Last year, the Rangers and Rays completed a post season series in which the home team lost every game. According to USA Today's longtime baseball writer Paul White, it was baseball's "first postseason series without a win by a home team." And they've been playing postseason baseball for over 100 years.
That's the idea behind this chase. In each of the upcoming 7 postseason series, we will be chasing the home team to win one unit. It won't matter who the home team is or where the game is being played. We will chase the series until the home team wins. Once that happens, the chase is over and we pocket our 1 unit profit.
Briefly here's how it will work. Let's say in game one, the home team is -150 to win 100 on the moneyline. if the home team wins, great! We're up 100 and for our purposes the series is over. if the home team loses, we go on to game 2. Now we need to wager enough to win our 100 + the 150 we lost in game 1. We keep that up until we have a home team win.
There are drawbacks. You may have to lay a considerable amount of money if a series goes long. We may in some cases be backing heavy favorites, particularly in the early series. A way around this is to reduce your unit size. A $100 bettor may wish to cut it down to $50 or less.
By the way, the Tampa - TX series last year was best of 5, meaning that in more than a century of play, there has NEVER been a 7 game series in which the home team has not won at least 1 game.
There are no locks! This is not a sure thing! But with 100 years of history, I like my odds here. I will post plays later this week.
That's the idea behind this chase. In each of the upcoming 7 postseason series, we will be chasing the home team to win one unit. It won't matter who the home team is or where the game is being played. We will chase the series until the home team wins. Once that happens, the chase is over and we pocket our 1 unit profit.
Briefly here's how it will work. Let's say in game one, the home team is -150 to win 100 on the moneyline. if the home team wins, great! We're up 100 and for our purposes the series is over. if the home team loses, we go on to game 2. Now we need to wager enough to win our 100 + the 150 we lost in game 1. We keep that up until we have a home team win.
There are drawbacks. You may have to lay a considerable amount of money if a series goes long. We may in some cases be backing heavy favorites, particularly in the early series. A way around this is to reduce your unit size. A $100 bettor may wish to cut it down to $50 or less.
By the way, the Tampa - TX series last year was best of 5, meaning that in more than a century of play, there has NEVER been a 7 game series in which the home team has not won at least 1 game.
There are no locks! This is not a sure thing! But with 100 years of history, I like my odds here. I will post plays later this week.
