Major League Baseball - Championship Series

[Johnny Karp]

The MLB is just one step away from the World Series, the Championship Series matches are just around the corner. Let's have a look at the schedule:

AL Championship Series Series    
Game 1 - NYY @ TEX   Friday, October 15   
Game 2 - NYY @ TEX   Saturday, October 16   
Game 3 - TEX @ NYY   Monday, October 18   
Game 4 - TEX @ NYY   Tuesday, October 19   
Game 5* - TEX @ NYY   Wednesday, October 20   
Game 6* - NYY @ TEX   Friday, October 22   
Game 7* - NYY @ TEX   Saturday, October 23   

NL Championship Series Series
Game 1 - SF @ PHI   Saturday, October 16   
Game 2 - SF @ PHI   Sunday, October 17   
Game 3 - PHI @ SF   Tuesday, October 19   
Game 4 - PHI @ SF   Wednesday, October 20   
Game 5* - PHI @ SF   Thursday, October 21   
Game 6* - SF @ PHI   Saturday, October 23   
Game 7* - SF @ PHI   Sunday, October 24   

And now the odds for Game 1 from BetED:

American League Championship Game 1: NY Yankees at Texas (Best of 7)
                                   Money Line     Point Spread     Over/ Under
New York Yankees           -145             -1.5 ( +115)    O8.5 ( +105)
Texas Rangers                  +125             +1.5 ( -135)    U8.5 ( -125)

National League Championship Game 1: San Francisco at Philadelphia (Best of 7)
                                   Money Line     Point Spread     Over/ Under
San Francisco Giants           +155             +1.5 ( -155)    O6 ( +105)
Philadelphia Phillies           -180             -1.5 ( +135)    U6 ( -125)

Who do you think will qualify for the World Series?

[Johnny Karp]

The New York Yankees won the opening game of the series by beating Texas 6-5 but then Texas leveled the series with a convincing 7-2 victory over the Yankees last night. In the other series San Francisco opened things up with a 4-3 win over Philadelphia.

The series will continue tonight and tomorrow night, let's see the schedule and the odds from BookMaker:
                               Point Spread     Over/Under     Money Line
SUN, OCT 17TH NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Francisco            +1½-175           o7-120       +144
Philadelphia               -1½+155             u7EV       -154

MON, OCT 17TH AMERICAN LEAGUE
Texas                  -1½+145            o7½EV        -118
New York                 +1½-165           u7½-120        +108

[Johnny Karp]

Philadelphia beat San Francisco 6-1 in game two so the series is tied 1-1!

[Johnny Karp]

Texas are storming past New York, they won game three and four quite convincingly: 8-0 and 10-3! Now Texas are leading the series 3-1 and need only one more win to advance to the World Series.

In the National League San Francisco won game three 3-0 over Philadelphia and lead the series 2-1.

The four teams will be playing again tonight, let's see the odds from BetUS:

                         Run Line      Moneyline      Total Over/Under    
     
Philadelphia Phillies
Joe Blanton        +1½  -210        -105            O8 +100 U8 -120
San Francisco Giants
Madison Bumgarner  -1½  +175       -115            O8 +100 U8 -120
   
Texas Rangers
C.J. Wilson               +1½  -135        +150        O8½  +100 U8½  -120
New York Yankees
CC Sabathia            -1½  +115        -170              O8½  +100 U8½  -120

[Johnny Karp]

Well, Texas were unable to get another vital win, the New York Yankees beat them 7-2 and now Texas are leading the series 3-2!

In the other game, a very tense one, San Francisco beat Philadelphia 6-5 and are now leading the series 3-1.

Philadelphia will be playing at San Francisco tonight in a desperate attempt to remain in the series while Texas will welcome New York on Friday hoping to get the decisive win in game six. Here are the odds from Intertops:

PHI (R Halladay) v SFO (T Lincecum)
PHI (R Halladay) -1.5      +150     SFO (T Lincecum) +1.5      -170
Game Total OVER 5.5      -120     Game Total UNDER 5.5      +100
PHI (R Halladay) To Win      -115     SFO (T Lincecum) To Win      +105

NYY (P Hughes) v TEX (C Lewis)
NYY (P Hughes) -1.5      +145     TEX (C Lewis) +1.5      -165
Game Total OVER 9      -110     Game Total UNDER 9      -110
NYY (P Hughes) To Win      -109     TEX (C Lewis) To Win      -101

[Imagin.ation]

Thank you so much for the update Johnny, i watch this closely.. GO TEXAS.. last nights score was an upset for me.. they have to win the world series!!!!

[Johnny Karp]

Thank you so much for the update Johnny, i watch this closely.. GO TEXAS.. last nights score was an upset for me.. they have to win the world series!!!!

The result was quite surprising, I expected Texas to wrap up the series last night.

[Johnny Karp]

Philadelphia won 4-2 at San Francisco so the series will enter game six with San Francisco leading 3-2.

[Johnny Karp]

Texas beat New York 6-1 and advance to the World Series!

[Johnny Karp]

San Francisco beat Philadelphia 3-2 in game six and won the series 4-2 to advance to the World Series! Texas vs San Francisco will be the clash of the season, game 1 will be played on October 27th. In fact, here's the full schedule of the World Series:

Game 1   TEX @ SF   Wed   Oct. 27   
Game 2   TEX @ SF   Thu   Oct. 28   
Game 3   SF @ TEX    Sat   Oct. 30   
Game 4   SF @ TEX    Sun   Oct. 31   
Game 5   SF @ TEX    Mon   Nov. 1   
Game 6   TEX @ SF    Wed   Nov. 3
Game 7   TEX @ SF    Thu   Nov. 4