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“Is it fun or are we really corroding the sports and the sportsmen? Sports betting is growing in importance nowadays. There is no sport in the world today for which there is no gambling. The sports grounds have been converted to casinos and a sports game being played between two teams is now more like a poker game being played on a table at a casino. Although it appears fun and thrill to many, it may be handicapping the sportsmen and the people who are die hard fans of these sports. This many times creates lots of fuss over sports losses.

Like the other aspects of our lives, sports betting is also one very commonly done through the internet. You can always find reliable web sites on the World Wide Web which provide you e-solutions to put your hard earned money into sports betting. It is safer this way. You can trust the services of e-gold more while betting than you can trust an unknown bookie. The bookmakers thus have organized their work and come to a higher standard of providing services to people now. To involve more and more people form all parts of the world, the bookmakers now use pecunix or e-bullion as a resource of transferring money to and from online betting web sites. This is an arrangement that people trust. Liberty reserves is also one of the names which has a strong credibility. Those betting web sites which have their active relationship with any of these money transferring web sites are in a better position to get the attention of the people who are interested in betting.

Bookmaking may seem to be an unfair thing to many, but a lot of people enjoy it. With the common use of internet for this phenomenon, it has become a much organized way of enjoying the sports. There is a lot going on in the world of sports all the time. These web sites turn there attention towards the sport which is the most popular at any particular point in time. In this way not only people can enjoy their sports betting in a safer way, the web sites are also in a better position of doing business. There is no handicapping these web sites now. Making it easy, safe and private is what the web sites need to do. They also need to find the right sports on which people enjoy betting in a particular season. With these steps taken, there is a safe environment for those who are making the bets as well as for the web sites. “

The good news for the LA Angels is that they are only four game back in the loss column in the wacky AL West. The bad news is that 2005 CY Young award winner Bartolo Colon is returning and has looked brutal in 2006.

In his third minor league rehabilitation start, Colon gave up six earned runs and nine hits against the Fresno Grizzlies. In three starts for the Angels this season, Colon is 0-2 with a 7.07 ERA and they are going to send down their best pitcher to accommodate him.

Jered Weaver, the Angels’ first-round draft pick in June 2004, reduced his ERA to 1.37 and became the second pitcher in franchise history to win his first four major league starts on Tuesday night. The other was Bo Belinsky, who won his first five starts in 1962 and finished his rookie season 10-11. Whether that’s enough to keep Weaver up in the bigs is another story. He has allowed just four earned runs, 16 hits and four walks in his 26 1-3 innings of work — and has received a total of 30 runs of support from his teammates.

The player who should be sent down is Weaver’s brother Jeff Weaver who is 3-9 with an embarrassing ERA of 6.15, but is earning $8.3 million.

The Angels are lucky to have Orlando Cabrera in the lineup as this guy has been incredible. Cabrera has reached base in 43 consecutive games without the benefit of a fielder’s choice, the longest current streak in baseball and longest in club history. He has hit safely in 27 of his last 31 contests and is 25-for-54 over his last 14 games, raising his average from .271 to .313.

When the LA Dodgers acquired Brad Penny a couple of years ago, much was expected of the hard throwing righthander, but some arm ailments affected him and he was just 7-9 in 2005. Already in 2006 he has equaled his 2005 total.  Penny (7-1, 2.34 ERA) is 5-0 with a 2.03 ERA over seven starts since his lone loss of the season at Arizona on May 1. He also hasn’t allowed a home run in 10 outings since April 14.

The right-hander enters tonight’s start with a scoreless streak of 14 1-3 innings after a victory at Colorado on Friday. He surrendered five hits over 8 1-3 innings in a 3-0 win.

Padres catcher Mike Piazza, a former Dodger who is hitless in his last nine at-bats, is hitting .400 (12-for-30) with three homers and 12 RBIs in his career against Penny.  Piazza is hitting just .188 at home this season.

The Colorado Rockies look to win three straight road games for the first time since April when they continue a four-game series against the Washington Nationals at RFK Stadium on Wednesday.

The Rockies (32-32) opened the season winning 10 of their first 13 road games, but have gone just 6-13 away from Denver since May 1. Still, Colorado is 16-16 on the road this season — a huge improvement over last season’s 27-54 mark.

Garrett Atkins had a double and scored two runs, and is batting .395 (17-for-43) with seven runs, five doubles and nine RBIs during a season-high 12-game hitting streak.

Washington will counter with Tony Armas (6-3, 3.48), who has won six of his last seven decisions. He allowed three runs and six hits in five innings in a 9-8, 12-inning win over Philadelphia on Friday, but did not receive a decision.

The Nationals have won in six of his last seven starts.

Armas is just 1-1 with a 4.80 ERA in six starts at RFK, and has pitched five or fewer innings in three of his last four home starts, posting a 7.13 ERA in those games.

The right-hander is 2-2 with a 7.39 ERA in seven starts against the Rockies, but went 1-0 with a 1.13 ERA in two starts against them last season.

We told you what to expect this year from over the hill Randy Johnson and he has failed to earn his salary in 2006. Johnson (7-5, 5.63 ERA) was hit hard again his last time out, allowing six runs and six hits over four innings of a 6-5 loss to Oakland on Friday. He gave up three more homers, a season high, to bring his total for the year to 15.

The Big Unit has surrendered 10 homers in his last 33 1-3 innings spanning six starts, doing nothing to dispel the notion that his dominance may be fading at age 42. Last year, he gave up a career-high 32 homers in his first season with New York.

It is easy to sign up for a handicapping service and fork out $50-$5000 a month for their picks, and it is easy to blame that same handicapper later if those picks turn out to be losers. The Lazy, easy and comfortable way is to blame someone else. Period.

I will let you in on a little secret: people who make money gambling do not use handicapping services. They choose their picks themselves. And if you plan to spend 5 minutes staring at the morning newspaper to do that – this article is not for you. There is no such thing as free lunch amigo and winning gamblers spend a good amount of time combining and calculating whatever variables they take into account to make their picks. No sweat – no bread.

Most people don’t understand baseball betting and many don’t get involved as they don’t have time to study teams, statistics, pitchers and all the information needed to be successful in baseball gambling. But hold on, the task is not as scary as it seems. Most sportsbooks are happy to simply break even during baseball season. I am surprised that more people are betting on football instead of baseball – it is so much harder to win.

Why would an online gambling site give you such valuable inside information you ask? It is in our interest that you lose money you would think… but not so. You see, if you become a better educated player, you will bet longer and generate us more juice. For us, the more, and the longer you play the better – we take commission on every bet.

Now down to business. Betting on baseball is one of the easiest ways to make money gambling as it’s one of the easiest sports to handicap – there is no point spread to beat – your team wins, your wager wins.

I will omit the basics of baseball here assuming that you know the sport, terminology and statistics involved.

In football and basketball, team vs. team handicapping is the key – but with baseball you have double the handicapping opportunity since both team and pitching match-ups can offer a winning edge.

Rule #1
Never play heavy favorites. Never bet on a team that is over -150 (some handicappers. Simple example at the grammar school arithmetic level would help here: player needs to win 40% of +150 dogs to break even vs. 60% of -150 favorites. If you predict that team has a 65% chance of winning and you bet it at -250 – forgetaboutit. Wins and losses are so irrelevant when betting on MLB.

You got to love big dogs in baseball.

Consider bullpen depth of the team if it’s line is close to -150. If a bullpen has over a 3.50 ERA, and the closer is struggling or giving up late runs, be extra careful.

Rule #2
Never bet action. Listed pitchers in your baseball picks only.

Rule #3
Never bet the run line (run line is essentially a point spread for baseball).

Rule #4
Never bet a favorite when that team is going for a series sweep.

Rule #5
Starting pitcher is not worth as much as you might think.

Rule #6
Home dogs are stronger.