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**Udog** · 10-20-2018, 09:01 AM

Armadillo: Saturday's six-pack

— I’m not a big fan of 9:30 Sunday morning NFL games from London.

— Former Tennessee coach Butch Jones is now an assistant at Alabama.

— Raptors 113, Celtics 101— Really good game, better with Hubie Brown as analyst.

— Nets 107, Knicks 105— Caris LeVert with GW hoop; Knicks had only 3 turnovers (+19).

— Warriors 124, Jazz 123— Utah led this game 81-68 at halftime.

— NBA’s salary floor is $91.6M; the salary cap is $101.8M.

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Armadillo: Saturday's List of 13: Clearing out a cluttered mind…..

13) G-League President Malcolm Turner announced that the league is implementing a “professional path” for would-be one and done college basketball players. The G-League will be offering $125,000 contracts, as well as access to NBA infrastructure and development tools.

Curious how many kids take this route, instead of playing college ball for a year?

12) Random movie trivia; remember when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was a co-pilot with Peter Graves in the classic comedy Airplane!?

Kareem was on The Rich Eisen Show Wednesday; he said when the writers of Airplane! were casting the movie, they wanted Pete Rose to be the co-pilot, but they were filming during the summer and obviously, Rose was unavailable since that is also baseball season, so they chose Kareem to play the role.

11) More trivia from the past; New Orleans Saints had the first pick in the 1981 Draft; Dallas Cowboys called the Saints and offered them a ton for the #1 pick, but the Saints kept the pick and took South Carolina RB George Rogers.

Turns out the Cowboys wanted the guy who got picked #2; a linebacker named Lawrence Taylor. Wonder whatever happened to him?

10) There are players from 43 countries in the NBA; for the 5th year in a row, every NBA team had at least one international player.

9) NFL stuff:
— QB Brock Osweiler will start again for the Dolphins this week.
— Buffalo will start QB Derek Anderson at Indianapolis. Anderson has started only four times (2-2) since 2010- his career W-L record is 20-27.
— Arizona Cardinals fired OC Mike McCoy Friday.
— Browns traded RB Carlos Hyde to Jacksonville for a 5th-round draft pick.

8) Tremendous catch by Andrew Benitendi to end Game 4 of the Red Sox-Astros series late Wednesday night; he misses that ball, and Houston ties the game, maybe wins it right there.

It is also an example of how a ballpark with a very short LF fence occasionally takes hits away from the batter. No way is Benitendi that shallow if he’s playing in a ballpark other than Houston or Fenway.

7) Wednesday, Milwaukee’s Brandon Woodruff became 8th reliever in postseason history to strike out 8+ batters in a game. Before him, Pedro Martinez, was the last to do that, in the ’99 ALDS, Game 5 at Cleveland.

Of course, Woodruff wasn’t really a reliever, but Wade Miley walked the first hitter, a lefty, and was then lifted, so technically Woodruff relieved.

6) Falcons’ WR Julio Jones has the 2nd-most receiving yards (707) in the NFL this season but hasn’t scored a touchdown yet; he’s now gone 11 straight regular-season games without a TD catch, which is really odd for someone with his ability.

5) My Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook came in the mail yesterday; time to get serious studying college basketball.

In the last seven years, seven different teams have won the Big West conference tournament.

4) Speaking of the Big West, Mark Gottfried is the new basketball coach at Cal State-Northridge; one of his assistants is 80-year old Jim Harrick, who won a national title with UCLA in 1995.

3) Jaguars’ owner Shad Khan dropped his attempt to buy Wembley Stadium in London, which means the Jaguars won’t be playing half their home games there anytime soon.

2) Thru six games, Kansas City Chiefs have allowed 2,042 passing yards, the most PY any team has allowed thru six games, since 1940.

1) Here’s the thing about stealing signs: if you steal signals in football/baseball with the naked eye, more power to you; if you steal signals via technology, then you’re a cheater. Those are the rules.

**Udog** · 10-20-2018, 09:07 AM

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Saturday, October 20

National League
Dodgers @ Brewers (Series tied, 3-3)
Buehler is 1-1, 4.34 in three starts this month (under is 7-1 in his last eight). Team in his starts: 14-11, 6-6 road
Buehler is 0-2, 3.21 vs Milwaukee this season.
5-inning record: 14-7-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-25

Brewers won Chacin’s last five starts (3-0, 1.80); under is 6-1 in his last seven. Team in his starts: 25-12, 9-5 home
Chacin is 1-1, 8.38 against the Dodgers this season.
5-inning record: 18-13-6 Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-37

Dodgers won 10 of their last 14 games overall, they split their last ten games on road. Under is 4-1 in their last five games. LA is in playoffs for 6th year in row; they lost 7th game of World Series LY. Dodgers’ last WS title was in 1988.

Milwaukee won 14 of its last 17 games; eight of last nine at home. Under is 8-2 in their last ten games. Brewers are in playoffs for first time since 2011- they lost Game 7 of the 1982 World Series.

MLB
Weather Report

Saturday, October 20

MLB

Saturday, October 20

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Trend Report
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Los Angeles Dodgers
LA Dodgers is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
LA Dodgers is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games
LA Dodgers is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Dodgers's last 6 games on the road
LA Dodgers is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Milwaukee
LA Dodgers is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Milwaukee
LA Dodgers is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee
LA Dodgers is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee
Milwaukee Brewers
Milwaukee is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Milwaukee is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Milwaukee's last 9 games
Milwaukee is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing LA Dodgers
Milwaukee is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing LA Dodgers
Milwaukee is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers
Milwaukee is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers

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**Udog** · 10-20-2018, 09:46 AM

MLB
Long Sheet

Saturday, October 20

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LA DODGERS (98 - 75) at MILWAUKEE (102 - 70) - 8:05 PM
WALKER BUEHLER (R) vs. JHOULYS CHACIN (R)
Top Trends for this game.
LA DODGERS are 98-75 (-21.6 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
LA DODGERS are 68-56 (-19.6 Units) against the money line in night games this season.
LA DODGERS are 55-47 (-18.9 Units) against the money line against right-handed starters this season.
LA DODGERS are 41-34 (-13.6 Units) against the money line after a loss this season.
MILWAUKEE is 102-70 (+28.1 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
MILWAUKEE is 55-31 (+17.2 Units) against the money line in home games this season.
MILWAUKEE is 70-37 (+32.3 Units) against the money line in night games this season.
MILWAUKEE is 75-48 (+24.8 Units) against the money line against right-handed starters this season.
MILWAUKEE is 101-84 (+15.0 Units) against the money line after a win over the last 2 seasons.
MILWAUKEE is 50-37 (+16.6 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
MILWAUKEE is 28-17 (+15.0 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
CHACIN is 25-12 (+13.4 Units) against the money line in all games this season. (Team's Record)
CHACIN is 17-7 (+10.1 Units) against the money line in night games this season. (Team's Record)
CHACIN is 14-6 (+9.2 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record this season. (Team's Record)

Head-to-Head Series History
MILWAUKEE is 6-7 (+1.4 Units) against LA DODGERS this season
6 of 12 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL this season . (Over=-0.4 Units, Under=-1.1 Units)

WALKER BUEHLER vs. MILWAUKEE since 1997
BUEHLER is 0-2 when starting against MILWAUKEE with an ERA of 3.21 and a WHIP of 0.786.
His team's record is 0-2 (-3.4 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 2-0. (+2.0 units)

JHOULYS CHACIN vs. LA DODGERS since 1997
CHACIN is 12-9 when starting against LA DODGERS with an ERA of 4.26 and a WHIP of 1.507.
His team's record is 15-11 (+6.3 units) in these starts. The OVER is 15-10. (+4.1 units)

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**Udog** · 10-20-2018, 10:50 AM

MLB
Dunkel

Saturday, October 20

LA Dodgers @ Milwaukee

Game 961-962
October 20, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
LA Dodgers
(Buehler) 17.870
Milwaukee
(Chacin) 19.961
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Milwaukee
by 2
6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Milwaukee
-115
7 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Milwaukee
(-105); Under

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