The simplest way to bet on the MLB is by betting baseball moneylines. If you've ever bet on basketball or football before, you know that there are two main ways that you can bet on a side in a game. You can either bet the spread or the moneyline. Moneylines aren't nearly as popular as spreads are, and some sportsbooks don't even offer moneylines on some, or all of the games.

However, in baseball betting, moneylines are the popular and easy way to go about wagering. Baseball moneylines are simple. You pick which team is going to win the game.

When you're betting on baseball moneylines, there is one simple question you should be asking yourself: "Will the team that I am betting win this game often enough to make this profitable?" You know that you aren't winning every single game, and you don't even necessarily need to win more than you lose. If you bet mostly underdogs that average out to be +120, you only need to win 46 percent of your games to make a mint!

However, if you're betting on a favorite, you need to make sure that that favorite is going to win a lot more often than it doesn't. Just because the New York Yankees are -300 on a given day and you're pretty sure they're winning more often than not, you have to realize that they have to win this game at least 75 percent of the time just to break even! That would put them on a pace to win 122 games out of the 162! Many handicappers like to play baseball betting systems with little regard to the moneyline which can be a very dangerous proposition. You can find many threads in the baseball betting forums discussing the do's or the don't of betting big lines.

Once you follow that one simple rule, the rest is easy. Just login to your sportsbook, click a few times, and place your bet. Then all you have to do is root your team to victory!

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