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betting sports are football and basketball. Lets turn our eyes to a
betting sport that is
often overlooked but can be very valuable: baseball.
Theres nothing better than kicking
back with a cold one, whether at home or
at the stadium, and watching a ball game. Its
relaxing, enjoyable, and it can
be (if done right), profitable.
Why bet on baseball? There are plenty of good
reasons. Unlike other sports, there
is baseball on practically every night
during the late spring
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autumn. Not only does
this make for more action, but it also minimizes the impact of
injuries. A
baseball player can be sidelined for ten games and the team will barely miss
a
beat. A long season gives you a chance to track a teams progress and have a
better
snapshot of where they are at any given time, and whereas one off game
in football
accounts for 1 16 of a season, an off game in baseball is barely
a blip on the radar. A
poor performance in one game can completely alter a
football teams psyche, and raise
serious questions about their character,
while for a baseball team, off nights in baseball
are expected and can often
be predicted (the last game of a long road trip
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an emotional win,
etc).
Unlike other sports, there will be baseball games going on in the early
afternoon,
mid afternoon, late afternoon, and into the evening, depending on
which time zone you
live in. It is not uncommon for guys to phone in a wager
from work
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desks constantly refreshing an
online gamecast or listening to the radio with headphones.
In short, wagering
on baseball can add excitement to almost any day, at almost any time
of that
day.
There are plenty of financial reasons to bet baseball as well. Simply
put, there is
no lower vig in sports. The dime line in baseball has to be the
best deal in all of sports
wagering. Honestly, check it out. At GoSportsbet
we offer the dime line for every
game (you risk $110 instead of $120 to win
$100), and for day games that are shown on
ESPN, we offer a 5 cent line you
risk just $105 to win $100. Whereas in other sports
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the houses take is in the 4-5% range, with baseball, it
is roughly 1-2%, which is really
incredible value. Finally, in what other
sport can you, not the bookies, impose conditions
on the bet? (For
instance
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all these
concessions, you ask? Because its the summer. Theres nothing else
going on (unless
you count the WNBA). In order for the sportsbooks to get any
business, its going to have
to be attractive to bettors.
Now that weve
established that baseball is often overlooked and has the potential
to be
very lucrative, lets look at how to approach a wager on baseball. It must be
noted
that baseball is one of the most difficult sports to handicap
accurately on a consistent
basis. Why? Simply because there is far less
disparity between teams. The Phoenix Suns
won more than 75% of their games
last season. The Pittsburgh Steelers lost one game out
of 16 for a 94% win
percentage. Last season the St. Louis Cardinals won less than 65%
of their
games but were the best team in baseball. Conversely, the worst team in
baseball
still won 32% of their games, while the worst basketball and
football teams won just 16%
and 12% of their games, respectively. Much closer
competition means a much harder job
for handicappers.
There are two
schools of thought when it comes to what one should emphasize
when analyzing
baseball: pitching and hitting. Lets begin by examining pitching.
Pitching is
the only part of the game you can control. Because pitching match-ups
are
posted well in advance
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the majority
of the game. Having the most potent offence in the world doesnt
do you any good when
your pitching staff is letting the other team clobber
hits all over the ballpark (for
reference, see Yankees, The New York). While
a manager might decide to sit the star
position player on your team at very
little notice, you can be confident that for at least a
few innings, you know
who will be pitching and can judge accordingly. Also, while a star
hitter
might get four or five at-bats during a game, a pitcher will get to see everyone
in a
lineup.
Hitting has its advantages too
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because
so many linesmakers focus on pitching, any advantage to be had in a
pitching match-up
will have been already found and reflected in the betting
line. Why not look for an edge
in an area that bookies pay less attention to?
Dont get the wrong idea pitching is
extremely importantsome professional
bettors say pitching is responsible for as much
as 80% of the outcome of a
baseball game. But if analyzing pitching lets you know which
games are
potential bets, analyzing hitting might help you decide what to bet on.
Still
other professional handicappers weigh emotional factors most heavily
when
deciding how to analyze a baseball match-up. Ive mentioned a few above:
is the team at
the end of a long road trip? Have they just come off an
emotional win the night before?
Do the two teams have playoff history or a
traditional rivalry? These are all things to
consider.
In the end, the
solution is to go with whichever approach makes you most
comfortable. While
any sports wagering strategy requires discipline and analysis, when it
comes
to baseball there is no clear-cut best method. Newer bettors would do well to
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