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**Udog** · 06-29-2017, 07:17 AM

Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

— Angels 3, Dodgers 2— Game ended when Dodgers’ catcher threw the ball into RF trying to throw batter out at first after a strikeout/wild pitch. Winning run scored from second.

— Giants 5, Colorado 3— Rockies have scored 23 runs, hit .206 during 8-game skid.

— Phillies 5, Mariners 4— Seattle’s bullpen blew lead in ninth inning.

— Nationals 8, Cubs 4— Chicago swung at 54 Strasburg pitches, missed 26 times.

— Diamondbacks’ SS Nick Ahmed broke a bone in his hand Tuesday night when he was hit on the hand with a pitch. Tough blow for a red-hot Arizona squad.

— Chase Anderson, Milwaukee’s best pitcher, strained his oblique while batting in the second inning last night. No bueno.

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

13) James Dolan owns the Knicks and he also owns Cablevision; he fired Phil Jackson and has to eat $24M in salary. Cable TV customers in NYC and Long Island can expect their cable bills to go a little bit higher fairly soon. Someone has to pay for Dolan’s incompetence.

Now the question is this: Will the Knicks buy out Carmelo Anthony’s contract and let him walk for nothing (Houston? Cleveland?)

12) Speaking of the Rockets, they traded Patrick Beverly, Lou Williams and Sam Dekker, plus a #1 draft pick to the Clippers for Chris Paul. Paul and James Harden both ranked in the top 7 in the NBA last year in time of possession with the ball, so someone (Harden) is going to have to adjust to having the ball less.

11) Quote of the Day, part 2: Washington Nationals stole seven bases against the Cubs Tuesday night; Chicago catcher Miguel Montero wasn’t happy about it. He said this:

“That’s the reason they were running left and right today, because they [pitcher Jake Arrieta] were slow to the plate,. Simple as that. It’s a shame it’s my fault because I didn’t throw anyone out.

“It really sucked, because the stolen bases go on me. But when you really look at it, the pitcher doesn’t give me any time, so yeah, ‘Miggy can’t throw anyone out,’ but my pitchers don’t hold anyone on.”

Montero was DFA’d Wednesday, which means he basically got cut, unless they can find a trade partner in the next 10 days.

10) UCLA guard Bryce Alford will be on Golden State’s summer league team next week in Las Vegas. Summer league is great if you like the NBA— you can meet lot of people there, because everyone comes/goes out the same doors. I had great fun on my visits to the summer league.

9) Colorado Rockies pitcher Jeff Hoffman is 3-0, 1.67 in four road starts, 1-1, 8.22 in three home starts at Coors Field. He is doing really well in his rookie season.

Mr Hoffman is from Colonie, NY (just outside Albany), went to Shaker HS, which is in north Colonie— I live in south Colonie. Sam Perkins, the former NBA star, also went to Shaker High before moving on to play ball at North Carolina.

8) In extra innings at AT&T Park in San Francisco, when the seagulls are hovering over the field waiting for the game to end so they can swoop down into the bleachers and get their dinner, what happens if a fly ball hits one of the seagulls? Is it a live ball?

I asked on Twitter and it turns out if a batted ball hits a seagull, it is a live ball, much as if the ball hit an umpire. Seagulls are a part of the field, it turns out.

7) Major league umpire John Tumpane umped the plate in the Rays-Pirates game last night, but he got a very important save hours before the game even started.

Tumpane saved a woman’s life Wednesday; the woman was going to jump off the Roberto Clemente Bridge in Pittsburgh, but Tumpane, on his way back to his hotel from lunch, noticed her and talked her out of jumping.

He spent several minutes with the woman, 911 was called and the woman was taken away in an ambulance. Hope things work out well for her.

6) There is a ballpark in the AA Texas League that has a swimming pool in right-center field, kind of like the Diamondbacks’ ballpark, except this pool is elevated— takes a longer poke to hit the ball in this pool than the pool in Phoenix.

5) Quote of the Day, part 3:

“I’d see a quarterback and be like, ‘Dude is garbage, and I’m over here in the kitchen cooking turkey necks!?’ I hate to name-drop, but [Ryan] Fitzpatrick is still playing!? He leads the league in interceptions, and he’s still (bleep)ing getting paid? I mean, what the (bleep) is going on?”
Former NFL QB Vince Young

4) Baseball transactions:
— Reds put Brandon Finnegan (shoulder) on the DL, activated Austin Brice
— Royals recalled LF Jorge Soler from AAA.
— Giants put 3B Conor Gillaspie, P Mark Melancon on the DL, brought up 3B Jae-Gyun Hwang and P Dan Slania
— New York put DH Matt Holliday on DL, recalled 3B Miguel Andujar
— Detroit activated DH Victor Martinez, sent John Hicks down to AAA.
— Arizona put Nick Ahmed (hand) on DL, brought Ketel Marte up from AAA
— Mets put P Robert Gsellman (hamstring) on DL, brought Matt Reynolds up from AAA.
— Atlanta activated P Bartolo Colon off the DL, sent Jason Hursh to AAA.

3) Happy birthday to a pair of legends this week: NASCAR’s Richard Petty turned 80 years old, and comic genius Mel Brooks turned 91.

2) Chicago Cubs currently have 15 players on their active roster age 27 or younger; nine of Cubs’ 10 players who are 28+ are pitchers.

1) Was surprised to hear that when Sean McVay interviewed for the Rams’ coaching job, in his very first interview with the team, he spent two hours watching film with QB Jared Goff. I’m pretty sure that is highly unusual, for a coaching candidate to spend that much time with a player BEFORE he has the job.

**Udog** · 06-29-2017, 07:20 AM

WNBA
Dunkel

Thursday, June 29

Seattle @ Connecticut

Game 659-660
June 29, 2017 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Seattle
111.101
Connecticut
112.110
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Connecticut
by 1
164
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Connecticut
by 4
169
Dunkel Pick:
Seattle
(+4); Under

New York @ Washington

Game 657-658
June 29, 2017 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
New York
110.702
Washington
118.688
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 8
176
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Washington
by 5
168
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
(-5); Over

WNBA

Thursday, June 29

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
NEW YORK vs. WASHINGTON
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New York's last 6 games when playing Washington
New York is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games when playing New York
Washington is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against New York

8:00 PM
SEATTLE vs. CONNECTICUT
Seattle is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Connecticut
Seattle is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Connecticut
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Connecticut's last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Connecticut's last 5 games when playing at home against Seattle

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**Udog** · 06-29-2017, 09:06 AM

WNBA
Long Sheet

Thursday, June 29

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NEW YORK (7 - 5) at WASHINGTON (9 - 5) - 6/29/2017, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NEW YORK is 25-13 ATS (+10.7 Units) in road games over the last 3 seasons.
NEW YORK is 18-8 ATS (+9.2 Units) in June games over the last 3 seasons.
NEW YORK is 44-26 ATS (+15.4 Units) in road games when playing with 3 or more days rest since 1997.
NEW YORK is 15-6 ATS (+8.4 Units) in road games vs. division opponents over the last 3 seasons.
NEW YORK is 19-9 ATS (+9.1 Units) in road games after scoring 75 points or more over the last 3 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 301-357 ATS (-91.7 Units) in all games since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 5-5 against the spread versus NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 5-5 straight up against NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
6 of 10 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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SEATTLE (6 - 7) at CONNECTICUT (6 - 7) - 6/29/2017, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SEATTLE is 5-14 ATS (-10.4 Units) in June games over the last 2 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 30-16 ATS (+12.4 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 87-60 ATS (+21.0 Units) in June games since 1997.
CONNECTICUT is 24-12 ATS (+10.8 Units) in May, June, or July games over the last 2 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 17-7 ATS (+9.3 Units) against Western conference opponents over the last 2 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 17-7 ATS (+9.3 Units) in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 25-12 ATS (+11.8 Units) after allowing 75 points or more over the last 2 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 24-11 ATS (+11.9 Units) after scoring 75 points or more over the last 2 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 15-6 ATS (+8.4 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 20-10 ATS (+9.0 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 77+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 22-10 ATS (+11.0 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 77+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.
SEATTLE is 8-1 ATS (+6.9 Units) after a loss by 10 points or more over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
SEATTLE is 3-2 against the spread versus CONNECTICUT over the last 3 seasons
CONNECTICUT is 3-2 straight up against SEATTLE over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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