Re: NOTHING WILL EVER BEAT THE OLDEN DAYS IN BOOKING.
I HAVE BEEN THINKING ALOT ABOUT THE OLDEN DAYS LATELY. IT WAS SO MUCH BETTER WHEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE NO DONBEST OR NO SCREEN TO LOOK AT FOR LINES. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THESE BOOKIES BOOK IN THOSE DAYS WITHOUT NO LINES TO COPY OFF OF. I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD SEE A WHOLE LOT OF TRUE BOOKIES WITHOUT COPYING OFF THE SCREEN BACK IN THOSE DAYS. I DON'T EVEN THINK SOME OF THEM COULD MOVE 1ST HALF, MONEYLINES, OR QUARTER LINES WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE SCREEN, FOR SURE THEY WOULD BE ALOT THAT WOULDN'T BE DEALING 2ND HALF LINES. I DON'T REALLY THINK THEY COULD CUT IT WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE SCREEN. I CAN NAME A FEW THAT COULD MAKE IT WITHOUT THE SCREEN. CRIS, GREEK, PINNACLE, GRANDE, AND FERNANDO COULD MAKE IT WITHOUT A SCREEN. I'M NOT BRAGGING, BUT I KNOW I COULD DO IT WITHOUT A SCREEN IN A HEARTBEAT. THERE ARE SO MANY BOOKIES OUT THERE TODAY THAT CAN'T EVEN MAKE A SIMPLE MOVE WITHOUT WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE SCREEN DOES FIRST. NOTHING WILL EVER BEAT THE OLDEN DAYS FOR ME PERIOD.
TIMES WERE DIFFERENT............NO INTERNET, ALL BUSINESS WAS BY PHONE........NO LINES IN THE NEWSPAPERS.....LINES WERE FORMULATED FROM LINE SERVICES, CALLING OTHER BOOKS AND PUTTING YOUR OWN FEELINGS INTO IT..........
BUT ALSO, THERE WERE NO BONUSES.....
MOST BASEBALL WAS POINT LINE OR SUCKER LINE WHICH IS NOW CALLED A 20 CENT LINE.......BUT BACK THEN IT WAS DEALT E-6 OR 5 1/2 6 1/2, WITH THE 5 1/2 BEING +10 AND THE 6 1/2 BEING -30....
HOCKEY HAD 1 LINE......ALSO CALLED THE IDIOT LINE......MONTREAL IS 1 1/2 -2 OVER THE RED WINGS.........TAKE MONTREAL AT -2 GOALS OR DETROIT + 1 1/2 GOALS.........THAT WAS IT, TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT....
FOOTBALL HAD THE GAMES AND TOTALS.......MAYBE YOU COULD GET A QUARTER OR HALF SPREAD IF THE GAME WAS ON TV.......
TEASERS WERE 6/5 TIES LOSE........6, 10 AND 13 PTS
BASKET TEASERS WERE ALSO 6/5 TIES LOSE PROS WERE 5 AND 9 PTS, COLLEGE WERE 4 AND 8............
MOST BETTERS WERE YOURS......THEY DIDN'T HAVE 20 OUTS....YOU WERE THEIR BOOKIE PERIOD.....
THE TIMES HAVE SURE CHANGED FOR THE BETTER FOR THE PLAYERS, BUT NOT SO SURE ABOUT THE BOOKS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,