Da Bum's 2021 Major League Baseball Transactions, News, Notes, Picks Etc. !!

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MONDAY, MARCH 1

GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS
KC at CLE 03:05 PM CLE -165 +500
SF at TEX 03:05 PM TEX -120 +500
COL at LAD 03:05 PM COL +190 +500
CIN at OAK 03:05 PM CIN +135 +500
CHW at LAA 03:10 PM LAA -140 +500
CHC at SD 03:10 PM SD -105 +500
MIL at ARI 03:10 PM MIL -115 +500


DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD


02/28/2021 4-9-0 30.77% -3270 Detail

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MONDAY, MARCH 1

GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

KC at CLE 03:05 PM CLE -165 +500

SF at TEX 03:05 PM TEX -120 +500

COL at LAD 03:05 PM COL +190 +500

CIN at OAK 03:05 PM CIN +135 +500

CHW at LAA 03:10 PM LAA -140 +500

CHC at SD 03:10 PM SD -105 +500

MIL at ARI 03:10 PM MIL -115 +500


DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD

03/01/2021 1-4-2 28.57% -1850 Detail
02/28/2021 4-9-0 30.77% -3270 Detail

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Tuesday’s 6-pack
More over/under major league win totals (from DraftKings):
87.5— Oakland A’s!!!!
86.5— Astros, Cardinals, Blue Jays
85.5— Rays
84.5— Nationals
83.5— Angels
82.5— Reds, Brewers

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 513,112
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

Quote of the Day
“Small, locally owned businesses are the heart and soul of a community. In the applications and the videos, it was heart-wrenching to hear about all the obstacles facing restaurants and retail establishments. So many of them are struggling just to stay in business but remain hopeful that there’s an end to this.”
Aaron Rodgers, who has contributed over $1M to small businesses around his hometown

Tuesday’s quiz
When was the last time a Division I hoop team had an undefeated national champ?

Monday’s quiz
Atlanta Hawks used to play their home games in St Louis; they moved to Atlanta in 1968.

Sunday’s quiz
Virginia won the last NCAA Tournament, two years ago; they beat Texas Tech in the final.

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Tuesday’s Den: 13 of my most memorable NCAA Tournament games:

13) Georgetown 50, Princeton 49— 1989 first round. It would be another 29 years before a #1-seed lost to a 16-seed, but Pete Carril’s Tigers came damn close in this game.

Dick Vitale was in the ESPN studio with Bob Ley that night; he says on the air if Princeton wins the game, he’ll stand on his head on the set, on the air. He damn near had to do it. Georgetown had Alonzo Mourning that year; they wound up losing in the regional final.

12) Villanova 77, North Carolina 74— 2016 national title game. I’m sitting in the Westgate SuperBook watching this game, guy sitting next to me has Villanova and the under. From the sound of his voice and his tension level, he had a lot of money on both.

Guard on North Carolina (Marcus Paige?) hits a tough shot to tie the game and put the game over the total; the guy next to me slumped in his chair, but when Kris Jenkins drained a long shot to win the national title, the guy cheered up, a lot. That night, splitting his bets was a very good thing.

11) Kansas 83, Oklahoma 79— 1988 national title game. Over the last 35 years, this was only time the underdog won all three games at the Final Four. Kansas was a #6-seed; it would be another 26 years before a lower seed (#7-seed UConn in 2014) would win a national title.

Billy Tubbs coached Oklahoma back then; I loved watching his teams, they played and with great confidence. This game was 50-50 at halftime, two conference rivals going at it, but the Jayhawks had Danny Manning, and he led them to a surprising national championship.

10) Vermont 60, Syracuse 57 OT— 2005 first round. Back then, group of us would gather at an Off Track Betting sports bar, hunker down for four days and watch games for 12 hours a day. Lot of fun, lot of bantering back/forth. Wish the casino in Schenectady was around back then.

This was the year Tom Brennan coached Vermont to a big upset in the first round; they were a 9-point underdog in this game. Brennan later became a talk radio star, after he retired from coaching- his Catamounts lost their next game by 11 to Michigan State.

9) Northern Iowa 69, Kansas 67 OT— 2010 2nd round. I was at the MGM Grand watching this game; lot of Kansas fans were around, very cocky that their team was headed to the Sweet 16- they were the #1-seed in that region.

Problem is, no one told Northern Iowa; they hit a 3-pointer late in the game, pulled the big upset and made a lot of Jayhawk fans very sad.

That was the week I’m watching a game, kid scores a basket very early in the game and the three guys next to me start hugging each other and yelling. I ask them if that was their brother who scored that basket— they said no, they had Wake Forest in their “first to 15” bet.

I had no idea that MGM offered a bet where you picked which team got to 15 points first.

8) North Carolina 77, Oregon 76— 2017 national semifinal. Watched this game in Las Vegas with a friend of mine who had a very, very large bet on Oregon. He had both underdogs that day, and over the last 35 years, that day was the only time in national semifinals where both underdogs lost, but both covered, so he had a really good day.

South Carolina was a #7-seed that surprisingly made the Final Four that year; since then, Gamecocks are 32-36 in SEC games, and haven’t been back in NCAAs. Tough place to win.

7) North Carolina 71, Gonzaga 65— 2017 national final. This was two nights after the two dogs had covered the semi-final games. I’m at the SouthPoint sportsbook, and I sit next to three younger guys, all from San Diego. It was also opening night of baseball season.

For the next 3-4 hours, we shot the breeze about everything, mostly sports, but some other stuff too. They told me that Steve Fisher needed to retire at San Diego State (he did, right after that). First time I ever had a quesadilla (they’re good!!). Living proof that all Americans have more in common than what separates us.

6) Georgia Tech 93, Minnesota 91— 1990 regional final. I had the Gophers +3.5. Minnesota has the ball at the end, no chance to win, kid drains a 3 from the right corner at the buzzer, to send me home happy.

Long, long time ago, went to the NIT Final Four in New York City. This is 1984 or so, when I had just started working. All I remember about that night:
— Fresno State had really pretty cheerleaders who threw small boxes of raisins into the stands. Apparently, they grow a lot of raisins in Fresno.
— Someone scored a basket late in the game to cover the spread; these three guys in front of us starting yelling and hugging each other. Winning money makes you happy.
— Long busride back to Albany, then I went right to work— I was on the midnight-8am shift back then, looking at fingerprints. That was a long freakin’ night.

5) Murray State 83, Marquette 64— 2019 first round. Not a pleasant memory; I picked this game over the total, should have had Murray and the over. Marquette had no answer for Ja Morant and the Racers were going to hang 100 on a Big East team, the game was going to go way over the total, but the Marquette coach retreated his team into a zone defense and refused to try and win, to avoid embarrassment. No bueno.

Gamer stayed under the total; lets just say…….I wasn’t happy ��

4) UNLV 103, Duke 73— 1990 national title game. Wish I was in Las Vegas for this game, the night Jerry Tarkanian won his first national title. What a team that was; Larry Johnson, Greg Anthony, Stacey Augmon. Lot of midnight games on ESPN for that crew.

Back then, Big Monday was a tripleheader: Big East at 7, Big 10 at 9, Big West at midnight, after SportsCenter. UNLV was in the Big West back then; they were like Gonzaga is now, a very big fish in a fairly small pond. Lot of fun to watch.

3) Northwestern State 64, Iowa 63— 2006 first round. This was a 3-14 game; Demons were a 7-point underdog. I had gone on a local radio show when the brackets came out and predicted an outright win for Northwestern State, so I was pretty excited when it happened.

Couple years later down in Orlando, I’m watching an AAU game down in Florida and the Northwestern State coach sits next to me. I told him the story, thanked him; he told me how one of his former players was going to graduate school at Iowa that year, had given him a great scouting report on the Hawkeyes. Luckily for me.

2) Loyola Marymount 111, New Mexico State 92— 1990 first round. LMU’s first game since the tragic death of Hank Gathers during the WCC tournament, 12 days earlier.

Game was tied at halftime; Bo Kimble, LMU’s best player, had four fouls at halftime but the Lions exploded in the second half and won going away. Kimble shot his first foul shot lefty to honor his fallen teammate. LMU won two more games before losing in the regional final.

1) NC State 80, UCLA 77, 2OT— 1974 national semi-final. I was in 9th grade back then, a big NC State fan (friend of our family lived in Raleigh), used to listen to their regular season games on WBT, a radio station out of Charlotte.

David Thompson/Tom Burleson/Monte Towe were the guys for NC State- they had lost to UCLA the previous December, were expected to lose here too, seeing how UCLA had won the previous seven national titles, but after getting down 7 in overtime, they rallied back and handed Bill Walton his only loss in an NCAA Tournament game.

Years later, I’m at an AAU tournament in Orlando, sitting by myself, when Monte Towe comes in the gym near where I was. Talked to him for 5-10 minutes, good guy. Hell of a passer for a guy who was 5-foot-6 at the most.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 2
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

MIN at ATL 01:05 PM
ATL -125

DET at PIT 01:05 PM
DET +100

NYY at BAL 01:05 PM
NYY -165

TB at BOS 01:05 PM
TB -115

STL at MIA 01:05 PM
STL -150

PHI at TOR 01:07 PM
PHI +145

HOU at NYM 01:10 PM
NYM -155

TEX at CHW 03:05 PM
CHW -150

KC at CHC 03:05 PM
KC +100

CLE at SEA 03:10 PM
CLE +115

SD at ARI 03:10 PM
SD -145

OAK at MIL 03:10 PM
OAK +115

LAA at CIN 08:05 PM
LAA +100

LAD at SF 09:05 PM
LAD -125

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TUESDAY, MARCH 2
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

MIN at ATL 01:05 PM
ATL -125

DET at PIT 01:05 PM
DET +100

NYY at BAL 01:05 PM
NYY -165

TB at BOS 01:05 PM
TB -115

STL at MIA 01:05 PM
STL -150

PHI at TOR 01:07 PM
PHI +145

HOU at NYM 01:10 PM
NYM -155

TEX at CHW 03:05 PM
CHW -150

KC at CHC 03:05 PM
KC +100

CLE at SEA 03:10 PM
CLE +115

SD at ARI 03:10 PM
SD -145

OAK at MIL 03:10 PM
OAK +115

LAA at CIN 08:05 PM
LAA +100

LAD at SF 09:05 PM
LAD -125



DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD

03/02/2021 7-4-3 60.71% +1575 Detail
03/01/2021 1-4-2 28.57% -1850 Detail
02/28/2021 4-9-0 30.77% -3270 Detail

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

BOS at MIN 01:05 PM
MIN -130

PHI at DET 01:05 PM
DET +100

PIT at TB 01:05 PM
TB -165

MIA at WAS 01:05 PM
MIA +125

BAL at ATL 01:05 PM
ATL -150

NYM at STL 01:05 PM
STL -110

ARI at CLE 03:05 PM
CLE -135

CHW at KC 03:05 PM
CHW -110

SEA at CHC 03:05 PM
CHC -125

MIL at SD 03:10 PM
SD -145

TEX at LAA 03:10 PM
LAA -130

OAK at COL 03:10 PM
OAK -110

TOR at NYY 06:35 PM
NYY -125

CIN at LAD 08:05 PM
LAD -150

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B]WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

BOS at MIN 01:05 PM
MIN -130

PHI at DET 01:05 PM
DET +100

PIT at TB 01:05 PM
TB -165

MIA at WAS 01:05 PM
MIA +125

BAL at ATL 01:05 PM
ATL -150

NYM at STL 01:05 PM
STL -110

ARI at CLE 03:05 PM
CLE -135

CHW at KC 03:05 PM
CHW -110

SEA at CHC 03:05 PM
CHC -125

MIL at SD 03:10 PM
SD -145

TEX at LAA 03:10 PM
LAA -130

OAK at COL 03:10 PM
OAK -110

TOR at NYY 06:35 PM
NYY -125

CIN at LAD 08:05 PM
LAD -150[/B]

DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD
03/03/2021 5-7-2 42.86% -1775 Detail
03/02/2021 7-4-3 60.71% +1575 Detail
03/01/2021 1-4-2 28.57% -1850 Detail
02/28/2021 4-9-0 30.77% -3270 Detail

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Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

Odds for this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational:
17-2— Rory McIlroy
12-1— Viktor Hovland
13-1— Bryson DeChambeau
17-1— Tyrrell Hatton
21-1— Patrick Reed, Sungjae Im
23-1— Matthew Fitzpatrick

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 518,900
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.


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Armadillo: Thursday's Den: Doing some thinking out loud……..

13) If the month of March goes anything like the Horizon League tournament, this could quite an interesting month. Here’s a summation of Tuesday’s quarterfinals:

— Milwaukee 94, Wright State 92, OT— #1-seed Raiders led by 24 with 6:26 left, but lost.
— Cleveland State 108, Fort Wayne 104, 3OT— Vikings were down 5 in second OT.
— Northern Kentucky 70, Detroit 69— Norse scored last six points of the game.
— Oakland 89, Youngstown State 83, OT— Four Oakland starters played 40:00+.

Three overtime games; the fourth game ended 70-69.

12) Villanova 72, Creighton 60— Villanova star Collin Gillespie suffered “a serious knee injury” and is likely out for the season. Huge blow for a team whose bench plays minutes #329. Not a lot of depth there.

As for Creighton, coach Greg McDermott urged his players to “stay on the plantation” in a postgame locker room talk after a 77-69 loss at Xavier Saturday. People in the Creighton program were offended by the word “plantation”

Deeply offended.

11) Oregon State 75, Utah 70— For the first time in 18 years, Beavers have won three consecutive Pac-12 road games. Picked for last in preseason polls, Oregon State is in 6th place.

10) Oregon 82, UCLA 74— Things I learned from listening to Bill Walton:
— The city of Eugene, OR was founded by a guy named Eugene Skinner
— Mr Skinner was born in Essex, NY, a long way from Oregon.
— His brother was assistant postmaster under President Andrew Johnson.

9) St John’s 81, Providence 67:
— Friars led by 11 at the half, but scored only 26 points in 2nd half.
— St John’s hasn’t won an NCAA Tournament game since 2000; they’ve only made the tournament four times since then. They probably won’t make it this year, either.

8) Northwestern 60, Maryland 55— This is NOT the way to impress the Selection Committee. Terps have a win over Illinois, one over Wisconsin and not much else. They’re 4-10 in games against teams ranked in the top 50.

7) Mississippi State 63, Texas A&M 57— Aggies didn’t play a game in February; they ended their 32-day pause here and shot 4-25 on the arc.

6) Spring training means preparing for fantasy baseball; got queasy last night when I read that over the last two years, Giancarlo Stanton has played in 41 of his team’s 226 games. Not good.

Then I remember that Stanton knocked in 13 runs in seven playoff games last year, and I feel a little better. My team needs Stanton to be healthy; can only imagine what the people who pay his $30M+ salary are thinking.

5) Astros’ starting P Framber Valdez broke the ring finger on his pitching hand when fielding a comebacker Tuesday. Valdez was 5-3, 3.57 in 10 starts LY, striking out 76 and walking 16 in a team-high 70.2 IP.

4) 76ers 131, Jazz 123, OT: Quote of the Day, part 2, from Utah star Donovan Mitchell:

“Now, I’m never ever one to blame a ref, to blame an official — I can say I could have done more — but this is getting out of hand. There have been games like this that we’ve won; there have been games like this that we’ve lost. But this whole refereeing stuff. … We’re nice, we don’t complain, like, we don’t get frustrated, we fight through things, and the fact that we continually get … screwed, in a way, by this. You know?”

3) There is going to be a lot of cost-cutting in the NFL the next few weeks, as teams try to stay below a salary cap that may be going down some this season. New Jersey Giants cut WR Golden Tate

2) Was eerie seeing Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego getting dismantled last week; lot of history in that stadium- Super Bowls, the Holy Roller play, lot of Padres/Aztecs games. Dan Fouts became famous in that stadium, and now it doesn’t exist.

1) Get well soon to Aaron Boone, who took a medical leave of absence after having surgery Wednesday to get a pacemaker. The 47-year-old Boone had open-heart surgery in 2009; he is expected to be back with the team in a few days.

In his absence, Carlos Mendoza is the interim manager.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 4
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

TB at MIN 01:05 PM
MIN -120
+500

TOR at DET 01:05 PM
DET +110
+500

NYY at PHI 01:05 PM
NYY -130
+500

ATL at PIT 01:05 PM
ATL -130
+500

BOS at BAL 01:05 PM
BOS -110
+500

WAS at NYM 01:10 PM
NYM -130
+500

CHW at SF 03:05 PM
SF -115
+500

SD at TEX 03:05 PM
SD -130
+500

CLE at MIL 03:10 PM
CLE +105
+500

LAA at ARI 03:10 PM
ARI -115
+500

COL at SEA 03:10 PM
SEA -125
+500

STL at HOU 06:05 PM
STL +105
+500

CHC at LAD 08:05 PM
CHC +145
+500

KC at CIN 08:05 PM
KC +105
+500

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THURSDAY, MARCH 4
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

TB at MIN 01:05 PM
MIN -120
+500

TOR at DET 01:05 PM
DET +110
+500

NYY at PHI 01:05 PM
NYY -130
+500

ATL at PIT 01:05 PM
ATL -130
+500

BOS at BAL 01:05 PM
BOS -110
+500

WAS at NYM 01:10 PM
NYM -130
+500

CHW at SF 03:05 PM
SF -115
+500

SD at TEX 03:05 PM
SD -130
+500

CLE at MIL 03:10 PM
CLE +105
+500

LAA at ARI 03:10 PM
ARI -115
+500

COL at SEA 03:10 PM
SEA -125
+500

STL at HOU 06:05 PM
STL +105
+500

CHC at LAD 08:05 PM
CHC +145
+500

KC at CIN 08:05 PM
KC +105
+500


DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD
03/04/2021 7-6-1 53.57% +225 Detail
03/03/2021 5-7-2 42.86% -1775 Detail
03/02/2021 7-4-3 60.71% +1575 Detail
03/01/2021 1-4-2 28.57% -1850 Detail
02/28/2021 4-9-0 30.77% -3270 Detail

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Friday’s 6-pack
Six most experienced college basketball teams (W-L record)
6) UMBC (14-5)
5) Texas Southern (12-8)
4) Georgia Tech (14-8)
3) North Carolina Central (5-8)
2) Nicholls State (17-6)
1) Cal-Bakersfield (15-10)

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 519,867
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

Quote of the Day
“He’s like Luka Doncic, but a center. He passes like a point guard, can shoot off the leg like Dirk [Nowitzki]. He’s a point guard.”
Western Conference assistant coach, talking about Nikola Jokic

Friday’s quiz
Terry Francona has managed three major league teams; the Indians, Red Sox and who else?

Thursday’s quiz
In the history of the Oakland A’s, Mark McGwire has hit the most home runs (363)

Wednesday’s quiz
Paul Westhead was coach of the Lakers when they won the NBA title in 1980, Magic Johnson’s rookie year.

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Friday’s Den: Random stuff with the weekend here…….

13) Creighton suspended basketball coach Greg McDermott for Sunday’s regular season finale, after he used racially insensitive language in a postgame talk at Xavier last weekend.

According to a story on the Interweb, McDermott said this: ”Guys, we got to stick together. We need both feet in. I need everybody to stay on the plantation. I can’t have anybody leave the plantation.” Ummmm……not an outstanding choice of words.

When a head coach gets suspended for Senior Day, it is conceivable that McDermott won’t be back in Omaha next season. Imagine him recruiting on the heels of this?

12) Multimedia sports brand Overtime will be starting a professional basketball league that will offer high school basketball players an alternative to college in preparation for the NBA.

Overtime Elite will begin in September 2021 and will feature 30 of the nation’s top prospects from ages 16-18. The athletes will be given a guaranteed minimum salary of $100,000, in addition to bonuses and equity in the league.

Players will also have access to healthcare and disability benefits. If an Overtime Elite athlete chooses not to pursue an NBA career, the league will pay them up to $100,000 to go towards college tuition, that’s assuming they graduated high school.

Carmelo Anthony is on Overtime Elite’s board of directors.

11) 39-year old Ben Roethlisberger will be the Steelers’ QB again next fall, after agreeing to a deal with the team— it is assumed he took a large pay cut to remain a Steeler.

10) Baylor 81, Oklahoma State 70— Bears held OSU star Cade Cunningham to four points in first half, then survived Cunningham’s 20-point explosion in the second half. Cowboys lost despite shooting 63.6% inside the arc.

Baylor is 20-1 after beating West Virginia/Oklahoma State within 48 hours, which kind of sounds like an NCAA Tournament weekend.

9) Kansas 67, Texas-El Paso 62:
— This was supposed to be a glorified workout for the Jayhawks, but they trailed 34-20 at the half, 48-33 with 13:46 left to play.
— UTEP is 12-11, 8-8 in Conference USA; they’re ranked #135.

8) Texas 69, Oklahoma 65— Sooners were on an 8-1 roll in this strangest of seasons, then they lost their last four games, likely putting them in a play-in game at the Big X tourney next week.

7) Vanderbilt 78, Cincinnati 64— This score doesn’t bode well for the AAC; Cincy had won six of its last eight games, then gets whacked at home by an SEC doormat. Memphis/SMU are near or on the NCAA bubble; they had to cringe when they saw this score.

6) Stetson 73, Bellarmine 70— Upset in the A-Sun: Bellarmine went 10-3 in the Atlantic Sun this year, their first season in Division I, but they got upset here by the gritty Hatters, who had lost to Bellarmine twice during the season.

5) New Orleans Saints cut Thomas Morstead, their punter for the last 12 years.

4) OF Jackie Bradley Jr signed a 2-year, $24M contract with Milwaukee.

3) Arizona OF Kole Calhoun hurt his knee, is out for six weeks.

2) Since 2015, Astros’ C Martin Maldonado has thrown out 37.7% of runners trying to steal a base, the best %age of any catcher with 200+ attempts against him in that timespan.

1) Wizards 119, Clippers 117— Good coaching job by Scott Brooks; Wizards are 8-3 in their last 11 games, after starting the season 6-17. They’re within two games of the #8-seed in the East.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 5
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

MIN at ATL 01:05 PM
ATL -130
+500

PIT at PHI 01:05 PM
PHI -145
+500

HOU at MIA 01:05 PM
MIA -115
+500

DET at NYY 01:05 PM
DET +167
+500

TB at BOS 01:05 PM
BOS -110
+500

BAL at TOR 01:07 PM
BAL +135
+500

CLE at CHC 03:05 PM
CLE +100
+500

LAD at KC 03:05 PM
KC +110
+500

SEA at CHW 03:05 PM
CHW -145
+500

LAA at OAK 03:05 PM
LAA +110
+500

MIL at COL 03:10 PM
MIL +100
+500

STL at WAS 06:05 PM
STL +110
+500

ARI at CIN 08:05 PM
CIN -130
+500

SF at SD 08:40 PM
SF +130
+500

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FRIDAY, MARCH 5
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

MIN at ATL 01:05 PM
ATL -130
+500

PIT at PHI 01:05 PM
PHI -145
+500

HOU at MIA 01:05 PM
MIA -115
+500

DET at NYY 01:05 PM
DET +167
+500

TB at BOS 01:05 PM
BOS -110
+500

BAL at TOR 01:07 PM
BAL +135
+500

CLE at CHC 03:05 PM
CLE +100
+500

LAD at KC 03:05 PM
KC +110
+500

SEA at CHW 03:05 PM
CHW -145
+500

LAA at OAK 03:05 PM
LAA +110
+500

MIL at COL 03:10 PM
MIL +100
+500

STL at WAS 06:05 PM
STL +110
+500

ARI at CIN 08:05 PM
CIN -130
+500

SF at SD 08:40 PM
SF +130
+500




DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD

03/05/2021 7-5-2 57.14% +900 Detail
03/04/2021 7-6-1 53.57% +225 Detail
03/03/2021 5-7-2 42.86% -1775 Detail
03/02/2021 7-4-3 60.71% +1575 Detail
03/01/2021 1-4-2 28.57% -1850 Detail
02/28/2021 4-9-0 30.77% -3270 Detail

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Saturday’s 6-pack
Six least experienced college basketball teams (W-L record)
342) Kennesaw State (5-19)
343) Presbyterian (7-15)
344) Duke (11-10)
345) Stetson (11-14)
346) Auburn (12-14)
347) Alabama A&M (6-8)

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 520,518
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

Quote of the Day
“It’s about the money. And when they say it’s not about the money, then it is definitely about the money.”
Former Giants’ GM George Young

Saturday’s quiz
In the movie Little Big League, which Hall of Fame outfielder makes a game-saving catch to end the Minnesota Twins’ season?

Friday’s quiz
Terry Francona has managed three major league teams; the Indians, Red Sox and the Phillies.

Thursday’s quiz
In the history of the Oakland A’s, Mark McGwire has hit the most home runs (363)

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Saturday’s Den: NBA trends at the halfway point…….

Atlanta:
— Won both their games since changing coaches.
— 1-4-1 ATS in last six road games.
— 3-5 ATS in last eight home games.
— Over is 6-3 in their last nine road games.

Boston:
— Won their last four games (2-2 ATS), all at home.
— 0-6 SU/ATS in last six road games.
— 3-4 ATS if they played the night before.
— Five of last six home games went over.

Brooklyn:
— Won/covered 10 of last 11 games.
— Won/covered last seven home games.
— 5-8 ATS as a home favorite.
— Over is 13-3 in their last sixteen road games.

Charlotte:
— 7-5 SU in their last dozen games.
— 9-5 ATS in their last 14 road games.
— 5-3 ATS if they played the night before.
— Over is 12-1 in their last 13 road games.

Chicago:
— Won six of their last nine games.
— 10-2 ATS as a road underdog.
— 5-2 ATS if they played the night before.
— Over is 8-4 in their last dozen road games.

Cleveland:
— Won four of their last five games (5-0 ATS)
— 4-11 ATS as a road underdog.
— 8-6 ATS in their last 14 home games.
— Over is 5-2 in their last seven road games.

Dallas:
— Won nine of their last 11 games.
— 4-10 ATS as a home favorite.
— 2-4 ATS if they played the night before.
— Under is 5-1 in their last six games.

Denver:
— Won/covered their last four games.
— 4-8 ATS as a home favorite.
— 9-6 ATS in their last fifteen road games.
— Under is 3-1 in their last four home games.

Detroit:
— Lost seven of their last nine games.
— 9-5 ATS as a home underdog.
— 5-2 ATS if they played the night before.
— Last three road games went over the total.

Golden State:
— Lost last three games, by 26-2-22 points.
— 7-3 ATS as a home favorite.
— 4-8 ATS as a road underdog.
— Last six road games stayed under the total.

Houston:
— Lost their last thirteen games (1-12 ATS)
— 1-7 ATS as a home underdog.
— 1-6 ATS in their last seven road games.
— Under is 11-2-1 in their home games.

Indiana:
— Lost five of last six games (0-6 ATS)
— 6-12 ATS at home.
— 4-2-1 ATS if they played night before.
— Over is 5-0-1 in their last six road games.

LA Clippers:
— Lost four of last five games, all on the road.
— 7-5 ATS in last dozen home games.
— 6-0 ATS if they played the night before.
— Under is 5-2 in their last seven games.

LA Lakers:
— Lost six of their last eight games.
— 3-7 ATS in last ten home games.
— 1-3 ATS if they played the night before.
— Under is 6-3 in their last nine games.

Memphis:
— 8-5 SU in their last thirteen games.
— 5-3 ATS in their last eight home games.
— 7-4 ATS as a road underdog.
— Last eight games stayed under the total.

[StarDust Bum]

SATURDAY, MARCH 6
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

MIN at BOS 01:05 PM
MIN -105
+500

NYY at PIT 01:05 PM
NYY -150
+500

WAS at MIA 01:05 PM
MIA -110
+500

ATL at TB 01:05 PM
ATL +110
+500

PHI at TOR 01:07 PM
PHI +115
+500

CHW at CLE 03:05 PM
CHW -105
+500

KC at SF 03:05 PM
SF -130
+500

SD at LAD 03:05 PM
SD +110
+500

CHC at MIL 03:10 PM
MIL -130
+500

TEX at ARI 03:10 PM
ARI -130
+500

COL at LAA 03:10 PM
COL +105
+500

OAK at SEA 03:10 PM
OAK -110
+500

NYM at HOU 06:05 PM
NYM +100
+500

DET at BAL 06:05 PM
BAL -125
+500