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MLB Trade Deadline – Who’s In Play?

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

With the 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in the books and the second half of the season underway, it’s time to turn our attention to the next big event on the MLB calendar: The Trade Deadline. It’s that sacred time of the year where bottomfeeders deal away for a slew of young prospects. It’s...

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Baseball’s Best Closers

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

When looking atop Major League Baseball’s saves leader board, a few of the old standard names pop up: Wait. Who? Yup, San Diego Padres reliever Heath Bell currently sits tied for second amongst all closers with 23 saves. So who is this guy? And who are the guys challenging him for the MLB lead? Let’s...

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The Surprising Seattle Mariners

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

To say the Seattle Mariners’ 2008 season was forgettable is something of an understatement. Their 61-101 record was the worst in the American League. They finished a whopping 39 games back of first-place Los Angeles and were outscored 671 to 811 on the year, the third-worst run differential in baseball. But my, how quickly things...

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What’s Wrong With the Chicago Cubs?

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

It wasn’t supposed to be like this. It wasn’t supposed to be like this for a team that won a National League-best 97 games a year ago. A team that had two 17-game winners (Ryan Dempster and Ted Lilly) and a flamethrower like Carlos Zambrano in the rotation. A team with big bats like Aramis...

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Major League Baseball’s Best Thieves

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The current formula for scoring runs in Major League Baseball? More manufactured runs and less power jacks (MFR >PJ, or something like that). With a decrease in home runs – which, depending on who you talk to, may be directly related to baseball’s new drug-testing policy – MLB managers have sought out new ways to...

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Biggest First-Half Surprises in Baseball

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

As we draw closer to the 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (July 14 at St. Louis’ Busch Stadium), now’s as good a time as any to break down baseball’s biggest surprises. Who has surprised bettors? Which teams have been shocks in terms of wagering? San Francisco Giants fans have to be thrilled with the...

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San Francisco’s Young Gun Duo

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

To say the San Francisco Giants have been a stunning story in the world of Major League Baseball betting is no understatement. Last year, San Fran finished 4th in the NL West with a record of 72-90; at best, expectations for this season were a .500 record and maybe staying competitive until August. Well, the...

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Dodgers Ready To Host Brewers

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Both the Milwaukee Brewers and the Los Angeles Dodgers have their sights set on their respective division titles this season, so those two clubs will be looking to help themselves out in those races when they meet over the weekend in a three-game series. The Brewers still trail the Cubs in the NL Central race,...

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Sox vs. Sox In Chicago Showdown

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

There’ll be a pair of new outfielders roaming the grass at U.S. Cellular Field on Friday night as the Boston Red Sox arrive in Chicago for a four-game series vs. the White Sox. That’ll mean some new data for those who plan on doing baseball betting this weekend. Jason Bay may never make BoSox fans...

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Angels Take Tex To New York

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

It got a little easier to do some baseball betting on the Los Angeles Angels this week, as the runaway leaders in the AL West bolstered their lineup by trading for Mark Teixeira. A top commodity on the trade market, first baseman Teixeira was hitting .283 with 20 home runs and 78 RBI for the...

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Yankees Visit BoSox At Fenway

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Red Sox and Yankees are both waiting for the Rays to collapse in the AL East, but in the meantime the rivals will open a three-game weekend series at Fenway on Friday. And doing any baseball betting on BoSox/Yankees contests this season has already provided a mixed bag of results. Boston took two of...

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D-Backs, Dodgers Battle In NL West

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

If the Arizona Diamondbacks were in either the NL East or the NL Central division they’d currently be in fourth place. However, the struggling D-Backs are in the NL West, which means they sit in first place in a division heading out of this year’s All-Star break. Arizona looked like the team to beat in...

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Athletics Host Angels Minus Ace

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Rich Harden was scheduled to take the mound for the Oakland Athletics in the opener of a three-game home series against the rival Los Angeles Angels on Friday. Instead, Harden is now a member of the Chicago Cubs as the A’s traded away their ace hurler. Harden had been enjoying good health over the past...

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Red Sox Visit Yankee Stadium

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Boston Red Sox will head to Yankee Stadium for a four-game series against their bitter rival over the holiday weekend. And while the Red Sox are still ahead of the Yankees in the AL East, the two clubs are coming off very different results in their last game. New York put up nine runs...

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The Battle Of The Big Apple

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The New York Yankees will play host to the New York Mets on Friday afternoon, and then the New York Mets will play host to the New York Yankees on Friday night. Confused? The two Big Apple clubs have decided to play what they’re calling a “day-night intra-city doubleheader” to begin their latest interleague series...

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Cubs, ChiSox In Windy City Battle

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

New York. Los Angeles. The Bay Area. None of those places can boast two first-place baseball teams right now. One place can, though, and those teams meet this weekend in a matchup that’s particularly fascinating from a baseball betting perspective. The Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox will both take a lead in their...

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Cards Carry On Without Pujols

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

If the St. Louis Cardinals are going to take top spot in the NL Central division away from the Chicago Cubs prior to the All-Star Break, they’re going to have to do it without the services of an important player – slugging first baseman Albert Pujols. Pujols left the Cards’ game against the Cincinnati Reds...

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Angels Head North To Oakland

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Los Angeles Angels were supposed to be challenged by the Seattle Mariners in the AL West this season – but anyone who’s been paying attention to the baseball odds on the struggling M’s over the first two months knows that hasn’t come to pass. Los Angeles does have another team to contend with in...

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White Sox Get Ready For Rays

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Chicago White Sox fattened up their record with two series against the floundering Cleveland Indians over the past two weeks, but they’ll be put to the test this weekend when they take on one of the best teams in baseball this season – the Tampa Bay Rays. The ChiSox managed to dispatch the Tribe...