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**Udog** · 08-14-2020, 09:11 AM

Armadillo: Friday's six-pack

Week 1 NFL spreads:
— Philadelphia (-6, 45) @ Washington
— Chicago @ Detroit (-1.5, 44)
— Indianapolis (-7, 44.5) @ Jacksonville
— Green Bay @ Minnesota (-3.5, 46.5)
— Chargers (-3, 44) @ Cincinnati
— Arizona @ San Francisco (-7.5, 46)

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 166,661
Please wear a mask when you go out.

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

13) So we had some excitement in the neighborhood Thursday night; around 6:30, I’m outside talking to a neighbor, and we hear this loud noise coming from a bullhorn. I live on a quiet suburban street just outside of Albany; not much ever happens here, but this was loud, and it went on for a few minutes.

We decide to explore, and take a walk down the street, where we find 20-30 people gathered on the sidewalk, around this jackass who is shouting “white supremacy!!!” over and over into his bullhorn. Couldn’t tell if the people around him were for him, against him or just weirded out by the whole thing, but there were four State Trooper cars there- the troopers were making sure no BS broke out. As far as I could tell, nothing really happened.

The next three months might be very long in this country.

12) The event occurred outside a store that makes cakes; upon further review, it turns out they had made a cake in the shape of a MAGA hat and posted a pic of it on social media, and because of that, some Black Lives Matter people came to the shop to protest. Albany Times-Union said there were 125 people there, and people were yelling at each other, but nothing worse happened.

The idea that there were troopers there means that people knew about it beforehand.

11) Dodgers 11, Padres 2— Mookie Betts hit three homers in the first five innings for LA; it was the 6th 3-homer game of his career.

10) A pitcher named Joe Cowley went 33-25 in a 5-year major league career in the 80’s; he threw a no-hitter for the White Sox in September of 1986. Turns out it was the last win of his big league career- he went 0-4 for Philly in ’87 and that was the end of his career. Pretty unusual for your last career win to be a no-hitter.

9) Stephen Strasburg got tossed out of the Washington-New York game while he was sitting in the stands watching the game. He was carping about ball/strike calls. Strasburg is pitching today; for his sake, hope there is a different umpiring crew working this game.

By the way, the two teams will resume Sunday’s suspended game before tonight’s regularly scheduled game. Orioles led that game 5-2 in the sixth inning.

8) Reds’ 3B Eugenio Suarez hit 49 homers last year; he hit 130 homers from 2016-19, but so far this year, he is hitting .115 in his first 74 at-bats. No bueno.

7) Much has been made about how the major league average this season is the lowest ever, lower even than 1968, but in ’68, the slugging %age in the majors was .340. This year, the slugging %age in the majors is .403, a pretty big difference. Fewer hits maybe, but more extra base hits.

6) Colorado 2B Ryan McMahon hit a homer on a 3-0 pitch the other night, the first time a Colorado player homered on a 3-0 pitch since Michael Cuddyer back in 2014.

5) FOX and ESPN insist on showing Boston-New York games this weekend, despite the fact that the Red Sox aren’t fielding a major league pitching staff this season. They’re 6-13 and sinking fast; would be nice if the TV networks would focus on some of the better teams.

4) Cory Sullivan does TV studio work for the Colorado Rockies; he used to play OF for the Rockies. In 2006, Sullivan tied a major league record by hitting two triples during a 7-run fifth inning, just the 11th player to hit two triples in the same inning, and the first one since 1951.

3) Steph Curry is going to represent Golden State at the NBA Draft Lottery, which will be odd; Warriors have been so good for the last decade, now all of a sudden they have a shot at the first pick in the draft.

2) One of the advantages of this summer is that one of the NHL’s bubbles is in Edmonton, which means we occasionally get late night hockey, never a bad thing.

1) 15% of our nation’s postal workers are military veterans, something to think about when people want to get rid of the Postal Service.

**Udog** · 08-14-2020, 09:14 AM

WNBA

Friday, August 14

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Trend Report
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Connecticut @ Chicago
Connecticut
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Connecticut's last 5 games when playing on the road against Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Connecticut's last 8 games when playing Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Connecticut
Chicago is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

Seattle @ Dallas
Seattle
Seattle is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Dallas
Seattle is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Dallas
Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Dallas's last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Dallas's last 17 games when playing at home against Seattle

Atlanta @ Phoenix
Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Atlanta's last 8 games when playing Phoenix
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Atlanta's last 9 games when playing on the road against Phoenix
Phoenix
Phoenix is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Atlanta
Phoenix is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Atlanta

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**Udog** · 08-14-2020, 10:36 AM

WNBA
Dunkel

Friday, August 14

Connecticut @ Chicago

Game 673-674
August 14, 2020 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Connecticut
106.048
Chicago
117.533
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Chicago
by 11 1/2
161
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Chicago
by 5
171 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Chicago
(-5); Under

Seattle @ Dallas

Game 675-676
August 14, 2020 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Seattle
118.316
Dallas
102.907
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Seattle
by 5 1/2
162
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Seattle
by 12
157 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Seattle
(-12); Over

Atlanta @ Phoenix

Game 677-678
August 14, 2020 @ 10:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Atlanta
99.646
Phoenix
106.774
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Phoenix
by 7
163
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Phoenix
by 10 1/2
170
Dunkel Pick:
Atlanta
(+10 1/2); Under

WNBA
Long Sheet

Friday, August 14

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CONNECTICUT (3 - 6) vs. CHICAGO (6 - 3) - 8/14/2020, 7:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
CHICAGO is 6-1 against the spread versus CONNECTICUT over the last 3 seasons
CHICAGO is 4-3 straight up against CONNECTICUT over the last 3 seasons
6 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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SEATTLE (8 - 1) vs. DALLAS (3 - 6) - 8/14/2020, 8:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
SEATTLE is 6-1 against the spread versus DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
SEATTLE is 6-1 straight up against DALLAS 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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ATLANTA (2 - 7) vs. PHOENIX (5 - 4) - 8/14/2020, 10:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

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

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