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07/26/2010 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chicago Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez has been named the National League Player of the Week for the period ending July 25.
The 32-year-old slugger hit .360 and his four home runs tied for the lead in the majors in six games last week. Ramirez also ended with 10 runs batted in, which ranked second. In addition, the Dominican added a .393 on-base percentage and .840 slugging percentage.
His best game came on Tuesday when Ramirez cracked three homers and tied a career-best with seven RBI in a 14-7 victory over the Houston Astros.
It is Ramirez's third career weekly award, but first since earning co-Player of the Week honors from July 18-24, 2005.
Other nominees for the weekly award included Ramirez's teammates Starlin Castro and Derrek Lee, Pittsburgh's Pedro Alvarez, Atlanta's Jason Heyward and Brian McCann, St. Louis' John Jay, San Francisco's Buster Posey, Madison Bumgarner and Brian Wilson, Houston's Angel Sanchez and Wandy Rodriguez, Arizona's Justin Upton, Cincinnatis Joey Votto and Johnny Cueto, Milwaukee's Rickie Weeks, San Diego's Heath Bell, the Dodgers' Chad Billingsley and Washington's Livan Hernandez.
<< Haren to make Angels debut Monday
Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dan Haren will make his Angels debut Monday
night, one day after being acquired in a blockbuster trade from the Arizona
Diamondbacks.
Haren will take the hill for the Halos in the series opener at Ange
<< Aggies' WR coach Kragthorpe resigns to tend to family issues
College Station, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Texas A&M wide receivers coach Steve
Kragthorpe has resigned to tend to family medical issues, the school announced
Monday.
Kragthorpe joined the Texas A&M staff in February after head coac
<< Overdue Fish finally hits his stride
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Minnesota native Mardy Fish is currently
enjoying the best stretch of his tennis career since joining the pro ranks 10
years ago.
Don't look now, but the 28-year-old American has now won his last two
tour
<< Zakuani claims MLS POW award with brace against Rapids
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Steve Zakuani of Seattle Sounders FC was
voted Major League Soccer Player of the Week for Week 17 of the 2010 MLS
season on Monday.
Zakuani scored both of Seattle's goals in a 2-1 win over the Co
OVC still trying to leap playoff hurdle >>
Nashville, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - There is so much for cornerback CJ James to
bask in regarding Eastern Illinois' football 2009 season.
From playing before 104,000 fans at Penn State to winning on the road at rival
Jacksonville State to havin
Schneider, Blanton help Phils complete sweep of Rockies >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brian Schneider hit a two-run triple and
Joe Blanton threw six solid innings, as the Philadelphia Phillies held on to
complete a four-game sweep of Colorado with a 5-4 victory.
Blanton (4-6) struggle
Toronto officially signs Kleiza >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Toronto Raptors have signed forward
Linas Kleiza to a multi-year contract.
Per team policy, no details of the deal were announced.
The Raptors had signed Kleiza to an offer sheet that was not m
Bulls' sign Kurt Thomas >>
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Bulls made it official on Monday by
signing veteran forward Kurt Thomas.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, per team policy.
The 37-year-old Thomas, a first-round draft pick by Miami in 1995
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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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