Saturday Trends and Indexes 7/25 (MLB, CFL, WNBA, Misc.)

[Udog]

MLB
Write-Up


Early Games

Saturday, July 25

Hot Pitchers
-- Hart is 1-1, 2.70 in two starts for Cubs (five IP in each).
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Cold Pitchers
-- Cueto is 0-2, 12.34 in his last three starts, but Reds are 8-2 in Cueto starts if they give him three or more runs.

-- Pettitte is 0-2, 6.50 in his last three starts. GGonzalez is 1-2, 11.43 in his four starts for Oakland this year.
-- Price is 2-4, 7.83 in his last six starts. Tallet is 0-2, 9.60 in his last three outings.

Hot Teams
-- Cubs are 6-2 since the All-Star break.
-- Phillies won 15 of their last 18 games.
-- Astros won ten of their last thirteen games.
-- Braves won 11 of their last 14 games.
-- Rockies won six of their last nine games.
-- Dodgers won five of their last six games. Marlins won seven of their last nine road games.

-- Bronx won 13 of its last 15 home games.
-- Tampa Bay is 5-3 since the All-Star break.
-- Rangers won their last five games, allowing nine runs.
-- Angels won ten of their last twelve games.
-- Mariners won five of their last seven games.

Cold Teams
-- Reds lost ten of their last thirteen games.
-- Padres lost 16 of their last 20 games. Nationals lost seven of their last nine home games.
-- Mets lost nine of their last eleven road games.
-- Brewers lost six of their last eight home games.
-- Giants lost seven of their last nine road games.
-- Pirates lost eight of their last ten road games.

-- Oakland lost 13 of its last 20 road games.
-- Blue Jays are 4-8 in their last twelve home games.
-- Red Sox lost five of last six games, scoring total of 12 runs. Orioles lost six of their last seven games.
-- Royals lost 11 of their last 13 home games.
-- Indians are 6-10 in their last sixteen road games.

Totals
-- Over is 4-0-1 in Cincinnati's last five road games.
-- Eight of last ten Washington home games stayed under total.
-- Under is 6-1-1 in Cardinals' last eight games.
-- Under is 8-2-1 in Mets' last eleven road games.
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-- Eight of last nine San Francisco road games stayed under total.
-- Under is 7-2-1 in Pirates' last ten road games.
-- Under is 8-4-1 in Dodgers' last thirteen home games.

-- Under is 6-3-1 in Oakland's last ten road games.
-- Under is 6-1-1 in last eight games at Rogers Centre.
-- Seven of last eight White Sox games stayed under the total.
-- Last eight Boston games stayed under the total.
-- Last nine Texas games stayed under the total.
-- 11 of last 14 Minnesota road games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 7-2-1 in Seattle's last ten games.

Umpires
-- Cin-Chi-- Six of last seven Meriwether games stayed under total.
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-- A's-NY-- Six of last seven Holbrook games stayed under total.
-- TB-Tor-- Eight of last ten Emmel games stayed under the total.
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[Udog]

MLB
Write-Up


Updated

Saturday, July 25

Hot Pitchers
-- Hart is 1-1, 2.70 in two starts for Cubs (five IP in each).
-- Phillies won all three Lopez starts (2-0, 2.60).
-- Stauffer has a 2.07 RA in his first two '09 starts.
-- Hanson is 5-0, 2.17 in his last seven starts, but was ill this week and lost 12 pounds.
-- de la Rosa is 4-0, 1.98 in his last four starts. Sanchez is 1-0, 1.80 in two July starts.
-- Vanden Hurk won his first '09 start, allowing two runs in six IP.

-- Mariners won five of last six Bedard starts.
-- Jackson has 2.54 RA in his last nine starts.
-- Lester is 2-1, 2.20 in his last four starts.
-- Hochevar is 3-0, 3.62 in his last five starts.

Cold Pitchers
-- Cueto is 0-2, 12.34 in his last three starts, but Reds are 8-2 in Cueto starts if they give him three or more runs.
-- Cardinals are 0-5 in Lohse road starts (0-3, 5.59).
-- Martin allowed five runs in four IP in his first '09 start.
-- Gallardo is 0-3, 5.09 in his last four starts.
-- Ortiz is 0-3, 6.49 in his last eight starts. Niese is 0-0, 5.91 in his two big league starts this season.
-- Arizona is 3-7 at home when Davis starts. Ohlendorf has 6.92 RA in his last seven road starts.
-- Kuroda is 1-2, 6.43 in his last four starts.

-- Pettitte is 0-2, 6.50 in his last three starts. GGonzalez is 1-2, 11.43 in his four starts for Oakland this year.
-- Price is 2-4, 7.83 in his last six starts. Tallet is 0-2, 9.60 in his last three outings.
-- Floyd has a 5.85 RA in his last three starts.
-- Sowers is 1-4, 6.51 in his last five starts.
-- Palmer has a 7.77 RA in his last four starts. Blackburn is 2-2, 5.14 in his last five starts.
-- Guthrie has 6.89 RA in his nine road starts.
-- Holland is 1-1, 8.04 in his last three starts.

Hot Teams
-- Cubs are 6-2 since the All-Star break.
-- Phillies won 15 of their last 18 games.
-- Astros won ten of their last thirteen games.
-- Braves won 11 of their last 14 games.
-- Rockies won six of their last nine games.
-- Dodgers won five of their last six games. Marlins won seven of their last nine road games.

-- Bronx won 13 of its last 15 home games.
-- Tampa Bay is 5-3 since the All-Star break.
-- Tigers are 14-2 in their last sixteen home games.
-- Rangers won their last five games, allowing nine runs.
-- Angels won ten of their last twelve games.
-- Mariners won five of their last seven games.

Cold Teams
-- Reds lost ten of their last thirteen games.
-- Cardinals are 2-6 in second game of road series if they won opener.
-- Padres lost 16 of their last 20 games. Nationals lost seven of their last nine home games.
-- Mets lost nine of their last eleven road games.
-- Brewers lost six of their last eight home games.
-- Giants lost seven of their last nine road games.
-- Arizona lost six of its last nine games. Pirates lost eight of their last ten road games.

-- Oakland lost 13 of its last 20 road games.
-- Blue Jays are 4-8 in their last twelve home games.
-- Red Sox lost five of last six games, scoring total of 12 runs. Orioles lost six of their last seven games.
-- White Sox lost six of their last seven road games.
-- Royals lost 11 of their last 13 home games.
-- Twins lost five of their last six games.
-- Indians are 6-10 in their last sixteen road games.

Totals
-- Over is 4-0-1 in Cincinnati's last five road games.
-- Eight of last ten Washington home games stayed under total.
-- Under is 6-1-1 in Cardinals' last eight games.
-- Under is 8-2-1 in Mets' last eleven road games.
-- Under is 7-3 in Atlanta's last ten road games.
-- Eight of last nine San Francisco road games stayed under total.
-- Under is 7-2-1 in Pirates' last ten road games.
-- Under is 8-4-1 in Dodgers' last thirteen home games.

-- Under is 6-3-1 in Oakland's last ten road games.
-- Under is 6-1-1 in last eight games at Rogers Centre.
-- Seven of last eight White Sox games stayed under the total.
-- Last eight Boston games stayed under the total.
-- Last nine Texas games stayed under the total.
-- 11 of last 14 Minnesota road games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 7-2-1 in Seattle's last ten games.

Umpires
-- Cin-Chi-- Six of last seven Meriwether games stayed under total.
-- StL-Phil-- Five of last seven Wolf games went over the total.
-- NY-Hst-- Underdog won five of last seven Layne games.
-- Atl-Mil-- Last five Bucknor games all went over the total.
-- SD-Wsh-- Under is 9-3-1 in Bell's last thirteen games behind plate.
-- Pitt-Az-- Favorite won Hoye's last seven games behind the dish.
-- SF-Colo-- Under is 3-0-1 in last four Eddings games.
-- Fla-LA-- Under is 7-3 in Carlson's last ten games.

-- A's-NY-- Six of last seven Holbrook games stayed under total.
-- TB-Tor-- Eight of last ten Emmel games stayed under the total.
-- Chi-Det-- Not sure who the home plate umpire is for this game.
-- Clev-Sea-- Four of last five Scott games stayed under the total.
-- Min-LA-- Over is 7-3 in last ten Marsh games.
-- Blt-Bos-- Favorite won six of last seven Nauert games.
-- Tex-KC-- RHP pitchers are 2-0 vs lefties in Muchinski's '09 games.

[Udog]

Weekend six-pack

Six franchises that declared bankruptcy in the last year........

-- Mrs Fields, Salt Lake City-- This also includes TCBY yogurt; did you know . Debbie Fields was a ballgirl at the Oakland Coliseum back in the day?
-- Cork & Olive, Tampa-- Retail wine franchise.

-- Bennigan's-- Restaurant chain fild Chapter 7 last July.

-- Dial-a-Mattress, Long Island City-- Sleepy's won company back in May, for a reported $25M at auction.

-- Bally Total Fitness, Chicago-- Filed Chapter 11 in December, for the second time in last 14 months.

-- Fatburger, Santa Monica-- Owed $3.9M in defaulted loans. Thats a lot of burgers they'd have to sell. Fatburgers sound good, though.


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Saturday's List of 13: Rattlin' on about a variety of things......

13) Fridays are often slow news days, because not as many people buy newspapers on Saturdays, but that doesn't hold for sports. A's traded Matt Holliday to St Louis for three prospects- from the A's viewpoint, it is an easily measured trade, but for the Cardinals, only time will tell.

12) The only way the trade works for St Louis is if they sign Holliday long-term; given that he has scumweasel Scott Boras as his agent, thats no guarantee. Giving up 3B prospect Wallace is as disaster if Holliday is somewhere other than St Louis in 2010.

11) Holliday now bats behind Albert Pujols, who has been intentionally walked 34 times this season. As Inspector Clousseau was fond of saying in the Pink Panther movies, "......not anymore."

10) From the Oakland standpoint, you ask two questions-- are the guys they got worth more than the two draft picks they would have gotten if they kept Holliday all season, then lost him as a free agent? Wallace is a huge prospect, and the A's desperately need a 3B, so they're better off that way. They also got more from St Louis than they gave up last fall when they traded for Holliday, so the trade works for them there, too.

9) Downside for A's is that they sucked this season even with Holliday, so the rest of this season could be very ugly. Holliday was hitting .316 since May 11, so he had been carrying his weight. He'll be missed. He went 4 for 5 with a double and an RBI in his Cardinal debut.

8) Mike Hampton, hated by Met fans already for signing with Colorado instead of the Mets after New York had been in the '00 World Series, hit his 16th career homer in the 4th inning Friday, as Houston won 5-4.

7) The Mets have five home runs in July; Garrett Jones of the Pirates has five home runs in his last eight games.

6) Friday night was the Astros' first sellout since Opening Day.

5) Opposing hitters are batting .083 against Matt Cain this year when he gets an 0-2 count on them, something like 15 for 173.

4) Turns out it was a South Carolina assistant coach who filled out Steve Spurrier's all-SEC ballot and stupidly left Tim Tebow off the first team (he had Jevan Snead of Ole Miss). Spurrier apologized and now the whole incident will go away, good lord willing.

3) I figured out the other day that I've been in 23 of the 50 states.

2) Andre Miller signed with Portland Friday, another kick in the teeth to the Knicks, who can't anybody good to come play for them.

1) Happy 56th birthday to one of my boyhood heroes, Biff Pocoroba.

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