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**Udog** · 08-11-2018, 07:40 AM

Armadillo: Saturday's six-pack

— Nick Saban comes from modest means; his family owned a gas station in West Virginia.

— 43 of 82 Lakers games will either be on ABC, TNT, ESPN or NBATV; not the Warriors, the Lakers.

— Redskins’ rookie RB Derrius Guice tore his ACL. Not good.

— In this coming NBA season, Trailblazers will travel the most miles, Cavaliers the least.

— Melania Trump’s parents became naturalized US citizens Thursday; good for them.

— Since 2010, Alabama has had 25 first round NFL Draft picks; Florida/Ohio State are next, with 13 each.

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Armadillo: Saturday's List of 13: Random stuff with weekend here……

13) Westgate Super Contest is a $1,500 buy-in football handicapping contest; you pick five NFL games a week, and first prize is around $1M- they pay off 30 places, I think, maybe more. Thing is, if you don’t live in Las Vegas, you need a person who will put your picks in for you every week at the Westgate.

There are actually people who charge $240 or so to do this for you; talk about easy freakin’ money. 17 times, you take the person’s five picks, drive to the Westgate SuperBook, and put the picks in. Not a difficult job. Do it for, say 8 people, and thats an easy $1,920 you’re banking.

12) Miami Marlins traded 1B Justin Bour to the Phillies for McKenzie Mlls, who was 2-3, 3.51 in 20 games (16 starts) in the AA Eastern League.

Bour is making $3.4M this year, is arbitration-eligible this winter, so the Marlins cheaped out on this deal- will they ever be good? Bour has 19 homers; does this mean Carlos Santana will play some outfield for the Phillies?

11) On 4th-and-2 from the Giants’ 13-yard line Thursday, Cleveland went for it, midway thru second quarter. You would never do that in the regular season, but it made sense here, since you want to see players in game situations, and you know you can make a 30-yard FG.

10) From Doug Kern: This season, the Colorado Rockies have had two pitchers give up 10+ hits in a game but also strike out 10+ in same game; both of them lost. German Marquez did it Wednesday, and Jon Gray did it May 13.

Last team to have two different pitchers lose such a game in the same season: the 1939 St Louis Browns

9) Kansas State’s football coach, 78-year-old Bill Snyder, agreed to a 5-year contract extension thru the 2022 season. The contract increases Snyder’s pay to $3.45M for this year, which will then increase by $300,000 in both 2019 and 2020.

Snyder has been in a political struggle to determine his successor; his son has been the special teams coach at K-State for a long time. Snyder would obviously like his son to succeed him.

8) San Diego Padres saved more than $750,000 by allowing pitchers Tyson Ross and Jordan Lyles to leave on waiver claims Sunday; they also save $200,000 for every start Ross makes between 20 and 29 (he has 22 now).

7) After finishing 12th at the British Open in Scotland last month, the European Tour paid Tommy Fleetwood $154,500. One small problem; it was the wrong Tommy Fleetwood.

The guy who got the money put in his account mistakenly is a golf pro in Florida.

6) Tampa Bay Rays’ 2B Joey Wendle seems like a decent player; he was 7-17 in his last four games, is hitting .292, so of course on Thursday, he takes a seat? Why?

Does Tampa Bay have so many great players that Wendle has to sit? He is hitting .300 vs lefties, .291 vs righties, so it wasn’t that. Why do teams get run like Little League now, where everyone has to play? Play the best players!!!

5) There was recently a 3-day fantasy football convention in Fort Worth, TX. Wonder how much people paid to get into that, and whether they learned anything worthwhile.

4) How did Daniel Murphy never wind up as a DH? To me he is a lot like Wade Boggs was, a prolific hitter who would be great to pencil in the lineup every day, but you see Murphy reach for a ground ball now and he looks like a guy on his last legs athletically.

When he has a bat in his hands, he is still very dangerous.

3) More baseball stuff:
— Angels put Mike Trout (wrist) on the DL.
— Washington took Jeremy Hellickson out in 6th inning Friday, after he walked bases full with a 2-0 lead; he was also pitching a no-hitter at the time.

2) I wonder every month why ESPN the Magazine still gets delivered to my house; I don’t pay for it, it is (mostly) terrible; I just shake my head when it arrives each month.

This month is (kind of) an exception; there is a very good article about Nick Saban, and 14 stories about him that explain what makes him tick. Enjoyed the article.

1) Mookie Betts hit for the cycle Thursday but Boston lost; of the last 44 players to hit for the cycle, that player’s team went 40-4 in those games.

**Udog** · 08-11-2018, 07:42 AM

WNBA
Long Sheet

Saturday, August 11

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DALLAS (14 - 15) at ATLANTA (20 - 10) - 8/11/2018, 2:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
ATLANTA is 5-3 against the spread versus DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
ATLANTA is 4-4 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
7 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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INDIANA (5 - 24) at LAS VEGAS (12 - 17) - 8/11/2018, 10:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
INDIANA is 10-18 ATS (-9.8 Units) in all games this season.
INDIANA is 3-10 ATS (-8.0 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 77+ points/game after 15+ games this season.
INDIANA is 6-13 ATS (-8.3 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 77+ points/game this season.
INDIANA is 6-13 ATS (-8.3 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 77+ points/game this season.
LAS VEGAS is 21-10 ATS (+10.0 Units) against Eastern conference opponents over the last 2 seasons.
LAS VEGAS is 21-10 ATS (+10.0 Units) in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
LAS VEGAS is 7-1 against the spread versus INDIANA over the last 3 seasons
LAS VEGAS is 6-2 straight up against INDIANA over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WNBA

Saturday, August 11

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Trend Report
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Dallas Wings
Dallas is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games
Dallas is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas's last 5 games
Dallas is 7-16 SU in its last 23 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Dallas's last 10 games on the road
Dallas is 6-12-1 ATS in its last 19 games when playing Atlanta
Dallas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Dallas's last 11 games when playing Atlanta
Dallas is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Dallas is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Dallas's last 8 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Atlanta Dream
Atlanta is 12-1 ATS in its last 13 games
Atlanta is 12-1 SU in its last 13 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Atlanta's last 10 games
Atlanta is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Dallas
Atlanta is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Atlanta's last 11 games when playing Dallas
Atlanta is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Dallas
Atlanta is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Atlanta's last 8 games when playing at home against Dallas

Indiana Fever
Indiana is 4-13 ATS in its last 17 games
Indiana is 5-20 SU in its last 25 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Indiana's last 6 games
Indiana is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Indiana is 3-19 SU in its last 22 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Indiana's last 5 games on the road
Indiana is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Las Vegas
Indiana is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Las Vegas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Indiana's last 6 games when playing Las Vegas
Indiana is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Las Vegas
Indiana is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Las Vegas
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Indiana's last 7 games when playing on the road against Las Vegas
Las Vegas Aces
Las Vegas is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
Las Vegas is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
Las Vegas is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Las Vegas's last 12 games at home
Las Vegas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Indiana
Las Vegas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Indiana
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Las Vegas's last 6 games when playing Indiana
Las Vegas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Indiana
Las Vegas is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Indiana
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Las Vegas's last 7 games when playing at home against Indiana

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**Udog** · 08-11-2018, 01:12 PM

WNBA
Dunkel

Saturday, August 11

Dallas @ Atlanta

Game 305-306
August 11, 2018 @ 2:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Dallas
106.657
Atlanta
116.337
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Atlanta
by 9 1/2
162
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Atlanta
by 6
166
Dunkel Pick:
Atlanta
(-6); Under

Indiana @ Las Vegas

Game 307-308
August 11, 2018 @ 10:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Indiana
97.422
Las Vegas
109.886
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Las Vegas
by 12 1/2
161
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Las Vegas
by 10
167
Dunkel Pick:
Las Vegas
(-10); Under

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