Who's betting what on CUBS vs CARDS 8/10 TONIGHT?

Jaime García is not in the Cardinals bullpen is he?

I thought not.

I like that!

Will consider it.

Rule of thumb, and it should be everybody's rule of thumb.  When a bettor had ALL DAY to bet a team at a decent price but instead he went "out to lunch" and therefore wound up laying an extra 10-20 cents, that's when you know the guy will never be a winner. 

How retarded is it to, say, lay -155 on the Cubs right now, thereby letting your bookie have the Cardinals at +155 when the Cardinals were +125 this morning?  Is everyone cool with giving the lowly bookie an extra 30 CENTS???

By the way, bluesplayer, I locked in the Cubs runline -1.5 +160 early this morning, so it's not like I'm off the Cubs myself.

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 Ann Saccurato

 

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Westchester's own Ann-Marie Saccurato becomes THREE TIME WBC World Lightweight Champion!

In the Main Event last night at the Tokyo Dome in Toyko, Japan, Ann-Marie defeated World Champion Emiko Fujin Raika to become a three-time WBC Lightweight World Champion!

The scores were 98-92, 97-92, 97-93 all in favor of Saccurato. Last November, Ann-Marie fought Raika in Toyko and received a very questionable and head scratching loss for the WIBA title in which Emiko Fujin Rakia was also the promoter of the fight.

To quiet the skeptics, Ann-Marie came out strong in the first round and landed several powerful right hands, breaking Raika's nose. The battle continued with Ann-Marie boxing on the outside and Raika having a hard time finding her with her punches.

In the sixth round, Raika landed a head butt, which cost her a point on the judges scorecards. Ann-Marie suffered a cut from the head butt which required stitches after the fight, but her corner was able to control the bleeding and Ann-Marie continued to out-box Raika with her skill and incredible punching power.

Ann-Marie has now fought for, and won, the WBC Lightweight World Championship belt three times- having the distinct honor of beating World Champions Jelena Mrdjenovich, Jessica Rakoczy and Emiko Fujin Raika-all in their own hometowns.

Saccurato states, "Now that I have proven myself three times in other boxer's hometowns, I would love to come back home and have a fight in my backyard where all my friends and family who support me could come out and watch."

Saccurato has always been known as a staunch supporter and advocate for women's boxing. She works hard to promote the sport in attempts to raise the bar in regards to skill level, marketability, spectator support, promoter interest, and competition opportunities for both professional and Olympic-style boxers. In a recent report from ESPN, ranking the world’s toughest 60 sports based on athleticism, strength, agility, coordination and 6 other criteria, boxing came out as the #1 most demanding sport.

Saccurato stated, "I hold myself up to the highest level of training standards to show the promoters, fans and the world that women's boxing is a great skillful sport, very marketable, and here to stay. It is amazing the skill level that exists out there considering 99% of the women boxers do not get the financial support to train full-time without also working full time to support themselves and their families. Women make less than 5% of what the men make for similar title bouts. In most cases it doesn't cover the training expenses involved, so right now the women you see are doing it for the pure love of the sport. While that makes for amazing fights, I hope in my lifetime successful women boxers will also be able to start making a living in the sport and warrant the type of pay-days they deserve."


"I am extremely proud to be a three-time WBC World Champion. They are a very professional and fair organization. I also enjoy taking part in the WBC Cares events with other champions, which helps disadvantaged kids all across the country. It gives them such a positive view of the sport, which I think boxing so desperately needs.”