Anyone betting bases?

[Penguinfan]

If so my baseball guy is all over these two tonight, so I thought I would pass them on as he's been pretty hot.

San Diego Padres -135 (J. Peavy, D. Bush)

Los Angeles Dodgers +135 (P. Martinez, D. Lowe)

Good luck, god be with you, and all that kind of stuff..........

[GeoffM]

I would never bet against Pedro, he's too damn sexy.

Anyone find out who his daddy is?

[omahilo]

I'll give them a try... good luck to you and your friend as well.

[eejit101]

i dont understand what your on about, care to explain?

[Penguinfan]

If your talking to me, I bet on sports, it's what I do mostly.

Back at the beginning of this site I briefly posted some plays here and there, I think it's actually what prompted the "Sports forum". I do not handicap baseball myself, but I have a friend who is very good at it, VERY GOOD. When he likes games like these as much as he does I pass them on to others.

It's been a while since I put a play here, hopefully some can benefit from it, no guarantee is expressed or implied, simply passing along information.

[Zybomb]

I also have taken Padres tonight after getting VERY lucky last night in the NHL with Carolina in the stanley cup finals (a bet I put simply because of The Oilers 8 day layoff)

Now, with the Oilers goalie out for the series, I may take some more action on the Canes later on in the series if the price isn't too steep

Baseball hasnt been too kind to me (I only bet limited action on baseball, Im just so against a sport where any given team can beat any other team any day)

As for the other game, Im going to opposite way -- I like the Mets, but Im likely gunna back away from it. I took the Mets last night with a pitcher making his 3rd start and took down a W, so sense says with Pedro pitching I should go with them again -- I'll see though

[eejit101]

sorry, i should have been more clear.

I bet on sports online, but not much. i bet on people winning, and losing, and occasional inning scores in MLB.

What i dont understand is that +135 stuff, i dont get handicapping at all. And half the other stuff you americans talk about

[Zybomb]

In games like basketball there is a line, for example Dallas is a 4.5 pt favorite over Miami, so Dallas has to win by 5 points or more if you bet on them. If they win by 3 you lose.

In baseball there are no lines. (well there are 1.5 run lines...but those generally arent used) Since one team is better than the other team and all they have to do is win (by any amount) you have to risk more money on a favorite.

For example if the Tigers were to play the Royals at home. You couldn't just risk $100 to win $100 on the Tigers -- or everyone would take the bet, since the Tigers are one of the best teams in MLB right now and the Royals are one of the worst.

Thats why they'll set up the line like -200 for example. Meaning you need to risk 200 to win 100

If you take the royals you'd get + money. In the Dodger game they are getting +135, meaning for every 100 you risk you win 135 because the Mets are favorite

[Boobie Lover]

I personally like betting on MMA fights because the lines are way off. Like Matt Hughes was only a 2:1 favorite over Royce Gracie. Yeah, that wasn't close.

[Zybomb]

Post predictions

[eejit101]

hell, no i semi understand the use of this + and - stuff, thanx to Zybomb for that man, can people post tips and stuff. I really want to get into sports betting.

[Penguinfan]

Despite not making any money last night (didn't lose any either I guess) I will post some plays from time to time, if people want to check em out that's great, if not that's fine as well.

Nice thing is I won't have to check the sports page for results, I can just see how much my rep points fall and I'll know how much was lost.