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07/23/2010 - Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Corey Hart left Friday's game against Washington due to an injured right wrist.
Hart was given a rare day off on Thursday and tripled in his first at-bat in his return. However, he exited in the third inning when he slid for a ball in foul ground and crashed into the wall.
X-rays of his wrist were negative, but Hart will have an MRI on the wrist on Saturday.
The 28-year-old was named to his second All-Star team this year, as he is batting .292 with 22 home runs and 70 RBI through 89 games after a disappointing 12-homer, 48-RBI 2009 campaign.
<< Brewers broadcaster Uecker returns to booth
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Legendary broadcaster Bob Uecker made his
return to the booth on Friday, when the Brewers began a three-game series
versus Washington.
The 75-year-old underwent successful heart surgery on April 30
<< Bruce, Reds get by reeling Astros
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jay Bruce doubled in the go-ahead run in the
eighth inning to lift the Reds to a 6-4 win in the opener of a three-game
series with the Astros.
Joey Votto was 3-for-4 with a home run, walked and scored
<< Hornaday Jr. picks up first win of the season at ORP
Clermont, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ron Hornaday Jr. snapped a 22-race winless
streak in the Camping World Truck Series with an impressive performance in
Friday's AAA Insurance 200 at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis.
Hornaday Jr.,
<< Murphy the hero, Wagner falters in ninth as Fish nip Braves
Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Donnie Murphy had the game-winning pinch-hit
single in the ninth to cap a wild back-and-forth 7-6 Marlins win to open a
three-game series with the Braves.
Billy Wagner (5-1) was called on to protect a
Indians extend home win streak against Rays >>
Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fausto Carmona allowed just one unearned run
in five strong innings, as the Indians extended their home dominance of the
Tampa Bay Rays with a 3-1 win in a rain-shortened, seven-inning affair at
Progres
Wife of former Steelers coach Cowher dies >>
Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kaye Cowher, the wife of former Pittsburgh
Steelers head coach Bill Cowher, reportedly died Friday at the age of 54.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Kaye died in her native North Carolina
after a
Diamondbacks' Kelly Johnson hits for cycle >>
Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Kelly
Johnson became the fourth player in team history to hit for the cycle Friday
against the Giants.
Johnson homered in the first inning and was hit by a pitc
Santana shuts down Dodgers, Mets offense awakes >>
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Johan Santana silenced the Dodgers for
seven innings, and New York's offense awoke from a two-week slumber in a 6-1
victory at Chavez Ravine.
The Mets were held to four runs or less in each of the
In terms of sports wagering, the NFL is "the most popular game in town." The explanation behind that is easy.
It is called the "pointspread."
Many years ago, NFL games, as well as the more popular college games, used straight odds as a vehicle for betting. For example, if the Bears were playing the Giants, and it shaped up as a competitive contest, the Bears might be, say, a 7/5 favorite. If they were playing an also-ran, it might be 10/1. Well, there is a point where a line becomes prohibitive, as far as betting the favorite. And who would waste money betting an underdog that has virtually no chance? Such a setup did not contribute to promoting betting action.
But in modern sports betting, a "pointspread" is used.
A NFL pointspreads are exactly that, a pre-established point difference between the two sides that will, for all intents and purposes, create a handicap that evens things out, and in doing so, produces comparable wagering activity on both sides of that proposition. So in lieu of a odds figure in which to bet the team to win outright, the Bears might be a three-point favorite over the New York Giants, and a 17-point favorite over the also-ran. Now that the team that is the underdog can "get" points, there can be equal action on both sides.
In sportsbooks, this is usually done with efficiency by charging the losing bettors 10% extra - in effect, bettors are laying 11/10 on those games. So they are actually betting $110 to win $100. If they lose, they pay the "vig." If they win, they simply collect.
The establishment of the pointspread as the corner stone around which team sports like football can be wagered upon was truly what brought gridiron betting into the stratosphere for online football betting .
Don't believe it? Just take a look at what happens around the Super Bowl.
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