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**Udog** · 07-14-2017, 08:17 AM

Armadillo: Friday's six-pack

— White Sox traded Jose Quintana to the Cubs for four prospects, one of whom is Eloy Jimenez, considered a top-10 prospect.

— Since 2007, Ball State is 31-13 vs spread as a football road underdog.

— Western Michigan opens the season at USC/Michigan State; good for the accountants, bad for the players/coaches.

— Since 2014, Northwestern is 10-4 against the spread on the road.

— Southern Utah’s Randy Onwuasor scored 23.6 pts/game LY; now he is transferring, a huge blow to the Thunderbirds’ Big Sky hopes next winter.

— When Rip Hamilton went to the Chicago Bulls in 2011, he paid CJ Watson $15K cash, so he could wear #32, which had been Watson’s number.

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Armadillo: Friday's List of 13: Random stuff with the weekend here……..

13) Justin Bour hit 22 homers in the first round of Home Run Derby Monday night; he didn’t advance, but the reaction his two teammates (Giancarlo Stanton, Marcell Ozuna) had after he finished his round was one of the things that makes sports great.

Stanton/Ozuna are both more famous than Bour, but their joy at his success was very cool- when you have teammates that enjoy other teammates’ successes, that makes things fun. It was refreshing to see.

12) You could wager in Las Vegas on whether the first pitch of the All-Star Game would be a ball or a strike. Turns out Jose Altuve swung/missed at the first pitch.

11) Joey Votto is a great player, but he is 0-10 in All-Star Games, tied with Terry Moore for most AB’s in All-Star Games without getting a hit.

10) Arizona Diamondbacks are usually short on pitching. On December 8, 2009, they made this trade:

Arizona got: Edwin Jackson, Ian Kennedy
Detroit got: Max Scherzer, Austin Jackson, Phil Coke, Daniel Sclereth
New York (A) got: Curtis Granderson

Not a great trade by the Diamondbacks. Scherzer is 126-59 since leaving Arizona.

9) PJ Carlesimo said De’Aaron Fox and Jayson Tatum were the two most impressive rookies in the Las Vegas summer league.

8) New England Patriots have had the same coordinators since 2012. Every other team in the NFL has had at least one coordinator change in the last two years.

7) Atlanta Falcons have a new domed stadium opening this fall: at least the food will be affordable. $2 hot dogs, $3 nachos, $5 for a Bud Light. Tickets to the games are probably expensive as hell, but the food is definitely reasonably priced.

6) Random fact: Oakland A’s assistant general manager Dan Feinstein, in charge of pro scouting and player personnel, was a Medieval European History major at Cal-Davis. Not sure if they had baseball in medieval Europe, but at least the guy went to a state college.

5) They had 7,024 people at the AAA All-Star Game in Tacoma Wednesday night. Minor league baseball is solid, affordable entertainment.

4) Suns’ GM Ryan McDonough signed a player named Mike James, who at one time played ball at Eastern Arizona College, a school McDonough said he had never heard of (me either). James went on to play at Lamar, and then in Europe for a while.

Eastern Arizona is in Thatcher, AZ; its teams are known as the Gila Monsters.

3) Las Vegas sports books saved around $100,000 because a lot of people who bet on the Cubs to win the World Series last year decided to keep their winning tickets as souvenirs, rather than cash them in. The 180-day deadline to cash winning tickets passed in May.

2) Every NFL team got $244M from the league’s national revenue sharing program last year; that is $7.8B in total revenues and thats before a ticket is sold in the stadiums. Must be nice.

1) Kid Rock might run for the US Senate from Michigan; Dwayne (Rock) Johnson might run for President. This is life in 2017.

**Udog** · 07-14-2017, 08:22 AM

WNBA

Friday, July 14

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
WASHINGTON vs. INDIANA
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games when playing Indiana
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington's last 6 games on the road
Indiana is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Indiana's last 6 games when playing at home against Washington

7:30 PM
CHICAGO vs. NEW YORK
Chicago is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing New York
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago's last 6 games when playing New York
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New York's last 5 games when playing at home against Chicago
New York is 5-12 ATS in its last 17 games when playing Chicago

10:00 PM
MINNESOTA vs. PHOENIX
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Minnesota's last 7 games when playing on the road against Phoenix
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Phoenix's last 6 games
Phoenix is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games at home

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**Udog** · 07-14-2017, 11:24 AM

WNBA
Dunkel

Friday, July 14

Minnesota @ Phoenix

Game 665-666
July 14, 2017 @ 10:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Minnesota
121.419
Phoenix
111.289
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Minnesota
by 10
171
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota
by 6 1/2
165 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Minnesota
(-6 1/2); Over

Chicago @ New York

Game 663-664
July 14, 2017 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Chicago
100.508
New York
117.628
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
New York
by 17
155
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
New York
by 8
161 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
New York
(-8); Under

Washington @ Indiana

Game 661-662
July 14, 2017 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington
117.850
Indiana
101.381
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 16 1/2
166
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Washington
by 7
162
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
(-7); Over

WNBA
Long Sheet

Friday, July 14

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WASHINGTON (10 - 8) at INDIANA (7 - 10) - 7/14/2017, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WASHINGTON is 302-360 ATS (-94.0 Units) in all games since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 58-83 ATS (-33.3 Units) when playing with 3 or more days rest since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 176-224 ATS (-70.4 Units) after a division game since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 6-3 against the spread versus INDIANA over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 6-3 straight up against INDIANA over the last 3 seasons
6 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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CHICAGO (5 - 12) at NEW YORK (8 - 8) - 7/14/2017, 7:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NEW YORK is 102-67 ATS (+28.3 Units) after a loss by 10 points or more since 1997.
CHICAGO is 15-5 ATS (+9.5 Units) in road games versus poor defensive teams - allowing 77+ points/game over the last 3 seasons.
NEW YORK is 2-10 ATS (-9.0 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
NEW YORK is 4-3 against the spread versus CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
NEW YORK is 5-2 straight up against CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
5 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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MINNESOTA (13 - 2) at PHOENIX (11 - 6) - 7/14/2017, 10:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHOENIX is 10-21 ATS (-13.1 Units) in home games in May, June, or July games over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 10-4 against the spread versus PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 11-3 straight up against PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
9 of 14 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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