when i last hosted a radio show i used to bash baseball daily, in favor of football and hoops...i have been watching this closely this season, and it is the most frustrating sport to watch and to bet. Nom matter how much reseach you do, there are dozens of variables, and many that change DURING the game.
Watch these players, they lounge around, during the game with no sense or urgency, and why should they? There is NO CLOCK, they are going to play again tommorrow, and 100 times more after that, so why care if you strike out or lose the game. The bullpens look like HS kids goofing off in study hall.
baseball players seem to be very pampered and not interested much in winning every game , at least until the play -offs. perhaps if they took these games seriously NOW they wouldnt be OUT of the playoffs in sept.
there is no time limit on these games adding to the "no urgency " effect.
There are so many things you have to predict in these games, beyond the players attitudes and the Hitters. There are so many guys going on and off the DL everyday, ( because who wants to really play all 162 games?) there is the weather, the travel, the field dimension, the sun , the sightlines, who knows whats on the pitchers mind that day, and he doesnt even pitch the whole game, so there are three other guys who are going to pitch and leftys and rightys , and you got to predict whats going on thier heads. The unpires seem to be umpire different in different stadiums.
all in all, about 90% of the games are REALLY a 50-50 prop to pick a winner, and the other 10% are priced so high, its not worth betting. Why take a run line on a home fav, when they may not EVEN bat in the 9th if they are up by 1?
so thank god for the NBA playoffs and I cant wait for football.
Watch these players, they lounge around, during the game with no sense or urgency, and why should they? There is NO CLOCK, they are going to play again tommorrow, and 100 times more after that, so why care if you strike out or lose the game. The bullpens look like HS kids goofing off in study hall.
baseball players seem to be very pampered and not interested much in winning every game , at least until the play -offs. perhaps if they took these games seriously NOW they wouldnt be OUT of the playoffs in sept.
there is no time limit on these games adding to the "no urgency " effect.
There are so many things you have to predict in these games, beyond the players attitudes and the Hitters. There are so many guys going on and off the DL everyday, ( because who wants to really play all 162 games?) there is the weather, the travel, the field dimension, the sun , the sightlines, who knows whats on the pitchers mind that day, and he doesnt even pitch the whole game, so there are three other guys who are going to pitch and leftys and rightys , and you got to predict whats going on thier heads. The unpires seem to be umpire different in different stadiums.
all in all, about 90% of the games are REALLY a 50-50 prop to pick a winner, and the other 10% are priced so high, its not worth betting. Why take a run line on a home fav, when they may not EVEN bat in the 9th if they are up by 1?
so thank god for the NBA playoffs and I cant wait for football.
