Baseball question:

[phaedrus]

Olympic has the following rules regarding listing of pitchers:

"When wagering on runlines, game totals, or team totals, both listed (advertised) pitchers must start, otherwise there is "No Action" or "Push/Cancel"

My question is does anyone know of any sportsbooks that offer "action" wagering on totals for baseball games (in other words does any sportsbook allow me to place a total wager (over/under) WITHOUT specifying both pitchers?

If not why not?

The same question applies to runlines.

[Ronbets]

Quote/ Does any sportsbook allow me to place a total wager(o/u) without specifing both pitchers?"

NO

WHY? Unscrupulous players or sharp players(your choice) with ballpark connections wait for a Pedro Martinez to come up lame or used as a possible last minute starter. Thats the BMs nightmare scenario. There are other obvious reasons.

[thedevil]

Game totals, team totals and run lines are all determined by the starting pitchers.

Your going to have a lower total with Pedro than with Wakefield. You would feel pretty good if you had over 7.5 with Pedro listed then Wakefield went instead and you still had a bet. But you wouldn't be too happy if you had the under in the same scenerio.

The answer to your question is a resounding NO. If you see a book that takes action on totals or run lines, beware, they won't be in business too long.

THE DEVIL

[phaedrus]

thanks guys, this is what i thought, but somehow i seemed to remember and offshore book that allowed you to specify (list) pitchers, i guess i was either mistaken, or as Devil stated they are now out of business