-200 or better

Is it just me, or has it been a while since a team favored by -200 or more has lost (knock on wood - I know the astros are beating the dodgers right now). But it seems like it's been atleast a week...maybe around 7-8 games. Anybody know officially when the last loss for a -200 or better team was? They seem to be winning a lot these days

I recall the Red Sox losing just a few weeks ago to the Royals I think.

yeah it definitely happened a few weeks ago. But I consider even 9-10 -200 wins or better to be a little eerie for baseball season.

dodgers were -200+ friday night and they got rocked.

Wasn't Oswalt pitching? I thought Billingsley was around -175, not quite -200. Could be wrong though

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Including St Louis today, the Big Favs (-200 or higher) were on a 8-0 run.

Have to go back to Sat 7/11 to find a loser when Oak beat Garza and Tampa. Tampa was a -210 fav that day at the close.

I track with Bodog lines.

According to Vegasinsider.com, the last -200 or better team to lose was the -200 red sox (penny) against the royals (hochevar) on thursday, july 9th. That's 13 wins in a row prior to this pending dodgers game. Vegasinsider has garza and tampa bay listed at -181 on july 11th.

kidman232 said:

dodgers were -200+ friday night and they got rocked.

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Dodgers werent even close to -200 friday night, I know because I played them.

That seems a bit abnormal to me.

roc18 said:

Dodgers werent even close to -200 friday night, I know because I played them.

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Are you sure? I know they started around -140 but by game time they were around -200 if not more.

BadCo posted the line for you.

They closed at -175 at Bodog on Fri night. Bodog shades the favs. Not likely anyone had a higher line than that.

The line closed anywhere from -160 to -185. But no higher at most books

Well the Braves lose this one..........damn it

Technically, Tampa did close close at -200 at a few vegas/online books on July 9th. But I would say they closed below -200 at 90% of the books. I think we can say it has legitimately been 13 wins in a row for -200 or better teams. Though 8 in a row is enough to be considered a trend as well. Plus the dodgers still have a chance to keep the streak alive

And the braves have now taken the lead.

Dodgers win, making it 14 wins in a row for teams favored -200 or higher. Can the braves make it 15?

This is ridiculous and I was on Houston

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This is ridiculous and I was on Houston

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I know me too. I'm a firm believer in not betting against streaks. But if the braves win tonight, I'm going to seriously consider betting against some -200+ teams this week

Braves are blowing this one open. That makes it 15 in a row dating back to July 9th