God's Tid-Bets, Vol. 23

Betting Hurricanes, Paying Posting Board Participants and More on Specifying Pitchers: God’s Tid-Bets, Vol. 23

 

Joe Duffy (JoeDuffy.net)

 

This is the latest in a series of a Godgepodge of sports betting strategy and other sports handicapping and gaming issues.

 

Follow Up on When to Specify Pitchers

 

Stevie Vincent of KnockoutPicks.com is generally accepted as the top baseball handicapper in the world when it comes to handicapping pitchers. He’s clearly established himself as the foremost authority on baseball totals plays. 

 

Because he’s the most respected voice in the “pitching and defense is 80 percent of the game” crowd, it should come as no surprise that he says gamblers should always specify pitchers when placing a bet.  In fact, he continued that it’s doubly true with over/under plays. “When betting a total, anyone who does not specify starting pitchers shouldn’t be gambling.”

 

With his unprecedented over/under record, who are we to argue?

 

Is Nothing Sacred?

 

I’m all for the fact that people can bet on just about anything.  If only our own government realized this unalienable right. However, now sportsbooks allow anyone to bet on the number of hurricanes to hit Florida this summer or if certain terrorist leaders will be captured.

 

There just seems to be something intrinsically wrong with someone rooting for more killer hurricanes or that a terrorist mastermind stays on the loose, just to win a $100 bet.

 

By no means would I suggest such bad taste would ever be the difference between the United States finally legalizing online sportsbooks, but often one has to win the hearts and minds of the public and the elected officials.  Sportsbooks that carry such inelegant proposition plays aren’t helping matters any.

 

But Nothing Unsacred

 

There are few people more universally respected in the industry than Buzz Daly (www.buzzdaly.com), the veteran industry writer. Ironically enough, Buzz asked the same “is nothing sacred” question regarding the practice of sports gaming posting boards paying top posters to move to their site.

 

First of all, I had no idea of such practice, but I can’t say I see a darn thing wrong with it. My philosophy at Godspicks.com has always been to put most of my time, effort and money into the product. 

 

Other handicappers spend more money on marketing, but I believe in worrying about the product first and foremost.  Bravo to posting boards that do the same. Is paying people to stimulate interest with quality posts any more sacrilegious than paying an SEO guy to have you ranked ahead of the competition at Google? How about upgrading software to make a posting board look better?

 

I’ll take substance over style any day and if bells and whistles are worth paying for, why isn’t quality content?

 

Now if we can only convince some posting boards to pay people not to post.

 

The famed scorephone Tailgate Party goes high tech this football season at JoeDuffy.net.  We start the week with advanced news and notes from Joe Duffy of Godspicks.com . Then on game day (starting around midnight Friday and Saturday nights for the next day’s action) it’s top computer trends from forensic handicapper  Stevie Vincent of KnockoutPicks.com, live weather radar, sportsbook contests, free sports service picks, late breaking injuries on game day, and more to “beat the screen” on the sports information superhighway at JoeDuffy.net