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**Udog** · 07-09-2015, 09:39 AM

Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

-- Atlanta Braves have used 49 players already this season, 11 who had never been in major leagues before this year.

-- Minimum payroll for an NBA team this season will be $63M.

-- Jets play Giants this year, giving them is essence nine home games.

-- Costs $10M to apply for an NHL expansion team; $2M of that isn't refundable.

-- Northwestern's basketball team has finished over .500 in Big 14 play once in last 47 seasons; don't use academics as an excuse (Duke-Vandy-Stanford are all good).

-- Pirates' Josh Harrison (thumb) is out for seven weeks, a big blow.

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Armadillo: Thursday's List of 13: Wrapping up a wild, weird Wednesday......

13) Lesson of the Day: Don't screw around with fireworks; you can get hurt!!!!

Two NFL players lost a total of three fingers this week because of accidents while playing with fireworks, which are dangerous if you're not an expert. Jason Pierre-Paul may have blown a $60M contract by losing his index finger in an accident. Oy.

12) Then there is DeAndre Jordan, who used the NBA's weird rules to renege on the Dallas Mavericks to stay with the Clippers. For some reason, he signed a four-year contract instead of the maximum five with LA, but nothing about this story is normal.

11) I'm a little confused by all this, but the bottom line appears to be: Mavericks are not happy, Jordan/Clippers both look bad, the NBA looks foolish and I had no idea Chandler Parsons of the Mavericks has a supermodel girlfriend. Good for him.

It is doubtful Dallas would've let Tyson Chandler walk if they hadn't signed Jordan. They're in a difficult place now; good big guys are hard to find.

10) Jordan appears to be an attention addict, much like an insecure teenager who needs to be told how much he is needed. Maybe he'll practice his foul shots now.

9) Mavericks-Clippers has to be an Opening Night game, right? Christmas?

8) Mets went 414 plate appearances without a home run until Eric Campbell hit one in top of the 9th Wednesday. Continues to be amazing that a team with so much good pitching hasn't traded for any kind of a hitter.

Saw a 7-5 force play at third base in this game; have never seen one before. Hitter on Giants hit a dunker to LF but runner on second got confused and went back to the base. When the ball fell in, LF Campbell threw him out at third, costing the batter a hit.

7) Mets' TV announcer Ron Darling told a story on air yesterday about when he was a high school player who pitched in tournaments during the summer.

One day a scout came up to Darling and asked him if he was going to go to college. He said that he was and scout replied "Good, because you'll never pitch in pro baseball."

Darling still sounded annoyed yesterday, saying he used that quote as motivation every day from then until the end of his very good major league career.

6) Total of ten runs were scored in three Met-Giant games this week.

5) Pitcher Tommy Milone had another strong outing for the Twins; he is a good but not a great pitcher, but you can win with him. His career record is 36-24.

One of the worst part of the whole "Moneyball" approach is that it diminishes the person and whatever intangibles are involved. Milone was 6-3, 3.55 in 16 starts for Oakland LY, but they basically discarded him when they traded for Jason Hammel on July 4th. they sent Milone to AAA instead of keeping him in the bullpen-- it was wasting a useful player so they could keep the awful Jim Johnson in the bullpen. He was traded to Minnesota at the trading deadline. Ugh.

Anyway, good for Milone; he is back in the majors and doing well.

4) Cole Hamels has a no-trade list with 20 teams on it; makes it tough to trade him.

3) How bad is Hanley Ramirez in outfield? Ramirez has DH'd twice this week, with David Ortiz playing first base. Ortiz hadn't played 1B in an AL game since 2006.

2) Former NBA coach Mike D'Antoni sold his house in Manhattan Beach for $9.5M this month. Looks like a real nice house. For $9.5M, it better be.

1) What must the New Jersey Giants think when they send their trainer to Miami to see Jason Pierre-Paul and he won't see the trainer? Someone leaked his medical info to ESPN, which opens up a whole different can of worms, but the young man lost his index finger, which is a lot worse than when Ronnie Lott lost his pinky during his Hall of Fame playing career.

Sports are big business; can he still be a useful player without an index finger?

**Udog** · 07-09-2015, 09:45 AM

WNBA
Dunkel

Thursday, July 9

New York @ Washington

Game 651-652
July 9, 2015 @ 11:30 am

Dunkel Rating:
New York
112.801
Washington
113.637
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 1
136
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Washington
by 4 1/2
142
Dunkel Pick:
New York
(+4 1/2); Under

WNBA
Long Sheet

Thursday, July 9

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NEW YORK (6 - 4) at WASHINGTON (6 - 4) - 7/9/2015, 11:30 AM
Top Trends for this game.
NEW YORK is 39-22 ATS (+14.8 Units) in road games when playing with 3 or more days rest since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 263-323 ATS (-92.3 Units) in all games since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 49-73 ATS (-31.3 Units) when playing with 3 or more days rest since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 167-212 ATS (-66.2 Units) vs. division opponents since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 7-20 ATS (-15.0 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 12-25 ATS (-15.5 Units) in home games off a upset loss as a favorite since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 13-33 ATS (-23.3 Units) after scoring 55 points or less since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
NEW YORK is 6-5 against the spread versus WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 6-5 straight up against NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
7 of 11 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WNBA

Thursday, July 9

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Trend Report
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11:30 AM
NEW YORK vs. WASHINGTON
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New York's last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
New York is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Washington's last 19 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington's last 6 games

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