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American League +109 over National League (1.0 Units) - Bet this game early since the odds may change against. Most of the early money is flying towards the AL. In All Star games generally you could say that teams are evenly pitted - a tossup. But there's a reason why the AL has won something like 12 of the past 13 All Star games. There was a draw in there though. But since 1988, the AL team has ONLY lost 4. That is because the AL uses a DH. It gives them that many more chances to get better hitters. Since pitchers don't really want to overwork themselves for fear of injury then the advantage goes to hitting so the AL has an inherent advantage. Same holds true when betting interleague games where the AL team is the home team. How can the NL team compare without a strong DH. They are handicapped pitting their best pinch hitter in that spot.. or perhaps a guy somewhat injured unable to field but can play DH. Nevertheless, no pitcher is going to have to bat. He will just be pinch hit for. AL teams have beaten NL teams the past 8 season moneyline by over 120 units. Even more impressive when they are at home. This year AL teams are +8 units versus NL teams so we figure the trend continues. The value is with the AL here. Even if it is 50/50, you get good value at +109. And then if they really are inherently better as we say, well then even better for us, right, hehe. Take this game action regardless of pitcher since that doesn't matter anyways. I know you guys may be tempted to bet the over in this game. But since the somewhat post-steroid era, if the O/U is set at exactly 8.5 in the past 5 games over under would be 4-1 for the over Last 5 seasons. And the over was when there was only 9 runs scored. I'd really just ignore the O/U but that's me. I don't like taking totals because you have to pay a price to play it.. i.e. -110 or whatever
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