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**Udog** · 05-19-2021, 08:54 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

Over/under win totals for NFL teams:
— Cincinnati Bengals, 6.5, -125
— Cleveland Browns, 10,-150
— Dallas Cowboys, 9.5, +110
— Denver Broncos, 8.5, -140
— Detroit Lions, 5, +125
— Green Bay Packers 9, -115

Remember, this year it is a 17-game schedule for first time.

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Armadillo: Wednesday's Den: Mid-week musings……..

13) I have a suggestion that I think would help our country; instead of Presidents having four-year terms, and being limited to two terms, I suggest that they serve only one term, but the term would be six years long. That way, they just do the work, and don’t worry about re-election.

What do you think?

12) Baseball analytics people have defenses shifting a lot, which puts players in places on the field that they’re not used to being, and that weakens the defense. I’m sure someone keeps track of this, but hits saved/hits given up by the shift would be an interesting statistic to study.

There have to be pitchers who lose their mind when they give up a soft ground ball to the opposite field, and it goes thru the infield for a hit. I’m thinking of Madison Bumgarner; he gave up one of those Monday night in LA, and he didn’t look very happy about it.

11) Genius alert: Braves rookie pitcher Huascar Ynoa broke his right (pitching) hand when he punched the dugout bench following a poor start at Milwaukee Sunday. Not good.

Ynoa had the lowest ERA on the Braves’ staff; he is out for couple months.

10) Umpire Joe West worked a Giants’ game the other night, with Mike Yasztrzemski playing for San Francisco. West has been around so long, he was in the big leagues the last eight years that Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski played in the majors— that’s Mike’s grandfather.

Giants have homered in 15 consecutive road games, by the way.

9) Detroit Tigers re-did their TV crew last season, and improved it greatly; now the analysts are Jack Morris, Kirk Gibson or Dan Petry- they’re all very good, especially Morris. Listening to him is like taking a college course on pitching. He speaks his mind, good or bad.

8) Last week was the anniversary of a game where the Phillies beat the Cubs 23-22 in Wrigley, on a day when the wind was blowing out, obviously.

— For some reason, Larry Bowa batted 2nd for Philly, ahead of Pete Rose/Mike Schmidt. A career .260 hitter with no pop (15 homers in 16 years), he would definitely bat 8th these days.
— Bob Boone caught for Philly, hit a homer; his son manages the Bronx Bombers now.
— Tug McGraw pitched in relief that day; his son Tim is a very famous singer.
— Bill Buckner was 4-7, knocked in seven runs that day.
— Dave Kingman hit three homers for the Cubs.

7) Baseball stuff:
— Mike Trout (calf strain) is out 6-8 weeks
— Mets acquired Cameron Maybin to give them some OF depth
— Braves put P Huascar Ynoa (hand) on the IL

6) Since the start of the 2018 season, Aaron Judge/Giancarlo Stanton have played on the same day only 163 of 426 games, 38.2% of the time.

Two of the best abilities: availability, durability.

5) Cincinnati Reds are 11-2 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on; Chicago White Sox are 2-8 in those games.

4) Dodgers lost their last eight one-run games, not a good thing.

3) Not to be the old guy on his lawn, but……..
— In Larry Bird’s first seven NBA seasons, he missed a total of 13 games
— Artis Gilmore was a very good 7-foot-2 center; in his first eight years as a pro, he didn’t miss a game, and the ABA played 84 games, not 82. Teams didn’t have private jets, either.
— In 2012-13, the year Kevin Durant scored 28.1 ppg, while shooting 41.6% on arc, 53.9% inside arc and 90.5% from the line, he played in 81 games, missing only one.

My point here is that NBA players today are soft; they take nights off when they’re not hurt.

2) RIP to the great actor Charles Grodin, who passed away at age 86. Funny man.

RIP to former big league infielder Rennie Stennett, 72, who played on two World Series title teams with the Pirates.

1) In 1975, Stennett went 7-7 in a game at Wrigley Field. 7 for freakin’ 7.
— Pirates won the game 22-0, scoring 9 times in first inning.
— Stennett scored five runs that day; when he was taken out of the game, a young 2B named Willie Randolph pinch-ran for him
— Pete LaCock was an OF for the Cubs that day; his dad was Peter Marshall, host of the Hollywood Squares, a very popular game show back in the day.
— Rick Reuschel started game for the Cubs; his brother Paul mopped up last two innings.

**Udog** · 05-19-2021, 08:59 AM

567SAN ANTONIO -568 MEMPHIS
MEMPHIS are 9-1 ATS (7.9 Units) after 3 or more consecutive unders in the current season.

NBA
Dunkel

Wednesday, May 19

NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, May 19

San Antonio @ Memphis
Spurs (33-39)
— San Antonio lost 10 of its last 12 games.
— Spurs are 2-4 ATS in last six road games.
— Over is 9-4 in Spurs’ last 13 games.

Grizzlies (38-34)
— Memphis won five of its last five games SU.
— Grizzlies are 1-4 ATS in last five home games.
— Under is 6-1 in last seven Memphis games.

— Teams split last ten series games.
— Spurs are 3-1 ATS in last four visits to Memphis.
— Over is 5-1 in last six series games.

Loser of this game is eliminated; winner plays again Thursday.

Golden State @ LA Lakers
Warriors (39-33)
— Golden State won eight of its last nine games SU.
— Warriors are 5-4 ATS in last nine road games.
— Over is 4-1 in their last five games.

Lakers (42-30)
— Lakers won their last five games SU
— Lakers are 2-5 ATS in their last seven home games.
— Under is 6-4-1 in their 11 games.

— Lakers won five of last six series games.
— Golden State is 3-2 ATS in last five road series games.
— Under is 6-2 in last eight series games.

Winner of this game is the #7 seed; loser plays again Thursday.

NBA

Wednesday, May 19

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Trend Report
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San Antonio @ Memphis
San Antonio
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Antonio's last 6 games when playing Memphis
San Antonio is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Memphis
Memphis
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Memphis's last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Memphis's last 6 games when playing San Antonio

Golden State @ LA Lakers
Golden State
Golden State is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Golden State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
LA Lakers
LA Lakers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
LA Lakers is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Golden State

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**Udog** · 05-19-2021, 10:16 AM

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