Exactly.
I'm literally shocked seeing the Rays in that position, but it makes sense: so many idiots in this world who still (3/4's of the way through the season) believe the Rays aren't legit.
Why is everyone chasing LAA? Do people not realize that not only does Tampa Bay have the best home record in baseball, they have the best record in baseball period. This is the third game in a row that people have pounded the Angels. I can't believe how short of a line these games have been considering that Tampa has won 71% of their home games this year and they have continued to beat the good teams. Also, them having the best record means more than just having the best record. They play in the AL East which is light years tougher than the AL West. Toronto would be in second in the AL West and likely would have a much better record and be competing with the Angels for first. Consider that they have to play Tampa, Boston, New York and even Baltimore is not bad. Same goes for Tampa. For Tampa to put up this record against those quality of teams speaks volumes. What would their record be if they were playing all those games against Texas, Seattle and Oakland? Angels are a great team but the only reason these lines have been low is because of the mis-perception that the Angels are much better than Tampa.
'everyone' is not chasing the angels. the guys bigbookie is writing bets for are, perhaps, simply bringing him more action on the angels. big difference. with two first place teams, youd be hard pressed to find truly lopsided action over a large sample. but within a certain group of players, of course they have tendencies. doesnt mean those tendencies are representative of a larger group (or dare i say 'public'). overall, angels are hardly getting pounded.
scoresandodds has over 70% on the Angels. Perception is that the Angels are much better, which is stupid. TB could easily win the World Series this year.