Mets hire Ricciardi as assistant to GM (AP)
Mets hire Ricciardi as assistant to GM (AP)
The new-look Mets are playing more moneyball. General manager Sandy Alderson added an old friend from Oakland to his front office Tuesday
hiring J.P. Ricciardi as a special assistant in New York. Ricciardi was GM of the Toronto Blue Jays from 2001-09 before spending last season as a baseball analyst with ESPN.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup – Sylvania 300 from New Hampshire
The Chase is on. NASCAR betting pulls into the New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend for the Sylvania 300. The 1-mile oval is the opening race of NASCAR’s playoffs
the Chase for the Championship
and two teammates are the favorites with sportsbooks. In pursuit of his fourth straight Chase title
Jimmie Johnson comes into New Hampshire a +400 favorite. The No.
Betting Stats for NASCAR from Martinsville Virginia
Never on the NASCAR circuit has there been a driver as dominant as Richard Petty
who won 200 races over the course of his long career. Well
fifteen of those wins took place at Martinsville Speedway
which makes him the all-time winner there. At the moment
it can be said that a trio of drivers share dominance at the “paper clip.” Between them
Jimmie Johnson
Denny Hamlin and Jeff…