Dunkel
Tuesday, August 31
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Tuesday’s 6-pack
Major league leaders, runs scored:
97— Vladimir Guerrero, Tor
96— Bo Bichette, Tor
95— Freddie Freeman, Atl
92— Marcus Semien, Tor
90— Mitch Haniger, Sea
89— Jose Altuve, Hst
Quote of the Day:
“Saban sets that standard for us immediately in recruiting when we step in that building. It’s not something I’ve been blindsided by. Honestly, I don’t think it’s something unique to me. Everyone in the building has those expectations.”
Alabama QB Bryce Young
Tuesday’s quiz
Which current NFL QB has thrown for the most yards in history of USC football?
Monday’s quiz
Ron Zook was football coach at Illinois, last time they had a winning season- they fired him after that 7-6 season.
Sunday’s quiz
Eagles QB Gardner Minshew played college football at East Carolina, Washington State
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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but…….
13) Back in my college days, I had a summer job in an office; they hired six of us for the summer. At the end of the summer, you handed in a letter of resignation and went back to school.
One of the guys I worked with didn’t know about the whole letter of resignation thing; he thought we were kidding him, but we got down to the last afternoon and he hadn’t done it yet.
Finally he heard enough about the resignation letter; he goes over to a desk, rips a page out of a looseleaf notebook, takes a Sharpie and writes “I QUIT!!!!” in very large letters and signs it, as he makes his final exit from the office, throwing the letter on our boss’s desk.
Somewhere in the archives of New York State, that letter is still in a box somewhere.
12) Colorado Rockies’ SS Trevor Story is a free agent this winter; he’s going to get a big contract from someone. Story grew up in Irving, TX, right near where the Texas Rangers play.
Rockies are visiting Dallas this week; I always wonder if any little conversations take place during trips this week, with Texas people trying to recruit Story to hop aboard next year.
He hit two homers for Colorado last night; if the Rangers aren’t interested, they should be.
11) QB Kyle Shurmur was 18-27/206 for the Bengals Sunday, in their 29-26 home loss to the Dolphins. Shurmur played college ball at Vanderbilt; his dad is Pat Shurmur, former coach of the Giants, and now Denver’s offensive coordinator.
Bengals visit Denver December 19; Pat Shurmur visits his old team next week when the Broncos open the 2021 season against the Giants.
10) 49ers’ rookie QB Trey Lance chipped a bone in his hand, will be out for a week, making it look like Jimmy Garoppolo will start the 49ers’ opener in Detroit.
9) 49ers open their season in Detroit, then they’ll spend the week at Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia, staying east before they visit the Eagles in Week 2.
Long road trip to start the season; both their opponents have first-time head coaches.
8) Shohei Ohtani was supposed to pitch for the Angels tonight, but his start got pushed back after the was hit on the pitching hand while batting over the weekend.
7) Oklahoma was actually going to start its football season at Tulane, but because of the horrific hurricane, the game will now be played in Norman.
Tulane moved its athletic department’s offices to Birmingham, AL
6) Tennessee coach Josh Heupel announced that QB Joe Milton would start for the Volunteers in their opener vs Bowling Green Thursday. Milton is a transfer from Michigan.
5) Pittsburgh Pirates fired hitting coach Rick Eckstein Monday; must be his fault the Pirates are a terrible team. Pirates did have a guy leading the majors in hits (Adam Frazier) but they gave him away to San Diego. I’m guessing Eckstein didn’t make that trade.
4) If you have Showtime, the great series Billions resumes Sunday night; it got interrupted during Season 5 when the pandemic happened.
3) Kirby Puckett is the only modern major leaguer who had two games with six hits; another guy did it over 100 years ago.
2) During the winter here in New York, I complain a lot about the 10-12 days when it snows a lot here, how it messes everything up. Snow sucks, but then you see the incredible destruction from the hurricane in Louisiana, and snow doesn’t seem so bad.
1) Today is cutdown day in the NFL; 864 players are going to lose their jobs, many of them to be signed to practice squads, or with other teams. Very busy day for NFL front offices; the cruddy teams will try to add players the better teams cut, to bolster their roster.
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MLB Aug Record Opinions & Best Bets !!
DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD
08/30/2021......4-5-0......44.44%.....-12.10
08/29/2021......7-7-0 .......0.00%.....+0.70
08/28/2021......6-9-0....40.00%%....-29.60
08/27/2021....11-4-0.......73.33%...+45.50
08/26/2021......7-6-0.......53.84%.....+0.70
08/25/2021......6-8-0.......42.85%....-21.30
08/24/2021......9-7-0.......56.25%...+11.40
08/23/2021......4-3-0.......57.14%.....+8.80
08/22/2021....10-3-0.......76.92%....+45.40
08/21/2021......9-6-0 ......60.00%.......-0.40
08/20/2021......7-9-0.......43.75%.....-24.95
08/19/2021......7-6-1.......53.57%.....+4.65
08/18/2021......9-6-0 .......60.00%...+21.50
08/17/2021......8-9-0.......37.05%.....-11.35
08/16/2021......7-3-0.......70.00%....+18.35
08/15/2021....7-11-0.......38.89%.....-32.40
08/14/2021......9-7-0 ......56.25%.......-4.60
08/13/2021......8-6-0 ......57.14%.....+9.30
08/12/2021......9-5-0 ......64.29%....+11.80
08/11/2021......6-8-0 ......42.86%.......-9.75
08/10/2021....6-10-0 ......37.50%.....-34.15
08/09/2021......1-4-0 ......25.00%.....-13.65
08/08/2021......7-7-0 ......50.00%.......-1.45
08/07/2021......8-8-0 ......50.00%.......-7.50
08/06/2021....4-11-0.......26.66%.....-40.90
08/05/2021......8-4-0 ......66.66%....+20.10
08/04/2021......9-6-0.......60.00%....+ 3.65
08/03/2021......7-8-0 ......46.66%.....-19.25
08/02/2021......4-3-0......57.14%......+8.05
08/01/2021..... 6-9-0 .....40.00% .....-24.35
Totals........210-198-0......51.47%......- 77.00
Best Bets:
08/30/2021............0 - 4..............- 20.00
08/29/2021............3 - 4...............+ 6.60
08/28/2021............0 - 4...............- 20.00
08/27/2021............4 - 3...............+ 18.65
08/26/2021............2 - 2...............+ 2.30
08/25/2021............1 - 3...............- 9.55
08/24/2021............3 - 1...............+ 31.75
08/23/2021............1 - 1...............+ 5.55
08/22/2021............5 - 2...............+ 29.00
08/21/2021............1 - 4................- 14.75
08/20/2021............2 - 4.................- 6.35
08/19/2021............3 - 5................ - 5.20
08/18/2021............4 - 4................+ 8.60
08/17/2021............3 - 4.................- 0.85
08/16/2021............1 - 2................. - 4.15
08/15/2021............2 - 7.................- 17.70
08/14/2021............4 - 2.................+12.35
08/13/2021............3 - 4..................+ 0.70
08/12/2021............2 - 2..................+ 2.45
08/11/2021............1 - 7..................- 27.70
08/10/2021............0 - 4..................- 20.00
08/09/2021............0 - 2 .................- 10.00
08/08/2021............3 - 6..................- 12.40
08/07/2021............1 - 4..................- 11.30
08/06/2021............1 - 9..................- 41.15
08/05/2021............3 - 1..................+ 20.20
08/04/2021............1 - 4...................- 15.00
08/03/2021............2 - 2...................+ 5.05
08/02/2021............2 - 1...................+13.60
08/01/2021............1 - 6....................-24.90
Totals...................54 -103...............- 104.20Leave a comment:
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MONDAY, AUGUST 30
Game Time(ET) Pick Units
MIN at DET 02:10 PM
DET +121
+500
STL at CIN 06:40 PM
CIN -203
+500
PHI at WAS 07:05 PM
PHI -147
+500
BAL at TOR 07:07 PM
TOR -317
+500
BOS at TB 07:10 PM
TB -133
+500
COL at TEX 08:05 PM
COL -139
+500
SD at ARI 09:40 PM
SD -181
+500
MIL at SF 09:45 PM
SF +123
+500
ATL at LAD 10:10 PM
ATL +189
+500
HOU at SEA 10:10 PM
SEA +148
+500
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Diamond Trends for Monday August 30
Vince Akins
SU Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: Boston at Tampa Bay (7:10 p.m. ET)
-- The Red Sox are 8-0 SU since Sep 20, 2020 as a dog after J.D. Martinez had multiple hits.
SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: St. Louis at Cincinnati (6:40 p.m. ET)
-- The Cardinals are 0-19 SU since Sep 23, 2016 as a road dog of more than +130 when facing a starter they lost to in their last same-season meeting.
OU Trend of the Day
Matchup: Boston at Tampa Bay (7:10 p.m. ET)
-- The Rays are 9-0 OU (4.17 rpg) since Jul 30, 2021 as a favorite after they hit more home runs than their opponent last game.
Starter-Based Trend of the Day
Matchup: Colorado at Texas (8:05 p.m. ET)
-- The Rockies are 9-0 SU since Jul 11, 2018 when German Marquez starts as a favorite after he gave up no walks in his last start.
Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)
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MLB
Monday, August 30
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Trend Report
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Minnesota @ Detroit
Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Minnesota's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games when playing Detroit
Detroit
Detroit is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Detroit is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
St. Louis @ Cincinnati
St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis's last 6 games when playing on the road against Cincinnati
St. Louis is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games on the road
Cincinnati
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cincinnati's last 5 games
Cincinnati is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing St. Louis
Philadelphia @ Washington
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing Washington
Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Washington's last 11 games at home
Baltimore @ Toronto
Baltimore
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Baltimore's last 5 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Baltimore's last 6 games
Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Toronto's last 10 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Toronto's last 7 games at home
Boston @ Tampa Bay
Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Boston's last 15 games when playing Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Boston
Tampa Bay is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Colorado @ Texas
Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Colorado's last 5 games when playing on the road against Texas
Colorado is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Texas
Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas's last 5 games when playing at home against Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Texas's last 9 games when playing Colorado
NY Yankees @ LA Angels
NY Yankees
NY Yankees is 13-2 SU in its last 15 games
NY Yankees is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against LA Angels
LA Angels
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Angels's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of LA Angels's last 16 games when playing at home against NY Yankees
San Diego @ Arizona
San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Diego's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of San Diego's last 11 games
Arizona
Arizona is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games at home
Arizona is 14-2 SU in its last 16 games when playing at home against San Diego
Milwaukee @ San Francisco
Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Milwaukee's last 5 games
Milwaukee is 18-5 SU in its last 23 games on the road
San Francisco
San Francisco is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Milwaukee
San Francisco is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games at home
Atlanta @ LA Dodgers
Atlanta
Atlanta is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Atlanta is 17-2 ATS in its last 19 games on the road
LA Dodgers
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Dodgers's last 7 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Dodgers's last 6 games
Houston @ Seattle
Houston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 5 games when playing Seattle
Houston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Seattle
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Seattle's last 5 games when playing Houston
Seattle is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Houston
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MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up
Monday, August 30
NL games
St Louis (65-63) @ Cincinnati (71-61)
— Lester is 1-0, 3.60 in his last three starts.
— Cardinals are 2-3 in his starts.
— over 3-2
— allowed run in first inning: 1-5
— record in first 5 innings: 3-2
— He is 8-2, 3.74 in 20 starts vs Cincinnati.
— Cardinals are 13-8 in last 21 games.
— St Louis is 8-2 in its last ten road games.
— Under is 8-3 in their last 11 games.
— scored run in first inning: 45-129
— record in first 5 innings: 59-50-20
— Castillo is 1-2, 2.70 in his last three starts.
— Reds are 9-7 in his last 16 starts.
— under 9-5 last 14
— allowed run in first inning: 10-27
— you’re reading ***************.com
— record in first 5 innings: 12-13-2
— He is 2-1, 3.00 in his last three starts vs St Louis.
— Cincinnati is 24-18 in its last 42 games.
— Reds are 10-2 in last 12 home games.
— under 8-2 last ten games
— scored run in first inning: 41-131
— record in first 5 innings: 64-51-17
Philadelphia (66-64) @ Washington (54-74)
— Wheeler is 2-2, 5.06 in his last five starts.
— Phillies are 14-12 in his starts.
— under 10-4-1 last 15
— allowed run in first inning: 5-26
— record in first 5 innings: 9-9-8
— He is 1-3, 4.11 in five starts vs Washington this year.
— Phillies are 5-8 in last 13 games.
— Phillies are 39-28 at home, 27-36 on road.
— under 7-5 last 12 games.
— scored run in first inning: 41-130
— record in first 5 innings: 56-48-26
— Gray is 0-0, 3.21 in five starts for Washington.
— Washington is 2-3 in his starts.
— under 3-2
— allowed run in first inning: 1-5
— record in first 5 innings: 2-3
— He gave up a run in 5 IP in August 2 start vs Philly.
— Washington is 13-31 in its last 44 games.
— Nationals are 2-6 in last eight home games.
— over 18-7-1 last 26 games
— scored run in first inning: 40-131
— record in first 5 innings: 52-56-23
San Diego (68-62) @ Arizona (44-88)
— Paddock is 3-0, 3.94 in his last three starts.
— Padres are 12-7 in his starts.
— over 10-4 last 14
— allowed run in first inning: 5-19
— record in first 5 innings: 9-9-1
— He is 0-2, 10.03 in three starts vs Arizona this year.
— Padres lost 12 of last 15 games.
— San Diego is 2-7 in last nine road games.
— under 7-1-1 last nine games
— scored run in first inning: 38-130
— record in first 5 innings: 52-60-18
— Gilbert is 1-0, 2.84 in three starts.
— Arizona is 2-1 in his starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— you’re reading ***************.com
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2
— He no-hit San Diego in his first MLB start August 14.
— Arizona lost its last three games.
— Arizona is 6-1 in its last seven home games.
— under 4-1-1 last six home games
— scored run in first inning: 17-132
— record in first 5 innings: 51-70-11
Milwaukee (79-51) @ San Francisco (84-45)
— Burnes is 2-0, 1.67 in his last four starts.
— Minnesota is 12-2 in his last 14 starts.
— over 8-2-2 last 12
— allowed run in first inning: 4-22
— record in first 5 innings: 14-4-4
— He gave up 7 runs in 12 IP in 8 games (1 start) vs San Francisco.
— Brewers are 26-13 in last 39 games.
— Milwaukee is 10-4 in last 14 road games.
— under 4-0-1 last five games.
— scored run in first inning: 43-131
— record in first 5 innings: 68-41-22
— Cueto is 1-1, 3.60 in his last four starts.
— Braves are 11-9 in his starts.
— under 11-2 last 13
— allowed run in first inning: 4-20
— record in first 5 innings: 7-10-3
— He is 11-4, 2.99 in 23 starts vs Milwaukee.
— Giants are 26-14 since All-Star break.
— Giants are 9-2 in last 11 home games.
— Under is 11-4-1 in last 16 games.
— scored run in first inning: 40-130
— record in first 5 innings: 70-44-16
Atlanta (69-59) @ Los Angeles (82-49)
— Smyly is 7-0, 3.45 in his last 12 starts.
— Braves are 14-8 in his starts.
— over 6-2 last eight
— allowed run in first inning: 5-22
— you’re reading ***************.com
— record in first 5 innings: 14-5-3
— He is 0-0, 2.19 in 4 games (2 starts) vs LA.
— Braves won 18 of last 23 games.
— Atlanta won its last 13 road games.
— under 6-2-2 last ten games
— scored run in first inning: 45-129
— record in first 5 innings: 66-45-18
— Urias is 2-0, 1.40 in his last five starts.
— Dodgers are 14-4 in his last 18 starts.
— over 15-8-2
— allowed run in first inning: 6-25
— you’re reading ***************.com
— record in first 5 innings: 17-6-2
— He gave up a run in 9 IP in 3 games (1 start) vs Atlanta.
— Dodgers are 23-9 in last 32 games.
— Dodgers are 9-3 in last 12 home games.
— under 10-2-1 last 13 games
— scored run in first inning: 42-130
— record in first 5 innings: 69-40-21
AL games
Minnesota (56-73) @ Detroit (56-73)
— Ober is 0-1, 2.53 in four starts this month.
— Minnesota is 9-6 in his starts.
— over 8-3-1 last 12
— allowed run in first inning: 2-15
— record in first 5 innings: 6-7-2
— He gave up 4 runs in 3.1 IP July 10 vs Detroit.
— Minnesota is 3-6 in its last nine games.
— Twins are 1-5 in last six road games.
— over 17-10-2 last 29 games
— scored run in first inning: 45-129
— record in first 5 innings: 39-65-25
— Mize is 1-1, 4.82 in his last four starts.
— Detroit is 14-10 in his starts.
— under 16-7-1
— allowed run in first inning: 5-24
— record in first 5 innings: 12-8-4
— He is 0-1, 6.89 in four starts vs Minnesota.
— Detroit is 5-9 in its last 14 games.
— Detroit is 2-7 in last nine home games.
— under 20-6-1 last 27 games
— scored run in first inning: 27-131
— record in first 5 innings: 18-16-4 last 38
Baltimore (40-89) @ Toronto (68-60)
— bullpen game- their bullpen is bad.
— Orioles are 2-22 in their last 24 games.
— Baltimore is 21-45 on road, 19-44 at home.
— over 4-1-1 last six road games.
— scored run in first inning: 44-129
— record in first 5 innings: 40-72-17
— Ray is 1-0, 1.66 in his last six starts.
— Toronto is 13-12 in his starts.
— under 6-0 last six
— allowed run in first inning: 5-25
— record in first 5 innings: 13-6-6
— He is 1-2, 5.79 in three starts vs Baltimore.
— Toronto is 6-9 in last 15 games.
— Blue Jays are 3-6 in last nine road games.
— Over is 6-4 in last ten road games.
— scored run in first inning: 37-128
— record in first 5 innings: 23-13-5 last 41
Boston (74-57) @ Tampa Bay (82-48)
— Pivetta is 1-1, 4.58 in his last four starts.
— Red Sox are 15-10 in his starts.
— under 12-3 last 15
— allowed run in first inning: 7-25
— record in first 5 innings: 10-10-5
— He is 1-1, 1.65 in three starts vs Tampa Bay this year.
— Boston split its last 12 games.
— Red Sox are 4-12 in last 16 road games.
— over 6-2 last eight games
— scored run in first inning: 44-132
— record in first 5 innings: 60-53-19
— Patino is 2-1, 3.81 in his last five starts.
— Orioles are 5-5 in his starts.
— over 5-5
— allowed run in first inning: 3-10
— record in first 5 innings: 3-7
— He gave up 4 runs in 6 IP in one start vs Boston.
— Tampa Bay won 22 of last 28 games.
— Rays are 7-1 in last eight home games.
— over 14-5-2 last 21 games.
— scored run in first inning: 42-130
— record in first 5 innings: 53-48-29
Bronx (76-54) @ Angels (64-66)
— Kluber is 4-3, 3.61 in 10 starts.
— His last start was May 25, one start after his no-hitter.
— New York is 6-4 in his starts.
— under 8-2
— allowed run in first inning: 1-10
— record in first 5 innings: 4-4-2
— He is 3-2, 3.23 in seven starts vs Anaheim.
— New York is 34-12 in last 46 games.
— New York is 16-3 in last 19 road games.
— over 21-13-1 last 35 games
— scored run in first inning: 29-130
— record in first 5 innings: 54-45-31
— They haven’t named a starter.
— Angels lost six of last eight games.
— Angels are 3-5 in last eight home games.
— over 6-3 last nine games
— scored run in first inning: 40-131
— record in first 5 innings: 56-60-15
Houston (77-53) @ Seattle (70-60)
— Garcia is 3-0, 1.99 in his last four starts.
— Astros are 13-4 in his last 17 starts.
— under 11-3-1 last 15
— allowed run in first inning: 7-22
— record in first 5 innings: 14-5-3
— He is 0-1, 5.59 in two starts vs Seattle.
— Astros split their last 14 games.
— Astros are 3-5 in last eight road games.
— over 5-3-1 last nine games
— scored run in first inning: 45-130
— record in first 5 innings: 71-42-17
— Flexen is 2-0, 2.87 in his last five starts.
— Mariners are 17-7 in his starts.
— over 13-11
— allowed run in first inning: 7-24
— record in first 5 innings: 14-8-2
— He is 0-2, 7.20 in two starts vs Houston this year.
— Seattle lost three of last four games.
— Seattle is 7-9 in last 16 home games.
— over 6-4 last ten games
— scored run in first inning: 41-131
— record in first 5 innings: 58-58-15
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Monday’s 6-pack
Major league leaders, batting average (400+ AB):
.318— Nick Castellanos, Cin
.317— Michael Brantley, Hst
.312— Vladimir Guerrero, Tor
.311— Yuli Gurriel, Hst
.307— Jesse Winker Cin, Cedric Mullins, Balt
.304— Adam Frazier, SD, Austin Riley, Atl
Quote of the Day:
“We’re not machines. We’re going to struggle seven times out of 10. It just feels bad when … I strike out and get booed. It doesn’t really get to me but I want to let them know that when we’re successful, we’re going to do the same thing to let them know how it feels.”
Mets’ 2B Javier Baez
Monday’s quiz
Who was football coach at Illinois, last time they had a winning season?
Sunday’s quiz
Eagles QB Gardner Minshew played college football at East Carolina, Washington State
Saturday’s quiz
Chip Kelly was coach of the Eagles after Andy Reid; he is now coach at UCLA.
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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports weekend
13) Javier Baez is making $11,600,000 this season; he’s been on the Mets for a month, playing in 17 games but he went out of his way to create one of the biggest PR debacles in quite some time this weekend. He is a free agent after the season, which may now be a problem for him.
Baez said this to the media Sunday: “To let them know when we don’t get success, we’re going to get booed. So they’re going to get booed when we have success” basically giving the finger to fans who express displeasure when things don’t go too well. You make $11M a year to play ball, the paying customers will run their mouths when things don’t go well.
New York Post used the term “colossal mistake”
Back page of the NY Daily News: “Mets: Go to hell, fans!”
Alrighty then; enjoy the rest of the season.
12) Not sure what Urban Meyer is thinking about, but he played his starting QB in an exhibition game Sunday, when five of his top six offensive linemen didn’t play. Trevor Lawrence didn’t get hurt, but what’s the point? Is the experience in a preseason game that valuable?
If Lawrence gets hurt in a game like that, it is a complete disaster, seeing how they just traded his backup to Philadelphia. Keeping Lawrtence healthy should be job #1, for both winning games and selling tickets.
11) There were murmurs this weekend that Miami Dolphins are interested in acquiring Deshaun Watson from Houston; there were other rumors that the Texans are asking for three first round picks and two second round picks, pretty steep price for a guy with lot of legal issues pending.
10) Here is a hint on NFL preseason games: some teams try to win, some teams could care less about them- they mean nothing, as far as handicapping Week 1 regular season games.
9) Pirates 4, Cardinals 3— Yoshi Tsutsugo hit a walk-off three-run homer.
8) Marlins 2, Reds 1— Jesus Luzardo had his best start for Miami, with a lot of help from the home plate umpire Edwin Moscoso, who called strikes like he had a cab outside the stadium with the meter running.
Reds’ 3B Eugenio Suarez, Reds’ skipper David Bell both got tossed; Joey Votto damn near got tossed, too.
7) A’s 3, New York 1— Tony Kemp hit a 2-run homer in bottom of the 8th, as Oakland earned a split of the four-game series. Paul Blackburn has done a solid job for the A’s subbing for the injured Chris Bassitt, who broke his cheekbone when he got hit by a line drive few weeks ago.
6) Tampa Bay is 82-48, has a 6-game lead in AL East, but the gravy train is over— no more games with the Orioles- they went 18-1 vs Baltimore this season. They have seven games left with Boston, three each with Houston/Bronx, and a 13-game stretch vs Detroit/Toronto.
5) What are the Dodgers doing? They used 3B Justin Turner to pitch the 9th inning Sunday, in a game they trailed only 5-0. Turner gave up two hits but no runs; LA is using a 2-man starting rotation, going with bullpen games the rest of the time. The Trevor Bauer situation is screwing up their pitching plans.
4) Couple of long playoff droughts in the NFL:
— Bengals haven’t won a playoff game since 1990.
— Lions haven’t won a playoff game since 1991.
3) 3:00 Sunday I’m watching baseball- the screens go blank; no games on the baseball package, just blank screens. I call DirecTV’s help desk and get a guy who is struggling badly with English, which makes sense since it turns out he was in the Phillipines.
I explain the situation but I’m not sure he has any idea what I’m talking about; after 20 minutes of this jocularity, he decides to transfer me to a co-worker, who probably isn’t much better at English. Mercifully, the screens came back on and I thanked him, not sure for what.
2) RIP to the great actor Ed Asner, who passed away this weekend at age 91; he is best known as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show— he then took that character and transferred it into a dramatic series (Lou Grant) based on a newspaper in Los Angeles.
RIP, sir.
1) If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Giants. Wild Card: Cincinnati @ Los Angeles
AL: Rays, White Sox, Astros. Wild Card: Boston @ New York
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MLB Aug Record Opinions & Best Bets !!
DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD
08/29/2021......7-7-0 .......0.00%.....+0.70
08/28/2021......6-9-0....40.00%%....-29.60
08/27/2021....11-4-0.......73.33%...+45.50
08/26/2021......7-6-0.......53.84%.....+0.70
08/25/2021......6-8-0.......42.85%....-21.30
08/24/2021......9-7-0.......56.25%...+11.40
08/23/2021......4-3-0.......57.14%.....+8.80
08/22/2021....10-3-0.......76.92%....+45.40
08/21/2021......9-6-0 ......60.00%.......-0.40
08/20/2021......7-9-0.......43.75%.....-24.95
08/19/2021......7-6-1.......53.57%.....+4.65
08/18/2021......9-6-0 .......60.00%...+21.50
08/17/2021......8-9-0.......37.05%.....-11.35
08/16/2021......7-3-0.......70.00%....+18.35
08/15/2021....7-11-0.......38.89%.....-32.40
08/14/2021......9-7-0 ......56.25%.......-4.60
08/13/2021......8-6-0 ......57.14%.....+9.30
08/12/2021......9-5-0 ......64.29%....+11.80
08/11/2021......6-8-0 ......42.86%.......-9.75
08/10/2021....6-10-0 ......37.50%.....-34.15
08/09/2021......1-4-0 ......25.00%.....-13.65
08/08/2021......7-7-0 ......50.00%.......-1.45
08/07/2021......8-8-0 ......50.00%.......-7.50
08/06/2021....4-11-0.......26.66%.....-40.90
08/05/2021......8-4-0 ......66.66%....+20.10
08/04/2021......9-6-0.......60.00%....+ 3.65
08/03/2021......7-8-0 ......46.66%.....-19.25
08/02/2021......4-3-0......57.14%......+8.05
08/01/2021..... 6-9-0 .....40.00% .....-24.35
Totals........206-193-0......51.62%......- 64.90
Best Bets:
08/29/2021............3 - 4...............+ 6.60
08/28/2021............0 - 4...............- 20.00
08/27/2021............4 - 3...............+ 18.65
08/26/2021............2 - 2...............+ 2.30
08/25/2021............1 - 3...............- 9.55
08/24/2021............3 - 1...............+ 31.75
08/23/2021............1 - 1...............+ 5.55
08/22/2021............5 - 2...............+ 29.00
08/21/2021............1 - 4................- 14.75
08/20/2021............2 - 4.................- 6.35
08/19/2021............3 - 5................ - 5.20
08/18/2021............4 - 4................+ 8.60
08/17/2021............3 - 4.................- 0.85
08/16/2021............1 - 2................. - 4.15
08/15/2021............2 - 7.................- 17.70
08/14/2021............4 - 2.................+12.35
08/13/2021............3 - 4..................+ 0.70
08/12/2021............2 - 2..................+ 2.45
08/11/2021............1 - 7..................- 27.70
08/10/2021............0 - 4..................- 20.00
08/09/2021............0 - 2 .................- 10.00
08/08/2021............3 - 6..................- 12.40
08/07/2021............1 - 4..................- 11.30
08/06/2021............1 - 9..................- 41.15
08/05/2021............3 - 1..................+ 20.20
08/04/2021............1 - 4...................- 15.00
08/03/2021............2 - 2...................+ 5.05
08/02/2021............2 - 1...................+13.60
08/01/2021............1 - 6....................-24.90
Totals...................54 - 99.................- 84.20Leave a comment:
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 29
Game Time(ET) Pick Units
ARI at PHI 01:05 PM
ARI +166
+500
STL at PIT 01:05 PM
STL -154
+500
TB at BAL 01:05 PM
TB -230
+500
BOS at CLE 01:10 PM
BOS -155
+500
TOR at DET 01:10 PM
TOR -175
+500
WAS at NYM 01:10 PM
NYM -180
+500
CIN at MIA 01:10 PM
MIA +170
+500
SF at ATL 01:20 PM
SF +120
+500
MIL at MIN 02:10 PM
MIL -152
+500
CHC at CHW 02:10 PM
CHC +216
+500
HOU at TEX 02:35 PM
HOU -209
+500
COL at LAD 04:10 PM
COL +230
+500
KC at SEA 04:10 PM
KC +136
+500
NYY at OAK 07:08 PM
OAK +132
+500
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Diamond Trends for Sunday August 29
Vince Akins
SU Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: Toronto at Detroit (1:10 p.m. ET)
-- The Blue Jays are 10-0 SU since Aug 08, 2015 as a road favorite off a road game in which they scored 3 runs or less and won.
SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Arizona at Philadelphia (1:10 p.m. ET)
-- The Phillies are 0-10 SU since Aug 02, 2019 as a favorite off a home win by 5+ runs.
OU Trend of the Day
Matchup: Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox (2:10 p.m. ET)
-- The Cubs are 10-0-1 OU (4.00 ppg) since Aug 01, 2014 when Kyle Hendricks starts as a road dog and he gave up no walks in his last start.
Starter-Based Trend of the Day
Matchup: Houston at Texas (2:35 p.m. ET)
-- The Astros are 0-12-1 OU (-3.42 ppg) since Aug 13, 2019 when Zack Greinke starts as a road favorite of at least -130.
Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)
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