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**Udog** · 05-26-2021, 08:13 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

College football over/under win totals:
— Alabama 11.5
— Clemson 11.5
— Cincinnati 10
— Auburn 7
— Arkansas 5.5
— Baylor 5.5

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

13) Umpire Joe West worked in his 5,376th major league game last night, breaking the all-time record. He first umpired in the big leagues at age 24, which is pretty amazing.

12) Speaking of umpires, saw something I don’t think I ever saw before. Sunday night in St Louis, Adam Wainwright is pitching to Kris Bryant in the 4th inning— first two pitches of the at-bat are both marginal, are both called strikes.

Cubs manager David Ross comes out of the dugout and gets in the face of the home plate ump, who throws him out of the game- his guy didn’t strike out, he just took two pitches, and the manager gets tossed. Game was scoreless at the time.

Maybe Ross bet the over, I don’t know, or maybe the ump had the under; Wainwright wound up having 31 of his pitches called strikes, which is a really, really high number. Cubs starter Davies only had 12 strikes called, but he is more of a pitch-to-contact guy.

Anyway, it struck me as odd. Erich Bacchus was the ump, a new umpire.

11) Then there is Houston P Cristian Javier, who threw 94 pitches in his start at Texas Sunday; only 8 of those 94 pitches were put into play. 50 strikes, 44 balls; six walks, five strikeouts- he gave up only one hit, but lasted only 4.2 innings in the Astros’ 3-2 loss.

These days, one of the starting pitcher’s jobs is to get deeper into games, to take the strain off of the bullpen, seeing how the starters are supposed to be the team’s best pitchers. Finishing six innings consistently helps a team that day, and for the next couple days.

10) Genius alert: Indians P Zach Plesac suffered a non-displaced fracture of his right (throwing) thumb when he was really mad after a bad start, and was tearing his jersey off in anger— his right hand smacked against a chair, and he broke his thumb. Awesome.

9) Toronto shortstop Bo Bichette is hitting 2-31 against Tampa Bay this year, .325 against everyone else, which adds up to .270 overall.

8) Tampa Bay has used 49 different lineups in its first 50 games; if they ever decide to do another Moneyball movie, they should do it on the Rays, who do some very unusual things.

7) Colorado Rockies are now 3-18 on the road after splitting a pair at CitiField this week; they were the first team to start a season 2-17 on the road since the ’06 Kansas City Royals.

6) Houston Astros are 3-12 on the road when they score less than 7 runs; they’re 8-0 on the road if they score 7+ runs.

5) Baseball injury stuff:
— Bruce Harper (forearm) went on the IL
— Corey Kluber (elbow) left his start Tuesday after 3 innings.
— Zach Plesac (thumb) went on the IL
— Noah Syndergaard left his rehab start after only one inning, which obviously is bad news.

4) Cowboys’ LB Jaylon Smith wants to switch from #54 to #9; when an NFL player wants to switch numbers, the rules say he has to buy out the current inventory of jerseys/T-shirts of his old number- that will cost Smith around half a million bucks.

He must really like number 9.

3) Wayne Gretzky is going to be an NHL analyst on TNT next fall, when that network begins its coverage of the NHL. You never know if a guy is going to be good or not on the air; Gretzky is probably the greatest player ever, but will he be critical? Funny? Will he tell great stories from his career, without harping on himself?

I would bet on him to be good, but time will tell.

2) Back in my high school days, I took a course on speed reading, it was an actual course, taught by Mr O’Brien, who looked a little like Burl Ives, the singer.

Anyway, all I remember about the course was that they told you when you read a book, to read the first and last paragraph of each chapter, then the first sentence of every other paragraph.

They said a well written book would contain the vast majority of its information in those areas, and you could save a lot of time by skipping the rest. Wonder if they still teach that stuff?

Also, I am told they don’t teach cursive writing in schools anymore; how do people learn how to sign their names?

1) If the playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Mets-Cardinals-Padres. Wild Card: Giants @ Dodgers
AL: Rays-White Sox-A’s. Wild Card: New York @ Boston

**Udog** · 05-26-2021, 08:15 AM

**Udog** · 05-26-2021, 08:18 AM

541WASHINGTON -542 PHILADELPHIA
WASHINGTON is 10-1 ATS (8.9 Units) after 2 straight games where they made 50% of their shots or better in the current season.

543ATLANTA -544 NEW YORK
NEW YORK is 17-2 ATS (14.8 Units) in home games when the line is +3 to -3 in the current season.

545MEMPHIS -546 UTAH
UTAH is 14-4 ATS (9.6 Units) in home games as a favorite of 3.5 to 9.5 in the current season.

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Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, May 26

Game 2’s, best-of-7:
Washington @ Philadelphia
Wizards
— Wizards won three of their last five games SU.
— Washington is 4-2-1 ATS in last seven road games.
— Under is 4-2 in their last six games.
— In Game 1, Wizards’ starters other than Beal/Westbrook were minus-49

76ers (lead 1-0)
— 76ers won 11 of their last 13 games (8-5 ATS).
— Sixers are 5-2 ATS in their last seven home games.
— Over is 5-1 in Philly’s last six home games.
— In Game 1, 76ers outscored Washington 23-12 on foul line.

— 76ers won last six series games.
— Wizards are 3-3 ATS in last six visits to Philly.
— Under is 3-2 in last five series games.

Atlanta @ New York
Hawks (lead 1-0)
— Hawks won eight of last nine games (6-3 ATS).
— Hawks are 1-5 ATS in their last six road games.
— Under is 4-0 in their last four games.
— In Game 1, Bogdanovic was +17; no one else was better than +8.

Knicks
— New York won four of its last six games.
— Knicks are 9-4 ATS in their last 13 home games.
— Under is 6-2 in New York’s last eight games.
— Knicks are in playoffs for first time in eight years.
— In Game 1, Randle was only 6-23 from floor.

— Knicks won four of last five series games.
— Three of last six series games went to OT.
— Hawks are 2-4 ATS in last six trips to Manhattan.
— Over is 5-2 in last seven series games.

Memphis @ Utah
Grizzlies (lead 1-0)
— Memphis won eight of its last nine games SU.
— Grizzlies are 5-7 ATS in last 12 games, 4-2 in last six on road.
— Under is 7-3 in last ten Memphis games.
— In Game 1, Memphis won despite their subs shooting 7-21.
— Grizzlies took 80 two-point shots, 20 3’s.

Jazz
— Utah won seven of its last ten games SU.
— Jazz is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 home games.
— Under is 3-1 in Utah’s last four games.
— In Game 1, Conley was +11; they were minus-14 in 15:00 he sat out.
— Jazz took 47 3’s, only 34 two-point shots.

— Utah won last six series games (4-2 ATS)
— Grizzlies are 2-3 ATS in last five visits to Utah.
— Over is 4-1 in last five series games.

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Wednesday, May 26
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Trend Report

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Washington @ Philadelphia
Washington
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
Washington is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington

Atlanta @ New York
Atlanta
Atlanta is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta's last 5 games
New York
New York is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New York's last 6 games

Memphis @ Utah
Memphis
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Memphis's last 5 games when playing on the road against Utah
Memphis is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games
Utah
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Utah's last 5 games when playing at home against Memphis
Utah is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Memphis

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**Udog** · 05-26-2021, 09:02 AM

wrong Dunkel in wrong thread....

**Udog** · 05-26-2021, 10:18 AM

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Dunkel

Wednesday, May 26

**Udog** · 05-26-2021, 10:20 AM

**Satch** · 05-26-2021, 10:57 AM

WASHINGTON (35 - 40) at PHILADELPHIA (50 - 23) - 5/26/2021, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHILADELPHIA is 39-31 ATS (+4.9 Units) in all games this season.
PHILADELPHIA is 32-23 ATS (+6.7 Units) as a favorite this season.
PHILADELPHIA is 40-24 ATS (+13.6 Units) in home games over the last 2 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 21-10 ATS (+10.0 Units) in a home game where the total is greater than or equal to 220 over the last 2 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 21-12 ATS (+7.8 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record this season.
PHILADELPHIA is 36-27 ATS (+6.3 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 106+ points/game this season.
PHILADELPHIA is 32-17 ATS (+13.3 Units) in home games versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 43-30 ATS (+10.0 Units) in all games this season.
WASHINGTON is 43-29 ATS (+11.1 Units) when the total is greater than or equal to 220 this season.
WASHINGTON is 32-21 ATS (+8.9 Units) when the total is greater than or equal to 230 this season.
WASHINGTON is 23-14 ATS (+7.6 Units) in road games this season.
WASHINGTON is 23-14 ATS (+7.6 Units) in a road game where the total is greater than or equal to 220 this season.
WASHINGTON is 18-8 ATS (+9.2 Units) in a road game where the total is greater than or equal to 230 this season.
WASHINGTON is 15-7 ATS (+7.3 Units) in road games revenging a loss vs opponent this season.
WASHINGTON is 28-14 ATS (+12.6 Units) after scoring 115 points or more this season.
WASHINGTON is 11-3 ATS (+7.7 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
WASHINGTON is 39-25 ATS (+11.5 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 106+ points/game this season.
WASHINGTON is 23-8 ATS (+14.2 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 106+ points/game - 2nd half of the season this season.
WASHINGTON is 35-25 ATS (+7.5 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game this season.
WASHINGTON is 18-8 ATS (+9.2 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game - 2nd half of the season this season.
PHILADELPHIA is 20-33 ATS (-16.3 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game - 2nd half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 6-4 against the spread versus PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
PHILADELPHIA is 8-2 straight up against WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
5 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

ATLANTA (42 - 31) at NEW YORK (41 - 32) - 5/26/2021, 7:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ATLANTA is 27-43 ATS (-20.3 Units) in road games over the last 2 seasons.
ATLANTA is 18-40 ATS (-26.0 Units) in road games in all playoff games since 1996.
ATLANTA is 12-27 ATS (-17.7 Units) in road games in the first round of the playoffs since 1996.
ATLANTA is 10-21 ATS (-13.1 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
ATLANTA is 20-35 ATS (-18.5 Units) in road games versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.
NEW YORK is 46-25 ATS (+18.5 Units) in all games this season.
NEW YORK is 18-8 ATS (+9.2 Units) as a favorite this season.
NEW YORK is 23-12 ATS (+9.8 Units) in home games this season.
NEW YORK is 263-212 ATS (+29.8 Units) revenging a home loss vs opponent since 1996.
NEW YORK is 20-11 ATS (+7.9 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
NEW YORK is 44-22 ATS (+19.8 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 106+ points/game this season.
NEW YORK is 20-8 ATS (+11.2 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 106+ points/game - 2nd half of the season this season.
NEW YORK is 44-18 ATS (+24.2 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game this season.
NEW YORK is 21-8 ATS (+12.2 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game - 2nd half of the season this season.
Head-to-Head Series History
NEW YORK is 9-1 against the spread versus ATLANTA over the last 3 seasons
NEW YORK is 8-3 straight up against ATLANTA over the last 3 seasons
7 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

MEMPHIS (41 - 34) at UTAH (52 - 21) - 5/26/2021, 10:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
UTAH is 41-32 ATS (+5.8 Units) in all games this season.
UTAH is 39-30 ATS (+6.0 Units) as a favorite this season.
UTAH is 23-14 ATS (+7.6 Units) in home games this season.
UTAH is 38-27 ATS (+8.3 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 106+ points/game this season.
MEMPHIS is 43-30 ATS (+10.0 Units) in all games this season.
MEMPHIS is 24-13 ATS (+9.7 Units) as an underdog this season.
MEMPHIS is 24-14 ATS (+8.6 Units) in road games this season.
MEMPHIS is 12-4 ATS (+7.6 Units) against Northwest division opponents this season.
MEMPHIS is 24-14 ATS (+8.6 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
MEMPHIS is 40-24 ATS (+13.6 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 106+ points/game this season.
MEMPHIS is 23-11 ATS (+10.9 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 106+ points/game - 2nd half of the season this season.
MEMPHIS is 41-24 ATS (+14.6 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game this season.
MEMPHIS is 22-11 ATS (+9.9 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game - 2nd half of the season this season.
UTAH is 24-36 ATS (-15.6 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game - 2nd half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
MEMPHIS is 7-5 against the spread versus UTAH over the last 3 seasons
UTAH is 7-5 straight up against MEMPHIS over the last 3 seasons
7 of 12 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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