The Minnesota Twins will be looking to punch their ticket to the postseason
on Tuesday night by beating the Chicago White Sox. Here’s a look in your Daily
Sports Roundup.
The Gridiron Spotlight
You won’t want to shine the spotlight too brightly on Tuesday’s college
football matchup, as it’s an underwhelming affair between 1-3
Florida Atlantic and 1-3 Middle Tennessee. The Owls managed to beat UAB a few weeks ago, but they couldn’t get much going
against any of
The Blue Raiders’ lone win came against
and they’ve been beaten by
and
When these Sun Belt teams met last season Florida Atlantic came away with a
27-14 home win as 2.5-point favorites. Middle
had won the previous two meetings between these teams by identical scores of
35-14 (one at home, one on the road), covering the spread twice. The Blue
Raiders opened as 1.5-point favorites for Tuesday.
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The White Sox managed to beat the Tigers in their makeup game on Monday, so
now they’ll battle the Twins in a one-game playoff for first place in the AL
Central and MLB’s final postseason berth on Tuesday.
The winner of this game will move on to face the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALDS, with that series getting underway Thursday afternoon.
The Twins will send Nick Blackburn (11-10, 4.15 ERA) to the mound on
Tuesday, and the White Sox will counter with John Danks
(11-9, 3.47 ERA). Righthander Blackburn beat the
White Sox in his last outing, surrendering just two earned runs on eight hits
over five innings. Lefthander Danks wasn’t as sharp
in his last start, as he was knocked around for seven earned runs on seven hits
over four innings of work by the Indians.
Survivor
One of the best sportsbooks for
exotic odds Sportsbook.com has posted Ace Gordon as the Survivor Gabon favorite
at +300. Crystal Cox and Matty Whitmore are next at
+500. Dan Kay and Marcus Lehman are just a notch
behind at +550.
The same bookmaker has the betting odds posted for the Amazing Race on CBS.
Nick/Starr is the prohibitive favorite at +200. Andrew and Dan as well as
Ken/Tina and Terenace/Sarah are +440. Personally we
like Heidi Strobel.
In the past, the oddsmakers have foreseen the success of Mike Boschetti from “Last Comic Standing” and the winners of
American Idol.
The Rest of the Schedule
It’s another slow day for sports on Tuesday, so your only other options are
preseason hockey or whatever football games you have saved on your TiVo from the weekend.
News from the Wire
Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett has a strained oblique, and his next start won’t
come any earlier than Game 3 of the ALDS against the Angels . . . Angels
pitcher Joe Saunders seemed to be recovered from his kidney stone on Sunday –
he tossed six scoreless innings in a win versus the Rangers . . . the Ducks
have finally brought veteran winger Teemu Selanne back into the fold, signing him
to a two-year contract over the weekend…Alonzo Mourning has written a book “Resilience”
that is sure to make waves….perhaps not as much as LA Times blogger
the photogenic Lisa Guerrero, who calls New England Patriots fans fair weather.
angers Phillies fans for a bizarre column today claiming the same thing about
his hometown baseball squad.
Political Ticker
Barack Obama maintains his lead according to the political betting
odds. Bruce Elliott, an opportunist apparently is big into painting nude
portraits, the latest of VPILP Sarah Palin. It can be obscene and not heard at
dive bar the Old Town Ale House. He apparently is also a collector of nude
photos of Janet Jackson and Britney Spears. Do we really want to see Britney
Spears nude?
A Peek at the Future
The opening game of three baseball divisional playoff series are on the
schedule for Wednesday, with Milwaukee at Philadelphia, the Dodgers at the
Cubs, and Boston at the Angels. The league championship series are slated to
get underway on October 9 and 10, while the first game
of the World Series will be October 22 . . . the WNBA
Finals get underway on Wednesday night in San Antonio and continue through the
weekend.
Football handicappers are going over the updated NFL power rankings for Week
5 and the sharpest are checking out the college football power rankings as
well.