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**Udog** · 04-21-2019, 07:42 AM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

More spreads on NFL games this season:

— Week 2: Saints @ Rams (-3)

— Week 3: Rams (-2) @ Browns

— Week 8: Browns @ Patriots (-6.5)

— Week 12: Cowboys @ Patriots (-5.5)

— Week 14: Cowboys @ Bears (-2.5)

— Week 15: Colts @ Saints (-3.5)

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Armadillo: Sunday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports Saturday……..

13) Twins-Orioles broadcast Saturday was great; Jim Kaat, Bert Blyleven were the analysts and it was educational. Play-by-play guy described the action on the field then got out of the way and let the two experts talk. Good stuff.

Kaat was saying how much harder batters work now before the game, and he referenced Aaron Judge going on the IL Saturday with an oblique strain. It is possible to overtrain.

12) Auburn’s Chuma Okeke tore his ACL during the NCAA tournament, but he is entering the NBA Draft anyway, not really sure why. You’d think he’d stay in school, use the school’s facilities to strenghten/rehab his knee, then go into the ’20 draft. We’ll see how this works out for him.

11) Advice from Bucky Brooks, former NFL player and scout:

“If you’re a HS football player who isn’t playing baseball in the Spring, you SHOULD run track for your school. Speed is such an important part of being a top-notch football player. Learning how to run and compete on the track carries over onto the field.. Dare to be great..”

10) Interesting trivia on this year’s NFL schedule:
— NFL’s Senior VP of broadcasting Howard Katz is one of the people who makes the NFL schedule every year.
— Philadelphia Eagles are only NFL team that plays three straight weeks on road this year.
— Katz and Eagles’ coach Doug Pedersen are next-door neighbors.

Part of the reason the Eagles are on road for three straight weeks in October is that the Phillies are expected to be World Series contenders, and the NFL didn’t want any conflicts between Eagle/Phillies games, seeing how they share parking areas.

9) Miami Marlins fired hitting coach Mike Pagliarulo after 20 games; it ain’t his fault Miami has a bad team. Marlins fired hitting coach Frank Menechino after last season; what they need to do is find an owner who is willing to spend money on ballplayers.

Two years ago, Miami’s outfield was Yelich-Ozuna-Stanton, then the team was sold and the new geniuses who are in charge traded the three of them for three piles of crap. No bueno.

8) Keldon Johnson scored 13.5 ppg this year as a freshman at Kentucky; he is projected by one draft guru to be picked 17th in June’s NBA Draft.

Johnson was seen in Hollywood this week driving a $300,000 McLaren 720S Spider; until watching a Showtime special a few weeks ago, I had no idea that there were cars that cost so much money. Wish the young man well in his NBA career, but someone might want to teach him money management skills before it is too late.

Last year’s NBA rookie salary scale paid the #17 pick a total of $6,358,500 for his first three years in the league. Taxes eat half of that, agent takes another 3%, so he’s down to $2,988,495 before he starts.

Donte DiVincenzo was the #17 pick LY; he played 15.2 mpg, scored 4.9 ppg, so he’s no lock for a second contract in the league when the time comes. The second contract is the key; thats where guys establish themselves in the NBA. Then they can buy the $300,000 car.

7) Baseball injuries:
— New York put Aaron Judge (oblique) on IL.
— Red Sox put P Nathan Eovaldi (elbow) on IL.
— Pirates put 2B Erik Gonzalez (clavicle), CF Starling Marte (abdomen) on IL.
— Phillies put SS Jean Segura (hamstring), P Victor Arano (elbow) on IL.

6) Former Georgia/Miami football coach Mark Richt will be an analyst on the new ACC Network starting this fall.

5) There is a high school football stadium in Jacksonville, TX called the Tomato Bowl.

4) On April 12, CG Technology took these two futures bets:
— Jaguars for $4,000 at 45-1, to win $180,000
— Titans for $2,000 at 85-1, to win $170,000

Long time to let the books hold your money; will odds change that much between now and before the preseason games start this summer?

3) Giants have apparently talked about trading for Arizona QB Josh Rosen, but don’t want to give up either one of their first round picks (6th, 17th picks) in this draft.

Rosen was the 2nd player taken in last year’s draft, so if you won’t give up a first round pick for him now, then you really don’t want him.

2) From Henry Schulman: Since 1912, the longest a team has gone to start a season without scoring a first-inning run is 28 games. Giants are at 22 games and counting thru Saturday.

1) 76ers 112 (-3.5), Nets 108— Philly hit two foul shots with 0:06 left to cover the spread; if you had Brooklyn +3.5, this was a bad beat. Embiid had 31 points, 16 rebounds for Philly.

**Udog** · 04-21-2019, 07:44 AM

**BettorsChat** · 04-21-2019, 08:17 AM

79 BOSTON -80 TORONTO
TORONTO is 20-21 ATS (-16.1 Units) against poor defensive teams - opponents average 29.5+ shots on goal in the 2nd half of the year in the current season.

83 SAN JOSE -84 VEGAS
VEGAS are 2-8 ATS (-8.6 Units) against poor starting goalies - saving <= 89.5% of shots against in the current season.

**Udog** · 04-21-2019, 08:21 AM

Good morning, Monte! Thanks!

**BettorsChat** · 04-21-2019, 08:22 AM

BOSTON (51-27-0-9, 111 pts.) at TORONTO (49-30-0-8, 106 pts.) - 4/21/2019, 3:00 PM

Top Trends for this game.
BOSTON is 6-12 ATS (-11.2 Units) on Sunday games over the last 2 seasons.
BOSTON is 58-62 ATS (-30.1 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent over the last 3 seasons.
TORONTO is 22-19 ATS (-8.9 Units) in a home game where the total is 6 or more this season.
TORONTO is 23-25 ATS (+48.7 Units) second half of the season this season.
Head-to-Head Series History
TORONTO is 14-10 (+5.5 Units) against the spread versus BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
TORONTO is 14-10-0 straight up against BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
12 of 22 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.4 Units)

SAN JOSE (48-30-0-9, 105 pts.) at VEGAS (46-34-0-7, 99 pts.) - 4/21/2019, 8:00 PM

Top Trends for this game.
SAN JOSE is 48-39 ATS (-14.3 Units) in all games this season.
VEGAS is 22-4 ATS (+16.0 Units) on Sunday games over the last 2 seasons.
VEGAS is 49-24 ATS (+15.3 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 2 seasons.
VEGAS is 47-25 ATS (+10.9 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
VEGAS is 56-41 ATS (+5.8 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
SAN JOSE is 62-47 ATS (+115.1 Units) in road games in April games since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 225-241 ATS (+508.5 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1996.
VEGAS is 46-41 ATS (-2.1 Units) in all games this season.
VEGAS is 23-22 ATS (-11.2 Units) second half of the season this season.
Head-to-Head Series History
VEGAS is 12-7 (+5.0 Units) against the spread versus SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
VEGAS is 12-7-0 straight up against SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
13 of 19 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+6.6 Units)

**Udog** · 04-21-2019, 08:25 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Sunday, April 21

Boston @ Toronto

Game 79-80
April 21, 2019 @ 3:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Boston
11.766
Toronto
10.531
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Boston
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Toronto
-120
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Boston
(+100); Under

San Jose @ Vegas

Game 83-84
April 21, 2019 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
San Jose
11.102
Vegas
9.798
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
San Jose
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Vegas
-175
6
Dunkel Pick:
San Jose
(+155); Over

NHL
Long Sheet

Sunday, April 21

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BOSTON (51-27-0-9, 111 pts.) at TORONTO (49-30-0-8, 106 pts.) - 4/21/2019, 3:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
BOSTON is 6-12 ATS (-11.2 Units) on Sunday games over the last 2 seasons.
BOSTON is 58-62 ATS (-30.1 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent over the last 3 seasons.
BOSTON is 211-168 ATS (+42.8 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 since 1996.
TORONTO is 23-25 ATS (+48.7 Units) second half of the season this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
TORONTO is 14-10 (+5.5 Units) against the spread versus BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
TORONTO is 14-10-0 straight up against BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
12 of 22 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.4 Units)

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SAN JOSE (48-30-0-9, 105 pts.) at VEGAS (46-34-0-7, 99 pts.) - 4/21/2019, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SAN JOSE is 48-39 ATS (-14.3 Units) in all games this season.
VEGAS is 22-4 ATS (+16.0 Units) on Sunday games over the last 2 seasons.
VEGAS is 49-24 ATS (+15.3 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 2 seasons.
VEGAS is 47-25 ATS (+10.9 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
VEGAS is 56-41 ATS (+5.8 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
SAN JOSE is 62-47 ATS (+115.1 Units) in road games in April games since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 225-241 ATS (+508.5 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1996.
VEGAS is 46-41 ATS (-2.1 Units) in all games this season.
VEGAS is 23-22 ATS (-11.2 Units) second half of the season this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
VEGAS is 12-7 (+5.0 Units) against the spread versus SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
VEGAS is 12-7-0 straight up against SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
13 of 19 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+6.6 Units)

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NHL

Saturday, April 20

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Trend Report
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Boston Bruins
Boston is 10-5 ATS in its last 15 games
Boston is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games
Boston is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games on the road
Boston is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Boston's last 8 games on the road
Boston is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 6 games when playing Toronto
Boston is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Boston is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 6 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto is 5-16 ATS in its last 21 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games
Toronto is 1-8 ATS in its last 9 games at home
Toronto is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Toronto's last 13 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 6 games at home
Toronto is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 6 games when playing Boston
Toronto is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Boston
Toronto is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 6 games when playing at home against Boston

San Jose Sharks
San Jose is 3-14 ATS in its last 17 games
San Jose is 5-12 SU in its last 17 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Jose's last 6 games
San Jose is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
San Jose is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road
San Jose is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games when playing Vegas
The total has gone OVER in 6 of San Jose's last 7 games when playing Vegas
San Jose is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Vegas
San Jose is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Vegas
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Jose's last 7 games when playing on the road against Vegas
Vegas Golden Knights
Vegas is 4-9 SU in its last 13 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Vegas's last 6 games
Vegas is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Vegas's last 7 games at home
Vegas is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games when playing San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Vegas's last 7 games when playing San Jose
Vegas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against San Jose
Vegas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Vegas's last 7 games when playing at home against San Jose

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