Need an explanation - baseball is weird

Angela · 09-19-10, 03:33 PM

it's so weird this time of year...glad I layed off today....upsets a plenty!

cecil127 · 09-19-10, 03:58 PM

phils just came back and won....somehow

you're right, its weird

happy cappin'!

mentorbh · 09-19-10, 05:33 PM

This is baseball - Inexplicable

Kraghen · 09-19-10, 06:35 PM

Originally posted by mentorbh

This is baseball - Inexplicable

I'd better keep betting on soccer and basketball or any other sport where favorite teams win 90% of the time like Barça and chelsea in soccer games etc...

floridagolfer · 09-20-10, 04:56 AM

If you keep looking for answers when there aren't any, you'll drive yourself nuts. Let it go. This is how a tour pro shoots 66 one day and 75 the next. Some days everything falls into place and some days nothing does. That's life.

Sawyer · 09-20-10, 05:23 AM

September baseball is crazy.

siabdo23 · 09-20-10, 06:20 AM

easy to explain the pitcher who is a bum any you betting against him becomes a hero

jackmyhoggoff · 09-20-10, 06:45 AM

Originally posted by Houstonian

This is my first season betting baseball and I don't really understand how this happens:

One day the Twins demolish, the next they are a no show.
Same for the Phillies, Padres, Rays, Reds ... all teams that need wins vs teams that have no shot in hell.
And don't tell me pitchers because the math-ups weren't that big.

EASY it's about MONEY ! PRO SPORTS regardless of the amount of players involved or the shape of the ball it's simply has to do with MONEY $$
! IT'S for entertainment purposes only. Such FAKE $hit @ TIMES it even hard to watch, great personel makes for GREAT acting and thats why they call them PRO'S !!

Wilforth · 09-20-10, 08:01 AM

Originally posted by Kraghen

I'd better keep betting on soccer and basketball or any other sport where favorite teams win 90% of the time like Barça and chelsea in soccer games etc...

At what lines? -800? -1000? Did Barca not lose to Hercules as a -1200 favorite?

mighty maron · 09-20-10, 08:05 AM

twins are resting a little after chicago sweep

rthoughton · 09-20-10, 08:14 AM

just bet the Phils every game in september. not doing that is the only thing that's crazy. 14-3.

cala56 · 09-20-10, 09:01 AM

yes because they are resting, win they division by 8 i think. CAnt play at 100%

gryfyn1 · 09-20-10, 09:58 AM

its because baseball is a ******* grinding sports - guys play everyday for 5 months, its brutal and exahusting, the game requires a constant mental focus which is hard to replicate day-after day after day after day.

The difference between being 0-3 and 2-3 is so fine, but makes such a huge difference.

phLLyphan11 · 09-20-10, 11:09 AM

Yeah you just have to remember that the best teams in baseball still lose 60-70 games a year. I mean look at the winning percentages of the teams that are going to make the playoffs. They are around .560-.600 range.