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Armadillo: Saturday's six-pack
Top six and worst six NFL teams in turnover conversion last year.......
6) Buffalo-Detroit-SF, +7
5) Arizona, +8
4) Seattle, +9
T2) Houston, +12
T2) New England, +12
1) Green Bay +14
T26) Tampa Bay-Philly, -8
28) Tennessee -10
29) New Jersey Jets -11
30) Washington -12
31) New Orleans -13
32) Oakland -15
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Armadillo: Saturday's List of 13: Random stuff with weekend here......
13) Pirates 5, Reds 4-- Starling Marte had the best defensive 9th inning I've ever seen an outfielder have. He threw out the tying run at the plate after a single to left, then ended the game with a tremendous diving catch as the Pirates won again. High drama!!!
12) Mets 2, Nationals 1 (12)-- Two nights ago, Wilmer Flores was crying at his SS position, thinking he had been traded to Milwaukee, but that trade never happened and 48 hours later, Flores was BMOC, hittg a walk-off homer in the 12th inning as the Mets beat the first-place Natonals. Had to be happy for the guy.
11) Mets added Yoenis Cespedes for the last two months of the season; he solidifies LF for them and will add a potent bat to a important lineup.
10) Cespedes is now on his fourth team in 367 days, in part because no one seems to want to sign him long-term and they don't get a draft pick if he stays and then leaves as a free agent. If no one wants him, please, please send him back to Oakland.
9) Friday was a "blue moon", that unusual occasion when we have two full moons in the same month. Happens every 30 months or so; next one is in 2018.
8) Russell Wilson signs with the Seahawks for four years, $87.6M, roughly $60M of it guaranteed. Good job by the Seahawks getting that distraction out of the way.
7) Padres' pitcher Ian Kennedy was scratchd from his start Friday night so he could go home for the birth of his fourth child, but weather in Miami was stormy, so the flight was cancelled and Kennedy made his scheduled start after all.
6) How is Harold Reynolds on TV? He seems likeable enough, but he says some stuff that makes you scratch your head.
3:15 Friday, San Diego pitchers are playing frisbee in the outfield in Miami, four hours before gametime. Reynolds comments, "Why is it so dark there?" Um, maybe because the roof of the stadium is closed?!?!?!? He talks before he thinks way too much.
5) Five teams who were under .500 on July 30 have made the playoffs, last one being the '06 Dodgers. AL Wild Card is soft right now; it could happen this year.
4) Toronto went all-in to win the division in part because 13 of their last 56 games are against the first place Bronx Bombers.
3) Golden State Warriors saved $8M by trading Gerald Wallace to Philly for Rider alum Jason Thompson.
2) As odd as Harold Reynolds often appears to be on TV, former Colorado GM Dan O'Dowd is very good, letting us know how GMs think and how things often shake out as far as trades go. MLB Network was way ahead of ESPN as far as trade deadline coverage, not even close.
1) There have been more 90-degree days in Seattle this year than in Chicago.
Go figure.
Top six and worst six NFL teams in turnover conversion last year.......
6) Buffalo-Detroit-SF, +7
5) Arizona, +8
4) Seattle, +9
T2) Houston, +12
T2) New England, +12
1) Green Bay +14
T26) Tampa Bay-Philly, -8
28) Tennessee -10
29) New Jersey Jets -11
30) Washington -12
31) New Orleans -13
32) Oakland -15
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Armadillo: Saturday's List of 13: Random stuff with weekend here......
13) Pirates 5, Reds 4-- Starling Marte had the best defensive 9th inning I've ever seen an outfielder have. He threw out the tying run at the plate after a single to left, then ended the game with a tremendous diving catch as the Pirates won again. High drama!!!
12) Mets 2, Nationals 1 (12)-- Two nights ago, Wilmer Flores was crying at his SS position, thinking he had been traded to Milwaukee, but that trade never happened and 48 hours later, Flores was BMOC, hittg a walk-off homer in the 12th inning as the Mets beat the first-place Natonals. Had to be happy for the guy.
11) Mets added Yoenis Cespedes for the last two months of the season; he solidifies LF for them and will add a potent bat to a important lineup.
10) Cespedes is now on his fourth team in 367 days, in part because no one seems to want to sign him long-term and they don't get a draft pick if he stays and then leaves as a free agent. If no one wants him, please, please send him back to Oakland.
9) Friday was a "blue moon", that unusual occasion when we have two full moons in the same month. Happens every 30 months or so; next one is in 2018.
8) Russell Wilson signs with the Seahawks for four years, $87.6M, roughly $60M of it guaranteed. Good job by the Seahawks getting that distraction out of the way.
7) Padres' pitcher Ian Kennedy was scratchd from his start Friday night so he could go home for the birth of his fourth child, but weather in Miami was stormy, so the flight was cancelled and Kennedy made his scheduled start after all.
6) How is Harold Reynolds on TV? He seems likeable enough, but he says some stuff that makes you scratch your head.
3:15 Friday, San Diego pitchers are playing frisbee in the outfield in Miami, four hours before gametime. Reynolds comments, "Why is it so dark there?" Um, maybe because the roof of the stadium is closed?!?!?!? He talks before he thinks way too much.
5) Five teams who were under .500 on July 30 have made the playoffs, last one being the '06 Dodgers. AL Wild Card is soft right now; it could happen this year.
4) Toronto went all-in to win the division in part because 13 of their last 56 games are against the first place Bronx Bombers.
3) Golden State Warriors saved $8M by trading Gerald Wallace to Philly for Rider alum Jason Thompson.
2) As odd as Harold Reynolds often appears to be on TV, former Colorado GM Dan O'Dowd is very good, letting us know how GMs think and how things often shake out as far as trades go. MLB Network was way ahead of ESPN as far as trade deadline coverage, not even close.
1) There have been more 90-degree days in Seattle this year than in Chicago.
Go figure.
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