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**Udog** · 08-30-2020, 12:05 PM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

Leaders in OPS this season:
1.212— Juan Soto, Wash
1.167— Jesse Winker, Cin
1.102— Luke Voit, NYY
1.098— Nelson Cruz, Minn
1.048— Tim Anderson, CWS
1.045— Bryce Harper, Phil

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 184,786
Please wear a mask when you go out.

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Armadillo: Sunday's Den: Random thoughts on a summer day

13) I’m a big fan of the Showtime series Ray Donovan, which stars Liev Schrieber; the Donovan family is from Boston in that show, so Schrieber’s character talks with a Boston accent.

I had no idea until a few months ago that Schrieber also does voice-overs for HBO’s Hard Knocks and other sports specials. That voice doesn’t have a Boston accent. Go figure.

12) There is talk of major league baseball going to a bubble format for the playoffs; American League bubbles would be in LA, San Diego. National League bubbles would be in the two Texas ballparks. World Series is rumored to be headed to the Rangers’ new ballpark in Arlington.

11) Toronto 5, Baltimore 0— Blue Jays’ acquisition of Taijuan Walker pays immediate dividends; he blanked the Orioles for six innings to get the win in Buffalo.

10) A’s acquired utility guy Tommy LaStella from the Angels this week; I’m guessing he will see some time at both 1B, 3B, to let Matt Chapman, Matt Olson get some days off from the field as the playoffs approach- they would probably still DH on those days.

Marcus Semien left Saturday’s game with a side injury, so Chapman will play SS and they will fill in with other guys at 3B for now.

9) Right now, the Phillies are a playoff team; they’re 13-4 when they score 5+ runs, 1-10 when they score fewer than five runs.

8) We talked a couple weeks ago about a pitcher named Chad Bell who was struggling so badly in the KBO that it was painful to watch. It took him 77 pitches to get thru three innings in the game I described. It almost looked like he had the yips about throwing a baseball.

Since then, Bell has turned things around; in three starts since that game, Bell is 2-0, 0.47, allowing one run in 19 innings. Good for him.

7) Bucks 118, Magic 104 (Milwaukee wins series 4-1)
— Game was 67-50 at the half; not a lot of resistance from Orlando.
— Milwaukee plays Miami in the next round.

6) Lakers 131, Portland 122 (Lakers win series 4-1)
— Lakers scored 117.2 ppg in this series.
— LA plays the winner of the Rockets-Thunder series.

5) Rockets 114, Thunder 80 (Houston leads series 3-2)
— Houston outscored OKC 37-18 in third quarter.
— It was such an easy win, Rockets took more 2-point shots than 3-pointers.

4) Golf trivia; Last time a non-major was won by a guy who shot over par for the week was the 1981 Byron Nelson Classic, when Bruce Lietzke won with a score of +1.

3) RIP to the great basketball coach Lute Olson, who passed away this week at age 85.

Olson built a great program from next-to-nothing at Arizona, leading the Wildcats to three Final Fours and the 1997 national title. He also led Iowa to the 1980 Final Four.

RIP to actor Chadwick Boseman, 43; he passed away this week after a 4-year bout with cancer. I remember him from his role as the linebacker who unexpectedly got drafted first by the Cleveland Browns in the movie Draft Day. 43 is way too young to go. RIP, sir.

2) I am seriously tired of being asked for money; animal rights groups, politicians, kids’ groups, groups that fight diseases, you name it. Seems like once you contribute to something, your name gets put on a suckers’ list and they spread that list around. Please go away.

1) If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):
AL East- Tampa Bay, New York
AL Central- Minnesota, Chicago
AL West- Oakland, Houston
AL Wild Cards- Minnesota, Toronto

NL East- Atlanta, Mia/Phil
NL Central- Chicago, Milwaukee
NL West- Los Angeles, San Diego
NL Wild Cards- Colorado, Mia/Phil

**Udog** · 08-30-2020, 12:06 PM

WNBA
Dunkel

Sunday, August 30

Connecticut @ Washington

Game 673-674
August 30, 2020 @ 4:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Connecticut
111.624
Washington
102.778
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Connecticut
by 9
159
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Connecticut
by 4 1/2
163
Dunkel Pick:
Connecticut
(-4 1/2); Under

Phoenix @ Minnesota

Game 675-676
August 30, 2020 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Phoenix
109.878
Minnesota
110.972
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Minnesota
by 1
160
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota
by 3 1/2
165 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Phoenix
(+3 1/2); Under

Atlanta @ Los Angeles

Game 677-678
August 30, 2020 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Atlanta
96.124
Los Angeles
119.240
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Los Angeles
by 23
167
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Los Angeles
by 14 1/2
164
Dunkel Pick:
Los Angeles
(-14 1/2); Over

WNBA
Long Sheet

Sunday, August 30

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CONNECTICUT (6 - 9) vs. WASHINGTON (4 - 10) - 8/30/2020, 4:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 7-6 against the spread versus CONNECTICUT over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 7-6 straight up against CONNECTICUT over the last 3 seasons
6 of 12 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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PHOENIX (8 - 7) vs. MINNESOTA (10 - 4) - 8/30/2020, 6:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 5-1 against the spread versus PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 6-1 straight up against PHOENIX 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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ATLANTA (3 - 12) vs. LOS ANGELES (11 - 3) - 8/30/2020, 8:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
ATLANTA is 4-2 against the spread versus LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES is 5-2 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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WNBA

Sunday, August 30

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Trend Report
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Connecticut @ Washington
Connecticut
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Connecticut's last 6 games when playing Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Connecticut's last 7 games
Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games when playing Connecticut
Washington is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Connecticut

Phoenix @ Minnesota
Phoenix
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Phoenix's last 6 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Phoenix's last 7 games on the road
Minnesota
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Phoenix
Minnesota is 13-1 SU in its last 14 games when playing at home against Phoenix

Atlanta @ Los Angeles
Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Atlanta's last 11 games when playing on the road against Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Atlanta's last 8 games when playing Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Los Angeles is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

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