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Betting Baseball

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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.

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.

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.

I was originally going to order Betting Baseball 2009 because I figured it would be more up-to-date than this version, but Amazon didn't have it in stock and the used price was some ridiculous amount. So I ordered the book on this page the 2007 edition. Well I received it today and to my surprise I received the 2010 edition. Blue cover and it clearly states on the cover Betting Baseball 2010 by Hank Myers. I checked the content and sure enough it had discussion of the new field in Minnesota so it appears to be updated to this years season. The page count is 216 pages. Just thought I would share this with everyone it's perhaps a mistake on Amazon's part but I'm quite happy with my purchase.

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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".

This book is simply the best book available on sports betting. It is not a quick fix scheme but a solid approach to improve your results from betting baseball.

Solid!