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**Udog** · 04-11-2021, 07:42 AM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

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Armadillo: Sunday's Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday

13) This is very random, because it is 2:50am and my mind is wandering, but think back to a Giants-Eagles game in 1978, November 19 to be exact.

Giants were 5-6, Eagles 6-5, both teams fighting to become playoff contenders. Giants led 14-0 early, 17-6 after three quarters- they led 17-13 and were killing the clock when QB Joe Pisarcik tried to handoff to a running back, but the exchange was fumbled, the Eagles ran the fumble in for the game-winning TD that propelled them to their first playoff game in 18 years.

This game was unusually relevant for many reasons:

— Teams didn’t take a knee back then; this game started teams taking a knee.
— This was the first of four straight playoff years for the Eagles; they won the NFC in 1980.
— Eagles’ DB who scored the winning TD? Herman Edwards.
— Guy who coached the Giants that day? John McVay, Sean McVay’s grandfather.

— John McVay was fired after that season, replaced by Ray Perkins. Perkins coached the Giants for four years, then replaced Bear Bryant as the coach at Alabama.
— Eagles’ coach that day was Dick Vermeil, who had gone 9-19 his first two years in Philly; this game was the turning point for his program.
— Vermeil left the Eagles after the ’82 season, went on TV for 14 years, then returned to the NFL with the Rams in 1997— he won the Super Bowl there, in his third season as head coach.

You just wonder how many careers would’ve been different had that fumble never happened.

Major league leaders after nine days:
12) batting average:
.556— Yermin Mercedes, CWS
.471— Ryan Zimmerman, Wsh
.462— Ketel Marte, Ariz
.458— Nelson Crux, Minn

11) runs scored:
11— Jose Altuve, Hst
10— Mark Canha, A’s
9— Castellanos, Moustakas, Senzel, all on the Reds
8— Mike Trout LAA, Garrett Hampson Colo, Adam Eaton CWS

10) RBI’s::
14— Tyler Naquin Cin/Nate Lowe Tex
12— JD Martinez Bos
11— Kyle Tucker Hst, Jonathan India Cin

9) Mike Trout has been on base 22 of 39 times this season; he’s already walked 10 times.

8) Tampa Bay 4, New York 0— Why does Aaron Hicks bat third? He isn’t a good hitter.

— he’s a career .234 hitter, .331 OB%. For his CAREER
— he’s hitting .147 this year.
— He’s hit more than 15 homers once in his career.
— You put this guy between Judge and Stanton in the lineup? Why?

7) Arizona 8, Cincinnati 3— Reds are fun to watch; they have some guys who can hit, not sure how good their infield defense is. Suarez should be playing third. They have lot of outfielders; not sure what happens when Akiyama comes off the IL.

6) Manager AJ Hinch got suspended for a year because of the Astros’ cheating thing, then he went to Detroit— the Astros didn’t hire him back after his suspension.

Alex Cora got suspended for a year for the same thing, but the Red Sox brought him back as manager after the suspension was up. Whats the difference?

5) Alex Rodriguez and billionaire Marc Lore are teaming up to buy the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA; Mr Lore used to be the CEO of Walmart eCommerce.

4) Candidate for Bad Beat of the Week: If you had A-Rod’s Timberwolves (+8.5) Friday night, you went to bed a bit queasy- they lost 145-136, in overtime to the Celtics in Boston.

3) Colorado Rockies’ OF Raimel Tapia walked Saturday, his first walk in his last 131 at-bats, which may explain why he got dropped from leadoff to the 6-spot in the order Saturday.

Tapia is hitting .258 this year, with a .281 on-base %age. That ain’t good enough to bat leadoff.

2) Marlins 3, Mets 0— Jacob deGrom has allowed one run in 14 IP this season, striking out 21 guys, but he doesn’t have a win, because the Mets usually don’t hit when he pitches. Guy is the best pitcher in baseball, with a 2.75 ERA, 1.05 WHIP in 184 career starts, but his record is only 70-51.

1) Happy 85th birthday to the great football coach John Madden, who became way more famous later on, as a TV analyst/pitch man. Had the pleasure of meeting coach Madden in St Louis in 1995, after a Rams’ game; good guy, very big guy, pretty much like he seems on TV.

**Udog** · 04-11-2021, 07:44 AM

67BUFFALO -68 PHILADELPHIA
BUFFALO is 9-37 ATS (-31.7 Units) in road games after playing a home game in the last 3 seasons.

69ARIZONA -70 VEGAS
ARIZONA is 18-10 ATS (13.5 Units) when playing against a good team (Win Pct. 60% to 75%) in the first half of the season in the last 3 seasons.

71PITTSBURGH -72 NEW JERSEY
NEW JERSEY is 0-9 ATS (-9.8 Units) in home games against good offensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp in the current season.

73NY RANGERS -74 NY ISLANDERS
NY ISLANDERS are 12-2 ATS (9.4 Units) in home games against excellent power play teams- scoring on >17.5% of their chances in the current season.

77COLORADO -78 ANAHEIM
ANAHEIM is 14-32 ATS (-21.2 Units) in home games after 1 or more consecutive unders in the last 3 seasons.

79DALLAS -80 NASHVILLE
NASHVILLE is 12-1 ATS (12 Units) when playing against a bad team (Win Pct. 25% to 40%) in the current season.

85WASHINGTON -86 BOSTON
WASHINGTON is 7-0 ATS (7 Units) revenging a loss vs opponent as a home favorite in the current season.

**Udog** · 04-11-2021, 07:47 AM

NHL

Sunday, April 11

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Trend Report
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Buffalo @ Philadelphia
Buffalo
Buffalo is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Buffalo's last 7 games
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Buffalo
Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Buffalo

Arizona @ Vegas
Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Arizona's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Arizona's last 6 games
Vegas
Vegas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Arizona
Vegas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Arizona

Colorado @ Anaheim
Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Colorado's last 5 games when playing on the road against Anaheim
Colorado is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Anaheim
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Anaheim's last 5 games when playing at home against Colorado
Anaheim is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Colorado

Pittsburgh @ New Jersey
Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games on the road
New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Jersey's last 6 games
New Jersey is 11-4 ATS in its last 15 games when playing Pittsburgh

NY Rangers @ NY Islanders
NY Rangers
NY Rangers is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against NY Islanders
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Rangers's last 5 games on the road
NY Islanders
NY Islanders is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Islanders's last 6 games

Washington @ Boston
Washington
Washington is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Boston
Washington is 19-5 SU in its last 24 games when playing Boston
Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Boston's last 24 games when playing at home against Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Boston's last 17 games

Dallas @ Nashville
Dallas
Dallas is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Dallas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Nashville
Nashville is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games
Nashville is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Dallas

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**Udog** · 04-11-2021, 08:12 AM

NHL
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Sunday, April 11

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