I willl either take the big money dog or stay away. When I have laid big dogs I usually look for two in strong positions and parlay them to better the payoff, but those are rare and hard to find on the sameday most of the time. Dogs and small favorites combined with a large amount of well researched totals will show you a profit, if your handicapping is strong. Sure betting dogs can be more voloitale and you can have short bad streaks during a season, but in the long run it is much easier to come out ahead. Betting baseball correctly in my estimation requires a lot of underdogs.
Baseball has streaks and teams play three or four games in a row, on consecutive days.
Umpires you can track. If done correctly the advantage is yours. BUt try to find a ten cent lines the twenty cent will hurt dog bettors alot more then favorite players. I appreciate the comments. I would think the best thing for you two would be to avoid reading my notes.