chi - ml -155 $50 to win $32.26 rl -1.5 +100 $50 to win $50 cubs win by 1 = loss of $17.24 Is that what you are saying?
I do this a lot, and did it last night. I recommend when doing this putting MORE on the ML. I can not tell you how many times I have wagered on a baseball game in this instance to win by 1, go through the agony of the 9 innings only to get a push. To me it is not worth it. So for instance say you have a risk amount of 1000, last night on that royals game I think you could have played to win 400 on the ML and RL'd 200. So, when a game is only won by 1 you still come out in the positive. Yes your risk vs return is lower than doing a true -1 or even a 1 runline, but at the end of the day you cash more tickets. My number one rule is cash a ticket. Don't ever let juice run you off a line you love (within reason, don't go play -250 shit), but -150 is not scary if you really truly believe you have an edge.
Why the mods refuse to crack down on this BS shit going on in the winning peoples threads is beyond me. The Pennywise and EKGs of this board do nothing but bring profiting picks to this board, yet they allow the post to just bash them and cause issues.