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The Republican National Convention begins today.
Current odds for the Vice Presidency show J.D. Vance (+136) as the betting favorite.
Doug Burgum, Marco Rubio, Tulsi Gabbard, Tim Scott and Nikki Haley are possible choices but with all the thoughts and prayers of healing sent to Donald Trump, Pastor Joel Osteen is the play at +5000.
Home Run Derby day.
The favorite: The Mets’ Pete Alonso.
Joel Osteen swings a mean bat, but he doesn’t have a prayer, so we will go with Marcell Ozuna (+475, Caesars) for $50.
2024 Home Run Derby odds
| Player | Odds |
|---|---|
| Pete Alonso | +275 |
| Gunnar Henderson | +375 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | +400 |
| Marcell Ozuna | +475 |
| Adolis Garcia | +575 |
| Teoscar Hernandez | 12/1 |
| Jose Ramirez | 14/1 |
| Alec Bohm | 17/1 |
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Mercifully, we’ve reached the end of the first half. Appropriately, we ended it with a zero.
The Rays blanked the Guardians, 2-0.
Ben Lively gave up two solo homers to Tampa’s Jose Siri and Josh Lowe.
Apparently, Jose Ramirez and Josh Naylor (both 0-for-4) didn’t want to miss their flight to Arlington for the All-Star festivities.
After double and triple bogeying our way through the front nine, we enter the back nine down -956 clamsonthehalfshell.