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**Udog** · 10-25-2016, 08:09 AM

Armadillo: Tuesday's six-pack

— Median price for a ticket to tonight’s World Series game is $1,100.

— Big night in Cleveland tonight; Cavaliers get their championship rings and the Indians play in the World Series.

— Jets’ QB Geno Smith is out for the year with a torn ACL.

— In his last 13 games, Lions’ QB Matthew Stafford has thrown 32 TDs, only five INTs.

— I’m not sure why, but Hank Aaron was an honorary captain for Michigan’s football game Saturday.

— Broncos 27, Texans 9– Rough night for Osweiler, but Houston is still atop AFC South, at 4-3 (4-0 at home, 0-3 on road).

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Armadillo: Tuesday's List of 13: Random NBA knowledge

With NBA starting the week, some notes you might find interesting……….
13) Brooklyn Nets are terrible and do not have control of their first round draft pick until 2019. Hard to get better that way.

New GM of the Nets is Sean Marks, who was a throw-in in the Knicks-Toronto Oakley-Camby trade in 1998. Marks comes from the San Antonio front office. We wish him good luck; he’ll need it.

12) Portland Trailblazers had the #29 payroll in the NBA last year; they paid to keep their core players this spring and now have a top five payroll.

11) It was 948 days in between Joel Embiid’s last game at Kansas and his first preseason game for the 76ers. He did play well in preseason though.

10) Kyrie Irving scored 19.6 pts/game in regular season LY, 25.2 in playoffs. How much will he score this regular season?

9) Andre Drummond of the Pistons just signed a contract worth $130M for five years. He shot 35.5% from the foul line last year. This bothers me.

8) When Oklahoma City Thunder players have dinner together on the road, they all put their cellphones in the middle of the dinner table, to eliminate distractions.

7) According to a survey released last week, the average NBA player spends $42,500 a month.

6) This quote on the Milwaukee Bucks from an anonymous NBA scout: “Jason Kidd’s had a lot of influence in personnel moves and I don’t think that’s been a good thing.”

5) Minnesota Timberwolves’ top three scorers last year were all 21 years old or younger. Minnesota was the #28 defensive team LY; in Tom Thibodeau’s five years as coach of the Bulls, they were a top 6 defense four times. Thibodeau is Minnesota’s new coach.

4) In three years under Doc Rivers, Clippers are 166-80 in regular season, 15-18 in playoffs.

3) Memphis Grizzlies used 28 players last year, most in NBA history.

2) Now-retired Tim Duncan averaged 25.2 minutes/game for the Spurs LY; looks like 36-year old Pau Gasol will be his primary replacement. Better on offense, not nearly as good on defense.

1) NBA regular season is 1,229 games long; we’ll have knowledge on every one of them on the Hoops page, starting tonight. Plus we’ll do college hoop every night too. Enjoy!!

**Udog** · 10-25-2016, 08:12 AM

MLB

Tuesday, October 25

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World Series Game 1 Betting Preview and Odds: Cubs at Indians
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Chicago started Lester in each of its last two playoff series and was rewarded with dominant performances each time.

Chicago Cubs at Cleveland Indians (+102, 6.5)

Series tied 0-0

One long-suffering fan base is guaranteed to be smiling by the end of the World Series while the other will go back to hanging its collective head and listing off curses. The Chicago Cubs try to start snapping a 108-year drought while extending the Indians' streak of World Series futility to 69 years when they visit Cleveland for Game 1 on Tuesday.

The Cubs already snapped one long drought just by reaching the World Series for the first time since 1945 when Kyle Hendricks and Aroldis Chapman finished off the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series on Saturday. "Go out there and play the game freely, play the kind of game we're accustomed to playing, which would be we would want to pitch well, catch the ball on defense and work good at-bats," Cubs manager Joe Maddon told reporters of his team's approach. "So when you get to this particular moment, to try to avoid being outcome based, we try to do that all the time, just go out there, continue to work the process." The Indians, like the Cubs, made a move at the deadline to bring in an ace reliever and plucked Andrew Miller from the Yankees. The left-hander and ALCS MVP is proving his worth in the playoffs with 21 strikeouts and five hits allowed in 11 2/3 scoreless innings over six games - in each of which he recorded at least four outs.

TV: 8:08 p.m. ET, FOX

WEATHER REPORT: The weather forcast for Game 1 of the 2016 World Series is calling for partly cloudy skies with chilly temperatures in the mid-40's at Progressive Field in Cleveland. There is a 10 percent chance of rain Tuesday but the real weather day to pay attention to will be for Wednesday's Game 2 with rain expected.

PITCHING MATCHUP: Cubs LH Jon Lester (2-0, 0.86 ERA) vs. Indians RH Corey Kluber (2-1, 0.98)

Chicago started Lester in each of its last two playoff series and was rewarded with dominant performances each time. The two-time World Series champion with the Boston Red Sox was the co-MVP of the NLCS along with second baseman Javier Baez after surrendering two runs in 13 innings in the series against the Dodgers. Lester, who got the nod over Jake Arrieta, owns a 2.50 ERA in 19 career postseason games (17 starts) and is 4-0 with a 3.72 ERA in eight career starts at Progressive Field in Cleveland.

Kluber allowed nine hits over 13 1/3 scoreless innings in his first two postseason starts but struggled to close out the ALCS in Game 4 at Toronto, when he was reached for two runs in five frames and absorbed the loss. The former Cy Young Award winner's 20 postseason strikeouts is one behind Miller for the most among pitchers still left in the postseason, though his seven walks are No. 1. Kluber did not walk a batter in his lone previous start against the Cubs and struck out 11 while allowing one run in 7 2/3 innings on Aug. 24, 2015.

TRENDS:

* Cubs are 10-1 in Lester's last 11 starts vs. a team with a winning record.
* Indians are 10-1 in their last 11 overall.
* Over is 7-1 in Cubs' last 8 road games.
* Under is 7-0 in Indians' last 7 playoff games.
* Under is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.

CONSENSUS: The public is backing the home team Cleveland Indians in Game 1 at a rate of 57 percent. Over 6.5 is picking up 60 percent of the wager on the total. View Full consensus data here.

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**Udog** · 10-25-2016, 08:16 AM

MLB
Dunkel

Tuesday, October 25

Chicago Cubs @ Cleveland

Game 951-952
October 25, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Chicago Cubs
(Lester) 14.762
Cleveland
(Kluber) 16.327
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Cleveland
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Chicago Cubs
-115
6 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Cleveland
(-105); Over

MLB
Long Sheet

Tuesday, October 25

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CHICAGO CUBS (110 - 61) at CLEVELAND (101 - 68) - 8:05 PM
JAKE ARRIETA (R) vs. COREY KLUBER (R)
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
There were no past matchups in this series during this time period.

JAKE ARRIETA vs. CLEVELAND since 1997
ARRIETA is 1-1 when starting against CLEVELAND with an ERA of 8.69 and a WHIP of 1.932.
His team's record is 2-2 (-0.2 units) in these starts. The OVER is 3-1. (+2.0 units)

COREY KLUBER vs. CHICAGO CUBS since 1997
KLUBER is 0-0 when starting against CHICAGO CUBS with an ERA of 1.17 and a WHIP of 0.522.
His team's record is 0-1 (-1.0 units) in these starts. The OVER is 0-1. (-1.3 units)

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MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Tuesday, October 25

Cubs @ Indians
Lester is 2-0, 0.86 in his last three starts, 8-6, 2.50 in 17 postseason starts. Cubs won six of his last eight road starts.

Kluber is 5-1, 2.32 in his last seven starts, 2-1, 0.98 in three postseason starts. Indians are 12-1 in his last 13 home starts.

Cubs are 7-3 in playoffs this year, 3-2 on road; they didn’t play the Indians this season. Obviously Chicago hasn’t been in World Series since 1945, Indians since 1997. Cleveland is 7-1 in playoffs, 4-0 at home.

Maddon is 24-25 as a playoff manager, 11-8 with Cubs. he lost 2008 World Series with Rays. Francona won World Series with Boston in 2004, 2007; he is 35-19 as a postseason manager.

MLB

Tuesday, October 25

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Trend Report
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8:08 PM
CHI CUBS vs. CLEVELAND
Chi Cubs are 8-3 SU in their last 11 games
Chi Cubs are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games on the road
Cleveland is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland's last 5 games

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**Udog** · 10-25-2016, 01:05 PM

MLB
Short Sheet

Tuesday, October 25

Chicago Cubs at Cleveland, 8:05 PM ET
Lester: CHICAGO CUBS are 7-15 SU after 2 straight wins by 4 runs or more
Kluber: CLEVELAND is 7-1 SU after 3 straight games where they had 7 or less hits

**Udog** · 10-25-2016, 02:21 PM

MLB

Tuesday, October 25

OVER is 9-3 over the last 12 years in World Series opening games, including last 4 years in a row.
CHC/CLE T: 6.5

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