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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Sunday when the Boston Red Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays meet at Rogers Centre.
The Red Sox will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Daisuke Matsuzaka in this game. Matsuzaka has a 15-2 record and a 2.77 ERA this season.
Starting this game for the Blue Jays will be AJ Burnett. The righthander has a 4.43 ERA to go along with a 16-8 record this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus the Blue Jays, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
Vernon Wells smacked two home runs and Jesse Litsch tossed a combined four-hit shutout, as the Blue Jays defeated the Red Sox 11-0 on Saturday. The Blue Jays won that game as +150 underdogs, while the 11 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (9).
Wells finished 4-for-6 at the plate with three RBIs, and
Jon Lester lasted just 2 1-3 innings after giving up seven runs off eight hits in the loss.
Oddsmakers had the Red Sox favored at -170.
Team records:
Toronto: 67-62 SU Boston most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 6-4 Before playing NY Yankees are 5-5 After playing Toronto are 5-5 After a loss are 7-3 Toronto most recently: A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto Boston is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston’s last 6 games Boston is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Toronto Toronto is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Boston Toronto is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Boston The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto’s last 5 games when playing at home against Boston The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Toronto’s last 16 games at home Next up:
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Sunday Betting
Two big winners will take the mound on Sunday afternoon when the Red Sox and Jays play the finale of their weekend series in
Political betting odds…
Brian Gould of ScoresOddsPicks.com says that Americans “Vote for Batman, not Robin.” However, Grandmaster sports handicapper Joe Duffy believes that Barack Obama’s choice of Joe Biden will hurt him indirectly, but greatly.
Will Joe Biden’s insistence on putting John McCain on the defensive for the wealth of his wife Cindy McCain come back to haunt them? After all, Obama declared his wife out of bounds when Michele Obama made provocative comments at a prepared speech. The political betting odds have not changed since the running mate announcement.
Event of the day . . .
Daisuke Matsuzaka and A.J. Burnett both have a chance to win 20 games this season, but only one of them will be able to add to their impressive victory total when the Red Sox and Blue Jays meet at
Matsuzaka (15-2, 2.77 ERA) has managed to pick up seven wins in his past 10 starts, and the Red Sox are 8-2 over that span. The righthander is coming off a solid but short outing against the Orioles on August 19 in which he surrendered two earned runs on six hits over five innings of work. Dice-K walked five in that game, and fanned six.
Burnett (16-9, 4.51 ERA) is coming off a stellar start against the Yankees on August 19 in which he gave up just one earned run on five hits over eight innings of work and fanned 13 batters (walking just one). The righthander has earned the victory in each of his last six starts, and
Entertainment betting…
It’s a Lifetime movie, but the Liz Murray movie Homeless to Harvard has become all-the-rage. Don’t forget the best
Non-event of the day . . .
The two biggest storylines surrounding the Bills/Colts NFL preseason game on Sunday night will be the health of Peyton Manning and the debut of Indy’s new facility (Lucas Oil Stadium). The actual play on the field won’t hold much interest, especially since Bills starting QB Trent Edwards (quadriceps injury) will be on the sidelines as well. The oddsmakers have Indy as a 5.5-point favorite with a total of 38 points on Sunday.
Betting event of the day…
The founder of forensic sports handicapping Stevie Vincent is about to knock your Bookmaker completely out of all commission. Simply put, one of the strongest baseball best bets in the history of sports gambling is going. Stevie Vincent is unleashing his National League Non Divisional Game of the Half Century. This game is a living lock and sports bettors will want to make their absolute maximum bet on this one.
That’s not it. The Great One also has the pro football total between
Also on the schedule . . .
It’ll be Kevin Slowey (10-8, 3.78 ERA) vs. Ervin Santana (13-5, 3.39 ERA) when the Twins play in
Rich Harden (3-1, 1.50 ERA in the NL) will be looking to keep that ERA low when the Cubs play host to Jason Bergmann (2-9, 4.50 ERA) and the Nationals on Sunday afternoon. The rest of the National League slate: Houston at the Mets, Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, Atlanta at St. Louis, Cincinnati at Colorado, San Diego at San Francisco, Florida at Arizona, and the Dodgers at Philadelphia (in the 8:00pm ET game).
Finally, the drivers of Formula One will return to the track on Sunday at Valencia Street Circuit in
News from the wire . . .
The Mets activated outfielder Ryan Church from the disabled list on Friday, but he might only have a part-time role in the weeks ahead . . . Third baseman Hank Blalock is back with the Rangers after he was also activated from the DL on Friday . . . Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson returned to action in the team’s preseason loss to the Cowboys over the weekend – he didn’t have a catch in the game, but also had no setbacks.
Peek at the future . . .
The Dodgers and Phillies will close out their four-game weekend series on Monday night, with Chad Billingsley (12-9, 3.10 ERA) expected to take on Brett Myers (6-10, 4.71 ERA) . . . the Seahawks and Chargers will play at Qualcomm Stadium at 8:00pm ET in the final preseason Monday nighter . . . the last week of the NFL’s exhibition schedule begins on Thursday night, with 13 games on the schedule for that day.
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College Football Betting ATS Info
Here are computer trends and angles for college football betting Week 1 compiled by the staff of OffshoreInsiders.com. All quoted records are against the spread unless we specify totals.
Get the college football version of the Tailgate Party which features college football live odds, plus scores and betting trends (who the public is betting), more NCAA football against the spread angles, free picks, game previews written for bettors, weather, injuries, motivational factors, CFB Halftime Lines, the StatFox matchups, and the Chalk Gaming version.
Thursday
Buffalo-UTEP
The Bulls are 4-12 in non-conference games and have gone under 11-of-13 outside the conference.
Vanderbilt-Miami Ohio
Commodores are 10-4 the last 14 road games.
Troy-Middle Tennessee State
The Trojans are 8-2 on the road their last 10 and have covered 7-of-9 within the conference.
NC State-South Carolina
Wolfpack are 1-5 in the conference. The Gamecocks have gone over 23-9 their last 32.
Wake Forest-Baylor
The Demon Deacons are on a 7-1 run. Baylor is 4-13 their last 17 against the spread.
Oregon State-Stanford
The Beavers are 6-1 the last seven in the conference and they are 9-2 in the series. The Cardinal have failed on 10-of-13 home games. Stanford has gone under 45-16 the last 61.
Friday
Temple-Army
SMU-Rice
SMU is 4-9 their last 13 overall. Rice has won 11-of-14 conference games and the Owls have exceeded the total at a staggering 40-11 rate.
Strange Choice of Joe Biden Makes John McCain the Vegas Betting Favorite For the First Time
John McCain should be the heavy favorite to be next President of the
Am I oblivious to history which states emphatically that voters chose between presidential candidates and not the entire ticket? No.
The American public is not going to vote for or against Biden or the eventual McCain running mate choice. But Biden is on record forcefully questioning Obama’s qualifications for president and praising McCain’s. Barack Obama’s highly questionable VP decision gives those soon-to-be-fatal comments a stronger voice.
When asked by George Stephanopoulos on the ABC program This Week about questioning Obama’s lack of experience, the verbose Biden gave a terse, “I stand by my statement.”
The American public is fair. They generally distinguish when a candidate is distorting his opponent’s words. One look at Biden’s criticism of Obama and praise of McCain will make it virtually impossible for Biden to claim he was taken out of context. Biden left nothing to misinterpretation or misrepresentation.
While Barack
A big selling point by Obama was that he was willing to meet face-to-face with the vilest enemies of the country his wishes to represent. Yet the undecided may ask why he is so eager to find common ground with sworn enemies of the
Just as Obama started to put the Jeremiah Wright controversy behind him, Barack’s choice was another gift horse.
Surely Republican partisans are looking to piggy back Wright’s racist and anti-American comments, Michael Pfleger’s inflammatory bigoted ranks and perhaps Michele Obama’s ill-fated “first time in my adult life I’m proud to be an American” with Biden’s shocking “In Delaware, the largest growth of population is Indian Americans, moving from India. You cannot go to a 7/11 or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.” Perhaps the most devastating words followed, “I’m not joking.”
Hurry bet John McCain now as the big underdog (political betting odds) at one of the sportsbooks that have not adjusted to the fact the Joe Biden makes McCain the “Wright” favorite.
The author, Grandmaster sports handicapper Joe Duffy is not only the top sports betting expert in the world, but a widely accepted authority in political handicapping. He can be reached at joeduffy@joeduffy.net 
Joe Apricena SportsForumPicks
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We have gotten a few emails at the MasterLockLine.com regarding Joe “The Factsman” Apricena. According to Cy McCormick, Apricena highest finish ever in any sport was in 2002 when he ranked 97th out of 620 sports handicappers in college football. That year was also his highest overall finish in all sports when he came in at 202 out of 620.
SportsForumPicks.com and Bookmaker teamed up for a sensational publicity stunt when they claimed Apricena risked $1,000,000 in a bet. “The worst publicity is no publicity,” said OffshoreInsiders.com CEO Joe Duffy admitting, “I wish I thought of the stunt first.”
As radio touts Sebastian, Larry Dukehart “The Duke” on Sporting News Radio and Jonathan Stone, as well as John Morrison, Sports Betting Champ show, marketing is imperative. The sportsbooks and sports handicappers are often involved in synergy promotions and the previously unknown Apricena and Bookmaker have pulled off the best publicity stunt since Lou Diamond’s HBO gift horse.
Perhaps one of the sportsbooks can say they found Bigfoot or has that idea already been taken?
Athletics-Mariners Vegas Betting Odds
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The Oakland Athletics and the Seattle Mariners will meet on the field at Safeco Field on Saturday in a battle of division rivals.
Righthander Dana Eveland will take the mound for the Athletics to start this game. Eveland is 7-8 this season with a 4.46 ERA.
Starting this game for the Mariners will be Jarrod Washburn. The lefthander has a 4.99 ERA to go along with a 5-13 record this season.
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total.
The Mariners scored two runs in the seventh inning to earn a 7-5 win over the A’s as a -105 pick’em on Friday. The 12 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (9).
Jeff Clement led the way with three RBIs, and Jose Lopez drove in two runs for the Mariners. Roy Corcoran got his fourth straight win in relief, and J.J. Putz earned his eighth save.
Cliff Pennington drove in two runs in a losing effort for the A’s. Jerry Blevins allowed three runs off five hits over 1 2-3 innings on the mound.
Team records:
Seattle: 47-81 SU Oakland most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4 Before playing Seattle are 5-5 After playing Seattle are 6-4 After a loss are 5-5 Seattle most recently: A few trends to consider:
Oakland is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Seattle Oakland is 5-19 SU in its last 24 games Oakland is 4-19 SU in its last 23 games on the road Seattle is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing Oakland Seattle is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home Seattle is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games Next up:
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Twins-Angels Pointspread Pointers
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The Minnesota Twins and the Los Angeles Angels will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Angel Stadium.
Nick Blackburn will be the starting pitcher for the Twins on this day. Righthander Blackburn is 9-7 this season with a 3.71 ERA.
The Angels will counter
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Angels listed as 140-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Twins won their second straight with a convincing 9-0 win over the Angels last time out. The Twins won that game as +165 underdogs, while the nine runs made it OVER the posted over/under (8.5).
Denard Span belted a three-run homer and finished 3-for-4 at the plate with four RBIs for the Twins. Glen Perkins improved to 11-3 with the five-hit shutout victory.
Joe Saunders was tagged for six runs off nine hits in 5 1-3 innings on the mound for the Angels, who were favored at -185 in that game.
Current streak:
Team records:
Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4 Before playing LA Angels are 5-5 After playing LA Angels are 2-8 After a win are 7-3 Los Angeles most recently: A few trends to consider:
Minnesota is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road Minnesota is 4-9 SU in their last 13 games when playing on the road against LA Angels Minnesota is 3-7 SU in their last 10 games when playing LA Angels LA Angels are 15-6 SU in their last 21 games at home LA Angels are 7-3 SU in their last 10 games when playing Minnesota LA Angels are 9-4 SU in their last 13 games when playing at home against Minnesota LA Angels are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games Next up:
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Marlins-Diamondbacks Pointers
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The fans at Chase Field will be treated to a game between the Florida Marlins and the Arizona Diamondbacks when they take their seats on Saturday.
Chris Volstad will be the starting pitcher for the Marlins on this day. Righthander Volstad is 3-2 this season with a 3.16 ERA.
Volstad’s opponent in this one will be Yusmeiro Petit. The Diamondbacks righthander has a 2.89 ERA to go along with a 2-2 record this season.
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total.
The Marlins scored two runs in the eighth inning to earn a 5-4 win over the Diamondbacks as +185 underdogs on Friday. The game’s nine runs went as a PUSH against the posted over/under (9).
Cody Ross went 3-for-4 at the plate with a solo home run and two RBIs to lead the Marlins. Arthur Rhodes picked up the win in relief, and Kevin Gregg closed out the game with his 28th save.
Stephen Drew had two hits and drove in two runs in a losing effort for the Diamondbacks, who entered that game as -205 favorites. Jon Rauch surrendered two runs in relief and was tagged with the loss.
Team records:
Arizona: 67-61 SU Florida most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 3-7 Before playing Arizona are 4-6 After playing Arizona are 4-6 After a win are 1-9 Arizona most recently: A few trends to consider:
Florida is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Arizona Florida is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games Florida is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Arizona Arizona is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Florida Arizona is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home Arizona is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games Arizona is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing Florida Next up:
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Reds-Rockies Pointers
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The Colorado Rockies will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Saturday when they take on the Cincinnati Reds at Coors Field.
Righthander Edison Volquez will take the mound for the Reds to start this game. Volquez is 15-4 this season with a 2.76 ERA.
Volquez’s opponent in this one will be Aaron Cook. The
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total.
The Reds got out to an early lead and held on to defeat the
Joey Votto went 3-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs for the Reds. Aaron Harang tossed six scoreless innings for the win, and Francisco Cordero notched his 25th save.
Ian Stewart had four hits in five trips to the plate for the
Current streak:
Team records:
Colorado: 59-71 SU Cincinnati most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6 Before playing Colorado are 2-8 After playing Colorado are 1-9 After a win are 2-8 Colorado most recently: A few trends to consider:
Cincinnati is 6-13 SU in its last 19 games when playing on the road against Colorado Cincinnati is 7-18 SU in its last 25 games Cincinnati is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Colorado Colorado is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Cincinnati Colorado is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games Colorado is 13-6 SU in its last 19 games when playing at home against Cincinnati Colorado is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games at home Next up:
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Indians-Rangers Pointers
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The Cleveland Indians and the Texas Rangers will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Rangers Ballpark.
Jeremy Sowers will be the starting pitcher for the Indians on this day. Lefthander Sowers is 2-6 this season with a 6.00 ERA.
Sowers’s opponent in this one will be Brandon McCarthy. The Rangers righthander has a 0.00 ERA to go along with a 0-0 record this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Rangers listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Indians scored twice in the top of the ninth to come away with a 7-5 win over the Rangers on Friday, as +110 underdogs. The 12 runs went as a PUSH against the posted over/under (12).
Ben Francisco went 3-for-5 at the plate for the Indians with one RBI. Fausto Carmona allowed one run off six hits over six innings in the win.
Marlon Byrd cracked a three-run homer in a losing effort for the Rangers, who were -125 favorites in that game. Matt Harrison gave up five runs off seven hits over 3 2-3 innings in the loss.
Current streak:
Team records:
Texas: 63-66 SU Cleveland most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4 Before playing Texas are 4-6 After playing Texas are 5-5 After a win are 8-2 Texas most recently: A few trends to consider:
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road Cleveland is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Texas Texas is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Cleveland Texas is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home Texas is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games Next up:
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