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02/01/2012 - Arcadia, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Eight three-year-olds get back into action Saturday afternoon in the $200,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita Park. The 1 1/16-mile race is an important prep for the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby on April 7.
Breaking from the inside post is Isn't He Clever, winner of the Riley Allison Futurity at Sunland Park on December 30. Trained by Henry Dominguez, the gelding will be ridden by Corey Nakatani in his 2012 debut.
Isn't He Clever, owned by J. Kirk and Judy Robison, won the Futurity by more then 11-lengths as the even-money favorite. Previously, he was second in the Clever Trevor Stakes at Remington Park last November. The son of Smarty Jones has earned $113,960 with three wins in four starts.
At the other end of the field will be Chips All In and jockey Alonso Quinonez. Trained by Jeff Mullins, the colt is owned by the partnership of Gene Everest, John O'Brien and Daniel Valdez.
Chips All In is coming into his three-year-old debut off a victory at 11-1 in the Eddie Logan Stakes on the grass. The Lewis will only be his second start on real dirt with three earlier races on synthetic surfaces.
At Golden Gate the colt was second in the Golden Nugget Stakes for his lone loss in five starts. He won the Gold Rush Futurity at Arapahoe Park in Colorado last August. Chips All In has banked $149,800.
Here is the complete field for the Robert B. Lewis in post position order: Isn't He Clever, Corey Nakatani; Liaison, Rafael Bejarano; Groovin' Solo, Victor Espinoza; I'll Have Another, Mario Gutierrez; Sky Kingdom, Martin Garcia; Rousing Sermon, Joe Talamo; Empire Way, Joel Rosario and Chips All In, Alonso Quinonez.
The Robert B.Lewis Stakes has a scheduled post-time of 6:05 p.m. (et).
<< Galaxy adds Nakazawa from Philadelphia
Carson, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Galaxy acquired midfielder Kyle
Nakazawa and a second round pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft in exchange for an
international roster spot on Wednesday.
Nakazawa was selected in the third roun
<< Rapids hand three-year extension to technical director Bravo
Commerce City, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Colorado Rapids announced on
Wednesday that the club has signed technical director Paul Bravo to a three-
year contract extension.
Bravo has presided over Colorado's soccer operations since
<< Flames ink C Kolanos
Calgary, AB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Calgary Flames signed forward Krys Kolanos
to a two year, two-way contract and recalled him from Abbotsford of the
American Hockey League on Wednesday.
The 30-year-old Calgary native has appeared
<< Ljubicic falls; Dodig wins Zagreb opener
Zagreb, Croatia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Croatian tennis hero Ivan Ljubicic went
by way of a second-round upset, while reigning champion Ivan Dodig of the host
nation was an opening-round winner Wednesday at the Zagreb Indoors tennis
event.
New record purse for Daytona 500 >>
Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Officials from Daytona International
Speedway announced Wednesday a record purse of more than $19 million for the
February 26 season-opening Daytona 500.
The purse for NASCAR's most prestigious
Umenyiora fined $20k for missing media session >>
Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York Giants defensive end Osi
Umenyiora was fined $20,000 for missing a mandatory 45-minute interview
session with the media on Wednesday.
Umenyiora said in a statement issued by the G
NHL fines Boulton, Boll $2,500 each >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The National Hockey League on Wednesday fined
New Jersey Devils forward Eric Boulton and Columbus Blue Jackets forward Jared
Boll $2,500 for separate incidents.
Boulton was docked for his slash on New Yor
2012 debut for Animal Kingdom decided >>
Oldsmar, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Eclipse Award winner Animal Kingdom will begin
his four-year-old campaign later this month at Tampa Bay Downs. Team Valor's .
Barry Irwin and trainer Graham Motion announced the decision in a press
release
Albert Pujols to be This Year's Home Run Champ Says Online Sportsbook
Barry Bonds is a 50-1 long shot to be this year's home run champ odds. The favorite to be this year's home run champ is none other than Albert Pujols, however.
Now that Barry Bonds is signed and in Giants camp, it is on to his pursuit of all of sports most prestigious records: the all-time home run mark. Bonds sits just 21 homers shy of tying Hank Aaron for the career mark at 755. Word out of Giants’ camp is that Bonds is the healthiest he has been in a few years. Bonds is just two seasons removed from his injury riddled 2005 campaign where he played in only 14 games and hit only 5 home runs. He did come back last year and had a solid season hitting .270 with 26 bombs. All eyes will be on Bonds this spring and summer not only because of his home run chase but his highly publicized steroid abuse allegations. If and when Bonds breaks the record, he surely will not get the positive attention one should for breaking a record that was once thought of as “unbreakable”. Despite Bonds decent season last year, he is just 50-1 at MySportsbook.com to lead the MLB in long balls this season.
Not surprisingly, the favorites to go deep the most times this season are Albert Pujols 5-1, Ryan Howard 6-1, David Ortiz 8-1 and Alex Rodriguez 12-1. With 49 homers, Pujols finished second in the National League behind Howard (58). Pujols is considered the favorite due to the consistent power numbers that he has posted since breaking into the league in 2001. Also one must consider the fact that he played in 16 fewer games then Howard did due to an injury. Howard smashed 58 homers in his first complete season of big league play en route to the National League MVP odds award. He silenced his critics by successfully hitting left-handed pitching. Howard also displayed the ability to use his power to the opposite field. Two attributes which should keep Howard amongst the league leaders in long balls for years to come. From the American League representatives, David Ortiz leads the field. Ortiz was second in the majors last year with 54 home runs. Except for 1999 when he only played in 10 games, Ortiz has improved on his home run numbers each year he has been in the majors (1997).
Be sure to log onto online sports betting site MySportsbook.com to check out the odds for who will lead the MLB in home runs this season. Below is just a sample of the players listed. With the highest credit card rates in the industry, MySportsbook.com is the place to bet on baseball this summer.
World Series odds
Adam Dunn 15-1
Albert Pujols 5-1
Alex Rodriguez 12-1
Alfonso Soriano 15-1
Andruw Jones 25-1
Barry Bonds 50-1
Carlos Delgado 40-1
David Ortiz 8-1
Jermaine Dye 40-1
Ken Griffey Jr. 100-1
Lance Berkman 40-1
Manny Ramirez 20-1
Richie Sexson 40-1
Ryan Howard 6-1
Travis Hafner 20-1
Vladimir Guerrero 40-1
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Trash talk has a place in every competitive endeavor (except baseball; those stirrup-wearers are too busy chewing on their sunflower seeds and their supplements to worry about what their opponents are doing).
Fantasy sports is no exception. Any intelligent discussion of the subject would probably start with a thesis statement or a definition of terms. Thankfully, this wont be an intelligent discussion.
Let me just say that I am happy to take a place in this space alongside my talented colleagues, even our commissioner. (You should see how she bleats like a demented paper boy about league fees on our fantasy site).
Trash talking, I would argue, is primarily about amusing your friends, their sheeplike demeanors and sloping foreheads notwithstanding. The best place I have found for football trash talking is at www.SportsAlarm.com.
Beyond the entertainment factor, though, I would recognize that the sophomoric ritual has one advantage, when properly applied. It magnifies your fantasy triumphs and mitigates your fantasy failures by transforming the eventual point total into an afterthought. Winning makes it seem like your opponent really is a truss-owning, lapel-pin-wearing nitwit. And in defeat, trash talk can be the air bag to break the fall from your hyperbolic heights. The plug-necked yahoos on your team, you can say, will be sacking groceries by the end of the season.
The best trash talk, in my view, is layered and nuanced. And it doesnt focus only on your opponents team. It picks apart your opponent. The idea is to create a shock-and-awe-scale blizzard of nonsense, and the goal is to make your opponent drop his hands from his keyboard in exasperation.
What team does your opponent root for? Accuse a Giants fan of having a Joe Namath pillowcase. Wheres your opponent from? Give a look of concern no matter his reply, then say, I'll try to type slower for you next time. Is your opponent into politics? Label everyone a tax-and-spend corporate shill.
Cap all that with a liberal application of irrelevance. For instance, dont just conclude by saying your opponent is a twerp who drafts like my grandmother. Say that your opponent is a sweater-wearing, eyebrow-plucking twerp who drafts his team about as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor gave acceptance speeches at the Oscars. By the time your foe makes sense of that, his starting running back will have had puppies.
But what about you? Hmm? Recall a memorable slam? Have a tried-and-true technique? Know someone who seems impervious to insult? Take a moment and tells us about it. Put together some (fit-for-publication) thoughts. You wont be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, Im sure, to reply.
In addition to the trash talking, the Sports Alarm has a huge gallery of high resolution pictures of beautiful women and models in bikinis. The most popular models are: Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Underwood, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Paris Hilton.
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