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Handicapping The 2009 World Series

Joe D’Amico MLB Baseball Handicapping Tips

Joe DAmico
Joe D'Amico

The five most recent World Series have lasted only 22 games combined — three sweeps and two that ended with Game 5.

In this year’s World Series, which opens today, the Yankees have been installed as a favorite of about 2-1 on the series line. Oddsmakers are asking bettors to lay a fairly steep price with New York against a Philadelphia team coming off an impressive showing in the National League Championship Series in which it handled the Dodgers as a small series underdog.