Comments on: Game 5 odds: Nationals are slight favorites, Yankees are big favorites

By: stlouis1baseball

stlouis1baseball — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:20:15 +0000

Let’s go Cardinals. Seal the deal.

By: kkolchak

kkolchak — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:40:39 +0000

Why? Do you have fleas or something?

By: natslady

natslady — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:51:27 +0000

Of course. That’s why these big lines are for suckers.

By: randomdigits

randomdigits — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:30:49 +0000

I wonder how much you would have won this year if, in each of the prior 22 meetings, you had bet $100.00 on the O’s to win?

I also wonder if the O’s were favored in any of those prior contests?

By: ezthinking

ezthinking — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:18:37 +0000

You do know the line is set to attract the most action right?

By: natslady

natslady — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:16:46 +0000

Texas looked pretty whipped after getting swept by the A’s. I’m not a betting woman, but I would not have bet on Texas–the odds didn’t match my eyes.

By: psuravens19

psuravens19 — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:08:42 +0000

What were the odds when the O’s played Texas? I could be wrong, but wasn’t it the same thing and how did that turn out…

By: Chas

Chas — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:05:08 +0000

I agree, and with the way the Orioles are swinging the bat betting on the Yankees…oh, never mind.

By: number42is1

number42is1 — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:55:50 +0000

just put down $300 on the O’s. at the very least SOMETHING good can come out of tonights loss

By: cdeangelus

cdeangelus — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:39:37 +0000

The way the Yankees are swinging the bats, betting on the Orioles to win sounds like free money.

By: natslady

natslady — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:32:47 +0000

Ooops, sorry–as Gleeman notes.

By: natslady

natslady — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:32:00 +0000

Most gamblers say don’t take the bet if it’s -140 or higher, BTW. Not sure if that applies in postseason, because, as Craig notes, you rarely get those high numbers unless you have a bad team against a very good one. Vegas puts a lot of stake in the pitching matchups.

By: natslady

natslady — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:29:48 +0000

Need Gio to be the real Gio and some players who have been MIA at the plate (Morse, Harper, Espinosa and Suzuki–I’m looking at YOU) to step up. It will be interesting to see if Wainwright can fool them again with that curve.

By: greymares

greymares — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:25:44 +0000

ROOTING FOR BOTH DOGS

By: Jeremy T

Jeremy T — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:21:30 +0000

Hammel’s had a good season (when healthy), and CC has had a few rough starts, although for the last month or so he’s been lights out (and even in his “bad” starts he’d get 7 IP, 4 ER, 8 H or something). Still, the lines are based on what people are expected to bet, not necessarily what’s actually expected to happen, so I guess it makes sense. Based on the way this series has gone, CC’s going to have to do his best Verlander impression and absolutely dominate in order to end the fairy tale that has been the Baltimore Orioles season.