven over eight sharp innings on Friday. The performance improved
Billingsley to 11-8 with a 3.54 ERA in 26 mound trips this season.
These two NL West foes have split 14 meetings so far this season, as well as
eight bouts held in San Diego in 2010.
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American Idol odds : Blake Lewis the Early Standout
An important American Idol betting lines recap from February 20 Guys episode. The 12 men came out flat overall with Blake Lewis appearing to have the early edge after the first hour and a half.
Rudy - was quite good singing "Free Ride" to start off. Randy was not impressed though. Paula thought he started off fantastic. "Never had anyone stop off so lively" said Paula but Simon (who does not like Rudy) does not feel he has a distinct voice and was not impressed either.
Brandon was a little pitchy according to Randy and Paula agreed. Simon said he was a good singer but the song was "too safe" and he needs to make an impact. He was listed at +1200 odds or $1200 paid out on a $100 bet should he win the competition.
Big favorite Sundance came in with a flat version of "Knights in White Satin" and the judges let him have it, including Paula. Randy claimed the song was out of pitch throughout.
Korean American - and a Jenny Woo favorite - Paul Kim was up next. Another pitchy flat one but Randy said he still liked his potential. Kim at +3000 odds was said to have sung a "third rate version of that (George Michael) song" according to Simon Cowell. He sang "Careless Whisper".
22 year old Chris Richardson was up next. He was listed with +1100 odds coming in. He got the best response from the judges though Simon did not believe the vocal was that great.
Nick was boring and pitchy. Simon didn't think he was that bad though and predicted he would be back next week. Nick Pedro was a big +3000 dog coming into this competition.
Beat boxer Blake Lewis was listed with early +1000 odds or $1000 payout on a $100 bet if he were to become the next American Idol winner odds . These of course were the early odds. He was considered original for picking an "odd song". He did not beat box and the judges felt it was the best vocal of the night.
Sanjaya came in as the second biggest favorite after Chris Sligh but his performance Tuesday night was not very good.
Chris Sleigh was the early favorite at +450 odds. Great voice and a great sense of humor. He's a real standout. Randy felt it was on point but maybe ahead of the chorus a little bit. Simon Cowell said he felt like he was in some "sort of weird student gig".
Jared Cotter followed. He was listed with +2000 odds early on to win the competition. The judges felt he needs to take more risks but looked good.
22-year old AJ Talbado, who has tried out for American Idol five times, was up next. "Kind of a theme park performance" said Simon. Though the judges felt he performed okay. Simon did feel AJ might be better than he originally thought.
Phil - this season's military favorite - came into this competition with +1200 odds to win the competition. He was the last to perform. He was certainly strong enough to get through this stage of the competition and perhaps the best one after a shaky start.
Tomorrow night, the ladies perform and I sure hope they do a better job than the boys. Check out all the American Idol betting odds here.
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Michael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football.
As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL.
Bet 2010 Super Bowl Odds
The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago.
Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996).
But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side.
Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show.
Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East:
Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1
Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2
New York Giants - 9 - 2
Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1).
Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship.
So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume.
And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top.
They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy.
Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday.
But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division.
Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS.
Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS.
Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162.
Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense?
Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS.
In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS.
Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division.
Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do.
The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20.
The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550.
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