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Effectively Wild Episode 1222: Testing the Balls and Beating the Bookies

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

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The Diminishing Advantage of Betting on Baseball

They discuss how their initial advantage in betting on baseball diminished over time due to factors like moneyball and the abundance of information. They explain the cutoffs they used to determine if a game was worth betting on and how the betting lines in baseball have changed. They also discuss the differences between their research methods and the bookie's approach to betting.

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