Cnotes 2020/2021 NHL Season Long Trends, News, Notes, Picks !

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Tuesday’s 6-pack
NFL over/under win totals:
— LA Rams 10, -140
— Dolphins 9, -130
— Vikings 8.5, -160
— Patriots 9.5, +100
— Saints 9.5, -105
— Giants 7.5, -105

Quote of the Day
“I don’t know if it has ever been harder to manage a roster, manage player development. You’re talking about things that are outside of our control as far as transfer portal and COVID. Nobody has ever had to deal with the social media phenomena with recruiting the way it is. But you know what? That’s what they pay us for. That’s the job. It’s still the greatest job on Earth.”
Missouri football coach Eli Drinkwitz

Tuesday’s quiz
Which state is known as “The Land of 10,000 Lakes”?

Monday’s quizActor Tom Selleck played one year of D-I college basketball, at USC.

Sunday’s quiz
Kevin Bacon played the losing attorney in A Few Good Men.

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Tuesday’s Den: Trends for National League teams

Diamondbacks:
— Lost their last 13 road games.
— 3-8 at home, if they score less than 7 runs.
— Lost nine of ten one-run games.

Braves:
— 20-7 if they score 5+ runs, 3-17 if they do not.
— Lost last four home series openers.
— Lost five of six extra-inning games.

Cubs:
— Won 8 of their last ten home games.
— 11-3 vs lefty starters, 13-19 vs righties.
— Under is 6-2 in their last eight road games.

Reds:
— Lost six of their last seven home games.
— 11-3 in games where winning run scores from 7th inning on.
— Over is 8-2-1 in their last 11 road games.

Rockies:
— Lost 17 of their first 20 road games.
— Won six of last eight home games.
— 8-5 vs lefty starters, 11-24 vs righties.

Dodgers:
— 16-5 so far against their NL West rivals.
— Won nine of last ten home games.
— 5-2 in home series openers, 2-5 in road series openers.

Marlins:
— Won eight of their last 11 home games.
— 2-6 in road series openers.
— 4-9 in one-run games.

Brewers:
— Lost 10 of last 15 home games.
— 3-6 vs lefty starters, 21-17 vs righties.
— 8-5 in one-run games, 4-2 in extra innings.

Mets
— Currently have 16 players on injured list.
— 11-5 at home, 10-15 on the road.
— 10-5 in games where winning run scores from 7th inning on.

Phillies:
— 15-10 at home, 8-15 on road.
— Under is 6-2 in their last eight road games.
— Scored in 1st inning in six of last ten road games.

Pirates:
— Lost 8 of their last ten road games.
— Lost five of six home series openers.
— 7-16 vs division rivals, 11-12 vs everyone else.

Cardinals:
— Won six of last eight home games.
— 10-6 in series openers.
— 13-7 vs NL Central rivals, 13-14 vs everyone else.

Padres:
— Won their last ten home games.
— 6-0 vs American League teams.
— Over is 12-4 in their last sixteen games.

Giants:
— 13-5 in day games, 1-4 in extra inning games.
— 10-5 in series openers.
— Scored in first inning in six of last 11 road games.

Nationals:
— 12-10 at home, 8-13 on the road.
— 6-4 in games where winning run scores from 7th inning on.
— Under is 8-2 in their last ten home games.

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3NASHVILLE -4 CAROLINA
NASHVILLE is 2-12 ATS (-11.2 Units) after 2 straight close wins by 1 goal in the last 3 seasons.

5TORONTO -6 MONTREAL
TORONTO is 5-9 ATS (-14.9 Units) in road games vs. losing teams in the current season.




NHL
Dunkel

Tuesday, May 25






NHL

Tuesday, May 25

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Toronto @ Montreal
Toronto
Toronto is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Montreal
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 7 games when playing Montreal
Montreal
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Montreal's last 7 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Montreal's last 7 games when playing at home against Toronto

Nashville @ Carolina
Nashville
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Nashville's last 7 games when playing on the road against Carolina
Nashville is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Carolina
Carolina is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Nashville
Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Nashville


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[Udog]

Wednesday’s 6-pack
College football over/under win totals:
— Alabama 11.5
— Clemson 11.5
— Cincinnati 10
— Auburn 7
— Arkansas 5.5
— Baylor 5.5

Quote of the Day
“The time when there is no one there to feel sorry for you or to cheer for you is when a player is made.”
Tim Duncan

Wednesday’s quiz
What year was the first night World Series game?
(Hint: the Orioles played in that game)

Tuesday’s quiz
Minnesota is known as “The Land of 10,000 Lakes”.

Monday’s quiz
Actor Tom Selleck played one year of D-I college basketball, at USC.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings……..

13) Umpire Joe West worked in his 5,376th major league game last night, breaking the all-time record. He first umpired in the big leagues at age 24, which is pretty amazing.

12) Speaking of umpires, saw something I don’t think I ever saw before. Sunday night in St Louis, Adam Wainwright is pitching to Kris Bryant in the 4th inning— first two pitches of the at-bat are both marginal, are both called strikes.

Cubs manager David Ross comes out of the dugout and gets in the face of the home plate ump, who throws him out of the game- his guy didn’t strike out, he just took two pitches, and the manager gets tossed. Game was scoreless at the time.

Maybe Ross bet the over, I don’t know, or maybe the ump had the under; Wainwright wound up having 31 of his pitches called strikes, which is a really, really high number. Cubs starter Davies only had 12 strikes called, but he is more of a pitch-to-contact guy.

Anyway, it struck me as odd. Erich Bacchus was the ump, a new umpire.

11) Then there is Houston P Cristian Javier, who threw 94 pitches in his start at Texas Sunday; only 8 of those 94 pitches were put into play. 50 strikes, 44 balls; six walks, five strikeouts- he gave up only one hit, but lasted only 4.2 innings in the Astros’ 3-2 loss.

These days, one of the starting pitcher’s jobs is to get deeper into games, to take the strain off of the bullpen, seeing how the starters are supposed to be the team’s best pitchers. Finishing six innings consistently helps a team that day, and for the next couple days.

10) Genius alert: Indians P Zach Plesac suffered a non-displaced fracture of his right (throwing) thumb when he was really mad after a bad start, and was tearing his jersey off in anger— his right hand smacked against a chair, and he broke his thumb. Awesome.

9) Toronto shortstop Bo Bichette is hitting 2-31 against Tampa Bay this year, .325 against everyone else, which adds up to .270 overall.

8) Tampa Bay has used 49 different lineups in its first 50 games; if they ever decide to do another Moneyball movie, they should do it on the Rays, who do some very unusual things.

7) Colorado Rockies are now 3-18 on the road after splitting a pair at CitiField this week; they were the first team to start a season 2-17 on the road since the ’06 Kansas City Royals.

6) Houston Astros are 3-12 on the road when they score less than 7 runs; they’re 8-0 on the road if they score 7+ runs.

5) Baseball injury stuff:
— Bruce Harper (forearm) went on the IL
— Corey Kluber (elbow) left his start Tuesday after 3 innings.
— Zach Plesac (thumb) went on the IL
— Noah Syndergaard left his rehab start after only one inning, which obviously is bad news.

4) Cowboys’ LB Jaylon Smith wants to switch from #54 to #9; when an NFL player wants to switch numbers, the rules say he has to buy out the current inventory of jerseys/T-shirts of his old number- that will cost Smith around half a million bucks.

He must really like number 9.

3) Wayne Gretzky is going to be an NHL analyst on TNT next fall, when that network begins its coverage of the NHL. You never know if a guy is going to be good or not on the air; Gretzky is probably the greatest player ever, but will he be critical? Funny? Will he tell great stories from his career, without harping on himself?

I would bet on him to be good, but time will tell.

2) Back in my high school days, I took a course on speed reading, it was an actual course, taught by Mr O’Brien, who looked a little like Burl Ives, the singer.

Anyway, all I remember about the course was that they told you when you read a book, to read the first and last paragraph of each chapter, then the first sentence of every other paragraph.

They said a well written book would contain the vast majority of its information in those areas, and you could save a lot of time by skipping the rest. Wonder if they still teach that stuff?

Also, I am told they don’t teach cursive writing in schools anymore; how do people learn how to sign their names?

1) If the playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Mets-Cardinals-Padres. Wild Card: Giants @ Dodgers
AL: Rays-White Sox-A’s. Wild Card: New York @ Boston

[Udog]

[Udog]

9PITTSBURGH -10 NY ISLANDERS
PITTSBURGH is 8-0 ATS (8 Units) off 2 consecutive losses against division rivals over the last 2 seasons.

11FLORIDA -12 TAMPA BAY
FLORIDA is 23-7 ATS (11.9 Units) against poor defensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp in the current season.

15VEGAS -16 MINNESOTA
VEGAS are 7-0 ATS (7 Units) in road games after allowing 4 goals or more in the current season.




NHL

Wednesday, May 26

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Pittsburgh @ NY Islanders
Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Pittsburgh's last 8 games when playing on the road against NY Islanders
Pittsburgh is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games on the road
NY Islanders
NY Islanders is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
NY Islanders is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Pittsburgh

Florida @ Tampa Bay
Florida
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Florida's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Florida's last 9 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Tampa Bay's last 9 games when playing at home against Florida
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 6 games at home

Vegas @ Minnesota
Vegas
Vegas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Vegas is 18-5 SU in its last 23 games
Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Minnesota's last 10 games at home
Minnesota is 13-4 ATS in its last 17 games when playing Vegas


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[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, May 26

[Udog]

Thursday’s 6-pack
Week 1 NFL spreads:
— Dallas @ Tampa Bay (-6.5)
— Arizona @ Tennessee (-2.5)
— Seattle @ Indianapolis (-2.5)
— Minnesota (-3) @ Cincinnati
— Philadelphia @ Atlanta (-3.5)
— Jacksonville (-2.5) @ Houston

Quote of the Day
“I didn’t actually know the playbook, necessarily, really, really good, and that’s no one else’s fault but my fault. Our play calls were simple when I was in. I didn’t have alerts and checks. Where now, I feel comfortable and I can maneuver my way through these things.”
Dolphins’ QB Tua Tagovailoa

Thursday’s quiz
Which NBA team drafted Anthony Davis when he came out of college in 2012?

Wednesday’s quiz
The first night World Series game was in 1971, Orioles-Pirates

Tuesday’s quiz
Minnesota is known as “The Land of 10,000 Lakes”.

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Thursday’s Den: Doing some thinking out loud………

— Thumbs up to DMV in Albany; was there Wednesday morning to get my Real ID, which I thought I needed in order to travel again. Turns out they pushed all that back to 2023, but I got the Real ID, crossing one thing off my to-do list for 2023.

— Travel tip; if you’re going to Las Vegas during football season, don’t stay on the Strip if the Raiders are home that weekend. Rooms at the Luxor/Excalibur are both over $400 for the Saturday night of the weekend I was looking at, and they ain’t the classiest joints in town.

Looking at weekends where the Raiders aren’t home, rates are pretty normal.

Rates at the SouthPoint were pretty good for the weekend the Raiders were home; that’s a few miles south of Allegiant Stadium. Good place.

— How pitchers have fared after throwing their no-hitters this season:
1) Joe Musgrove
— Went 0-4, 5.63 in his next five starts, then 2-0, 0.75 in his last two.

2) Carlos Rodon:
— Is 3-2, 2.08 in six starts since his no-hitter.

3) Madison Bumgarner:
— His no-hitter was 7 innings, but it was a no-hitter.
— is 2-2, 3.54 in five starts since; he’s been batting leg problems.

4) John Means:
— Is 0-0, 2.92 in two starts since the no-hitter; not sure where Orioles would be without him.

5) Wade Miley:
— Allowed nine runs in two starts (7.2 IP) since the no-hitter, is currently on the IL.

6) Spencer Turnbull:
— Allowed three runs in six IP, in his first start after the no-hitter.

7) Corey Kluber:
— Left his last start after 3 innings (shoulder), his first since the no-hitter.
— He had thrown 100+ pitches in three of his previous four starts.

— Braves’ OF Marcell Ozuna is out six weeks after dislocating two fingers while sliding headfirst into third base the other night. This is why some guys wear those oven mitts while running the bases, to protect their fingers.

— They showed a clip of Clayton Kershaw’s MLB debut in 2008 yesterday; he was pitching against Albert Pujols who, 13 years later, is now his teammate with the Dodgers.

— Amazon just bought MGM studios for $8B; they figure to use MGM’s massive collection of movies to help market Amazon Prime Video.

— NFL salary cap was $198.2M last year; it’ll be $182.5M this year, because of the pandemic.

— Is it weird that I watched a movie on TV the other night, then just got a recommendation on a similar movie on my phone? Do they track everything we do/watch?

— Lot of baseball in the Big Apple today; twinbills in the Bronx and at CitiField, after lot of rain in New York City cancelled Wednesday’s games.

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21MONTREAL -22 TORONTO
MONTREAL is 20-33 ATS (-22.6 Units) against mistake free teams - opponents average <=4 power plays/game in the current season.

23CAROLINA -24 NASHVILLE
NASHVILLE is 7-1 ATS (6.8 Units) in home games against mistake free teams - opponents average <=4 power plays/game in the 2nd half of the year in the current season.




NHL
Dunkel

Thursday, May 27






NHL

Thursday, May 27

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Montreal @ Toronto
Montreal
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Montreal's last 5 games when playing Toronto
Montreal is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Montreal
Toronto is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home

Carolina @ Nashville
Carolina
Carolina is 16-5 SU in its last 21 games when playing Nashville
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Carolina's last 7 games on the road
Nashville
Nashville is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Nashville is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Carolina


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[Udog]

Friday’s 6-pack
Nevada casinos’ net win in April:
— sports betting $27.2M
— craps $28.1M
— baccarat $29.4M
— roulette $32.4M
— blackjack $70.2M
— penny slots $340.8M

Quote of the Day
“We are bitterly disappointed that the great Oklahoma-Nebraska rivalry, on the 50th anniversary of the Game of the Century, will kick off at 11 a.m. [local time]. We tried every possible avenue to proactively make our case. The Big 12 Conference also supported our strenuous efforts to secure a more traditional time that would honor this game and our fans. However, in the end, our TV partner chose to exercise its full contractual rights and denied our requests.”
Oklahoma AD Joe Castiglione

Friday’s quiz
Which major league team once drafted Tom Brady as a catching prospect?

Thursday’s quiz
New Orleans Hornets drafted Anthony Davis when he came out of college in 2012; they became the Pelicans two years later.

Wednesday’s quiz
The first night World Series game was in 1971, Orioles-Pirates

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Friday’s Den: Random stuff with the long weekend here…….

13) Trade deadline is going to be fascinating in baseball this summer, as teams try to keep their rosters fresh with healthy bodies. Guys are dropping like flies; will big market contenders part with prospects to try and acquire players who will help them win now, seeing how everyone should be operating at 100% capacity attendance-wise, by the end of June?

12) Bucks 113, Heat 84:
— Milwaukee leads series 3-0, winning last two games by 34-29 points.
— Miami was 20-50 on arc in Game 1, lost in OT; they haven’t been the same since.
— Dragic started this game for the Heat but went only 3-14 from floor.

11) Nuggets 120, Blazers 115:
— Denver grabs a 2-1 series lead.
— Carmelo Anthony is minus-29 in 69:00 in this series.
— Jokic scored 36 points, had 11 rebounds, five assists.

10) Lakers 109, Suns 95:
— LA grabs a 2-1 series lead.
— Suns scored only 12 points in second quarter.
— Anthony Davis scored 34 points, grabbed 11 rebounds.

9) Orioles’ CF Cedric Mullins is 17-44 this season in the first inning, the most first inning hits of any major leaguer so far this season.

8) Cubs 5, Pirates 3— Chicago’s bullpen has thrown 34.2 consecutive scoreless innings, the best stretch in franchise history. Cubs now trail St Louis by only a half-game in NL Central.

7) Have to feel bad for Pirates’ P Tyler Anderson; he gave up two extra runs in this game after his 1B made the worst defensive play I’ve ever seen in a big league game.

Man on second, two out, Javy Baez hits a grounder to 3rd; throw pulls the 1B off the bag, but he is standing there with the ball, blocking Baez from getting to the bag.

Instead of giving up, Baez retreats towards home and the 1B chases him like an idiot, instead of just going and touching first base. When the 1B sees the running from second trying to score, he actually flips the ball to the catcher, and Diaz sprints to an uncovered first base.

The guy “scoring” from second wouldn’t have scored if he had just tagged Baez. Totally brain dead; if I was the Pirates’ GM, I’d have sent the 1B down to AAA or released him.

In Anderson’s last home start, a high pop up between the mound and home plate landed untouched with two out in an inning; next batter hit a two-run homer. The guy has no luck.

6) Cubs TV guy/former MLB pitcher Jim Deshaies was telling a story on the air Wednesday, about when he was teammates with John Elway in the NY-Penn League, with Oneonta.

Elway considered baseball his summer job; he knew his future was in football; Deshaies was saying that Elway, a lefty hitter, was a skilled bunter who would drag bunts for hits, and that he probably would’ve made the majors, had he stuck with baseball. Elway hit .318 with a .432 on-base %age, in his one season with Oneonta.

I’m thinking he made the right career choice.

5) Brewers 6, Padres 5 (10)— Jackie Bradley Jr had his first game-winning RBI in 3,448 career plate appearances, which was the most PA’s of any active player without a walk-off RBI. Jake Lamb (2,359) now has the most.

4) MLB suspended former Mets’ manager Mickey Callaway thru 2022 and the Angels fired him as pitching coach, following an investigation into sexual harassment allegations.

3) College football over/under win totals are out; not a lot of respect for UNLV’s squad, as they start their first season in front of fans as the new Allegiant Stadium. UNLV’s win total for this season is a paltry 1.5.

2) They released the college bowl schedule this week; things kick off on December 17, with the Bahamas Bowl and Belk Bowl.

1) December 29, there is a Fenway Bowl at 11am, followed by the Pinstripe Bowl at 2:15. I’m not sure college kids are going to be real excited about freezing their butts off in Boston/Bronx on a Wednesday afternoon in late December.

Hawai’i Bowl is Christmas Eve; I expect to be watching that in a casino in the desert. Nothing says you have no social life as much as watching a bowl game in a casino on Christmas Eve!!!!

[Udog]

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35MINNESOTA -36 VEGAS
VEGAS are 10-0 ATS (10 Units) in home games revenging a road loss versus opponent by 2 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.




NHL

Friday, May 28

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Minnesota @ Vegas
Minnesota
Minnesota is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Vegas
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Vegas
Vegas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vegas's last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vegas's last 5 games at home


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[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Friday, May 28

[Udog]

Saturday’s 6-pack
Week 1 NFL spreads:
— Steelers @ Bills (-6)
— 49ers (-7.5) @ Lions
— Jets @ Panthers (-4)
— Chargers (-1) @ Washington
— Dolphins @ Patriots (-2)
— Browns @ Chiefs (-6)

Quote of the Day
“You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.”
Dr Seuss

Saturday’s quiz
Houston Astros started playing in the Astrodome in 1965, their 4th year in existence; what was the Astros’ nickname before they moved into the Astrodome?

Friday’s quiz
Tom Brady was drafted as a catcher by the Montreal Expos.

Thursday’s quiz
New Orleans Hornets drafted Anthony Davis when he came out of college in 2012; they became the Pelicans two years later.


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Saturday’s Den: Clearing out a cluttered mind………

13) Baseball is fun in part because you often see things you’ve never seen before; Thursday, there was a 62-pitch complete game. You don’t see that much.

Rockies lost first game of a doubleheader 1-0 to the Mets; German Marquez was the losing pitcher, giving up 3 hits, one run in six innings. He only needed 62 pitches to finish six innings, and there was no 7th inning, since the Mets won.

Seven inning doubleheaders are still weird to me. Hopefully this year will be the last of them.

12) Colorado is 3-20 on the road, 16-12 at home. They figure to trade SS Trevor Story before the trade deadline (he is a free agent this winter). Going to be a long summer in Denver.

11) One of the cool new stats programs they have in baseball is called StatCast; when someone hits a home run, the TV guys can tell you a few minutes later in how many ballparks it also would have been a homer in.

Dodgers’ Matt Beaty hit a homer down the rightfield line Friday night; couple minutes later, Joe Davis reported that it would’ve been a home run in 20 of the 30 major league stadiums.

10) Giants 8, Dodgers 5 (10)- Wild game late Friday night.
— Giants broke a 2-2 tie with three runs in 8th inning.
— Austin Barnes tied game with a pinch-hit homer in the 9th.
— Albert Pujols appeared to have won the game with another homer, but LF Tauchman robbed him of a homer by catching the ball, sending the game to extra innings.
— Giants scored three runs in the 10th for the win.
— For the game, Dodgers were 2-14 with runners in scoring position.

9) Giants are 31-20, tied with the Dodgers for 2nd in the NL West; they’ve got 19 players who are 30+ years old, most in the major leagues.

8) Padres 10, Astros 3 (11)
— Third straight extra inning game for San Diego.
— Bad beat if you had under 8 runs in this game; Astros led 2-1 in the 8th.
— Houston put OF Michael Brantley (hamstring) on IL.

7) Detroit 3, New York 2 (10)— Robbie Grossman hit a walk-off tater in the 10th inning for Detroit. Was pretty good pitching duel between veteran Cole and youngster Mize.

6) Billy McKinney is an OF for the Mets; he is 26 years old, has been in the majors for four years- he’s already played for four different teams:
— A’s drafted him in first round in 2013, but he never played for them.
— July 5, 2014- A’s traded him to the Cubs in a 5-player deal. Jeff Samardzija came to the A’s.
— July 25, 2016- Cubs traded McKinney, three other guys to Bronx for Aroldis Chapman.
— July 26, 2018- Bronx traded him and Brandon Drury to Toronto for JA Happ.
— September 14, 2020- Milwaukee claimed him off waivers.
— May 26, 2021- Milwaukee traded him to the Mets for a minor leaguer.

McKinney is only 26, but he must be good at packing.

5) Celtics 125, Nets 119:
— Jayson Tatum scored a career high 50 points; he was 9-32 from floor in first two games.
— Nets were +16 in 25:00 with Blake Griffin on floor, minus-22 in the 23:00 he sat out.
— Nets lead series 2-1; home side won all three games.

4) Hawks 105, Knicks 94:
— Atlanta grabs 2-1 series lead.
— Hawks shot 52% from floor; all five starters scored between 11-21 points.
— Knicks’ star Julius Randle is 13-54 from floor in series.

3) Clippers 118, Mavericks 108:
— Down 2-0 in series, Clippers fell behind 30-11 early in this game.
— Clippers shot 57.9% from floor; Kawhi Leonard scored 36 points.
— Road team won all three series games.

2) If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL- Mets, Cardinals, Padres. Wild Card: Dodgers-Giants
AL- Rays, White Sox, A’s. Wild Card: New York @ Boston

1) I’m writing this while watching an old episode of Columbo, from 1980 or so; haven’t seen this show since I was in college. This episode is about the owner of a pro football team who gets murdered; the football clips in this episode are Edmonton-Saskatchewan clips from the CFL.

Pretty good show; Peter Falk was a great actor.