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08/21/2010 - Mason, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Swiss superstar Roger Federer will meet wild card American Mardy Fish in the final of the $3 million Western & Southern Financial Group Masters after each won his respective semifinal matchup.
Federer cruised past Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, needing 70 minutes to advance to his second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final in as many weeks. Last week, Federer fell to Andy Murray in the title match at Toronto.
The former world No. 1 and third seed here, Federer has won this tournament in 2005, 2007 and 2009. He has not captured a title since winning the Australian Open in January.
Meanwhile, Fish rallied past fellow American Andy Roddick in the early rain-slowed semifinal matchup.
Roddick, the ninth seed, led early but succumbed in Fish's 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 victory, preventing the 2003 Cincinnati champ from exacting a measure of revenge for a loss in the duo's last meeting in Atlanta last month.
The 27-year-old Roddick had taken a 5-4 lead in the first set before the match was suspended briefly by rain, then finished off the deciding point shortly after play resumed.
He raced out to a 4-1 lead in the second set and was poised for victory with a 5-2 lead before rain halted action once more. Fish rallied for three points to tie, then rallied once more to reach a tiebreaker.
Fish took control by bolting out to a 3-0 edge in the third set and never looked back.
The 2010 Cincinnati titlist will claim $443,500.
<< Bourjos, Abreu homer in Angels' win over Twins
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Peter Bourjos and Bobby Abreu clubbed back-
to-back homers in the second inning, as the Los Angeles Angels went on to beat
Minnesota, 9-3, in the second portion of a three-game series at Target Field.
Bourj
<< Vickers expects to be back for 2011 Sprint Cup season
Bristol, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - NASCAR driver Brian Vickers said he expects to
return to racing next season, but revealed he underwent open heart surgery on
July 12 to repair a hole in his heart, as part of his treatment for blood
clots.
<< Manny Ramirez returns for Dodgers
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny
Ramirez was activated from the 15-day disabled list Saturday.
Ramirez was put on the DL July 20, retroactive to July 17, due to a right calf
strain. He was hitting .317
<< Cubs hold on to edge Braves
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tom Gorzelanny turned in seven strong innings
and Aramis Ramirez finished 3-for-4 with two RBI, as Chicago escaped with a
5-4 victory over Atlanta in the middle contest of a three-game set from
Wrigley
Nats P Strasburg leaves with arm injury >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Washington Nationals rookie phenom Stephen
Strasburg left Saturday's game against Philadelphia with an apparent injury to
his throwing arm/elbow.
In the fifth inning, Strasburg's third pitch to Philadelphi
Twins place Slowey, Mahay on DL >>
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Minnesota Twins have placed starting
pitcher Kevin Slowey and reliever Ron Mahay on the 15-day disabled list after
both were hurt during Saturday's game against the Los Angeles Angels.
Slowey depar
Feldman leaves Saturday's game with sore knee >>
Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Texas Rangers pitcher Scott Feldman left
Saturday's game in Baltimore with soreness in his right knee.
Feldman took over for starter Cliff Lee and got the final out in the sixth
inning. He came out t
Power sets IndyCar record with eighth pole of season >>
Sonoma, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Will Power earned his record eighth IZOD IndyCar
Series pole of the season after winning Saturday's qualifying for the Indy
Grand Prix of Sonoma at Infineon Raceway.
Power barely made it out of the second ro
In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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JUPITER, Fla. -- The Foorida Marlins are preparing for the likelihood that right-hander
Josh Johnson won't be ready when the season starts April 2.
Grapefruit League action starts Wednesday, but Johnson, penciled in as the No. 2 starter, hasn't even thrown off a mound at full speed since September. He's experienced some soreness in his right forearm.
MySportsbook.com have the Marlins listed with baseball betting lines at +800 to win the NL East this season .
''You guys know the math. If he's not on the hill then he becomes an opening day roster issue,'' manager Fredi Gonzalez said Saturday. ''We're borderline now.''
Johnson, who finished 12-7 with a 3.10 ERA in 2007, was supposed to throw on flat ground Saturday. That was canceled when he woke up with pain.
He played catch on Wednesday with no pain but felt discomfort in a throwing session on Thursday. He's expected to try again Sunday.
''Like we always said from the very beginning, we're going to take it easy on him,'' Gonzalez said. ''He didn't feel right, so we shut him down. We're going to take it back to step one and see where we're at.''
Among the candidates to take Johnson's spot in the rotation are left-hander Chris George and right-handers Yusmeiro Petit and Jose Garcia.
Right-hander Sergio Mitre, who missed most of last season with arm and shoulder problems, also is behind.
With Johnson's status doubtful, Gonzalez said right-hander Ricky Nolasco will stay in the rotation and no longer will be considered a candidate for closer.
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