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07/26/2010 - Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw has dropped the appeal of his five-game suspension and will begin serving it Tuesday when the team opens a three-game series in San Diego.
The southpaw will be eligible to make his next start Sunday in San Francisco.
Kershaw was suspended and fined an undisclosed amount by MLB vice president Bob Watson for "intentionally throwing at" Giants' outfielder Aaron Rowand in the seventh inning of last Tuesday's game.
The 22-year-old Kershaw was immediately ejected from the game after warnings had been issued to both benches after Dodgers' outfielder Matt Kemp had been hit earlier in the contest by San Francisco starter Tim Lincecum.
Kershaw is 10-5 with a 2.96 earned run average in 21 starts this season.
<< Report: Titans file lawsuit against Kiffin, USC
Nashville, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tennessee Titans have reportedly filed a
lawsuit against the University of Southern California and head coach Lane
Kiffin in the wake of the hiring flap surrounding Kennedy Pola.
On Saturday, USC
<< Ravens rookie Kindle to miss camp due to head injury
Owings Mills, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Baltimore Ravens rookie linebacker Sergio
Kindle will miss all of training camp after suffering injuries to his head
when he apparently fell down two flights of stairs at a private residence in
Austin,
<< Hawks ink free agent Josh Powell
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Hawks bolstered their forward
position on Monday by signing free agent forward/center Josh Powell.
Per club policy, terms of the contract were not announced.
"I look forward to joining a f
<< Saints sign second-rounder OT Brown
New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New Orleans Saints have signed
offensive tackle Charles Brown, their 2010 second-round draft choice, to a
four-year contract.
Financial terms of the deal were announced.
The 6-foot-5, 2
Pats ink pair of second-round picks >>
Foxboro, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New England Patriots have signed their 2010
second-round draft selections, tight end Rob Gronkowski and defensive lineman
Jermaine Cunningham.
Terms of the contracts were not released.
Gronkowski was ta
Orioles' Wigginton has suspension reduced, drops appeal >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Baltimore Orioles infielder Ty Wigginton had
his three-game suspension reduced by one game, Major League Baseball announced
on Monday.
Wigginton, who agreed to drop his appeal, was originally slapped with
Angels option Bell, call up Kohn >>
Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have optioned
right-hander Trevor Bell to Triple-A Salt Lake and purchased the contract of
pitcher Michael Kohn to take his place on the roster.
Bell started Sunday's game
Mets' C Barajas disabled, INF Hessman recalled >>
Flushing, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Mets have placed catcher Rod
Barajas on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 25, with a strained
left oblique.
The veteran receiver was injured in the sixth inning of Saturday'
Is there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL?
I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants.
Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said.
There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans.
Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal.
For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though.
A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup.
The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games.
Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff.
So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action.
Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns.
“I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said.
Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season.
“Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said.
It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties.
Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples.
The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left.
“The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits.
“These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.”
Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough.
The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday.
“Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.”
Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach?
“It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.”
Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting lines.
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