It’s no secret that Big Papi’s 2009 season is off to a painful start.

After 178 at bats, David Ortiz simply hasn’t come up big this 2009 MLB baseball season yet. He only has one home run to his credit this year and to say that the Red Sox clean-up man has been unproductive is an understatement.

David Ortiz has been a great player for the Boston Red Sox organization, but as a designated hitter, Ortiz needs to hit. That is, after all, his value to this team. The question is, how patient are the Red Sox going to be with their star? Will Ortiz go the way of Roger Clemens, Mo Vaughn, and Nomar Garciaparra, former Red Sox players who were fan favorites and yet, were sent packing?

Since coming over from the Twins, David Ortiz has been an invaluable member of the Red Sox team. With the exception of last season, where he spent time on the DL, Ortiz has hit 30 or more homers and driven in over 100 RBIs annually.

This season however, is different. Last month, the Boston Red Sox actually benched their slumping slugger. Manager Terry Francona left the five-time All-Star out of the lineup for the series opener at Seattle, a day after he went 0-for-7 and stranded 12 base runners, tying a team record, in a loss to the Los Angeles Angels.

Ortiz is only batting .208. He is without a…

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You knew it wouldn’t last.

We had an article a few weeks back highlighting the most profitable teams in the 2009 MLB baseball season for bettors and one club that stood front and center was the Toronto Blue Jays. Not so much now.

The Los Angeles Dodgers were also a big part of that last column, but they’ve demonstrated some real staying power, even without the services of the suspended Manny. The Dodgers are still the most profitable team in all the majors.

The Dodgers are currently 18-5 at home, 16-10 on the road (34-15 overall) and when looking at their future odds at SPORTSBETTING.COM, they are now listed at -3000 to win the National League West, +250 to take the NL pennant and +500 to win the World Series.

Another surprise is the team that is the best money team in the American League.

As mentioned above, it’s not the Toronto Blue Jays, who have fallen back to earth, the Boston Red Sox or even the New York Yankees, the current top money team in the AL is…

Wait for it…

The Texas Rangers. The Rangers are 15-8 at home, 12-11 on the road and 27-19 overall and while…

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If they can, they might just give the guy back to Boston.

The Dodgers’ run for the World Series title in the 2009 MLB baseball season is in question with the huge loss of slugger Manny Ramirez.

The dreadlocked slugger was banished for 50 games when MLB found out that Ramirez had testosterone in his body that was not natural and came from an artificial source. Ramirez said he did not take steroids and was only given medication by a doctor that contained a substance he never taught was banned.

Of course, MLB heard that one before and eventually decided to suspend Manny Ramirez anyway. A person familiar with the details of the suspension said Ramirez used the female fertility drug HCG, or human chorionic gonadotropin.

Ramirez is batting .348 with six home runs and 20 RBIs through the first 27 games of the season. The Los Angeles Dodgers have bolted to a 21-8 record and a 13-0 mark at home that has set the modern major league record for a home winning streak to start a season.

That’s BEFORE everybody found out that Ramirez was taking female fertility drugs illegally.

And now that he’s out, the question would have to be on the Dodgers and if they can survive just long enough to make a run for the title. It’ll be awfully hard to do it without Ramirez but at this point, the Dodgers really don’t have much of a choice.

Ramirez was acquired by Los Angeles from Boston last July 31 and became…

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Since Ramirez is suspended for 50 freaking games, there’s a very likely possibility that we won’t be seeing him in Philly.

And while that may have ultimately put LA’s 2009 MLB baseball season down the drain, they’re hoping that they can hold on without Manny just enough for a postseason run. As of this writing, the Los Angeles Dodgers hold the best record in baseball. Of course, with Manny Ramirez suspended for 50, there’s that possibility that some team will eventually knock them off the top.

I guess it is safe to assume that the Dodgers will be in survival mode until Manny Ramirez returns from his suspension. Can the Dodgers hang on? It begins on Tuesday, when they open up a three-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Clayton Kershaw is scheduled to start for the Los Angeles Dodgers on the mound. Kershaw got big outs with runners in scoring position to frustrate the last-place Washington Nationals the last time he started for LA, but it could be a different story against a potent Phillies lineup. Kershaw battled through a 31-pitch first inning, in which he loaded the bases but also struck out the side in his last outing. He was removed after allowing one run in five innings, requiring 99 pitches to get that far.

The Philadelphia Phillies are scheduled to have Chan HO Park for the Dodgers. Park finally put in the pitching performance…

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Baseball has already settled in and it’s time to determine where you can put some money on and win big.

One month into the baseball betting marathon that is the 2009 MLB baseball season, is behind us and there have been some surprises thus far. The latest one is of course Manny Ramirez being the latest guy to be linked to banned substances.

With that said, I know most of you won’t be wasting their time (and money) betting on the Dodgers since they’ll have a lot to figure out in the next few weeks with the fallout of the Manny Ramirez issue.

So, which team is the best ‘’money'’ team in baseball now? Some of you might say the Boston Red Sox are, while some will go with the Tampa Bay Rays. Well, NONE of them are ‘’money'’ teams. But if you’re looking for the best team to bet on, you can’t go wrong with the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Toronto Blue Jays are 20-10 overall with a profitable 11-4 record at home and a healthy 9-6 record on the road. A $100 a game bettor would have a profit of approximately $950 if they wagered on every Jay game this season so far (depending on the lines when they bet on Toronto).

Over / Under bettors can take note, the Jays have posted…

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You read it, FIFTY. That’s just crazy.

And the only thing that’ll get a guy suspended that long are banned substances. Guess what, Manny Ramirez just joined the club of drug junkies this 2009 MLB baseball season.

You read it, Manny Ramirez just joined the growing lineup of MLB stars linked to banned substances. Apparently, Ramirez claims he did not take steroids and was just prescribed by a doctor with some kind of medication that contains a banned substance. But then again, we’ve all heard that one before.

And since Ramirez probably knows that his remaining fans, as well as the supporters of the Los Angeles Dodgers, do know better, he’s apologizing for what he calls as, ‘’this whole situation'’ anyway.

‘’It’s a dark day for baseball and certainly for this organization,'’ Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti told reporters on the field at Dodger Stadium. ‘’This organization will never condone anything that isn’t clean.'’

Yup, the guy probably said it best. However, this guy should’ve already realized that when he got Ramirez from the Boston Red Sox last season, he’s also getting all these fucked-up baggage that tags along with the star.

Tests undertaken by the league showed that Ramirez had testosterone in his body that was not natural and came from an artificial source…

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What?!?

This is when you know the 2009 MLB baseball season has already began putting people to sleep.

Yes, baseball season is here and while most of us are probably going to keep our asses at home playing video games until football season gets here, one dude went his way to sue the Chicago White Sox for, get this, giving away free t-shirts.

If you’re a sports fan living in Chicago then you’ve probably seen team employees firing free t-shirts into the crowd during White Sox or Bulls games, happening between innings at the U.S. Cellular or during timeouts at the United Center.

It’s the team’s way of saying thank you. Thank you for spending $150 during these terrible economic times just to be there, not to mention the $7 you burn for each beer and the $5 you throw away for nachos. To show you how much the team appreciates you, they give you the chance to out wrestle those next to you for a flying t-shirt that’s probably not going to fit you anyway.

One man from northwest Indiana doesn’t see it as the team’s way of showing their gratitude to the fans. He sees it as a team engaging in a dangerous activity, shooting free shirts as projectiles into…

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No, you can’t take Jeter.

Who is the better teammate in baseball, Manny Ramirez or Alex Rodriguez? Let’s take a look at the highlights of these players so to know who will serve as the better teammate this 2009 MLB baseball season.

First up we have Manny Ramirez, who recently signed a two-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers worth $45 million. Ramirez needed no introduction after leading the Dodgers to the 2008 National League West title by hitting .396 with 17 homers and 53 RBIs in 53 regular-season games. In the playoffs, he batted .520 with four homers, 10 RBIs, nine runs and 11 walks in eight games.

The Los Angeles Dodgers decided to make a big fuss over his arrival and Ramirez didn’t disappoint with a performance that would have played well in a Hollywood comedy club. The Dodgers also ended up with one of baseball’s most feared sluggers, a .314 career hitter with 527 home runs, 17th on the all-time list.

Next, we have Alex Rodriquez. Although he has been in hot seat for the past months with his issues on taking steroids, he is still a force to be reckon with in baseball. Looking at his career highlights, he established career-highs with 143 runs and 156 RBI while hitting .314 (183-for-583) with 54HR and 24SB in 158 games with the Yankees in 2007 (154 starts at third base, four starts at designated hitter).

The New York Yankees third baseman led the Majors in…

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In case you don’t know it yet, baseball is finally here.

That’s right, the brand new 2009 MLB baseball season is finally here. Isn’t that something?

Yes, amidst the controversy involving Alex Rodriguez and steroids, the situation between Manny Ramirez, the Dodgers and the Red Sox, and basically everything else that kept fans talking about baseball, the season is here and BetUS.com is right in the thick of it.

With the start of the brand new MLB regular season, baseball fans across the country are already speculating as to how their teams will perform. Will they win it all this year? How long until our coach gets fired? Will our clean-up hitter outperform the rest?

With this being the case, the largest most successful sportsbook on the web, (that’s according to them anyway…) BetUS.com, posted early season predictions on all things MLB to give fans some resemblance of what to expect.

‘’Despite the off-season turmoil that followed some of the game’s biggest stars, interest in America’s pastime is still alive and well,'’ stated BetUS.com spokesman Reed Richards.

‘’Fans are flooding our site for up to the minute predictions and prognostications. We’ve got everything from early World Series odds, to which coach will be fired first!'’

Want to see these 2009 MLB baseball season betting odds they’re…

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They love the guy so much that the Yankees want him pitching the season opener as well as the very first game in the new Yankee stadium.

Signed to a seven-year contract worth $161 million last December, CC Sabathia has singlehandedly given the New York Yankees a reason to be hopeful in the coming 2009 MLB baseball season.

Hell, the New York Yankees are so excited about their new acquisition that they want him pitching the season opener against the Baltimore Orioles on April 6, as well as the first home game at the new Yankee stadium, merely six days later, against the Cleveland Indians.

‘’I'm excited,'’ CC Sabathia said. ‘’To be able to take the ball the first one of the season and then to open the new stadium, I think it’s going to be fun. It will be a special moment. It’s cool to be able to have my family there and be part of it.'’

But is having the same starter for two different games ONLY six days apart advisable? Probably not to former general manager Joe Torre, but to current Yankees GM Joe Girardi, it’s just one of the stuff he’s trying to do to change the atmosphere in New York.

In fact, Girardi is also contemplating on a change to the Yankees batting order…

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