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Betting Baseball | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael Murray
Publisher: Murray LLC
Category: Book
List Price: $27.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 660230
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 220
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0977878708
EAN: 9780977878703
ASIN: 0977878708
Publication Date: January 30, 2007
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Product Description
Betting Baseball is a guide to the art of handicapping baseball. From the basics to the advanced, all factors in betting baseball are studied in this 220 page book. Umpire scouting reports, the impact of weather on a baseball game, description of sophisticated formulas designed to measure the quality of a baseball team are just some examples studied.
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 Much ado .. July 31, 2008
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Paul Romano says:
Although,this book promotes military strategy as it applies to wagering on baseball games their is no strategic analysis in the book; its editor has taken a little bit of artistic license from the book called "The Art of Betting on Baseball" in his editorial comment.
"The Art of Betting on Baseball", is the definitive book on how military philosophy can be applied to the science of wagering on Baseball games.
If you prefer to sit down and do a quantitative analysis on every game you wager then this is a good book for you. Most people don't have that luxury of spare time.
If you really want to find out about the "art of wagering" on a baseball game and hit at least an 80 % win ratio; I suggest you read the first book on Baseball wagering strategy - "The Art of Betting on Baseball".
Really only 1.5stars in my opinion.....read on? July 9, 2008
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY TOO MUCH "FLUFF", AND NOT ENOUGH PERTINENT SUBSTANCE! I ONLY GAVE IT A 2ND STAR DUE TO THE PAGE COUNT. If you want something that is a quick read and only about 11 or 12k in wordage (and only 100+ total pages), then I'd HIGHLY RECOMMEND "The Ultimate Guide to Beating Baseball" by Mr. Joseph J Tuttle. And, if you happen to like the ponies (as I do)? He has written three horse handicapping books on Amazon.
p.s. In the 18 days that I've owned Mr. Tuttle's book, I've made over 3k!!!!
I'm out.....gotta love Jim Rome.
J.R.
Journal or Guide to Handicapping??? January 28, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Murray's book is very scattered (just as the reviewer below me stated). It also seems like a journal of his wagering of 2007 (on baseball), which it is, but I don't want to read a journal. I'm already a sound handicapper and only recieved a few new pieces of info from this book. He speaks of Money Management from the start, but fails to not chase losses throughout the year, as well as wagering on too many sides, totals, and props every day. For Murray to regard himself as a respectable baseball handicapper and then not follow his own advice is absolutely absurd.
I usually give folks the benefit of the doubt, but I wouldn't recommend "Betting Baseball 2007" to anyone that's serious about wagering on baseball or to the recreational wagerer.
 Not a Book for Lazy People January 17, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
In terms of providing a formulaic way of handicapping baseball games, there is no other book I've read which comes close. The reason a book like this will get poor reviews is because after reading it people find that in order to win they'll have to put in tons of time handicapping using programs like excel. Most people who decide to gamble on sports are looking for a quick and easy way to make money and this book doesn't give quick fixes.
I don't follow murray's methodology exactly, but it is this book which has helped me find a way to win betting baseball.
Scattered and Disappointing June 17, 2007
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
I have never read a more scattered book in my life. I expected it to contain analysis and key strategies the author has used to succeed in baseball betting. Instead, it is a journal recounting one season of betting -- randomly hopping from topic to topic without any sort of systematic presentation or analysis. If anecdotes on sports betting sprinkled with cursory references to facts/methods/reasons is what you want, this is it. The book actually *mentions* quite a few valid tools/angles to consider, and it is clear the author is very knowledgeable about the game and the numbers behind it. However, outside of 3-4 pages where creating fair odds is discussed, the book does not provide any directly useful handicapping information.
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