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**Udog** · 07-02-2017, 07:42 AM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

— Amir Johnson gets $11M for one year from Philly; he has earned $65M in a 12-year career, as one of the last guys to go directly from HS to the pros.

— Mets 7, Phillies 6— Asdrubel Cabrera hit the GW homer on his bobblehead day.

— Singer Bruce Hornsby’s son Keith is on the Dallas Mavericks’ summer league team; he played college ball at LSU.

— Over last six years, Iona and Cal-Northridge have had 16 players transfer into their basketball programs, most in the country.

— North Carolina is only D-I basketball program in the country that hasn’t had a player transfer out in the last six years.

— There were 1,101 home runs hit in the major leagues in June, the most ever in one month, passing May of 2000, when 1,069 taters were hit.

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Armadillo: Sunday's List of 13: Random thoughts on a summer day……

13) I spent a few days in Boston in August, 2003, saw the A’s play twice at Fenway Park.

One of the things I remember most about the trip is that after the game the first night, the newspaper the next day had 8 PAGES OF RED SOX COVERAGE after a Tuesday night game in August, and this was the year before they won their first World Series in 86 years.

My point is this: If David Price has a thin skin with media coverage, he is in exactly the wrong city. Price is making $30M+ for the next six years, and with that comes scrutiny and praise and if things don’t go well, criticism.

Take some of that $30M and buy some Bose headphones, to drown out the noise.

12) Red Sox manager John Farrell was in Kansas City Saturday to see his son Luke make his major league debut on the mound for the Royals; he got KO’d by the Twins in the 3rd inning. While that was going on, the Red Sox won 5-0 in Toronto without their manager.

I was surprised after reading that Farrell got the day off to go to Kansas City for the day, with the Red Sox in the pennant race and all.

11) Quote/Tweet of the Day, part 2:
“I strongly suggest that a young baseball pitcher NOT throw a curveball until they are 14 or 15 yrs old to protect your growth plate.”
Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven, owner of one of the best curveballs ever

10) Jose Abreu’s first 13 home runs this year came on the road, but he homered at home the last two days. When the weather heats up, so does Abreu’s bat- he should be play for Arizona or Miami, where it is always hot.

9) Chicago Bears were -20 in turnovers last year, are 14-34 the last three years, and now have all-new QB’s this season. No pressure on John Fox……..think of the Rams last year. Jeff Fisher on a hot seat with a similar QB situation; it didn’t end well.

8) Braves’ 3B coach Ron Washington is a great infield instructor and from all accounts, also a terrific guy- he worked for the A’s for a long time. Three hours before the Braves-A’s game Saturday, he was hitting grounders in foul territory down the first base line to a teenager, the son of A’s groundskeeper Clay Wood, helping him get better. Cool thing to see.

7) It still boggles my mind that Steph Curry will now make $40M a year , though Zack Greinke makes $34.4M and he will only pitch 32 games at most this year.

6) They drew 14,014 fans at a minor league game in Sacramento Friday night to see Madison Bumgarner throw in a rehab start. Bumgarner threw 3.2 innings.

5) NBA doings:
— Minnesota signed PG Jeff Teague for three years, $57M
— Golden State gave Shaun Livingston $24M for three years; he started a total of eight games the last three years, played 17.7 mpg LY.
— Clippers re-signed Blake Griffin for five years, $173M. Griffin missed 80 games the last three seasons, when the Clippers were 12-15 in playoff games.
— Jrue Holiday gets five years, $126M to stay in New Orleans.
— JJ Redick gets $23M for one year from the 76ers. JJ Redick. $23M. Oy.

4) Quote of the Day, part 3, from an NBA scout:
“When you’re watching a game live, you aren’t necessarily looking at the game. You’re looking at how the player warms up, how he reacts when the team is losing, how he reacts to the coach yelling at him, how he interacts with his teammates, whether he has confrontations with the referee or fans, how he acts during timeouts, how he handles being benched. There are so many things that you’re watching for that have nothing to do with the player’s skills.”

3) If you’re an NBA fan, the Orlando summer league is on NBA TV the next few days, then the Las Vegas summer league kicks off Friday, with 24 teams in it.

2) I write this once a year and it remains true; every high school/college basketball player should watch the NBA summer leagues, if only for a little while, so they can see firsthand how difficult it is to make it to the NBA and then make a roster for good.

Watch for a little while, then go find a gym and work on your game. A lot.

1) July 1 was Canada Day and it is also Bobby Bonilla-gets-paid Day; every July 1 from now until 2035, Bonilla will get $1.19M from the Mets.

Mets released Bonilla in January 2000 even though they still owed him $5.9 million in salary. Rather than accept the $5.9 million up front, Bonilla agreed to defer the money in exchange for 8% interest- the first payment came in 2011, by which time the $5.9M had grown to $29.8M.

Owner of the Mets, by the way, is the head of baseball’s Finance Committee.

**Udog** · 07-02-2017, 07:45 AM

WNBA

Sunday, July 2

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Trend Report
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5:00 PM
WASHINGTON vs. LOS ANGELES
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 5 games when playing Los Angeles
The total has gone OVER in 17 of Washington's last 25 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 5 games when playing Washington
Los Angeles is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington

6:00 PM
NEW YORK vs. ATLANTA
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New York's last 5 games
New York is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Atlanta is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 13 of Atlanta's last 19 games when playing at home against New York

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**Udog** · 07-02-2017, 08:27 AM

WNBA
Dunkel

Sunday, July 2

New York @ Atlanta

Game 673-674
July 2, 2017 @ 6:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
New York
112.801
Atlanta
104.888
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
New York
by 8
163
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
New York
by 2
156 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
New York
(-2); Over

Washington @ Los Angeles

Game 671-672
July 2, 2017 @ 5:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington
112.590
Los Angeles
122.680
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Los Angeles
by 10
160
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Los Angeles
by 5 1/2
165 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Los Angeles
(-5 1/2); Under

**Udog** · 07-02-2017, 09:16 AM

WNBA
Long Sheet

Sunday, July 2

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WASHINGTON (10 - 5) at LOS ANGELES (11 - 3) - 7/2/2017, 5:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WASHINGTON is 302-357 ATS (-90.7 Units) in all games since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 20-37 ATS (-20.7 Units) in road games on Sunday games since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 176-223 ATS (-69.3 Units) after a division game since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 12-26 ATS (-16.6 Units) after allowing 55 points or less since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 8-1 ATS (+6.9 Units) as a road underdog of 3.5 to 6 points over the last 2 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 59-90 ATS (-40.0 Units) in a home game where where the total is greater than or equal to 150 since 1997.
LOS ANGELES is 53-76 ATS (-30.6 Units) in home games against Eastern conference opponents since 1997.
LOS ANGELES is 53-76 ATS (-30.6 Units) in home games in non-conference games since 1997.
LOS ANGELES is 71-99 ATS (-37.9 Units) in home games after allowing 75 points or more since 1997.
LOS ANGELES is 171-218 ATS (-68.8 Units) after scoring 75 points or more since 1997.
LOS ANGELES is 83-117 ATS (-45.7 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 77+ points/game since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
LOS ANGELES is 5-1 against the spread versus WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES is 5-1 straight up against WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
6 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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NEW YORK (7 - 6) at ATLANTA (5 - 7) - 7/2/2017, 6:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NEW YORK is 102-66 ATS (+29.4 Units) after a loss by 10 points or more since 1997.
NEW YORK is 38-20 ATS (+16.0 Units) after scoring 55 points or less since 1997.
ATLANTA is 10-20 ATS (-12.0 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 77+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
NEW YORK is 6-3 against the spread versus ATLANTA over the last 3 seasons
NEW YORK is 7-2 straight up against ATLANTA over the last 3 seasons
5 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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