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**Udog** · 06-10-2021, 04:16 PM

Thursday’s 6-pack
Major league leaders in RBI:
48— Devers, Meadows, Guerrero
46— Abreu, Aguilar
45— Trey Mancini
44— Adolis Garcia, Grichuk, Ohtani
43— Yuli Gurriel
41— Olson, Crawford, Escobar

Quote of the Day
“The biggest concern is MLB manipulates the baseballs year in and year out depending on the free agency class. Oh, no, that’s a fact. Yes, guys have talked about it. It’s not a coincidence. It definitely is something that they did.”
Pete Alonso of the Mets

Thursday’s quiz
Before becoming the Wizards in 1997, what was Washington’s NBA team’s nickname?

Wednesday’s quiz
Besides coaching the Giants, Jim Fassel coached the Utah Utes in college

Tuesday’s quiz
When Kareem Abdul-Jabbar entered the NBA (as Lew Alcindor), he played for the Milwaukee Bucks; they won the NBA title in Kareem’s 2nd season, the Bucks’ third year in existence

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Thursday’s Den: Doing some thinking out loud…….

— I’m sitting here like a damn fool at 3:45am watching the replay of a 1985 Bears-Packers game from Lambeau Field. Tim Ryan is the play-by-play guy, I’m assuming Johnny Morris is the analyst- he did most of the Bears’ games back then.

’85 Bears might’ve had the greatest defense ever; they didn’t allow any points in their first two playoff games, then won the Super Bowl 46-10. Great team.

They played the Rams in the NFC title game that year; I had just turned 26, so supposedly I was an adult, but that day? Not so much.

Bears led 10-0 near the end of the first half, but Rams are driving; I was very excited about the Rams’ chances, this was their third straight year in the playoffs. Was a big fan of Dieter Brock, their QB, an import from the CFL.

I’m still a little superstitious about what clothes I wear when the Rams play, but back then, I took it to extremes; that year, it was a blue Rams polo shirt and white shorts. Every week.

My house has a big kitchen in the back; my dad and I are back there, and two of my college friends are there. Rams hand the ball to Eric Dickerson just before halftime, he runs the ball inside the 5-yard line, but for whatever reason, they call timeout and don’t score.

Not good.

I know I’m about to flip out, because the game was effectively over, so I just storm out the back door and go sit on the hood of my car for the entire halftime. As I’m leaving the house, I hear my dad yelling/laughing “Don’t be an idiot!!!”

It was January, it was Albany, and it was bleeping cold out. I’m sitting on the hood of my car in a golf shirt and shorts- no bueno, but it took me several minutes to realize how cold it was, that’s how mad I was. I’m waving at cars driving by; finally I go back inside and watch the inevitable loss. My friends got a good laugh out of it. I wasn’t laughing.

When I say it was cold out, I’m talking ten below zero cold. Not my finest moment.

In this Bears-Packers game, Forrest Gregg was Green Bay’s coach, Jim Zorn their QB- it was the first of only five starts for Zorn with the Packers.

Bob McElwee was the ref in this game; 14 years later, he was the ref in the Super Bowl when the Rams beat Tennessee, the greatest game ever played. No sitting on my car that night.

To further show my maturity level back then, when the Bears played New England in the Super Bowl two weeks later, I went to a house party with friends, but I refused to watch the game. Played ping pong the whole game; I like ping pong. Not sure I like it that much, but it was a fun night.

— 29-year old Patrick Wisdom is hitting .364 in his first 16 games for the Cubs this season, with eight home runs. He is smoking hot right now; with David Bote/Matt Duffy on the IL, will be interesting to see how much Wisdom has to hit to keep his starting job.

— NBA Summer League is going to be August 8-17 in Las Vegas; that’s a really fun event to watch, 5-6 games every day, in air conditioning with an excellent concession stand. If you’re a big NBA fan, this should be on your to-do list of things to see.

— Enough already with Aaron Rodgers; the constant drama around him is numbing.

a) If he gets traded, report it
b) If he reports to training camp, report it
c) If he retires, report it

Otherwise, STFU!!!!

— Astros 8, Red Sox 3— First time this year Boston starting pitchers allowed 5+ runs in consecutive games.

— A’s 4, Diamondbacks 0— Arizona has lost its last 19 road games.

— Mets 14, Orioles 1— Baltimore is 5-2 this month; they were 5-23 in May.

— Texas Rangers DFA’d DH Chris Davis, who was hitting .157 with two homers, while getting paid $16.75M this season.

— Indiana Pacers fired coach Nate Bjorkgren, who went 34-38 in his only season on the Pacers’ bench. Indiana had made the playoffs nine of the previous ten years.

— Back in the mid-80’s, some people ran a business near Harvard University where they delivered condoms to college students.

Their motto: “We come before you do.”

**Udog** · 06-10-2021, 04:17 PM

MLB
Weather Report

Thursday, June 10

**Udog** · 06-10-2021, 04:19 PM

951LA DODGERS -952 PITTSBURGH
PITTSBURGH is 10-20 SU (-14.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the current season.

953MILWAUKEE -954 CINCINNATI
MILWAUKEE is 14-4 SU (9.6 Units) when the total is 8 to 8.5 in the current season.

955ATLANTA -956 PHILADELPHIA
ATLANTA is 24-13 SU (12.9 Units) vs. a starting pitcher with good control (less than 1.75 BB's/start) over the last 2 seasons.

957SAN FRANCISCO -958 WASHINGTON
SAN FRANCISCO is 19-5 SU (16.9 Units) vs. good fielding teams - averaging <=0.6 errors/game in the current season.

959COLORADO -960 MIAMI
COLORADO is 8-19 SU (-18.2 Units) in road games vs. teams whose hitters strike out 7 or more times/game in the current season.

961SEATTLE -962 DETROIT
DETROIT is 79-104 SU (-39 Units) vs teams who strand 6.9 or less runners on base per game in the last 3 seasons.

963HOUSTON -964 BOSTON
BOSTON is 25-12 SU (13.4 Units) vs. a team with a good bullpen whose WHIP is 1.350 or better in the current season.

965TORONTO -966 CHI WHITE SOX
CHI WHITE SOX is 12-3 SU (12.4 Units) in home games vs. a starting pitcher with good control (less than 1.75 BB's/start) in the current season.

967NY YANKEES -968 MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA is 6-25 SU (-24.2 Units) vs. teams averaging 2.75 or less extra base hits per game in the current season.

969KANSAS CITY -970 OAKLAND
OAKLAND is 9-0 SU (9 Units) when playing with a day off in the current season.

**Udog** · 06-10-2021, 04:20 PM

MLB
Dunkel

Thursday, June 10

**Udog** · 06-10-2021, 04:20 PM

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Thursday, June 10

NL games
Atlanta (28-30) @ Philadelphia (29-31)
— Anderson is 0-2, 8.64 in his last two starts.
— Braves are 7-4 in his starts.
— over 4-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 3-11
— record in first 5 innings: 4-6-1
— He is 0-0, 4.41 in three starts vs Philly.

— Braves won four of their last six games
— Atlanta is 2-4 in its last six road games.
— over 4-2 in last six road games.
— scored run in first inning: 21-58
— record in first 5 innings: 30-20-8

— Wheeler is 2-1, 1.85 in his last six starts.
— Phillies are 6-6 in his starts.
— over 3-1 last four
— allowed run in first inning: 3-12
— record in first 5 innings: 3-5-4
— He is 7-6, 3.63 in 18 starts vs Atlanta.

— Phillies won four of their last six games.
— Phillies are 18-12 at home, 11-19 on road.
— over 6-3 last nine games.
— scored run in first inning: 19-60
— record in first 5 innings: 21-25-14

Dodgers (36-25) @ Pittsburgh (23-37)
— Urias is 5-1, 2.43 in six road starts.
— Dodgers are 9-3 in his starts.
— over 9-2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 3-12
— record in first 5 innings: 9-3
— He 2-0, 1.38 in 4 games (1 start) vs Pittsburgh.

— Dodgers won four of their last six games.
— Dodgers split their last six road games.
— over 10-6 last 16 games
— scored run in first inning: 15-61
— record in first 5 innings: 32-21-8

— Keller is 1-1, 4.85 in his last three starts.
— Pirates are 5-6 in his starts.
— over 6-5
— allowed run in first inning: 6-11
— record in first 5 innings: 4-5-2
— He hasn’t pitched against the Dodgers.

— Pirates split their last six games.
— Pittsburgh is 5-4 in its last nine home games.
— over 5-3 last eight games
— scored run in first inning: 17-60
— record in first 5 innings: 18-32-10

Milwaukee (34-27) @ Cincinnati (29-30)
— Peralta is 3-0, 1.13 in his last five starts.
— Milwaukee is 8-3 in his starts.
— over 5-5-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-11
— record in first 5 innings: 6-2-3

— He is 2-1, 3.62 in 11 games (5 starts) vs Cincinnati.
— Brewers won 13 of their last 17 games.
— Milwaukee won six of its last seven road games.
— under 15-7-2 last 24 road games.
— scored run in first inning: 16-61
— record in first 5 innings: 27-21-13

— Castillo is 1-3, 5.57 in his last four starts.
— Reds are 2-10 in his starts.
— over 9-3
— allowed run in first inning: 7-12
— record in first 5 innings: 3-8-1
— He is 4-6, 3.86 in 12 starts vs Milwaukee.

— Cincinnati is 7-2 in its last nine games.
— Reds are 3-8 in last 11 home games.
— over 6-4-1 last 11 home games
— scored run in first inning: 15-59
— record in first 5 innings: 23-28-8

San Francisco (38-23) @ Washington (25-33)
— DeSclafani is 2-0, 1.62 in his last three road starts.
— Giants are 8-4 in his starts.
— over 7-2 last nine
— allowed run in first inning: 2-12
— record in first 5 innings: 7-3-2
— He is 2-1, 2.55 in 8 games (5 starts) vs Washington

— Giants won 10 of their last 14 games.
— Giants are 11-2 in last 13 road games.
— Over is 12-8-1 in their last 21 road games.
— scored run in first inning: 17-61
— record in first 5 innings: 34-18-9

— Scherzer is 2-2, 2.45 in his last four starts.
— Nationals are 7-5 in his starts.
— under 9-3
— allowed run in first inning: 2-12
— record in first 5 innings: 4-4-4
— He is 4-5, 3.86 in ten starts vs San Francisco

— Washington lost 10 of its last 15 games.
— Nationals lost their last four home games.
— under 12-4 last 16 games
— scored run in first inning: 14-58
— record in first 5 innings: 21-24-13

Colorado (25-37) @ Miami (26-35)
— Gonzalez is 1-2, 4.76 in his last three starts
— Rockies are 2-5 in his starts.
— over 4-2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 2-7
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— record in first 5 innings: 3-4
— He hasn’t pitched against Miami.

— Colorado won six of its last nine games.
— Rockies are 20-14 at home, 5-23 on road.
— under 8-2 last ten road games.
— scored run in first inning: 20-62
— record in first 5 innings: 24-29-9

— Rogers is 3-1, 2.27 in his last six starts
— Rockies are 7-5 in his starts.
— under 7-5
— allowed run in first inning: 1-12
— record in first 5 innings: 7-3-2
— He hasn’t pitched against Colorado.

— Marlins lost 10 of their last 12 games.
— Miami is 10-5 in their last 15 home tilts.
— under 6-2 in their last eight home games
— scored run in first inning: 13-61
— record in first 5 innings: 21-28-12

AL games
Houston (35-26) @ Boston (37-25)
— Greinke is 4-1, 2.37 in his last five starts.
— Astros are 10-3 in his starts.
— over 9-0 last nine
— allowed run in first inning: 2-13
— record in first 5 innings: 7-4-2
— He is 2-5, 4.60 in 8 games (7 starts) vs Boston.

— Astros won eight of their last ten games.
— Astros are 7-8 in their last 15 road games.
— under 6-2 last eight games
— scored run in first inning: 23-61
— record in first 5 innings: 35-18-8

— Rodriguez is 0-4, 7.92 in his last five starts.
— Red Sox are 6-5 in his starts.
— under 7-5
— allowed run in first inning: 4-11
— record in first 5 innings: 5-6
— He is 1-3, 7.84 in five starts vs Houston.

— Boston won five of its last seven games.
— Red Sox are 7-4 in their last 11 home games.
— under 8-3-2 last 13 home games
— scored run in first inning: 21-62
— record in first 5 innings: 29-24-9

Seattle (31-32) @ Detroit (26-35)
— Sheffield is 3-1, 5.14 in his last four starts.
— Mariners are 6-4 in his starts.
— under 6-3-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-10
— record in first 5 innings: 6-4
— He hasn’t pitched against Detroit.

— Seattle lost five of its last eight games.
— Seattle is 5-11 in its last 16 road games.
— under 10-6 last 16 games
— scored run in first inning: 19-63
— record in first 5 innings: 28-29-6

— bullpen game

— Detroit lost four of its last six games.
— Detroit is 5-2 in its last seven home games.
— under 10-3-1 last 14 games
— scored run in first inning: 11-61
— record in first 5 innings: 8-5-2 last 15 at home

Bronx (33-29) @ Minnesota (24-37)
— King is 0-2, 9.39 in two starts.
— New York is 0-2 in his starts.
— under 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 2-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2
— He hasn’t pitched against Minnesota.

— New York lost 10 of its last 15 games.
— New York split its last ten road games.
— under 13-7 last 20 games
— scored run in first inning: 15-62
— record in first 5 innings: 26-23-13

— Happ is 1-1, 7.78 in his last four starts.
— Twins are 4-6 in his starts.
— 0ver 7-0 last seven
— allowed run in first inning: 5-10
— record in first 5 innings: 5-4-1
— He is 8-4, 3.96 in 18 starts vs New York.

— Twins lost six of their last eight games.
— Minnesota split its last ten home games.
— over 29-10-1 last 40 games
— scores run in first inning: 20-61
— record in first 5 innings: 20-29-12

Toronto (31-28) @ White Sox (37-24)
— Ryu is 3-0, 3.05 in his last four road starts.
— Toronto is 7-4 in his starts.
— over 3-0 last three
— allowed run in first inning: 3-11
— record in first 5 innings: 5-5-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Chicago.

— Blue Jays are 8-5 in their last 13 games.
— Toronto is 8-3 in its last 11 road games.
— over 22-14-1 last 37 games
— scored run in first inning: 16-58
— record in first 5 innings: 25-25-8

— Keuchel is 3-0, 4.67 in his last six starts
— Chicago is 8-4 in his starts.
— over 4-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 4-12
— record in first 5 innings: 8-2-2
— He is 4-0, 4.78 in six starts vs Toronto.

— Chicago is 9-4 in its last 13 games.
— White Sox are 11-3 in last 14 home games.
— under 12-3-1 last 16 games.
— scored run in first inning: 19-62
— record in first 5 innings: 35-14-13

Kansas City (29-31) @ Oakland (37-26)
— Minor is 1-1, 4.50 in his last four starts.
— Royals are 6-6 in his starts.
— over 7-5
— allowed run in first inning: 3-12
— record in first 5 innings: 6-5-1
— He is 2-5, 6.05 in 10 games (7 starts) vs Oakland.

— Royals are 11-9 in their last 20 games.
— Royals are 5-12 in their last 17 road games.
— over 10-2-1 last 13 games.
— scores run in first inning: 14-60
— record in first 5 innings: 24-28-8

— Montas is 1-3, 5.40 in his last four starts.
— A’s are 7-5 in his starts.
— over 7-5
— allowed run in first inning: 4-12
— record in first 5 innings: 6-4-2
— He is 2-0, 1.62 in 3 games (2 starts) vs Kansas City.

— A’s won six of their last seven games.
— Oakland is 5-6 in its last 11 home games.
— Under is 11-4 in their last 15 games.
— scored run in first inning: 17-63
— record in first 5 innings: 26-24-13

**Udog** · 06-10-2021, 04:21 PM

MLB

Thursday, June 10

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Trend Report
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Milwaukee @ Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Milwaukee is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Cincinnati
Cincinnati is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Cincinnati is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games

LA Dodgers @ Pittsburgh
LA Dodgers
LA Dodgers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
LA Dodgers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Pittsburgh's last 13 games when playing LA Dodgers
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 7 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers

Atlanta @ Philadelphia
Atlanta
Atlanta is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing at home against Atlanta

Seattle @ Detroit
Seattle
Seattle is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games when playing Detroit
Seattle is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Detroit
Detroit is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home

San Francisco @ Washington
San Francisco
San Francisco is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
San Francisco is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games on the road
Washington
Washington is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing San Francisco
Washington is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Francisco

Houston @ Boston
Houston
Houston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Houston's last 13 games when playing Boston
Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Boston's last 13 games when playing Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games at home

Colorado @ Miami
Colorado
Colorado is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Miami
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Colorado's last 11 games on the road
Miami
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Miami's last 5 games at home
Miami is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 games when playing at home against Colorado

Toronto @ Chi White Sox
Toronto
Toronto is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games on the road
Toronto is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games on the road
Chi White Sox
Chi White Sox is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chi White Sox's last 8 games at home

NY Yankees @ Minnesota
NY Yankees
NY Yankees is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
NY Yankees is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Minnesota's last 8 games when playing NY Yankees
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games when playing at home against NY Yankees

Kansas City @ Oakland
Kansas City
Kansas City is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Oakland
Kansas City is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Oakland
Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland's last 5 games at home
Oakland is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games

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