I can't seem to understand why baseball is not a popular sport amongst bettors. Baseball has by far the smallest hold for the books. The hold is half as much as any other sport. With 10 cent lines across, and some 8 cent lines too, you just wonder why everyone will still bet NBA and NFL at a 4.55% disadvantage, as opposed to only a 2.27% disadvantage in bases.
If anything, baseball could favor the player of the long haul. If you can just find a few cents off on games, you can turn this game into basically an even proposition.. A sport that could basically make it a no hold disadvantage for the player.
Playing foots over bases, is like going to the casino and insistion on playing roulette over playing basic strategy blackjack or even baccarat (which has a very low house advantage.) Why play roulette, when you can play a game that involves some sort of skill.