Why You Shouldn't Bet on Baseball

Sports betting hit it's second biggest peak of the year (the first being the entirety of the football season) with the Final 4 and Major League Baseball's opening, coinciding on the same weekend- as they always do. Most sports fans think it's the best viewing day of the year, and I'm sure bookies and online gambling moguls would agree with them. With the unpredicatble nature of this year's NCAA basketball tournament, oddsmakers around the globe all lined their pockets as favorites went down right and left in one of the strangest Mad March's in history. Only one team in the Final 4 was ranked in the preseason top 25 (UCLA at #19) and don't get me started about George Mason, who before losing to the eventual champs Florida, knocked off UNC, Michigan St. and UCONN. But the real reason bookies were licking their lips, was because of MLB's opening day, as gamblers around the country got ready to start throwing their money down the drain.

Here are the reasons why THEY love when you bet on baseball - and why YOU should never do it...

1. YOU CAN'T WIN. Are you great at calling heads or tails when somebody flips a coin? Do you always beat your friend at rock, paper, scissors? Then maybe you should bet on baseball. Otherwise, just don't do it. There is not a more unpredictable sport than Major League Baseball. And I know what your're thinking...all sports are unpredictable, why is baseball any different? That's true to a certain extent, but let me tell you why baseball is impossible to handicap...