| Oh how I long for the lazy days of Summer, boating in South Missouri in the Ozarks, slurping on some cooled down Kentucky Whiskey, and getting back to my lake home in time to watch the scores come in and count my money on a daily basis. It is just like the stock market back in the mid 1990's, a license to print money! To this day it amazes me just how many sports bettors pass on baseball for football and basketball to place their wagering dollars on.
I say shame on you for doing so, but I'll take the money anyway, the rest of you wait till football rolls around again! There is no doubt in my mind that over the years I have made 5 fold the
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| Baseball is a game of figures. America's pastime is enshrined in numbers, records and statistics. In the current era, there are thirty teams and 2,430 contests scheduled during the regular season. With this massive sample size of games, baseball presents more opportunities for the gambler than any other major sport. But to fully exploit these opportunities, one needs to have a proper understanding of the relationship between money lines (the odds format for baseball) and winning percentages implied for every money line price point (e.g.-110, +110, -120, +120, etc.).
This concept might best be understood by sharing an email one of our handicapping associates recently received. It was a long time
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| With internet baseball betting, novices like to hold the misconception that the better team with the better pitcher will win the game. It’s a simple belief that manifests itself in the world of the simple money line bet. However, money line bets make you pay for the privilege of siding with the favorite. Favorites have a - sign attached which means you have to bet that figure to win $100. This means the Yankee +200 would make you bet $200 to win $100.
Yankees +200 vs. Tampa Bay, one of the league’s worst offenses, may make many bettors salivate. However, with internet baseball betting, it is important not to ignore good
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