Baseball betting fans have come to love the revenge systems as in such a long season there is plenty to go around. In essence when MLB betting, fans and experts alike have seen a wide array of patterns develop between teams. Teams go from competitors to arch rivals in a matter of months. As the season progresses revenge becomes a bigger factor when two arch rivals play each other. Here is a look at two different revenge systems which have become favorites for many handicappers to use.

1. Short Term Revenge – Since the regular season is 162 games long, it is fair to assume that no team will go undefeated. In sports such as football and to an extent basketball being undefeated is a greater possibility. However in baseball, because the season is so long, it can sometimes appear that teams are not giving a full effort.

Short term revenge, essentially takes place when a home team favorite loses a game they had a lead in. Basically, the team returns from a long road trip and plays a weaker opponent, and after going up by a few runs loses the game to the weaker opponent because they did not give a full effort. Our belief is that in the very next game, the home team will give a much better effort and win the game. This is exacting short term revenge. In order for this system to work, we need the home team to once again be favored in the game we expect them to win.

2. Long Term Revenge – Long term revenge occurs, when a team that got swept earlier in the season takes one or all of the games in the next series against the team that swept them earlier. For example, the northbet Toronto Blue Jays were swept by the Cleveland Indians in June, which absolutely killed any momentum the Jays had of staying in the playoff race.

This coming weekend however the Jays finally get to face the Indians again. When betting on this series, we need the Jays to take at least one of the games if not all of them in order for long term revenge to work.