07/06/2008 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia Phillies announced on Sunday they have agreed to terms with closer Brad Lidge on a contract extension through 2011.
Lidge will get $37.5 million over the next three years with a club option for 2012.
The 31-year-old right-hander has had a great first half of 2008, compiling a record of 2-0 to go along with an earned run average of 0.77 in 35 games. He is a perfect 19-for-19 in save opportunities and is only one of two closers in the majors not to blow a save this season. New York Yankees superstar Mariano Rivera is the other.
Lidge, who was acquired from Houston this past November along with utility player Eric Bruntlett for outfielder Michael Bourn, pitcher Geoff Geary and minor-league third baseman Mike Costanzo, is 25-20 with 142 saves and a 3.10 ERA in 413 career contests.
<< Nadal takes opening set of Wimbledon final
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rafael Nadal has captured the opening set
of the men's final at Wimbledon, 6-4, over Roger Federer.
Nadal gained a quick break of serve in the third game when Federer managed to
put only one first serve
<< Wimbledon men's final under way
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Play has begun in the men's final at
Wimbledon after a rain delay of nearly 30 minutes.
Roger Federer will try for his sixth straight title at the All England Club
and will do so against Rafael
<< Rain delays start of Wimbledon final
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rain has delayed the start of the men's
final at Wimbledon.
Roger Federer will try for his sixth straight title at the All England Club
and will do so against Rafael Nadal. Federer has beaten Nadal
<< Mariners edge Tigers
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jeff Clement delivered a pair of home runs,
including a game-winning, two-run shot in the eighth, as the Seattle Mariners
downed the Detroit Tigers, 3-2, in the third of a four-game set at Safeco
Field.
Lee leads Tribe in finale at Minnesota >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cleveland Indians have lost seven consecutive games,
and they will attempt to avoid a weekend sweep at the hands of the red-hot
Minnesota Twins today at the Metrodome.
At this point, it would be surprising i
A's wrap up set with White Sox in Windy City >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago White Sox and Oakland Athletics conclude a
four-game series this afternoon at U.S. Cellular Field.
In Saturday's game, Nick Swisher, Brian Anderson and Alexi Ramirez each
homered to back a terrific
Rays continue series with KC >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Rays carry a six-game winning streak into
today's matchup with Kansas City, the third of four weekend contests.
On Saturday, Ben Zobrist tripled and homered, and Andy Sonnanstine threw seven
shutout inni
Texas concludes set in Baltimore >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Texas Rangers and the Baltimore Orioles conclude a
three-game weekend series today from Camden Yards.
Ian Kinsler smashed a two-run homer on Saturday to help the Rangers to a 5-3
win in the middle portion of a t
Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.
New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.
His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.
HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.
The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.
RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.
First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.
The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.
These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.
New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.
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