Baseball playoff team don't have Sportsbooks sweating

Sportsbooks in Las Vegas want to make sure they don't break a "Cardinal' rule this year.

Some bettors were able to get the St. Louis Cardinals at 500-1 last season when the team was slumping only to wake up and win the World Series.

This year the Cardinals were kept between 12-1 and 20-1 although they were at 35-1 for a brief period.

And it seems none of the teams are keeping linesmakers up at night this year.

The Giants were 50-1 at one point but William Hill oddsmaker Jimmy Vaccaro told Jason Logan of covers.com that "we got most of the bad ones out of the way. The Giants would be a small nick."

Aron Black of bet365.com said the Tigers were 18-1 and the Yankees always have a loyal band backing them but says that "of all the teams, no one is a real bad result. Detroit and New York are both losing positions, but not for any great deal. It's been a great season for trading the MLB outright book. We have had money on numerous runners who did not make the playoffs or went out early."

Bet365.com currently has Detroit at +110 (bet $100 to win $100) followed by St. Louis (=225), San Francisco (+350) and the Yankees (+1,100).