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When planning out how the conclusion to the NFL betting card for Week 6 would shape up, this matchup between the Denver Broncos and San Diego Chargers couldn’t have been scripted any better. ESPN has to be happy with this matchup.
On one side of the field, an AFC West team that has surprised many with its .500 start and defensive struggles, desperately seeking to generate something positive out of its second divisional game of the year. And then on the other, an opponent that has already established dominance in the West with wins at home and abroad and looks to this game as a chance to prove to a national TV audience that they are indeed for real.
It all sounds about right; only thing is that somebody forgot to let the Broncos in on the plan.
In a complete role reversal,
Online sportsbooks have the odds on this one set at -3.5 on the home side Chargers heading into Monday’s betting action.
Chargers QB Philip Rivers has thrived under the Monday Night lights, posting a 4-0 record and a sparkling 106.9 passer rating, but
Betting on the Broncos D to keep opponents in check has produced a perfect record of five-straight picks on the "Under" and against this Charger team that cranked out 52 points against them in Week 17, capping a miserable 2008 season, revenge is the order of the day.
This is the first of three-straight divisional games for
NFL Picks: The Broncos season has been very impressive, but I lean to the Chargers laying -3 (buy the hook), as they get the job done at home on Monday night football.
It’s been a while since the New York Yankees made a World Series and you need to go back nine years since they captured one, but both the sports betting public and fans alike are having a difficult time seeing anyone beating them this year.
The Yankees had the best record in the entire regular season at 103-59 and swept the Minnesota Twins 3-0 in their American League Divisional Series.
It won’t be a straight path to the World Series however as the Yanks face the Los Angeles Angels, who were 97-65 in the regular season and also had an ALDS sweep, taking down the Boston Red Sox 3-0.
Online Sportsbook have the Yankees as the odds-on faves to win the World Series at -125 while the Angels are +350 to win it all.
Game 1 of the American League Championship Series goes on Friday and the series price on the Pinstripes is -180 while it is +160 for the Angels.
CC Sabathia will start for the home team Yanks, who are -170 faves in Game 1, and John Lackey will do the same for the Angels, who are +155 with a Total of 8.5.
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In the Angels’ last nine visits to Yankee Stadium, there have been 7 Overs and 2 Unders.
The Yanks broke open the bank for Sabathia in the offseason and he has paid dividends.
In CC’s last 20 home starts,
Sabathia’s last eight home starts have also produced 7 Unders.
Lackey has not been particularly strong in the month of October when it comes to wins and losses.
In his last eight outings in that month, the Angels have gone 2-6 SU.
He has taken his fair share of Unders in that month however, as his last 11 October outings have yielded 10 Unders and a single Over.
Sabathia is a southpaw and in the Angels’ last 12 games against lefties, they are 10-2 SU and in their last 10 against LHPs, they have posted 9 Unders and an Over.
Lackey is a right-hander and the Yanks have been almost as impressive in their last 10 against righties going 8-2 SU with 7 Unders, 2 Overs and a Push on the Total to boot.
After seeing the Boston Red Sox capture a couple of World Series titles the past few seasons, you know Yankees fans are pining for another championship.
So far, the early sports betting action at online sportsbooks ( baseball bet) has the Yankees seeing almost 80% of the volume in Game 1.
We’ll find out if they can keep rolling starting this coming Friday.
