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2009 College World Series
The 2009 College World Series will begin on Saturday, June 13 and conclude either June 23 or June 24, 2009 on Omaha. All 17 possible baseball games will be televised wither on ESPN or ESPN2.

The College World Series is the exciting season-ender of each NCAA men's college baseball season. The eight best NCAA baseball teams (after advancing through the regionals and super-regionals) compete against one another in two four-team brackets. The winners from each bracket then compete against one another in a best two-out-of-three series to decide, who will be the next College World Series champions.

The CWS format divides the 8 teams that qualify into two separate 4-team double-elimination brackets and the winners from each bracket advance to play each other in a best of 3 CWS Championship series, in a quest for  a national championship.

The college world series has been hosted by Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska since 1950. The history of the college baseball World Series spans many more decades, though, and many of Major League Baseball's biggest stars have played in the D-I NCAA Baseball Tournament, and the College World Series.

2009 CWS Games - First Round

Game #1 @ 1 pm ET - ESPN - June 13, 2009
Game #2 @ 6 pm ET - ESPN - June 13, 2009
Game #3 @ 1 pm ET - ESPN - June 14, 2009
Game #4 @ 6 pm ET - ESPN2 - June 14, 2009
Game #5 @ 1 pm ET - ESPN2 - June 15, 2009
Game #7 @ 1 pm ET - ESPN2 - June 16, 2009

2009 CWS Games - Quarterfinals (Elite Eight)

Game #6 @ 7 pm ET - ESPN2 - June 15, 2009
Game #8 @ 6 pm ET - ESPN2 - June 16, 2009
Game #9 @ 6 pm ET - ESPN2 - June 17, 2009
Game #10 @ 6 pm ET - ESPN2 - June 18, 2009

2009 CWS Games - Semifinals (Final Four)

Game #11 @ 1 pm ET - ESPN2 - June 19, 2009
Game #12 @ 6 pm ET - ESPN2 - June 19, 2009
Game #13 @ 1 pm ET - ESPN - June 20, 2009 - if necessary
Game #14 @ 6 pm ET - ESPN - June 20, 2009 - if necessary

2009 CWS Games - Finals/Championship Series

2009 CWS Finals Game #1 @ 6 pm ET - ESPN - June 22, 2009
2009 CWS Finals Game #1 @ 6 pm ET - ESPN - June 23, 2009
2009 CWS Finals Game #1 @ 6 pm ET - ESPN - June 24, 2009 - if necessary

 

Basics of baseball betting

+ At prices from pick 'em to -130, just focus on picking the winner of the game, and not on the price.
+ At prices higher than -130, strongly review the chances of the underdog first.
+ If the price on a favorite is too high for your taste, consider the total.
+ When playing totals, beware of betting too many "over."
+ Generally speaking, it takes "two to tango" for a game to go "over."
+ If the price on a favorite you would like to play is too high, consider playing that team on the "runs line,"
+ Avoid the temptation of getting involved with too many parlays.

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Value in the lines

A common question that arises when betting on baseball, is what constitutes a good line? Most of the time (though the Yankees were well over average in 1998, and the Marlins below) baseball teams will win between 40% - 60% of their games. The baseball bettor must determine what they believe are the chances of a team beating another in a given situation, and then relate that to what- price is being given by the bookmakers.

The following is a breakdown of what percentage of plays at a given price must win, just for a bettor to break even:

Underdog Favorite
Line

% Needed to win

Line

% Needed to win

-110 52.4 -110 52.4
Even 50.0 -120 54.6
+110 47.6 -130 56.5
+120 45.5 -140 58.5
+130 43.5 -150 60.2
+140 41.7 -160 61.7
+150 40.0 -170 62.9
+160 38.5 -180 64.5
+170 37.0 -200 66.7
+180 35.7 -220 69.0
+200 33.3 -240 70.4
+220 31.3 -260 72.5
+240 29.4 -280 73.5

The Birth of Baseball

Baseball. The American Pastime. A true love of mine and of many Americans. The game's objective is to outscore your opponent by having more base runners come across the final of four bases, called home plate. It's ironic in a way. The more these athletes "go home", the more successful they are. There is a reward in a "walk" and batters can be among the game's greats by failing seven out of 10 times.

Although baseball is usually traced to the mid-19th century, games involving bats and balls started long before that. In fact, the first recorded "batting contests" began more than 5,000 years ago when Egyptian priests engaged in mock combat with bats. Balls which sometimes symbolized the sun and other deities, eventually found their way into the game. These games were gradually brought to Europe and eventually America.

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