Dempster moves to 10-0 at home as Cubs beat Reds
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07/08/2008 -
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ryan Dempster pitched seven strong innings to
remain unbeaten at home and Mike Fontenot belted a two-run homer, as the Cubs
beat the Cincinnati Reds, 7-3, capping a Tuesday in which Chicago made a push
to bolster its pitching staff.
Earlier in the day, the Cubs acquired pitchers Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin
from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for pitcher Sean Gallagher, outfielder
Matt Murton, infielder Eric Patterson and catcher Josh Donaldson.
Dempster (10-3) yielded one run on just two hits, walking four while striking
out five for the Cubs, who have won four of their last six games. He is the
first Cubs starter to win his first 10 decisions at home since Rick Reuschel
did it in 1977.
Geovany Soto also hit a two-run homer for the Cubs, who have won 16 of their
last 18 at home with the only two losses coming to the Baltimore Orioles.
Aaron Harang (3-11) went 4 1/3 innings, giving up six runs on five hits and
seven walks while striking out six for the Reds, who had a four-game winning
streak halted.
Jeff Keppinger had two of Cincinnati's five hits and scored once, while
Javier Valentin's pinch-hit RBI double in the ninth was the only extra base
hit for the visitors.
Aramis Ramirez tripled for Chicago to lead off the second and scored on a
Soto sacrifice fly one batter later.
Ramirez hit a sacrifice fly one inning later to score Ryan Theriot.
The Reds cut the deficit in half when Paul Bako drew a bases-loaded walk in
the fourth to score Ken Griffey, Jr. Griffey led off the inning with a walk
before Adam Dunn and Joey Votto drew one and two-out walks, respectively.
Harang struck out to end the inning.
The Cubs extended their lead to 6-1 with homers in the fourth and fifth.
Fontenot's sixth homer scored Mark DeRosa, who led off the fourth with a walk,
before Soto's 16th blast one inning later also scored Derrek Lee, who walked
to lead off the inning before stealing second on a Ramirez strikeout.
A Jeremy Affeldt wild pitch in the sixth scored Fontenot for a 7-1 lead.
Fontenot led off the inning with a double before Dempster walked. Both runners
moved up a base on a passed ball before the wild pitch.
The Reds picked up a pair of runs in the ninth on Valentin's double and an RBI
groundout from Jerry Hairston Jr.
Game Notes
Besides Reuschel and Dempster, only two other Cubs have won at least 10
straight decisions to start a season at Wrigley: Bill C. Lee in 1936 (11-0)
and Bob Rush in 1956 (10-0).
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NFL 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.
Seriously.
The NFL's problem, when it comes to the gambling world, isn't hypocrisy, it's worse: The bosses lack vision. That's why the league is picking unwinnable fights in Delaware and taking pot shots from critics after making smart sponsorship deals. Roger Goodell and his gang are acting and thinking locally rather than globally, which is rare for them, especially compared to their professional (and amateur) counterparts.
The NBA held its All Star game in Las Vegas and David Stern's kingdom didn't crumble (although the town did bring plenty of players to their knees.) I'd say it's 6 to 5 and pick 'em that Lebron will make a road swing through Sin City before his career is over.
Even the NCAA College Football Betting is more progressive on this issue than the NFL. Several years ago Rachel Newman Baker, college sports' gambling czar, opened a dialogue with Vegas bookmakers to learn about how they do business. She's visited Nevada sports books, studied their operations and listened to how they regulate action. Now she knows she can expect a call from bookmakers, who lose money when sports are fixed, if they think something sketchy is going on in NCAA games. She's not in favor of sports betting, but, as she once told me, "I know it's not going away, either."
The NFL can't seem to accept that. And until it can find peace with the idea, it'll get flack, even when it's right.
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