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The Chicago Cubs remain consensus World Series favorites heading into the final 2? months of the regular season.The Cubs are 7-2 to win the World Series at multiple Las Vegas sportsbooks. The Washington Nationals, San Francisco Giants and upstart Cleveland Indians are next at around 6-1, followed by the Texas Rangers (10-1) and Baltimore Orioles (12-1).The Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros also are in the playoff mix, with odds of better than 15-1.The Cubs (53-35) have attracted by far the most bets to win the World Series at Station Casinos and Boyd Gamings sportsbooks. They have a seven-game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Central.The Cubs also have drawn the most money, nearly double the nearest team, which for us would be the Giants, Bob Scucci, director of race and sports for Boyd Gaming, told ESPN.The NL West-leading Giants (57-33) are the most popular World Series bet at William Hill, which runs several shops in northern Nevada, closer to the San Francisco area. The Giants have attracted more bets and more money than any other team at William Hill. The Cubs are a close second.The Rangers (54-36) were the best bet in baseball before the All-Star break. Bettors wagering $100 on Texas in every game to this point would be up $2,494, according to sports betting database BetLabSports on SportsInsights. The largest World Series bet William Hill has taken to this point was $25,000 on the Rangers at 15-1. The bet was placed Dec. 7 and would win $375,000.The Cubs, Giants, Rangers combo has been bad [for us], Nick Bogdanovich, William Hill director of trading, said in a text message.The Tampa Bay Rays (34-54) were the worst bet in baseball before the break. Bettors wagering $100 on the Rays in every game have lost $2,094. The Rays are 17.5 games back in the AL East, not good for the bettor who put a $5,000 on Tampa Bay to win the World Series at 60-1 in late January at William Hill. The Rays are now 1,000-1 at some shops.Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant is the favorite to win the NL MVP at 2-1 at the Westgate SuperBook. Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado is the second choice at 7-2. Orioles shortstop Manny Machado and Astros second baseman Jose Altuve are co-favorites to win the AL MVP at 4-1.Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw is the favorite to win the NL Cy Young Award. He is 3-1 at the Westgate SuperBook. Madison Bumgarner and Johnny Cueto, the Giants pair of aces, are the second favorites at 7-2. Chicago White Sox starter Chris Sale is an outright favorite (10-11) to win the AL Cy Young Award.Overall, baseball bettors have fared well so far this season.Its been a struggle and streaky season, Jay Kornegay, Westgate vice president of race and sports, told ESPN. [Weve been] on the short end of things more often than we would prefer.Boyd Gamings Scucci characterized the baseball season as very choppy for his shop.It started off great, but quickly faded in May, Scucci said in an email. May and June were terrible months for us compared to prior years. Nate Archibald Jersey . -- Ty Montgomery had 290 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns, and fifth-ranked Stanford held on to beat No. Anthony Mason Jersey . The lawyers filed a 33-page amended complaint Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan, expanding on the suit originally filed Oct. 3 in New York Supreme Court. 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Guy Rodgers Jersey . -- Anaheim Ducks captain and leading scorer Ryan Getzlaf has been scratched from Sunday nights game against the Vancouver Canucks because of an upper-body injury. While Gary Portellis trip to Hong Kong is already a dream come true, his week has got even better with promising two-year-old Sebring Express stamping her credentials for the Inglis Nursery.The filly scored an impressive victory at Wyong prompting Portelli, who is in Hong Kong with Rebel Dane ahead of Sundays International Sprint, to signal her path to the $500,000 sales-restricted race at Randwick on December 17.Sebring Express sat three-wide during Wednesdays two-year-old maiden over 1000m before pulling away to beat the more fancied Madonnica and Legal Girl.Sebring Express will now head to the $500k 1000m Inglis Nursery. Showed massive improvement from her last start 3rd over 900m to win 2day, Portelli tweeted.The win came hours aafter Rebel Dane cantered on the all-weather track at Sha Tin.ddddddddddddI was really happy with what I saw this morning, Portelli told the Hong Kong Jockey Club on Wednesday.He was a little agitated yesterday but hes really settled into his routine now.Portelli said Rebel Danes Manikato Stakes win showed the seven-year-old entire was still capable of matching at the top level.If he gets the right draw hell be competitive thats for sure, Portelli said.Rebel Dane will have a light week leading up to Sundays race while his trainer relishes the build-up.Its an absolute thrill and a dream come true, he said. ' ' '