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**Udog** · 10-31-2014, 10:17 AM

Armadillo: Friday's six-pack

You could make a decent team out of guys who are free agents this winter……..

C—Russell Martin Geovany Soto

1B—Chase Headley

2B—Mark Ellis

SS—Hanley Ramirez

3B—Pablo Sandoval

OF—Alex Rios, Cory Rasmus, Melky Cabrera, Norichika Aoki

DH—Victor Martinez

SP—Jon Lester, Max Scherzer, James Shields

RP—Francisco Rodriguez

Mgr—Joe Maddon

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Armadillo: Friday's List of 13: Clearing out a cluttered mind......

13) As an A’s fan, I’m well-versed in losing good players to rich teams in free agency, but for the Rays to lose their manager……to the Cubs, well that has to sting a little extra. Money talks and Joe Maddon is cool for admitting it; plus if someone ever wins a title with the Cubs he becomes a God, so there is no downside there.

Remember that Maddon was close with the late Don Zimmer, who managed the Cubs from 1988-91 and made the playoffs with Chicago in ’89.

12) Read this week that 55% of gas stations in this country are selling gas for less than $3.00 a gallon; here in upstate NY, it is in the $3.30’s.

11) Florida State was down 21-0 at Louisville, 24-7 in third quarter, but Seminoles rallied as usual and won going away 42-31. Cardinals were 1-11 on third down. Needs to be said that Jameis Winston is now 21-0 as a starting QB at Florida State.

10) Tremendous exhibtion by Madison Bumgarner in World Series; my next question is this: Does his workload this season (270 IP) affect how Giants bring him along next spring? He is a valuable commodity, will be interesting to follow.

9) Rough debut for Lebron and Cavaliers, who lost to the Knicks; James was 5-15 from floor; Cleveland was actually +8 when Lebron was off the floor. NBA season is a long one; probably better to play Cleveland early on, before they get accustomed to playing with each other.

8) Dwight Howard made less than 55% of his foul shots the last three years; he hasn’t shot over 60% from the line since his rookie year. The guy makes $21M+ this season, how can he much such a hideous shooter? Doesn’t he practice? Least he could do would be to try shooting underhanded, like Wilt Chamberlain did. Rockets got KO’s from playoffs by one point last year; that’s one missed foul shot.

7) Remember Coach Reeves from the White Shadow, the great TV show in the late 70’s? Actor Ken Howard played Coach Reeves; saw him other day on an episode of Blue Bloods, playing a retired hockey player with dementia. Hard to believe its been over 30 years since White Shadow was on the air. Great show.

6) Found a link between White Shadow and Major League; remember Pedro Cerrano, the slugging first baseman who couldn’t hit a curveball?

Actor Dennis Haysbert played Cerrano; he also appeared in one 1979 episode of White Shadow as an opposing player. Haysbert was also the President in 24 and is the guy who does a lot of insurance commercials, can’t remember which company.

5) If DirecTV had a channel on NFL Sundays where DBs/WRs were miked and it was uncensored, I’d pay to listen to it. “Trash Talk Channel” would be a big success, but it would also incite and encourage more jawing which would be bad. Would be interesting to hear what gets said down on the field, though.

4) Explanation, please? Only 12 NBA players started all 82 games last year; four of the 12 played for Portland. This for a team that had Sam Bowie and Brandon Roy, two of the most injury-prone stars in NBA history.

3) Will college football teams run up scores to impress the selection committee? Would the committee be gullible enough to fall for such shenanigans? When you’re handicapping games, have to be wary of going against these contending teams, who might not be above adding on another score or two to impress people.

2) Horse named Free as a Bird was scratched from the Breeders Cup because the horse didn’t want to fly. Horse is stabled in Kentucky;it freaked out when they started the engines on the plane and he had to be taken off the plane. Expensive day for the owners.

1) Lakers lost their first two games by 18-20 points; when announcers are saying LA is anxiously awaiting the return of Nick Young to bolster the lineup, well you know things are bad-- Swaggy P isn’t that much of a difference maker.

**Udog** · 10-31-2014, 10:23 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Anaheim at Dallas
The Ducks head to Dallas tonight to face a Stars team that is 1-4 in its last 5 home games. Anaheim is the pick (-105) according to Dunkel, which has the Ducks favored by 1 1/2. Dunkel Pick: Anaheim (-105). Here are all of today's NHL picks.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31

Game 51-52: Toronto at Columbus (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Toronto 11.219; Columbus 12.774
Dunkel Line & Total: Columbus by 1 1/2; 5
Vegas Line & Total: Columbus (-110); 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Columbus (-110); Under

Game 53-54: Los Angeles at Detroit (7:30 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Los Angeles 12.421; Detroit 11.012
Dunkel Line & Total: Los Angeles by 1 1/2; 5 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: Los Angeles (-115); 5
Dunkel Pick: Los Angeles (-115); Over

Game 55-56: Anaheim at Dallas (8:30 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Anaheim 12.877; Dallas 11.445
Dunkel Line & Total: Anaheim by 1 1/2; 5
Vegas Line & Total: Dallas (-115); 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Anaheim (-105); Under

Game 57-58: Nashville at Calgary (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Nashville 10.905; Calgary 12.328
Dunkel Line & Total: Calgary by 1 1/2; 6
Vegas Line & Total: Nashville (-120); 5
Dunkel Pick: Calgary (+100); Over

NHL
Long Sheet

Friday, October 31

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TORONTO (4-4-0-1, 9 pts.) at COLUMBUS (4-5-0-0, 8 pts.) - 10/31/2014, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TORONTO is 310-323 ATS (-95.1 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.
COLUMBUS is 96-76 ATS (+178.7 Units) in home games after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.
COLUMBUS is 29-15 ATS (+10.8 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLUMBUS is 3-0 (+3.6 Units) against the spread versus TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
COLUMBUS is 3-0-0 straight up against TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.2 Units)

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LOS ANGELES (6-2-0-2, 14 pts.) at DETROIT (5-2-0-2, 12 pts.) - 10/31/2014, 7:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
DETROIT is 3-1 (+2.9 Units) against the spread versus LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
DETROIT is 3-1-0 straight up against LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
2 of 2 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.1 Units)

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ANAHEIM (8-3-0-0, 16 pts.) at DALLAS (4-2-0-3, 11 pts.) - 10/31/2014, 8:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ANAHEIM is 69-37 ATS (+17.2 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 37-16 ATS (+15.9 Units) first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 12-3 ATS (+15.2 Units) when playing on back-to-back days over the last 2 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 35-13 ATS (+13.2 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 18-4 ATS (+11.5 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
ANAHEIM is 8-6-0 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
7 of 14 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.3 Units, Under=-1.8 Units)

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NASHVILLE (6-1-0-2, 14 pts.) at CALGARY (5-4-0-2, 12 pts.) - 10/31/2014, 9:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NASHVILLE is 17-10 ATS (+28.6 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
CALGARY is 3-3 (+0.4 Units) against the spread versus NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
CALGARY is 3-3-0 straight up against NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
5 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+4.2 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Friday, October 31

Hot teams
-- Ducks won eight of their last ten games.
-- Predators won three of their last four games.

Cold teams
-- Blue Jackets lost last three games, allowing 14 goals. Toronto lost three of its last five games.
-- Kings are 0-3 on road, scoring two goals (two OT losses). Detroit is 1-3 this season in the game following a win.
-- Dallas Stars lost last two games, allowing 11 goals.
-- Flames lost three of their last four games.

Series records
-- Maple Leafs were 0-3 vs Columbus LY, outscored 13-3.
-- Kings lost four of last five games with Detroit.
-- Ducks beat Dallas in six games in playoffs last spring.
-- Predators won six of last nine games with Calgary.

Totals
-- Five of last six Toronto games stayed under total.
-- Under is 3-0-2 in last five LA-Detroit games.
-- Six of last nine Anaheim-Dallas games went over.
-- Seven of last eight Calgary-Nashville games went over.

NHL

Friday, October 31

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
TORONTO vs. COLUMBUS
Toronto is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Columbus
Toronto is 6-17 SU in its last 23 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Columbus's last 8 games at home
Columbus is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Toronto

7:30 PM
LOS ANGELES vs. DETROIT
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Los Angeles's last 6 games
Los Angeles is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Los Angeles
Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Los Angeles

8:30 PM
ANAHEIM vs. DALLAS
Anaheim is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Anaheim's last 9 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Dallas is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Anaheim
Dallas is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home

9:00 PM
NASHVILLE vs. CALGARY
Nashville is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Nashville's last 9 games
Calgary is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Nashville
Calgary is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games at home

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**Udog** · 10-31-2014, 07:15 PM

NHL
Short Sheet

Friday, October 31

Toronto at Columbus, 7:05 ET
Toronto: 81-110 SU off a home win by 2 goals or more
Columbus: 22-14 SU after playing a game where 7 or more total goals were scored

Los Angeles at Detroit, 7:35 ET
Los Angeles: 4-14 SU in road games off a road loss
Detroit: 11-2 SU on Friday nights

Anaheim at Dallas, 8:35 ET
Anaheim: 16-5 SU after having lost 2 of their last 3 games
Dallas: 2-9 SU in home games after scoring 3 goals or more in 2 straight games

Nashville at Calgary, 9:05 ET
Nashville: 17-10 SU after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game
Calgary: 10-2 SU off a close home loss by 1 goal

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Friday's NHL Trends and Indexes - 10/31

Friday's NHL Trends and Indexes - 10/31

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