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**Udog** · 03-24-2021, 09:04 AM

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**Udog** · 03-24-2021, 09:04 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

NBA teams who’ve gone over the total the most:
29-13— New Orleans
28-15— Brooklyn
26-16— Denver
26-17— Sacramento
25-16— Milwaukee
25-16— Indiana

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 542,379
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

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Armadillo: Wednesday's Den: Mid-week musings……..

13) The movie Little Big League was on FS1 last night; the owner of the Minnesota Twins passes away, leaves the team to his 12-year old grandson, who then names himself manager of the Twins. Pretty good movie.

The kid’s mom is played by Ashley Crow; the movie was made in 1994.

In real life, Ashley Crow’s son is Pete Crow-Armstrong, who was drafted in the first round last year by the New York Mets. Crow-Armstrong played at Harvard-Westlake HS in Los Angeles, which once had Lucas Giolito, Jack Flaherty, Max Fried on the team at the same time.

Crow-Armstrong turns 19 tomorrow; in 11 at-bats this spring, he’s 1-11 with four runs scored. This year will be his first full season as a pro.

12) Mets’ 2B Jeff MacNeil was hit by pitches three times in a game last week, by three different pitchers; that doesn’t happen much.

11) Last Mets’ note; former New Jersey governor Chris Christie was recently named to the Mets’ board of directors; hopefully they didn’t put him in charge of parking.

10) Atlantic 14 tried something different this year; they played the first three rounds of their conference tournament March 3-6 in Richmond, then held the final March 14 in Dayton, assuming the two finalists would get on a bus after the game and make the short drive to Indiana, where they would hunker down safely for the NCAA’s. On paper, it made sense.

In reality, VCU couldn’t play in the NCAA Tournament because they had positive COVID tests in their program. Would it have been different had they just played the final in Richmond? We’ll never know.

9) Oregon State Beavers have covered 15 of their last 18 games as an underdog, with 11 wins outright. Beavers play Loyola Saturday, in the Sweet 16.

8) There is an NBA rule that no referee can work the same team’s games more than nine teams in a season; that rule has been waived this season, because of COVID protocols. Referees aren’t traveling as much.

7) Back in the 70’s, Astros’ pitching coach Brent Strom was a major league pitcher; he got hurt, was the second big leaguer to have what is now known as Tommy John surgery. Had he been the first, it would be known as Brent Strom surgery.

6) Al Leiter pitched in the major leagues for 19 years, won 162 games; his son Jack is a pitcher at Vanderbilt now, a highly-touted prospect who is expected to be a first round draft pick this year.

Saturday, Jack Leiter threw a no-hitter, struck out 16 South Carolina hitters, throwing 124 pitches; college managers aren’t as crazy about pitch counts as professional managers.

My question is this: How many major league pitchers will throw 124+ pitches in a game this year? Won’t be many, my guess is three or four.

5) First round of the 16-team NIT saw underdogs go 6-2 ATS; second round is Thursday.

4) One thing handicappers missed out on this season was taking a look at an Ivy League team in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Over last ten tournaments, Ivy League squads are 8-2 ATS in their first round games.

When the Ivy League teams come back next season after a year off, it’ll be interesting to see how much different these teams are. Last time we saw them, Ivy League was the #16 conference in the country, right in the middle nationally.

3) One of best parts of watching spring training games on MLB Network is the interviews with managers during the game. You can pick up some info here; also good when teams combine broadcasting crews for games. Marlins-Cardinals, Mariners-Rockies have done this.

But when you think of managers being interviewed during a game, can you imagine going back a few years and having Earl Weaver, Dick Williams or Billy Martin being interviewed during a game, even an exhibition game? Thing would have to be on a 7-second delay, for sure.

2) Happy 90th birthday to William Shatner; the actor who became famous as Captain Kirk on Star Trek– he still does commercials that air on Milwaukee Brewer games.

1) Went to the grocery store today, picked up a few things, no big deal, but also walked around the store and located exits, just in case what happened in Boulder ever happens here. Doesn’t hurt to be prepared, but its a sad commentary on our current situation.

**Udog** · 03-24-2021, 09:08 AM

69CALGARY -70 OTTAWA
CALGARY is 6-12 ATS (-9.9 Units) against terrible defensive teams - allowing 3+ goals/game in the current season.

71ANAHEIM -72 MINNESOTA
ANAHEIM is 0-8 ATS (-8 Units) against poor power play teams - scoring on < 14.5% of their chances in the current season.

75BUFFALO -76 PITTSBURGH
BUFFALO is 1-14 ATS (-13.2 Units) against excellent power play teams- scoring on >17.5% of their chances in the current season.

77LOS ANGELES -78 SAN JOSE
SAN JOSE is 8-3 ATS (4.7 Units) after failing to cover 3 of their last 4 against the spread in the current season.

79WINNIPEG -80 VANCOUVER
WINNIPEG is 6-1 ATS (4.9 Units) in road games after playing 2 consecutive road games in the current season.

NHL

Wednesday, March 24

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Trend Report
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Calgary @ Ottawa
Calgary
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Calgary's last 7 games when playing Ottawa
Calgary is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Ottawa is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Calgary

Anaheim @ Minnesota
Anaheim
Anaheim is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Anaheim's last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games when playing at home against Anaheim
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

Buffalo @ Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Buffalo is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Buffalo's last 6 games on the road
Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games
Pittsburgh is 18-5 SU in its last 23 games when playing Buffalo

Los Angeles @ San Jose
Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 5 games when playing on the road against San Jose
Los Angeles is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing San Jose
San Jose
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Jose's last 5 games when playing at home against Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Jose's last 5 games at home

Winnipeg @ Vancouver
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Vancouver
Winnipeg is 14-2 SU in its last 16 games when playing Vancouver
Vancouver
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Vancouver's last 7 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Vancouver's last 6 games

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