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Have a game over 8.5,.....it's like 4-4 in the 5th, no problem ( sure winner), no more scoring, goes like 13 innings, then rains, suspended game.....AND under wins ! Some stuff like this happens every few years, bad for everybody involved ( except the under players). Any way to do it better ?

That would really blow !.....or be a lucky save on under !

There's always a question when rain comes.

Chocolate Cake Sabathia screwed himself out of a win by not pitching faster on Sat.

Losing the above could drive non-stable types to break TV's, kick the cat, chase, etc.

I'm immune to that, just not the excitable type.
 

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Bad beat my ass. You bet over 8.5, and it couldn't get over in 13 innings.
 

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A bad beat is the team is covering the runline and then they allow a few runs in the bottom of the 9th with two outs and end up not covering.
 

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A bad beat is when you lose an under by 2 points in double overtime. Most "bad beats" that people bitch about are nothing but losses.
 

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not everything but the Dodger over is about to be

Yep, I had Colo and LAD over 8.5.....7-0 after 1.5 innings, ends up 8-0, I had Colorado also, I often have some sort of position on nearly every game, as I trade, and live trade at Matchbook. I expect stuff like this, happens every day, sometimes I'll buy back ( offer) the under at like 50-1, just to lock in the win, and lose a few percentage points....but this is advanced MB stuff, and live trading is very stressful....I'll only do it between innings ( usually)....staring at a computer screen, and a TV screen ( ideally several of each), waiting to pounce on mistakes is like being an air traffic controller or something.

Breaking the TV/ computer, punching a hole in wall, kicking the cat, whatever does no good. I have to then buy a new TV/Computer, fix a hole in the wall, and take the cat to the vet.

I'm so immune to feeling from gambling.....I'd barely even react if I hit a Megabucks slot in LV for 10 million, or Powerball for 100 million, OK lets do the legal stuff, I'll pose with the big check later.

I'm dead serious, I'd be the least excited big winner you ever saw....certainly nothing like the Samoan broads that pick up Bob Barker ( like he was a kitten) , on Let's Make A Deal.

You want to see me excited, Fuck me out of the Jackpot, like some casinos do.
 

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The OP's example is a bad beat because the ONLY way you could lose that bet is by a rainout. The game obviously can't end in a tie so if you have O 8' and the score is tied at 4-4, 99.99 times out of 100 you will win that bet. I agree that a lot of bad beats are debatable, or just people bitching about their loss, but yeah, the above example is a bad beat fo' sho'.
 

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Bad beat my ass. You bet over 8.5, and it couldn't get over in 13 innings.

That was my philosophy regarding those that complained about losing the OVER on that Robin Ventura grand slam single several years ago. The only bad beat in that game would be if you had UNDER and it goes to the 15th inning tied at 2 apiece and a guy hits a grand slam in the bottom of the 15th.
 

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That was my philosophy regarding those that complained about losing the OVER on that Robin Ventura grand slam single several years ago. The only bad beat in that game would be if you had UNDER and it goes to the 15th inning tied at 2 apiece and a guy hits a grand slam in the bottom of the 15th.
Yep.
 

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Bad beat my ass. You bet over 8.5, and it couldn't get over in 13 innings.

But it was a lock, Game can't end tied, so you're a winner with over 8.5 at 4-4, in the 1st inning.....this doesn't happen often.....OK, not too bad if it rains in like the 7th, and cancels, for a push.....but losing the bet, as I initially described , would really suck balls. The 9th run had to occur, and will occur when the game resumes, whenever....
 

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The OP's example is a bad beat because the ONLY way you could lose that bet is by a rainout. The game obviously can't end in a tie so if you have O 8' and the score is tied at 4-4, 99.99 times out of 100 you will win that bet. I agree that a lot of bad beats are debatable, or just people bitching about their loss, but yeah, the above example is a bad beat fo' sho'.

People go apeshit when something like that happens, many don't understand standard rainout rules.....sorry your team up 12-0 on the RL, pushes in a 7 inning game, That is proper, no better way to do it.
 

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People go apeshit when something like that happens, many don't understand standard rainout rules.....sorry your team up 12-0 on the RL, pushes in a 7 inning game, That is proper, no better way to do it.

Yeah, I understand the rainout rules but I'm still not happy if I have a game that would normally be a winner that ends up pushing because of a rainout. But what are ya gonna do?
 

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Had over 9 DET-CLE yesterday, there was like 10 runs in the first 3 innings, called it after 5 for rain when the score was 7-6.

It happens. Worse beat I've had was Reggie McNeal in a CFL game. I'll take that to my grave.
 

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Yeah, I understand the rainout rules but I'm still not happy if I have a game that would normally be a winner that ends up pushing because of a rainout. But what are ya gonna do?


Well, look at it from the book's viewpoint.....

We have equal action on some MLB game totalled at 8.5, game ends after 7 complete at 4-4,.....that is a push, nobody wins or loses, that's the Vegas rules !

Now ( as bookie), over guys want to paid, because a 9th run must occur, but under guys can argue the 9th run never scored, WTF under 8.5 lost in an 8 run game !!!

The game also might not complete for months, or at all....if unnecessary in late season, it can't hang on uncompleted for months.

I can see an argument for the 4-4 game @ 8.5 being graded, but what about a 3-3 game after 7 complete with a total of 7.5, what if the total was offered at anywhere from 6.5 to 8.5 ?

I think standard Vegas rules must stand, best that every book grades it the same.....or we have Tennis.

Realistically one should benefit/ get Fucked equally by this....maybe a real sharp/ live / weather/ bettor, has a niche ?
 

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I don't ever recall Illini bitching about a bad beat, not like he's Mofome.

I don't consider that Colo/Lad over to be that bad a beat, kind of like 98-99% over after 9 outs.

What I described with weather is a BAD BEAT !, that's like 1 in 10,000 games.
 

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