The Bum's Sports Page For Monday August 10th Best Bets-Trends-News !

[StarDust Bum]

RECAPPING YESTERDAY'S ACTION:

MLB: 5 - 9 - 0

WNBA: 6- 4 - 0

CFL: 2 - 0

NFL: 1 - 1


WNBA JUNE/ JULY RECORD/ AUGUST :

*****...............................15 - 17 - 2
DOUBLE PLAY....................40 - 34
TRIPLE PLAY......................18 - 12
SLAM DUNK.......................20 - 16

MLB RECORD FOR JUNE/JULY/AUGUST:

*****.............................90 - 107 - 1 .....................,........- 13.49
double play......................144 - 158 - 2 ............................- 31.38
triple play........................67 - 59 - 2 ................................ - 0.33
grand slam......................86 - 84 - 3.....................,...........- 14.30
double grand slam.............5 - 7........................................-14.72
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CFL JUNE/JULY/ AUGUST RECORD:

SINGLE PLAY.................................1 - 1
DOUBLE PLAY................................7 - 13
TRIPLE PLAY..................................6 - 2
BLOW OUT.....................................3 - 2

NFL PRESEASON RECORD:

SINGLE PLAY..................................... 0 - 0
DOUBLE PLAY.................................... 1 - 1
TRIPLE PLAY ..................................... 0 - 0
BLOW OUT......................................... 0 - 0


MONDAY, AUGUST 10

Game Score Status Pick Amount

Colorado - 7:10 PM ET NY Mets -156 500 DOUBLE PLAY
NY Mets - Under 7.5 500 DOUBLE PLAY

LA Angels - 8:10 PM ET Chi. White Sox -138 500 *****
Chi. White Sox - Under 7 500

Detroit - 8:10 PM ET Kansas City -208 500
Kansas City - Under 7 500

Philadelphia - 9:40 PM ET Philadelphia +143 500 GRAND SLAM
Arizona - Over 8.5 500 DOUBLE PLAY

Baltimore - 10:10 PM ET Baltimore -118 500 TRIPLE PLAY
Seattle - Over 7.5 500

Cincinnati - 10:10 PM ET San Diego -136 500 *****
San Diego - Under 7.5 500 *****

Washington - 10:10 PM ET Washington +115 500 DOUBLE PLAY
LA Dodgers - Under 7 500 *****

[StarDust Bum]

Armadillo: Monday's six-pack

-- Arizona 4, Reds 3 (10)-- When you have bases loaded in tie game and batter gets a winning hit, everyone still has to touch the next base, to avoid a force play. Arizona is lucky there was only one out; umps let them off hook for a big mistake.

-- Toronto has won eight games in a row; they're a formidable offensive team.

-- Cubs swept the Giants, have a 3.5-game lead for last Wild Card spot. Looking like three NL Central teams will make playoffs.

-- Illinois lands transfer PG Khalid Lewis from LaSalle, to replace the injured Tracy Abrams, a huge get for the Illini. Lewis is eligible right away.

-- Braves scored total of 13 runs in losing Shelby Miller's last ten starts.

-- If the baseball playoffs started today:
NL: Mets-Cardinals-Dodgers. Wild Card: Cubs @ Pirates
AL: Bronx-Royals-Astros. Wild Card: Angels @ Blue Jays


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Armadillo: Monday's List of 13: NFL knowledge to start the week with.....

13) Since 2002, 65 teams have finished the season with a +10 or better turnover ratio; of those 65 teams, only six had a better record the next season than they did the year they had the good turnover ratio.

12) On average, teams win 2.55 games a year less the year after having such a good turnover ratio.

11) Only two teams since '02 have had a turnover ratio of 10+ or better and still had a losing season; the '03 49ers (+12) and '13 Buccaneers (+10)-- both teams finished 2-14 the following season. You have to be terrible to be +10 in turnovers and under .500.

10) 45 of the 65 teams had a turnover ratio that was 10+ turnovers worse the next season; you can make a case hat a great tunover ratio could make a team look a lot better than it actually was.

9) Denver Broncos have only two home games before November 1 this season.

8) There were 73 defensive TDs in the NFL LY, 19 kick/punt return TDs.

7) Arizona/Washington both got 44 first downs via penalty LY, most in NFL; Raiders got 19, Rams 20, least in the league.

Patriots allowed 45 first downs via penalty, most in NFL; Dolphins allowed 16, least in the league.

6) Last Buffalo Bills head coach to leave town with a winning record? Wade Phillips, who went 29-21 from 1998-2000.

5) Cincinnati Bengals went 116-192 from 1984-2002; since Marvin Lewis has been the Bengals' coach, they're 100-96-2, but fans are restless because Cincy hasn't won any playoff games the last few years. Be careful what you wish for.......if Lewis were to leave, things could easily get much worse.

4) Buffalo hosts the Bengals October 18 and the Texans December 6; in between, they have only one home game, plus two primetime road games and a London trip. NFL showing lot of faith in Rex Ryan, giving them two primetime games in November.

3) Last Detroit Lions' head coach (not an interim coach) who had a winning record? Joe Schmidt, way back in 1967-72-- he went 43-35-7-- lot of ties back then.

2) Houston Texans' assistant coach Pat O'Hara was a backup QB in college at USC, then spent the next 20 years in the Arena League, as both a player and a coach. This will be his first year in the NFL; would be an interesting feature by NFL Films to get his impressions during the season, as to how similar/different the experience is.

1) Chargers-Raiders at 5:30 on Christmas Eve; good thing I'm already divorced; games scheduled like that helped facilitate the process.

[StarDust Bum]

GIGGLE OF THE DAY....

She was outside pulling weeds on a hot summer day when her husband
walked up and asked her what they were having for dinner.



Irritated by the thought of him sitting in the air conditioned house while she
laboured away on the weeds, she snapped, "I can't believe you're asking me
about supper right now! Pretend I'm out of town, go inside and make dinner yourself!"



So he went back in the house and fixed himself a big steak, potatoes, garlic bread,
and a tall beer.



His wife walked in just about the time he was finishing up and asked, "Where's my dinner?"



"I thought you were out of town."