Wakefield retiring after 19 big league seasons
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02/17/2012 - Fort Myers, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tim Wakefield is retiring from the game of baseball.
The 45-year-old knuckleballer will make his announcement during a Friday press conference at JetBlue Park, the spring training home of the Red Sox in Fort Myers, Florida.
Wakefield spent the final 17 seasons of his 19-year major league career with Boston and helped the club to a pair of World Series titles.
An All-Star for the first and only time in 2009, he was 200-180 with a 4.41 earned run average in 627 games -- 463 starts -- with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston. All but 14 of his victories came as a member of the Red Sox, placing him third on the club's all-time wins list. He trails only Cy Young and Roger Clemens, both of whom had 192.
The oldest player in the majors last season, Wakefield posted a 7-8 record with a 5.12 ERA in 33 games, 23 of them starts.
He earned his 200th career win on September 13 against visiting Toronto and in his next appearance -- September 18 versus Tampa Bay -- became the first Red Sox hurler to reach 3,000 innings pitched with the team.
Only Carl Yastrzemski (23), Ted Williams (19) and Dwight Evans (19) played more years with the Red Sox.
Wakefield burst onto the scene in 1992 with the Pirates, befuddling the National League in 13 starts that season with an 8-1 record and a 2.15 ERA. He helped Pittsburgh to a division title and posted two wins in a pair of starts against Atlanta in the NLCS.
After struggling to a 6-11 mark with a 5.61 ERA the following season for a rebuilding Pittsburgh team, Wakefield found himself in the minors for the entire 1994 campaign before latching on with Boston in '95.
He helped the Red Sox to a division crown in 1995 and also pitched in the postseason for Boston in 1998, '99, 2003, '04, '05, '07 and '08.
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2007 Academy Award Betting : Oscars odds
The 79th Annual Academy Awards odds , which will air February 25th, is sparking an interest throughout the nation with the announcement of its nominees. As the public chooses their favorites, sportsbooks are creating odds for one of the biggest entertainment betting nights of the year.
Whether its at a “Oscar Party” or in an on line sportsbook, entertainment gambling on award shows represent a huge increase in betting. As the public speculation mounts, MySportsbook.com, the largest and most respected sportsbook on the web, posted odds on who is going home with a “Golden Best Friend.”
“ We see a majority of our entertainment wagers come from the Academy Awards,” said MySportsbook.com spokesperson, Tim Dalton. “This is a competition that applies to everyone. These are the people that entertain us on a daily basis and you want to see them win.”
MySportsbook.com posted the following odds for Academy Awards:
Odds to win the Achievement in Directing:
Alejandro González Iñárritu "Babel": 8/1
Martin Scorsese "The Departed": 2/17
Clint Eastwood "Letters From Iwo Jima: 4/1
Stephen Frears "The Queen": 12/1
Paul Greengrass "United 93": 15/1
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:
Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond": 11/1
Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson": 20/1
Peter O’Toole in "Venus": 16/5
Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness": 16/1
Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland": 1/11
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:
Penélope Cruz in "Volver": 18/1
Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal": 15/1
Helen Mirren in "The Queen": 1/50
Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada": 10/1
Kate Winslet in "Little Children": 20/1
Best Animated Feature Film:
"Cars": 1/3
"Happy Feet": 2/1
"Monster House": 20/1
Best Foreign-Language Film of the Year:
"Water" – Canada: 22/1
"The Lives of Others" – Germany: 7/2
"After the Wedding" - Denmark: 24/1
"Days of Glory (Indigenes)" – Algeria: 23/1
"Pan's Labyrinth" - Mexico: 1/10
Odds to win the Best Live-Action Short Film:
"Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)": 6/5
"Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)": 7/2
"Helmer & Son": 5/2
"The Saviour": 6/1
"West Bank Story": 7/2
Odds to win the Best Original Screenplay:
"Babel": 7/4
"Letters From Iwo Jima": 3/1
"Little Miss Sunshine": 21/20
"Pan's Labyrinth": 11/4
"The Queen": 5/4
Best Motion Picture of the Year:
"Babel": 11/4
"The Departed": 1/2
"Letters from Iwo Jima": 15/2
"Little Miss Sunshine": 17/10
"The Queen": 20/1
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:
Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 11/10
Jackie Earle Haley in "Little Children": 10/1
Djimon Hounsou in "Blood Diamond": 9/1
Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls": 2/5
Mark Wahlberg in "The Departed": 5/1
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:
Adriana Barraza in "Babel": 14/1
Cate Blanchett in "Notes on a Scandal": 11/1
Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 2/1
Jennifer Hudson in "Dreamgirls": 1/8
Rinko Kikuchi in "Babel": 11/1
Film To Win Most Oscars:
Dreamgirls: 2/3
Pans Labyrinth: 6/5
The Departed: 6/1
The Queen: 11/1
Babel: 15/1
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: 11/1
Little Miss Sunshine: 15/1
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