08/22/2008 - Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Kansas City Royals have placed left- handed pitcher Ron Mahay on the 15-day disabled list Friday with plantar fasciitis in his left foot.
Mahay is 5-0 with a 2.91 earned run average in 51 games for the Royals this season.
In a corresponding move, the club recalled pitcher Kyle Davies from Triple-A Omaha. Davies is making his second stint with the parent club in 2008. The right-hander went 5-4 with a 4.71 ERA in 14 starts for the Royals after being recalled from Omaha on May 31. He was sent down to the minors on August 15.
<< Lions sign QB Henson to be backup
Allen Park, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Lions signed former Michigan
star and professional baseball player Drew Henson to be a backup quarterback
on Friday.
The move was made necessary when the club learned that backup Drew S
<< Gale wins first Nationwide pole at Bristol
Bristol, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Cale Gale became a first-time pole winner in
the NASCAR Nationwide Series by grabbing the top starting position for Friday
night's Food City 250 at the Bristol Motor Speedway. The No.33 Chevrolet
driver
<< Hornets sign swingman Brown
New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New Orleans Hornets signed free agent
swingman Devin Brown to an undisclosed contract.
A six-year NBA veteran, Brown holds career averages of 7.5 points, 3.0
rebounds and 1.6 assists in 352
<< Red Sox recall Smith, sign Ross
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Red Sox recalled pitcher Chris Smith
from Triple-A Pawtucket and signed catcher David Ross to a minor-league
contract Friday.
The moves come prior to the start of a three-game series against
Niners name O'Sullivan starting QB >>
Santa Clara, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Francisco 49ers named J.T.
O'Sullivan their starting quarterback Friday.
O'Sullivan, who has never started an NFL regular season game, beat out Alex
Smith, the No. 1 overall pick in th
Stricker three clear at Barclays >>
Paramus, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Defending champion Steve Stricker fired a
seven-under 64 Friday to grab a three-stroke lead after two rounds of The
Barclays.
Stricker, who won this first event of the FedEx Cup playoffs by two shots
Chalmers, two others on top in Pennsylvania >>
Moscow, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Greg Chalmers, who shared the lead after the
first round, carded a one-under 69 Friday to remain tied for the lead after
two rounds of the Northeast Pennsylvania Classic.
Chalmers completed 36 holes at
Phillies RF Jenkins leaves game >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Geoff
Jenkins left Friday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers after three innings
due to a right hip strain.
Jenkins began the third with an infield single, but was
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Is there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL?
I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants.
Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said.
There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans.
Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal.
For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though.
A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup.
The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games.
Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff.
So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action.
Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns.
“I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said.
Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season.
“Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said.
It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties.
Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples.
The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left.
“The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits.
“These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.”
Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough.
The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday.
“Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.”
Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach?
“It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.”
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