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Colon goes for Yanks north of the borderBaseball Betting Lines09/17/2011 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bartolo Colon tries for his first win in eight starts this afternoon when the New York Yankees continue a three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Colon did not get a decision last Friday against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, but was terrific, as he allowed just an unearned run and six hits in seven innings of a 2-1 loss. "Every time I pitch, I try to go more than seven innings," Colon said through an interpreter. "That's my goal. That's what I'm always thinking about." Still, he hasn't won since July 30 and is 8-9 on the year with a 3.55 earned run average. "He had really good late movement on his fastball, and that's when he's really good," catcher Russell Martin said. "He was locating that pitch really well. He looked as good as he has all year today." Colon has faced the Jays 22 times and is 9-5 against them with a 4.09 ERA. Toronto, meanwhile, will counter with right-handed rookie Henderson Alvarez, who is 1-2 with a 3.09 ERA. Alvarez did not get a decision last Saturday against Baltimore, as he allowed three runs and nine hits in seven innings of a 5-4 win. Alvarez, who will be making his first appearance against the Yanks, had not allowed a run in 14 innings of his two previous starts. The Yankees' recent road woes continued on Friday, as Jose Molina hit a game- winning, RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to vault the Blue Jays to a 5-4 win. Boone Logan (5-3) allowed an Adam Lind leadoff double and intentionally walked Brett Lawrie before Cory Wade came on in relief. Molina, who entered the game as a defensive replacement in the ninth, belted a 1-1 fastball into the right- center gap to plate the winning run. Casey Janssen (5-0) tossed two innings of scoreless relief for the Blue Jays, who have won seven of 10. Eric Chavez hit a two-run homer and Nick Swisher went 2-for-4 with two RBI for the Yankees, who saw their lead over Boston for first place in the AL East fall to 3 1/2 games, as the Red Sox beat the Rays on Friday night. The Yanks are now 3-5 on this current 10-game road trip. New York starter CC Sabathia, seeking his 20th win of the season, allowed four runs on 10 hits over 5 2/3 innings in the no-decision. "They made him work," said Yankees manager Joe Girardi. "I didn't think his command tonight was as great as it's been. Yankees' closer Mariano Rivera also remained stuck on 600 saves and enters tonight's tilt one save shy of tying Trevor Hoffman's all-time record. New York has won 10 of its 16 meetings with the Jays this season.
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Horse Betting(This is an update of a sportsbook for the May 4th issue of ESPN The Magazine). The Kentucky Derby's post-position draw happened on Wednesday. And, as is always the case, shortly afterwards, a buzz raced around Churchill Downs. It was a low rumble at first, nothing that the squares in the mint julep crowd pick up right away. But by the time the sun set over the twin spires, the chatter was impossible to ignore. Everyone -- sharps, trainers, owners -- was talking about one thing: the wise guy horse, the pre-draw long shot us mopes didn't have on our radar until it was too late. "You think you're hearing the scoop," says handicapper Lane Gold. "Then you get to the window, the odds are short, and you missed it."
Recognizing a wise-guy horse early is as hard as picking a Derby bonnet. That's because handicappers don't like hype (see ya, I Want Revenge). They want Thoroughbreds who look good losing prep races like the Santa Anita Derby. They eye horses who ate up the field after starting wide or made an easy transition from synthetic tracks to dirt. They look for ponies who showed muscle gain race to race and those who ran hard after several weeks' rest. "A wise guy," says John Avello, a bookmaker at Wynn Las Vegas, "looks for a horse who can improve." When I first wrote Horse Betting for The Mag, which I turned in a three weeks before Wednesday's draw, I predicted these three horses had wise guy potential: CHOCOLATE CANDY (15-1 in mid-April, currently 20-1 according to Avello): His second-place finish at Santa Anita, following a seven-week layoff, proved two things: He can run after resting, and -- by losing a high-profile prep race -- he wouldn't be overhyped. DESERT PARTY (15-1; 15-1): He was upset in the UAE Derby by a horse he had beaten twice. The public remembers his loss, but the wise guys his wins. PIONEEROF THE NILE (8-1; 4-1): The big favorite at Santa Anita struggled to win, so he initially got less hype than Quality Road and I Want Revenge. You may have noticed that the odds on Pioneerof the Nile have been cut in half, from 8-1 to 4-1. Which means the wise guys took a shine to him long before the post-position draw. But, to be honest, this is one of those years with four elite horses getting everyone's attention, squares and sharps alike. "You're not gonna get a lot of chatter about a horse that isn't in that group, which includes Pioneer, I Want Revenge, Dunkirk and Friesan Fire," Avello told me Wednesday. "We don't have a group of horses behind those top four who look like real legit contenders." Come Derby week, the final two elements in picking a wise guy horse are how he's working out and what gate he's coming out of. (By the way, picking a Preakness favorite is a whole different bale of hay, partially based on how horses finish in the Derby. You can see my analysis of who has the best shot at Pimlico on Insider Sunday morning.) Well, early in the week I Want Revenge, Pioneerof the Nile and Friesan Fire were working out better than anyone. Some thought Friesan Fire, currently 6-1, might have run too fast, burning a five-furlong run in :57 4/5. "When you are running that fast you have the sense that it took something out of him," says Gold. "The Derby is longer than any horse has run, and if they need that extra surge you worry they won't have it because they burned it in the workout." But, Gold points out, Friesan Fire's trainer is Larry Jones, Two years ago his horse Hard Spun did a five-eighths workout in :57 3/5 and then went on to finish second, behind Street Sense, in the Derby. "Every trainer has different methods," says Gold. "And clearly he knows what he's doing." Now, as for starting position, Gold says to remember this: Churchill Downs traditionally has 14 starting gates. For the Derby, it brings out auxiliary gates and between the original 14th gate and the new 15th gate, there is a little more space than there is between gates 1-14. "That 15 position will give you a precious second or two to sort out what's happening to your inside," says Gold. "Sixteen is also okay because you can follow the horse in front of you." Dunkirk, one of the race favorites, is coming out of gate 15. In 16 is Baffert's Pioneerof the Nile. I Want Revenge drew 13, where Smarty Jones won from in 2004, and Friesan Fire picked the sixth position. "He doesn't have a lot of speed to the inside of him," says Gold. "So he will get a clear shot to be near the front." All the jibber-jabber means this: Pioneerof the Nile has leapfrogged from 8-1 to being the second favorite, along with Dunkirk, behind I Want Revenge. Meanwhile, Friesan Fire, with a good trainer, a strong week of training and a decent post position, is still at 6-1. "By Saturday, it's possible he could go from fourth to the favorite," says Gold. In other words, meet Friesan Fire, your 2009 wise guy horse. "Now," says Avello, "it's time for action." To visit this horse betting site go to MySportsbook.com for all your horse racing betting needs. |
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