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**Udog** · 07-02-2016, 09:47 AM

Armadillo: Saturday's six-pack

-- Dodgers are 14-2 in Clayton Kershaw's starts, 31-35 in all other games.

-- Joc Pederson is the 19th Dodger to go on the disabled list this season.

-- Bartolo Colon has batted 265 times in his career but has never walked, the most at-bats by any player ever without a walk.

-- Atlanta Braves have 41 HRs; no one else in NL has less than 66.

-- Cleveland's Carlos Carrasco is 15-7, 2.20 in his last 25 road starts.

-- Indians won in 19 innings Friday; Toronto used two position players as pitchers.

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Armadillo: Saturday's List of 13: Random stuff on a summer day......

This is July 4 weekend, an American holiday; here are two examples of why this is a really great country:
13) Timofey Mosgov, who started 208 games in six NBA seasons, gets $65M from the Lakers for four years. Mosgov has a career scoring average of 6.9 ppg in his 369 NBA games. He will be 30 years old in two weeks. Now he is really, really rich, and he is not close to being really, really good.

12) Every July 1, from 2010-2035, Bobby Bonilla gets a check for $1,193,248.20 from the New York Mets, who dumped him before the 2000 season, instead of paying him $5.9M. So the Mets, whose owner is the head of MLB's Finance Committee, will pay Bonilla $29,831,205, instead of paying him $5.9M sixteen years ago. Geniuses.

Send your kid outside now, with a basketball or a bat. If he is going to be 7-feet tall, the basketball is probably a wiser choice. You never know what could happen.

11) Nationals' TV announcer FP Santangelo was explaining other night how moving from shortstop to centerfield isn't all that hard, much easier than moving to a corner outfield spot, where the fly balls slice or hook a lot more. Trea Turner, the Nationals' top prospect, is learning to play center in the minor leagues.

10) Dodgers' pitcher Kenta Maeda has an incentive-laden contract; he just bagged a $250K bonus for getting to the 90-inning mark. When he gets to the 100-inning mark, he cashes in on another $250K. Maeda has a balky elbow, which is why the Dodgers made his contract so heavily weighted with bonuses.

9) Saw something I never saw before: Thursday night, Braves led Miami 8-4 with two out in the ninth inning. Ump calls a close pitch a ball and the catcher (Tyler Flowers) explodes, yelling at the umpire and he gets tossed. With two outs in the last inning.

Field mikes pick up Flowers clearly yelling, "You're bleeping terrible!!!!" at umpire Larry Vanover before he goes to the dugout. Treemendous entertainment, then the TV guys apologize for airing the foul language. Hell, that was the best part.

8) I don't give a rat's ass about the Olympics. Not one bit; I guess I'll watch some of the basketball if I think games will be competitive, but otherwise, no thanks. Lot of the golfers are deciding not to go-- Jason Day is the latest to bail on his Olympic invite.

7) Phillies have a young OF prospect named Nick Williams who is rumored to be called up to the majors fairly soon. Read a lot of good things about Williams, so I made a trade for him and he is on my fantasy team, in a keeper league.

One small problem; Williams has been benched twice in the last couple of weeks for not hustling all the time, which will obviously delay his promotion to Philly. Ticklish situation; the guy is probably pouting because he wants to get called up, which delays the one thing he wants most. Phillies need more offense-- call the kid up!!!! If he does not hustle in front of the Philly fans, they'll let him know about it.

6) Congrats to Coastal Carolina on winning the College World Series; they're the first team since 1956 to win the CWS in their first appearance there.

5) So I'm watching Oceans Eleven the other night, had never seen it before. Excellent cast: Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, One scene, they're in a casino and just sitting at a video poker machine in a tuxedo is Clooney's character, waiting for the action to happen.

I go to Las Vegas several times a year, play my share of video poker and other games. I've met lot of interesting people, but never saw George Clooney playing video poker.

4) Terrance Ferguson is headed to Australia to play pro basketball for a year, three months after his high school graduation, then he'll enter the 2017 NBA Draft. Will not be easy being halfway around the world at age 18, playing pro ball against adults, but at least the language won't be a problem. .

3) ESPN had a very nice sendoff for Mike Tirico Thursday, which was his last day working for the network after 25 years. Big loss for ESPN letting him walk.

2) Want to feel old(er)? Mike Tyson turned 50 this week.

1) Roger Goodell made $32M last year, $1M per team. Pretty good job he has.

**Udog** · 07-02-2016, 09:51 AM

WNBA
Dunkel

Saturday, July 2

Connecticut @ Dallas

Game 603-604
July 2, 2016 @ 8:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Connecticut
102.771
Dallas
110.398
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Dallas
by 7 1/2
178
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Dallas
by 10
173 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Connecticut
(+10); Over

San Antonio @ Minnesota

Game 601-602
July 2, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
San Antonio
104.065
Minnesota
117.464
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Minnesota
by 12 1/2
150
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota
by 16 1/2
155
Dunkel Pick:
San Antonio
(+16 1/2); Under

WNBA
Long Sheet

Saturday, July 2

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SAN ANTONIO (4 - 12) at MINNESOTA (13 - 3) - 7/2/2016, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SAN ANTONIO is 11-3 ATS (+7.7 Units) in road games after a non-conference game over the last 3 seasons.
SAN ANTONIO is 8-1 ATS (+6.9 Units) after allowing 75 points or more this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 6-4 against the spread versus SAN ANTONIO over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 10-1 straight up against SAN ANTONIO over the last 3 seasons
8 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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CONNECTICUT (3 - 13) at DALLAS (8 - 9) - 7/2/2016, 8:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CONNECTICUT is 15-6 ATS (+8.4 Units) against Western conference opponents over the last 2 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 15-6 ATS (+8.4 Units) in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 11-3 ATS (+7.7 Units) after a loss by 10 points or more over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
DALLAS is 2-2 against the spread versus CONNECTICUT over the last 3 seasons
DALLAS is 2-2 straight up against CONNECTICUT over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WNBA

Saturday, July 2

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Trend Report
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8:00 PM
SAN ANTONIO vs. MINNESOTA
San Antonio is 1-3-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Antonio's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Minnesota's last 12 games when playing San Antonio
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Antonio

8:30 PM
CONNECTICUT vs. DALLAS
Connecticut is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Connecticut's last 6 games when playing Dallas
Dallas is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games when playing Connecticut
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Dallas's last 6 games when playing Connecticut

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