Saturday Trends and Indexes 8/15 (MLB, WNBA, CFL, Misc.)

[Udog]

CFL
Dunkel Update


Montreal at Winnipeg
The Alouettes look to build on their 5-1 ATS record in their last six meetings in Winnipeg. Montreal is the pick (-8) according to Dunkel, which has the Alouettes favored by 14 1/2. Dunkel Pick: Montreal (-8).

[Kaptain]

Who's hot----10 day profile



Record Money Runs Hits+Wks Bases Starters
Game Game Game ERA

CLE 6-3 +530 5.6 14.9 20.1 3.31
NYY 7-3 +325 5.7 14.8 22.0 4.11
OAK 6-5 +155 5.5 12.1 17.6 6.81
TEX 6-5 +145 4.6 11.5 19.3 3.55
CHW 6-4 +115 6.2 12.9 19.5 6.91
TB 6-3 +100 6.0 14.2 22.2 3.83
LAA 5-4 +55 6.6 14.4 20.7 5.76
SEA 5-5 +25 5.6 13.3 18.8 6.42
DET 6-4 -55 4.7 13.7 19.2 5.80
TOR 4-4 -150 5.0 13.1 19.9 4.31
BOS 4-6 -205 5.0 14.9 21.3 5.18
BAL 3-8 -320 4.7 12.5 16.9 6.51
KC 3-8 -400 4.8 12.5 17.2 7.41
MIN 2-7 -620 5.9 14.1 21.3 7.26



Record Money Runs Hits+Wks Bases Starters
Game Game Game ERA

WAS 8-3 +715 6.4 13.5 20.6 6.63
SD 7-4 +350 4.5 13.3 18.5 3.80
COL 7-4 +305 4.7 12.9 17.9 5.39
ATL 7-4 +245 4.6 12.7 16.7 3.69
ARI 6-4 +115 5.1 15.4 23.4 4.64
MIL 5-5 +110 5.1 12.8 16.5 5.37
STL 6-3 +110 4.4 11.4 17.4 4.22
FLA 5-5 +10 5.6 15.3 22.3 4.80
SF 6-4 -20 4.9 12.4 17.2 2.99
HOU 4-6 -80 3.3 10.7 16.0 5.18
CHC 5-5 -95 4.8 12.7 19.4 3.38
CIN 3-7 -140 3.9 9.6 14.1 5.11
LAD 5-6 -265 5.3 14.0 18.6 3.53
NYM 4-8 -380 4.5 12.2 17.3 4.89
PHI 3-7 -700 3.2 9.9 15.1 4.04
PIT 2-8 -705 4.2 11.2 16.8 4.40

[Udog]

MLB
Write-Up


Updated

Saturday, august 15

Hot Pitchers
-- Kawakami has a 3.31 RA in his last six starts.
-- Davis is 3-0, 2.08 in his last four starts.
-- Colorado won nine of last twelve Cook starts. Vanden Hurk is 1-0, 3.27 in his two home starts.
-- Kuroda is 2-0, 2.95 in his last three starts.
-- Santana is 4-1, 2.27 in his last six starts.
-- Cardinals won last seven Pineiro starts (3-0, 2.94). Stauffer has 2.90 RA in his six starts, but Padres still lost five of them.

-- GGonzalez is 3-0, 1.44 in his last four starts. Floyd has a 2.89 RA in his last four starts.
-- Lackey is 3-1, 2.57 in his last six starts.
-- Holland is 2-1, 2.05 in his last three starts.

Cold Pitchers
-- Former Pirate Gorzelanny has 7.27 RA in two starts for the Cubs. Duke is 1-3, 4.13 in his last five starts.
-- Hamels is 0-2, 9.58 in his last two starts.
-- Moehler is 0-3, 7.25 in his last four starts. Burns is 1-3, 9.33 in his last four starts.
-- Cueto is 0-5, 9.50 in his last seven starts. Martin is 1-2, 5.91 in five starts for the Nationals.
-- Cain is 0-2, 5.40 in his last couple starts.

-- Huff has an 8.02 RA in his last eight starts. Swarzak allowed 13 runs in four IP in losing his last two starts.
-- Jackson has a 4.70 RA in his last four starts. Hochevar is 0-2, 7.50 in his last three outings.
-- Matusz has an 8.22 RA in his first two big starts.
-- Kazmir has a 6.06 RA in his last six starts. Toronto lost Tallet's last four starts (0-2, 9.00).
-- Penny is 0-2, 7.94 in his last three starts.
-- Mitre has an 8.22 RA in five starts for Bronx. French has 6.97 RA in his two starts for the Mariners.

Hot Teams
-- Marlins won seven of their last eight games. Colorado won 10 of its last 15 games.
-- Braves won five of their last six games. Phillies won their last four games, outscoring foes 26-12.
-- Padres won 11 of their last 17 games. Cardinals won six of their last seven games.
-- Arizona is 12-6 in its last 18 home games.

-- Angels won 10 of their last 14 road games.
-- Indians are 8-5 in their last thirteen road games.
-- Tigers won nine of their last 12 home games.
-- Red Sox won four of their last five games. Texas is 9-3 in its last 12 home games.
-- A's won seven of their last eleven games.
-- Bronx Bombers are 22-6 since All-Star break.

Cold Teams
-- Mets lost eight of their last twelve games. Giants are 5-11 in their last sixteen road games.
-- Reds lost 11 of their last 16 games. Washington lost three of its last four games.
-- Cubs lost seven of their last nine games. Pirates lost 20 of their last 24 road games.
-- Brewers are 7-11 in their last 18 home games. Astros are 6-13 in their last 19 games.
-- Dodgers are 7-12 in their last 19 games.

-- Orioles lost 10 of their last 14 games.
-- Rays lost their last five games, outscored 40-16. Toronto is 7-16 in its last 23 road games.
-- Royals lost seven of their last ten road games.
-- Twins lost nine of their last thirteen games.
-- White Sox lost 12 of their last 16 road games.
-- Mariners lost three of their last four games.

Totals
-- Under is 5-2-2 in Pirates' last nine away games.
-- 12 of last 17 Washington road games went over the total.
-- 10 of last 11 Florida games went over the total.
-- Over is 7-4 in last 11 games played at Citi Field.
-- Under is 9-2-1 in Phillies' last twelve road games.
-- 10 of Brewers' last 11 home games went over the total.
-- Under is 13-2-1 in Cardinals' last sixteen home games.
-- Under is 6-2-1 in last nine Arizona home games.

-- Over is 10-2-1 in Angels' last thirteen road games.
-- Under is 16-7-3 in Royals' last 26 road games.
-- Six of last eight Tampa Bay games went over the total.
-- Under is 11-5 in Boston's last sixteen road games.
-- Over is 10-1-1 in last twelve Cleveland road games.
-- Nine of last eleven Chicago road games stayed under the total.
-- Six of last eight Bronx games stayed under the total.

Umpires
-- Pitt-Chi-- Home team won last seven Diaz games.
-- Phil-Atl-- Road team won last seven Knight games (last five over).
-- LA-Az-- Seven of last eight Randazzo games went over the total.
-- Col-Fla-- Favorites won last four Drake games.
-- Hst-Mil-- Last seven Barrett games stayed under the total.
-- Wsh-Cin-- Over is 8-4 in Gibson's last twelve games behind plate.
-- SF-NY-- Over is 4-1-1 in last six O'Nora games.
-- SD-StL-- Six of last seven Kulpa games stayed under the total.

-- Chi-A's-- Seven of last ten Tichenor gams stayed under the total.
-- Cle-Min-- Home teams won seven of last eight Bell games.
-- KC-Det-- Five of last seven Schrieber games stayed under the total.
-- LA-Balt-- Under is 12-4-1 in last 17 Vanover games.
-- Tor-TB-- Over is 4-1-1 in last six Johnson games.
-- Bos-Tex-- Five of last seven Hernandez games stayed under total.
-- NY-Sea-- Home team won eight of last nine Bucknor games.

[Udog]

Weekend six-pack
Taking a look at teams in the ACC's Coastal Division

-- Virginia Tech-- Hokies play Bama, Nebraska, Miami in September; they've got nine starters back on offense, seven on defense-- offensive line has 90 starts back. Hokies covered 7 of last 10 as an underdog.

-- Miami-- Most experienced OL they've had in while, but QB Harris has only two starts. 8 starters back on offense, 7 on defense, but their schedule is nasty, opening with FSU-Ga Tech-Va Tech-Oklahoma.

-- Georgia Tech-- 18 starters back for team that ran ball for 273 yards a game LY, Johnson's first at Tech. Four starters are back on OL, so this team should be ever better this season. 12-3 as road dog since '04.

-- North Carolina-- Five of top six WRs graduated, but they've got nine starters back on defense, three more on OL. Are just 8-17 as favorite at home this decade. UNC 0-2 vs State since O'Brien got to Raleigh.

-- Virginia-- Only 11 starters back for team whose last three bowl tilts were all decided by three points, with an average total of 65. A senior QB with 22 starts and four starters back on OL are a positive sign.

-- Duke-- 15 players came down with swine flu this week for program whose last bowl was in 1990, last bowl win in '60. Senior QB with 33 starts, but three new starters on OL. 4-15 as home dog since 2005.


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Saturday's List of 13: Sorting out stuff on a steamy Saturday

13) Quentin Richardson has been traded four times since NBA season ended in June-- that has to be some kind of a record.

12) Actor Jeremy Piven threw out first ball at Wrigley Field Friday; no truth to rumor that the visiting Pirates offered him a contract to throw a couple innings for them after they fell behind 14-0 in second inning.

11) I'll rub it in and remind people that Charlie Morton was starter for the Pirates Friday, the same guy they traded Nate McLouth for. Ouch.

10) If I coached an NFL team, I'd go for it on fourth down a lot in these meaningless exhibition games-- you can create situations to judge your players on, and thats really what the games are for, talent evaluation.

9) Magic Johnson turned 50 years old this week. I felt older when that flashed on the TV screen, since I'm turning 50 in a few months, too.

8) I've got this feeling no team actually wanted Michael Vick, but Eagles did the NFL a favor and signed him up, with their payoff being that if he can show any semblance of his former playing skill, they can trade him in the offseason and in essence, get a free draft pick or two next year.

7) Kyle Orton was horrible in his Denver debut Friday night, throwing three INTs in the first half. Chris Simms looked like the better player in the second half, but he was also playing against second-teamers.

6) Since 2000, 45 major leaguers have hit for the cycle, only 14 no-hitters have been thrown. Before 2000, there had been more no-hitters thrown than cycles hit for. No idea why the change.

5) Terry Francona pinch-ran pitcher Buchholz for Varitek as tying run on second with one out in top of 8th Friday night, with Boston trailing 4-3. Next batter hit a ball off the leftfield fence, but Buchholz not only got thrown out at the plate, he slid headfirst, making his very valuable right hand vulnerable to injury. Victor Martinez doubled to five Red Sox the lead, bailing both manager and pinch runner out of a bad situation.

4) Short game guru Dave Pelz says pitch shots from around the green are 30% more likely to go in if you leave the flagstick in. He should know.

3) It should be illegal to wear a coat and tie at a golf course.

2) Minnesota is called the Land of 10,000 Lakes, but actually has more than 12,000 lakes, all of which are frozen for a good part of the year, yet Minnesota claims more golfers per capita than any other state.

1) Its funny that golf tournaments get a better rating if Eldrick Woods is winning-- he makes golf boring, declares outcomes somewhat inevitable whenever he grabs the lead, yet more people watch on TV. Go figure.