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2009 World Series Odds & Betting Trends: Major League Baseball looks to have provided us with the best teams in their respective leagues for this year's World Series, as baseball's defending champion Philadelphia Phillies take on the 103-win New York Yankees starting Wednesday night in the Bronx.
 As of Wednesday morning, 2009 World Series odds & betting trends experts at online sportsbook SBGglobal.com is chalking New York at -200 to win this World Series, with Philadelphia getting +170 as the underdog.
Philly won the National League East for the third straight season this year, then beat the Colorado Rockies in four games in the first round of the playoffs and eliminated the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games in the NL Championship Series.
New York, meanwhile, racked up the best record in the majors in winning the American League East this season, then swept the Minnesota Twins out of the playoffs in three games before beating the Los Angeles Angels in six games in the ALCS.
Thanks to the American League's victory in the All-Star game back in July, the Yanks own home-field advantage in this Series. So Game 1 and Game 2 will be played Wednesday and Thursday (7:57 pm ET both nights) at Yankee Stadium. The teams will then make the short trip down the New Jersey Turnpike to Philly for Game 3 on Saturday (7:57 pm ET), Game 4 on Sunday (8:20 pm ET) and, if needed, Game 5 on Monday (7:57 pm ET). If they get further than that, Game 6 and Game 7 will be played back in the Bronx next Wednesday and Thursday. AL import Cliff Lee will get the start in Wednesday's Game 1 for Philly, against former teammate CC Sabathia for the Bombers. As of Wednesday morning SBGglobal.com is listing New York as a -168 favorite for Game 1, with a total 7 1/2 (over -105, under -115). The Yanks are also listed at +125 on the SBG Global run line, with the Phillies giving -145 getting the run and a half.
These two teams met for an interleague series at Yankee Stadium back in May, with the Phillies taking two of three games from the Pinstripes. And all three of those games stayed under the totals on the SBGglobal.com baseball betting lines.
Philly is 7-2 during these playoffs, having outscored Colorado and the Dodgers by a cumulative 55-31. They won a couple of blowouts, but also three one-run games, thanks in part to some improved closing by Brad Lidge.
The Yanks are also 7-2 this postseason, outscoring Minnesota and the Angels 48-25.
But while the totals are 6-2-1 in Phillies playoff games this fall, the over/unders are 2-6-1 in Yankees playoff games.
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