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**Udog** · 05-19-2021, 08:03 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

Over/under win totals for NFL teams:
— Cincinnati Bengals, 6.5, -125
— Cleveland Browns, 10,-150
— Dallas Cowboys, 9.5, +110
— Denver Broncos, 8.5, -140
— Detroit Lions, 5, +125
— Green Bay Packers 9, -115

Remember, this year it is a 17-game schedule for first time.

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

13) I have a suggestion that I think would help our country; instead of Presidents having four-year terms, and being limited to two terms, I suggest that they serve only one term, but the term would be six years long. That way, they just do the work, and don’t worry about re-election.

What do you think?

12) Baseball analytics people have defenses shifting a lot, which puts players in places on the field that they’re not used to being, and that weakens the defense. I’m sure someone keeps track of this, but hits saved/hits given up by the shift would be an interesting statistic to study.

There have to be pitchers who lose their mind when they give up a soft ground ball to the opposite field, and it goes thru the infield for a hit. I’m thinking of Madison Bumgarner; he gave up one of those Monday night in LA, and he didn’t look very happy about it.

11) Genius alert: Braves rookie pitcher Huascar Ynoa broke his right (pitching) hand when he punched the dugout bench following a poor start at Milwaukee Sunday. Not good.

Ynoa had the lowest ERA on the Braves’ staff; he is out for couple months.

10) Umpire Joe West worked a Giants’ game the other night, with Mike Yasztrzemski playing for San Francisco. West has been around so long, he was in the big leagues the last eight years that Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski played in the majors— that’s Mike’s grandfather.

Giants have homered in 15 consecutive road games, by the way.

9) Detroit Tigers re-did their TV crew last season, and improved it greatly; now the analysts are Jack Morris, Kirk Gibson or Dan Petry- they’re all very good, especially Morris. Listening to him is like taking a college course on pitching. He speaks his mind, good or bad.

8) Last week was the anniversary of a game where the Phillies beat the Cubs 23-22 in Wrigley, on a day when the wind was blowing out, obviously.

— For some reason, Larry Bowa batted 2nd for Philly, ahead of Pete Rose/Mike Schmidt. A career .260 hitter with no pop (15 homers in 16 years), he would definitely bat 8th these days.
— Bob Boone caught for Philly, hit a homer; his son manages the Bronx Bombers now.
— Tug McGraw pitched in relief that day; his son Tim is a very famous singer.
— Bill Buckner was 4-7, knocked in seven runs that day.
— Dave Kingman hit three homers for the Cubs.

7) Baseball stuff:
— Mike Trout (calf strain) is out 6-8 weeks
— Mets acquired Cameron Maybin to give them some OF depth
— Braves put P Huascar Ynoa (hand) on the IL

6) Since the start of the 2018 season, Aaron Judge/Giancarlo Stanton have played on the same day only 163 of 426 games, 38.2% of the time.

Two of the best abilities: availability, durability.

5) Cincinnati Reds are 11-2 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on; Chicago White Sox are 2-8 in those games.

4) Dodgers lost their last eight one-run games, not a good thing.

3) Not to be the old guy on his lawn, but……..
— In Larry Bird’s first seven NBA seasons, he missed a total of 13 games
— Artis Gilmore was a very good 7-foot-2 center; in his first eight years as a pro, he didn’t miss a game, and the ABA played 84 games, not 82. Teams didn’t have private jets, either.
— In 2012-13, the year Kevin Durant scored 28.1 ppg, while shooting 41.6% on arc, 53.9% inside arc and 90.5% from the line, he played in 81 games, missing only one.

My point here is that NBA players today are soft; they take nights off when they’re not hurt.

2) RIP to the great actor Charles Grodin, who passed away at age 86. Funny man.

RIP to former big league infielder Rennie Stennett, 72, who played on two World Series title teams with the Pirates.

1) In 1975, Stennett went 7-7 in a game at Wrigley Field. 7 for freakin’ 7.
— Pirates won the game 22-0, scoring 9 times in first inning.
— Stennett scored five runs that day; when he was taken out of the game, a young 2B named Willie Randolph pinch-ran for him
— Pete LaCock was an OF for the Cubs that day; his dad was Peter Marshall, host of the Hollywood Squares, a very popular game show back in the day.
— Rick Reuschel started game for the Cubs; his brother Paul mopped up last two innings.

**Udog** · 05-19-2021, 08:06 AM

**Udog** · 05-19-2021, 08:11 AM

21VANCOUVER -22 CALGARY
CALGARY is 2-7 ATS (-8.4 Units) against poor starting goalies - saving <= 89.5% of shots against in the current season.

23WASHINGTON -24 BOSTON
WASHINGTON is 9-1 ATS (7.9 Units) revenging a loss vs opponent as a home favorite in the current season.

25NASHVILLE -26 CAROLINA
CAROLINA is 11-2 ATS (9.4 Units) in home games vs. winning teams in the current season.

27WINNIPEG -28 EDMONTON
EDMONTON is 26-7 ATS (15.7 Units) against poor defensive teams - opponents average 29.5+ shots on goal in the current season.

29ST LOUIS -30 COLORADO
ST LOUIS are 6-17 ATS (-14.7 Units) in road games against good offensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp - 2nd half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

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Trend Report
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Vancouver @ Calgary
Vancouver
Vancouver is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Calgary
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vancouver's last 5 games on the road
Calgary
Calgary is 14-5 SU in its last 19 games when playing at home against Vancouver
Calgary is 10-4 ATS in its last 14 games when playing at home against Vancouver

Washington @ Boston
Washington
Washington is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games on the road
Washington is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Boston
Boston is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games at home
Boston is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games at home

Nashville @ Carolina
Nashville
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Nashville's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Nashville's last 5 games when playing Carolina
Carolina
Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Nashville
Carolina is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home

Winnipeg @ Edmonton
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Edmonton
Winnipeg is 18-7 ATS in its last 25 games on the road
Edmonton
Edmonton is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Winnipeg
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Edmonton's last 5 games

St. Louis @ Colorado
St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis's last 6 games when playing on the road against Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis's last 5 games
Colorado
Colorado is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Colorado is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

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