Sportsbook Website – September Pennant Races. There are four weeks left in the Major League Baseball regular season at the sportsbook website. As you get ready to bet the games at the sportsbook which Pennant races are exciting? Which teams look headed for the playoffs?
There are really some great pennant races in both leagues heading down the stretch. There is one in the American League and two in the National League. The Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox are battling for the American League Central. In the National League the San Diego Padres are trying to avoid a historic collapse and hold off San Francisco while the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies are fighting for the National League East.
History is Against Certain Teams – If you are a fan at the Sbg sportsbook of the Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Colorado Rockies or Boston Red Sox then history is against your team. It is debatable whether the Cardinals, Rockies and Red Sox are even in the race but you never know. What we do know is that teams that lead at the beginning of September usually go on to make the playoffs. That is good news for the Yankees, Rays, Twins, Rangers, Braves, Padres and Reds at the online sportsbook. Just how likely is it that those teams all make the playoffs? Since 1996 when baseball went to their current Wild Card format, 83 percent of teams in a playoff spot at the beginning of September went on to make the playoffs.
Big Comebacks are Rare – Only one team came from more than 3.5 games back at the beginning of September to make the playoffs and that was the 2007 Colorado Rockies who were five back. Keep in mind the Mets blew a big lead in 2007 to the Phillies but what is forgotten is that the Phillies were only two games back on September 1st.
Team to Watch: There is probably no team that is better suited for September baseball than the Philadelphia Phillies. They have a power trio of Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt and Cole Hamels. Those three pitchers have traditionally been exceptional in the month of September so the Phillies are a team to really follow on a daily basis as you wager on baseball odds at the sportsbook website.