theyre favored by 230??!!! :shocked:
lol jk
you have to keep a few things in mind and i'm not agreeing with this im just trying to justify the oddsmakers' reasoning: 1) rockies are at home 2) nationals won game one 3) nationals suck 4) rockies had been playing better baseball as of late 5) ubaldo jimenez is a good-very good pitcher 6) odalis perez good vs. col lifetime, HORRIBLE vs. col in coors 7) sweeping a doubleheader on the road especially when you're the nationals, VERY, VERY, VERY hard to do
The oddsmaker made this line high because of the public perception. The Rockies, only because they were good last year at the end and made the world series have been overvalued all year. The public loves to bet against the Nationals but betting against them blindly with huge lines can be very dangerous. The Rockies have been playing better lately? They are 4-6 their last 10 games. There is nothing that can justify this line just like nothing that could justify Jeff Francis being a 2-1 favorite in the first game fresh off the DL and an ERA over 5. The oddsmakers know that people like you are simply saying "there is no way the Nationals can sweep a doubleheader from the Rockies" but the fact of the matter is that the Rockies just aren't very good. There is a reason they are 12 games under .500. I am sure all the same people that are now saying there is no way the Nationals sweep this doubleheader are the same people that were saying there was no way the Nationals would sweep the Reds over the weekend. Did you ever stop to think that the Nationals are actually playing well right now and have won 5 out of 6? They are playing better than Colorado as illustrated by the fact that they have won two of the first three games in this series and won them both handily This doesn't mean that washington will win tonight but the oddsmakers has made the line what it is because of public perception or rathat what should be called public misconception.
