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07/26/2010 - Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chicago Cubs catcher Geovany Soto left Monday's game against the Astros with a bruised left foot.
Soto grounded out to lead off the top of the sixth but did not come out to take his position defensively in the bottom half of the inning and was replaced by Koyie Hill.
The 24-year-old Soto is batting .286 with 14 home runs and 38 runs batted in, including a pair in Monday's game.
<< Blue Jays continue domination of O's
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jose Bautista hit a three-run homer and Aaron
Hill added a two-run shot and knocked in three, as the Toronto Blue Jays
earned a 9-5 win over the Baltimore Orioles in the first of a three-game set
at Roge
<< Yankees rally past Tribe; A-Rod stuck on 599
Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Curtis Granderson hit a go-ahead two-run
homer in the eighth inning and the Yankees took the first of four consecutive
meetings with the Cleveland Indians, 3-2, at Progressive Field.
Nick Swisher added
<< Cavs deal West, Telfair to T'Wolves for Sessions, Hollins
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cleveland Cavaliers have traded guards
Delonte West and Sebastian Telfair to the Minnesota Timberwolves for guard
Ramon Sessions, center Ryan Hollins and a 2013 second-round draft pick.
West avera
<< Martinez back in Red Sox lineup
Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Red Sox activated catcher Victor
Martinez from the 15-day disabled list Monday after a month-long absence.
Martinez broke his left thumb during a June 27 game against the Giants when a
foul tip
Raiders sign second-round pick Houston >>
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Oakland Raiders have signed defensive
lineman Lamarr Houston, their second-round draft choice.
The 6-foot-3, 305-pound Houston was the 44th overall selection in the 2010 NFL
Draft out of Texas.
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In a pinch: Edmonds' HR in eighth lifts Brewers >>
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pinch-hitter Jim Edmonds belted the tie-
breaking home run off Bronson Arroyo with two outs in the eighth inning, as
Milwaukee edged Cincinnati, 3-2, at Miller Park.
The Brewers, winners of five in
Theriot's homer helps Cubs get by Astros >>
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ryan Theriot hit his first home run of the
season and Carlos Silva worked five innings to push Chicago past Houston, 5-2,
in the opener of a three-game set.
Theriot finished with a pair of hits and Alfonso
Mauer, Valencia highlight Twins' demolition of Royals >>
Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Joe Mauer went 5-for-5 with a career-high
seven RBI and Danny Valencia hit a grand slam for his first career home run,
as the Twins pounded Kansas City, 19-1, in the opener of a three-game series.
Valen
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In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
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