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2012

Free Winners and a Story

May 18, 2012

What I’m letting you know today: It was the third Friday in May, I forget the year, either 1998 or 1999, and friend and I drove to Chicago to see what has become known as the Cross-Town Classic, at Wrigley Field. We went without having tickets, since scalpers tix were (and are) always available around [...]

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Important Sports Wagering Line Moves

May 18, 2012

Interleague play begins and baseball bettors can start thinking a little differently. Oddsmakers will undoubtedly look to shade the numbers on the American League, since they have won season matchup eight straight years and won 54.9 percent of the games played in this time frame. Even with this, it still boils down to the matchups [...]

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Interleague Long Shots and More Welcome

May 18, 2012

We have added a daily feature. It is called – Dude, Seriously – and what I want is your biggest underdog or favorite that makes the rest of the betting world think you are turning into Brandon Lang. Feel free to post it, comment on it and I’ll be following it to see who are the biggest winners (and losers) are. [...]

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Baseball’s Interleague Play – It’s One-Sided

May 18, 2012

When interleague play arrives, the discussion about should the American League play the National League is as argumentative who should be the next American Idol. Jayson Stark of ESPN said 70-75 percent of the players don’t like it and another baseball writer I know said the same thing. Their biggest complaint is the imbalance of [...]

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Free Winners Posted Here

May 17, 2012

What I’m letting you know today: In case you haven’t heard, Cantor Gaming (which runs seven sportsbooks in Las Vegas) has released NFL point spreads on all games for weeks 1-16. Green Bay and New England are favored in every contest and Cleveland is not favored once. I found this to be quite telling, for [...]

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Wicked Sports Betting Line Moves

May 17, 2012

We have a tonnage of afternoon affairs in Major League Baseball with Line Moves to boot. The Reds went from -105 on the money line to -122, while Texas and Detroit both fell 15 or more cents. Here is a preview of the rest of the action and always review the tasty trend nuggets at [...]

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Programming Note -

May 17, 2012

Doug Upstone (That’s me) will be on Frying Pan Sports.com radio show talking about NFL sports betting and other related topics starting at 5:30 Eastern today with Bill Smith.

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It’s Long Shot Thursday!

May 17, 2012

We have added a daily feature. It is called – Dude, Seriously – and what I want is your biggest underdog or favorite that makes the rest of the betting world think you are turning into Brandon Lang. Feel free to post it, comment on it and I’ll be following it to see who are the biggest winners (and losers) are. [...]

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Sports Betting News and other stuff

May 17, 2012

NBA News: Lakers dry up and Celtics offensive rampage 3DW View: Los Angeles had a seven-point lead with 120 seconds left on the road in Oklahoma City. And they could not hold it. With the help of Kobe Bryant, the Thunder stole one against the Lakers to take a 2-0 lead in the series. Bryant’s [...]

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Free Winners Staying Hot!

May 16, 2012

What I’m letting you know today: Running back Darren McFadden of Oakland announced he is back at “full speed”. Of course the oft-injured former Arkansas product has not been hit by anyone on the field of play. In case you missed it, Cleveland’s Derek Lowe threw a shutout last night, his first in seven years, [...]

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