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**pm530** · 05-12-2008, 05:25 AM

Six-pack for Monday

Top six ERAs in the Pacific Coast League (AAA baseball); I excluded guys who have been called up to big leagues........

6) Feierbend, Tacoma (Mariners) 1.67

5) Cassel, Round Rock (Astros) 2.35

4) Davies, Omaha (Royals) 2.43

3) Lugo, New Orleans (Mets) 2.70

2) Alvarado, Salt Lake City (Angels) 2.79

1) Burns, Iowa (Cubs) 2.81

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**pm530** · 05-12-2008, 05:26 AM

Monday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports weekend.....

13) I don't give a rat's ass about the OJ Mayo mess that ESPN will make a big deal out in next few days; its the dark underside of college basketball, and a direct result of the NBA age-limit. If there was no limit, OJ Mayo never sees a college dorm room, never has the need to have flatscreen TVs bought for him. He would have bought them himself for his new mansion.

12) If you expect college coaches to police these kids 24 hours a day, you're being unrealistic. These kids have to play one or more years in college, and if USC doesn't recruit them, one of their opponents will. Coaches get fired for losing and getting caught cheating, in that order. Keeping players away from the agents out in LA has to be nearly impossible.

11) Sunday was first playoff at Players Championship since '87 when Sandy Lyle won; oddly, he was also the last European to win this event. I felt bad for Paul Goydos, who could use the five-year exemption that comes with winning this event.

10) Quick lookalikes: Goydos and Lou Piniella.

9) Tom Lehman has played 62 tournament rounds at Players; he hit just one of his 62 tee shots on 17 into water, best record of any Tour players on the infamous hole with an island green

8) Robert Gamez holds a weird Tour record: longest stretch in between Tour wins: 15 years, six months.

7) Brett Quigley holds a Tour record for most money earned on Tour without winning any tournaments: $8,632,152.

6) JB Holmes' front nine Sunday; five bogeys, four birdies, and no pars. Very interesting round.

5) Imagine if the first baseball game you ever saw was at Miller Park this weekend, Cardinals at Brewers; you would think it is normal for pitchers to bat 8th, not 9th. I've had the reasoning explained to me, but I still don't think its a good idea.

4) Tampa Rays won their last nine home games, are 21-16 and a legit contender in AL playoff race; they pitch well, they catch the ball and they have lot of guys who can run fast. This week they have the Bronx Bombers in for four games; hope the folks in Tampa area show up and support this upstart team.

3) Dodgers' Kuroda lost his no-hitter with two out in seventh, then all hell broke loose as Astros exploded for 8-5 win, fourth loss in row for the streaky-as-hell Dodgers. Cecil Cooper has his Astros playing good ball, surprisingly so.

2) Watching replay of Navy-North Carolina lacrosse game on ESPNU; old friend Jordan DiNola is defenseman for Navy, the youngest of three brothers, all of whom played lacrosse for the Middies. You couldn't have better kids defending our country.

1) Navy upset Tar Heels in the NCAA tournament Saturday, and faces Johns Hopkins in quarterfinals. Young DiNola was Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year, by the way.

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**pm530** · 05-12-2008, 05:29 AM

Arena Football League – Long Sheet

AFL
Long Sheet

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PHILADELPHIA (9 - 1) at GEORGIA (4 - 5) - 5/12/2008, 8:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
GEORGIA is 2-1 against the spread versus PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
GEORGIA is 2-1 straight up against PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
3 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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**pm530** · 05-12-2008, 05:31 AM

Arena Football League – Write up

AFL
Write-up

Week 11 Arena Football analysis....

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Philadelphia (9-1) @ Georgia (4-5)—Soul lost first game last week playing on very short week; now they get 10 days to prepare for Georgia club that won three of last four home games and is 3-2 SU after 1-3 start. Four of last five Force games went over total. Philly has scored 55+ points in every game this season; they are 4-1 on road, winning by 11-37-1-21 points. Last three Force losses are by 5-3-5 points. m

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**pm530** · 05-12-2008, 05:32 AM

Arena Football League – Additional

AFL

Trend Sheet

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8:00 PM PHILADELPHIA vs. GEORGIA
Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Philadelphia's last 9 games on the road
Georgia is 3-7 ATS in its last 10 games
Georgia is 15-7 SU in its last 22 games

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**pm530** · 05-12-2008, 05:34 AM

National Hockey League – Long Sheet

NHL
Long Sheet

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DETROIT (64-23-0-7, 135 pts.) at DALLAS (53-35-0-8, 114 pts.) - 5/12/2008, 8:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
DETROIT is 10-4 (+5.2 Units) against the spread versus DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
DETROIT is 10-4-0 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
8 of 12 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+4.0 Units)

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**pm530** · 05-12-2008, 05:35 AM

National Hockey League - Short Sheet

NHL
Short Sheet

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Western Conference Playoffs
Conference Finals
Game Three
Detroit Leads, 2-0
Detroit at Dallas, 8:05 ET

Detroit:
11-5 Under Away off BB wins
7-0 Under playing 3 or less games in 10 days

Dallas:
13-1 SU playing with double revenge
28-14 SU off road loss

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**pm530** · 05-12-2008, 05:36 AM

National Hockey League – Write up

NHL
Write-up

Monday, May 12

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2008 NHL playoffs

Detroit won first two games of series 4-1/2-1, is now 5-1 vs the Stars this season, 9-2 in last 11 overall vs Dallas. Five of their last six visits to Dallas stayed under total, with Red Wings 4-2 in those six. Under is 7-3-2 in last 12 series games overall. Red Wings have won eight games in row since being tied 2-2 in an opening series vs Nashville.

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**pm530** · 05-12-2008, 05:38 AM

National Hockey League – Additional

NHL

Monday, May 12

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8:00 PM DETROIT vs. DALLAS
Detroit is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Dallas
Detroit is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Dallas is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas's last 6 games

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**pm530** · 05-12-2008, 05:39 AM

National Hockey League - Gameday

NHL
Gameday

Monday, May 12

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Monday Playoff Gameday

Both the NBA and NHL playoffs continue on Monday night, with games scheduled for Cleveland and Dallas.

NHL Gameday

Detroit Red Wings at Dallas Stars, 8:00pm ET

The Red Wings will be looking to take a 3-0 stranglehold on the Western Conference final when they head down to Dallas for Game 3 of this best-of-seven series on Monday night. Detroit handily won Game 1 of this set by a score of 4-1 last Thursday night, and they made it two straight wins over the Stars with a slim 2-1 victory on Saturday night.

That Saturday win came with Detroit down a skater - playoff scoring star Johan Franzen. The forward, who has scored 12 goals in 11 postseason games, was forced to sit out the contest with concussion-like symptoms, and will miss Monday's game as well. Detroit is hoping that Franzen is able to return to the lineup later during the week.

However, the Red Wings didn't need Franzen on Saturday, as they got goals from Henrik Zetterberg and Darren Helm and 17 saves from Chris Osgood in the 2-1 victory. Stephane Robidas had the lone Dallas marker, while Marty Turco turned aside 32 of 34 shots between the pipes for the Stars. Dallas forwards Steve Ott and Mike Ribeiro both received 10-minute penalties at the end of the game, but no suspensions were handed out.

The Stars could also be without forward Jere Lehtinen on Monday night, as he suffered a leg injury in Game 2. Dallas at least will have home-ice advantage in Game 3, but Detroit's momentum had them opening as road favorites for the contest - check your favorite sportsbooks for the latest odds and total for this game closer to its starting time.

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**pm530** · 05-12-2008, 05:43 AM

National Basketball Association – Long Sheet

NBA
Long Sheet

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BOSTON (72 - 20) at CLEVELAND (50 - 41) - 5/12/2008, 8:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
CLEVELAND is 9-4 against the spread versus BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
CLEVELAND is 9-5 straight up against BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
7 of 14 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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**pm530** · 05-12-2008, 05:44 AM

National Basketball Association - Short Sheet

NBA
Short Sheet

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Eastern Conference
Second Round
Game Four
Celtics Lead, 2-1
Boston at Cleveland, 8:05 ET

Boston:
36-15 ATS as road underdog
24-10 ATS Away off SU loss

Cleveland:
17-33 ATS off win by 20+ points
14-28 ATS off ATS win

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**pm530** · 05-12-2008, 05:45 AM

National Basketball Association – Write up

NBA
Write-up

Monday, May 12

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NBA Games

Home team is 14-1 in this round of playoffs, 3-0 in Celtics-Cavs series; after shooting 8-42 in first two games, Lebron led huge onslaught early in Game 3- Cleveland led 43-16 at one point, at which time they took Lebron out, C's scored next seven points and Lebron went back in. Celtics are 6-0 at home but 0-4 on the road so far in playoffs; they're 5-0 when games stayed under the total, 1-4 when game goes over.

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**pm530** · 05-12-2008, 05:46 AM

National Basketball Association – Additional

NBA

Monday, May 12

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8:00 PM BOSTON vs. CLEVELAND
Boston is 15-7 ATS in its last 22 games
Boston is 17-5 SU in its last 22 games
Cleveland is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Boston
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Boston

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