Online Baseball Betting

So we’re more than halfway through April here…too early to start talking about when to press the panic button for teams?

Everyone always says so. They’ll tell you “you’re crazy, it’s April” – as if you hadn’t looked at the calendar. But I’m telling you they’re wrong. And for me, 90% of the teams that looked shaky back in early April last year went on to suck it up through the summer and fall. Yes, sometimes a team needs to get it’s crap together, but more often than not, the wrong chemistry or lack of talent can become readily apparent by week 2 of the season.

Some will say August. Give me a break. Not only is that past the All-Star break (anyone’s final breaking point for online baseball betting and whether a team even has a chance), but if a team isn’t showing any signs of life up to that point, how are they going to turn it around down the stretch to become contenders, especially in a hard division?

Others say May or early June, just crossing the 1/3 mark of the season. This is more realistic. If you’re going to throw in the towel on the season before it gets too late, this is really the time to do it.

Let’s not be mistaken here. I’m not talking about the division races being over by this point, just talking about a team that’s sputtered in neutral kicking it into high gear. If your team (cough, Yankees, cough) don’t show they want to win and/or can win consistently and against their stiffest competition, they won’t be there at the end, either. Games in April count just as much as games in September.

One more barometer I’ll throw out there. How the baseball universe believes a team should be playing could factor in to how long fans will go before panicking. Meaning, there’s no specific date and it’s all about play. If you’re team is dwelling in the cellar, but they’re hitting and pitching up to their expected ability, then you should panic. That spells trouble. But, if you’re team is losing, but the hitting is in a major slump, or the pitchers aren’t pitching well, then you expect that to turn around at some point if the team has the talent. One could say – cough, Yankees, cough – here, as well.

So I start panicking by the end of April, and often it’ll cause me to alter how I bet on games as a result.