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**Udog** · 06-12-2015, 08:22 AM

Armadillo: Friday's six-pack

-- Former Auburn HC Gene Chizik is the new defensive coordinator at UNC.

-- Christopher Negron has played seven positions for the Reds this year; every one but pitcher and catcher.

-- Nolan Ryan threw seven no-hitters.....to seven different catchers.

-- Phil Hellmuth won his 14th World Series of Poker bracelet this week.

-- NJIT's basketball team gets into the Atlantic Sun; they had been the only team in the country playing as an independent.

-- Eagles released all-pro guard Evan Mathis, who was complaining about contract stuff; Chip Kelly is going to be under quite the microscope this season.

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Armadillo: Friday's List of 13: Random stuff with weekend here........

13) I'm concerned the concept of free speech is slipping away in our country. There are people risking their lives to protect our freedoms. Tolerance of all our opinions is important, even if some of those opinions are offensive to us.

12) Tie game Monday night, top 7th, two out. Bryce Harper tries to bunt a 1-2 pitch for a hit, but fouls it off and strikes out. No bueno, especially playing in the Bronx, where popups to rightfield are home runs. Nationals manager Matt Williams just shook his head in the dugout.

11) RIP Vincent Musetto, 74, former editor for the NY Post, the brilliant writer of attention-grabbing headlines, the best of which was........

"Headless man in Topless Bar" from April, 1983.

Really, he put that on a headline. RIP, sir.

10) Could we move Giancarlo Stanton up in the order? Batting Stanton 4th, Marcell Ozuna 5th could cost them both an at-bat every game- they're the two best hitters in the Miami lineup. You generally bat your best hitter third, no?

9) If the Braves knew the Nationals/Mets would both underachieve, think they still would've traded Craig Kimbrel to the Padres? Atlanta would be in first place if they still had Kimbrel- their bullpen has been hideous.

8) A's 7, Rangers 0-- Was 1-0 game until bottom of 8th inning; Billy Burns made two tremendous catches in CF-- here are links to those catches, one of which robbed Delino DeShields of a one-out triple.
-- 6th-inning catch
-- both catches

7) Braves committed catchers' interference yesterday with bases loaded, first time that happened since July 9, 2011.

Odd fact: Before Thursday, three of last five catchers' interference with bases loaded came with Hideki Matsui at the plate. Go figure.

6) Also in that game, Padres' Cory Spangenburg bunted a ball that actually bounced over the pitchers' head- ground in Atlanta must be very hard.

5) Seattle Mariners scored more than three runs once in their last 15 games. Oy.

4) Former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs now works as a Executive Vice President and Global Chief Communications officer for McDonald's. Gibbs was once the soccer goalie at NC State. Why does McDonald's need a corporate hotshot with such a long title?

3) Boston College/North Carolina both play two I-AA teams this year but don't play each other, despite being ACC rivals; BC-UNC would be a good September TV game, but they'd rather rip the public off playing I-AA teams. Why not play each other?

2) Ohio State is the defending national champ, but they have a revenge motive in their season opener, when they visit Virginia Tech. Hokies beat OSU last year.

1) Odd situation will play out this weekend; Padres drafted a SS named Trea Turner last year, but traded him to Washington last winter. Problem is, there is a rule that prohibits trading players who were drafted for a year after the draft, so the trade remained a poorly-kept secret while Turner plays for the Padres' AA team.

Saturday is the one-year anniversary of Turner signing, so this weekend he'll get dealt officially to the Nationals' AA team in Harrisburg. Turner is hitting .323 in the Texas League and is considered a big prospect.

1) If the baseball playoffs started today..........
NL-- Mets-Cardinals-Dodgers. Wild Card: Giants-Cubs.
AL-- Bronx-Royals-Astros. Wild Card: Twins-Rays

**Udog** · 06-12-2015, 08:23 AM

WNBA
Long Sheet

Friday, June 12

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PHOENIX (1 - 0) at INDIANA (0 - 3) - 6/12/2015, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHOENIX is 26-16 ATS (+8.4 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
PHOENIX is 24-14 ATS (+8.6 Units) as a favorite over the last 2 seasons.
PHOENIX is 19-7 ATS (+11.3 Units) in May, June, or July games over the last 2 seasons.
INDIANA is 108-141 ATS (-47.1 Units) as an underdog since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
INDIANA is 2-2 against the spread versus PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
PHOENIX is 4-0 straight up against INDIANA over the last 3 seasons
4 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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ATLANTA (0 - 2) at WASHINGTON (2 - 0) - 6/12/2015, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WASHINGTON is 260-318 ATS (-89.8 Units) in all games since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 28-49 ATS (-25.9 Units) in home games when playing with 3 or more days rest since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 164-209 ATS (-65.9 Units) vs. division opponents since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 5-16 ATS (-12.6 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
ATLANTA is 8-4 against the spread versus WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
ATLANTA is 8-4 straight up against WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
7 of 12 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WNBA

Friday, June 12

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
PHOENIX vs. INDIANA
Phoenix is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games when playing on the road against Indiana
Phoenix21-3-1 SU in its last 25 games
Indiana is 10-5 SU in its last 15 games when playing at home against Phoenix
Indiana is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games

7:00 PM
ATLANTA vs. WASHINGTON
Atlanta is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Washington
Atlanta is 1-5-1 SU in its last 7 games ,
Washington is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 5 games when playing at home against Atlanta

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**Udog** · 06-12-2015, 08:25 AM

NBA

Friday, June 12

Warriors big faves for pivotal Game 5

With the Finals tied at two and heading back to Oracle Arena in Oakland the Warriors have opened as 8.5-point home favorites over the Cavaliers for Game 5.

The Warriors easily covered as 4-point road faves in Cleveland Thursday night 103-82. Both the Warriors and the Cavs are 2-2 against the spread so far in the series.

The total for Game 5 has opened at 195.5, with the under having a 3-1 edge so far.

With win Warriors can't lose three in a row all season

The Golden State Warriors made adjustments and throttled the Cleveland Cavaliers 103-82, ending their mini two-game losing streak and evening up the series at two games apiece.

With the win, it means the Warriors will go the entire season without losing three games in a row.

The pivotal Game 5 goes Sunday back at Oracle Arena in Golden State, where the Warriors have opened as 8.5-point favorites.

**Udog** · 06-12-2015, 10:15 AM

WNBA
Dunkel

Friday, June 12

Atlanta @ Washington

Game 653-654
June 12, 2015 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Atlanta
114.800
Washington
118.316
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 3 1/2
143
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Washington
by 5 1/2
149 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Atlanta
(+5 1/2); Under

Phoenix @ Indiana

Game 651-652
June 12, 2015 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Phoenix
117.701
Indiana
108.962
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Phoenix
145
by 8
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Indiana
by 3
153
Dunkel Pick:
Phoenix
(+3); Under

**Udog** · 06-12-2015, 12:53 PM

NHL

Saturday, June 13

What's Bishop's status ahead of Game 5?

The murky outlook surrounding the Tampa Bay Lightning's goaltending situation did not get any clearer Friday.

According to Chris Johnston of Sportsnet, starting netminder Ben Bishop wasn't on the ice at the Lightning's practice. Bishop has been suffering from an undisclosed injury and did not dress in Wednesday's 2-1 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Inexperienced backup Andrei Vasilevskiy was thrust into the spotlight in his place and stopped 17 of 19 shots sent his way. Bishop is officially listed as day-to-day.

Both sides own two games apiece in the championship series ahead of the pivotal Game 5 that's set for Saturday in the Sunshine State. Sportsbooks are dealing the Bolts in the -120 ballpark.

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