Sports Betting Spotlight Turns From Pitch to Diamond

The early part of this week will be relatively quiet, with the World Cup now in the books and baseball on its All-Star Break. However, by the time the weekend rolls around the action on the sportsbooks' betting boards will heat back up.

For now, you can bet on 5Dimes MLB futures for both the AL Pennant and the NL Pennant as well as this season’s World Series. The Oakland Athletics finished the first half of the MLB regular season with the best record in baseball at 59-36, and their current betting odds to win the AL Pennant stand at +255. They are also the favorites to win the World Series at +450.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have the best record in the National League at 54-43 heading into the All-Star Break and their odds to win their league’s pennant are listed at +260. The Dodgers’ odds to go on and win the World Series have been set at +650, which are third best on the 5Dimes MLB futures board after Detroit at +575.

The odds that the A’s face the Dodgers in the World Series are the best on that particular futures board at +1220. The odds that it will be the Tigers against the Dodgers in this year’s Fall Classic have been listed at +1425.

The moneyline odds for Tuesday’s MLB All-Star Game are set at -105 for both the AL and NL, and the total line for the game has been set at eight runs with a moneyline wager of +110 for the OVER and -130 for the UNDER.

Professional golf’s fourth Major tournament gets underway this Thursday with the opening round of the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool GC in Hoylake, England.

While 5Dimes has yet to release its full set of betting lines for this event, you can get +1150 odds that Justin Rose wins this year’s tournament versus -1800 odds for a bet on the field. As well, the odds that Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy wins the Claret Jug are set at +1220 versus -1940 odds for the field.

Tiger Woods will be playing in his first Major of the year after missing the first two while recovering from back surgery. His odds to win versus the field (-3400) are set at +1700.