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Harman and Clemson handle Arizona StateCbaseball Betting Lines06/21/2010 - Omaha, NE (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Casey Harman worked six-plus solid innings and five different players drove in a run, as Clemson knocked off Arizona State, 6-3, in first round action at the College World Series in Omaha. Clemson tallied twice in the second inning to take the lead on an infield hit by Spencer Kieboom and a throwing error by Sun Devils shortstop Deven Marrero. The Tigers then loaded the bases with two outs for two-sport star Kyle Parker, who grounded out to end the threat. He is the only player in NCAA history to throw 20 touchdown passes and hit 20 home runs in a calendar year. Austin Barnes' sacrifice fly in the home third scored Raoul Torrez to cut the lead to 2-1. John Hinson' RBI single with one out in the fifth scored Jeff Schaus and spelled the end of the line for Arizona State starter Seth Blair. Brady Rogers took over and gave up a fly ball to left by Richie Shaffer that was lost in the sun and landed for a base hit that scored Parker to increase the Clemson advantage to 4-1. Wilson Boyd followed with a single to center that brought home Hinson to push the lead to four. The Sun Devils right-hander was charged with five runs on seven hits, while matching a career-high with five walks and fanning four in suffering his first loss of the season against 12 wins. The teams traded runs in the sixth inning and Harman, who was roughed up by Arizona State last year in the Super Regionals for four runs on 10 hits over 5 2/3 frames, took a 6-2 lead into the seventh. The southpaw was lifted after a pair of singles and walk loaded the bases with nobody out. Alex Frederick took over and worked out of the jam by allowing only a run-scoring groundout. Harman picked up the win after he was charged with three runs on seven hits with three walks and five strikeouts. Frederick finished off his three innings by blanking the Sun Devils over the next two frames to wrap up the victory and set up a Tuesday meeting with Oklahoma.
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SPORTS BETTING: NFL Football Sportsbook BettingNFL owners, already life's biggest winners, want to try their luck with the lottery.That was the news out of their meetings last week, where team bosses voted unanimously to allow stamping state and local lottery tickets with franchise logos, if, ahem, any governments wanted to do a deal. A shocker: Within days the Pats announced they'd be sponsoring the Massachusetts state lottery, the Skins said they'd slap their sticker on Virginia scratch-offs and the Ravens admitted they were talking to Maryland lottery bosses. In all likelihood, it won't be long before every team is a presenting sponsor of scratch-offs or just plain old pick fives. "The change in policy was approved 32-0," said NFL spokesman Greg Aiello. "So you can expect to see more deals soon." It's a branding opportunity too big for the owners to ignore, and one a couple of dozen baseball franchises have enjoyed for years. The fact the NFL has been slower to act than those slack-brained Seligites is indicative of its complicated relationship with all forms of gambling. Consider this: Last Thursday, as the Pats and the Redskins finalized their new lottery deals, a lawyer representing the NFL argued before Delaware's Supreme Court that the state's newly signed sports betting law should be repealed. The NFL betting is the face of opposition to sports gambling . And as much as it would like to share that responsibility with other leagues, that's not going to happen as long as more than 40% of all money legally wagered on games is bet on football. That's why the Brewers can do a multi-million dollar deal with a local casino, or the Celtics can make their own pact with the Mass lottery, and the response is, "Sweet, let's play." But when the NFL does it the stakes are higher, and everyone from NPR's Frank Deford to the Associated Press to the guys blogging at Deadspin will line up to play gotcha. So I asked Aiello, who surely knew there'd be piling on, how the league can rail against being bait for sports bettors, then allow its franchises to be just that for lotteries, the most insidious and addictive form of gambling around. He emailed me this response: "We are not moral crusaders. NFL personnel are permitted to engage in legal forms of gambling, except for betting on NFL games. We are making a distinction here between the spread of gambling on the outcome of our games and supporting state lottery scratch-off games, that have nothing to do with the outcome of our games." Here's where I should rip him. But, the thing is, he's right. Not to get Obama on you, but this is a complicated, nuanced issue. As much as lotteries are considered a tax on the poor, the NFL isn't a socially obligated government program -- it's just a business. Scratch-off's help the bottom line, sports betting doesn't. Now, it's okay to call the league hypocritical when it releases injury reports, which players have told me only helps bettors … But when it supports other forms of gaming? Big Deal. Now, it's okay to call the league hypocritical when it releases injury reports, which players have told me only helps bettors. And it's okay to mutter something obscene when the league pretends gambling doesn't help drive TV ratings and fan interest and put money in owners' pockets. But when it supports other forms of gaming? Big Deal. The Bears should put an orange "C" on every deck of cards dealt at Harrah's in Joliet; the Eagles should slap their logo on roulette wheels at the Borgata in Atlantic City; the Dolphins should hold training camp at the El San Juan in Puerto Rico. To visit this online sportsbook got to MySportsbook.com for all your Sportsbook accepts MasterCard needs. |
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