Dallas Sports Fan – Rangers Finally Lose A Game, Cowboys Hoping To Get Back To Work Soon

MLB betting players have been rolling with the Texas Rangers, who have opened up their lead at the top of the American League West with a recent hot streak. In other Dallas news, the Cowboys will be sitting and waiting to hear if they’ll be able to get back on the field soon.

Texas Rangers

The Rangers had won seven in a row before the All-Star break, and then they picked up right there they left off with a sweep of Seattle on the road, outscoring the anemic Mariners 17-2 over a four-game set. C.J. Wilson bounced back from his All-Star loss with a strong performance against Seattle, and it was even more impressive as he was going up against reigning Cy Young winner Felix Hernandez. Then the Rangers kept it going with a 7-0 win in Anaheim over the Angels, their closest pursuers in the West, before the Angels recovered to snap Texas’ winning streak at 12 with a 9-8 victory. Josh Hamilton and Ian Kinsler both hit a pair of home runs over the week (both of Kinsler’s homers came against Hernandez), while Michael Young hit .348, and you have to consider the Rangers to be, by far, the sports betting favorites in the West. They still have to finish out their series in Anaheim/Los Angeles on Thursday, before beginning a seven-game homestand as Toronto and Minnesota come to town. The series against Toronto will be on the watch for those who follow MLB highlights and like high-scoring games, as both teams rank in the top five in the major leagues in terms of runs.

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Dallas Cowboys

If you’re waiting to make NFL picks, there is plenty of reason to be optimistic as multiple sources are reporting that the two sides will have a deal hashed out in the new few days, possibly sooner. In fact, the owners will be called to vote on a proposal from the players as soon as Thursday afternoon, and the Cowboys have announced that they could open training camp as early as next Thursday. The sooner, the better, for the Cowboys as they have a number of questions to answer, notably in the secondary which was awful last season, and in a division with quarterbacks like New York’s Eli Manning and Philadelphia’s Michael Vick, the need to bolster the back line is huge. Expect the Cowboys to make a big play for cornerback Nmandi Asomugha, who is likely to leave Oakland and test the free-agent market, and signing him would be a major coup for the Cowboys, giving them one of the top two or three corners in the league. That move would certainly boost their sports betting odds for the upcoming season.

Dallas Round-Up – Rangers Catching Fire

World Cup betting players in Dallas should have been happy to see Clint Dempsey, a Texas native, score the goal that gave the Americans a 1-1 draw against England in their first match.  Outside of the World Cup, it’s been quiet in Dallas as the Cowboys, Mavericks and Stars are all getting ready for next season, which leaves the entire floor to the Rangers, who are showing that their quest for the American League West crown is no joke.

Texas Rangers

The Rangers have had a big week in interleague action, taking two of three in Milwaukee, and they were going for the sweep of Florida on the road on Thursday night.  Josh Hamilton has had a wild seven days, hitting .500 on 24 at-bats with four dingers and nine RBIs, and the Texas slugger is now tied for fourth in the American League with 16 homers.  Michael Young had a typically solid week, hitting .346 with a homer and four RBIs, but more importantly, Young set the Rangers’ all-time record for hits on Wednesday night against the Marlins.  Young now has 1,748 career hits, and there doesn’t seem to be any end in sight for the 33-year-old third baseman.  The Rangers may be a little worried because Ian Kinsler said that the ankle injury that kept him out of the Opening Day lineup isn’t fully healed yet.  To a USA World Cup betting player, this would be like Dempsey operating at half-speed for the national team.  Also on the injury front, the Rangers would love to have Nelson Cruz back in the lineup.

Everyone knows that the Rangers’ MLB betting odds will depend on how their pitching holds up, and it’s still doing pretty well two months into the season.  However, injuries could play a big role in this portion of the season, and the Rangers may have to decide if they’re going to go after a pitcher before the deadline (Seattle’s Cliff Lee and Houston’s Roy Oswalt are the big targets this year).  Rookie Tommy Hunter won his first major-league start, but left three innings into his next outing with an ailing hip.  Rich Harden is also on the disabled list again with a strained glute, and he’ll be out for at least three weeks, but he was struggling before he got hurt anyway, so the Rangers will probably let him work on some things in the minors before he comes back.  Neftali Feliz was 2-for-2 in save opportunities last week, and it appears as though the Rangers’ pitching is as good as it’s ever been.  Still, Nolan Ryan would love to get another starter in there, so we would lay a sports bet on Texas making contact with either Lee or Oswalt at some point.

Return of Ian Kinsler sparks Texas Rangers

Man it sure is nice to get quality starts on a consistent basis.

There are a lot of people who think that stat is flawed – and it is – but its main use is to determine whether or not a pitcher kept his team in the game.

Each of the last five games, the Rangers starters have done that.

Their record in those games?

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