First Team to Score Wins: Wake Us When It’s Over

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Baseball addict and nebbish jerk-off George Will tells us that MLB is the perfect game for a sleepy summer afternoon, so why are we surprised that two-hour forty-five minute games, pitching changes every third of an inning and endless pitcher-catcher conferences leave us in a stupor? We only start paying attention when the going gets good. At Bet365 and Betroyal, the “first team to score wins” bet is pretty attractive. During last weekend’s Interleague play, the first team to score won 27 of 45 games – a 60 percent clip.

So where’s the edge? Remember your days as a pint-sized, wild-swinging fool in Little League! OK, so maybe you’ve blocked out the shame and degradation, but you should have learned at least one life-lesson – the away team is up first every inning. Almost always then, the away team gets the shorter odds, so look to the other side. The home team scored first and won in 18/45 games over the weekend – a smart bet at 40 percent.

So let’s look to a “no” bet for the “first team to score wins” in the Mariners v. A’s game tonight – pays a sweet 8/5. We also like the “no” side in the Giants v. Diamondbacks game, which pays out 7/5.

For a good jolt on a long summer day, only a really complicated Starbucks drink beats tuning into ESPN and vegging out until the hometown crowd cheers.

First Team To Score Wins [Bet365]
First Team To Score Wins [Betroyal]