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I'm a sports writer, part time anyways.

I've been betting online a long time, and I ended up using BetCom.

So, they asked me to keep a blog about playing with their service.


Why I Chose BetCom
  • They pay out, every time
  • Good customer service
  • Competitive lines
  • Easy to use
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04/11/2006 11:04:57 AM

BetCom Sportsbook baseball betting

With BetCom sportsbook, you can drop your wad on a baseball team after the baseball game starts, and there is no greater hedging tool or panicked reaction than dropping a load on a baseball game in-play, regardless of how your earlier baseball bets are going.

BetCom Sportsbook baseball betting
Getting your baseball bets in-play is a strange novelty indeed, a betting tactic normally reserved for football and other quarter based sports.  However, with BetCom sportsbook, you can drop your wad on a baseball team after the baseball game kicks off, er, starts, and there is no greater hedging tool or panicked reaction than dropping a load on a baseball game in-play, regardless of how your earlier baseball bets are going.  For instance, if your baseball team is winning, but you are not confident in the potency of the relief pitching, you can hedge your BetCom bet in-play with the other baseball team.  On the other hand, if it appears you will lose your baseball bet, you can try to make up your losses like a desperate fool by betting on the other baseball team at horrifying sport odds.  We recommend only the prior, and like beer and fine narcotics, the BetCom in game baseball betting can be an excellent tool when used responsibly.  

BetCom sportsbook mlb baseball betting
The two mlb baseball games that BetCom offers are the Pirates and the Chicago Cubs, along with that Yankees and Sox baseball game that nobody cares about anyway.  Seriously.  Okay, maybe the people on the east coast care for a meaningless baseball game in mid-July.  

Let us start first with the Pirates-Cubs affair.  Since we don’t know what the BetCom in-play baseball betting odds will be, we must for starters take the thing at face value, then give you a few pointers, and allow you to make the decisions from there.  It is tough thing, yes, to go out on your own, but you’ve done so before.  After all, you have to be over eighteen to gamble baseball games offshore.   So we assume you are ready.  Now Mr. Prior is on the mound, and the Cubs are obviously heavy favorites.  Sure, you can take the chalk here, but that would be pointless.  No, it’s best to wait and see if the Pirates hang tough early on.  It is then that you can drop the cash on the Cubs, preferably once the line gets to -160, depending on the score.  However, if you are looking to take the Pirates, take them now, and don’t look back.  Once the baseball game begins, you will have missed the boat.  They will not bounce back if the Cubs surge ahead, so the in-play baseball betting feature is basically null and void.

In regards to the mighty Red Sox and inconsistent Yankees, BetCom online sportsbook has set the line at even baseball sport odds for the money line.  Common sense would dictate the home baseball team has the advantage, with Mussina on the mound against the always unpredictable Bronson Arroyo.  It is for this measure that we must take history into account, a history where the Red Sox have owned the New York Steinbrenners and Mo Rivera in the ninth inning.  Therefore for the purpose of BetCom betting baseball in-play, let’s propose that this same scenario repeats itself.  If this is the case, the in-play bettor would have gained a stark advantage by playing the Sox after the Yankees have taken the lead.  The BetCom baseball odds would be pushed upward in the neighborhood of +140, depending on the size of the lead, and at that point you can nab the Sox for a hefty return, rather than taking them prior to the start of the baseball game.  And as always, if the Yankees or the Red Sox jumped ahead by four or five runs, you can go to another baseball game without having lost a cent.  An excellent in-game baseball betting strategy, if I do say so myself.  And I did.  


07/15/2005 10:38:18 PM

Betcom Sportsbook baseball betting

As we venture into the second half of the baseball betting season, there are many things to consider.

Betcom Sportsbook baseball betting
As we venture into the second half of the baseball betting season, there are many things to consider.  This is the portion of the baseball season where we separate the pretenders from the contenders, the good money baseball teams from the ones that will send you to the poorhouse.  Although we are still in the midst of the work week, for those of you who actually work, and Betcom online sportsbook gives us overnight baseball money lines, run lines, and totals to choose from.

Going into this weekend, we have plenty of huge baseball matchups and aces on the mound.  MLB baseball has done this intentionally, of course, in hopes of maintaining the publicity steam from the baseball All-Star break.  Not that it is needed, of course, baseball being the only sport in town.  Yet Mr. Selig is a desperate man, a man prone to panicking and rash baseball decisions, so it is of no surprise to most that pivotal baseball games are taking place now.  Without further ado, let us examine the baseball games.

In the Big Apple, we have the second rate Mets playing the Atlanta Braves, their unofficial owners for the last two decades.  However, this baseball match is more of an Atlanta versus Atlanta affair, with the defector Tom Glavine pitching against John Smoltz.  While this is hardly 1996, these baseball pitchers are still relatively effective, and Betcom sportsbook has the over/under line at 8.  A sign of respect, respect that is no longer needed for two dinosaurs.  We like the over, despite the sport odds set at -115.

Anytime a team from the National League West, baseball’s minor league, plays a baseball team from anywhere other than the NL West, there is money to be had.  Sure the team from Cincinnati is hardly a powerhouse, but when playing the Rockies outside of Coors, they might as well being playing cardboard cutouts of baseball players.  The money line is hardly attractive at Betcom sportsbook, so the obvious choice would be the -1½ line, which is paying out a stupendous +140.  Expect an eight to four baseball game, or some sort of whooping of the ass.  In fact, the 9½ over line looks pretty good too.

Andy Pettite is a horrific 6-7, but it is not due to any malfeasance on his part.  His ERA is a stellar 3.07.  Mark Mulder, his opponent, is also more than serviceable, which suggests a good under baseball bet.  You might tell yourself the Cards have a potent offense, which they do, but that is counterbalanced by what is one of baseball’s worst run producing teams, the Astros.  At 8½, the under is a nice line when you consider to aces are on the mound.  Not only that, Betcom sportsbook has the under at nickel odds, meaning you will only have to lay down half the juice to win this baseball bet.  A baseball parlay may even be performed, with the Cardinals at either money or at the full 1½ run line.  Of course, it is highly recommended that you never mix a favored run line with the under, lest you end up rooting for runs scored and at the same time runs not to be scored.  A strange dilemma indeed.  




 
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