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**Udog** · 04-16-2021, 08:44 AM

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**Udog** · 04-16-2021, 08:45 AM

Armadillo: Friday's six-pack

Major league leaders, on-base %age (minimum 20 AB’s):
.583— Brandon Nimmo, NYM
.547— Yuli Gurriel, Hst
.526— Vladimir Guerrero, Tor
.522— Yermin Mercedes, CWS
.519— Max Muncy, LAD
.492— Ronald Acuna, Atl

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 565,067
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

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Armadillo: Friday's Den: Random stuff with the weekend here……..

13) Later this month, the NCAA is expected to approve a new rule, where players can transfer once, without sitting out a year— they’re not eligible if they’ve already transferred.

This is expected to cause chaos for a while, in both football/basketball; it’ll be just like baseball, rich teams poaching from the not-so-rich. It’ll be interesting to see how it all plays out.

12) Baylor just won the national championship in basketball; 54% of their points this season came from players who transferred into Baylor.

11) My fantasy baseball team is desperate for a catcher who can hit; Jorge Alfaro looks terrible, so I added Tucker Barnhart, but he platoons. One of three things needs to happen:

— I added Yermin Mercedes, the White Sox’ hitting prodigy who is supposedly a catcher but hasn’t caught in a big league game yet, so he isn’t eligible to use behind the plate until the White Sox put him there.
— Texas Rangers have a kid in the minors (Sam Huff) who can hit— he was 11-31 in a brief cameo in the majors last year, but right now he is getting more experience in the minors.
— Mariners’ utility guy Todd France is supposedly their emergency catcher; would be nice of Seattle had an emergency and let France catch for an inning or two.

10) 30 or so years ago, I spent 11 months of my life working as a court assistant in a county courthouse. Interesting experience; the best part were the actual trials. I would swear the witnesses in, keep an inventory of the evidence, all that stuff.

One thing I learned, and I heard this from more than one lawyer; in a criminal trial, if the defendant is innocent, he/she will testify. If they’re guilty, not so much.

9) Actually, the best part of that job was the first Friday of each month, the matrimonial conferences; only people present were the husband/wife, their lawyers, the judge, the court stenographer and me.

Some funny stuff happened, but you’re sitting there out in the open- you’d better not laugh.

8) One rule I’d be in favor of; when the playoffs start, the highest-seeded team can choose which team they play in the first round of the playoffs. They used to do this in the G-League, we do it in our fantasy baseball league. Makes things a little more interesting, plus it would make for good television, when the teams announced their choices.

7) A’s 8, Detroit 4:
— Detroit pitchers walked 12 guys; they threw 51 pitches, just in the 6th inning.
— Thru six innings, Tiger pitchers threw 161 pitches, Oakland pitchers 82.

6) Few years ago in July, I’m sitting in a Las Vegas casino playing video poker, watching the Diamondbacks— their game goes 12 innings. At the same time, and this is a Friday night, the third round of the British Open is starting on the TV next to the baseball game.

So at the same time, I’m watching a Friday night baseball game and Saturday morning golf. As if I wasn’t confused enough, then I hit a jackpot at video poker. Pretty good night.

5) Utah State hired Ryan Odom to be its new basketball coach, making the long move from UMBC; it is unusual in that Odom brings all three of his assistants with him to Logan. Usually, one of the three assistants would inherit the job Odom left behind, but UMBC hired the guy that was Penn State’s interim coach last year.

Odom went 29-17 in conference games in the three years since he upset Virginia in the NCAA Tournament, the only #1-#16 upset ever.

Utah State won 74 games the last three years; he is inheriting a good program in a league that hasn’t been getting better. Will be interesting to see how Richard Pitino/Kevin Kruger do in the Mountain West, having been hired at New Mexico/UNLV.

4) I read this on the Interweb, so it has to be true; French people sleep an average of 8.83 hours/day, more than any other country.

3) Washington Nationals are batting their pitcher 8th; this isn’t a good idea. Tony LaRussa started this near the end of his tenure in St Louis, so it gained credibility, and at one point, several teams tried it, but don’t think anyone ever did it in a playoff game, which would’ve been the ultimate endorsement.

Hopefully next year everyone will use the DH and this argument will be put to rest.

2) I was amusing myself the other night by looking thru hotels.com, pricing hotels in Las Vegas during football season for this fall; I could really go for a chicken salad sandwich at the Carnegie Deli at The Mirage, especially with a Dr Brown’s soda.

Makes me hungry just thinking about it.

1) I’m getting my first vaccine shot April 25; it was supposed to be in a tent in a parking at the college I went to, but they’re moving the vaccine site to a **** a half-mile away. I’m thinking this is a good thing, don’t have to worry about the weather interrupting things.

But the vaccine site is right across the hall from the Apple store; this could get expensive.

**Udog** · 04-16-2021, 09:10 AM

63CALGARY -64 MONTREAL
CALGARY is 1-10 ATS (-10 Units) in road games off a road blowout win by 3 goals or more in the last 3 seasons.

65NY ISLANDERS -66 BOSTON
NY ISLANDERS are 16-5 ATS (10.8 Units) against good offensive teams - averaging 29.5+ shots on goal per game in the current season.

67SAN JOSE -68 MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA is 15-3 ATS (12.3 Units) in home games against mistake free teams - opponents average <=4 power plays/game in the current season.

69LOS ANGELES -70 COLORADO
LOS ANGELES are 11-4 ATS (6.6 Units) off a blowout loss by 3 goals or more to a division rival in the last 3 seasons.

71VEGAS -72 ANAHEIM
ANAHEIM is 6-21 ATS (-17.1 Units) in home games after 2 or more consecutive unders in the last 3 seasons.

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Trend Report
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Calgary @ Montreal
Calgary
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Calgary's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Calgary's last 6 games when playing Montreal
Montreal
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Montreal's last 6 games when playing Calgary
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Montreal's last 6 games when playing at home against Calgary

NY Islanders @ Boston
NY Islanders
NY Islanders is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Boston
NY Islanders is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Boston
Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Boston's last 11 games when playing at home against NY Islanders
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Boston's last 12 games when playing NY Islanders

San Jose @ Minnesota
San Jose
San Jose is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Jose's last 6 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is 13-1 SU in its last 14 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games when playing at home against San Jose

Los Angeles @ Colorado
Los Angeles
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Los Angeles's last 7 games when playing Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Colorado is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games

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

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