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Like many of you I am anxiously awaiting the start of Spring Training
and the Regular season. For a long time I never knew why I found
betting baseball so much more enjoyable than any other sport. As I read
through many threads in the other sports forums I am beginning to see
why baseball is my favorite.
First off... If you think about it, there really aren't any "MOOSE" sightings when betting baseball either you won or you lost. If you won you made the right play, if you lost you didn't. Watching these College Basketball games I see so many good UNDER bets get screwed because a team sends it's garbage time players in and they start draining meaningless 3's. In football I have seen great OVER bets get screwed because a team just sits on the ball running clock. In baseball there aren't many of those factors when betting totals. The object of the game is for the batter to hit what the pitcher throws him. That stays the same the entire game, never will the batter intentionally take a 88mph fastball down the middle of the plate. Granted there are so called meaningless runs i.e. total set at 10.5 a team is losing 8-2 in the bottom of the 9th and get a solo shot. But as I said the idea of the game is for the batter to hit the ball. So in reality if you were on the wrong side of that 8-3 final and lost your UNDER bet you weren't really moosed. When capping baseball you look at the stats and averages.
The other great thing is we bet mostly sides on the ML... occasional RL's but that is only when we are VERY confident in a play. Once again, in football a 35-21 game with a 7.5pt spread gets killed on a meaningless hail mary with 2 seconds left. Final 35-28. Same with basketball... I've seen it many times and had it happen to me. A spread get's killed when the scrubs from a team come in and jack 3's to cover. With baseball for the most part you pick if a team will win or lose. Bottom of the 9th you have a team winning 4-3 and the other team hits a walkoff 2 run homer. You lost the bet and not really a moose. The other team was the better team that day. Finally, the other great thing is there isn't ANY clock watching. No "only 2 minutes left and I need 10 points for my over". I've seen baseball totals go OVER in the first 2 inningts. When the game is over it is over. For the most part the players are trying just as hard in the 5th inning as they are in the 8th and 9th.
Now after reading this Loooong rambling you see how anxious I am for the start of the season. I can't wait to start wagering, I have already started ranking the teams and trying to get a good preview.
Anyone else have reasons they think make it so much more enjoyable to bet baseball than other sports?
First off... If you think about it, there really aren't any "MOOSE" sightings when betting baseball either you won or you lost. If you won you made the right play, if you lost you didn't. Watching these College Basketball games I see so many good UNDER bets get screwed because a team sends it's garbage time players in and they start draining meaningless 3's. In football I have seen great OVER bets get screwed because a team just sits on the ball running clock. In baseball there aren't many of those factors when betting totals. The object of the game is for the batter to hit what the pitcher throws him. That stays the same the entire game, never will the batter intentionally take a 88mph fastball down the middle of the plate. Granted there are so called meaningless runs i.e. total set at 10.5 a team is losing 8-2 in the bottom of the 9th and get a solo shot. But as I said the idea of the game is for the batter to hit the ball. So in reality if you were on the wrong side of that 8-3 final and lost your UNDER bet you weren't really moosed. When capping baseball you look at the stats and averages.
The other great thing is we bet mostly sides on the ML... occasional RL's but that is only when we are VERY confident in a play. Once again, in football a 35-21 game with a 7.5pt spread gets killed on a meaningless hail mary with 2 seconds left. Final 35-28. Same with basketball... I've seen it many times and had it happen to me. A spread get's killed when the scrubs from a team come in and jack 3's to cover. With baseball for the most part you pick if a team will win or lose. Bottom of the 9th you have a team winning 4-3 and the other team hits a walkoff 2 run homer. You lost the bet and not really a moose. The other team was the better team that day. Finally, the other great thing is there isn't ANY clock watching. No "only 2 minutes left and I need 10 points for my over". I've seen baseball totals go OVER in the first 2 inningts. When the game is over it is over. For the most part the players are trying just as hard in the 5th inning as they are in the 8th and 9th.
Now after reading this Loooong rambling you see how anxious I am for the start of the season. I can't wait to start wagering, I have already started ranking the teams and trying to get a good preview.
Anyone else have reasons they think make it so much more enjoyable to bet baseball than other sports?
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especially the RL....fuck Mariano might do that better than anyone.....here's just a theory:...........while everyone has their favorite sports to wager one.......we all miss the other sports when they are no longer in session and things aren't going work so welll in the active ones
i cant wait as well!
.......... here's to .......
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All of the sports can be a grind, you are still better off to bet less games, March Madness is a good time to make some coin in baskets!!!
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