<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=190 align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width=135 colSpan=2></TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2>Derek Lowe`s start will be pushed back a day. (AP photo)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=290 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=smtext2 vAlign=top width="40%" height=20>MLB</TD><TD class=smtext2 vAlign=top align=right width="60%" height=20>Wed, Aug 3, 2005 </TD></TR><TR><TD width="100%" colSpan=2>Lowe affair scandal; Dodgers push back start </TD></TR><TR><TD class=smtext2 width="100%" colSpan=2>Ryan Stetson</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
The Los Angeles Dodgers weren’t rolling the dice by putting Derek Lowe on the hill Thursday night against Washington in light of some of the personal problems the mercurial starter is facing.
Instead the Dodgers pushed his start back an extra day to after his wife, Trinka Lowe, announced to the public that her husband has been having an affair with Fox Sports anchor/reporter Carolyn Hughes, who met the pitcher during spring training while covering the team. Several sportsbooks had yet to set a line for Friday`s game in Pittsburgh against the Pirates, but the ones that did had Lowe and the Dodgers listed at around -107.
Lowe was living in Los Angeles by himself before he was joined by his now-estranged wife and three children in early June after the school year finished. It was then that Lowe told his wife that he wanted to end their seven-year marriage.
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But the whole situation seems far from resolved.
Trinka Lowe broke the whole story wide open when she dropped the scoop to an FSN executive late last month. Hughes has been subsequently suspended by FSN as the investigation continues.
"He never said anything, then all of a sudden he decides he`s unhappy,” Trinka Lowe told kronishsports.com, “I have no doubt that she`s [Hughes] the reason our marriage broke up."
"I love him and I`m willing to do anything to help him through this difficult time,” she added. “One day he`ll realize that family is more important. I`m forgiving. I love my husband. It`s about salvaging the family."
So where does this leave Dodgers supporters who are waiting to see how the books react to the whole situation? Brad Penny took Lowe’s spot in the rotation Thursday in a 7-0 loss to the Nats.
“I think this was done maybe to protect this player [Lowe] from the media; there’s a lot more [media coverage] in Washington than in Pittsburgh,” says Michael Pierce, oddsmaker at BetWWTS.com. “Also, there won’t be as many fans in Pittsburgh compared to Washington.”
"It is hard to gauge the impact on the rest of the other Dodgers right now," Covers Expert Dave Malinsky adds. "I would get the feeling that the players have probably known about this for quite some time, given the evidence now getting out there. And since they had a off day on Monday, Penny will be pitching on his usual four days rest, so there should not be much of an issue with him."
A number of sportsbooks told Covers.com that the alleged affair wouldn’t have impacted their opening lines even if Lowe did make his scheduled start tonight. Lowe is reported to have suffered from a thumb blister in recent starts, however, and that may have contributed to L.A. `s decision in keeping the righty on the bench for an extra day. Now that Penny will take the ball in Lowe’s place, bettors can expect business as usual when the books come out with tonight’s line and probably shouldn’t bank on a big break in his price Friday, either.
“It’s hard to say how it will affect him, as everybody is a little different in these situations,” says Shane Catford, oddsmaker at Betcris.com. “I’m sure it will have some effect on him though, it has to distract him at least from what he is paid to do. I can see the public reacting the same way as well. While I say this, his odds will not be adjusted very much, but I’m sure there will be money against him.” Sportsbooks have set tonight`s total at 8 1/2 runs.
The Los Angeles Dodgers weren’t rolling the dice by putting Derek Lowe on the hill Thursday night against Washington in light of some of the personal problems the mercurial starter is facing.
Instead the Dodgers pushed his start back an extra day to after his wife, Trinka Lowe, announced to the public that her husband has been having an affair with Fox Sports anchor/reporter Carolyn Hughes, who met the pitcher during spring training while covering the team. Several sportsbooks had yet to set a line for Friday`s game in Pittsburgh against the Pirates, but the ones that did had Lowe and the Dodgers listed at around -107.
Lowe was living in Los Angeles by himself before he was joined by his now-estranged wife and three children in early June after the school year finished. It was then that Lowe told his wife that he wanted to end their seven-year marriage.
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But the whole situation seems far from resolved.
Trinka Lowe broke the whole story wide open when she dropped the scoop to an FSN executive late last month. Hughes has been subsequently suspended by FSN as the investigation continues.
"He never said anything, then all of a sudden he decides he`s unhappy,” Trinka Lowe told kronishsports.com, “I have no doubt that she`s [Hughes] the reason our marriage broke up."
"I love him and I`m willing to do anything to help him through this difficult time,” she added. “One day he`ll realize that family is more important. I`m forgiving. I love my husband. It`s about salvaging the family."
So where does this leave Dodgers supporters who are waiting to see how the books react to the whole situation? Brad Penny took Lowe’s spot in the rotation Thursday in a 7-0 loss to the Nats.
“I think this was done maybe to protect this player [Lowe] from the media; there’s a lot more [media coverage] in Washington than in Pittsburgh,” says Michael Pierce, oddsmaker at BetWWTS.com. “Also, there won’t be as many fans in Pittsburgh compared to Washington.”
"It is hard to gauge the impact on the rest of the other Dodgers right now," Covers Expert Dave Malinsky adds. "I would get the feeling that the players have probably known about this for quite some time, given the evidence now getting out there. And since they had a off day on Monday, Penny will be pitching on his usual four days rest, so there should not be much of an issue with him."
A number of sportsbooks told Covers.com that the alleged affair wouldn’t have impacted their opening lines even if Lowe did make his scheduled start tonight. Lowe is reported to have suffered from a thumb blister in recent starts, however, and that may have contributed to L.A. `s decision in keeping the righty on the bench for an extra day. Now that Penny will take the ball in Lowe’s place, bettors can expect business as usual when the books come out with tonight’s line and probably shouldn’t bank on a big break in his price Friday, either.
“It’s hard to say how it will affect him, as everybody is a little different in these situations,” says Shane Catford, oddsmaker at Betcris.com. “I’m sure it will have some effect on him though, it has to distract him at least from what he is paid to do. I can see the public reacting the same way as well. While I say this, his odds will not be adjusted very much, but I’m sure there will be money against him.” Sportsbooks have set tonight`s total at 8 1/2 runs.
