Baseball's role after the 9/11 tragedies
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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - September 11, 2001.
It's a day nobody will ever forget. It's one of those days where you remember
exactly where you were and what you were doing when you first heard the news
of the tragedies that had fallen on this country.
Nothing was the same or really has been the same since, but in our little
world of sports, Major League Baseball's role in helping bring this country
back can't be denied.
Former NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle said one of his biggest regrets was not
postponing games the weekend that John F. Kennedy was assassinated. MLB head
man Bud Selig never had to wrestle with such a decision, because there was
decision to be made. He had to postpone games.
As correct as the choice was to cancel games, it was even more right more than
a week later when decided it was time to come back. America needed to start
getting back to its normal routines.
And for many baseball was that routine.
Never was that more apparent than in New York, the city, of course hit hardest
in the 9/11 attacks. The Mets' Shea Stadium served as a staging area for
rescue supplies with members of the team helping out in any way they can. The
Yankees went and visited firehouses and other areas where families were
waiting word to find out if their loved ones were alive.
It might not have been much, but maybe for a second meeting a Derek Jeter or a
Bernie Williams got people's minds off the awful events that were going on
around them.
Players and fans all around the country paid tribute to New York's heroes, not
the ones who played for the Yankees or the Mets, but the city's heroes, like
the fire department, who lost more than 340 of their own on that tragic day.
Baseball began playing America the Beautiful during the seventh inning
stretch, a practice still employed by the Yankees to this day. Players ran out
to the field with little flags, fans had flags in the ball parks and chants of
"U.S.A." would ring out in stadiums across the country.
The Mets hosted the first sporting event back in New York 10 days after the
attacks and to say it was a weird feeling inside Shea Stadium that night does
not even do the word weird justice.
Heck it was a weird feeling just watching the game on television.
One of the many knocks on Shea Stadium were the planes that would fly overhead
from nearby LaGuardia Airport. Well on that night the anxiety level was amped
up even further. You couldn't help but have an uneasy feeling each and every
time a plane flew by, I'm sure there are some people who still have that
feeling to this day.
But that all changed in an instant when Mets' catcher Mike Piazza lifted the
spirits of a broken city by crushing a Steve Karsay pitch deep into the New
York night, lifting the Mets to a win.
Shea Stadium exploded. People were crying. If you were home watching and were
a Yankee fan or a Phillies fan or a fan of the Atlanta Braves you couldn't
help but well up. It may sound stupid, but that home run let everyone in New
York know that perhaps the mourning was over and it was time to start healing.
Nobody is ever going to forget what happened on September 11 or the days that
followed. But baseball played a big part in helping everyone get back to it
being normal again.
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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Wade Miley takes aim at his fourth straight win this
evening when the Arizona Diamondbacks continue a four-game set with the San
Diego Padres at Chase Field.
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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A terrific pitching matchup is on tap at Angel Stadium this
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against Dan Haren and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pittsburgh southpaw Jeff Locke hopes Florida's bats cool
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Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl Odds
Will he or won't he? Now that the Dallas Cowboys have a new head coach in Wade Phillips, the big question will be: Does Terrell Owens stay with the team.
Jerry Jones continues to suggest that Terrell Owens will remain with the team.
"I've said that he's back, he's here, he's under contract," Jones said. "In the interviews I've just been through (to hire a new coach), it was very clear to me how highly he's thought of and how much of an impact he had on our offensive success."
Just to be sure though, Terrell Owens cleared out his locker and removed his name plate.
Terrell Owens was among the Cowboys most productive players this past season, catching 85 passes for 1,180 yards and a league-best 13 touchdowns.
But T.O. is due a $3 million roster bonus in June, then a $5 million salary this season. Cutting him before then would save a lot of money and headaches.
Aside from the questions surrounding Terrell Owens, the oddsmakers at MySportsbook.com have concerns over starting quarterback Tony Romo's state of mind and whether he will remain a starting quarterback. It is also not known how players will adjust to new head coach, Wade Phillips.
Here are the football odds as seen at MySportsbook.com and subject to change after February 10, 2007 if not locked in prior to that date.
Arizona Cardinals 60-1
Atlanta Falcons 50-1
Baltimore Ravens 15-1
Buffalo Bills 50-1
Carolina Panthers 18-1
Chicago Bears 10-1
Cincinnati Bengals 15-1
Cleveland Browns 100-1
Dallas Cowboys 15-1
Denver Broncos 15-1
Detroit Lions 100-1
Green Bay Packers 50-1
Houston Texans 100-1
Indianapolis Colts 6-1
Jacksonville Jaguars 30-1
Kansas City Chiefs 30-1
Miami Dolphins 40-1
Minnesota Vikings 75-1
New England Patriots 10-1
New Orleans Saints 18-1
New York Giants 20-1
New York Jets 30-1
Oakland Raiders 100-1
Philadelphia Eagles 18-1
Pittsburgh Steelers 10-1
Saint Louis Rams 60-1
San Diego Chargers 6-1
San Francisco 49ers 75-1
Seattle Seahawks 20-1
Tampa Bay Buccanneers 75-1
Tennessee Titans 40-1
Washington Redskins 50-1
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