Has Anybody Read: TRADING BASES?

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Just finished reading Trading Bases.

If any of you have read it, would be interested in your thoughts.
 

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Never heard of it explain
 

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Trading Bases: A Story About Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball (Not Necessarily in That Order)
 

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Read it last month. Good read. Sounds like a decent approach to baseball wagering, but to do what Peta did in the book, you'd have to: have a 6 figure bankroll to play with, and you'd have to have a shitload of spare time to update stats and get down on too many games to grind out a profit. After his 40% profit in 2011, Peta only cleared a 14% profit in 2012. I haven't heard how he is doing in 2013.

Peta tells the reader what he did and how he did it step by step, which initially made me want to start a spreadsheet and mock his work, but I have a feeling that we do not know every part of his system. Sharing it with the public would enable the books to adjust their lines and render it obsolete. Or maybe not. Either way, if I had a 6 figure bankroll and 8 hours a day to chart stats and place bets, it sounds like a decent way to grind out a profit, but I don't have either, so...
 

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Peta's projected 2013 standings


Projected 2013 Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
EAST
W
L
GB
RS
RA
Final o/u Line
Pick
Tampa Bay
93
69

713
605
87
Over
New York
87
75
6
749
686
84.5
Boston
83
79
10
777
755
83

Toronto
82
80
11
740
728
89
Under
Baltimore
76
86
17
703
748
78.5
CENTRAL
W
L
GB
RS
RA
Final o/u Line
Pick
Detroit
95
67

813
674
93

Cleveland
85
77
10
737
700
78
Over
Chicago
78
84
17
699
731
80.5

Kansas City
77
85
18
709
751
79.5
Minnesota
66
96
29
677
830
68.5

WEST
W
L
GB
RS
RA
Final o/u Line
Pick
Los Angeles
88
74

763
694
92
Under
Texas
85
77
3
777
738
86.5
Oakland
85
77
3
722
685
84.5

Seattle
78
84
10
644
670
78
Houston
66
96
22
635
779
59
Over

NATIONAL LEAGUE
EAST
W
L
GB
RS
RA
Final o/u Line
Pick
Washington
90
72

740
659
92
Philadelphia
86
76
4
701
653
83.5
Atlanta
82
80
8
677
671
87.5
Under
New York
74
88
16
644
706
74
Miami
64
98
26
598
752
63.5
CENTRAL
W
L
GB
RS
RA
Final o/u Line
Pick
St. Louis
90
72

770
686
86
Over
Cincinnati
84
78
6
736
704
90.5
Under
Pittsburgh
79
83
11
659
677
77.5
Milwaukee
78
84
12
688
712
79.5

Chicago
69
93
21
627
736
72.5
Under







WEST
W
L
GB
RS
RA
Final o/u Line
Pick
Los Angeles
91
71

730
632
91
San Francisco
88
74
3
718
651
88

San Diego
81
81
10
681
677
74
Over
Arizona
80
82
11
708
722
82.5

Colorado
70
92
21
765
888
71.5

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