The Las Vegas bookmakers favor the Tampa Bay Rays to win the World Series over the Philadelphia Phillies. I don't think the players care.

The ones that do care are the books themselves and all of the smart people who put money on the Rays when they were a 200-to-1 longshot.

Sean Van Patten at Las Vegas Sports Consultants said the Rays are favored at minus-$1.35, meaning a gambler w...