Is there a must read Book for Handicapping Baseball?

[Louisvillekid1]

Last season was the first time I tracked and capped bases. (besides a few spot plays over the years).

I went 50 % after over 600 plays and basically broke even, playing mostly dogs.

Just trying to learn as much as possible, love the sport and have always followed it.

But additional info I get my hands on I like to have in my toolbox.

[ebbearsfb1]

lkid,

should me a pm with your email

got something with baseball info in it.

pretty useful if your willing to do some leg work

[vrksayy]

Read the book 'Free Basing: A Successful Guide to Handicapping Major League Baseball' by 'R.J. Hinkle'. Amazon sells it for $9.99, or if you got that Kindle you can download it and read it off there.

[Chi_archie]

I don't think i've ever read a gambling book that dealt soley with baseball but I read alot of the stuff Baseball Prospectus puts out and it really helped shaped by baseball capping post 2009

one of my favs is Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game is Wrong

[vrksayy]

Baseball betting is a marathon. Read stats, follow trends and trust your gut; you don't need a book.

[Brock Landers]

I go on tremendous streaks in baseball. It can be mindnumbing though. When bullpens blow leads and shit. Its definitely a marathon and not a Sprint

[Dirty Sanchez]

I go on tremendous streaks in baseball. It can be mindnumbing though. When bullpens blow leads and shit. Its definitely a marathon and not a Sprint

Yeah...I consider your handicapping as "mindnumbing" as well

[Brock Landers]

Yeah...I consider your handicapping as "mindnumbing" as well

whatever that means

[koz-man]

now, that there is funny....lol

[Mikeyanks23]

I go on tremendous streaks in baseball. It can be mindnumbing though. When bullpens blow leads and shit. Its definitely a marathon and not a Sprint

brocks advice: take the biggest fav on the board. Bet against the cubs in day games. Find a pitcher whos 1-6 even though his era is 2.32 and gets no run support and Rubberband the other team

[tto827]

Fade the Cubs every game is probably a good bet.

[Brock Landers]

Fade the Cubs every game is probably a good bet.

Astros this year...they WILL lose 100+ games

[CanuckG]

No must read book exists.

[Louisvillekid1]

Fukkin pumped for bases!

[Mikeyanks23]

Astros this year...they WILL lose 100+ games

doubt it would be profitable when your gonna be laying -200 + on alot of those games

[DrStale]

Read the book 'Free Basing: A Successful Guide to Handicapping Major League Baseball' by 'R.J. Hinkle'. Amazon sells it for $9.99, or if you got that Kindle you can download it and read it off there.

Baseball betting is a marathon. Read stats, follow trends and trust your gut; you don't need a book.

[broadway6]

i lose at all sports these days....currently looking for a ne hobby.


kid- read the newspaper

[tatddy]

Buy one of these. Randomly throw 20 teams on every day. Blindfold yourself. Grab 3 darts. Throw darts. Make 1 unit plays on each team.

Do this all year and prob end up better than 90% of the free world.

[Louisvillekid1]

sbrdarts.com

[The Giant]

Play underdogs and favorites on the runline (if they're + money). If you can handle a game winning by one, and you losing, you'll be fine. Long-term + money is better.

Use a book that offers 10 cent lines, anything above that is robbery. Your best bet is probably fivedimes.

Lay off the smack.

Good luck.

[tatddy]

'Viller I've never listened to or read anything on the subject but my buddy used to swear by this podcast. I think it was The Betting Dork with Gill Alexander. My bro said lots of relevant stat work and I remember that 75% of the season team totals he mentioned they predicted hit in 2012.

I can't be 100% that was the right podcast. Unfortunately my buddy passed this past year. Check it out though.

[Louisvillekid1]

Thanks ^

I've don't a quite a bit of prep already, I'm excited for the season.

[BeatingBaseball]

No must read book exists.

Agreed.

Sad but true.

[davidmiru]

I don't think i've ever read a gambling book that dealt soley with baseball but I read alot of the stuff Baseball Prospectus puts out and it really helped shaped by baseball capping post 2009

one of my favs is Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game is Wrong

that mine favorite too.

[Grits n' Gravy]

LK- Fade Brock all season and you will make money. Baseball too much of a grind if you have a life outside of gambling. Plus it is extremely boring to watch. Find streaking teams, both winning and losing, and ride them out.

[greenhippo]

Fade Astros RL on the road. Tail the great teams RL at home, especially against the Astros and Twins of baseball (except Giants bc they don't normally blow out teams)

[LowRollin]

I totally disagree with above poster^. home favorites will cover less often since either there is no bottom 9th or they hit a walk off single or something and win by 1. MLB is a grind for me but I had a lot of success late last season when I started betting underdog RLs.

[BeatingBaseball]

...Baseball too much of a grind if you have a life outside of gambling. Plus it is extremely boring to watch...

Anyone who thinks baseball is boring knows little about the game.

[greenhippo]

I totally disagree with above poster^. home favorites will cover less often since either there is no bottom 9th or they hit a walk off single or something and win by 1. MLB is a grind for me but I had a lot of success late last season when I started betting underdog RLs.

Take out first two weeks of season and last two weeks of the season Yanks only went 4 series last year without winning at least one game on the RL at home, same with the Tigers. Rangers only went 3 series. Nationals went 4.

Me thinks the strong teams at home, like what I said, win by several runs at home more often than occasionally. But then I'm using stats to make this claim.

[greenhippo]

Should be real easy to handicap which series to avoid to get a number like that down to 2 or 3. One of the series lost was a sweep at home to the Yanks which isn't too surprising although another loss was to the Twins.

[Cuse0323]

Baseball makes my brain cry.