hedging baseball totals

[rob]

I've wondered about this for some time as the situation seems to come up fairly frequently.
Today, on the Tor/SF game, I have one book that has the total at 8 -110 and another that has it at 7.5 -110. Is this worth playing opposite sides at each book? What is the probability of the total of this game being 8?
I'm guessing that it may not be a long term profitable play, but I would think that a similar circumstance with odd numbers - particularly 7 or 9 - may be profitable.
Does anyone have any data on this?

[AC1318]

I've wondered about this for some time as the situation seems to come up fairly frequently.
Today, on the Tor/SF game, I have one book that has the total at 8 -110 and another that has it at 7.5 -110. Is this worth playing opposite sides at each book? What is the probability of the total of this game being 8?
I'm guessing that it may not be a long term profitable play, but I would think that a similar circumstance with odd numbers - particularly 7 or 9 - may be profitable.
Does anyone have any data on this?

I doubt you will find 2 point gaps on totals

also some totals at times are -130 which would begin to add up if this side loses

[Arilou]

You can look at Pinnacle's buy/sell options to get a rough idea of what numbers are worth.

[pico]

playing the middle is an art...i have no clue how to do it, and i bet if you want to try, it'll take you a while before you figure out a good system.

[spliff]

I've wondered about this for some time as the situation seems to come up fairly frequently.
Today, on the Tor/SF game, I have one book that has the total at 8 -110 and another that has it at 7.5 -110. Is this worth playing opposite sides at each book? What is the probability of the total of this game being 8?
I'm guessing that it may not be a long term profitable play, but I would think that a similar circumstance with odd numbers - particularly 7 or 9 - may be profitable.
Does anyone have any data on this?

I would bet everything I own that this will never be profitable over the course of 3 days, much less long term.

[20Four7]

While I don't have data on this I think it wouldn't be profitable as the others have said. One hit on 8 (or whatever the number is) will take a toll on all the small winnings.

Now betting on an over 7.5 early (if you believe it's too low) and trying to cover later with an under 8.5 or 9 if you think it will get there is a different story. Trading lines like that can be profitable or can get you burnt real quick.