Monday's WNBA Trends and Indexes - 7/11

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Trends and Indexes

Monday, July 11

Good Luck on day #193 of 2016!

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Armadillo: Monday's six-pack

Field of 12 for the Olympic basketball tournament:

Group A Group B
United States Argentina
France Spain
Venezuela Brazil
Serbia Lithuania
Australia Croatia
China Nigeria

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Armadillo: Monday's List of 13: Baseball thoughts at All-Star break.........

13) Buck Showalter is a great manager. His Orioles are 51-36, have a 2-game lead in AL East at the All-Star break, despite their starting pitchers being 29th in innings pitched, 28th in ERA- that puts a tremendous strain on their bullpen.

12) At an average Dodger home game, they sell over 15,000 Dodger Dogs.

11) Does Home Run Derby take a toll on participants?
Last year at the All-Star break Todd Frazier was hitting .284 with 25 HRs, 57 RBI, a .337 OB%.

Then he won HR Derby at his home park in Cincinnati. In his second half last year, Frazier hit .220 with 10 HR, 32 RBI and a .274 OB%. Then he got traded to Chicago.

10) A guy named Pat Shine will throw to Giancarlo Stanton at HR Derby tonite; he is the Marlins' video coordinator and in my opinion, the best guy in majors at telling his team when to challenge umpires' decisions via replay.

Shine has been an assistant coach at Cal-Irvine and UCLA; tonight he'll throw BP in front of the whole world. Little different than coaching third for the Anteaters.

9) Since start of 2013 season, over is 69-37 with Jerry Meals umping the plate.

8) Cubs' OF Matt Szczur once donated bone marrow to a 15-month old Ukrainian girl who was battling leukemia and desperately needed bone marrow that matched hers. He essentially saved the little girl's life, seeing as how she is still alive and well.

7) Bryce Harper is a great player, but he is 1 for 26 in his career against Matt Harvey. Miami pitcher Tom Koehler is 3 for 3 in his career against Harvey.

6) Cubs go into the All-Star break having lost 15 of their last 21 games; Texas goes into break having lost nine of last 12 games- they allowed 85 runs in last nine games.

5) Mike Pelfrey has made eight road starts for Detroit; the Tigers have been shut out in four of them.

4) Arizona Diamondbacks are 38-51, 15-32 at home, a huge flop. They traded closer Brad Ziegler to Boston, could dump more guys in the three weeks before the deadline, which is August 1 this year, because July 31 is a Sunday.

3) Curse of Cespedes: July 31, 2014, the A's traded Yoenis Cespedes to Boston for Jon Lester and Jonny Gomes- they were 66-41 and had been in the playoffs the two years before that. Since then, Oakland is 128-179 and summers aren't as much fun.

2) Shouldn't Colorado have an ex-pitcher as its manager? As difficult as pitching is in high altitude, you'd think an ex-pitcher would help current pitchers when their ERA gets inflated like all Rockies pitchers' do. Nothing against Walt Weiss, who is doing an admirable job in a smallish market, but I'd think about an ex-pitcher as a skipper.

1) If the playoffs started today (or tomorrow, or the next day.....)
NL: Nationals-Cubs-Giants. Wild Card: Mets or Miami @ Dodgers
AL: Orioles-Indians-Rangers. Wild Card: Toronto @ Boston

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There's one Arena League game scheduled today and that's it.

WNBA takes today off and resumes tomorrow.

This week, CFL plays one game each night, Wednesday through Saturday.

MLB returns Friday. The Home Run Derby is tonight and the All-Star game is tomorrow night.

Enjoy the break, everybody!

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WNBA Betting Recap - 7/4-7/10

League Betting Notes (Monday, July 4 through Sunday, July 10)

-- Favorites went 13-4 straight up (SU)
-- Underdogs went 9-8 against the spread (ATS)
-- Home teams posted a 12-5 SU record
-- Road teams posted a 10-7 ATS record
-- The 'under' went 9-8

Team Betting Notes

-- Indiana (9-11) posted a road win against Seattle (7-13) Sunday, and the Fever have come alive with road wins in four of the past five away from home. In addition, they have covered five in a row on the road while the 'over' is 5-1 in their past six games overall. The Fever have suddenly emerged as a favorite play of bettors at the window.

-- Dallas (9-12) had a 13-1 'over' streak going from May 18 through June 28, but now the 'under' has hit in four of their past five games. Talk about streaky. After a 4-0 ATS run from June 14-21, the Wings are just 3-5 ATS over the past eight outings.

-- Los Angeles (18-1) thumped Washington (9-12) in Sunday's game for the win and a rare cover. After starting the season 8-2 ATS in their first 10 games the Sparks are just 2-7 ATS over their past nine outings.

-- The 'over' connected for the Mystics Sunday, something which had been a frequent occurence earlier in the season. The over opened 12-0 for Washington, but Sunday's total was just their third over in the past eight outings.

-- The difficult season continues for Phoenix (8-13), as the Mercury dropped the third straight game on the road in Chicago (8-11). The Merc have covered just two of their past six games overall. For the Sky, they have been rather erratic this season, too. They're just 1-4 ATS over the past five games, and 2-8 ATS over the past 10 outings.

-- San Antonio (5-15) dropped another one on the road in New York (5-15), but they were able to cover again. Despite their difficulty picking up wins, they are a respectable 8-4 ATS over the past 12 games. The Stars are also an impressive 7-3 ATS in their past 10 road games this season.

-- After a magical start to the season it has been tough sledding for Minnesota (16-4) lately. They have won just three of the past seven straight up, and the Lynx has posted a 2-5 ATS record during the underwhelming stretch.

-- Connecticut (5-14) dropped another against Atlanta (11-9), and they narrowly missed against the number Sunday to snap a four-game cover streak. As far as the Dream is concerned, they have won and covered three in a row, and they're 5-1 ATS in their past six games overall.