Sunday's Trends and Indexes 8/22 (MLB, WNBA, Misc.)

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MLB
Write-Up


Early Games

Sunday, August 22

Hot pitchers
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-- Gomez is 3-1, 2.45 in five starts.
-- Sabathia is 3-0, 2.66 in his last three starts. French is 2-1, 2.08 in his last three outings.

Cold pitchers
-- Miller was 1-8, 6.01 in 18 starts in AA Southern League; he's 14-21 in 47 big league starts, for Tigers/Marlins. Figueroa allowed two runs in five IP in both his 2010 starts.

-- Verlander is 1-3, 3.82 in his last five starts.

Totals
-- atl-chi.
-- Eight of last nine Met games stayed under the total.
-- wsh-phil
-- Over is 7-1-1 in last nine Florida home games.
-- Over is 9-2 in last eleven games at Miller Park.
-- Over is 7-4-1 in last twelve St Louis home games.
-- Seven of last eight Colorado road games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 6-2-1 in last nine Dodger games.

-- Over is 13-4-3 in last twenty Bronx home games.
-- Under is 11-4 in last fifteen Baltimore games.
-- Five of last seven Cleveland games went over the total.
-- Eight of last eleven Boston games went over the total.
-- Last five Minnesota games went over the total.
-- cws-kc
-- Over is 6-1-1 in last eight Tampa Bay games.

Hot Teams
-- Phillies are 13-4 in their last seventeen home games.
-- Marlins won their last five games, allowing seven runs.
-- Braves won eight of their last eleven games.
-- Brewers won five of their last six games. Padres won 10 of their last 13 games, but lost last two.
-- Reds won ten of their last twelve road games.

-- Bronx won four of its last five games. Mariners won eight of their last twelve games.
-- Twins won ten of their last twelve home games.
-- Royals are 8-4 in their last twelve home games.
-- Rays won six of their last eight games. Oakland is 12-5 in its last 17 home games.

Cold Teams
-- Pirates lost 12 of their last 13 games. Mets are 11-21 in their last 31 road games, but won three of last four.
-- Giants lost seven of their last ten road games. Cardinals lost five of last six games.
-- Nationals are 4-9 in their last thirteen games.
-- Astros lost their last six road games.
-- Cubs lost 19 of their last 24 games.
-- Arizona is 6-10 in its last sixteen home games. Colorado lost 14 of its last 18 road games.
-- Dodgers are 4-7 in their last eleven games.

-- Tigers are 7-11 in their last eighteen games. Indians lost 11 of their last 13 games.
-- Angels are 5-11 in their last 16 road games.
-- Rangers are 5-11 in their last sixteen road games.
-- Red Sox are 8-9 in their last seventeen home games.
-- White Sox are 4-9 in their last thirteen games.

Umpires
-- Atl-Chi-- Over is 11-4-1 in last sixteen Scott games.
-- NY-Pitt-- Home side is 18-2 in last twenty McClelland games.
-- Wsh-Phil-- Underdog (+$410) won four of last five Guccione tilts.
-- Hst-Fla-- Five of last seven Darling games stayed under the total.
-- SD-Mil-- Under is 9-4 in last thirteen Hallion games.
-- SF-StL-- Favorites won last twelve Culbreth games.
-- Col-Az-- Over is 9-4 in last thirteen Marquez games.
-- Cin-LA-- Eight of last nine Campos games went over the total.

-- Sea-NY-- Underdogs (+$336) won three of last four Holbrook games.
-- LA-Min-- Over is 6-1-1 in last eight Winters games.
-- Tex-Blt-- Six of last seven Kellogg games stayed under the total.
-- Clev-Det-- Four of last five Randazzo games stayed under total.
-- Tor-Bos-- Five of last seven Cooper games went over the total.
-- Chi-KC-- Home team is 19-5 in last 24 West games.
-- TB-A's-- Under is 14-4 in last eighteen Hoye games.

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MLB
Write-Up


Update

Sunday, August 22


Hot pitchers
-- Santana is 2-1, 1.48 in his last three starts.
-- Oswalt is 2-0, 2.21 in his last three starts.
-- Garland is 2-1, 0.90 in his last three starts.
-- Arroyo is 3-1, 2.73 in his last four starts. Kershaw is 1-0, 1.32 in his last couple starts.
-- DHudson is 3-1, 2.12 in four starts for Arizona.

-- Gomez is 3-1, 2.45 in five starts.
-- Sabathia is 3-0, 2.66 in his last three starts. French is 2-1, 2.08 in his last three outings.
-- Millwood has 2.14 RA in his last three starts, but is winless in his last eight starts overall.
-- Buchholz is 4-0, 1.69 in his last five starts. Marcum is 3-1, 3.16 in his last four road starts.
-- Weaver is 3-1, 1.62 in his last seven road starts.
-- Greinke is 1-0, 1.29 in his last two starts. Danks is 3-1, 2.64 in his last six starts.
-- Braden is 3-1, 2.62 in his last four starts. Garza has 2.18 RA in his last three outings.

Cold pitchers
-- Miller was 1-8, 6.01 in 18 starts in AA Southern League; he's 14-21 in 47 big league starts, for Tigers/Marlins. Figueroa allowed two runs in five IP in both his 2010 starts.
-- Duke is 0-3, 6.75 in his last four starts.
-- Olsen is 0-3, 11.57 in his last three starts.
-- JGarcia is 1-2, 7.25 in his last four starts. Zito is 0-3, 3.69 in his last six starts.
-- Wells is 0-4, 6.59 in his last five starts. Minor is 1-0, 4.50 in his first two big league starts.
-- Parra is 0-4, 8.20 in his last seven starts.
-- Chacin is 1-2, 6.88 in his last three starts.

-- Verlander is 1-3, 3.82 in his last five starts.
-- Baker has a 5.40 RA in his last seven starts.
-- Hunter is 1-2, 9.39 in his last four starts.

Totals
-- Under is 7-3 in last ten Wells starts.
-- Eight of last nine Met games stayed under the total.
-- Over is 4-1-1 in last six Oswalt starts.
-- Over is 7-1-1 in last nine Florida home games.
-- Over is 9-2 in last eleven games at Miller Park.
-- Over is 7-4-1 in last twelve St Louis home games.
-- Seven of last eight Colorado road games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 6-2-1 in last nine Dodger games.

-- Over is 13-4-3 in last twenty Bronx home games.
-- Under is 11-4 in last fifteen Baltimore games.
-- Five of last seven Cleveland games went over the total.
-- Eight of last eleven Boston games went over the total.
-- Last five Minnesota games went over the total.
-- Over is 7-4 when Danks starts on the road.
-- Over is 6-1-1 in last eight Tampa Bay games.

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Sunday's six-pack

Worst seven NFL teams last year, in terms of turnover ratio
32) Detroit Lions, -18

T30) St Louis Rams, -13

T30) Oakland Raiders, -13

29) Cleveland Browns, -12

28) Washington Redskins, -11

T26) Miami Dolphins, -8

T26) Seattle Seahawks, -8

Of these seven teams, only Miami/Detroit will have same QB/coach combination that they had last season.


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Sunday's List of 13: Random stuff for a soggy summer Sunday

13) Lou Piniella is leaving the Cubs after Sunday's game; his mother isn't doing too well in Florida, so he moved his retirement up six weeks.

12) FOX's Kenny Albert was saying on air Saturday that when Piniella became a broadcaster a few years back, he didn't know how to keep score of a game, which you need to do in order to broadcast well. Would expect to see Lou back in a FOX booth next season.

11) When was last time an NFL QB played a whole exhibition game? Giants' Rhett Bomar (Oklahoma's QB before Sam Bradford) got in a lot of work Saturday, as he tries to earn a roster spot. Why wouldn't Giants add an Arena League QB (their season just ended) to play some while the #1/#2 QBs healed up? Better than having one guy play whole game, and leave open the possibility of having to play without a QB.

10) Alex Rodriguez has missed 11 games this year; Bronx won all 11.

9) Cliff Lee is 0-2, 8.24 in his last three starts; he's allowed 13 home runs but only ten walks. Maybe he doesn't back guys off the plate enough.

8) Mets sold Rod Barajas to the Dodgers for cash, as they raise the white flag to their season of mediocrity. LA badly needs a catcher who can hit a little with Russell Martin probably out for the year.

7) USA beat Lithuania in basketball yesterday, but trailed at the half in a pretty fun game to watch. International rules make a better game, and the NBA should adopt them, other than keeping the game at 48 minutes.

6) The Lithuanian team has an ad for pokerstars.net on its uniforms. How long before NBA teams have ads on their uniforms?

5) When did sliding feet-first become obsolete in baseball? Jose Reyes slid headfirst into home Saturday night and damn near got crushed when Bucs' catcher landed on him. Sliding feet-first is just smarter way to run bases.

4) Stephen Strasburg left game with a strained flexor tendon, which is in the elbow and is very scary for Nationals' fans. This is why teams coddle pitchers, especially higher-paid ones.

3) Tampa Bay QB Josh Freeman fractured the tip of his thumb last night, will miss the rest of preseason; Josh Johnson/Rudy Carpenter are other two QBs with Tampa Bay. Think they regret firing Jon Gruden? Things are so bad there, last night was first time in 12 years they had a blackout.

2) Would an NFL team that struggles to sign free agents try reducing its offseason program, as an inducement to sign new players? Look at whole Favre situation-- do you really need all this offseason work? Favre starts at QB for Minnesota tonight, after three whole days of practice.

1) Obviously I have no knowledge of this, but watching baseball for eight hours a night, seven days a week, I swear to God big league umpires have been schooled to lean towards the out call on close plays at first base, the obvious exception being the last out of the Galarraga one-hitter. Anytime there is a bang-bang play at first, 75-80% of them are called out. Weird.