05/11/2008 - San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Diego Padres acquired pitcher Bryan Corey from the Boston Red Sox on Sunday in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations.
Corey, who was outrighted to Triple-A Pawtucket on April 30, has a bloated 10.50 earned run average in seven relief appearances over two stints with the Red Sox this season.
The 34-year-old right-hander is 3-1 with a 4.40 ERA in 52 career relief appearances over parts of five seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks (1998), Los Angeles Dodgers (2002), Texas Rangers (2006) and Red Sox (2006-08).
To make room for Corey on the roster, the Padres optioned pitcher Joe Thatcher to Triple-A Portland.
Thatcher, 26, is 0-4 with a 6.75 earned run average in 16 relief appearances with the Padres this season.
<< Diamondbacks' Johnson scratched from start
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Randy
Johnson was scratched from his scheduled start against the Chicago Cubs on
Sunday due to wet weather conditions.
Edgar Gonzalez was tabbed to start in Johnson's pl
<< Yankees-Tigers postponed due to heavy rain
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sunday's scheduled series finale between the
New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers was postponed due to rain.
No make-up date for the game was announced.
<< Inter held by Siena, Roma cuts lead to one point
Milan, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Inter Milan failed in its second attempt to
secure a third straight Serie A title, finishing 2-2 with Siena at the San
Siro while Roma beat Atalanta 2-1, cutting Inter's lead to just one point with
one gam
<< Fever knocks Recapturetheglory out of Preakness
Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Recapturetheglory, fifth in the Kentucky
Derby, has been declared out of the Preakness Stakes after showing a fever
Friday night.
"We took his temperature last night (Friday)," assistant trainer
Millwood sent to 15-day DL >>
Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Texas Rangers placed starting
pitcher Kevin Millwood on the 15-day disabled list on Sunday with a strained
right groin.
Millwood left Saturday's 6-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics af
Braves/Bucs game rained out >>
Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sunday's game between the Atlanta Braves
and Pittsburgh Pirates was postponed due to rain.
The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Monday, with the first
pitch scheduled for 12:35 p.m. (e
Toronto, Cleveland to play doubleheader Monday after rainout >>
Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sunday's game between the Toronto Blue Jays
and the Cleveland Indians has been postponed due to rain.
The game will be made up as a traditional doubleheader on Monday, as the clubs
will play twice to fini
Latvia, Switzerland victorious at Worlds >>
Halifax, Nova Scotia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Herberts Vasiljevs tallied the go-
ahead goal late in the first period, as Latvia cruised to a 4-1 win over
Norway at the 2008 World Hockey Championships.
Lauris Darzins registered a goal a
Albert Pujols to be This Year's Home Run Champ Says Online Sportsbook
Barry Bonds is a 50-1 long shot to be this year's home run champ odds. The favorite to be this year's home run champ is none other than Albert Pujols, however.
Now that Barry Bonds is signed and in Giants camp, it is on to his pursuit of all of sports most prestigious records: the all-time home run mark. Bonds sits just 21 homers shy of tying Hank Aaron for the career mark at 755. Word out of Giants’ camp is that Bonds is the healthiest he has been in a few years. Bonds is just two seasons removed from his injury riddled 2005 campaign where he played in only 14 games and hit only 5 home runs. He did come back last year and had a solid season hitting .270 with 26 bombs. All eyes will be on Bonds this spring and summer not only because of his home run chase but his highly publicized steroid abuse allegations. If and when Bonds breaks the record, he surely will not get the positive attention one should for breaking a record that was once thought of as “unbreakable”. Despite Bonds decent season last year, he is just 50-1 at MySportsbook.com to lead the MLB in long balls this season.
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