Sports betting on baseball can offer tremendous value and is the preferred method of betting sports for many gamblers. One advantage of sportsbetting on baseball is that there are hundreds of games throughout the season and numerous games played everyday. However, handicappers must note that betting on baseball differs from betting sports like football and basketball because, in baseball, the run line is commonly used and pitchers have a major impact on sportsbetting matchups.
Sportsbetting on baseball involves a regular season in which each team plays 162 games. This plethora of sportsbetting opportunities is clearly different from betting on NFL football, in which each team plays a mere 16 games. This baseball schedule provides certain unique advantages for betting sports that sports fans should take advantage of. For example, with so many games each year a sportsbetting enthusiast who consistently handicaps the betting odds wisely will usually end up ahead.
When betting sports like football, on the other hand, a handful of unlucky breaks can end up severely damaging one’s betting season. Also, the baseball schedule involves numerous games that are played everyday, rather than placing nearly all of the games on the same day. The baseball schedule, therefore, gives sportsbetting fans an opportunity to carefully handicap each game rather than worrying about handicapping sportsbetting lines for lots of games simultaneously.
When gamblers are betting sports like football and basketball they generally wager on a point spread that involves a -110 price for each wager. However, because baseball involves so few runs, such a sports betting line would be impractical. Consequently, sportsbetting fans generally wager on baseball using the money line or the run line, which involves a uniform 1½ point handicap with varied pricing. Because baseball gambling involves such varied pricing, sportsbetting fans must always be careful about ensuring the teams they wager on offer value with respect to the prices.
In some instances, for example, a team will have a good chance of winning a game but will still offer poor value because the price associated with the run line odds is too high. Also, sports betting on baseball is strongly influenced by pitchers. The only player in sports who wields influence comparable to a pitcher is a quarterback, but quarterbacks play every game for their teams while pitchers only play a small percentage of games. As a result, each baseball betting matchup is highly unique and the sportsbetting lines must be handicapped as such.
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