Saturday Trends and Indexes 8/8 (MLB, WNBA, CFL, Misc.)

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CFL
Dunkel Update

Winnepeg at Calgary
The Bluebombers face the 2-3 Stampeders looking to build in their 5-1-1 record in their last 7 games against teams with a losing SU record. Winnipeg is the pick (+14 1/2) according to Dunkel, which has Calgary favored by just 8. Dunkel Pick: Winnipeg (+14 1/2).




CFL
Long Sheet Update

EDMONTON (3 - 2) at HAMILTON (3 - 2) - 8/8/2009, 6:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
EDMONTON is 0-7 ATS (-7.7 Units) after 2 or more consecutive straight up wins over the last 3 seasons.

[Udog]

Saturday six-pack

-- A's did the right thing and released 38-year old Jason Giambi, who hit .193 for them this season. They never should have signed him.

-- Ton of drama out west, as Braves, Reds both scored a lot of runs in last inning, and recorded road wins. Cincinnati came from behind in a game Lincecum started for Giants. Braves benefitted from Billingsley's bum hamstring to rally late against the Dodgers.

-- Everth Cabrera, Ryan Langerhans were both unlikely to hit walkoff homers, but both did it late Friday night, as San Diego, Seattle both got come-from-behind wins at home.

-- Rams drew crowd of 7,500 for a scrimmage in a college stadium that seats 6,500 Friday night in Lindenwood, MO.

-- Take away Ellsbury's 2-5, and Red Sox were 2-41 Friday night.

-- Of the nine players the Red Sox had on the field in the 15th inning Friday night, four of them weren't on the team nine days ago.


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Saturday's List of 13: In a perfect world, where I make all the decisions............

13) The NFL pay-per-view package would be available to anyone who wanted to pay for it, not just DirecTV customers.

12) Everyone would get to visit Las Vegas at least once in their life.

11) NBC would tell Notre Dame football to join a league or take a hike.

10) Our country would spend less money in the Middle East and more money helping the people hurt by disasters on Gulf Coast and in Iowa.

9) There would be a PGA Tour event played on a par-3 course. A really really hard par-3 course, one with lots of water around the greens.

8) Billy Packer would still be broadcasting college basketball games on TV-- not necessarily CBS, but he belongs somewhere in the game.

7) The Electoral College would be eliminated in the Presidential election. Whomever gets the most votes wins. How hard would this be to do?

6) MLB Network would show a Japanese Baseball Game of the Week.

5) Prostitution would be legalized. Marijuana wouldn't be.

4) NHL teams in Dallas, Nashville, Atlanta, Phoenix would relocate to Quebec City, Hamilton, Saskatoon and Winnipeg.

3) Our society would respect older more people more. They should be a resource, their brains picked so we get smarter. Doesn't happen enough.

2) Minnesota Twins' new stadium would have a retractable roof on it.

1) The drinking age would go back to 18; if you're old enough to go fight in a war, you're old enough to go have a couple beers.

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MLB
Write-up

UPDATED

Saturday, August 8

Hot Pitchers
-- Haren is 7-2, 2.22 in his last 12 starts.
-- Zito is 2-0, 2.50 in his last three starts.
-- Hamels is 3-1, 4.50 in his last six starts.
-- Wainwright is 4-2, 1.35 in his last seven starts.
-- Parra is 3-0, 3.94 in his last five starts.
-- Marquis is 3-2, 2.05 in his last six starts.
-- Latos is 3-0, 2.29 in his last three starts.
-- Kershaw is 5-0, 1.34 in his last ten starts.

-- Cecil is 3-0, 1.67 in his last four starts.
-- Verlander is 4-1, 3.48 in his last six starts. Pavano is 3-0, 1.93 against the Tigers this season.
-- Anderson is 3-1, 1.85 in his last six starts.
-- Snell allowed two runs in six IP in his first start for Seattle.

Cold Pitchers
-- Arroyo is 0-2, 5.30 in his last three starts.
-- Hampton is 2-3, 9.00 in his last five starts.
-- Mock is 0-2, 9.68 in four starts this season.
-- West is 0-2, 9.00 in his last three starts.
-- Morton s 0-2, 5.40 in his last three starts.
-- Kawakami is 0-3, 4.84 in his last four starts.
-- Dempster is 1-2, 5.09 in his last six starts.
-- Parnell is making his first big league start; he was a starter in previous seasons in minor leagues, but has been a set-up guy all season.

-- Tillman has a 6.75 RA in his first two major league starts.
-- Buchholz is 0-1, 8.10 in his last three starts. Sabathia has a 5.13 RA in his last five starts.
-- Weaver has a 7.14 RA in his last seven starts. Millwood is 1-2, 6.75 in his last five starts.
-- Masterson was 0-2, 5.84 in his last four starts for Boston. Torres allowed three runs in six IP in his first '09 start.
-- Greinke is 0-3, 4.14 in his last six starts.
-- Shields is 0-3, 4.96 in his last seven starts.

Hot Teams
-- Nationals won their last six games, scoring 43 runs. Arizona is 19-11 in its last 30 games.
-- Colorado won six of its last eight games. Cubs are 10-5 in their last fifteen games.
-- Cardinals won seven of their last ten games.
-- Padres won eight of their last eleven games.
-- Giants won eight of their last eleven games.
-- Braves won three of their last four games.

-- Tigers are 20-6 in their last 26 home games.
-- Bronx Bombers are 16-5 since the All-Star break.
-- Angels won six of their last nine games.
-- White Sox won 14 of their last 20 home games. Indians won four of their last five games.
-- A's won four of their last five games.
-- Tampa Bay won five of its last seven games. Mariners won three of their last four games.

Cold Teams
-- Marlins lost four of their last six games. Phillies lost six of their last nine games.
-- Pirates lost their last seven games, allowing 44 runs.
-- Astros lost nine of their last thirteen games. Brewers are 4-7 in their last eleven road games.
-- Mets lost seven of their last nine games.
-- Reds lost eight of their last ten games.
-- Dodgers are 3-5 in their last eight road games.

-- Blue Jays lost six of their last seven home games. Orioles lost six of their last eight games.
-- Twins lost nine of their last twelve road games.
-- Red Sox lost their last four games, allowing 25 runs.
-- Royals lost eight of their last ten games.
-- Rangers are 3-5 in second game of road series if they won opener.

Totals
-- Under is 8-2-1 in Phillies' last eleven games.
-- Last five Cardinal road games went over the total.
-- Under is 16-7 in Arizona's last twenty-three road games.
-- Over is 10-4-1 in Milwaukee's last fifteen games.
-- Eight of last ten Colorado games stayed under the total.
-- Last four San Diego games went over the total.
-- Five of last six Atlanta games went over the total.
-- Under is 6-3-1 in last ten Cincinnati games.

-- Under is 10-5-2 in last seventeen games at Rogers Centre.
-- Over is 5-1-1 in last seven Bronx games.
-- Over is 5-1-1 in last seven Minnesota games.
-- Over is 9-3-1 in Cleveland's last thirteen games.
-- Last six Oakland road games went over the total.
-- Over is 15-1-1 in Angels' last seventeen games.
-- Eight of last ten Tampa Bay road games stayed under the total.

Umpires
-- Cin-SF-- Six of last eight Layne games stayed under the total.
-- Mil-Hst-- Eight of last ten Holbrook games stayed under total.
--Az-Wsh-- Over is 4-1-1 in last six Crawford games.
-- Fla-Phil-- Under is 6-3-1 in last ten West games.
-- StL-Pitt-- Over is 6-2-1 in McClelland's last nine games.
-- Chi-Col-- Underdog won four of last six Campos games.
-- NY-SD-- Favorite won last nine Barksdale games.
-- Atl-Phil-- Underdog is 7-5 in last twelve Reilly games.

-- Blt-Tor-- Underdog is 7-7 in last fourteen Cederstrom games.
-- Bos-NY-- Seven of last eight Joyce games stayed under the total.
-- Tex-LA-- Favorites won last seven Emmel games.
-- Min-Det-- Under is 11-2 in last thirteen Demuth games.
-- Clev-Chi-- Over is 3-1-1 in last five Everitt games.
-- A's-KC-- Under is 7-1-1 in last nine Kellogg games.
-- TB-Sea-- Underdog is 9-4 in last thirteen Tschida games.

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