Yanks/Indians under bettors suffer extra inning heartbreak

People hate betting unders. Its a fact. A Harvard research paper indicated that bad beats on the under take up 22% more neurons in your brain than bad beats on the over. I also made that up.

But its true if you think about it. The reason why unders are so brutal is because if you are going to lose them, you will generally lose it at the end of the game since statistically most totals in any sport are decided in the closing third of a match. You have been sitting there sweating for punts, double-plays, and saves for two and a half hours, and dammit, you want to be rewarded for it.

But garbage-time touchdowns, empty-net goals, and extra inning fireworks sometimes have other plans for us.

The Match

The New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians were set to begin the first game of a three-game set. The odds across the board were consistent, having the match at a total of 7 with slight favor to the under at -115. The game started off with the Indians scoring in consecutive innings off highly-rated Yankee prospect Luis Severino. Things got quiet after that, and unders backers looked to be smooth sailing to a victory until the Bombers tied it up in the 8th.

Alright, three runs to spare. It would take a grand-slam from the Indians, or a big inning from the Yankees to lose this late in the game, right? Wrong. Always wrong, this is gambling and if you think you are allowed to win ever, you are wrong. New York took the lead in the 10th with two runs, followed by a sac-fly and RBI single from the Indians in the bottom of the frame to bring the game over the total. And to make matters worse, the game went on for another six innings just to rub it in the faces of under bettors.

The Reactions

The best part about any bad-beat article is seeing the reactions!

This poor bastard had the Red Sox under as well. Thats brutal.

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I am assuming this guy had the under as well.

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Yup:

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