Today is Opening Day in baseball and every team starts out 0-0 and a dream. Well, every team starts out 0-0 except for the Seattle Mariners, Oakland A’s, Miami Marlins, and St. Louis Cardinals. Be it as it may, this year baseball is wide open. You could make the argument for at least 12 teams [...]
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Every year I take on 25 bets for the upcoming baseball season. The bets I take on are player prop bets such as over/under for batting average, hits, home runs, etc… I also take on bets for teams such as over/under for wins. In 2009, I went 64 percent on my bets. Good, but not [...]
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As we make our way around the American League, it’s time to take a look at the “Key” player for each AL Central team. Here we go… Chicago White Sox – Chris Sale: The White Sox are an interesting team heading into 2012. They only won 79 games, but remember, they were picked by many [...]
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Every year, there are players who just rip it up during spring training. A lot of times, those players carry it over to the regular season. Last year, Mark Trumbo hit six HR’s during the spring and carried that over to the regular season to the tune of 29 big flies. Here is a quick [...]
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Spring training is not even a week old and already we have seen a starting center (Grady Sizemore), a closer (Chris Perez), a middle reliever (Joel Zumaya), and now a starting third baseman go down. It was announced today that Oakland A’s third baseman Scott Sizemore will miss the entire 2012 season with a torn [...]
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Roy Oswalt‘s agent Bob Garber announced yesterday that his client, will stay and shape and will hope to pitch for a contender later in the season. This is a very shrewd move by Oswalt and his agent. It was pretty clear Oswalt had no interest in signing with the Boston Red Sox or Detroit Tigers. [...]
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