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MLB Preview: Yankees and Blue Jays Provide the Highlight of the AL Schedule

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

It’s a big weekend for the Blue Jays and Yankees with Toronto’s playoff hopes on the line. Al Dannity says the AL East race will officially shrink to three by Monday. Critical series for Toronto Considering teams in the Major Leagues play 162 games in a season, it seems odd to put a lot of...

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MLB Preview: Padres and Giants Headline a Big Weekend

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

It’s a big weekend in Baseball, especially out in the NL West where Al Dannity expects an epic battle. Giants need to mind Lincecum’s health The San Diego Padres are enjoying their best season in years but they need a good performance this weekend to keep the dream going. The Padres travel to San Francisco...

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Baseball: Way Too Early For Boston Fans to Panic

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Al Dannity says a freakish poor start is no reason for Red Sox fans to get worried. After all, Boston have only played four games. Calm down everyone I’m going to give readers of this blog the benefit of the doubt and assume none of you will read too much into Boston’s 0-4 start to...

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The Fix Is In: Clay Buchholz and the Spitball Issue

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: May 3, 2013

Take a close look at the glove arm of Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Clay Buchholz in the image accompanying this story. Does it look shiny? Does his sleeve look like it has a wet, greasy spot? That’s because it’s probably not perspiration. The TV cameras caught not only Buchholz’s arm but the furtive gestures...

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American League East Preview: Jays Lead the Way

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: March 31, 2013

According to the most recent MLB futures, Toronto is the pre-season pick not only to win the most games in the division, but also to take the American League East, the American League pennant and the World Series. So no pressure, right? Well, at least one other team in the division might have something to...

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Signings See Red Sox Rebuild In Shadow Of Jays’ Big Moves

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: December 18, 2012

Finishing last in the American League East in 2012 cost Bobby Valentine his job, so the Boston Red Sox ended up making the first high-profile trade of the off-season by moving infielder Mike Aviles to the Toronto Blue Jays for their manager, John Farrell. Since then, the Jays have made a series of deals that...

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Mets End Relationship with Outfielder Jason Bay

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: November 7, 2012

The Jason Bay era with the New York Mets is officially over. On Wednesday, the club announced they had come to an agreement to terminate the Canadian outfielder’s contract two years early. Terms of the buyout were not disclosed publicly. Bay was due to be paid $16 million in 2013, and the Mets were also...

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Farrell’s Move to BoSox Leaves Jays in Limbo

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 22, 2012

When rumours began surfacing that John Farrell was looking to pack his bags and leave the Toronto Blue Jays to manage the Boston Red Sox, Jays fans immediately wondered what they’d get in return.  As it turn out, not much. In exchange for Farrell, the Red Sox will send utility infielder Mike Aviles to Toronto....

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Boston Red Sox Dismiss Manager Bobby Valentine

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: October 4, 2012

Everybody knew it was coming from far away. Frankly, it was easy to see early on in the season that Bobby Valentine wasn’t going to last as the manager of the Boston Red Sox. On Thursday, it became official: the club issued a press release firing… oops, “thanking” Valentine for his work as the bench...

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MLB: Opening Day Starts With Red Sox at Tigers

• Joe LaTengo

• Last Updated: April 4, 2012

Three games which count in the standings have already been played in the 2012 Major League Baseball season: the two-game set between the Seattle Mariners and Oakland A’s at Japan’s Tokyo Dome last week, and Wednesday night’s tilt between the St. Louis Cardinals and Miami Marlins. Yet Thursday is considered Opening Day, supposedly because all...

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A.L. East Preview: Red Sox Must Move On From 2011 Debacle

• Joe LaTengo

• Last Updated: February 21, 2012

With one of the highest payrolls in the major leagues at more than $160 million, the Boston Red Sox should be in the hunt for division and league titles once again … if they can forget how last season ended for them. The Action: The Beantowners suffered one of the biggest collapses in the history...

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Best Choice of MLB Betting This Weekend!

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: May 27, 2011

Frank Doyle previews all the weekend series in Major League Baseball! AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers. Best series of the weekend, as the red hot Red Sox visit the super streaky Detroit Tigers. Tonight it’s Wakefield v Porcello, Saturday sees Buchholz v Andrew Oliver, a rookie from the gloriously named town of...

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Battle of Ohio Baseball Betting Highlight of Interleague Weekend!

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: May 20, 2011

Frank Doyle goes through the series matchups for the first interleague games of the year. Cincinnati Reds at Cleveland Indians. The Indians have sold out for Saturday and are expecting big crowds for tonight and Sunday. Cleveland has hit its first real bump of the season by getting swept in Chicago during this week. They...

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Red Sox at Yankees Highlight of Super Baseball Betting Weekend

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: May 13, 2011

Frank Doyle looks forward to all the weekend series – Red Sox at Yankees, Phillies at Braves and St Louis at Cincinnati! NATIONAL LEAGUE San Francisco Giants at Chicago Cubs. The Giants are on a six game winning steak and they can carry that on through Wrigleyville, where the Cubs continue to struggle. Madison Bumgarner...

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Struggling Sox at the Angels MLB Betting Highlight

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: April 22, 2011

Frank Doyle makes his picks for the best baseball betting this weekend in Major League Baseball! American League Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers The ChiSox are struggling badly. Tonight’s game is an interesting matchup between quality pitchers, Chicago’s Mark Buehrle, 1-1, 4.50 ERA, against the Tigers’ Justin Verlander, 1-2, 3.41 ERA. Verlander’s quality is...

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Blue Jays Can Extend Boston's Baseball Betting Misery

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: April 15, 2011

Frank Doyle’s MLB baseball betting previews of every weekend series. American League Toronto at Boston Just when you think things can’t get any worse for Boston, Toronto arrives at Fenway skippered by Boston’s former pitching coach. Bettors will take the over, while patrons will bring coats tonight – it sure gets cold in Massachusetts when...

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Phillies Phavorites for World Series 2011!

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 30, 2011

Frank Doyle looks ahead to seven glorious months of summer betting as Major League Baseball returns. The Phillies, the losingest team in baseball history, are the ante-post favorites to win the 2011 World Series. The Phillies have lost 10,232 games since their foundation in 1883, 278 ahead of the Braves, who were founded seven years...