Originally Posted by
SBR Tony
really can't use the excuse of a bad line here because he's talking about a Local. and a Local on the go to boot !
so we are talking Mickey mouse here, a guy playing bookie that has no real office
if he feels that you are leaning one way, he's going to shade that line to his advantage
knew a guy many years ago would call a local place, and if he wasn't looking for a run down, he would ask about games with a single team name.
for example last night's game, instead of asking what's the line on the Fl. st / Mich game, he would say, " what do you have on Michigan ? "
the guys in the office knew he was looking to bet Michigan, so they would shade the line by at least a hook
Now I'm not saying they do this everywhere, but I've seen a lot of things over the years like this