A-Rod Offered Cheap-Ass Online Poker Deal
READ MORE: Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees, Poker, Sports Interaction
Earlier in the year, Alex Rodriguez was offered a poker sponsorship from Sportsinteraction.com that was only a measly $100,000 to get him to stay home and play poker on-line instead of gallavanting around New York City with Phil Hellmuth. Now, with the Yankees supposedly telling their regular season superstar third baseman that he should stay out of card rooms, the online sportsbook has once again made A-Rod an offer that he will most assuredly refuse. The offer included a large complimentary account in return for exclusive play at the online poker site. Rodriguez’ agent received an updated offer late this morning. In addition, Sports Interaction Poker proposed a home run bonus to Rodriguez offering an additional $500 for every home run he hits in the 2006 season. We’re sure the Yankees would be willing to let him take the offer if the home run bonus was offered in the post-season.
Alex Rodriguez’ Poker Passion Results in $100,000 Offer From SportsInteraction [Covers]
A-Rod’s Poker Problem [Oddjack]
A-Rod’s Poker Problem
READ MORE: Alex Rodriguez, New York City Card Rooms, New York Yankees, Poker
Alex Rodriguez’s card room carousing days in New York City underground poker clubs are probably over. According to the New York Daily News New York Yankees’ brass officially told A-Rod to keep out of the card rooms and instead concentrate on more important things like hitting over .200 in a playoff series. The story portrays major league baseball owners as extremely paranoid that one of the league’s biggest stars is possibly setting himself up for controversy by playing poker in New York’s underground card rooms. According to one itchy baseball official in the story, Rodriguez is taking a huge risk:
“What in the world is he thinking? He can do what he wants in the off-season and he isn’t breaking the law - we checked - but why do it?”
Um, because he isn’t breaking the law and that he can do what he wants in the off-season? Just a guess.
Play-Rod’s Bets Called [NY Daily News]
MLB Futures: And The Favorite To Win the 2006 World Series Is…
READ MORE: Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Future Bets, Houston Astros, MLB Betting, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals
The Yankees. Christ. Yes, New York’s overpaid, underachieving goon squad is once again a 6/1 favorite to win the World Series next year according to the oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com. The newly crowned Chicago White Sox and runner-up Houston Astros are at 12/1. Respect.
Other favorites include the Boston Red Sox at 8/1 and those plucky St. Louis Cardinals at 7/1. The turd-dweller of the bunch is the always entertaining Kansas City Royals, who now sit at a health 500/1 to win the World Series. Get your season tickets now!
Sportsbook.com Posts 2006 World Series Odds [PR News Wire]
MLB Prop Betting: Dismantle The Yankees
READ MORE: Joe Torre, MLB Betting, MLB Props, New York Yankees
After a disastrous post-season which left many, many questions sportsbook BetCRIS has put the New York Yankees on the betting slab. With rumors swirling about the future of sad sack manager Joe Torre and the astronomical price of the payroll, it’s obvious that there will be changes forthcoming in the future of Yankee baseball. BetCRIS offers both managerial bets and payroll bets that Mel Stottlemyre is jumping all over:
WILL JOE TORRE BE THE MANAGER OF THE YANKEES IN 2006?YES -550 / 1 to 5.5
NO +350 / 3.5 to 1WHAT AMOUNT OF MONEY WILL GEORGE STEINBRENNER MAKE THE NY YANKEES PAYROLL IN THE OFFSEASON, IN ORDER TO TRY AND WIN THE 2006 WORLD SERIES. (ACTUAL PAYROLL: $208,306,817)
YANKEES 2006 PAYROLL WILL BE:
$209-$224 MILLION +135 / 1.3 to 1
$225-$249 MILLION +200 / 2 to 1
$250-$274 MILLION +300 / 3 to 1
$275-$300 MILLION +400 / 4 to 1
MORE THAN $301 MILLION +475 / 4.5 to 1
LESS THAN $208,306,817 +400 / 4 to 1
NO CHANGE AT ALL +4900 / 49 to 1
MLB Futures [BetCRIS]
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Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
READ MORE: ALDS, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Monday Night Football, New York Yankees, Oddjack Betting, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Diego Chargers
Well, that was great. We dont’ feel too bad about the whole Angels/Yankees game because we’ve admittedly been horrrrible with the LDS picks so far this year. Hope everybody who saw we picked the Yankees made a huge killing on our incompetence and mush. Last night’s loss dropped us to 2-8 between all four series’. And then we totally went against our own hunch on Monday Night Football and followed the hot team regardless of that nagging feeling that Schottenheimer would some how make us angry. And it happened. The Steelers came with a much better game plan and Troy Polamalu is destined to be one of the best defensive backs ever to play football. Alas, this is what happens when we overthink these things too much. Sometimes it’s just best to follow a hunch instead of getting bogged down in ridiculous statistics about the ATS numbers after bye-weeks, defensive match-ups, coaching histories on Monday nights after an SU victory of 21 points or more, weather patterns, astrological signs, and the collective SAT scores of the defensive line. In two and a half words: Eff that shit.
MLB Betting: FINE…
READ MORE: Chopping Lines, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, MLB Betting, New York Yankees
8:00 p.m.
New York Yankees
at
Los Angeles Angels
(Series tied 2-2)
Best Line: LAA -112, NYY +106
We’re taking off our pussy pants and actually making a play on this ballgame tonight even though it’s been a disatrous MLB post-season for us thus far. Both of these teams must be exhausted, having that nagging jetlagged feeling and a scattered focus coming off of last night’s Yankee come-from-behind victory and Bernie Williams farewell. Do the Yankees have momentum? Possibly. But can they really light up Bartolo Colon again and can Mussina deliver another stellar outing. It’s a tough call and basically a pick ‘em regardless of what the line says. The betting public is piling on the Yankees so far, but we think that’s just because a post-season doesn’t feel right without a Northeastern squad in it. So, we’ll ride the public and bet on the Yankees, which based on our mush thus far almost guarantees an Angels victory.
PICK!: NYY +106
MLB Betting: Oof, It’s Getting Ugly
READ MORE: Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Chopping Lines, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels, MLB Betting, New York Yankees
MLB PLAYOFF YTD= 2-4
Houston Astros 10, Atlanta Braves 5
Status=LOSS
· There’s not much we can say about the Braves other than the fact that we feel sorry for them. We feel sorry for their fans. It must be frustrating to win a division every year and then get smoked in the playoffs. Well, we don’t feel that bad.
LA Angels 5, New York Yankees 3
STATUS=LOSS
· Maybe there’s something to this whole “Rally Monkey” thing? Still seems like the Yankees’ series to lose with Randy Johnson still set to pitch. We have trouble betting against pitchers more than 7-feet-tall. We also have trouble seeing over them.
Chicago White Sox 5, Red Sox 4
Status=WIN
· Our fat guy theory held up. Finally. Something that makes it seem like we know what we’re doing. Why does this series still feel like it’ll go five games for some reason?
Chopping Lines: Wang, Bang Sweet Chien-Ming Wang
READ MORE: Chopping Lines, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, MLB Playoff Betting, New York Yankees
10:00 p.m.
New York Yankees
at
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
With last night’s first inning implosion by balloon-headed pitcher Bartolo Colon, the Angels not only gave up their best starter, but also gave up momentum to the Yankees who are seemingly riding the crest of the AL East title into the LCS once again. And we thought these guys were toast? Tonight the Yankees’ show off their Chien-Ming Wang as he goes head-to-head with one-time Angels post-season hero John Lackey. This is Wang’s first start ever against the Angels and even though he’s been pitching a little shaky(thanks to a Wang-ed up shoulder), we like the pitcher’s advantage of having faced a team for the first time. Lackey posts an ERA above 6 against the Yankees and with seemingly everyone in that lineup a little more locked-in, we’re foreseeing an offensive explosion from the pinstripes side this evening.
PICK!: YANKS +115
MLB Betting: Not A Good Day To Be Named ‘Clement’ or ‘Oddjack’
READ MORE: Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Angels, MLB Betting, New York Yankees, Recap, San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals 8, San Diego Padres 5
Status=LOSS
· Well, apparently that whole Jake-Peavy-will-take-over-the-world theory wasn’t the best approach to take in yesterday’s St. Louis Cardinals-San Diego Padres game. The Padres pulled together a rally a little too late to keep us interested, but we were pretty sure the toothless Padres didn’t have a six-run 9th innning comeback in them. That was the one thing we were right about this game. The rest of the series appears to be all St. Louis—especially now that Peavy’s done for the year with a rib injury.
Chicago White Sox 14, Boston Red Sox 2
STATUS=WIN
· Matt Clement may have been the most over-hyped free agent since the Philadelphia Phillies signed Danny Tartabull as their clean-up hitter in 1995. Clement endeared himself to the Chicago White Sox faithful by promptly giving up eight runs yesterday in the White Sox 14-2 trouncing of the Red Sox. We’re happy Contreras came through for us, plus we hit the OVER bet thanks to Clement.
New York Yankees 4, LAA Angels 2
Status=LOSS
· Bartolo Colon betrayed us. What happened to that first-inning dominance? After Colon got popped around in the first inning, that was all the New York Yankees’ Mike Mussina needed after he went six shutot innnings, then Gordon, then Rivera, then ballgame. A Yankees versus White Sox LCS would be interesting.
Chopping Lines: No, That’s Not a Weeble With an Afro Pitching
READ MORE: Chopping Lines, Los Angeles Angels, MLB Betting, New York Yankees
8:00 p.m.
New York Yankees
at
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
We should’ve known better about the Padres and Cardinals game. We were told many times that our choice was a sucker bet, but we got all swoony about Jake Peavy and now we’ve paid a dear price for it and have to watch the foppy-haired step-cousin do a verbal jig for 45 more minutes. Anyway, we still have two more left today. And Bartolo Colon at the Yankees tonight is a choice we’ll standby even if it does poop itself after the first inning. Colon’s record against the Yankees is about similar to Yankees’ starter Mike Mussina, but we’ll give the homefield nod to those rabid LAA fans. Well,not rabid, really. Rally-monkey-clap-happy? Either way, look for an Angels victory and the over or we’ll shave our mustache tomorrow.
PICK!: LAA -120
MLB Betting: Handicapping the Bosox/Yankees
READ MORE: Boston Red Sox, MLB Betting, New York Yankees
On this day of Football Up Your Ass, it was pretty foolish to completely ignore the fact that there’s a pretty big baseball series in Boston starting tonight. The New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox once again do battle to(hopefully) decide which of the two goes on to the playoffs and which team leaves their fans utterly heartbroken and confused. Amazing what a year can do. We’re right back where we started from.
Of course, Covers, breaks down the whole entire series for the Yankee-hating gambler in all of us.
The Series: A Bettor’s Breakdown [Covers]
MLB Betting: Yankees’ Aaron Small Paying Off Huge
READ MORE: Aaron Small, MLB Betting, New York Yankees
Who would’ve thought such an Opie-looking pitcher could pay off so huge for baseball bettors this year? But that’s exactly what’s happening with New York Yankees’ Aaron Small, who has won six of his seven starts for the Yanks this year and paid off bettors with some well-deserved drinking money. Small is closing in on 5 units this year, now sitting at 4.86 for all of his starts so far. Tonight Small goes against the Baltimore Orioles as a -190 favorite. Huge price to pay, but maybe worth the expense considering his track record so far this year. And have you forgotten that the Orioles suck? Currently, Small is ranked 36 on the Covers’ money list.
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