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How Important Is The Closer On A Winning Baseball Team?
Posted on 15. May, 2012 .
When it comes to writing MLB blogs, often times the author will diminish the role of the closer. This season, more then ever, writers from across North America, have disregarded the importance of the closer as being nothing more then folklore amongst baseball analysts. However, this wasn’t always the case, as when baseball was ‘your [...]
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How Important Is On Base Percentage To An MLB Team Success?
Posted on 01. May, 2012 .
The 2012 MLB sports betting season has arrived and handicappers new and more experienced are already in search of the best statistic to influence a team’s success. In the playoffs, the experts would have us believe that good pitching tops good hitting. However, in the past couple of seasons, teams with excellent on base percentage [...]
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What Is Slugging Percentage?
Posted on 17. Apr, 2012 .
Bodog handicappers looking for a sport to stimulate them mentally should look no further then baseball. Whether you are watching a game between two of the best or two of the worst teams in the league, there are plenty of statistics to be aware of. The amount of variables taken into consideration by handicappers before [...]
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Early Season Odds To Pick Pennant Winners
Posted on 03. Apr, 2012 .
It’s been five long months since the St. Louis Cardinals shocked the baseball betting world, by upsetting the Texas Rangers for the 2011 World Series title. In just over 48 hours, the first pitch of the 2012 season will be thrown, as fans, handicappers and analysts all attempt to use early season odds to pick [...]
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World Series Betting Futures
Posted on 20. Mar, 2012 .
The March Madness betting tournament and the upcoming MLB season have more similarities then most people would have you believe. Essentially, as casual bettors, it is easy to jump on the brand name powerhouse teams, as opposed to shop around for value, when looking at World Series future lines. Teams such as the New York [...]
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College Hoops Handicapping Losses Of Good Teams
Posted on 06. Mar, 2012 .
With the March Madness betting tournament right around the corner, fans both new and more experienced in wagering on college basketball are in a panic. Essentially, the main concern is that good teams are being knocked off by lesser known teams in way this year never seen before. As a result, with the college basketball [...]
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Betting College Hoops Teasers
Posted on 21. Feb, 2012 .
College basketball betting enthusiasts are chomping at the bit for the March Madness tournament to begin. With only three weeks left until lines are set to open, sharp and inexperienced bettors alike, are becoming giddy like a child in a candy store, at the prospect of using teasers on a handful of games. On March [...]
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What Does It Mean To Hedge Your Bets?
Posted on 07. Feb, 2012 .
March Madness betting lines attract bettors from all different sports. The world’s number one playoff tournament also happens to attract different sports betting systems for less experienced handicappers to buy or to try for free. One system that gains a lot of traction is hedging bets. Today, we will look at the pros and cons [...]
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NFL Playoffs Betting
Posted on 25. Jan, 2012 .
Sports betting enthusiasts tired of watching their favorite teams get thumped night after night in the NBA, NHL and MLB, should look no further than the NFL playoffs to turn a profit. Each year, the NFL welcomes in a whole crop of new fans, as the playoffs provide an alternative option to the regular season. [...]
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Numbers To Consider When Football Betting
Posted on 10. Jan, 2012 .
When it comes to handicapping NFL betting lines, gamblers need to be as knowledgeable about the different statistics used to determine the outcome of games, as they do about player’s injuries. For example, when bookie software analysts set the point spread, the bettor needs to be aware of why the spread is a certain number, [...]
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