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**Udog** · 10-02-2006, 08:29 AM

Six-Pack for Monday

-- A's-Twins series Games 1-2 will be played on ESPN both Tuesday, Wednesday at 1pm, as nitwit TV execs shove the New York teams down our throat a little more. Just great.

-- Cardinals, Padres have both Wednesday, Friday off, so we can see either Bronx or Mets in primetime every night.

-- Funny thing, the AL pairings were determined by Royals' reliever Jimmy Gobble, who struck out two Detroit hitters with bases loaded, one out to preserve tie game.

-- Kansas City's sweep in Detroit not only cost Tigers home field in first round of playoffs, it cost Royals first pick in the amateur draft next June. Devil Rays get the top selection; they did an awful lot to earn it this season, going 61-101.

-- By the way, Tampa Bay was putrid this year, but five of the 25 guys on their Opening Day roster made the playoffs.

-- ESPN's commercial with Tommy Lasorda for the baseball playoffs is an absolute classic. He tries to talk distraught Red Sox fan out of a locked bathroom by saying it is a good chance to root against the Bronx Bombers.

**Udog** · 10-02-2006, 08:37 AM

Monday's List of 13: Wrapping up an NFL Sunday..........

13) Jets were +3 in turnovers and had 103-yd kick return for a TD, but still lost to Colts, as Manning led Indy on drives of 68,61 yards in last 8:00 to pull out 31-28 win at Meadowlands.

12) Ravens gained just 206 total yards, 56 on ground, drove in for TD on 60-yard drive to nip hyper-conservative Charger club that had gained 16 yards on last 16 plays before Ravens scored to win game with 0:34 left. Baltimore had fumbled on
1-yard line in third quarter. Better team lost this game.

11) Long pass that would have put Vikings inside the Buffalo 10-yard line in last minute glanced off Marcus Robinson's hands as Vikings fell short in western New York. Bills had 15 penalties, Minnesota 12 in flagfest that saw teams convert on only seven of 27 third down plays.

10) Dallas ran ball for 217 yards, Vince Young struggled in his first NFL start, as Cowboys put their media circus aside for 3 hours and hammered Tennessee, 45-14. Was surprised that Bledsoe is now 13th on all-time TD pass list.

9) Chiefs took out frustrations of 0-2 start out on 49ers, 41-0; Niners averaged 2.4 yards per pass, Chiefs 9.0. Chiefs had a 19-yard advantage in average starting field position, was +4 in turnovers, and Huard hit on 18-23 passes for 208 yards.

8) Saints suffered first loss, travelling on short week after the emotional Monday night win, but Brees passed for 344 yards and PAyton's club might have shown they're in race for long haul by hanging with Carolina whole way. Panthers threw ball for just 5.2 yards per attempt, not so good.

7) Falcons ran ball for 262 yds, passed for 143 as they waxed Cardinals in what was likely Warner's last start for Arizona, as Green announced after that Leinart wouls atart vs Chiefs next week in Glendale. Red flag for Atlanta is that Vick is not good passer when in pocket; they've struggled in red zone, too.

6) Houston won 64% of third down plays, stopped Dolphins' tying 2-point play with 1:39 left, as Kubiak got first win as a head coach and Mario Williams got first sack. Miami lost this game despite +2 turnover ratio, as they're off slowly for the second year in a row, and visit New England next.

5) Typical Mike Martz; his offense scored 34 points, but had minus-3 turnover ratio and lost close game to Jim Haslett's resourceful defense (three takeaways), 41-34. Remember that Martz is only head coach to lose playoff game to Saints, but his Lions looked lively on offense today. Not lively enough.

4) Patriots ran ball for 236 yards, mainly by rookie Maroney, as they handed Bengals first loss and avoided consecutive losses. New England scored game's last 24 points, had four sacks and 424-279 edge in total yardage in Dillon's return to Queen City. WR Gabriel emerging as threat for QB Brady.

3) Redskins won two-thirds of 3rd down plays, ran the ball for 152 yards and then Brunell hit long game-winning TD pass to Moss in OT for win in his first game vs former team. Yardage in game was 481-307, first downs 22-12, sacks, 4-0, but game still got to OT, as Jaguars lost second straight tough road tilt

2) Raiders led 21-3, but 9-24/46 passing proved fatal as they lost third straight game, 24-21 to Cleveland team that came in 0-3. Can't imagine Raiders averaging 1.6 yds/pass; this is the franchise of Lamonica, Stabler, Plunkett; hell, maybe they will be calling Jeff George again soon. He should hang up on 'em.

1) Bears looked like best team in last decade in decisive 37-6 thrashing of Alexander-less Seahawks, 37-6. Grossman gives Chicago vertical passing threat, and voracious defense kept pressure on Seattle whole game. This was a snoozer.

**Udog** · 10-02-2006, 10:23 AM

Pro Baseball Trend Report

ST LOUIS (83 - 78) at SAN DIEGO (88 - 74) - 4:05 PM
CHRIS CARPENTER (R) vs. JAKE PEAVY (R)
Top Trends for this game.
ST LOUIS is 83-78 (-19.0 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
ST LOUIS is 34-47 (-19.6 Units) against the money line in road games this season.
ST LOUIS is 83-78 (-19.0 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field this season.
ST LOUIS is 38-40 (-12.9 Units) against the money line after a loss this season.
ST LOUIS is 30-32 (-10.3 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
CARPENTER is 4-8 (-8.8 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record this season. (Team's Record)
SAN DIEGO is 88-74 (+7.5 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
SAN DIEGO is 88-74 (+7.5 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field this season.
SAN DIEGO is 71-57 (+9.0 Units) against the money line against right-handed starters this season.
SAN DIEGO is 34-22 (+12.8 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
ST LOUIS is 38-19 (+12.1 Units) against the money line in day games this season.
CARPENTER is 68-27 (+26.9 Units) against the money line in all games over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
CARPENTER is 16-6 (+11.2 Units) against the money line as a road underdog of +100 to +125 since 1997. (Team's Record)
CARPENTER is 66-27 (+24.9 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
CARPENTER is 44-23 (+22.4 Units) against the money line in road games after a loss since 1997. (Team's Record)

Head-to-Head Series History
SAN DIEGO is 4-2 (+2.9 Units) against ST LOUIS this season
3 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL this season . (Over=-0.2 Units, Under=-0.6 Units)

CHRIS CARPENTER vs. SAN DIEGO since 1997
CARPENTER is 3-2 when starting against SAN DIEGO with an ERA of 3.29 and a WHIP of 1.220.
His team's record is 3-3 (-1.9 units) in these starts. The OVER is 5-1. (+4.0 units)

JAKE PEAVY vs. ST LOUIS since 1997
PEAVY is 1-3 when starting against ST LOUIS with an ERA of 5.66 and a WHIP of 1.572.
His team's record is 3-3 (+0.4 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 2-3. (-1.6 units)

OAKLAND (93 - 69) at MINNESOTA (96 - 66) - 1:05 PM
BARRY ZITO (L) vs. JOHAN SANTANA (L)
Top Trends for this game.
MINNESOTA is 96-66 (+22.8 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
MINNESOTA is 54-27 (+20.1 Units) against the money line in home games this season.
MINNESOTA is 56-28 (+20.8 Units) against the money line in games played in a dome this season.
MINNESOTA is 57-30 (+19.9 Units) against the money line in games played on artificial turf this season.
MINNESOTA is 61-35 (+21.7 Units) against the money line after a win this season.
MINNESOTA is 41-35 (+7.2 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
SANTANA is 27-7 (+16.1 Units) against the money line in all games this season. (Team's Record)
SANTANA is 17-0 (+17.0 Units) against the money line in home games this season. (Team's Record)
SANTANA is 18-0 (+18.0 Units) against the money line in games played in a dome this season. (Team's Record)
SANTANA is 18-1 (+17.0 Units) against the money line in games played on artificial turf this season. (Team's Record)
SANTANA is 12-0 (+12.0 Units) against the money line in home games after a win this season. (Team's Record)
SANTANA is 23-7 (+12.3 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 3 seasons. (Team's Record)
OAKLAND is 93-69 (+18.9 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
OAKLAND is 44-37 (+12.2 Units) against the money line in road games this season.
OAKLAND is 40-21 (+18.7 Units) against the money line in day games this season.
OAKLAND is 55-39 (+13.6 Units) against the money line after a win this season.
OAKLAND is 44-34 (+14.7 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
OAKLAND is 26-19 (+9.4 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 6-4 (+1.6 Units) against OAKLAND this season
5 of 10 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL this season . (Under=+0.0 Units)

BARRY ZITO vs. MINNESOTA since 1997
ZITO is 5-4 when starting against MINNESOTA with an ERA of 3.65 and a WHIP of 1.076.
His team's record is 7-5 (+0.1 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 7-5. (+1.4 units)

JOHAN SANTANA vs. OAKLAND since 1997
SANTANA is 4-1 when starting against OAKLAND with an ERA of 2.44 and a WHIP of 0.875.
His team's record is 5-2 (+3.0 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 5-1. (+4.0 units)

DETROIT (95 - 67) at NY YANKEES (97 - 65) - 8:05 PM
NATE ROBERTSON (L) vs. CHIEN-MING WANG (R)
Top Trends for this game.
DETROIT is 71-88 (-23.7 Units) against the money line after a loss over the last 2 seasons.
DETROIT is 33-40 (-10.7 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
DETROIT is 20-27 (-9.9 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
ROBERTSON is 9-23 (-14.8 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
NY YANKEES are 50-30 (+9.2 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
DETROIT is 96-67 (+13.8 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
DETROIT is 58-32 (+15.2 Units) against the money line when the total is 9 to 9.5 this season.
DETROIT is 50-32 (+18.2 Units) against the money line in road games this season.
DETROIT is 26-12 (+14.2 Units) against the money line on the road when the total is 9 to 9.5 this season.
DETROIT is 88-58 (+15.6 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field this season.
DETROIT is 67-37 (+22.1 Units) against the money line in night games this season.
DETROIT is 32-21 (+11.2 Units) against the money line in road games against right-handed starters this season.
NY YANKEES are 192-135 (-27.5 Units) against the money line in all games over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
NY YANKEES is 5-2 (+2.6 Units) against DETROIT this season
4 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL this season . (Under=+0.6 Units)

NATE ROBERTSON vs. NY YANKEES since 1997
ROBERTSON is 1-4 when starting against NY YANKEES with an ERA of 4.46 and a WHIP of 1.487.
His team's record is 1-5 (-3.7 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 5-1. (+4.0 units)

CHIEN-MING WANG vs. DETROIT since 1997
WANG is 3-0 when starting against DETROIT with an ERA of 2.52 and a WHIP of 1.080.
His team's record is 3-1 (+2.0 units) in these starts. The OVER is 1-3. (-2.5 units)

**GrandPa** · 10-02-2006, 02:46 PM

Great stuff as always, even on a slow sports day.

MUCH appreciated!

**Udog** · 10-02-2006, 05:52 PM

You're very welcome, GrandPa! There's a little NFL Week 4 wrap-up coming right up, too.

**Udog** · 10-02-2006, 05:53 PM

I'm wrong! It was posted first thing this morning! LOL!!!!

**SACPAC** · 10-02-2006, 06:44 PM

Greaaaaaaaat!!! Thanks Guys...

**Udog** · 10-02-2006, 07:10 PM

Hope it's helping, SACPAC! Good luck tonight!
I just realized I haven't seen who you or anybody else likes tonight! I better catch up with you hotshots!

**savage1** · 10-03-2006, 10:24 AM

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