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**Udog** · 06-09-2016, 08:19 AM

Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

Odds to win the College World Series, with Super Regionals this week

-- 5-1-- Florida, Louisville, Mississippi State, Texas A&M

-- 6-1-- Miami-- Stadium is named after A-Rod, but he never played there.

-- 7-1-- LSU-- Les Miles should coach first for a couple innings.

-- 10-1-- Texas Tech-- Wouldn't want to pitch in Lubbock if wind is blowing out.

-- 12-1-- South Carolina-- Not a lot of northern teams on this list.

-- 25-1-- Coastal Carolina, Arizona, Cal-Santa Barbara

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Armadillo: Thursday's List of 13: Doing some thinking out loud......

13) Sauerkraut got a lot of support from e-mailers today, which baffles me, but that is what makes life interesting-- we like different things.

12) I was also informed that the world's largest sauerkraut factory is in Phelps, NY, near where a friend of mine's grandfather lives. You learrn new stuff every day.

11) Speaking of which, it is now illegal to sit on a sidewalk in Saratoga Springs, NY, where the six-week horse racing meet is held every summer. Not sure if the mayor is a guy who sells benches, but that seems like a dumb thing to have as a law.

10) Maria Sharapova was suspended for two years, which means she is likely to lose as much as $50M in income during that time. Sharapova has been the world's highest-paid female athlete for the last 11 years, but that streak is over now.

9) A Uber driver from Boulder, CO won $1M in a World Series of Poker tourney this week, after being down to one $500 chip at one point in the tournament. Something you rarely read about are people who try to become pro poker players and fail; this guy went bust couple years ago, moved to Colorado and started driving for Uber, then built up some cash and took a shot in this year's WSOP and hit it big. Good for him.

8) Jacksonville Jaguars paid WR Allen Hurns $40M for four years this offseason, now find out Hurns is allergic to grass; no bueno. Will they switch to Field Turf?

7) Washington 11, White Sox 4-- James Sheilds faced 17 batters in his White Sox debut and seven of them scored, not what the struggling Pale Hose needed. He threw 84 pitches and got six outs. Chicago is 6-20 in its last 26 games.

6) Braves' play-by play Chip Caray, grandson of Harry, son of Chip, has improved a lot as a play-play guy; he used to be awful. Haven't listened to Braves' games much the last few years because I don't have any Braves on my fantasy team, but I have this year and Chip is pretty good now. He has a very good partner in Joe Simpson.

5) Phillies young pitching star Vince Velasquez left Wednesday's game after two pitches, never a good sign. Apparently some kind of biceps issue. Last thing Phillies need right now is a pitching injury. Last thing anyone needs, actually.

4) Why I like Phil Martelli as a college hoop coach; St Joe's is 12-3 vs spread in its last 15 conference tournament games, 11-4 vs spread as a road underdog in conference games. He has good players and he lets them play, which gives them confidence.

3) Rumors in NYC this week that St John's assistant coach Barry Rohrssen is off to another job, possibly to be replaced by former NBA star Mitch Richmond. St John's gets to play the Big East tournament on its home court every year, yet they are 0-7 vs spread in last seven Big East tournament games.

Then there is Providence, which covered its last seven Big East tourney games.

2) Cavaliers 120, Warriors 90-- 10 of last 12 Cleveland games were decided by 11+ points. Golden State is 3-5 on the road in playoffs. Still think all playoff series should be best-of-3 and the Finals best-of-5. Much more dramatic that way.

1) Tonight was Golden State's 102nd game this season, not counting the handful of preseason games they play; it was Cleveland's 99th game. NBA is a long season, then the draft is June 23, and the NBA Summer League is in Las Vegas starting July 8. Not a lot of rest for the executives of the good teams.

Regular season ended in mid-April, so the lesser teams have had some time off.

**Udog** · 06-09-2016, 08:24 AM

WNBA
Dunkel

Thursday, June 9

San Antonio @ Phoenix

Game 651-652
June 9, 2016 @ 10:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
San Antonio
102.516
Phoenix
116.992
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Phoenix
by 14 1/2
149
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Phoenix
by 11
156
Dunkel Pick:
Phoenix
(-11); Under

WNBA
Long Sheet

Thursday, June 9

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SAN ANTONIO (1 - 5) at PHOENIX (2 - 6) - 6/9/2016, 10:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SAN ANTONIO is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) as a road underdog of 9.5 to 12 points over the last 3 seasons.
SAN ANTONIO is 10-2 ATS (+7.8 Units) on Thursday over the last 3 seasons.
PHOENIX is 15-29 ATS (-16.9 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
PHOENIX is 10-21 ATS (-13.1 Units) as a favorite over the last 2 seasons.
PHOENIX is 8-17 ATS (-10.7 Units) in May, June, or July games over the last 2 seasons.
PHOENIX is 9-19 ATS (-11.9 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
SAN ANTONIO is 4-3 against the spread versus PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
PHOENIX is 6-2 straight up against SAN ANTONIO over the last 3 seasons
6 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WNBA

Thursday, June 9

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Trend Report
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10:00 PM
SAN ANTONIO vs. PHOENIX
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Antonio's last 6 games when playing Phoenix
San Antonio is 1-19 SU in its last 20 games on the road
Phoenix is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games
Phoenix is 18-7 SU in its last 25 games at home

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**Udog** · 06-09-2016, 08:38 AM

NBA

Thursday, June 9

Opening line for Friday's NBA Finals Game 4: Warriors +2 Cavaliers -2 Total: 206.5

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