So long World Cup, hello baseball
The World Cup, the summer’s biggest event, is over and they are still celebrating all throughout Spain. But that hardly means that unique betting options at Bodog’s online sportsbook won’t be available the rest of the summer. Indeed, the Web’s gaming leader for more than 15 years now focuses on the second half of the Major League Baseball season and the “dog days of summer.” The New York Yankees enter the second half of the season with baseball’s best record and they remain the Bodog MLB futures odds favorites to win the World Series at 3/1. But what about the Texas Rangers, who entered the All-Star Break with the biggest division lead in baseball? The Rangers added pitcher Cliff Lee, the top player available on the trade market. Lee could be the difference in the Rangers reaching the postseason for the first time since 1999, and he proved last year he can dominate in the playoffs as well. The most up-for-grabs division appears to be the NL West, as the surprising San Diego Padres ended the first half with a two-game lead but there are three teams within four games of the Padres. Can San Diego hold on?