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Betting Baseball? Its Easier Than You Think

Las Vegas, NEV., April 3, 2008. After all the madness of brackets, www.Pregame.com has all the information about baseball as the season officially begins in April. Pregame.coms top handicapping experts have compiled an easy-to-read primer on how to bet on baseball games.

For first time bettors, baseball is the easiest game to bet on to learn the basics on how to bet on any sport. Like football or basketball, sportsbooks offer proposition bets on certain teams or certain players, creating many different prospects to bet on a game.

Bettors can bet on the money line, where a favorite team is expected to win, but unlike basketball or football where knowing the status of the whole team is key to betting the game, the starting pitchers in baseball games could likely decide the outcome of a particular matchup.

Another aspect of the money line are the over/under totals on how many runs are scored by both teams during a game. This type of betting could create a bigger risk for bettors depending on how many runs they think will be scored on a game.

Bettors who want to bet on their favorite teams with a lower risk would more likely bet on run lines, meaning a certain team will win by a certain number of runs. If a bettor thinks his favorite team will rout the opposition, the run line can give him or her an opportunity to make "plus" money while betting on their favorites.