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Saturday’s 6-pack
Odds to win one of the last three golf majors this year:
3-1— Dustin Johnson
5-1—- Jason Day, Rickie Fowler
8-1— Sergio Garcia, Tommy Fleetwood
10-1— Paul Casey
12-1— Brooks Koepka
15-1— Tyrrell Hatton, Branden Grace, Matt Kuchar
Quote of the Day
“You are the damn dumbest smart kid I know.”
Jon Voight, in Varsity Blues
Saturday’s quiz
What was the named of the domed stadium where the Seahawks/Mariners used to play their home games?
Friday’s quiz
Hall of Famer Kurt Warner holds the record for most consecutive regular season games where his team was favored, 55 games in a row. Tom Brady (50) is second on the list.
Thursday’s quiz
Pablo Sandoval is the last major leaguer to hit three homers in a World Series game, in 2012.
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Saturday’s List of 13: Clearing out a cluttered mind…….
13) James Harden has missed his last 20 shots behind the arc; during that time, Houston has still outscored the Warriors by 12 points. Go figure.
12) Rockets’ star Chris Paul (hamstring) is out for Saturday’s Game 6 at Golden State.
11) Sunday afternoon was supposed to be Tanaka vs Ohtani in the Bronx, but the Angels scratched Ohtani from the start, saying “they are just managing his workload.”
Ohtani has thrown 40.1 innings in seven starts this year, not really that big a workload. Am guessing the TV people in Japan are upset; Tanaka-Ohtani would be big ratings in Japan.
10) Milwaukee Brewers are 32-20, in first place in NL Central, but they’ve been shut out in nine of their 20 losses, which means they’re 32-11 when they score at least one run.
9) Eli Manning has a contract with memorabilia dealer Steiner Sports to sell some of his game-worn stuff — he was accused of defrauding collectors by selling equipment that he never actually wore, but he recently settled the suit out of court. In other words, Eli is a greedy creep.
While Manning bought his way out of the suit, the Giants fired three employees who worked on the team’s equipment staff. It is good to be rich- they only fire the worker bees.
8) Back when the Giants had training camp here in Albany, a friend of mine’s son asked Eli to sign a mini-helmet for him. Eli said yes, but he wouldn’t sign with a silver Sharpie, he insisted on signing with a black Sharpie, which doesn’t show up as well on the dark blue helmet.
Apparently the only time he uses a silver Sharpie is if he is getting paid to sign stuff for Steiner Sports.
7) Giants’ Gorkys Hernández had the most plate appearances without a home run last season (348); he already has five homers this season.
6) Red Sox activated Dustin Pedroia from the DL, DFA’d Hanley Ramirez. Ramirez was 302 PA away from his $22M option kicking in for 2019, so they told him to…..take a hike.
5) Mariners traded for Tampa Bay closer Alex Colome and CF Denard Span. giving up pitchers Andrew Moore, Tommy Romero. Moore is 1-5, 5.34 in 11 MLB games (9 starts), none this year.
Span will play CF with Dee Gordon likely moving back to 2B until Robinson Cabo’s 80-game suspension is over. Mariners add $9M in salary with this movie, but they saved $12M when Cano got suspended.
4) Going into Friday’s games, Mets were on pace to have the lowest OPS from the cleanup spot in the history of baseball, which obviously isn’t good. OPS is on-base %age plus slugging percentage.
3) Going into Friday’s games, major league home teams are winning only 49% of the time this season; there has never been a season where home teams lost more games than they won.
2) Before the playoff game Friday night. a gambler at SouthPoint Casino in Las Vegas bet $100K on the Cavaliers to win their series vs Boston at +$165. Same bettor also put $25K on Cleveland to win NBA title at 18-1, and another $25K at 15/1.
1) Last time both NBA conference finals went seven games was 1979; Sonics-Bullets was the NBA Finals, the year before Bird-Magic. Could happen again this year.
Odds to win one of the last three golf majors this year:
3-1— Dustin Johnson
5-1—- Jason Day, Rickie Fowler
8-1— Sergio Garcia, Tommy Fleetwood
10-1— Paul Casey
12-1— Brooks Koepka
15-1— Tyrrell Hatton, Branden Grace, Matt Kuchar
Quote of the Day
“You are the damn dumbest smart kid I know.”
Jon Voight, in Varsity Blues
Saturday’s quiz
What was the named of the domed stadium where the Seahawks/Mariners used to play their home games?
Friday’s quiz
Hall of Famer Kurt Warner holds the record for most consecutive regular season games where his team was favored, 55 games in a row. Tom Brady (50) is second on the list.
Thursday’s quiz
Pablo Sandoval is the last major leaguer to hit three homers in a World Series game, in 2012.
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Saturday’s List of 13: Clearing out a cluttered mind…….
13) James Harden has missed his last 20 shots behind the arc; during that time, Houston has still outscored the Warriors by 12 points. Go figure.
12) Rockets’ star Chris Paul (hamstring) is out for Saturday’s Game 6 at Golden State.
11) Sunday afternoon was supposed to be Tanaka vs Ohtani in the Bronx, but the Angels scratched Ohtani from the start, saying “they are just managing his workload.”
Ohtani has thrown 40.1 innings in seven starts this year, not really that big a workload. Am guessing the TV people in Japan are upset; Tanaka-Ohtani would be big ratings in Japan.
10) Milwaukee Brewers are 32-20, in first place in NL Central, but they’ve been shut out in nine of their 20 losses, which means they’re 32-11 when they score at least one run.
9) Eli Manning has a contract with memorabilia dealer Steiner Sports to sell some of his game-worn stuff — he was accused of defrauding collectors by selling equipment that he never actually wore, but he recently settled the suit out of court. In other words, Eli is a greedy creep.
While Manning bought his way out of the suit, the Giants fired three employees who worked on the team’s equipment staff. It is good to be rich- they only fire the worker bees.
8) Back when the Giants had training camp here in Albany, a friend of mine’s son asked Eli to sign a mini-helmet for him. Eli said yes, but he wouldn’t sign with a silver Sharpie, he insisted on signing with a black Sharpie, which doesn’t show up as well on the dark blue helmet.
Apparently the only time he uses a silver Sharpie is if he is getting paid to sign stuff for Steiner Sports.
7) Giants’ Gorkys Hernández had the most plate appearances without a home run last season (348); he already has five homers this season.
6) Red Sox activated Dustin Pedroia from the DL, DFA’d Hanley Ramirez. Ramirez was 302 PA away from his $22M option kicking in for 2019, so they told him to…..take a hike.
5) Mariners traded for Tampa Bay closer Alex Colome and CF Denard Span. giving up pitchers Andrew Moore, Tommy Romero. Moore is 1-5, 5.34 in 11 MLB games (9 starts), none this year.
Span will play CF with Dee Gordon likely moving back to 2B until Robinson Cabo’s 80-game suspension is over. Mariners add $9M in salary with this movie, but they saved $12M when Cano got suspended.
4) Going into Friday’s games, Mets were on pace to have the lowest OPS from the cleanup spot in the history of baseball, which obviously isn’t good. OPS is on-base %age plus slugging percentage.
3) Going into Friday’s games, major league home teams are winning only 49% of the time this season; there has never been a season where home teams lost more games than they won.
2) Before the playoff game Friday night. a gambler at SouthPoint Casino in Las Vegas bet $100K on the Cavaliers to win their series vs Boston at +$165. Same bettor also put $25K on Cleveland to win NBA title at 18-1, and another $25K at 15/1.
1) Last time both NBA conference finals went seven games was 1979; Sonics-Bullets was the NBA Finals, the year before Bird-Magic. Could happen again this year.
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