Dunkel
Sunday, August 29
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WNBA
Sunday, August 29
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Trend Report
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Chicago @ Seattle
Chicago
Chicago is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Chicago's last 11 games when playing on the road against Seattle
Seattle
Seattle is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Chicago
Seattle is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
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Sunday’s 6-pack
Odds to win the college basketball title next April:
7-1— Gonzaga
9-1— Memphis, Michigan
14-1— Kentucky, Texas, UCLA
16-1— Purdue
18-1— Duke, Illinois, Kansas, Villanova
20-1— Alabama
Quote of the Day:
“If you catch the ball, you don’t have to run after it.”
An old Little League coach, from back in my childhood
Sunday’s quiz
Where did Gardner Minshew play his college football?
Saturday’s quiz
Chip Kelly was coach of the Eagles after Andy Reid; he is now coach at UCLA.
Friday’s quiz
Romeo Crennel (4-15) was coach of the Chiefs before Andy Reid.
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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday
13) Illinois (+10) 30, Nebraska 22— When your team’s coach is on the hot seat before Labor Day, that’s not good, but that is where Nebraska’s Scott Frost is after this loss. Nebraska is now 16-29 SU in its last 45 games.
Solid start for Bret Bielema with the Illini; his defense scored a TD just before halftime, a lead they never relinquished.
12) Fresno State 45, UConn 0— Huskies appear to be something of an expansion team; they didn’t play any games last year- they were outgained 538-107 on this very hot day, with kickoff before noon local time. Why didn’t the TV folks put this game on at night?
11) UCLA 44, Hawai’i 10— Bruins host LSU next week, which will be a much truer test of their team. This game was 31-3 at halftime; UCLA ran ball for 244 yards, threw for only 148.
10) LSU’s football team got out of Baton Rouge ahead of the hurricane; they’ll be staying in Houston for the next six days, before they head to Los Angeles to play the Bruins.
9) UTEP 30, New Mexico State 3— Miners averaged 12.5 yards/pass attempt; first two times they threw the ball, they gained 50+ yards both times— one was called back by a holding penalty. Let’s just say that New Mexico State has almost no experience; they completed only 9-33 passes for the game.
8) Jacksonville Jaguars traded QB Gardner Minshew to the Eagles for a 6th-round pick; the backup to rookie QB Trevor Lawrence is now CJ Beathard, who used to play for the 49ers.
7) Ravens 37, Washington 3— Baltimore wins their 20th straight preseason game; they’re 12-3 ATS in last fifteen. This streak goes back so far that Kyle Boller played QB for the Ravens in some of those games.
6) Shohei Ohtani stole his 20th base this weekend; he has 40 homers, 20 steals, and is 8-1, 3.00 in 19 starts on the mound. No one has ever done stuff like this before.
5) Houston Astros picked up old friend Marwin Gonzalez after Boston dumped him; he is a versatile guy who hit only .211 last year, .202 this year, but he hit .264 in seven years with the Astros (2012-18).
4) Marlins’ TV posted this stat last night; players on 40-man rosters from other countries:
136—- Dominican Republic
104— Venezuela
31— Cuba
3) Was watching a Billions marathon Saturday night; am reminded that hedge fund trader Bobby Axelrod’s character was modeled after Mets owner Steve Cohen. Then I read the Mets have lost their last eight one-run games and I wonder if the Mets miss the playoffs, who will their new manager be?
If Cohen is anything like Bobby Axelrod and Mets miss the playoffs, Luis Rojas is toast.
2) By the way, the Mets retired Jerry Koosman’s #36 Saturday night; he was the Mets’ #2 pitcher during the Tom Seaver era, when they won the ’69 Series, lost the ’73 Series. Very good pitcher, great honor.
When are the Mets going to retire Dwight Gooden’s #16? He was the Seaver of his era, leading the Mets to the ’86 World Series title and ’88 playoffs. He had some personal problems off the field, but so did Koosman. Gooden’s work on the field was tremendous.
1) If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Giants. Wild Card: Cincinnati @ Los Angeles
AL: Rays, White Sox, Astros. Wild Card: Boston @ New York
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July/ August WNBA Best Bet Record:
Date w-l-t % units record
08/28/2021......3-3-0....50.00%.......-1.50
08/27/2021......2-2-0....50.00%.......-1.00
08/26/2021......1-4-1....25.00%......-17.00
08/25/2021......2-0-0...100.00%.....+10.00
08/24/2021......6-2-0.....75.00%.....+19.00
08/22/2021......0-4-0 ......0.00%......-22.00
08/21/2021......2-2-0.....50.00%.......-1.00
08/20/2021......1-3-0.....25.00%......-11.50
08/19/2021......2-2-0.....50.00%.......-1.00
08/18/2021......2-0-0...100.00%.....+10.00
08/17/2021......5-5-0 ....50.00%........-2.50
08/15/2021......7-5-0.....58.33%.....+ 8.50
07/11/2021 .....7-3-0 ....70.00%.... +18.50
07/10/2021..... 0-2-0..... 0.00% ......-11.00
07/09/2021..... 4-4-0 ....50.00% .......-2.00
07/07/2021..... 4-2-0.... 66.67% ......+9.00
07/05/2021 .....2-0-0 ...100.00%.... +10.00
07/04/2021..... 3-1-0..... 75.00%...... +9.50
07/03/2021 .....5-1-0..... 83.33%.... +19.50
07/02/2021 .....1-3-0 .....25.00%..... -11.50
07/01/2021 .....0-2-0 .....00.00%..... -11.00
Totals...........60-49-1......55.04%......+21.00Leave a comment:
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 28
Game Time(ET) Pick Units
LV at IND 01:00 PM
IND +12.5
O 165.0
+500 +500
LA at CONN 07:00 PM
CONN -10.5
U 146.0
+500 +500
DAL at WAS 07:00 PM
DAL +2.0
O 161.5
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WNBA
Saturday, August 28
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Trend Report
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Las Vegas @ Indiana
Las Vegas
Las Vegas is 12-1 SU in its last 13 games when playing Indiana
Las Vegas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Indiana's last 6 games at home
Los Angeles @ Connecticut
Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Los Angeles's last 8 games when playing Connecticut
Los Angeles is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games
Connecticut
Connecticut is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Connecticut is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Dallas @ Washington
Dallas
Dallas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Dallas's last 8 games when playing on the road against Washington
Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Washington's last 8 games when playing at home against Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games
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Saturday’s 6-pack
More odds to win the Super Bowl:
30-1— Chargers, Patriots, Miami, Dallas, Saints
35-1— Colts
40-1— Arizona, Denver, Minnesota, Pittsburgh
50-1— Chicago, Washington
60-1— Atlanta
80-1— Raiders, Panthers, Eagles, Giants
Quote of the Day:
“Word is USGA is soon rolling back driver length to 46 inches.This is PATHETIC. 1st it promotes a shorter more violent swing (injury prone,) doesn’t allow for length of arc to create speed, and during our 1st golf boom in 40 years, our amateur gov body keeps trying to make it less fun”
Phil Mickelson
Saturday’s quiz
Who was coach of the Eagles after Andy Reid?
Friday’s quiz
Romeo Crennel (4-15) was coach of the Chiefs before Andy Reid.
Thursday’s quiz
10 NFL stadiums are domes; 11 teams play their home games in domes (Rams/Chargers share their stadium)
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Saturday’s Den: Clearing out a cluttered mind…….
13) Royals 8, Mariners 7:
— Salvador Perez hit a grand slam, his 36th homer this year.
— He already has 90 RBI, 10 more than any other season in his career.
— Seattle falls to 26-15 in one-run games.
12) White Sox 17, Cubs 13:
— Cubs scored six in top of the first, didn’t come close to winning. They’re awful.
Baseball’s commish needs to have a chat with the Cubs’ owner; it is complete BS and a horrible look for the sport that one of their marquee franchises (their TV network is called the Marquee Network) is completely in the tank- they’re a AAA-quality team.
What chance do the Cubs have of being any better next year? The year after? They’re not the A’s, Pirates or Rays; they’re in a freakin’ big market, have a lot of cash to spend.
11) Rays 6, Orioles 3— Tampa Bay is 16-1 vs Baltimore this season.
10) Tigers 2, Blue Jays 1— Pinch-hitter Victor Reyes hit an inside-the-park homer for the game-winning run in the 8th inning for Detroit.
9) Because the minor leagues started late this year, they will also end later; rosters will expand next week, but only to 28 players, not the 40-man limit like it used to be.
8) Cincinnati Reds acquired utility guy Asdrubel Cabrera on waivers from Arizona, adding a lefty bat and putting Moustakas/Suarez’ jobs at jeopardy at the hot corner. Of course Moustakas then hit a homer for the Reds last night. Losing your job is usually good motivation.
7) Jim Furyk is the only pro golfer to break 60 twice in tournament play; he even shot a 58 at the 2016 Travelers Championship.
6) Pac-12 isn’t going to expand, which opens the door for the Big X to add two teams to its current 8-team league (Texas/Oklahoma are leaving).
Do they look east, to Cincinnati/UCF or maybe even Houston, or do they look west and poach UNLV and Brigham Young? UNLV plays in brand-new Alliance Stadium now; their program should perk up.
5) Louisville’s basketball team suspended coach Chris Mack for six games as the result of an ugly incident where Mack wanted to fire an assistant coach, who then tried to extort money from the head coach or else he would provide evidence of recruiting violations by the Cardinals.
The suspension will cost Mack roughly $221,000.
4) Southwest Airlines lost 1,000 flight attendants to early retirement during the pandemic, now they’re short-staffed, as they try and get back to a regular schedule. I’m supposed to go to Las Vegas this fall, but if they keep jerking around my schedule, I’m going to change plans— they’ve switched my flights 6 or 7 times already.
3) Saturday’s Cardinals-Saints preseason game was cancelled because of the looming hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico.
2) Jets 31, Eagles 31— Jets scored on a 49-yard Hail Mary on the last play, then tied the game with a 2-point play- there is no overtime in preseason. Rookie QB James Morgan threw the pass.
1) If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Giants. Wild Card: Cincinnati @ Los Angeles
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July/ August WNBA Best Bet Record:
Date w-l-t % units record
08/27/2021......2-2-0....50.00%.......-1.00
08/26/2021......1-4-1....25.00%......-17.00
08/25/2021......2-0-0...100.00%.....+10.00
08/24/2021......6-2-0.....75.00%.....+19.00
08/22/2021......0-4-0 ......0.00%......-22.00
08/21/2021......2-2-0.....50.00%.......-1.00
08/20/2021......1-3-0.....25.00%......-11.50
08/19/2021......2-2-0.....50.00%.......-1.00
08/18/2021......2-0-0...100.00%.....+10.00
08/17/2021......5-5-0 ....50.00%........-2.50
08/15/2021......7-5-0.....58.33%.....+ 8.50
07/11/2021 .....7-3-0 ....70.00%.... +18.50
07/10/2021..... 0-2-0..... 0.00% ......-11.00
07/09/2021..... 4-4-0 ....50.00% .......-2.00
07/07/2021..... 4-2-0.... 66.67% ......+9.00
07/05/2021 .....2-0-0 ...100.00%.... +10.00
07/04/2021..... 3-1-0..... 75.00%...... +9.50
07/03/2021 .....5-1-0..... 83.33%.... +19.50
07/02/2021 .....1-3-0 .....25.00%..... -11.50
07/01/2021 .....0-2-0 .....00.00%..... -11.00
Totals...........57-46-1......55.33%......+22.50Leave a comment:
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 27
Game Time(ET) Pick Units
PHO at NY 08:00 PM
PHO -7.5
U 167.5
+500 +500
CHI at SEA 10:00 PM
SEA -6.5
O 167.0
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WNBA
Friday, August 27
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Trend Report
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Phoenix @ New York
Phoenix
Phoenix is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against New York
Phoenix is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against New York
New York
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New York's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New York's last 6 games at home
Chicago @ Seattle
Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chicago's last 5 games when playing on the road against Seattle
Chicago is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road
Seattle
Seattle is 21-4 SU in its last 25 games at home
Seattle is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Chicago
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Friday’s 6-pack
Odds to win the Super Bowl:
5-1— Chiefs
13-2— Buccaneers
12-1— Bills
14-1— Ravens, Packers, Rams, 49ers
16-1— Browns
25-1— Seahawks, Titans
Quote of the Day:
“They haven’t gotten off to a good start, that’s obvious. He clearly does not like losing, even if it’s in the preseason. I heard he had a rough go of it last week just because he lost his first preseason game, and that’s not an attitude that you need to have in the NFL.”
CBSSports com’s Pete Prisco, talking about Urban Meyer
Friday’s quiz
Who was coach of the Chiefs before Andy Reid?
Thursday’s quiz
10 NFL stadiums are domes; 11 teams play their home games in domes (Rams/Chargers share their stadium)
Wednesday’s quiz
Eight major league stadiums are domes.
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Friday’s Den: Random stuff with weekend here……..
13) San Diego Padres have lost 12 of their last 14 games; they just got swept at home by the Dodgers, scoring a total of five runs. Padres are now two games out of the second Wild Card slot.
Blake Snell pitched his heart out in Wednesday night’s loss; he threw 122 pitches, by far most he’s thrown in the majors. He lasted 7.1 IP, also a career high, but Will Smith hit his 115th pitch over the fence to tie the game and set off one of the most unusual baseball games in recent history— it went 16 innings, didn’t end until 3:59am Thursday morning here in New York.
Will be interesting to track Snell going forward; will they give him extra rest before his next start? Does he just try harder against the Dodgers? We’ll find out.
12) San Diego manager Jayce Tingler looked like a scrub in this game; he went thru his bench players very quickly, so much so that the Dodgers intentionally walked consecutive hitters to load the bases, to bring up the pitcher’s spot- Padres had no pinch hitters left.
11) Los Angeles Angels had to be happy as hell to get home Thursday night; they just finished a very unusual 5-city road trip, which rarely happens these days:
— They played a makeup game in the Bronx.
— They swept three games in Detroit.
— They lost 9-1/5-1 in Cleveland
— They went to Williamsport, PA and lost 3-0 to Cleveland there.
— Then they lost two of three at woeful Baltimore.
10) Read a magazine article this week about Rams’ QB Matthew Stafford, how he has an endorsement deal and had to sign 1,500 pieces of memorabilia as part of his deal. Rams’ WR Cooper Kupp was there too; I can’t imagine writing my name 1,500 times in one afternoon.
9) Phillies’ 1B Rhys Hoskins tore an abdominal muscle, is out for the year. Phillies have lost eight of their last ten games, are sliding out of playoff contention.
8) Players who have led/co-led the most rounds on PGA Tour this year:
12— Sam Burns
9— Jordan Spieth
8— Jon Rahm, Harris English
7) Tennessee Titans’ QB Ryan Tannehill is on the COVID list; going to be a dicey situation if he doesn’t get off that list fairly soon. Tennessee’s backup QB is Logan Woodside, who has never started an NFL game.
6) Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale struck out the side on 9 pitches in the 3rd inning Thursday, the 104th Immaculate Inning in MLB history- it is the third time Sale has done it.
5) Chick-fil-A has popped up as a sponsor on Mets’ TV games, raising my hopes that they’re going to become more of a presence here in New York State. There is a Chick-fil-A in the Albany airport, but you have to go thru security to get to it.
Could use one close to my house (Wolf Rd, Central Ave……hint……)
4) Colorado 2B Brendan Rodgers has 10 homers this year; only two of them are at Coors Field, which doesn’t make much sense. His slugging %age is 90 points higher on the road.
3) Former NFL QB Philip Rivers coached his first high school football game Thursday night; his team won 49-0. Rivers coaches St. Michael Catholic in Alabama.
2) Favorites to win the NCAA basketball tourney next April:
7-1— Gonzaga
9-1— Memphis, Michigan
14-1— Kentucky, Texas, UCLA
1) Four college football games with betting lines Saturday; hard to believe it is football season already. UConn is playing; they didn’t play at all last year, so that’ll be interesting. Curious to see how much different things will be this season, if at all.
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July/ August WNBA Best Bet Record:
Date w-l-t % units record
08/26/2021......1-4-1....25.00%......-17.00
08/25/2021......2-0-0...100.00%.....+10.00
08/24/2021......6-2-0.....75.00%.....+19.00
08/22/2021......0-4-0 ......0.00%......-22.00
08/21/2021......2-2-0.....50.00%.......-1.00
08/20/2021......1-3-0.....25.00%......-11.50
08/19/2021......2-2-0.....50.00%.......-1.00
08/18/2021......2-0-0...100.00%.....+10.00
08/17/2021......5-5-0 ....50.00%........-2.50
08/15/2021......7-5-0.....58.33%.....+ 8.50
07/11/2021 .....7-3-0 ....70.00%.... +18.50
07/10/2021..... 0-2-0..... 0.00% ......-11.00
07/09/2021..... 4-4-0 ....50.00% .......-2.00
07/07/2021..... 4-2-0.... 66.67% ......+9.00
07/05/2021 .....2-0-0 ...100.00%.... +10.00
07/04/2021..... 3-1-0..... 75.00%...... +9.50
07/03/2021 .....5-1-0..... 83.33%.... +19.50
07/02/2021 .....1-3-0 .....25.00%..... -11.50
07/01/2021 .....0-2-0 .....00.00%..... -11.00
Totals...........55-44-1......55.55%......+23.50Leave a comment:
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 26
Game Time(ET) Pick Units
LA at CONN 07:00 PM
CONN -11.5
U 148.0
+500 +500
LV at ATL 07:00 PM
LV -12.0
O 166.5
+500 +500
DAL at WAS 07:00 PM
WAS -3.5
U 163.0
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