09/05/2008 - Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chicago White Sox outfielder Carlos Quentin will undergo surgery on his fractured right wrist on Monday that will sideline him for at least two-to-three weeks.
The surgery will take place at Rush University Medical Center, and the American League MVP candidate will have the wrist re-evaluated down the road to determine the healing progress.
Quentin was a late scratch Tuesday after injuring the wrist Monday in Cleveland.
The 26-year-old leads the AL in home runs with 36, and is batting .287 with 100 runs batted in and 96 runs scored through 130 games.
<< Precious points on line as Fire host Red Bulls
Bridgeview, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Red Bulls and the Chicago Fire
renew their Eastern Conference rivalry in Major League Soccer action on
Saturday at Toyota Park.
A lot has changed for both teams since the Fire went to
<< Top-of-the-table clash as Crew host Revs
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Columbus Crew host the New England
Revolution in a top-of-the-table Major League Soccer clash at Crew Stadium on
Saturday. The Crew have taken over the top spot in the Eastern Conference
afte
<< TFC, Chivas face extreme hardships fielding teams
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chivas USA topped Toronto FC 2-1 last week in
Major League Soccer action, but when the two teams square off at BMO Field on
Saturday, both will be facing extreme hardships.
Toronto will be missing nine
<< Grubb to serve as Stewart's crew chief in 2009
Richmond, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Stewart-Haas Racing named Darian Grubb on
Friday as the crew chief for driver Tony Stewart when Stewart moves over to
the No.14 Chevrolet team in 2009. Team officials made the announcement at
the Ri
Black, Huber reach U.S. Open doubles final >>
Flushing Meadows, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The top-seeded tandem of Cara Black
and Liezel Huber posted a semifinal victory Friday at the 2008 U.S. Open.
Zimbabwe's Black and the American Huber will face the 10th-seeded team of
American
K.C. acquires forward Thompson from FC Dallas >>
Kansas City, KS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Kansas City Wizards acquired forward Abe
Thompson from FC Dallas on Friday for allocation money.
In four seasons with Dallas, Thompson started 32 of the 69 regular season games
in which he appeared and
Ravens sign veteran OT Anderson >>
Owings Mills, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Baltimore Ravens signed veteran
tackle Willie Anderson on Friday.
Anderson played in 175 of 177 possible games with the Cincinnati Bengals
between 1996 and 2006 before being limited due to
Bremen's Frings returns to training >>
Bremen, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Werder Bremen midfielder Torsten Frings has
returned to training following the nose injury which forced his withdrawal from
the Germany squad.
The defensive midfielder has been forced to undergo correct
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Rule No. 1 in the gamblers' handbook states, "Avoid sports betting on meaningless games."
When you're drowning in a sea of baseball monotony, however, things change. Even a hint of pro football betting can persuade the most disciplined bettor to break a few rules.
The NFL preseason is around the corner, with a tempting Hall of Fame match kicking off on Sunday. But bettors must stay vigilant. Wagering on NFL exhibition games is an entirely different beast than the regular season. Most fans don't recognize the players on the field because starters get as much action in August as Warcraft fans get on Prom night.
The only certainty about the NFL this time of year is uncertainty – and yet there are some who say betting in August can be a gold mine.
“I actually feel the NFL preseason presents solid profit opportunities for sharp bettors and handicappers,” Sports Expert Steve Merril explains. “My experience has been that the sportsbooks fear the preseason, which is evident by lower limits and massive moves.”
The line moves are attributed to the limited knowledge available regarding playing-time distribution. One team’s top unit out on the field for one more series has an impact on the pointspread. Setting lines in the preseason often is a shot in the dark.
“We base the betting lines mostly on public perception,” Pete Korner, founder of the Sports Club in Las Vegas, says. “It’s very tough to predict, almost a guessing game.”
The preseason is all about figuring out who’s in and for how long.
“It becomes a race between bettors and oddsmakers to find out how long the quarterbacks are going to stay in,” Korner admits. “If a sharp gets the information first, he could exploit an early line. I’m a full believer in moving the line in the preseason if the books find out something late in the week.”
Determining what each team’s motive is can help bettors handicap. To do this you must pay close attention to the philosophies head coaches employ in exhibition play.
“You need to know what a coach is trying to accomplish,” says Covers Expert Bryan Leonard. “Sometimes a new coach will want to instill a winning attitude. Others just want to make sure their starters don’t get hurt."
So how do you distinguish who’s playing scared and who’s playing for keeps?
“Head coaches on the hot seat or new coaches trying to implement a winning attitude usually try harder to win in the preseason,” Merril says.
Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel fits this criteria. He’s entering his third season as the sideline boss and has yet to lead the Browns to more than six wins.
Cleveland is an enticing bet as well because of the unresolved quarterback situation. General manager Phil Savage sacrificed the Browns’ first-round pick in next year’s draft for Brady Quinn, but the former Notre Dame quarterback hasn’t signed or reported to training camp yet.
Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson split time at QB last season and it looks like either player (or even Quinn) could be the opening-day starter.
“If a team has quarterback depth and the pecking order hasn’t been decided, it’s a big advantage,” Leonard says.
Even in the third week of the preseason when starters generally play the most, the final outcome of the game is in the hands of fringe players. A team's talent, all the way down to the last man on the roster, is something to consider.
The New England Patriots have long been considered one of the deeper teams in the NFL and coach Bill Belichick has said in the past he’s unafraid of stars getting hurt in games with nothing on the line. He shocked his colleagues in 2003 by playing some of his starters on special teams in the preseason.
“We want to have the team ready to play a tough, physical game and preparation has to go into that and I imagine a certain amount of injuries go with it,” Belichick told the Providence Journal in August 2003.
Bettors can only hope to find more teams that share the Pats' business-like approach to the preseason (New England is 17-9-3 against the spread since 2000) and take advantage of teams who detest the exhibition schedule.
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