Talk about making lemonade out of lemons.
One baseball bettor made a small fortune fading the worst team in the majors, betting against the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates in all 162 games this season.
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http://www.covers.com/articles/featurearticle.aspx?theArt=206384&t=0
A week after the World Cup ended, South Africa had more reason to celebrate Sunday, this from a most unlikely source.
Louis Oosthuizen, a 27-year-old who had only made one cut in his previous eight majors, blew away the field at St. Andrews for a British Open victory that looked as easy as when Tiger Woods first won here a decade ago.
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http://golf.fanhouse.com/2010/07/18/louis-oosthuizen-wins-first-major-at-british-open-at-st-andrews/
During a time when Americans are pinching pennies just to make ends meet, baseball owners still have a black hole of funds at their spending disposal.
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http://www.covers.com/articles/articles.aspx?theArt=191075
