Online sportsbooks say Texas Rangers big favorite in 2010 World Series

One of baseball history’s longest-ever runs of World Series futility ends this year, as the San Francisco Giants (53 years without a title and never in California) and Texas Rangers (first appearance in 49 years of the franchise) meet.

Let this meeting of the underdogs inspire you to make things interesting at quality online sportsbooks Bookmaker, BetUS and Bodog.

Despite being given no chance at the beginning of the playoffs, the Rangers are stunningly the big favorite to take the ‘Series, getting a line of -145 at BetUS against +115 for the Giants. (At the Bodog online sportsbook, the odds are 3/5 and 6/5, respectively.) Visiting or no, Texas is also favored to take game one behind Cliff Lee, with a -130 money line posted at BetUS for the Rangers against San Francisco’s recently rocky Tim Lincecum.

If you’re convinced Texas wins big tonight, consider a money line bet: The Rangers minus 1.5 runs pays out at +130 at BetUS and a big +145 at Bookmaker. The over/under for the game is 5.5 runs, and a Texas win would imply the over is the best bet: Texas has scored more than five runs in eight of 11 playoff games and is averaging 6.7 runs per playoff win itself.

Bookmaker is also offering an “exact outcome” proposition bet, with odds as follows:

Rangers win World Series, 4 games to 0: 8/1
Rangers win, 4-1: 9/2
Rangers win, 4-2: 22/5
Rangers win, 4-3: 4/1

Giants win World Series, 4 games to 0: 14/1
Giants win, 4-1: 15/2
Giants win, 4-2: 8/3
Giants win, 4-3: 24/5

For the above proposition bets, individual game odds and in-game live betting, bet on history being made at Bodog, BetUS, or Bookmaker online sportsbook during the 2010 World Series.