Also, PARLE-G, I'm pretty certain you'll rarely if ever see the Falcon post a play where the ML is a prohibitive
favorite (anything -150 or above?) Instead, he'll reduce his risk by making the play a RL -1.
For example, say you want to win $100 on a favorite but the ML is -175. You'd have to risk $175 to do so.
Most people automatically will look to use the conventional RL -1.5 to get better odds.
In this example, say the RL -1.5 is +130. You'd risk $100 to win $130.
What if the team only wins by 1 run? Yup. You lose your $100 on your RL -1.5 bet.
What you do is you split up your bet to create a hybrid RL -1.
If your book doesn't offer it RL -1 options on MLB, use this RL -1 calculater:
http://zcodesystem.com/runline_calc/
What if your team only wins by 1 run? The ML (win) and RL -1.5 (loss) bets will cancel each other other.
You significantly reduce your risk this way.
Here's an image from the calculator illustrating this example. Hopefully, this will help you and others
understand the RL -1 concept better.
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