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NASCAR betting: Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen preview

The NASCAR Sprint Cup adds a little twist this week as the series heads to the road course at Watkins Glen for Sunday’s Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen.

Few drivers can deal with the twists and turns of the Glen, and has the stats to back it up, better than this week’s favorite Tony Stewart. Stewart has the most wins among active drivers here with five and has the highest driver rating at the Glen.

“It’s a race that we always look forward to,” Stewart told the media. “We’ve had a lot of success there and it’s just fun. It’s like taking Sonoma and just multiplying the speed times three. It’s just a lot faster track. It still has the same elevation changes, but you’re just running a lot quicker. Both Sonoma and Watkins Glen are two places on the schedule that we really enjoy coming to.”

Stewart finished second at the only other road course stop this season, Sonoma, and is the clear favorite to add a sixth win to his Glen resume Sunday.

“When you’ve won five races, it gives you that confidence that you know how to win, and know what you have to do to get to victory lane,” he said. “I know what feel I need when we get here. It’s just a matter of going out and practicing and putting yourself in that position.”

Jeff Gordon broke a winless streak by being in the right place at the right time last week at Pocono. He has four wins here, and while the last one at the Glen was in 2001, Gordon has nine career road course wins leading all drivers past and present. With his win last week, Gordon has renewed energy and will look to continue his rebound towards a berth in the Chase. Gordon could go all the way Sunday and find his way back to victory lane at the Glen for the first time in over a decade.

"(The Pocono win) only puts more pressure on us over these next several weeks, but we're ready for the challenge," said Gordon, who has moved from 22nd in the point standings to 13th on the heels of seven consecutive finishes of 12th or better. "With all we've been through this year and this team staying together while not pointing fingers, we knew if we could get to Victory Lane it would make us stronger.

"We've put together a string of good runs and finishes, but we have to keep fighting for wins,” he added. “I don't know if one win will be good enough to secure a wildcard spot."

Kyle Busch started from the pole here last year. He would go on to finish third and heads back to the Glen looking to seal the deal. After winning no fewer than three races a season since 2008, Busch has been uncharacteristically absent from victory lane, his only win this season was at Richmond in May. With the kind of speed he showed here last season, Busch could add a much needed win at the Glen and increase his hopes of making the Chase. Busch knows how to get around the Glen and enjoys racing here.

“To me, going through turn one and up through the esses are pretty cool and a lot of fun,” Busch said. “It’s challenging but, yet, a lot of fun. As you come down the front straightaway, it’s a downhill braking zone, so you feel like you don’t have to brake as soon as you need to, but you need to in order to get slowed down for turn one. You try to stay out and get a good, hard cut to the right for turn one and accelerate out of there as quickly as you can to get set up for the esses. (You) stay wide on the left and then turn into the right-hander in (turn) two – smooth. You’re getting out of the gas but not using too much brake, just rolling off in there. As the car gets in there and loads, it actually takes a really big set because that’s when you start going back uphill. So the car will load up and that’s when you get back in the gas really wide open. And then you have to turn back to the left and be able to roll back out of it just enough to make the car bend. And then you’re back wide open again to the right-side guardrail and just keeping it tight through the right-hander that we call turn five.”

Party Crasher: Don’t ever count out Jimmie Johnson. Johnson may not have a stellar road course record, but he has been on a roll and could easily add a road course win to go with his Sonoma victory from 2010.

Others: Brad Keselowski finished second at The Glen a year ago and bids to become the track’s third consecutive first-time winner. Marcos Ambrose is the defending winner of this race and while his team seems to be struggling if they find their groove, Ambrose could repeat Sunday.

Bottom line: 19 of the 29 races at Watkins Glen have been won from a top-five starting position. 21 of the 29 races at Watkins Glen have been won from a top-10 starting position. The deepest in the field that a Watkins Glen race winner has started was 18th by Steve Park in 2000.

Odds to win the Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen (Courtesy of *** Global)

Marcos Ambrose 4-1
Tony Stewart 6-1
Kurt Busch 7-1
Jimmie Johnson 7-1
Jeff Gordon 7-1
Kyle Busch 7-1
Juan Montoya 10-1
Brad Keselowski 18-1
Clint Bowyer 20-1
Martin Truex Jr. 20-1
Kevin Harvick 20-1
Denny Hamlin 25-1
Carl Edwards 25-1
Joey Lagano 30-1
Kasey Kahne 30-1
Greg Biffle 40-1
Matt Kenseth 50-1
Brian Vickers 50-1
Ryan Newman 50-1
Jeff Burton 60-1
Jamie McMurray 60-1
Paul Menard 75-1
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 75-1
Boris Said 100-1
Sam Hornish, Jr. 100-1
Regan Smith 300-1
Aric Almirola 300-1
Bobby Labonte 300-1
David Gilliland 300-1
Field (Any Other Driver) 60-1

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NFL Preseason Betting Trends for Sunday, August 12, 2012

St. Louis at Indianapolis, 1:30 ET NFL
St. Louis: 6-1 ATS vs. non-conference opponents
Indianapolis: 27-13 Over as an underdog

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What bettors need to know: Rams at Colts

St. Louis Rams at Indianapolis Colts (-1.5, 34)

Most eyes will be on Colts quarterback Andrew Luck, the top overall pick in April’s draft. The Stanford standout is expected to be given 20 to 25 plays in the preseason opener, according to offensive coordinator Bruce Arians.

Luck replaces Peyton Manning in Indianapolis and his preseason NFL debut is the main reason NFL Network has decided to televise the game nationally.

The Rams went 4-0 in the preseason last year before a 2-14 regular season. New head coach Jeff Fisher takes the warm-up games seriously, especially on the defensive side of the ball.

“What you want to do through the preseason is not give up a lot of points, keep the penalties down – keep them way down – protect the football, block and tackle and execute and let the score take care of itself,” Fisher said earlier this week.

He also announced that many of his starters, including running back Steven Jackson and quarterback Sam Bradford, will only partake in “12 to 20 plays” on Sunday.

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Sunday Night Baseball: Braves at Mets
By STEVE MERRIL

The Mets and Braves take over Sunday Night Baseball in New York where the home team hopes to make one last push for the playoffs.

SHEETS OF SUCCESS

Ben Sheets has been incredible this season after having not started since July of 2010. The righty is 4-1 with a 1.41 ERA in five starts for Atlanta. It came at a great time as Jair Jurrjens was ineffective and Brandon Beachy was ruled out for the rest of the season. Sheets made his debut this season against the Mets; he allowed just two hits and one walk while striking out five in six innings. The one weak link in Sheets this season has been his inability to go longer than six innings. Sheets’ worst start of the season came at home against Miami back on August 1st when he allowed 4 runs and 11 hits.

A NIESE MIXED BAG

Jon Niese is a “go-figure” kind of pitcher. He's 8-6 with a 3.82 ERA in 22 starts for the Mets. He has allowed 13 runs and 20 hits in his last three starts taking two losses in those games. Between June 22nd and July 17th, the southpaw made five starts for New York allowing 2 earned runs or more just twice. He has been able to keep his walk totals down allowing only four runners on base via free pass over his last six starts. Niese last faced the Braves on April 8th at home; he gave up two hits and 4 runs in six innings. He has allowed 4 runs or more in four of his last six starts against Atlanta overall.

INJURY REPORT

The Braves may be winning, but they have done so with a ton of injuries. Brian McCann and Chipper Jones are dealing with ailments that kept them out for Friday night's win. The rotation is succeeding despite the fact that Brandon Beachy, Jair Jurrjens, and Tommy Hanson are all on the DL. The Mets injury list got smaller with Johan Santana's return on Saturday. New York is surviving without Mike Pelfrey, Tim Byrdak, Dillon Gee, and Frankie Francisco although the former closer is expected to be activated for Monday's game against the Giants.

TRENDS

-Braves are 4-1 in Sheets' last 5 starts vs. the N.L. East
-Under is 7-3 in Braves last 10 during Game 3 of a series

-Mets are 3-8 in Niese's last 11 starts vs. a team with a winning record
-The Over is 22-9-1 in Niese's last 32 starts vs. a team with a winning record

HITTERS TO WATCH

-Jason Bay is 12-for-30 vs. Sheets
-David Wright is 4-for-11 vs. Sheets

-Martin Prado is 5-for-21 vs. Niese
-Dan Uggla is 7-for-23 vs. Niese

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Sunday's streaking and slumping starting pitchers

STREAKING

Bartolo Colon, Oakland Athletics (9-8, 3.38 ERA)

Colon will move up a day in the rotation to make Sunday's start against the White Sox. The 39-year-old hasn’t allowed an earned run in 22 2/3 innings and has picked up wins in each of his last three starts. The last earned run given up by the right-hander came on a solo home run by the Yankees’ Curtis Granderson on July 22 in Oakland.

Jered Weaver, Los Angeles Angels (15-1, 2.13 ERA)

Weaver notched his second shutout of the season Monday in a 4-0 win over Oakland. The righty has won nine consecutive starts and his only loss this season came on May 13 to the Rangers. He toes the rubber at home against the Mariners in his next outing.

SLUMPING

Yu Darvish, Texas Rangers (11-8, 4.57 ERA)

Darvish was roughed Monday against the Red Sox as he pitched 6 2/3 innings and allowed six runs on 11 hits. The Japanese import has allowed 18 runs over his last three starts and has seen his ERA skyrocket from 3.59 to 4.57 over his last five outings. He looks to turn things around versus the Tigers on Sunday.

Vance Worley, Philadelphia Phillies (6-7, 3.83 ERA)

Worley said he got ill about an hour before Monday's game, but pitched anyway, the Philadelphia Daily News reports. He only lasted 3 2/3 innings, surrendering four runs to the Braves. The righty insists the bone chips in his elbow aren’t to blame for the poor outing and he intends to pitch through the pain for the remainder of the season. His next start is at home versus the Cardinals.

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Mighty Quinn

Mighty missed with the Red Sox Saturday.

Sunday it’s the Pirates. The deficit is 69 sirignanos.

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MLB

Hot pitchers
-- LeBlanc has a 2.16 RA in two starts, but lasted total of only 8.1 innings.
-- Bedard is 1-1, 0.64 in his last two home starts.
-- Gallardo is 2-0, 1.29 in his last couple starts.
-- Cueto is 5-1, 3.46 in his last six starts.
-- Detwiler is 2-1, 2.20 in his last five starts. Corbin is 1-0, 1.50 in his last couple outings.
-- Sheets is 4-1, 1.69 in five starts this season.

-- Hughes is 2-1, 3.38 in his last five starts.
-- Colon is 3-0, 0.48 in his last three starts. Sale is 5-0, 0.94 in his last six home starts.
-- Shields won his last two starts, allowing one run in 17 IP. Diamond is 2-1, 2.31 in his last three outings.
-- Detroit won seven of last eight Porcello starts (5-1, 4.07), scoring 51 runs.
-- Weaver is 9-0, 1.60 in his last nine starts. Vargas is 5-1, 1.84 in his last six.

Cold pitchers
-- Capuano is 0-3, 6.75 in his last three starts.
-- Former Pirate Ohlendorf is 1-2, 7.24 in his last three starts.
-- Lyles is 0-4, 8.19 in his last seven starts.
-- Raley allowed seven runs in four IP in his first MLB start.
-- Zito is 1-2, 6.17 in his last four starts. White is 0-3, 6.66 in his last six.
-- Lynn is 1-1, 6.35 in his last three starts. Worley is 1-2, 6.14 in last four.
-- Niese is 1-2, 5.54 in his last four starts.

-- Happ is 1-3, 5.48 in his last four starts.
-- Lester is 0-5, 8.91 in his last six starts. Kluber has a 7.84 RA in his first two major league starts.
-- BChen is 1-3, 7.71 in his last eight starts. Hunter is 0-3, 5.00 in his last three starts.
-- Darvish is 0-2, 9.50 in his last three starts.

Hot Teams
-- Cardinals won eight of their last twelve games.
-- San Diego won its last six games, allowing 15 runs.
-- Dodgers won eight of their last twelve road games.
-- Braves won 14 of their last 17 games.
-- Washington won 18 of its last 22 games.
-- Rockies won four of their last six road games.

-- Bronx won its last four games, scoring 31 runs.
-- Baltimore won nine of its last thirteen games. Royals won five of seven.
-- White Sox won 14 of their last 19 at home. Oakland won three of its last four games overall.
-- Rays won ten of their last thirteen games.
-- Tigers won seven of their last ten games. Texas won three of four.

Cold Teams
-- Phillies are 6-8 in their last fourteen games.
-- Cubs lost ten of their last eleven games. Cincinnati lost five of seven.
-- Pirates lost four of their last five games.
-- Miami lost 16 of its last 24 games.
-- Mets lost 11 of their last 12 home games.
-- Astros lost 34 of their last 39 games. Milwaukee lost 11 in row on road, but is 3-2 in last five games overall.
-- Diamondbacks lost six of their last eight games.
-- Giants lost three of their last four home games.

-- Blue Jays lost eleven of their last thirteen games.
-- Indians lost 12 of their last 15 games. Boston lost eight of last eleven.
-- Minnesota lost its last four home games.
-- Seattle lost five of its last six games. Angels lost seven of ten.

Totals
-- Under is 12-5-1 in last eighteen games at Wrigley Field.
-- Ten of last thirteen Cardinal road games stayed under.
-- 12 of last 17 San Diego games went over the total.
-- Over is 8-3-1 in last twelve Dodger road games.
-- Nine of last eleven Atlanta games stayed under total.
-- Seven of last nine Houston games stayed under the total.
-- Last five Arizona games went over the total.
-- Under is 6-2-1 in Colorado's last nine road games.

-- Six of last nine Kansas City games stayed under total.
-- Under is 9-2-1 in Cleveland's last twelve home games.
-- Four of last six Toronto games went over the total
-- 13 of last 17 Texas home games stayed under total.
-- Over is 7-3-1 in last eleven Oakland road games.
-- 16 of last 21 Tampa Bay games stayed under total.
-- Under is 7-4-1 in last twelve Seattle road games.

Umpires
-- Cin-Chi-- Last five Kulpa games stayed under the total.
-- Col-SF-- Favorites won six of last seven Gonzalez games.
-- SD-Pitt-- 15 of last 22 Wegner games stayed under total.
-- StL-Phil-- Underdogs won six of last ten LBarrett games.
-- Mil-Hst-- Under is 3-0-1 in Rackley games this season.
-- Atl-NY-- Eight of last 12 Vanover games went over total.
-- LA-Mia-- Over is 4-1-1 in last six Hernandez games.
-- Wsh-Az-- Underdogs are 9-7 in last sixteen Reyburn

-- NY-Tor-- Visiting team won four of last five Dimuro games.
-- Bos-Cle-- Eight of last ten Foster games stayed under total.
-- KC-Blt-- Underdog won six of last seven Campos games.
-- A's-Chi-- Underdogs are 9-7 in last sixteen TWelke games.
-- TB-Min-- Underdogs won six of last eight McClelland games.
-- Det-Tex-- 12 of last 16 Barksdale games stayed under total.
-- Sea-LA-- Visiting teams are 11-5 in Estabrook games this year.

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Today's MLB Picks

Kansas City at Baltimore

The Royals look to follow up yesterday's 7-3 win and build on their 7-1 record in Bruce Chen's last 8 starts after scoring 5 runs or more in the previous game. Kansas City is the pick (+110) according to Dunkel, which has the Royals favored by 1/2 a run. Dunkel Pick: Kansas City (+110). Here are all of today's picks.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 Time Posted: 7:30 a.m. EST

Game 951-952: Atlanta at NY Mets (8:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Atlanta (Sheets) 14.919; NY Mets (Niese) 15.100 Dunkel Line: NY Mets by 1/2; 7 Vegas Line: Atlanta (-120); 7 1/2 Dunkel Pick: NY Mets (+100); Under

Game 953-954: LA Dodgers at Miami (1:10 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: LA Dodgers (Capuano) 14.194; Miami (LeBlanc) 14.659 Dunkel Line: Miami by 1/2; 9 Vegas Line: LA Dodgers (-125); 8 Dunkel Pick: Miami (+105); Over

Game 955-956: San Diego at Pittsburgh (1:35 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: San Diego (Ohlendorf) 15.237; Pittsburgh (Bedard) 15.925 Dunkel Line: Pittsburgh by 1/2; 9 Vegas Line: Pittsburgh (-165); 8 Dunkel Pick: Pittsburgh (-165); Over

Game 957-958: Milwaukee at Houston (2:05 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Milwaukee (Gallardo) 14.731; Houston (Lyles) 14.028 Dunkel Line: Milwaukee by 1/2; 7 Vegas Line: Milwaukee (-200); 8 Dunkel Pick: Milwaukee (-200); Under

Game 959-960: Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs (2:20 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Cincinnati (Cueto) 14.828; Cubs (Raley) 13.911 Dunkel Line: Cincinnati by 1; 9 1/2 Vegas Line: Cincinnati (-180); No Run Total Dunkel Pick: Cincinnati (-180); N/A

Game 961-962: Colorado at San Francisco (4:05 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Colorado (White) 15.242; San Francisco (Zito) 14.701 Dunkel Line: Colorado by 1/2; 7 1/2 Vegas Line: San Francisco (-155); 8 Dunkel Pick: Colorado (+135); Under

Game 963-964: Washington at Arizona (4:10 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Washington (Detwiler) 16.410; Arizona (Corbin) 15.483 Dunkel Line: Washington by 1; 10 Vegas Line: Arizona (-115); 9 Dunkel Pick: Washington (-105); Over

Game 965-966: St. Louis at Philadelphia (1:35 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: St. Louis (Lynn) 14.971; Philadelphia (Worley) 16.208 Dunkel Line: Philadelphia by 1; 8 Vegas Line: St. Louis (-130); 8 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Philadelphia (+110); Under

Game 967-968: NY Yankees at Toronto (1:07 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: NY Yankees (Hughes) 16.858; Toronto (Happ) 14.373 Dunkel Line: NY Yankees by 2 1/2; 9 Vegas Line: NY Yankees (-165); 9 1/2 Dunkel Pick: NY Yankees (-165); Under

Game 969-970: Boston at Cleveland (1:05 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Boston (Lester) 13.950; Cleveland (Kluber) 15.186 Dunkel Line: Cleveland by 1; 10 Vegas Line: Boston (-160); 9 Dunkel Pick: Cleveland (+140); Over

Game 971-972: Kansas City at Baltimore (1:35 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Kansas City (Chen) 16.214; Baltimore (Hunter) 15.654 Dunkel Line: Kansas City by 1/2; 9 Vegas Line: Baltimore (-135); 9 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Kansas City (+115); Under

Game 973-974: Oakland at Chicago White Sox (2:10 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Oakland (Colon) 14.402; White Sox (Sale) 15.738 Dunkel Line: Chicago White Sox by 1 1/2; 8 1/2 Vegas Line: Chicago White Sox (-160); 8 Dunkel Pick: Chicago White Sox (-160); Over

Game 975-976: Tampa Bay at Minnesota (2:10 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Tampa Bay (Shields) 14.874; Minnesota (Diamond) 15.538 Dunkel Line: Minnesota by 1/2; 7 1/2 Vegas Line: Tampa Bay (-120); 8 Dunkel Pick: Minnesota (+100); Under

Game 977-978: Detroit at Texas (3:05 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Detroit (Porcello) 15.739; Texas (Darvish) 15.127 Dunkel Line: Detroit by 1/2; 11 Vegas Line: Texas (-140); 10 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Detroit (+120); Over

Game 979-980: Seattle at LA Angels (3:35 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Seattle (Vargas) 14.351; LA Angels (Weaver) 15.515 Dunkel Line: LA Angels by 1; 8 Vegas Line: LA Angels (-250); 7 Dunkel Pick: LA Angels (-250); Over

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Hondo

Sadly for Hondo, Burnett pitched last night like he was back in the Stadium, getting pummeled by the Pods to increase the deficit to 2,020 jensens.

Today, Mr. Aitch will steer clear of Jon Lester, aka Jonny Lager, and put 10 units on the Native Americans to slay the Sawx. Also, he is figuring on Detwiler to harm the Snakes -- 10 units on the Nats.

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Free Selection from Arthur Ralph Sports

Our Free Plays are 887- 657 (57 %) over the last 4 years PLUS

Free play Sun: Texas -145

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JOE WIZ FREE PICK

Under 8 runs Atlanta and NY Mets

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Cappers Access

Rams +1.5
Rangers

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INSIDERS SPORTS REPORT

4* Atlanta (Sheets) -110 over N.Y. Mets (Niese)
Range: +110 to -130

3* Cincinnati (Cueto) -1.5 runs -110 over Chicago Cubs (Raley)
Range: +110 to -135

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1 unit wagers / Steven Kane

Braves(-112)

The Braves have averaged 8.1 runs in winning the last seven meetings against the Mets. Ben Sheets (4-1, 1.41) has allowed one or no runs in four of his five starts.
While the Mets, who are a season-worst six games under .500, have lost five of six overall and also dropped five of Jonathan Nieses (8-6, 3.82 ERA) last six outings.