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**Udog** · 07-06-2019, 08:24 AM

Armadillo: Saturday's six-pack

— Mets’ bullpen in Jacob deGrom’s starts: 51 ER allowed in 49.1 IP.

— Mets 2B Jeff MacNeil was a judge at the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest.

— The ABC affiliate in Albany is off my DirecTV; they have about 40 days to fix that, or I’m back to cable TV. Need ABC for college football Saturdays.

— All four Braves’ starting infielders homered Thursday; the last time this Braves did that was September 19, 1961.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
AL: New York-Minnesota-Houston. Wild Card: Indians @ Rays
NL: Atlanta-Milwaukee-Los Angeles. Wild Card: Nationals @ Cubs

— An earthquake in California was felt in Las Vegas; the two late games in the NBA Summer League were postponed, and the Knicks-Pelicans game was cut short in 3rd quarter.

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

14) Kawhi Leonard signed with the Clippers; he announced it around 1:55am Saturday.

13) Few years ago I was in Las Vegas during the All-Star break, was staying at Planet Hollywood. I’m playing video poker at the bar in the sportsbook during Home Run Derby, and for over an hour, all I heard was Chris Berman’s annoying “back!!! back!!! back!!!” calling the home runs.

I mean, its freakin’ Home Run Derby; stop getting excited every time one is hit.

Finally I offered the bartender $50 if he would mute the TV’s; he laughed. Turned out to be a good thing for me; I escaped the sportsbook and Berman’s voice, went out and played blackjack in the casino and won $100, so guess I should thank Berman for being annoying.

12) Miami Marlins have won two World Series, but have never been in first place on July 4th.

Teams with longest droughts since they were last in first place on the 4th of July: Toronto and Colorado, who were both in first place on July 4, 2000.

11) In 1997, a guy named Bubba Wells fouled out of an NBA game in three minutes. Really.

Wells went to Austin Peay, played 39 games for the Mavericks in 1997-98, scoring 3.3 ppg. On December 29, 1997 in Chicago, he scored a basket and fouled out in three minutes.

Should be noted that he also scored 21 in a game against the Spurs later that season.

10) Sam Mitchell, an analyst on NBA TV for the summer league games, told a story about how coach Bill Fitch would have the bench filmed during exhibition games, to see which guys were paying attention to the game and rooting for their teammates when they weren’t playing.

Every basketball team has a few guys who don’t play much; they can’t be a distraction, have to be good teammates.

9) I’ve said this many times; if you like the NBA, go to Las Vegas in July and watch the summer league— you’ll probably meet some players or coaches if you want to. It is affordable and it is fun, plus the gyms are air conditioned when it is 100 or so degrees outside.

8) Bryce Harper got his 200th career home run and his 1,000 career hit at the same time in the 6th inning Wednesday; a nitwit fan in Atlanta cost himself some swag by throwing the ball back on the field. For trivia buffs, Bryce Wilson was the pitcher.

7) Baseball stuff:
— Astros’ P Corbin Martin had Tommy John surgery Wednesday.
— Tigers put P Victor Alcantara (wisdom teeth) on IL.
— Tigers put OF JaCoby Jones (back) on IL.
— Reds put P Amir Garrett (lat strain) on IL.

6) Monday afternoon, Detroit’s Matthew Boyd became the first pitcher EVER to strike out 13 batters, walk none, but not finish the 6th inning- he allowed nine hits, four runs in 5.1 IP.

5) Washington Nationals are wearing Montreal Expo throwback uniforms Saturday, which raises the question if Montreal will be getting an expansion team soon, or will the Rays move there? Sounds like a strong possibility that one of those things will happen.

4) Jimmer Fredette left the Warriors’ summer league team and isn’t with the team in Las Vegas; he played in the Warriors’ first two games in Sacramento this week, but apparently got some lucrative offers from foreign clubs and he doesn’t want to risk an injury.

3) All four Braves’ starting infielders homered Thursday night; the last time this Braves did that was September 19, 1961.

2) This year’s baseball schedule is odd; 12 games on the 4th of July, then only 13 games the next night, a Friday night. Next year will be easier, with July 4th on a Saturday. Once they expand to 32 teams, scheduling becomes way easier.

1) Whats the worst day to have a birthday? February 29? Christmas? July 3rd? January 2nd? July 5? Most of the people I asked about this chose Christmas as the worst day— everyone else gets presents too.

December 26th might be an underrated day to have a birthday; people can go to the **** and get stuff on sale- do those people get more gifts than other people?

**Udog** · 07-06-2019, 08:26 AM

WNBA

Saturday, July 6

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Trend Report
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Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games
Minnesota is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Minnesota is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Minnesota's last 18 games on the road
Minnesota is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Connecticut
Minnesota is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Connecticut
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Minnesota's last 12 games when playing Connecticut
Minnesota is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Connecticut
Minnesota is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Connecticut
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota's last 6 games when playing on the road against Connecticut
Connecticut Sun
Connecticut is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games
Connecticut is 18-6 SU in its last 24 games
Connecticut is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Connecticut is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Connecticut's last 9 games at home
Connecticut is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Connecticut is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Connecticut's last 12 games when playing Minnesota
Connecticut is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Minnesota
Connecticut is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Connecticut's last 6 games when playing at home against Minnesota

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**Udog** · 07-06-2019, 11:47 AM

Minnesota Lynx at Connecticut Sun (-8, 155)

The Lynx and Sun – surprisingly – are headed in opposite directions coming into Saturday’s showdown in Uncasville. Minnesota is 3-1 SU (3-1 ATS) in its last four games while Connecticut has stumbled with three straight losses, failing to cover the WNBA pointspreads in each of those outings.

Now, to the Sun’s defense, those losses all came on the road and during a span in which the team played three games in seven days. Those defeats also came without guard Layshia Clarendon in the lineup (out with an ankle injury until the fall).

Connecticut’s offense fell off the face of the earth, averaging 69 points on 38.5 percent shooting during that three-game skid. Many of those troubles were happening on the perimeter, where the Sun shot a dismal 5 for 18 from beyond the arc (27.8%).

A few days off, some much-needed practice time, and a return to Mohegan Sun Arena should help jump start the team from those shooting woes. Connecticut averages 85 points and fires at a friendly 46 percent from the floor – 42 percent from 3-point range – at home this season.

And not to knock the Lynx's recent success (well... it's exactly what we're doing), but Minnesota has picked on the bottom half of the league in its last four games. It’s played Atlanta, Dallas, Indiana, and New York. None of those clubs are above .500 on the season and have a combined win/loss record of 17-32 (.285). The Lynx now meet a desperate Sun squad which is 6-0 SU and 5-1 ATS as a host this season.

Things could be closer than expected in the opening 20 minutes but with the Sun averaging 44.5 second-half points at home and the Lynx losing by an average of seven points per second half on the road, Connecticut will pull away and bring bettors along for the ride.

PREDICTION: Connecticut -8

Friday’s picks: 1-1 (Won first-half Over 83 in Mystics-Aces before game was suspended at halftime due to earthquake)
Season to date: 32-20

**Udog** · 07-06-2019, 12:29 PM

WNBA
Dunkel

Saturday, July 6

Minnesota @ Connecticut

Game 643-644
July 6, 2019 @ 2:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Minnesota
110.107
Connecticut
108.248
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Minnesota
by 2
157
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Connecticut
by 8 1/2
155
Dunkel Pick:
Minnesota
(+8 1/2); Over

WNBA
Long Sheet

Saturday, July 6

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MINNESOTA (7 - 6) at CONNECTICUT (9 - 4) - 7/6/2019, 2:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

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

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