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**Udog** · 06-08-2015, 08:16 AM

Armadillo: Monday's six-pack

Seattle Mariners have a $123,225,843 payroll and high expectations; here is the career managing record of Seattle skipper Lloyd McClendon, who has managed 1,000 games in the major leagues:

2001 Pirates-- 62-100

2002 Pirates-- 72-89

2003 Pirates-- 75-87

2004 Pirates-- 72-89

2005 Pirates-- 55-81

2014 Mariners 87-75

2015 Mariners 25-31

Total 448-552, .448

These are the facts; draw your own conclusions........

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Armadillo: Monday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports weekend..........

13) We've talked in this space before about golfer Erik Compton, who has had two heart transplants, yet still plays on the PGA Tour.

Jim Nantz told an amazing story Sunday, about Compton having dinner in Ohio this weekend; the waitress told him how her nephew had died tragically and how his family donated his heart to the organ donation program.

Compton asked the woman his name and wouldn't you know it is his heart that is inside Compton today, the third heart of his life. A terrific story.

12) Few years ago, Kendrys Morales broke his ankle celebrating a walk-off homer in Anaheim, which greatly curtailed his career. Teams haven't learned; Blue Jays tried to pummel Chris Colabello after his game-winning hit Sunday. Baseball players get hurt like every 45 seconds; matter of time before another one goes down celebrating.

11) Houston Astros are fading a little in AL West; they called up prize SS prospect Carlos Correa from AAA Sunday night- he wasn't in AAA very long, hitting .276 in 98 AAA at-bats, after hitting .385 in the hitter-friendly AA Texas League.

10) Too may announcers quote what a batter hits when he puts the first pitch in play; how about telling us how many times he swings and misses/fouls off that first pitch? That would tell a moire accurate story of how he does swinging at the first pitch.

9) Johnny Cueto is a free agent this winter; he has a 2.11 ERA and 0.95 WHIP this season, but is also fighting thru a sore elbow. Will the Reds trade him? Its one of the big stories in baseball between now and July 31.

8) It is only June 8, but the Mets' AAA farm team in Las Vegas has already had a win streak of 14 games and an 11-game losing streak. Don't see that every day.

7) Colorado Rockies' pitcher Kyle Kendrick once turned down a scholarship to play QB at Washington State; he must've been pretty good.

6) Royals' reliever Wade Davis has gone 106 innings without allowing a homer.

5) I'd love to see Ichiro Suzuki in the Home Run Derby; those who've seen him in BP say he would do really well. Especially this yer, in a smaller ballpark.

4) Surprise of this season might be Minnesota pitcher Mike Pelfrey in the top five in the American League in ERA. He's come back out of nowhere.

3) Milwaukee Brewers scored total of nine runs in Mike Fiers' last six starts; in the six games, the average total for both teams was 3.8. Brewers lost four of the six.

2) Miami's Dee Gordon had his tenth 3-hit game of the season Sunday.

1) Colorado reliever LaTroy Hawkins is doing a rehab stint in Albuquerque; he threw some against Salt Lake City this weekend. Hawkins pitched for Salt Lake City in 1997, 18 freakin' years ago. Chances are that has never happened before.

**Udog** · 06-08-2015, 08:18 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Monday, June 8

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TAMPA BAY (63-33-0-8, 134 pts.) at CHICAGO (61-33-0-7, 129 pts.) - 6/8/2015, 8:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
TAMPA BAY is 4-2 (+2.5 Units) against the spread versus CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
TAMPA BAY is 4-2-0 straight up against CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
4 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.1 Units)

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NHL
Short Sheet

Monday, June 8

Stanley Cup Finals - Best of 7 - Game 3 - Series Tied 1-1

Tampa Bay at Chicago, 8:05 PM
Tampa Bay: 26-8 SU when playing only their 2nd game in 5 days
Tampa Bay: 21-5 SU after a home game where both teams score 3 or more goals

Chicago: 15-18 SU after a non-conference game
Chicago: 12-18 SU after 2 consecutive non-conference games

NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Monday, June 8

Lightning had only two shots on goal in third period of Game 2, but one found back of net on power play as Tampa Bay evened series heading north. Lightning outhit Blackhawks 62-49 in first two games, but Chicago had 35-19 edge on faceoffs in Game 2. Chicago won three of last four games overall, with five of last six going over total. Lightning won last three road games, allowing two goals. Teams split last four series games played here; five of their last six games overall went over total. Tampa Bay won seven of last nine games with Chicago. Four of last six series games stayed under.

2015 NHL playoffs
Chicago vs Tampa Bay
Chi 2-1, +$119, U9
TB 4-3, -$135, O5

NHL

Monday, June 8

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Trend Report
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8:00 PM
TAMPA BAY vs. CHICAGO
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games on the road
Chicago is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago's last 5 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay

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**Udog** · 06-08-2015, 08:18 AM

NHL

Monday, June 8

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Game of the Day: Lightning at Blackhawks
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Tampa Bay Lightning at Chicago Blackhawks (-149, 5)

Series tied 1-1

An unexpected goaltending carousel has taken the Stanley Cup final on quite the spin as the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning prepare to play the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 on Monday. Ben Bishop, who recorded a franchise-best 40 victories this season, exited twice in the third period on Saturday for undisclosed reasons before rookie Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all five shots he faced to help the Lightning even the series.

"I hate to be that guy," Cooper said moments after Tampa Bay's 4-3 triumph in Game 2. "I know I talk way too much when I get up here, but I will not answer a question about the goaltending or what happened (Saturday)." The following day provided plenty of talk from members of the Lightning without shedding light on either the reason for Bishop's departure or which netminder will get the nod on Monday. Chicago's goaltending situation hardly is without issue, as Corey Crawford yielded four tallies - including goals to defenseman Jason Garrison and Tyler Johnson that could be considered soft at best. "You can't give those up in these games," the two-time William Jennings Trophy recipient said. "That's two goals I pretty much just gave them and gave them momentum back."

TV: 8 p.m. ET, NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports

LINE HISTORY: Books opened the Hawks in the -147 ballpark, but that's since moved slightly to -149

ABOUT THE LIGHTNING: After being held in check in the series opener, the vaunted Triplets line made its presence felt in Game 2 - highlighted by Johnson's franchise-best 13th goal of the playoffs. Nikita Kucherov collected a goal and an assist and Ondrej Palat was a plus-2 for Tampa Bay, which has seen that line account for 30 of the team's 60 goals in the postseason. Cooper dismissed that Johnson was struggling during his five-game goal drought, noting that "you can't score every single night. It's really hard, unless your name's (Wayne) Gretzky."

ABOUT THE BLACKHAWKS: Like Crawford, Patrick Sharp also would like to put Saturday's dismal performance behind him. Sharp was whistled for both a slashing and high-sticking penalty 2:18 apart in the third period, with the latter paving the way for Garrison's eventual game-winning goal. "It was something I don't think I've ever done before," Sharp said of committing the consecutive penalties. "... I take responsibility and apologize to our penalty killers for putting them under such stress." On Sunday, coach Joel Quenneville noted that defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk and forward Bryan Bickell could play in Game 3, marking their first action in the Stanley Cup final.

TRENDS:

*Over is 5-1 in Blackhawks last 6 overall.
*Home team is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.
*Lightning are 7-2 in the last 9 meetings.
*Lightning are 7-2 in their last 9 road games.

CONSENSUS: Per Consensus, 73 percent of wagers are on the favored Blackhawks.

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**Udog** · 06-08-2015, 08:31 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Monday, June 8

Tampa Bay @ Chicago

Game 5-6
June 8, 2015 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Tampa Bay
10.473
Chicago
13.037
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Chicago
by 2 1/2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Chicago
-160
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Chicago
(-160); Under

**Udog** · 06-08-2015, 04:04 PM

NHL

Monday, June 8

Game 3 home teams are lights out in Cup final

Home teams have won 10 out of the last 11 Game 3s in the Stanley Cup Final.

It's the Chicago Blackhawks who are playing that role Monday when the Tampa Bay Lightning come to town for the third matchup of the series.

Joel Quenneville's squad are -158 moneyline faves with a current total of 5.5.

June 8 referee assignments

To help you with your NHL capping, we break down tonight's referee assignments across the league with one key betting note you should keep in mind before hitting the betting window.

Tonight's key betting stat: The Blackhawks are 4-0 in the 2015 playoffs with Wes McCauley as an official.

Tampa Bay Lightning at Chicago Blackhawks (-152, 5.5): Kevin Pollock, Wes McCauley.

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