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04/22/2009 - Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Melky Cabrera blasted two homers, including the game-winning two run shot in the 14th inning, as the New York Yankees outlasted the Oakland Athletics, 9-7, in the first extra-inning game at the new Yankee Stadium.
Cabrera now has four homers on the season for the Yankees, who have won three straight and four of five. Hideki Matsui and Derek Jeter, playing in his 2,000th career game, also homered, while seven of the nine New York starters had two hits in the game.
CC Sabathia was roughed up for seven runs -- six earned -- on six hits and four walks in 6 2/3 innings. He only fanned two, and his earned-run average rose to 4.81 in four starts thus far in 2009. Jose Veras (1-1) got the win for pitching 3 1/3 innings of relief, and the New York bullpen, as a whole, pitched 7 1/3 frames of scoreless baseball, allowing three hits and three walks.
Kurt Suzuki blasted a three-run homer, while Matt Holliday went 2-for-6 with an RBI for the Athletics, who have dropped four consecutive games. Brett Anderson yielded five runs on nine hits and a walk in 5 1/3 innings, and former Yankee Dan Giese (0-2) was tagged with the loss after allowing Cabrera's homer in the 14th.
A two-out rally off Michael Wuertz put the Yankees in front in the home sixth. After Cabrera was thrown out trying to steal second, Cody Ransom roped a two- out double down the left-field line and scored on Jeter's double to left- center.
Johnny Damon put runners on the corners with a swinging bunt, and Mark Teixeira made it 7-5 with an RBI single to right field, scoring Jeter.
The A's knotted the game in the seventh. Bobby Crosby reached on an infield single and moved to second on a walk by Ryan Sweeney. Orlando Cabrera bunted the runners into scoring position, and Jason Giambi made it a one-run game with an RBI groundout.
Holliday followed with an RBI single up the middle to make it 7-7 and knock Sabathia out of the game.
The Yankees had the bases loaded with nobody out in the bottom of the seventh, but Russ Springer struck out Melky Cabrera and retired Brett Gardner and Jeter on pop ups to get out of the jam.
After two scoreless innings, the Athletics had runners on the corners with two outs in the 10th, but Crosby popped out to Jeter to end the inning.
Neither team threatened until the Yanks won in the 14th. With Giese pitching his third inning, Swisher drew a leadoff walk and scored on Melky Cabrera's two-run shot to right field two batters later.
Oakland took a 3-0 lead in the second on Suzuki's three-run homer to left field.
Matsui and Melky Cabrera hit back-to-back solo homers in the second to cut the Yankees' deficit to one.
Several defensive miscues led to an Oakland run in the third. With one out, Giambi popped up to shallow left, but Damon was unable to catch the ball, and Giambi ended up on second base. Holliday lined the next pitch off the tip of Ransom's glove at third to put runners on the corners.
Jack Cust came up next and grounded weakly to Sabathia. The pitcher threw to Jeter for the force out at second, and Jeter threw home as Giambi broke for the plate; however, Jorge Posada had run up the first base line, and nobody covered home. The ball sailed to the backstop, and Giambi scored easily for a 4-2 advantage.
The Yankees tied the game in the home third. Teixeira led off with a single and moved to third on a Posada double. Robinson Cano drove in a run with a groundout to second, and Posada scored the tying run on Swisher's single to center.
New York went ahead, 5-4, on Jeter's two-out solo shot to center in the fourth inning.
But Oakland tied it in the sixth, as Cust walked with one out, moved to second on a groundout and scored on a single up the middle from Mark Ellis.
Game Notes
The game on Monday between these two teams that was rained out has been rescheduled for July 23...Suzuki's home run was briefly reviewed by the umpires. Yankee Stadium has now been the site of two reviews so far in the 2009 season...Cano extended his hit streak to 10 games...The A's are 5-3 in night games and 0-6 in day games this season...The game lasted 4:57.
<< Revs defender Albright out 6-8 weeks after knee surgery
Foxborough, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New England Revolution defender Chris
Albright underwent successful surgery to repair a lateral meniscus tear in his
left knee, the Major League Soccer club announced.
The 30-year-old former U.S. in
<< L.A.'s Wagner earns WPS Player of the Week
Carson, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Los Angeles Sol midfielder Aly Wagner was voted
the Women's Professional Soccer Player of the Week for Week 4.
The U.S. international lead the Sol to a 1-0 victory on Sunday over visiting
FC Gold Pride at
<< L.A.'s Wagner earn's WPS Player of the Week
Carson, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Los Angeles Sol midfielder Aly Wagner was voted
the Women's Professional Soccer Player of the Week for Week 4.
The U.S. international lead the Sol to a 1-0 victory on Sunday over visiting
FC Gold Pride at
<< United doubles up on Pompey, extends lead to three points
Manchester, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Manchester United opened up a three-
point lead on second-placed Liverpool on Wednesday as the Red Devils recorded
a 2-0 win against Portsmouth at Old Trafford.
Liverpool was held to a 4-4 draw
Molina lifts Giants over Padres in 10th >>
San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pinch-hitter Bengie Molina knocked in the
winning run with a ground-rule double in the bottom of the 10th inning, as the
San Francisco Giants outlasted the San Diego Padres, 1-0, to sweep a two-game
series
Phillies announce rescheduled rainouts >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia Phillies announced
Wednesday the rescheduled dates for a pair of games that were postponed due to
inclement weather earlier this month.
The April 20 home date against San Diego h
Giants bolster O-line with T Carnahan >>
East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Giants acquired tackle
Andrew Carnahan off waivers from the Kansas City Chiefs on Wednesday.
Carnahan, 25, was originally a seventh-round selection out of Arizona State by
the Jaguars
Red Hot Ryder: Ex-Canadien stokes Bruins' victory, sweep of Habs >>
Montreal, QC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Michael Ryder registered two goals and an
assist, as the Boston Bruins came away with a convincing 4-1 victory over the
Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre, sweeping their Eastern Conference
quarter
Academy Award Betting Odds for Best Picture Offer Great Value
If there is any category that is not an obvious win for any one nominee in this year's Academy Awards, it would be for Best Picture. Sure the Departed is a 5/7 favorite, but that's hardly anything when we look at Helen Mirren and her "out-of-reach" 1 to 40 odds (which means you would win a whopping $1 for every $40 bet).
For value, take a look at MySportsbook.com Oscars betting odds on my personal favorite, The Queen - a remarkable 12 to 1 long shot. The film hasn't won any pre-awards for Best Picture (compared to The Departed and Little Miss Sunshine), but there is a tremendous following and it is a strong enough film to warrant a surprise win.
TV Guide advises Oscar watchers should be cautioned not to discount the drama "Babel" with its strong social themes about overcoming communication gaps among people of different cultures.
"While 'Babel' lost several guild awards to 'Sunshine' and 'Departed,' it still enjoys loyal support, and historically Oscar voters favor dramas with social messages over comedies like 'Sunshine' and violent crime movies like 'Departed'."
"It hasn't done well in the guilds, which means there isn't much industry support," said Tom O'Neil of awards site TheEnvelope.com, "But several critics are expecting it to win, and that gets my attention." Babel had 7 to 2 odds at press time.
Who is to say independently produced Little Miss Sunshine won't be this year's Crash. Last year, Crash won for Best Motion Picture, shocking those who bet on gay cowboy flick, Brokeback Mountain, as the favorite to win.
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My fellow Americans, as tempting as it may be to don the coat and HD-ready tie in order to deliver this State of the Game address before the cameras, I know better. As Brad Paisley sings on his latest album, "I'm so much cooler online."
The ideas for this annual essay to kick off the MySportsbook.com college football betting preview flowed like frat-house beer, which is to say they were cheap and spilled all over the floor. The 2007 season will be better than 2007, if only because there will be more of it. A year ago, the NCAA Football Rules Committee made two rule changes in the interest of speeding up the game. These changes went over like Kobe burgers at a vegan banquet.
To its credit, the rules committee rectified its mistakes. This season the clock once again will start when a kickoff is received, rather than when it is kicked, and the clock will not start so quickly on a change of possession.
However, kickoffs have been moved back five yards, to the 30, which will force more returns. (Thus forcing the clock to run. Clever, huh?) Special teams might decide a lot of games, because coaching strategy will come straight out of another new Paisley lyric (almost), I'd like to check you for kicks.
Paisley sings with a twang, which is why he's appropriate for this college football season. The sun coming up over the 2007 college football betting lines season rises from the south. It's a Southern football world. As the Southeastern Conference begins its 75th year, the power shift is noticeable.
Eight-figure budgets, glamorous settings -- and that's just for the head coaches. The SEC has four coaches who have won national championships -- the greatest aggregation of coaching know-how since Eddie Robinson dined alone.
Steve Spurrier, Phil Fulmer, Nick Saban and Urban Meyer have given lie to the idea that a conference championship game is too daunting a hurdle on the road to No. 1. In six of the past 10 seasons, the national champions played and won a conference championship game -- three of the six (Tennessee, 1998; LSU, 2003; Florida, 2007) from the SEC.
There will be more of the same this season, if the preseason prognostications are correct. Six SEC teams are in the preseason coaches' poll, more than from any other conference. Only one conference has talent so deep that a team with 15 returning starters, including the best quarterback in the league, from an eight-win season is considered an afterthought. That may speak more to Kentucky's losing legacy than to the wisdom of the predictions, but there you have it. And seriously, keep an eye on Wildcats QB Andre' Woodson.
The reach of the South extends all the way to No. 1. Take a look at the team that is a consensus pick to win the national championship. The quarterback is from Shreveport. The best wide receiver is from Nashville. The top recruit is from New Orleans.
So what's the campus doing in Los Angeles? Hey, it is the University of Southern California.
USC lost two Pacific-10 Conference games a year ago, the first time that had happened in five seasons, and university officials withstood the urge to form blue-ribbon panels to unearth the cause of such a disaster. Instead, the Trojans gathered themselves and routed Michigan, 32-18, in the Rose Bowl.
USC's losses at Oregon State and at UCLA last year should have given pause to those who question the Pac-10's football prowess (such as, without naming names, L.M. from Baton Rouge). The league only got deeper this season; Dennis Erickson is taking over an Arizona State team that never quite got out of its own way under his predecessor, Dirk Koetter.
Erickson will resume his quest to become the first coach to win a national championship at two schools. Both he and Spurrier, now in his third season at South Carolina, returned to college football at schools with lower profiles than where they won their titles.
That isn't the case for the third coach looking for the national championship double. You may have missed this, but NASA reported the astronauts on the space shuttle last spring made contact with what can only be described as beings from another galaxy.
The leader of the aliens said, "We come in peace," followed by, "So how do you think Nick Saban will do at Alabama?"
The public is reacting to the new Crimson Tide coach as if he is the Barry Bonds of college football -- beloved at home for what his fans believe he is going to do, hated on the road for his intimidating attitude and for what his detractors believe he did (bend NCAA recruiting rules). I made this comparison from the dais at a charity dinner in Mobile, Ala., last month, and the chill that washed over me didn't come from the air conditioning.
Saban will attempt to prove that he can remake in Tuscaloosa what he built in Baton Rouge, much like another member of the national championship fraternity. Bobby Bowden is attempting to remake at Florida State what he built at, um, Florida State. Bowden rebuilt his offensive staff, bringing in four new coaches led by Saban's former offensive coordinator, Jimbo Fisher, to jump-start an offense that has been dead for a couple of years.
The Atlantic Coast Conference is expected to show new signs of life, too. That is said with no disrespect toward last season's champion, Wake Forest, which provided one of the best story lines of 2007. The Demon Deacons begin this season in their customary position, overshadowed by the Virginia Techs, Miamis and Florida States.
It's not that Wake will find it difficult to duplicate its success in 2007 as much as the feeling that success engendered. Surprising success is the narcotic of sport. It never feels quite so euphoric the next time. Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese has figured this out. He refers to 2007, when a league looked down upon by fans and foes alike took three undefeated teams into November, as "Cinderella."
The fairy tale may be over, but the Big East has four genuine Heisman Trophy candidates in Louisville quarterback Brian Brohm, West Virginia tailback Steve Slaton and quarterback Pat White, and Rutgers tailback Ray Rice. Rutgers, as did Wake Forest and, of course, Boise State, proved last season that the have-nots in college football occasionally have quite a lot.
The Broncos' rousing 43-42 overtime victory over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl has raised the profile of all schools in conferences that don't get automatic BCS bids. This season, TCU and Hawaii are the preseason favorites to burst through the BCS doors and earn an at-large bid. The Warriors return 14 starters from an 11-3 team, including quarterback Colt Brennan.
Brennan not only broke the single-season record with 58 touchdown passes in 2007, but he also led Division I-A in passing efficiency (186.0). The senior is expected to contend for the Heisman Trophy, and neither his success nor the rise of his team should come as any surprise in the 2007 season.
After all, Hawaii is the southernmost team in the country.
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