Originally Posted by
arwar
i concur with Mr Emancipator - a 16 game season does not provide sufficient data for trend analysis. a 162 game baseball season definitely offers trend possibilities. Baseball Prospectus is only $5 a month and they have stats on every minor league player in the system. must cappers neglect to include this in their calcs, especially after the rosters expand on Sept 1. it's tricky to follow because the trades are behind the scenes. several years ago i proved that a player (gambler) can consistently make 10% a month ROI playing scalps on baseball arbs. but you have to be willing to watch the lines 10 hrs a day 7 days a week at multiple books, maintain accounts at all of them, avoid pitfalls like betting the same side of the scalp in the heat of the moment, or having one side of a play get canceled by the book for whatever reason. there is a scalp calulator in the SBR tools but it is useless in real time since any book wiill be suspicious when you try to get action like $128.34 on a play. but it can be done without arising suspicion. many times a play is a PUSH and when it wins (it never loses except as mentioned above) it may only return 1-1.5% per play, but it can be done. i have probably received 100 requests for people wanting me to code them a program that tracks the lines and then automatically logs them in and places their wagers. but every book is different and has different protocols on accepting wagers (PWs, pins, etc). enough - adderall makes me ramble.