Originally Posted by
WRMusic
If that's the typical/universally understood "rules of baseball betting," or "baseball betting 101" as you called it, then forgive me for being pretty new at this whole "baseball betting thing." That being said, the fact that this explanation falls under the proverbial "baseball betting 101" category, tells me that those of us who bet on baseball have let ourselves be far beyond just taken advantage of.
What I mean is this: in this situation, where my book's own automated system initially processed all my bets for that game as WINS, then later those bets were adjusted to reflect a "PUSH," speaks volumes. The reason that the system initially recognized my bets on that game as WINS, was because their system first analyzed the game's results as if the game was a typical/ordinary game that was played and completed, (which it was,) and that an OFFICIAL OUTCOME/RESULT WAS DETERMINED WITH FINALITY BY MLB...(which it was.)
In the official record, last night's game was a (4-1) Atlanta Braves WIN over the Cincinnati Reds. It was that way as soon as the game was called due to weather in the 7th inning. Last night, today, tomorrow, and 100 years from now...when anyone looks up the OFFICIAL result of last night's game between the Braves and the Reds, it did/does/always will show that THE ATLANTA BRAVES BEAT THE CINCINNATI REDS BY A SCORE OF (4-1.)
The reason for this is simple; "Baseball 101" says that any game IS OFFICIAL AND WILL END AS A WIN/LOSS ON EACH TEAM'S WIN/LOSS RECORD, once any game completes the 5th inning. This includes games just like last night's game, where weather forced the game to end before all 9 innings had been completed.
NOWHERE, WHEN PLACING A BET ON A BASEBALL GAME has ANYTHING EVER said that (this bet is/will only be official and legitimate, *IF* ALL 9 innings have been played/completed.) The only thing I've ever seen that states that the bet would result in a "PUSH" or bets being cancelled, is *IF* a starting pitcher that's listed at the time the bet is placed; if one or both starting pitchers listed at that time end up not actually starting that game on the mound.