Everyone please list your rules when capping Baseball games.......

[illjaunt]

I will start with mine.......

1. Never bet RL home teams.
2. Never bet against a home dog if they have lost the first two.

[frankb03]

Never bet RL home favorites. Betting RL home dogs is OK.

[RJeremy]

Never bet on the Pirates.

[wayne1218]

1. Bet on whatever looks good for that particular day
2. WIN

It's gambling, don't limit your options with self imposed rules.

That's my rulebook!

[moondog22]

I never bet on games I pick!!!

[Lsufan]

Never bet more than you can afford!!

Betting the RL on home teams favorites

And remember, we don't win all the time, we win overtime.

[savage1]

Never bet on Big Al's GOY in baseball;I saw enough last year-a pitiful pick on Arizona while mired in a long losing streak and playing a hot team, the Dodgers,
As Frank and some others remember, the final score was 11-3, Los Angeles.
In general its a bad idea to bet against a team on a winning streak and on a team on a losing streak no matter how much you believe the streak will end that day;go with the streak or pass the game.

[bhs4life]

really i don't have any rules besides if you bet have the money.............
I like playing streaks on hot teams IE Dodgers or W.Sox
Never lay more than -160 or if you do make sure its not a lot of jack on it

[frankb03]

Pass on favorites more than -150. No matter how much you like it. There's 14 other games on the board to choose from.

[BigTicket]

Never use horrible money management and come on to a posting board asking for $$$!!

I'm with wayne in a way, the season is dynamic and what may work at one point won't at a different time in the season.

However, I firmly don't believe in the "due" theory especially as it relates to baseball...9 times out of 10 I will ride a team who has been on a streak instead of believing this will be the game they lose...

oh yea and I dont usually bet RL home favorites (couldnt resist the yanks yesterday though)

[WillyG]

Never get pissed off over losing a high $ Fav and expect them to come back and pound the same team the next day at high $. It's never that easy.

[STALLION]

im a line capper,so i really dont care who pitches for that day,alot of people may see things different and think i am wrong. but i can give you a very good scenario which took place last week

i had a 10* on ny mets (+140)..which i did post here..someone from another site..replied and asked if i knew that padilla (phillies pitcher) had a lifetime of 8-1 vs mets? i said i dont even look who pitching that day..am a believer that the lines and there moves will tell you the story..mets won that day 16-4

pitchers can intend to screw w/ a persons mind. n good topic though...gl this season

[wayne1218]

oh yea and I dont usually bet RL home favorites (couldnt resist the yanks yesterday though)

That was my point as well. I had the Yanks -1.5 and Seattle -1.5 both as home favorites yesterday. How did that work out for me? (2-0) +13.04 Units.

Don't limit your options or be afraid of a wager because someone else is!

You will be the one missing out. Big Deal, they don't get a last at bat. There is no more of a guarantee they would have scored in the 9th compared to the 3rd, 5th, 7th, or 8th. Just don't be afraid of making money like Seattle at +151 yesterday because they get one less at bat. If they don't need it you probably won your bet anyway!

Vegas loves hearing people eliminating 15 options but cutting those out, don't do it!

[WillyG]

Does anyone have last years stats of how many home or away Favs won by only 1 run?

Frank?

[wayne1218]

Does anyone have last years stats of how many home or away Favs won by only 1 run?

Frank?

If you get them they should include juice too because you usually lay none and receive well over +100 with a win.