Posts tagged ‘World Series’
Its a seesaw battle and currently the seesaw is currently tilted toward the Dodgers side of the playground. They lead 2-1 and are favored to win tonight’s game. In fact, you can pretty much bet that they will be favored in every game simply because of their star power as well as many more people […]
The World Series has been an exciting one for those die hard fans of baseball and sports bettors alike. Even though World Series ratings are suffering their lowest point in the modern era, action for the series has been quite steady at sportsbooks. Sportsbooks were relieved to see The Rays come back to life and […]
Well, the World Series didn’t start too hot for the Tampa Bay Rays. They put their best guy on the mound and he and his top ranked bullpen were shellacked. The Dodgers seem to really be on fire at the same time that the Rays seem to be cooling off. The Rays weren’t able to […]
In three hours time the Tampa Bay Rays and their $23M payroll will take on the second most spendy team in the league, LA Dodgers ($77M). Odds are favoring the Dodgers at about 2/1 in this series. Game one sees the two aces square off (Glasnow vs Kershaw). The Dodgers are -165 and Rays are […]
The Dodgers are clear favorites in this years World Series, which starts tomorrow evening. In fact they are about a 2/1 favorite to win the series. But in my humble opinion the odds are inflated. This is probably due to several factors: Market size (LA vs TB) Popularity and history of the team People’s perception […]
The Rays and Dodgers have not played one another this year because of the Covid restricted season. So there is no data to study head to head. This will be the first time they meet up all year. Both teams needed 7 games to win their respective pennants. As you probably know, the Rays jumped […]
The Covid shortened regular season is in the books. With that the MLB playoffs are expanded to include 16 of the 30 teams. So, almost everyone gets a participation trophy. It definitely makes things a little more interesting. The first round sees 8 series of best-out-of-three. Tampa Bay being the number one overall seed of […]
The baseball season has been a relative success thus far despite its detractors who say they should shut it down. Yes, there have been a few dozen cases of Covid in the league but they were dealt with quickly. The players were quarantined and contact tracing was performed. It appears that players wondering around in […]
The MLB season starts in three days. We have put together this article with the latest Worlds Series Odds. We also will include a few picks that are not heavy favorites and offer some value. As you know, the season is truncated and starting very late after the Coronavirus shutdown. This has affected some rosters […]
It seems as though things are beginning to open up again and life in some parts of the country is getting closer to normal than at any other point in the month of April. The optimism being felt is reflected in all parts of our culture including sport. Recently, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said the […]
