Under a microscope, all baseball boils down to is the mechanics of the at-bat. Is the pitcher/batter a left-hander or a right-hander? What is the pitch count of the starting pitcher? What are the balls and strikes to the current hitter? Are there runners on base and in scoring position? We can go on and on.

Some teams fare well against right handed pitchers and some against left handed pitchers. In some rare circumstances you get a team that hits both of them equally well, those are generally called World Series Champions at the end of the season like the White Sox in 2005.

The natural thing to do when you lose a game in baseball is to analyze the loss for how to improve in the next game. It also makes you more likely to work the count in your very next game. All this seems to suggest that if you lose a game to a right handed pitcher, you want to face a right handed pitcher your next game. Keeping the orientation of the pitcher the same, your hitters have a better chance to get comfortable. By changing the orientation, your hitters have to readjust.

We looked at teams off of a loss and found that when they go against a starting pitcher with the same pitching orientation, they have about 5% more value against the odds than if the pitching orientation switched.

This little tidbit of information is a very good nugget of information that I like to use to add onto systems of mine. Off all the managers I have seen over the years, Bobby Cox of the Atlanta Braves is the mastermind of pitching-hitting dynamics. He puts his pitchers in positions to win. Keep an eye out for his pitching changes before game time.

We offer Free Baseball Betting Systems and Free Baseball Picks for you baseball fans.

How Pitcher Orientation Should Impact Vegas Betting Odds For Baseball
In our "Attention to Detail: Pitcher Orientation in Bounce Back Games" article, we talked about how pitcher orientation is an important element for bounce-back games. If we want our team to bounce back, their propensity for doing so is best if the opposing starting pitcher is the same orientation as the previous starting pitcher the team faced.This all makes sense because hitters can start to become comfortable with a certain type of pitcher i...

How to Beat a Fastball Pitcher at Their Own Game
The pitcher is well known for his fastball. Your Ace hitters are either knocking it foul or whiffing it altogether. There is a secret to beating a hard fastball Pitcher. Fastball Pitchers are accustomed to having their way at the plate. Very little unravels their poise. They know their job and they know it well. Throw hard and throw strikes.Occasionally their zest sends an unwitting batter to first on a free trip. Pitchers console themselves with...

Has Wang Hit the Wall?
Chien-Ming Wang has been the epitome of consistency and efficiency in the first four months of this season. Wang has been eating up a lot of innings, while getting runners out very easily with his nasty sinker. God only knows what kind of shape the Yankees would be in if Wang hasnt been pitching as well as he has. The starting rotation would be a joke and the bullpen would be a disaster. However, if Wangs two latest starts are any indication ...

Baseball Party Games - Pleasing the Crowd
If your son or daughter is a mad-keen fan, it can be great fun to plan their next birthday party around the theme of baseball. Here are a few ideas:"Baseball Pinata" Baseball Party GameWhen it comes to baseball party games, its hard to go past a good old piata. A week or so prior to the party, prepare the piata by covering a large balloon with glue-soaked newspaper strips layer by layer, leaving a small hole near the neck of the balloon. To keep ...

Betting the Streaks: Losing in Baseball After a Long Winning Streak
It cannot be expressed enough the fact that baseball is all about momentum. When teams are playing well, they will continue to play well. The converse is true for a team if they are playing poorly.As a result, it is very common for a team to go on long winning streaks but when they break out of the winning streak by losing a game, how do they historically perform?Teams coming off a loss after having a 9+ game winning streak has gone 34-21, +10 Un...