08/27/2008 - Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Red Sox bolstered their outfield on Wednesday by landing veteran Mark Kotsay from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for minor league outfielder Luis Sumoza.
Just a day after sending outfielder J.D. Drew to the disabled list with a back strain, the Red Sox picked up another left-handed bat for the stretch run. The 32-year-old Kotsay was hitting .289 with six home runs and 37 RBI in 88 games with Atlanta this season.
The 20-year-old Sumoza hit .301 with 11 home runs, 15 doubles and 38 RBI in 51 games with the Lowell Spinners of the Single-A New York-Penn League. A native of Maracay, Venezuela, Sumoza will join the Single-A Rome Braves.
Atlanta already sent star first baseman Mark Teixeira to the Angels in a July 29 deal for first baseman Casey Kotchman. Now the club has parted ways with Kotsay, who was added in an offseason deal that sent relief pitcher Joey Devine to Oakland. The veteran outfielder was brought to Atlanta to fill the center field position vacated by Andruw Jones, whom the Braves elected not to re-sign. Jones signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Kotsay, who missed five weeks this season with a bad back and missed much of 2007 with Oakland after back surgery, is a career .282 hitter over 12 seasons with the Florida Marlins, San Diego Padres, Athletics, and Atlanta. Kotsay, who will be a free agent after this season, hit for the cycle in a 5-for-5 game against the Chicago Cubs on August 14.
The Braves recalled Josh Anderson from Triple-A Richmond on Wednesday to take Kotsay's roster spot.
The Braves enter play Wednesday at 58-74, 15 games behind first-place Philadelphia in the NL East. The Red Sox, conversely, begin Wednesday at 76-55, 3 1/2 games behind Tampa Bay for first place in the AL East, and 2 1/2 games ahead of Minnesota for the AL wild card.
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Flushing Meadows, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former champion and last year's
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Flushing Meadows, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Russian star Nikolay Davydenko was
an easy first-round winner Wednesday at the 2008 U.S. Open.
The fifth-seeded Davydenko drubbed Israeli Dudi Sela 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 at the USTA
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<< NASCAR puts Busch, Edwards on probation for post-race incident
Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - NASCAR placed Kurt Busch and Carl Edwards
on probation for the next six races of the Sprint Cup Series after the two
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<< Blackburn signs Australian midfielder Grella
Blackburn, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Blackburn Rovers have completed the
signing of Australia international midfielder Vince Grella on a four-year
contract from Italian club Torino.
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Hayes, Humphrey selected as senior nominees for Pro Football Hall >>
Canton, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bob Hayes and Claude Humphrey have been selected
as the senior nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2009.
Hayes and Humphrey will join 15 still-to-be-named modern-era candidates on the
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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Major League Baseball joined its other major sport
contemporaries on Tuesday by implementing instant replay on a limited basis
for the rest of the season and the playoffs.
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Rossi to miss start of La Liga season for Villarreal >>
Villarreal, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi will
miss the start of the new La Liga season after injuring his ankle in training.
Last season's 11-goal marksman is likely to miss the opening two league games
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Kuznetsova, Dementieva reach third round in New York >>
Flushing Meadows, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former champion and last year's
runner-up Svetlana Kuznetsova and Olympic gold medalist Elena Dementieva were
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MySportsbook.com favors Bears, Bengals, Chargers and Colts to remain perfect
LAS VEGAS , Sept. 28 - Two big match-ups of undefeated teams have fans salivating at the Week Four schedule in the NFL. The Chicago Bears stifling defense looks to provide a less than hospitable welcome to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday night in a battle of two 3-0 teams in the NFC conference. In the AFC, the San Diego Chargers (2-0) head to Maryland to face the surprising Baltimore Ravens (3-0) as both try to keep pace atop the conference standings. Betting Lines makers at MySportsbook.com, online sportsbook and casino, have set the Bears as 3.5 point favorites while the Chargers are a 2.5 point bet.
Of the three remaining undefeated teams, only one, New Orleans, enters this week's game as an underdog. Despite an emotional and resounding win over Atlanta on Monday night, the Saints are a 7.5 point underdog against the struggling Carolina Panthers. Indianapolis looks to stay perfect when they face the New York Jets as a 9 point road favorite while the Cincinnati Bengals are a 6 point favorite at home to the New England Patriots.
Six teams enter the week still looking for their first win, with a seventh, Tampa Bay, on a bye week. The prospect of dropping another game would not bode well for a potential playoff run. Since 1990, just three teams -- the 1992 Chargers, 1995 Detroit Lions and 1998 Buffalo Bills -- have overcome losing their first three games of the season to earn a postseason berth. And only the Chargers managed to accomplish the feat after starting 0-4.
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