God’s Tid-Bets, Vol. 25
By Mike Godsey
This is the latest in a series of a Godgepodge
of sports betting strategy and other sports handicapping and gaming issues.
Does the Commissioner Want to Send a Stern
Message?
Though David Stern was non-committal on how the referee
Tim Donaghy betting scandal would affect
bid to get an NBA team, most experts agree the fiasco
will be the death knell for
bid for a franchise.
Stern has admitted it is his understanding the bets were
placed illegally and not through Vegas. If Stern were genuine about stopping
point-shaving, he would ban NBA games being played in cities where illegal
Better yet, Stern could campaign for complete legalization, where a legitimate
activity need not be forced underground and into the underworld.
Methinks Stern will choose the hypocritical road.
Sharpie: 5 Inning Lines the Best Prop Play
Stevie Vincent of BetOnSports360.com
is the top expert when it comes to evaluating pitchers. Vincent says starting
pitching is the one certainty because gamblers can specify pitchers, thus it is
the easiest to exploit proposition bet.
“We can’t specify a bet is cancelled if a clean-up hitter
is scratched. We don’t know beyond
reproach how the pinch hitter/relief pitcher chess game will transpire. But we
do know who the starting pitchers will be.”
He elaborates that pinch hitters and the bullpen can
determine full-game bets, but starting pitching is the primary decider on five-inning
wagers.
Some Things Are Worth Repeating
I’ve authored my share of articles on preseason betting
strategy. Though we refine strategies as the fluid art of handicapping
dictates, one truth that remains indisputable is that the Internet has been most
invaluable during the NFL preseason.
Accurate quarterback and key player rotations,
motivational information and other key intel
are available for the adept Internet surfer.
Best of all, more precise lowdown evolves after sportsbooks post odds,
putting the advantage to the gambler.
Preseason football is a boon to the true sharp player
because it is a goldmine for so-called “intangible” information.
Futures Bet
The most popular futures bet is on who will win the Super
Bowl. We say the San Diego Chargers.
NBA’s George Karl have consistently done less with more in the postseason than
disposed Bolt coach Marty Schottenheimer. A clear case of addition by
subtraction, we expect new coach Norv Turner to take
the already loaded Chargers to the Promised Land.
Joe Duffy of GodsTips.com
, the “NFL Specialist” has for the first time ever, by popular request,
full-season football-only packages. They are available at OffshoreInsiders.com