Only 2 months to go....

actually feels like the off season has flown this time!

Yeah been pretty quick to be fair. Might slow down a bit after Sunday when NFL is finished, but its not log away at all now.

Last season was the first time I really got into it, used to watch the odd game on channel 5, but once I got that mlb package I loved it.

Loved playing as a Kid, I was one of the Very lucky - one's Got to play for about 1/2 a day everyday @ school. Only thing was baseball wasn't big in Aus. in those day's
only watched about 2 or 3 game's since the intro of Aliminume bats. ( Yes I can't spell )

now to my main point, What's it like trying to make a Dollar $$,$$$ or 2 Definatelly Not into NBL.

Pitchers and catchers report in about a fortnight. First Spring Training games in less than a month.

Come on A's :D

Have those awful gatecrashers gone now?

Thankfully so.

Anyone backed anything this early?

I've retired from baseball betting as it's too much hard work, but I think that the Marlins will give anyone a run for their money at fairly big odds this year.

tai671 10 Feb 05:00
I've retired from baseball betting as it's too much hard work,
Thank's, tai671. that's been my Oppion from years back, Too Easy for a " Avelanch " taking All one's money.

But Best of Luck to Those with the Courage.

I'm going to New York for my 40th birthday in June during the subway series - what do you guys think the chances are of getting 4 tickets for any night of the series?

Can't wait to fulifll a lifelong ambition of seeing the Yanks live!!

thanks mate - much appreciated

Hi onionss and the rest of the baseball crew - long time no speak

Probably should go and get some calm pills from the quacks before the season starts

NYY - V - Red Sox on night 2 looks tasty

Go Rangers - speak soon

29 days and 50 minutes to go now.

You're nuts betting on spring training though. You'd have to use bookmakers probably as there is never much money on those games here unless they're televised. I think 2430 regular season games plus the playoffs is more than enough without getting started early. ;)

tbh tai I just looked at the schedule and thought NYY - v Bos was a game proper - my mistake - I'll get my coat

Blue S quare will stand you a good bet on spring training games. I had 500 notes on 2 spring games last season, no probs. One won, one lost

They might not be so eager to lay you a bet if you've taken a few pounds from them in the past.

Not to worry NBK, I guess you mustn't have been paying much attention to MLB lately then? :^0 There are just so many uncertain factors in these games you really are just guessing. I suppose if you can work out which pitchers are going to pitch, and at this point it's normally only a couple of innings each, you can find an edge. At the end of the day though, no one is really that bothered if they win or lose, so not the best betting proposition.

Hold back the abuse guys but i've watched very little to no baseball and was wondering is it worth getting into? I'm not a cricket fan,enjoy 20/20 but that is all, due to the slow nature of the game (best comparison i could find in euro sports lol). Is the game easy to pick up?

Any polite reply's welcome.

seems to be something people either love or hate so you will have to watch it and decide, takes a fair while to learn what's going on I found, remember the first games I saw i thought wtf is this? but once see a few more and get to know the rules, players etc. i loved it..

Sound like how i felt watching my first few NFL games, now I love it and everything about it. May give it a shot, mate was saying he thinks the Marlins would be a good outside bet for this year, thoughts?

I said the same at the top of the thread.

tai671 09 Feb 11:30


I've retired from baseball betting as it's too much hard work, but I think that the Marlins will give anyone a run for their money at fairly big odds this year.






Was at that place once, is only too much work when you aint making $$$$$$$$$$$.

An element of truth there rink rat, 2009 was less successful than 2006-2008 for me, but that was largely because I could no longer be bothered to put the required effort in. If you're staying up till 6am pretty much every night from April-September/October, you're not seeing much daylight over the course of the year! There are other sports where I can win with much less effort so I'm concentrating on those, plus other interests outside betting. No doubt I'll dabble during the course of the season, but possibly in running rather than my usual before the off - you can get better value bets without having to do the same amount of research. Although the lack of liquidity makes trying to bet in running on MLB a waste of time mostly.

As was mentioned, I do think the Marlins have a lot of players with a high potential upside - if it all comes together they could go close in the NL, although they are in probably the toughest division.

No worries tai I was half asleep when I looked at the schedule.

Alfhie boy as previous poster states you either love it or hate it (like marmite).
I love test cricket but dislike 20/20, baseball is a very complex game

Some of my favourite games from last year were when the bum teams were playing - One I remember with great fondness was Washington -v- Philly (probably) totally topsy turvy game and I had no money down.

But other great games are pitcher - v pitcher which are just as good.

Baseball is a top game that gets better the more you watch

Agree also that you either love or hate - however i too took a while to get into it but if you stick with baseball - its an easy game to fall in love with.

Hey NBK, how you been not seen you around in ages. You only follow baseball I guess?


Not long now guys, I simply cannot **ing wait now.

25 days, 17 minutes.....

tai671 09 Mar 12:38


An element of truth there rink rat, 2009 was less successful than 2006-2008 for me, but that was largely because I could no longer be bothered to put the required effort in. If you're staying up till 6am pretty much every night from April-September/October, you're not seeing much daylight over the course of the year! There are other sports where I can win with much less effort so I'm concentrating on those, plus other interests outside betting.

No offence Tai, I used to travel to the U.S. to play the horse racing on totes. By the end it was a grind for me as I was barely matching expenses. Other options were available for me too. (Betfair) Good luck in however you choose to go.

Oh yeah no offense taken rink rat. I know people on here can be very easily offended but I'm not one of them (usually). :D I enjoy baseball, and have had 3-4 years of pleasing profits from it, but I've found ways to make the same money for 10-20% of the work. The all night sessions every day over the summer were killing me, just don't need to do that any more.

Still looking foward to the season, but more from an occasional watching point of view than for betting on every game.

yankees/phillies live on espn america this evening, get a market up betfair pls :)

Hiya Swindon - long time no speak, good spot.

Nice start time as well

I've just e-mailed Betfair about this, hopefully they'll put up a market.

I've phoned as well, I can't see the harm in putting it up
I know it's only meaningless, but there's sod all else on

nowt yet, ill ring

They're obviously not bothered, bit annoying. I see no reason why they couldn't put the market up. Stick it on as Action if they don't know the pitchers.

dissapointing

tres disappointing

yankees blown a big lead v the astro's the other day, think these could be trading dreams :(

If they put a market up I'd run it to c. 110% in play, no probs. They've just e-mailed to say they're not bothering though, their loss.

very strange business decision, espn america is all over the world, yankees too, i think there'd be good money matched

yankees lead already

Yanks seem to have a decent batting line-up in. Would hope to see at least one more run in here in the 1st.

But a double play lol.

yeah no jeter or a rod though, thought phillies would win this

phillies 2 run homer

lol burnett

5-1 phillies

nice play

What a game to trade this would have been, Yankees lead 7-5 having trailed 1-5 early.

Betfair don't care about baseball, never have and probably never will. I used to turn over quite a lot of money here on baseball but in the end just got fed up with them and took my business elsewhere.

Getting excited now

Got an email from you know where today.

They're dealing -103 all season :^0

I don't know where

..ah i do now, Pinny. Cheers.

Got that email too. If only they'd still take my money. Another identity required I think. ;)

Interesting tai, ive never known of them closing down winners before, even big ones. Wonder if they've changed policy

tai671 02 Apr 20:44
Got that email too. If only they'd still take my money. Another identity required I think. ;)

seriously would a name change by deed poll get around this problem? im banned completely by 3 bookies and limited to pointless amounts with a load others. if i changed my name would they find out its me? would it be a breach of rules and give them an excuse to not pay out on bets?

btw when is opening day? have i missed it? bit involved in the soccerball and IPL cricket at the moment, forgot about the baseball.

Opening day is Sunday 4/4: Red Sox and Yankees

I can't get a bet on anywhere cunny. It's probably easier to borrow trusted friends/relatives identities rather than changing your name. :^0 When they find you've got the same date of birth, address and so on, you might have wasted your time.

Opening Day is Monday. There is a game (and even in the context of a 162 game season it is a big one) on Sunday night, but Opening Day is Monday, as always.

are spring training results totally meanlingless?

just notice the Cleveland Indians are getting great results throughout, they were hopeless last year but interesting..

Guess the move is to find out why they're getting great results (take a look at who they've faced etc)

There's no other implication in my post, I haven't had chance to look at it at all.

well they've beaten enough decent teams etc.

Only a few hours folks!!!

Come on the NYY

"Its been a long time"

But we're back folks! :D

Here's to another prosperous long sweltering summers nights/mornings :-)