is useful when you don't really care who starts. When you don't figure starting pitching in to your handicapping, playing action can't hurt. Another function is a certain pitcher Vs. action. This allows you to be sure you get the one pitcher you want to bet on or against or its no bet. Remember when you play action and there is a pitching change you get an adjusted line, depending on who replaces who. A good example is if Pedro got scratched tonight and the Red Sox started say Casey Fossum. In this case all action bettors would get an adjusted line of say Red Sox -150 or so. Another consequence of a late pitching scratch is Run-line and Totals bets are all no action, as they are automatically listed pitchers.
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