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**Udog** · 05-14-2017, 08:45 AM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

Odds to win the Heisman Trophy this fall:

15-2– Darnold (USC), Mayfield (Oklahoma), Jackson (Louisville)

9-1– Barrett (Ohio State)

12-1– Browning (Washington)

14-1– Francois (Florida State)

15-1– Hurts (Alabama), Barkley (Penn State)

16-1– Rudolph (Oklahoma State)

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Armadillo: Sunday's List of 13: Happy Mothers’ Day…….

13) On July 2, 1963, the Giants beat the Braves 1-0 in 16 innings. Willie Mays won the game with a home run. Until Buster Posey’s walk-off in the 17th inning Friday night, that was the latest walk-off HR in Giants’ history.

This would get people fired today: both starting pitchers in that game (Warren Spahn, Juan Marichal) PITCHED THE WHOLE GAME!!!! Spahn faced 56 batters, Marichal 59.

Warren Spahn pitched 11+ innings fourteen times in his career.

12) Umpire Tony Randazzo is a tough human; he worked the plate at the Reds-Giants game late Friday night and he took a beating. Four different baseballs hit him at some point, including one direct shot to the chin of his mask, which knocked him flat for a few minutes, but he continued.

Eventually, the game went into the wee hours and after the 13th inning, Randazzo had enough and left the game, with Clint Fagan taking over, but not until he had called pitches for over four hours. Difficult job.

11) Extra-inning games in San Francisco are odd; the seagulls swoop in off the bay to get their dinner from the trash left in the outfield bleachers, but if the game is still going on, it can make things unpleasant for people still sitting in those bleachers.

No doubt about it, though; extra inning baseball is tremendous. Just better without seagulls.

10) Seattle Mariners’ four best starting pitchers are all on the DL, plus Robinson Cano is banged up. Astros could easy run away with the AL West.

9) Jim Delany is the commissioner of the Big 14 Conference; in 2015, he made $2.4M. The league is making so much money off its TV deals, Delany is set to receive bonus payments that could add up to a total of $20M. Wow.

Funny thing is this: Delany’s $2.4M salary is LESS than what the commissioners of the ACC, Pac-12, Big X and SEC all make. It is good to be one of those guys.

8) Former Baylor basketball player Rico Gathers spent last season on the Dallas Cowboys’ practice squad; the Cowboys expect him to make the 53-man roster this season as a tight end.

7) One of the problems with interleague play comes with rainouts; lot less places to put a postponed game on the schedule when you only visit that city once a year. It creates lot of day/night twinbills; there are two of those today, in Washington and in the Bronx.

6) Can’t even imagine what it is like to be a NASCAR driver during one of those big wrecks- they’re trained with what to do, obviously, but you see a car’s wheels leave the ground and maybe some flames and it has to be scary as hell.

5) Ottawa 2, Pittsburgh 1 OT– Senators lost a game 8-5 in Pittsburgh back in December; they’ve won three in a row against the Penguins since then, allowing three goals.

4) Cody Bellinger is a star rookie for the Dodgers now, but he said when he was in high school, he wasn’t recruited by Arizona or Arizona State, even though he grew up in Scottsdale- had he not signed with the Dodgers, Bellinger would’ve played college ball for the Oregon Ducks.

Colorado Rockies TV guys said this: “Maybe that’s why Arizona State is 21-25 this year.”

3) Nationals 6, Phillies 4– Bryce Harper celebrated his new contract with a walk-off HR after Nationals had been rained out the last two days. These teams have a day/night doubleheader Sunday.

2) Cardinals 5, Cubs 3– World Champs are 18-18, in 4th place in a tightly bunched NL Central.

1) Happy Mother’s Day to all you moms out there (I’m sure tons of moms read this site….lol). Anyway, make sure you call your mom if you can and wish her a Happy Mother’s Day.

**Udog** · 05-14-2017, 09:31 AM

Sunday’s Stanley Cup Playoffs betting preview: Predators at Ducks

Anaheim is mired in a six-game power-play drought, failing on all 20 chances, including 0-for-4 in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.

Nashville Predators at Anaheim Ducks (-120, 5)

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Predators lead series 1-0

Same opponent, same circumstances, much higher stakes. The Anaheim Ducks look to avoid falling into a deep early hole when they host the Nashville Predators on Sunday night in Game 2 of their Western Conference final. Nashville won the first two games in Anaheim a year ago en route to a seven-game series win over the Ducks in the first round of the playoffs.

The No. 8 seed in the West, the Predators stole home ice from Anaheim by squeezing out a 3-2 overtime victory in Game 1 on a goal by James Neal to win their third consecutive series opener on the road and improve to 9-2 in the postseason. "You get some momentum right away, for sure," said Nashville defenseman Mattias Ekholm, who collected a pair of assists."But we know we haven't done nothing yet. We have to stay on for Game 2, and we know now we'll have that home-ice advantage again. We're really comfortable on home ice and on the road, and it's a good feeling to get the first one." The Ducks dispatched Edmonton in a decisive Game 7 on Wednesday night and and the short turnaround showed against well-rested Nashville, which dominated play and poured 46 shots on goal. “I don’t think that we can afford to have the start that we had today,” assessed Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle for what he termed a "pretty inept" opening 20 minutes Friday. “We’ll turn the page on this one. Get ourselves prepared for Sunday afternoon.”

TV: 7:30 p.m. ET; NBC Sports Network, Sportsnet, TVAS

LINE HISTORY: The Ducks opened as -120 home favorites for Game 2 and that moneyline has yet move off the opening number. The total hit the board at 5 and will likely remain on that number.

INJURY REPORT:

Predators - LW Kevin Fiala (Out For Season, leg).

Ducks - D Kevin Bieksa (Questionable, lower body), RW Logan Shaw (Questionable, lower body), RW Patrick Eaves (Out Indefinitely, lower body), D Simon Despres (Out Indefinitely, concussion).

ABOUT THE PREDATORS (50-31-8-4, 42-40 O/U): James Neal scored 23 goals during the regular season, matching the second-lowest total of his career for a non-strike season, but he has come alive in the playoffs with four tallies in the last six games after managing one assist in a first-round sweep of Chicago. "I feel like he got a lot of chances, even in the first round, and he's a goal-scorer," Predators defenseman Roman Josi said of Neal. "You know he's going to find the back of the net. He's got a great shot. I think he's been awesome for us." Top-line center Ryan Johansen set up two goals in the opener and has two goals and 11 points in 11 playoff games.

ABOUT THE DUCKS (54-26-11-3, 34-39 O/U): John Gibson was in net for the opening two games against Nashville last year -- ironically, both 3-2 setbacks -- and never saw the ice again in the series, but no one faulted his performance Friday after he stood on his head and turned side 43 shots. "Our goaltender should get full credit for keeping us in the game," Carlyle said of Gibson, who was victimized by a deflected shot on the game-winning tally. Forward Jakob Silfverberg, who scored 23 times during the regular season, led Anaheim with five shots on net and notched his eighth goal of the postseason to tie captain Ryan Getzlaf for the team lead.

TRENDS:

* Predators are 9-2 in their last 11 overall.

* Ducks are 1-4 in their last 5 Conference Finals games.

* Under is 10-2-6 in Predators last 18 vs. a team with a winning record.

* Over is 4-1-1 in Ducks last 6 vs. a team with a winning record.

CONSENSUS: 67 percent of the public is siding with the home chalk Ducks on the moneyline and 58 percent are on the Over.

**Udog** · 05-14-2017, 09:35 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Sunday, May 14

Nashville @ Anaheim

Game 5-6
May 14, 2017 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Nashville
12.307
Anaheim
11.443
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Nashville
by 1
3
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Anaheim
-120
5
Dunkel Pick:
Nashville
(+100); Under

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Long Sheet

Sunday, May 14

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NASHVILLE (50-31-0-12, 112 pts.) at ANAHEIM (54-26-0-14, 122 pts.) - 5/14/2017, 7:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ANAHEIM is 54-40 ATS (+12.9 Units) in all games this season.
ANAHEIM is 36-20 ATS (+4.7 Units) second half of the season this season.
ANAHEIM is 26-16 ATS (+8.7 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
ANAHEIM is 29-19 ATS (+6.2 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
ANAHEIM is 19-11 ATS (+7.0 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
NASHVILLE is 30-17 ATS (+11.9 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
NASHVILLE is 22-10 ATS (+11.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
ANAHEIM is 9-8-0 straight up against NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
8 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+5.3 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Sunday, May 14

Nashville has won four of last six games vs Anaheim after an OT win in Game 1; Predators are 2-3 in last five games in this building. Home side won five of last seven Anaheim-Nashville games. Over is 2-0-2 in last four series games. Predators are 9-2 in playoffs, 4-2 on road; under is 4-0-1 in their last five games overall- they allowed seven goals in the five games. Anaheim won four of last six games after losing Games 1-2 at home to Edmonton; over is 4-1-1 in their last six games. Ducks are 0-20 on power play in their last six games, Nashville is 0-9 in its last two games.

Conference finals
Ottawa-Pittsburgh
Ottawa 2-1 OT

Nashville-Anaheim
Nashville 3-2 OT

NHL

Sunday, May 14

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Trend Report
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7:30 PM
NASHVILLE vs. ANAHEIM
Nashville is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games
Nashville is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Anaheim
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Anaheim's last 12 games when playing at home against Nashville
Anaheim is 12-4 SU in its last 16 games

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