MLB Futures: Cubs Still Destined to Suffer

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The long-suffering Chicago Cubs fans were filled with more ire as their crosstown rivals the White Sox finally won a championship this year. However, Cubs fans did see some hope in what is apparently Major League Baseball’s underdog era as we’ve seen with the Chicago White Sox winning this year and the Boston Red Sox last year. Well, not so fast. According to BetCRIS, the odds on the Chicago Cubs ending their 97-year championship drought before other deserving sad sacks is only 3.2 to 1. The favorites are last year’s runner-up the Houston Astros with a 1.8 to 1 chance of winning a World Series sooner than the others. Full list, after the colon:

WHICH TEAM OF THE CURRENT TOP 5 LONGEST DROUGHTS WILL WIN THEIR NEXT WORLD SERIES?

CHICAGO CUBS – 1908, 97 YEARS 3.2 to 1
CLEVELAND INDIANS – 1948, 57 YEARS 2.5 to 1
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS – 1954, 51 YEARS 4 to 1
TEXAS RANGERS – 1961, 44 YEARS 5 to 1
HOUSTON ASTROS – 1962, 43 YEARS 1.8 to 1

MLB Futures Betting [BetCRIS]

MLB Betting: Betting On The Mystery Juicer

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Surprising as it may be, a sportsbook has hopped on the whole AL outfielder guilty of steroid-usage controversy that has captivated(well, not captivated, actually. We’ll go with “bemused”) the sports world and oddly enough, they seem to have taken its list from our brother site(who actually does have an extremely hot sister, mind you) Deadspin for its odds list. Observe:
(Sportsinteraction.com’s odds)

Gary Sheffield: 2-1

Johnny Damon: 6-1

Manny Ramirez: 6-1

Steve Finley: 6-1

Jermaine Dye: 7-1

Vladimir Guerrero: 8-1

Trot Nixon: 9-1

Garret Anderson: 11-1

Scott Podsednik: 11-1

Bernie Williams: 16-1

Aaron Rowand: 21-1

Hideki Matsui: 21-1

And Deadspin’s poll results:

Gary Sheffield, New York Yankees: 32 percent (425 votes) Johnny Damon, Boston Red Sox: 19.8 percent (263 votes) Steve Finley, Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim: 14.1 percent (187 votes) Gabe Kapler, Boston Red Sox: 8.5 percent (113 votes) Vladimir Guerrero, Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim: 7.0 percent (93 votes) Scott Podsednik, Chicago White Sox: 5.9 percent (78 votes) Jermaine Dye, Chicago White Sox: 5.3 percent (71 votes) Aaron Rowand, Chicago White Sox: 4.8 percent (64 votes) Hideki Matsui, New York Yankees: 2.7 percent (36 votes)

We think our floppy-haired pal at Deadspin deserves all of the resulting handicapping vig fees from Sportsinteraction.com. The man loves dining on sushi and purchasing Arizona Cardinals’ jerseys. That stuff’s expensive, you know.

AL Outfielder Steroid Odds [Sportsinteraction]
The Mystery AL ‘Roider: Sheffield, Says You [Deadspin]