{"id":1277,"date":"2007-06-06T18:04:02","date_gmt":"2007-06-06T23:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/06\/baseball-betting-crib-sheet\/"},"modified":"2007-06-06T18:04:02","modified_gmt":"2007-06-06T23:04:02","slug":"baseball-betting-crib-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/06\/baseball-betting-crib-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Betting Crib Sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'><\/p>\n<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Anyone who has followed me over the years knows I preach<br \/>\nthat small favorites and underdogs are where the best value can be found in<br \/>\nbetting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bodog.com\/sportsbook\/\">baseball odds<\/a>.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>Who would have thought in a million years<br \/>\nthat I\u2019d be looking at Randy Johnson or the New York Yankees as undervalued?<\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>But that\u2019s where we are thanks to slow starts by both. One<br \/>\nof our credos in betting all sports is the Yogi <span class=SpellE>Berra<\/span>-ism<br \/>\nof \u201c90 percent of the game is half-mental\u201d. Getting Roger Clemens into the<br \/>\nstarting rotation will pay wonders for them, not just in games he pitches.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>He can be a true stopper, a pitcher who can end a team\u2019s<br \/>\nfunk with a pitching gem. Underachieving teams are so often buoyed by a manager<br \/>\nfiring, major trade, or in this case, midseason free agent addition. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Admittedly, Johnson being undervalued will be<br \/>\nshort-lived.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>Just as your <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.bodog.com\/sportsbook\/\">sportsbook<\/a> was releasing odds<br \/>\nreflective of the gambler\u2019s belief that Johnson finally was showing his age,<br \/>\nthe future first-ballot Hall-of-Fame has been untouchable in his last four<br \/>\nstarts. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>He\u2019s given up four earned runs in his last 23 2\/3 IP<br \/>\nallowing 16 hits and just one walk. His .675 WHIP in those four starts is<br \/>\nspectacular. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Whether it\u2019s an overachieving or underachieving player or<br \/>\nteam, sharp players know that over a 162-game schedule, more times than not,<br \/>\nthey will play back to their mean. A high profile pitcher and a high profile<br \/>\nteam top our list of current entities bettors must keep a sharp eye on. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone who has followed me over the years knows I preach that small favorites and underdogs are where the best value can be found in betting baseball odds. Who would have thought in a million years that I\u2019d be looking at Randy Johnson or the New York Yankees as undervalued? But that\u2019s where we are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/06\/baseball-betting-crib-sheet\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Baseball Betting Crib Sheet<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports_gambling_strategy_articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}