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Baseball Totals are the easiest wager in the entire sportbook to cap if you know what your looking for

 

 
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...when the bullpen comes in and ruins the game...
 
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Easiest sport to bet on ... haven't lost money in years ...
 
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Quote Originally Posted by TacoBellaire:

...when the bullpen comes in and ruins the game...


Bullpen used to be great about 2 years and back ... you would bever have to worry about 'em ... they would make sure to close the game 90% of the time ... these a days is different ...
 
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Its easy because there are a huge number of systems in baseball that hit at 58, 59, 60% historically.  finding those bets might be laborious but once you do, you win.  whether its an over/under bet or moneyline bet is irrelevant. 

Over the last 2 seasons how do west coast teams play on the road versus east coast teams in the first game of the series where the west coast team played the day before?  Not easy to compile these statistics...but what if you strike gold here? (think make ups from rainouts, etc.)

There are tons of these systems. Want more let me know.
 
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My favorite part is when you bet the Yankees...and they have the lead after 7 innings...they won't lose.

 
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all of the above
 
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The part when you have a lead and then you see guys like Brian Fuentes, Brad Lidge, Billy Wagner,Fernando Rodney head to the mound to pitch the 9th for you
 
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Quote Originally Posted by NJDevils:

The part when you have a lead and then you see guys like Brian Fuentes, Brad Lidge, Billy Wagner,Fernando Rodney head to the mound to pitch the 9th for you

The Angels are in TROUBLE.

 
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Joe Nathan is a hell of a closer but that guy really screwed me three or four times last year

 

Matt Capps

 

 

 

 

 
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Quote Originally Posted by jesron1269:

I mean the LIVE dogs!

They're all live in a baseball game

 
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I love the ability to pick something like 45% winners and still come out plus units
 
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Love those 1o'clock games. Nice and early and take that half of run first 5 innings  
 
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Quote Originally Posted by titobucman:

Love those 1o'clock games. Nice and early and take that half of run first 5 innings  

Another point I should mention is the time difference over here.Over in Europe you have a 5 to 6 hour timezone advantage that gives you plenty of time to do your research and get the best priced lines before public money decreases the value of your bets.

The only downside, is east coast games that start at 7.00 pm start at midnight over here and evening Cali games would start at 3.00 in the morning.Not so good if you want to watch the games live as well.Even though it is possible to get the afternoon games at a reasonable time.

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Does any bet MLB over/unders according to the plate umpire of said game?  Can anyone point me in the right direction to follow the plate umpire trends?  I.E. small strike zone = bet OVER, large strike zone = bet UNDER.  Anyone track this system/angle in the past?  I'm sure Vegas accounts for this in making the lines, but I'm looking for umpires > 65 % OVERS / UNDERS
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Rockingsnip:

Does any bet MLB over/unders according to the plate umpire of said game?  Can anyone point me in the right direction to follow the plate umpire trends?  I.E. small strike zone = bet OVER, large strike zone = bet UNDER.  Anyone track this system/angle in the past?  I'm sure Vegas accounts for this in making the lines, but I'm looking for umpires > 65 % OVERS / UNDERS

AJ was the best at this.  I don't think Vegas accounts for this as much as you might think.  Starting pitchers, lineups I believe is what they base their totals on.

 
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Quote Originally Posted by Rockingsnip:

Does any bet MLB over/unders according to the plate umpire of said game?  Can anyone point me in the right direction to follow the plate umpire trends?  I.E. small strike zone = bet OVER, large strike zone = bet UNDER.  Anyone track this system/angle in the past?  I'm sure Vegas accounts for this in making the lines, but I'm looking for umpires > 65 % OVERS / UNDERS

Last year anyways, Yankee Stadium = Overs =

 
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Quote Originally Posted by Weathered:

Baseball Totals are the easiest wager in the entire sportbook to cap if you know what your looking for

yup, its amazing that you can get two HOF pitchers in the same game and still have a total of 7

 
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Ahhhhhhhhhh. When Sparky stops posting starting pitchers for the first week of spring training.

 
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Day games, totals decided in early innings, your side play never being officially toast until the last out is recorded, riding streaks that happen more often that any other sport, and of course the value of dogs and runlines.
 
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I'm kind of impressed that you just bumped a 2 year old thread.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by kuranes:

I'm kind of impressed that you just bumped a 2 year old thread.

It took me a while to find actually
I had to put in the exact name of the thread word for word
they turned it into a blog and had it on the front page a couple of years too

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also going to add team totals as one of my favourite bets especially the alternate ones from WilliamHill
although Pinny are the best pricewise, Hills allow you to bet TTs that go all the way up +400 and beyond .... nice when you have a good batting rotation going up against a mediocre starting pitcher and a crap bullpen

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