At what point do u consider a baseball loss a "bad beat"?

[bettilimbroke999]

Its just so standard to have a 2 and 3 run lead and get beat is that a "bad beat"

You can never get cocky in baseball, just when ur happy u made that bet and have a 3 run lead your pitcher instantly starts servin up homers left and right

I just wonder what type of lead in baseball is considered a bad beat, I mean do u have to be up 5 in the 9th and lose to say u got bad beat or is a 2 run lead in the 8th a bad beat

[Jiggy Fly]

Up 3, 2 outs, bottom of the 9th or bottom half in extras and a Grand Slam beats you. Gotta be the worst bad beat.

[onlooker]

Its just so standard to have a 2 and 3 run lead and get beat is that a "bad beat"

You can never get cocky in baseball, just when ur happy u made that bet and have a 3 run lead your pitcher instantly starts servin up homers left and right

I just wonder what type of lead in baseball is considered a bad beat, I mean do u have to be up 5 in the 9th and lose to say u got bad beat or is a 2 run lead in the 8th a bad beat

Depends on the team. If it was a good reliever/closer in a good bullpen, then I would say yes. If it is a bad reliever/closer out of a bad bullpen, then I would say no. Because your lead is never safe with a terrible bullpen backing it up.

[eidolon]

extra innings; "here's the pitch", and the ball hits a bird and the runner on third scores on the pass ball.

[ZetaPsi808]

broke, who were you on tonight?

[jlgarciaiii22]

Anything that changes the outcome in the 9th inning which makes you lose your bet... That's a Bad Beat in my book!

[THE PROFIT]

This is why I have never been a big baseball bettor. Way too unpredictable, you cant take -200+ favs no matter how much better they are, because anyone can win. There is no safe margin, maybe 6 runs, but that is no guarantee & doesnt happen that often. If a bad ass beat doesnt get ya, the weather will.

I had a ton today on the yanks 1st 5 -.5 at even money. They were tied 3-3 going into the 5th & yanks get 3. I have this won IMO, CC is one strike away from ending the inning & a cloud bursts. Now, luckily they finished an hour later, but that bet could have just as easily been cancelled.

[Dukebluejms]

I usually don't consider any losses in baseball as bad beats except this one that happened to me last year. Third game of the season, I had the Braves ML at Philly. They were up 10-3 in the bottom of the 7th and lost 12-11... That was a heart breaker.

[THE PROFIT]

yeah, theres one of those 7 run leads that you should be able to turn the TV off & call up the strippers. WRONG!

That's like having a 3 TD lead in a football game in the 4th. I know it can go sour, but not likely. In bases all it takes is the bullpen to blow it, happens all the time

[Rush]

I consider every loss a bad beat because I couldve been on the other side

[DeluxeLiner]

Baseball most unpredictable sport I think... I think you make that money grinding out value for each pick you make.

[bettilimbroke999]

broke, who were you on tonight?

I was on the Yanks, it won, they were up 2 runs then just as Im pleased with my bet like always Sabathia instantly gave up 3 runs in the bottom of the inning to be losing again, but then thankfully the Yanks scored 3 in the top of the 5th to retake the lead and held onto it

Baseball bets are such a fukin rollercoaster ride I just wonder what the standard for a bad beat is, a 3 run lead a 4 run, 5 run, 10 run I mean hell 2 and 3 runs are scored all the time (1 good swing of the bat after a couple of walks is 3 runs) so its hard to call that a bad beat but if ur up by 3 runs in the 8th it seems like a bad beat if they blow it but then I'll start a thread pissed off and call it a bad beat and some idiot will comment in my thread with somethin like oh what difference does it make if they scored 3 runs in the 8th or the 9th inning or the 1st inning and all this garbage. So I always end up sayin well the difference is the amount of game left to be played, if ur up 10 pts in the first 5 mins of a basketball game u cant call a loss a bad beat but if ur up 10 pts with 4 mins left its pretty fukin unlucky if ur team loses

But baseball is prone to such rollercoaster ups and downs where the pitcher blows up or the batters suddenly square every pitch down the line or over the fence that I was just wondering what the standard for a bad beat is. I just want to know how bad it has to be for a baseball bettor to say motherfukin dammit Im just fukin baseball cursed and throw his remote through the screen

[brumbies]

This Colorado Rockies/Los Angeles Dodgers game taking place right now is shaping up to be a really bad beat for over 8.5 backers despite having 7 runs at the top of the 1st inning.

[bettilimbroke999]

This Colorado Rockies/Los Angeles Dodgers game taking place right now is shaping up to be a really bad beat for over 8.5 backers despite having 7 runs at the top of the 1st inning.

Only 6 runs in the top of the 1st but still 100% agree that's a bad beat, pretty fukin sick to have over 2 1/2 for 8 1/2 innings and lose

[Whippit]

This Colorado Rockies/Los Angeles Dodgers game taking place right now is shaping up to be a really bad beat for over 8.5 backers despite having 7 runs at the top of the 1st inning.

a ridiculous 6+ run 1st inning was nearly a bad beat for "under" backers so this game's a wash in the end

[Panekkkk]

My most hated "bad beats" are when you are on +1.5 RL and lose from a 2/3/4-run HR in extra-innings. Giants vs. Mets perfect example yesterday.

Giants down 3-4 in the top of the 9th. All I need is K-Rod to close out the Giants and I cash. Giants tie it in the top of the 9th, only for the Mets to hit a 2-run HR in the bottom of the 9th. Final score 6-4 = loss. Same type of situation has also cost me an under bet. Teams tied 2-2 going into the 10th. Final score was like 5-7.

Every sport is full of 'em.

[eberetta1]

Trying to apply a poker term to baseball? It is when you have the upper hand against another team, and they turn it around on you.

[Shortstop]

It's only a "Bad Beat" if you're on the losing side...

[mitote]

Don't you love baseball!

[kisado]

A 2, 3 run lead and getting beat is nothing really. Unless, you get beat by a series of unlikely occurrences in the 9th inning or something. I backed a team last year that was up 10-0 heading into the 8th and lost 11-10.

[Coming Back!]

I usually don't consider any losses in baseball as bad beats except this one that happened to me last year. Third game of the season, I had the Braves ML at Philly. They were up 10-3 in the bottom of the 7th and lost 12-11... That was a heart breaker.

I had that game for big money & lost. Ahh, memories. I also had a game last year where Cliff Lee was beating the Cubs 7-0 and the bullpen came in and blew it in late innings. I had $2300 on a Astros/Cubs game last year. I had the Astros and Oswalt in Wrigley. Astros were losing 4-0 in the top of the 9th. I wrote it off as a loss. Next thing I knew the Astros started hitting bombs all over the place off that shitty reliever Gregg. They tied it at 4-4, had 1st and second with nobody out. I'm the most negative ****er in the world, but I have to admit I thought I had it. Needless to say, the Cubs squirmed out of the inning bc the dumb Astros manager didn't want to bunt w some garbage hitter. Cubs later won in extras. I don't know if that's a bad beat but it sucked. This year I had the Marlins versus Lincecum. Fish were up by a run w 2 outs in the 9th & nobody on base. Rowand hits a homer to tie game on Nunez's 3rd best pitch. That game put me into a tailspin of doubling up & still haven't recovered. Gotta love gambling!!!!

[Cappinpicks]

How about the twins at the A's last year and the Twins blew a 11-0 lead or something and then the Umpire blew a blatant call at the plate to send the twins home on a wild pitch where the runner was clearly safe and the twins would have tied it.

[encephalization]

Depends on the team. If it was a good reliever/closer in a good bullpen, then I would say yes. If it is a bad reliever/closer out of a bad bullpen, then I would say no. Because your lead is never safe with a terrible bullpen backing it up.

Amen to that.

[Cappinpicks]

This was after the twins blew the 11-0 lead

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=5654271

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=5653893

[G's pks]

when I look and my balance has gone down!

[Cappinpicks]

can anyone find a worse bad beat?

[MLBStreakbuilda]

I have always thought that part pf a bad beat is when something that absolutely wasn't supposed to beat you beats you. Say, for instance, you cap a game, and you correctly identify that some numbers on the hometeam don't add up (something you feel is unsustainable/they've had bad luck etc.) or you correctly predict that a pitcher with stellar numbers really hasn't been all that great or whatever...and then you have bullpen stats on your side. Now, if the pitcher corrects or the lineup you bet on does produce, and then the bullpen blows a 2-run lead capped by a line drive off of the closer who up until that game had saved 22 consecutive games - well, in my opinion, then, it's a bad beat. Just losing the bet late, say on a Pujols HR, isn't enough, because Pujols was always supposed to hit that HR.

Make any sense?

[Rixsaw]

There is no bad beat in baseball.

[julio_cat]

A bad beat? How about having the under when Brewers score 17 runs or more alone? (3 times this season)

[WeinketoWarrick]

How about the twins at the A's last year and the Twins blew a 11-0 lead or something and then the Umpire blew a blatant call at the plate to send the twins home on a wild pitch where the runner was clearly safe and the twins would have tied it.

this. that game sucked

[philswin]

basbeball is tough to bet I bets small amounts in multiple games so 1 game will never kill you.