Blues provide four-year extension for Steen

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07/01/2010 - St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The St. Louis Blues inked restricted free- agent forward Alex Steen to a four-year contract extension on Thursday.

The 26-year-old native of Winnipeg and son of Jets franchise icon Thomas Steen posted career highs with 24 goals and 47 points in 68 games with the Blues last season. His 24 scores tied him with Andy McDonald for the team lead.

In a five-year NHL career with Toronto and St. Louis, Steen has racked up 80 goals and 197 points in 382 total contests.

Also Thursday, St. Louis signed restricted free agent Vladimir Sobotka to a one-year extension.

Sobotka picked up four goals and 10 points for the Bruins last season, and was acquired by the Blues on June 26.

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Barry Bonds is a 50-1 long shot to be this year's home run champ odds.  The favorite to be this year's home run champ is none other than Albert Pujols, however.

Now that Barry Bonds is signed and in Giants camp, it is on to his pursuit of all of sports most prestigious records: the all-time home run mark. Bonds sits just 21 homers shy of tying Hank Aaron for the career mark at 755. Word out of Giants’ camp is that Bonds is the healthiest he has been in a few years. Bonds is just two seasons removed from his injury riddled 2005 campaign where he played in only 14 games and hit only 5 home runs. He did come back last year and had a solid season hitting .270 with 26 bombs. All eyes will be on Bonds this spring and summer not only because of his home run chase but his highly publicized steroid abuse allegations. If and when Bonds breaks the record, he surely will not get the positive attention one should for breaking a record that was once thought of as “unbreakable”. Despite Bonds decent season last year, he is just 50-1 at MySportsbook.com to lead the MLB in long balls this season.

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Be sure to log onto online sports betting site MySportsbook.com to check out the odds for who will lead the MLB in home runs this season. Below is just a sample of the players listed. With the highest credit card rates in the industry, MySportsbook.com is the place to bet on baseball this summer.

World Series odds

Adam Dunn 15-1

Albert Pujols 5-1

Alex Rodriguez 12-1

Alfonso Soriano 15-1

Andruw Jones 25-1

Barry Bonds 50-1

Carlos Delgado 40-1

David Ortiz 8-1

Jermaine Dye 40-1

Ken Griffey Jr. 100-1

Lance Berkman 40-1

Manny Ramirez 20-1

Richie Sexson 40-1

Ryan Howard 6-1

Travis Hafner 20-1

Vladimir Guerrero 40-1

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