http://www.sportsbooks.com/ Sportsbooks - Pro and College sport headlines and stories on the NFL, NBA, NCAA, NHL, MLB, football, baseball, basketball, World Series, Super Bowl. en-us jackblack@sportsbooks.com http://www.sportsbooks.com/ Players making their first deposit with Sportsbooks.com will automatically receive a Tournament Ticket to the $500 Welcome Freeroll. http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1018226.html Mike Hessman and Wil Myers each drove in a run during the first inning and the Pacific Coast League used 11 pitchers to blank the International League, 3-0, at the Triple-A All-Star Game Wednesday night. Tim Federowicz drove in the other run, as the PCL snapped a three-game skid at the midseason contest. PCL starter Graham Godfrey allowed one hit during the first inning and got the win, while Tyler Cloyd gave up three hits and the two runs over the http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/889970.html Cincinnati Reds minor league pitcher Daniel Tuttle was given a 50-game suspension by Major League Baseball for a second violation the drug and treatment program for a drug abuse. Tuttle, who plays for the Arizona League Reds, was 3-1 with a 3.91 ERA in five games (3 starts) this season. The 20-year-old right-hander was Cincinnati's fifth-round draft selection in 2009. http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/887431.html The International League used a Russ Canzler homer and solid pitching to beat the Pacific Coast League, 3-0, at the Triple-A All-Star Game at Spring Mobile Ballpark. Canzler hit a three-run homer in the second inning for the International League, which has won this event three years in a row. IL starter Zach McAllister tossed two scoreless innings, allowing one hit while fanning two and walking one. The Pacific Coast League http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/886682.html Grant Green had two doubles, an RBI and a run scored to earn the MVP as the U.S. defeated the World, 6-4, at the All-Star Futures Game. The U.S. Futures took control of the game early when Jason Kipnis led off the bottom of the first with a home run. With runners on the corners and one out in the second, Wil Myers hit a grounder to short that could have been an inning ending double play, but he hustled down the line, beating the thro http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/880039.html Doubt him. It wouldn't be the first time, and it probably won't be the last. For Tim Smith, it's a source of motivation. Smith has gone from a boy playing competitive baseball in Toronto to a man playing professionally for the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, the Kansas City Royals' Double-A affiliate. And while he sees himself as an underdog, he refuses to buy into the skeptics who overlook him. "When people don't have any expectations of me, or do http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/709041.html Stephen Strasburg picked up the victory in his final minor league contest before his anticipated step-up to the major league level next week. Strasburg allowed no runs, three hits, walked a batter and fanned five over five innings in Syracuse's 7-1 win over Buffalo Wednesday. The Washington Nationals minor leaguer went 4-1 with a 1.08 ERA while playing for the Chiefs at the Triple-A level. He was 7-2 overall in the minors. The No. 1 overall dr http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/707218.html Washington Nationals minor league pitcher Stephen Strasburg was tagged with his first loss on Saturday as the Syracuse Chiefs fell 3-2 to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. Strasburg (3-1) allowed six hits and three runs over five innings. He also had two walks and fanned six batters. Strasburg was the No. 1 overall draft pick from last year and he signed for a record $15.1 million over four years with the Nationals in August. It's still http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/703591.html Washington Nationals minor league pitcher Stephen Strasburg continued his dominance by allowing just three hits in 6 1/3 scoreless innings while pitching for Triple-A Syracuse in a 5-1 win over Rochester Wednesday night. Strasburg (3-0) fanned nine batters and walked two, and still hasn't given up an earned run over his 18 1/3 innings thrown thus far for the Chiefs. He threw 92 pitches on Wednesday, 60 of them for strikes. Strasburg was http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/700884.html Washington National minor league infielder Seth Bynum was suspended 50 games after testing positive for an amphetamine, a performance-enhancing substance, in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Bynum has been playing for Triple-A Syracuse and was batting .248 with four homers and 17 RBI in 29 games. http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/700571.html Washington Nationals minor league pitcher Stephen Strasburg was pulled after six innings of no-hit baseball for Triple-A Syracuse Wednesday night against Norfolk. The phenom struck out seven batters and walked one during his second start with the Chiefs, who won the game 4-0 as Norfolk managed just two hits. Strasburg was the No. 1 overall draft pick from last year and he signed for a record $15.1 million over four years with the Nationals i