MLB Playoff Betting: Side Bets For the Frivolous Spender and Champagne Enthusiast

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· Pinnacle MLB Pick 4 parlay paying out a huge amount of money: take STL/HOU/BOS/LAA to make final four win +7218 [Pinnacle Sports]

· Padres are +330 to win Divisional Series over Cardinals. You know there’s a reason to wear that Xavier Nady jersey. [WagerWeb]

· First homer in Yankees/Angels game? How about Steve Finley at 7/1. Just the type of guy to turn it on in the post season. [Bodog]

· Bartolo Colon getting same odds as Mike Mussina for most strikeouts at BetCRIS. We’d absolutely put our dog or our 82-year-old grandmother on the line to get that. [BetCRIS]

· Angels score first +110 at BetMaker. Bag it. Tag it. Sell it to the butcher in the store room. [BetMaker]

NFL Prop Bets: Blue Moon Moss

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Many people have Oakland Raiders’ wide receiver Randy Moss listed as a potential MVP candidate this year if the Raiders make the playoffs. But the scrupulous sharps at BetOnSports also know that Moss has the potential to cause trouble and disrupt a team. And based on Moss’ latest comments that he smokes weed, “every blue moon” well, that got the bookmakers thinking about some bonged-up props for bettors to play with:

· 5/1 that Moss will be suspended for at least four games due to drug abuse.
· 10/1 that Moss will be fined for violating the league’s drug policy before Dec. 31, 2007.
· 50/1 that Moss will admit to being high in a game in which he scores four TDs before Dec. 31, 2007.
&middot’ 5/1 that Moss will enter a drug-rehab program before Dec. 31, 2007.
&middot’; 10/1 that Moss will be arrested for attempting to buy drugs before Dec. 31, 20
07.

The last blue moon was scheduled for August 19, 2005. There will be no blue moons in 2006. Take that into consideration when you’re betting.

NFL Props [BetOnSports]
Blue Moons [InfoPlease]

NFL Player Props: Enough With the Silly Madden Curse

READ MORE: Donovan McNabb, Madden '06, NFL Betting, Player Props

Since Tuesday, many men between the ages of 18 and 40 have been locked in their homes playing game after game of Madden 2006, trying desperately to figure out the new passing functions and how to make Florida Governor Jeb Bush a better run blocker.

And with a new season of Madden, also comes new speculation about the “Madden Curse” which supposedly bodes not-so-good for the unfortunate NFL player on its front cover. Last year’s cover boy Ray Lewis managed to get through the year unscathed, however the same cannot be said for 2004 cover boy Atlanta Falcons’ quarterback Michael Vick, St. Louis Rams’ running back Marshall Faulk in 2002 and the Tennessee Titans’ Eddie George in 2001—all of whom were injured during their Madden cover season. So Bodog is posting a futures line on Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterback Donovan McNabb and whether or not he’ll stay off of injured reserve this year. Odds are at -120 for Yes or No.

NFL Player Props(Bottom Section) [Bodog]
Previously: Oddjack Expert: Madden ‘06 [Oddjack]

Baseball Props: Needle and the Damage Done

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Bodog’s line on the steroid controversy takes a different approach by offering odds on whether or not another player with 200 or more home runs will get busted before the end of the season. YES is a +155 winner while NO offers -220. Obviously, the books assume players have smartened up right now, but with so much controversy surrounding what the player’s are getting busted for a +155 bet wouldn’t be bad considering the list of active players with 200 plus homers— Eric Karros? Vinny Castilla? Steve Finley? One of them is bound to get pinched while rounding third and their hamstring completely pops through their pants leg.

Player Props(Near Bottom) [Bodog]
Active Home Run Leaders [MLB]
Previously: Pumping Up the Giambi Juice [Oddjack]

Football Prop Betting: Fly Like a Ricky

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Ganja-smoking malcontent and Miami Dolphins’ running back Ricky Williams’ first season back in the NFL after a year of living in dung huts and doing tai-chi is the center of swirling speculation amongst football fans everywhere. Will he have lost a step? How about his weight? What’s up with that jacked-up beard? And the good book lollipops at Bodog have released a prop bet today on how many yards Ricky-mon will run for this year. 7/1 odds on 501-600 yards are the favorite followed by 901-1,000 yards at 8/1. Spark it up.

NFL Player Prop Betting [Bodog]