MLB Picks: St. Louis Cardinals vs Baltimore Orioles MLB Picks

Baltimore Orioles vs St. Louis Cardinals MLB Picks: The St. Louis Cardinals will go for the sweep tonight in their three-game interleague series with the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards. Game time is set for 7:05 p.m. (ET) and it will be broadcast nationally on the MLB Network.

St. Louis came into this series with just one win in its last six games, but is on the verge of a three-game sweep after outscoring the Orioles 11-3 in the first two games. Both games have also stayed ‘under’ the total. The Cardinals are now 43-38 overall and just one game in back of Milwaukee in the NL Central. They are 21-18 at home and 22-20 on the road.

MLB Picks: Philadelphia Phillies vs Boston Red Sox MLB Picks

Boston Red Sox vs Philadelphia Phillies  MLB Picks:  The Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies play the second of a three-game set at Citizens Bank Park tonight in what could very well be a sneak-peak at this year’s World Series. Game time is set for 7:05 p.m. (ET) and it will be broadcast nationally on ESPN2.

Boston was completely shut down by Cliff Lee last night in a 5-0 loss as a 129 road underdog. The loss dropped the Red Sox to 45-33 on the year and they are now a game and a half behind New York in the AL East. They are 22-16 at home and 23-17 on the road.

MLB Picks: Boston Red Sox vs Philadelphia Phillies Free MLB Picks

Philadelphia Phillies vs Boston Red Sox MLB Picks: Two of the top teams in MLB betting action this year duke it out in the City of Brotherly Love on Tuesday night, as the Boston Red Sox take on the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Sox are 13 games above .500 as we head towards the All-Star Break, and they have really turned on the jets in spite of the fact that they really had a terrible start to the season. The main man responsible for a lot of this success has been Josh Beckett, who will be on the bump on Tuesday.

MLB Picks News: MLB ‘Totals’ Update

MLB Picks News: The 2011 MLB All-Star game is just two weeks away as the regular season approaches the halfway point. All 30 teams have played at least 75 games so now is a good time to take a look at which ones have been the best play against the ‘over/under’ line.

The odds makers have had enough time to sharpen their pencils and tighten up their totals lines, but there is still quite a bit of opportunity out there if you know where to look.

NFL Picks News and Notes From Top NFL Picks

NFL Picks News: While nothing concrete has been decided, both the NFL owners and players offered a glimmer of hope that a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement between the two sides can reach reached within the next few weeks.

Both sides finally appear to have the necessary sense of urgency to get this whole mess resolved. If they can iron out a deal by mid-July, there should be little or no disruption to the current schedule in terms of the start of summer training camps and preseason games.

MLB Betting: Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals MLB Free Picks

St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies MLB Betting: The Philadelphia Phillies will go for the series sweep tonight over the St. Louis Cardinals in the finale of their three-game series at Busch Stadium. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:15 p.m. (ET) and the game will be broadcast nationally on the MLB Network.

Behind solid performances from both Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee, Philadelphia won the first two games of this series by a combined score of 14-2.

MLB Free Baseball Picks: MLB Futures Update

MLB Free Baseball Picks: MLB Futures Update: The dog days of summer are rapidly approaching as the 2011 Major League regular season has hit the 70 game marks. The two preseason favorites; Boston in the American League and Philadelphia in the National League currently sit at the top of their division, but there are a couple of surprise teams leading or contending in theirs.

MLB Picks: Chicago White Sox vs Arizona Diamondbacks MLB Betting

Arizona Diamondbacks vs Chicago White Sox MLB Picks : The Chicago White Sox continue their three-game interleague series with the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field today in Game 2. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:10 p.m. (ET) and the game will be broadcast regionally on the MLB Network.

Chicago was haunted by one of its old pitchers Daniel Hudson in Friday’s Game 1 when he pitched the Diamondbacks to a 4-1 decision over the 121 road underdogs. The loss was the White Sox’s third in-a-row leaving them 5.5 games in back of Cleveland and Detroit in the AL Central with an overall record of 33-38. They are 16-17 at home and 17-21 on the road.

MLB Picks: New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves Live MLB Odds

Atlanta Braves vs New York Mets MLB Picks : The New York Mets will go for the sweep tonight over the Atlanta Braves as these two NL East rivals wrap-up a three-game set at Turner Field. Game time is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. (ET) and it will be available on MLB TV.

New York followed up Tuesday night’s 4-3 victory as a 122 road underdog with a 4-0 shutout as a 123 dog in Wednesday’s Game 2. The win pushed the Mets to .500 on the year at 34-34 but they are still 8.5 games in back of Philadelphia in the division. They are 15-17 at home and 19-17 on the road.

MLB Picks: Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays MLB Betting

Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox MLB Picks : They might have started the season slowly, but no one is hotter than the Boston Red Sox are right now. 

Boston isn’t just beating the opposition, they are absolutely steamrolling them. The Red Sox outscored the Blue Jays 35-6 in their three-game sweep in Toronto this past weekend.

MLB Betting: Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants Live MLB Picks

San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds MLB Free Picks : It’s another edition of ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball, and here at Bang the Book, we have our baseball picks ready to go for the clash this week between the Cincinnati Reds and the San Francisco Giants.

Fortunately for the Reds, they had themselves a great series this weekend, which included getting three great starting pitching performances and one incredibly game yesterday out of the offense against Tim Lincecum, one of the best pitchers in the game today.

NFL Betting: 2011 CFL Grey Cup Odds

2011 CFL Grey Cup NFL Picks: If you are like millions of other football fans that are fed up with the antics of the owners and the players in the NFL, it may be time to turn your attention north to the Canadian Football League, which gets underway next week with a full slate of preseason games.

The CFL’s equivalent of the Vince Lombardi Trophy that is presented to the winning team at the Super Bowl each year is known as the Grey Cup. The following is a brief preview of each team along with their odds to win this season’s Grey Cup.

Free MLB Baseball: Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Indians MLB Betting

Cleveland Indians vs Minnesota Twins Free MLB Baseball: It’s getaway day on the diamond on Wednesday, and a pair of AL Central teams square off in MLB betting action at Progressive Field at 12:05 ET, as the Minnesota Twins take on the Cleveland Indians.

More losses for the Twins… In fairness, this is a team that has only played 21 home games in total and already has 23 losses on the road. Minnesota is playing its 40th road game of the season already, so there might be some hope for a comeback on the campaign… but things are just not right at this point in the Great Lakes area.

MLB Betting: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Philadelphia Phillies MLB Predictions

Philadelphia Phillies vs Los Angeles Dodgers MLB Predictions: Both the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies have had quite the history with one another, especially in the postseason in recent years. The two will start off a big time three game set in MLB betting action on Monday night in the City of Brotherly Love.

The Dodgers did a great job this weekend against the Cincinnati Reds, taking two of the three games to get back within four games of the .500 mark. However, this really does have the potential to be a rough series for them.

MLB Betting: San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals MLB Odds

Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins MLB Betting: The MLB Network will be covering baseball betting action on Thursday night from Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, as the Kansas City Royals try to get the best of the Minnesota Twins in the first game of a four game set. The first pitch is set for 8:10 ET.

Things are just going from bad to worse for the Twins this year. They are already 20 games below .500 and would have to basically win every single game for the rest of the month of June to be able to get back into the race in the AL Central.