a's have one of the best bullpens in baseball.
... and you want to play them 1st five innings?
youre not even guaranteed to get your power bats up 3 times in a first five innings bet either. its flipping coins.
sure losing in the late innings sucks. but its better than coin flipping in the 1st five innings when games arent decided and managers are 'managing' the game yet.
don't be a puss
this is sports gambling, if you can't pick a winner for the entire game then do something else.
baseball isn't any different than any other sport, why do we have so many fucking complainers during baseball season about blown leads? maybe you guys haven't noticed that leads are blown in every sport?
if you start betting 5 inning lines im sure you'll be pretty pissed when your team gets a slow start and ends up winning the game
this is sports gambling, if you can't pick a winner for the entire game then do something else.
baseball isn't any different than any other sport, why do we have so many fucking complainers during baseball season about blown leads? maybe you guys haven't noticed that leads are blown in every sport?
if you start betting 5 inning lines im sure you'll be pretty pissed when your team gets a slow start and ends up winning the game
couldt agree more with this.
honestly, offshore betting has done nothing but allow bettors to mindfu.ck and second guess themselves.
its only recently that 1st five inning bets have become available at books.
now, whenever someone makes a bet that loses late, they always second guess and say 'dammit, i should have just played the 1st half, or the first five innings'.
guys just need to accept that there is a human element. these arent robots. comebacks happen.
just because your team is leading heading into the latter stages of the game does not mean youre entitled to win. nor does it mean its a bad beat if you lose late sometimes.
The one major difference is this...you have a brand new pitcher almost every night for the 9th inning, it is different than other sports, so for that reason alone it's somewhat different....one inning and the entire game goes south, a lot of bettor's can't handle that emotional rollercoaster the closer factor brings to the table.
thats true, but the same people that complain about the closers are the ones that want to bet national league games for the 1st five innings.
.... and that is a TOTAL coinflip because so many times the pitcher is up and he kills promising rallies or is basically a free out.
.... whereas if you played the full game, you get to take advantage of managers double-switching and pinch hitting when you get a chance to push across meaningful runs.
trust me, what youre saying is valid.
but there is a LOT thats fundamentally wrong with playing first 5 innings bet. and perhaps the most obvious one being laying ANY sort of chalk for just five innings of baseball, where you dont even turn the lineup over twice and no strategy is involved.
no offense meant to anyone by the way, I'm just ranting to myself not anybody specific
I've had one blown save this year. The blown save was Jorge Julio in the 9th with a 2 run lead against the Nationals. It pissed me off because Florida should have won but I don't even know if they were leading after 5 innings or not
but the bottom line is the team that plays a better overall game is going to win after 9 innings
and in the end I still believe it will more or less even out for everyone if you are in this for the long haul
I've had one blown save this year. The blown save was Jorge Julio in the 9th with a 2 run lead against the Nationals. It pissed me off because Florida should have won but I don't even know if they were leading after 5 innings or not
but the bottom line is the team that plays a better overall game is going to win after 9 innings
and in the end I still believe it will more or less even out for everyone if you are in this for the long haul
