In a 162 game seven and a half month long season, it is impossible for sports betting fans to believe that MLB stars will be up for every game. However, as Los Angeles Dodgers great Tommy Lasorda once said, teams will win 50 games, lose 50 games and it's the other 50 games that you have to worry about. Meaning to say, what separates the great baseball betting teams from the poor ones is how many times they are beaten as a favorite.

When it comes to betting on baseball's beaten favorites, one of the many scenarios that has made us a winner in the past, is when we took team's as a - 200 favorite after a loss to open a series against a non divisional opponent. In this scenario spread out over a six year study, the number of favorites that have bounced back in the second game of the series is astounding. Through that six year study, teams in this scenario have come back to form a record of 514 - 295 for a gain of 94 units.

For new sports bettors reading this article, units are a better indicator of a team's success than the win loss record. Although you would be laying more money to get back less because you are once again betting on a favorite, the 94 unit increase is good enough for a 64 percent winning percentage.

As we noted above, it is impossible to believe that a team will be up for every game. In saying that, another scenario where new bettors can make money is by taking favorites when they play inter divisional opponents. When dropping the first game in a series to a divisional underdog, the favorite almost always rebounds in the next game or wins the series outright.