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**Udog** · 05-02-2021, 09:03 AM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

Managers with the most career ejections:
162— Bobby Cox
121— John McGraw
100— Leo Durocher
96— Earl Weaver
88— Frankie Frisch, Tony LaRussa
84— Ron Gardenhire
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 574,383
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Armadillo: Sunday's Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday

13) There is a young man named Jamie Newman who was a QB at Wake Forest for three years:
— He backed up John Wolford one year, the guy who was the Rams’ backup LY
— Newman split time as a starter his second year.
— He threw for 2,868 yards his third year with the Deacons. Pretty good season.

Then he decided to bolt to greener pastures and transferred to Georgia before the 2020 season, hoping to raise his NFL Draft profile, but then opted out of that season, because of COVID/injury concerns. He figured, or his people figured, that his draft value would be enhanced somehow by his sitting out- they were wrong.

Newman wasn’t drafted this weekend; he signed on with the Eagles as an undrafted free agent. Had he played at Georgia last year, he undoubtedly would’ve been drafted, but now he has to make the NFL the hard way. Cost him a lot of money, at least for now.

Sometimes the grass isn’t greener on the other side.

12) Mel Kiper Jr is an NFL Draft expert: here is how he thinks some teams did:
Teams he gave an A grade to:
— Los Angeles Chargers
— Miami Dolphins
— New Jersey Jets got an A-minus.

Teams who got his lowest grades:
— Pittsburgh Steelers got a C+
— New Orleans Saints got a C+
— Indianapolis Colts got a C+

11) NFL Draft is a fascinating process; like I’ve said before, the average NFL team is worth $3B, yet teams approach the draft in many different ways. Some are obviously smarter than others.

No one KNOWS who did the best this weekend; part of it is having coaches who will get the most out of the talent that the GM assembles. It’ll be a few years before we really know who did the best drafting this weekend.

10) NFL changed things up some for Day 3 of the draft; they had some coaches/owners announce their team’s picks, which was a good idea.

Jerry Jones announced one of the Cowboys’ picks with his teenage grandson; must be fun having a grandfather who owns an NFL team.

Dallas used its first six draft picks on defensive players, by the way.

9) The Aaron Rodgers soap opera is becoming tiresome; now the Interweb says he wants the Green Bay GM fired. The weird thing about the Packers is that they’re publicly owned, so who does he air his complaints to?

There are 360,760 people who are Packers stockholders. There is a small executive committee that actually runs the team.

Packers went 26-6 the last two years; hard to imagine the GM getting fired.

8) Rams haven’t had a first round pick since 2016, won’t have another one until at least 2024, but Mel Kiper gave them a B+ grade. Les Snead is a really good GM who would rather trade for proven players than draft rookies.

7) Madison Bumgarner started the season by going 0-2, 11.19 in his first three starts. Since then, he’s gone 3-0, 1.06 in his last three starts. Go figure.

6) Cincinnati Reds’ 1B Joey Votto hit his 300th home run this weekend; he’ll be an interesting case when his Hall of Fame voting happens.

Votto has a career .418 on-base percentage, which is tremendous; made six All-Star Games, finished in top three of the MVP voting three times, winning once. I’m guessing he’ll make it.

5) Orioles 8, A’s 4:
— Oakland started this season 1-7
— A’s then won their next 13 games.
— Now they’ve lost five of their last seven games.

Very strange.

4) Major league teams now script off days for their players; Bronx TV announcer Michael Kay was talking about this Saturday, how Giancarlo Stanton didn’t play Saturday, even though he was 11-20 in his last four games.

Kay acknowledged that fans get ticked off about stars getting “days off”; hell, Stanton is a DH, why does he need a day off, especially when his bat is red hot?

I only care because he’s on my fantasy team, but Stanton looks like an NFL tight end; it is ludicrous that he hasn’t played in the field yet this season. Who is making these decisions? Doubt it is the manager; am guessing the GM/analytics people call the shots.

3) Brewers 6, Dodgers 5 (11)— Dodgers are struggling; they’ve lost 10 of their last 13 games, and now P Dustin May is hurt. They need injured OF Cody Bellinger back in the lineup.

2) Mets 5, Phillies 4— There was a really, really terrible call made in this game at 2nd base, an out-of-baseline call against Andrew McCutchen— I saw the replay and laughed, it was so bad.

Calls like this need to be reviewable; this would’ve taken 15 seconds to correct. A young umpire named Jose Navas made the call. Bryce Harper got thrown out because he was arguing from the dugout. Phillies would’ve had go-ahead run on 2nd base in the 8th inning; game was tied at the time. Michael Conforto hit the winning home run a few minutes later.

1) Minor league baseball makes its return on Tuesday; someone said on TV the other night that teams will play Tuesday-Sunday each week, playing six-game series, to lessen travel. It’ll be fun to check the minor league boxscores again, this I know.

**Udog** · 05-02-2021, 09:04 AM

553NEW YORK -554 HOUSTON
NEW YORK is 13-2 ATS (10.8 Units) versus terrible defensive teams - allowing 110+ points/game - 2nd half of the season in the current season.

555PHILADELPHIA -556 SAN ANTONIO
PHILADELPHIA is 3-17 ATS (-15.7 Units) in road games off 2 or more consecutive home wins in the last 3 seasons.

557MIAMI -558 CHARLOTTE
MIAMI is 14-27 ATS (-15.7 Units) vs. division opponents in the last 3 seasons.

559SACRAMENTO -560 DALLAS
SACRAMENTO is 10-1 ATS (8.9 Units) in road games after a win by 6 points or less over the last 2 seasons.

561PHOENIX -562 OKLAHOMA CITY
PHOENIX is 10-1 ATS (8.9 Units) in road games after a blowout win by 15 points or more over the last 2 seasons.

563TORONTO -564 LA LAKERS
LA LAKERS are 6-22 ATS (-18.2 Units) against Atlantic division opponents in the last 3 seasons.

**Udog** · 05-02-2021, 09:08 AM

NBA
Dunkel

Sunday, May 2

**Udog** · 05-02-2021, 09:10 AM

NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Sunday, May 2

Brooklyn @ Milwaukee
Nets (43-21)
— Brooklyn won five of its last seven games SU.
— Nets are 5-2 ATS in last seven road games.
— Under is 4-2 in last six Brooklyn games.

Bucks (39-24)
— Milwaukee split its last eight games SU.
— Bucks are 2-6 ATS in last eight home games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Over is 9-2 in Milwaukee’s last 11 home games.

— Brooklyn won three of last four series games.
— Nets are 3-2 ATS in last five visits to Brooklyn.
— Over is 6-2 in last eight series games.

Portland @ Boston
Trailblazers (35-28)
— Portland won/covered last three games, all on the road.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Blazers are 6-5 ATS in last 11 road games.
— Under is 11-5 in Portland’s last 16 games.

Celtics (34-30)
— Boston lost four of its last seven games.
— Celtics are 7-10 ATS in their last 17 home games.
— Over is 4-0 in their last four games

— Celtics won six of last eight series games.
— Portland is 2-1-1 ATS in last four visits to Boston.
— Over is 7-3 in last ten series games.

Miami @ Charlotte
Heat (34-30)
— Miami won/covered six of its last eight games.
— Heat is 2-4 ATS in last six road games.
— Over is 5-0 in their last five games.

Hornets (31-32)
— Charlotte won three of its last five games SU.
— Hornets are 4-1 ATS in their last five home games.
— Under is 21-7 in Charlotte’s last 28 games.

— Hornets won last three series games.
— Heat is 2-2 ATS in last four visits to Charlotte.
— Over is 6-2 in last eight series games.

Sacramento @ Dallas
Kings (26-37)
— Sacramento is 4-3 in its last seven games SU.
— Kings are 4-0 ATS in their last four road games.
— Under is 6-2 in Sacramento’s last eight road games.

Mavericks (36-27)
— Mavericks won six of their last seven games.
— Mavericks are 4-7 ATS in last 11 home games.
— Over is 7-3 in last ten Dallas games.

— Sacramento won six of last nine series games.
— Kings covered four of last five visits to Dallas.
— Under is 3-0 in last three series games.

New York @ Houston
Knicks (35-28)
— New York won 10 of last 11 games (13-1 ATS last 14).
— Knicks are 8-2 ATS in their last ten road games.
— Over is 10-4 in New York’s last 14 games

Rockets (16-48)
— Houston lost 38 of its last 43 games SU.
— Rockets are 7-8 ATS in last fifteen games.
— Under is 5-2 in their last seven games.

— Knicks won last two meetings, after losing previous eight.
— New York covered three of last four visits to Houston.
— Over is 6-1-1 in last eight series games.

Phoenix @ Oklahoma City
Suns (45-18)
— Phoenix won nine of its last 12 games.
— Suns are 2-6 ATS in their last eight road games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Over is 13-5 in their last 18 games.

Thunder (21-43)
— Thunder lost 19 of its last 21 games.
— OKC is 0-8 ATS in their last eight home games.
— Over is 6-2 in their last eight home games.

— Thunder won eight of last ten series games.
— Suns are 1-3 ATS in last four visits to Oklahoma.
— Over is 5-5 in last ten series games.

Philadelphia @ San Antonio
76ers (42-21)
— 76ers won last three games, by 31-44-22 points.
— Sixers are 4-5 ATS in their last nine road games.
— Under is 17-7 in Philly’s last 24 games.

Spurs (31-31)
— San Antonio split its last six games.
— Spurs are 1-5 ATS in last six home games.
— Over is 3-0 in Spurs’ last three games.

— Philly won six of last seven series games.
— 76ers are 2-1 ATS in last three trips to the Alamo.
— Three of last four series games went over.

Toronto @ LA Lakers
Raptors (26-38)
— Toronto lost four of its last five games.
— Raptors are 2-10 ATS in last 12 road games.
— Over is 6-4 in their last ten road games.

Lakers (36-27)
— Lakers lost five of their last six games.
— Lakers are 3-7 ATS in their last ten home games.
— Under is 3-0 in their three home games.

— Toronto won nine of last ten series games (8-2 ATS)
— Raptors are 4-0 ATS in last four series games played here.
— Under is 6-4 in last ten series games.

**Udog** · 05-02-2021, 09:13 AM

NBA

Sunday, May 2

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Trend Report
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Brooklyn @ Milwaukee
Brooklyn
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Brooklyn's last 7 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee
Brooklyn is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Milwaukee
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Milwaukee's last 7 games when playing at home against Brooklyn
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Milwaukee's last 11 games at home

Portland @ Boston
Portland
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Portland's last 6 games on the road
Portland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Boston
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games
Boston is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games at home

Miami @ Charlotte
Miami
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Miami's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami's last 5 games when playing Charlotte
Charlotte
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Charlotte's last 9 games at home
Charlotte is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home

Sacramento @ Dallas
Sacramento
Sacramento is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Sacramento is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Dallas
Dallas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Dallas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home

New York @ Houston
New York
New York is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
New York is 13-1 ATS in its last 14 games
Houston
Houston is 14-1 SU in its last 15 games when playing at home against New York
Houston is 19-3 SU in its last 22 games when playing New York

Philadelphia @ San Antonio
Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing on the road against San Antonio
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Philadelphia's last 8 games on the road
San Antonio
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Antonio's last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
San Antonio is 14-1 SU in its last 15 games when playing at home against Philadelphia

Phoenix @ Oklahoma City
Phoenix
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Phoenix's last 17 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma City
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Phoenix's last 5 games on the road
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Phoenix
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Oklahoma City's last 17 games when playing at home against Phoenix

Toronto @ LA Lakers
Toronto
Toronto is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Lakers
Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Lakers
LA Lakers
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of LA Lakers's last 10 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of LA Lakers's last 12 games when playing Toronto

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**Udog** · 05-02-2021, 10:43 AM

**Udog** · 05-02-2021, 12:58 PM

Hoop Trends for Sunday May 2
Vince Akins

ATS Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: Philadelphia at San Antonio (8:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Spurs are 8-0 ATS as a home dog after a loss in which they led by double-digits.

ATS Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Sacramento at Dallas (8:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Mavericks are 0-14 coming off a home game in whihc they scored fewer than 10 fast break points.

OU Play OVER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Brooklyn at Milwaukee (3:40 p.m. ET)

-- The Bucks are 9-0 OU (12.17 ppg) at home coming off a 10-plus point win.

OU Play UNDER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Philadelphia at San Antonio (8:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Sixers are 0-10 OU (-10.86 ppg) since Feb. 21, 2021 as a road favorite.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

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