Rays' Zobrist leaves game
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07/28/2010 - St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tampa Bay Rays infielder/outfielder Ben Zobrist left Wednesday's game against Detroit with lower back stiffness.
His availability is being listed as day-to-day.
The five-year veteran, playing center field Wednesday, was 1-for-2 with a run scored before exiting and was replaced by Sean Rodriguez. Zobrist is batting .272 with six home runs and 47 runs batted in this season.
Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Kansas City Chiefs have signed second round draft choices Dexter McCluster and Javier Arenas. Terms of the deals were not disclosed. McCluster was the 36th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft out of
<< Chargers ink Gates through 2015 season
San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chargers and six-time Pro Bowl tight end
Antonio Gates agreed to terms Wednesday on a contract that will keep him in
San Diego through the 2015 season.
Gates, who is one of the best at his position,
<< Scutaro's grand slam helps Red Sox complete sweep of Angels
Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Marco Scutaro's grand slam in the eighth inning
helped the Boston Red Sox to a three-game sweep of the LA Angels of Anaheim
with a 7-3 win in the finale.
Kevin Youkilis, Adrian Beltre and Bill Hall each hi
<< Strasburg unsure if he'll make next start
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Washington Nationals rookie Stephen
Strasburg said on Wednesday he's not sure if he'll make his scheduled start
Sunday against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Strasburg was scratched from his sched
<< Rays OF Upton to miss a few days
St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tampa Bay Rays center fielder B.J. Upton
was not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against Detroit and is expected to
miss two-to-three days with a sprained left ankle.
He suffered the injury in Tuesda
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Ross Ohlendorf left Wednesday's game against the Rockies after being struck by a line drive off the bat of Troy Tulowitzki in the first inning. With a runner at t
Dodgers acquire Podsednik from Royals >>
San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Dodgers made a move to
bolster their outfield by acquiring former All-Star Scott Podsednik from the
Kansas City Royals for two minor league players - catcher Lucas May and
pitcher
A's lose Sheets for the season >>
Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Oakland Athletics pitcher Ben Sheets will
miss the remainder of the 2010 season with a torn flexor tendon in his right
elbow.
Sheets was placed on the disabled list Saturday, retroactive to July 20, wi
Mills picks up first MLB win as Blue Jays sweep O's >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brad Mills threw seven shutout innings for his
first career win as the Toronto Blue Jays continued their domination of the
Baltimore Orioles with a 5-0 win to cap a three-game sweep.
Mills (1-0) gave up
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Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Outfielder Domonic Brown stroked an RBI
double on his first major league swing and Roy Halladay tossed his major
league-leading eighth complete game of the season, as the surging Philadelphia
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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.
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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