Can You Literally See a Bad Beat Coming?

[EaglesPhan36]

I think you can.

Tonight, I have the Dodgers-White Sox Under 8. 5 runs by the 2nd inning. I say, okay this is a loser - shit happens. Scoreless until the 9th with two outs. Little bit of excitement, but still some hesitance. Sure enough, next batter - Ding Dong and it's 3-3. No way it'll finish 4-3 or even 5-3 and sure enough, LA three & counting in the 10th. It's like watching a train wreck without the satisfaction of hearing the wreck.

[Cuse0323]

We expect the worst and when it happens say I knew it.

[boeing power]

We expect the worst and when it happens say I knew it.

exactly, when the pirates were up 7-1 tonight i expected them to blow it, they won 10-1 lol, but if they had lost 8-7 i knew it was gonna happpen

[ramones951]

Sometimes I can feel the worst ones coming... probably just the nervous feeling you get

[EaglesPhan36]

I don't expect to lose, but this game was a classic example. I gave up early because of the early scoring. Checked back in periodically and lots of donuts. Ahhh, surely they'll give a few up in the middle innings. Well then they get to the 8th and a bases loaded spot results in no runs. That's when that belief creeps in. "Well shit, maybe they can make it." Then I return to peek in at 3-2 with two outs in the Top of the 9th. Dodgers backup 3B Mitchell hits a dong. He has TWO hits in 16 ABs this season and is 1/11 in his last few games. He goes deep. That is classic.

Seriously though if I had won 2 or 3 bets in a row, I would never have even thought about this. But lost my last couple and the early runs just reinforced that I am a jagoff.

Hope to God my girlfriend is going to be Bad Beat #2 tonight. I need some action and a WIN.

[EaglesPhan36]

Redemption. Three goals in San Jose in the 3rd to hit plus money on the over. Thanks Baby Jesus.

[pennsylvania209]

It happens to me in football a lot. Last two minutes of a game are the most stressful.

[MarkDee]

Yes I had arizona rl in 3 parley's and straight up big. FML

[VegasInsider]

Just like poker. Guy is dominated and you KNOW that two-outter is coming on the river.

[beerman2619]

agree with Vegasinsider especially poker you get that feeling in your stomach and no the bad beat is coming. You get that also in betting in sports it sucks.

[mikejamm]

Fuk fuk'in bad beats! Kinda nice when you think you're beat and somehow come out with a lucky break to end up a winner!

[pozzy]

Is this a poker term being used in baseball form? weird

[stevenash]

Is this a poker term being used in baseball form? weird

Bad beat is not a term exclusively applied to poker.
Matter of fact, bad beat is not a term exclusive just to sports either.

[jjgold]

most of the time yes and it is frustrating

[stikymess]

I was on the wrong end of the Dallas-Portland game 4. Dallas up 67-49 starting the 4th, I watched as Portland put up 35 and Dallas mustered a lowsy 15 points in the 4th quarter.

Shame on me I guess, I had Dallas on the ML, they were getting 4 or 5 points. Guess I should have taken the points.

That one just stands out.

[Wulfman14]

hate when shit like that happens. but just the opposite is happening to me. my bets are not even close. teams i have been picking have been losing by 4 + runs. i have actually taken a break from wagering its that bad.

[Br0nxer]

usually can see a backdoor cover in NFL from a mile away

[csm506]

Everyone who bets daily experiences this crap

[Rixsaw]

If one has been doing it long enough, one can see it coming by the flow of the game.