Wednesday's WNBA Trends and Indexes - 8/5

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Trends and Indexes

Wednesday, August 5

Good Luck on day #217 of 2015!

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Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

-- Kelvin Benjamin was targeted 142 times LY, the most targets any rookie WR has had since 2007.

-- Eagles allowed 81 plays of 20+ yards LY, most in the NFL.

-- Cleveland Browns have been 1-0 once in the last sixteen years.

-- Why on God's green earth didn't the Red Sox pay Jon Lester?

-- Phillies 6, LA 2-- Phillies won 13 of their last 16 games.

-- A "quality start" should be seven innings and three runs, not six innings.


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Armadillo: Wednesday's List of 13: Pet peeves and other stuff........

13) Pet Peeve #1: I have Marcell Ozuna on my fantasy team and I'm hurting for good outfielders, since I also have Giancarlo Stnaton, who is hurt. Marlins sent Ozuna down to the minors July 5 and he is hitting .325 or so in AAA. Time to bring him back.

But no; Ozuna's agent is Scott Boras, who claims Miami is waiting until August 8 to bring him back, which will cost him a year on his arbitration clock, or something like that. As usual, the Marlins could care less about winning. They have that nice new stadium but they get their butts kicked year after year, so no one goes anyway.

12) Honesty in broadcasting: You don't get this much on local TV; when the Mets pulled ahead in the 8th inning last night, Marlins TV analyst Tommy Hutton blurted out "75% of the fans here are rooting for the Mets!!!" He didn't sound happy.

11) Pet Peeve #2: Utah Jazz got better last year, going 38-44, winning 13 more games than the year before, but yesterday, word came out that Dante Exum, who started half the Jazz' games LY and played 22 minutes a game, tore his ACL while playing in an international tournament for Australia. Awesome.

NBA teams pay their players millions of dollars, but are held hostage by these stupid summer tournamets-- the Pacers lost Paul George LY after he got hurt in a similar game at UNLV, which crippled Indiana's season. Do Utah fans get a rebate now? Exum isn't the player George was, but it hurts and now the Jazz will suffer for it.

10) If James Harden signs that $200M, 13-year deal with adidas, who would he be more loyal to, adidas or the Rockets? Houston paid him $14,728,844 LY; adidas will be playing him $15,384,615 a year. Playing in the summer gives the sneaker company lot more exposure and thats what they're looking for.

9) Pet Peeve #3-- This one made me smile, because it helped the A's. Smart people doing stupid things. A's led Baltimore 2-0, bottom of 6th, they've got a guy on 2nd and Eric Sogard is up, with Marcus Semien on deck. Buck Showalter is one of the best managers in baseball, the Orioles are so lucky to have im, but he walks Sogard to pitch to Semien. Let me repeat that-- he walked Eric Sogard on purpose. Thanks!!!!

Now Semien is no ARod, but he is a much better hitter than Sogard and he drilled a three-run homer that basically ended last night's Oakland win. Numbers are nice, but common sense is nicer. You never walk Eric Sogard on purpose, unless a pitcher is the next hitter. This was the case of a smart person making a dumb move.

Elsewhere in the world yesterday.........
8) Dave Dombrowski is out as GM of the Tigers, despite Detroit winning its division the last four years. His phone probably blew up about five minutes after word got out-- he will not be out of work very long, unless he wants to be.

This is very bad news for manager Brad Ausmus; GM's usually like to bring their own guys in to manage, especially when the uincumbent has been struggling.

7) Dan Haren is making $10M this year; he tried to dissuade a trade to Miami last winter because he wanted to stay on the west coast, but now he is on the Cubs and in a pennant race. He makes his first Cub start against the Prates tonight.

6) "He looks like a lamp post with ears." Arizona Cardinal analyst Ron Wolfley describing a rookie on the Cardinals, who apparently is very thin.

5) If you care about such things, a guy on NFL Network yesterday was touting Detroit RB Ameer Abdullah as a fantasy sleeper.

4) RB Arien Foster hurt his leg, is out indefinitely, tough blow for Houston.

3) Padres-Brewers played in Milwaukee this week; Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell played for Padres manager Pat Murphy in college at Notre Dame.

2) Check out this video of Northwestern State basketball player Jalan West playing HORSE with the school president, in the president's driveway.

1) Has to be a long summer for announcers of bad teams; they can't rip the home team, even if they deserve it and they have to come up with positive stuff to keep the viewers tuned in. Its not always easy.

Oakland broadcasts this month have featured a guy who catches foul balls in stands behind home plate, then gives them to little kids sitting near him, as well as a muskrat who was watching the game while sitting atop the rightfield fence. Seriously.

Miami announcers read texts/e-mails almost the whole game on Tuesdays; until they get Ozuna and Stanton back, it might be more entertaining than the actual games.

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WNBA
Long Sheet

Wednesday, August 5

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SAN ANTONIO (6 - 14) at WASHINGTON (11 - 7) - 8/5/2015, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SAN ANTONIO is 26-14 ATS (+10.6 Units) as an underdog over the last 2 seasons.
SAN ANTONIO is 9-1 ATS (+7.9 Units) in road games against Eastern conference opponents over the last 2 seasons.
SAN ANTONIO is 9-1 ATS (+7.9 Units) in road games in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 269-325 ATS (-88.5 Units) in all games since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 49-73 ATS (-31.3 Units) when playing with 2 days rest since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 10-22 ATS (-14.2 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 4-1 against the spread versus SAN ANTONIO over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 4-1 straight up against SAN ANTONIO over the last 3 seasons
4 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WNBA

Wednesday, August 5

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
SAN ANTONIO vs. WASHINGTON
San Antonio is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Antonio's last 6 games when playing Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games when playing San Antonio
Washington is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Antonio


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WNBA
Dunkel

Wednesday, August 5


San Antonio @ Washington

Game 601-602
August 5, 2015 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
San Antonio
109.683
Washington
114.835
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 5
144
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Washington
by 9 1/2
148 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
San Antonio
(+9 1/2); Under

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WNBA

Wednesday, August 5


Mystics on a ridiculous streak against the spread

The Washington Mystics have begun to heat up, going 5-1 straight up in their past six, but they have been even better at the betting window. The Mystics have now covered in each of their past six games.

Those six games, four of which were as favorites, have seen the Mystics average 12.8 points more than their opponents.

Washington is currently -9 when they host the lowly San Antonio Stars Wednesday.