2022 WNBA SEASON NEWS,NOTES, PICKS !

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Eagles @ Lions
— Eagles lost three of last four road openers.
— Since 2005, Philly is 4-8 ATS as a favorite in road openers.
— Eagles started out 1-0 in nine of last 11 seasons.

— Detroit’s last eleven season openers went over the total.
— Since 1999, Lions are 7-4 ATS as an underdog in home openers.
— Over is 9-3 in their last dozen home openers.

Colts @ Texans
— Colts lost 10 of their last 12 road openers.
— Indy started 0-1 seven of last eight years.
— Over is 5-1 in their last six Week 1 games.

— Texans are 8-4 in last dozen home openers.
— Houston covered its last three Week 1 games.
— Over is 3-1 in their last four Week 1 games.

Jaguars @ Commanders
— Jaguars covered four of their last five road openers.
— Jacksonville is 10-8 ATS as an underdog on road openers.
— Their last three Week 1 games went over the total.

— Washington lost eight of last ten home openers.
— Since 2009, Commanders are 1-5 ATS as a favorite in home openers.
— Over is 7-4 in their last eleven home openers.

Chiefs @ Cardinals
— Kansas City started 1-0 the last seven years, scoring 35.1 ppg.
— Chiefs won five of last seven road openers.
— Over is 7-3 in their last ten road openers.

— Arizona won its last two home openers, scoring 30-34 points.
— Average total in their last three Week 1 games: 49.7
— Under is 7-3 in their last ten home openers.

Packers @ Vikings
— Green Bay is 4-7 ATS in last eleven road openers.
— Packers allowed 31+ points in four of last five road openers.
— Over is 7-2 in their last nine road openers.

— Vikings won/covered six of last seven home openers.
— Last eight years, Minnesota is 5-3 ATS in Week 1.
— Under is 7-1 in their last eight home openers.

Raiders @ Chargers
— Raiders are 7-1-1 ATS in last nine road openers.
— Las Vegas won its Week 1 games five of last six years.
— Last 23 years, over is 14-8-1 in Raiders’ road openers.

— Chargers covered once in last five home openers.
— Bolts started out 1-0 the last three years, giving up 17.7 ppg.
— Over is 14-5 in their last nineteen home openers.

Giants @ Titans
— Giants lost 10 of their last 12 road openers.
— Giants lost last five Week 1 games, scoring 12.4 ppg.
— Since 2004, Giants are 6-9 ATS as an underdog in road openers.

— Tennessee lost six of last eight home openers.
— Since 2013, Titans are 0-5-1 ATS as a favorite in home openers.
— Under is 7-3 in their last ten home openers.

Buccaneers @ Cowboys
— Tampa Bay (-9) beat Dallas 31-29 in LY’s season opener.
— Bucs lost last two road openers, 34-23/34-24.
— Over is 10-4 in their last fourteen road openers.

— Dallas won its last five home openers (4-1 ATS)
— Last three years, Cowboys scored 35-40-41 points in home openers.
— Dallas lost five of its last eight Week 1 games.

Broncos @ Seahawks
— Broncos started 1-0 in eight of last ten seasons.
— Denver lost four of last five road openers.
— Under is 3-1 in their last four road openers.

— Since 2003, Seattle is 14-5 ATS in home openers.
— Under is 8-3 in their last eleven home openers.
— Seahawk trends reflect Russell Wilson at QB; he plays for Denver now.

 

[Udog]

WNBA

Tuesday, May 17

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Trend Report

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Atlanta @ Indiana

Atlanta

The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Atlanta's last 7 games on the road

Atlanta is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Indiana

Indiana

The total has gone OVER in 9 of Indiana's last 11 games

The total has gone OVER in 4 of Indiana's last 5 games at home


Connecticut @ New York

Connecticut

Connecticut is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing New York

The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Connecticut's last 6 games when playing New York

New York

The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New York's last 6 games when playing Connecticut

The total has gone OVER in 7 of New York's last 10 games when playing at home against Connecticut


Washington @ Dallas

Washington

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games

The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Washington's last 15 games when playing Dallas

Dallas

Dallas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Washington

Dallas is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Washington


Phoenix @ Las Vegas

Phoenix

The total has gone OVER in 5 of Phoenix's last 5 games when playing on the road against Las Vegas

Phoenix is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Las Vegas

Las Vegas

The total has gone OVER in 5 of Las Vegas's last 5 games when playing at home against Phoenix

Las Vegas is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games at home


Minnesota @ Los Angeles

Minnesota

The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Minnesota's last 10 games when playing on the road against Los Angeles

Minnesota is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Los Angeles

Los Angeles

The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Los Angeles's last 10 games when playing at home against Minnesota

The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Los Angeles's last 8 games at home


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[Cnotes53]

TUESDAY, MAY 17

CONN at NY	07:00 PM	CONN -7.0 U 158.5	+500 +500
ATL at IND	07:00 PM	IND -1.0 U 158.5	+500 +500
WAS at DAL	08:00 PM	WAS -1.5 U 162.0	+500 +500
PHO at LV	10:00 PM	PHO +8.0 O 171.0	+500 +500
MIN at LA	10:30 PM	LA -8.5 U 160.0	+500 +500

 

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WNBA BEST BETS AND OPINIONS:

Date................W-L-T................%............Units

05/17/2022......4-6-0.........40.00%............-13.00
05/15/2022......3-1-0,,,,,,,,,75.00%.............+9.50
05/14/2022......4-2-0.........66.67%.............+9.00
05/13/2022......3-3-0.........50.00%.............-1.50
05/11/2022......3-3-0.........50.00%............- 1.50
05/10/2022......1-3-0.........25.00%...........-11.50
05/08/2022......4-2-0.........66.66%............+9.50
05/07/2022......1-3-0 ........25.00%...........-11.50
05/06/2022......3-5-0.........37.50%...........-12.50

TOTALS......23-25-0.........47.91%...........-31.50


BEST BETS:

05/17/2022..........3-4-0.........42.85%.............-7.00
05/15/2022..........3-1-0,,,,,,,,,75.00%.............+9.50
05/14/2022..........4-2-0.........66.67%.............+9.00
05/13/2022..........2-3-0.........40.00%..............-6.50
05/11/2022..........3-3-0.........50.00%.............- 1.50
05/10/2022..........1-3-0.........25.00%.............-11.50
05/08/2022..........4-2-0.........66.66%.............+9.50
05/07/2022..........1-3-0..........33.33%............- 6.00

TOTALS..........21-21-0..........5o.00%.............- 4.50


UPDATED 05/17/2022

 

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Armadillo Sports




Wednesday’s 6-pack

Over/under win totals for the NFL

11.5— Buffalo, Tampa Bay

11— Green Bay, Kansas City

10.5— Rams, Dallas

10— Baltimore, San Francisco, Denver, Indianapolis

9.5— Cincinnati, Tennessee, Cleveland

9— Arizona, Minnesota, Miami, Philadelphia




Quote of the Day

“In the past, I feel every time I’ve faced the Astros, they came out swinging, and try to jump on the fastball. I was able to locate it in the first, had a quick first inning. Tried to do the same thing the second inning, and they didn’t miss.”

Nathan Eovaldi




Wednesday’s quiz

Mets have won the World Series twice; who did they beat those years?




Tuesday’s quiz

Bud Grant was the Minnesota Vikings’ coach when they won four NFC titles in the 60’s/70’s.




Monday’s quiz

Drew Brees played his college football at Purdue.




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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings……




13) If I ran a TV network and could choose who our NFL game analysts were, I’d prefer guys who have coached. They’ve studied the game thoroughly, know it inside and out and are critical, which is essential. You never know if a former player wants to criticize guys he knows.




This season, I’d be interested in Sean Payton/Mike Zimmer, just to see what they had to offer. Jason Garrett has gotten better on USFL games this spring.




12) Dodgers swept a scheduled doubleheader at home over Arizona Tuesday; it was the first scheduled twinbill at Chavez Ravine since 1987, when a visit by the Pope necessitated s game to be postponed/rescheduled.




11) Diamondbacks are 12-7 in games decided by 1-2 runs, but they’re 6-13 in games decided by three or more runs.




10) Miami 118, Boston 107:

— Heat outscored Boston 39-14 in third quarter.

— Butler scored 17 points in that decisive quarter, had 41 for game.

— Celtics shot only 11 for 34 on the arc.

— Heat leads series, 1-0




9) Astros 13, Red Sox 4:

— Eovaldi is third pitcher ever to allow five homers in one inning- Astros hit five taters in a 9-run second inning.

— Other two pitchers who allowed five homers in an inning: Chase Anderson in 2020 and Michael Blazek in 2017.




8) Pittsburgh Pirates’ last three games:

Sunday, they won 1-0, but didn’t get any hits.

Monday, they lost 9-0 at Wrigley, giving up eight runs in first inning

Tuesday, they lost 7-0 at Wrigley; rough week for them.




7) First five picks in next month’s NBA Draft:

Orlando, Oklahoma City, Houston, Sacramento, Detroit.




6) Quote of the Day, part 2, from Aaron Judge, about the Orioles’ ballpark:

“It’s a travesty, man. I’m pretty upset. It just looks like a Create-A-Park now.”




Judge is used to pop-ups to right field being home runs; now in Baltimore they’ve moved the fences back and raised them. Harder to hit home runs there; oh well.




5) NFL players with most running plays of 15+ yards last year:

23— Jonathan Taylor

19— Dalvin Cook

17— Nick Chubb

15— Josh Allen

13— Devin Singletary/Rashaad Penny




4) College football teams with fewest returning starters this fall:

5— Arizona State, Hawai’i, Nevada

6— FIU, Coastal Carolina

7— California, UCLA

8— Georgia Tech, Iowa State, Wisconsin, Wyoming




3) XFL games will be on ESPN and Disney channels when they start up next spring. Going to be lot of football to choose from, between them and the USFL.




2) If you like watching the NFL, they have a one-hour special on NFL Network called “Miked Up 2021” with highlights from all over the league from last season. As usual, NFL Films does a great job with the program— they cover just about all the teams, I think.




1) If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):

NL— Mets, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres, Giants, Cardinals.

AL— New York, Twins, Astros. Wild Cards: Angels, Rays, Blue Jays

 

[Udog]

WNBA

Wednesday, May 18

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Trend Report
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Chicago @ Seattle
Chicago
Chicago is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Chicago's last 12 games when playing on the road against Seattle
Seattle
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Seattle's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Seattle's last 12 games when playing at home against Chicago


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[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Thursday’s 6-pack
Over/under win totals for the NFL
4.5— Houston
5— Atlanta
6— Carolina, Detroit, Jets, Seattle
6.5— Jacksonville, Chicago
7— Giants
7.5— Pittsburgh, Washington

Quote of the Day
“It’s going to be difficult for the people who are spending tons of money to get players. You’ve read about them. You know who they are. We were second in recruiting last year. [Texas] A&M was first. A&M bought every player on their team — made a deal for name, image and likeness.

We didn’t buy one player. But I don’t know if we’re going to be able to sustain that in the future because more and more people are doing it.”
Nick Saban

Thursday’s quiz
In the movie Oceans Eleven, which actor’s character owns the casinos that are robbed by the group led by Brad Pitt, George Clooney?

Wednesday’s quiz
Mets have won the World Series twice; they beat Baltimore in 1969, the Red Sox in 1986.

Tuesday’s quiz
Bud Grant was the Minnesota Vikings’ coach when they won four NFC titles in the 60’s/70’s.

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Thursday’s Den: USFL notes and doing some thinking out loud

USFL notes:
Birmingham Stallions (5-0)
— Trailed at halftime in four of five games
— Outscored opponents 78-27 in second half.
— Outrushed last two foes 281-115
— 5-0 against spread

Houston Gamblers (1-4)
— Lost last four games.
— Led all five games at halftime
— Last four games went over total
— Outscored 73-26 in second half.

Michigan Panthers (1-4)
— Threw for 322 yards LW (total of 225 previous three games).
— 0-3 in games decided by 5 or fewer points.
— Outgained four of their five opponents.
— Their only win was 24-0 over 1-4 Pittsburgh.

New Jersey Generals (4-1)
— Won last four games, giving up 6-16-13-17 points.
— Have only two takeaways, have minus-2 turnover ratio.
— Allowed only 383 RY in four games (76.6/game)
— Covered three of their last four games.

New Orleans Breakers (3-2)
— Scored 23+ points in their wins, 13-17 in losses.
— Three of five games stayed under total
— Turned ball over eight games in last three games (minus-5)
— Trailed last three games at halftime.

Philadelphia Stars (2-3)
— Last three weeks, gave up 224.7 rushing yards/game.
— Gave up 23+ points in all five games.
— Have been outgained in every game.

— Scored 30-26 points in wins; 17-16-17 in losses.

Pittsburgh Maulers (1-4)
— Got first win last week, on last play of game.
— Outscored 44-28 in second half of games.
— Three of their last four games went over total.
— All four losses are by 7+ points.

Tampa Bay Bandits (3-2)
— Were hold to 3-10 points in their two losses.
— Were held scoreless in 2nd half in three of five games.
— Three of five games stayed under total.
— Were outgained in four of their five games.

Elsewhere in the world,

Golden State 112, Dallas 87— Warriors shot 56% from the floor.

Calgary 9, Edmonton 6— How do you score six goals and lose a playoff game? Flames blew a 6-2 lead, then scored last three goals of game.

Carolina 2, NY Rangers 1, OT— Hurricanes scored at 3:12 of the extra session.

Mets 11, Cardinals 4— Max Scherzer walked off mound with “left side discomfort” in sixth inning, a potentially large problem for New York.

Brewers 7, Braves 6 (11)— Keston Hiura walked it off with a two-run homer; Milwaukee tied game in bottom of 9th, with a run off Kenley Jansen.

Red Sox 5, Astros 1— Altuve led off game with a home run; Houston got one hit the rest of the way off of Nick Pivetta.

Rangers 6, Angels 5 (10)— Angels get swept by Texas; Nathaniel Lowe walked it off with a 2-run homer.

Astros’ P Jake Odorizzi avoided major injury, has sprains/strains of ligaments near his left ankle.

Pac-12 scrapped division play for their football; teams with two best winning %age in league games will play for the conference championship.

 

[Udog]

WNBA

Thursday, May 19

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Trend Report
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Dallas @ Phoenix
Dallas
Dallas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Phoenix
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Dallas's last 8 games on the road
Phoenix
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Phoenix's last 6 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Phoenix's last 5 games at home

Minnesota @ Las Vegas
Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games when playing Las Vegas
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Minnesota's last 8 games on the road
Las Vegas
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Las Vegas's last 6 games when playing Minnesota
Las Vegas is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games at home


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Armadillo Sports

Friday’s 6-pack
Matchups for this fall’s Big East-Big X basketball challenge:
November 29— Baylor @ Marquette
November 30— Providence @ TCU, Georgetown @ Texas Tech, K-State @ Butler
December 1— Creighton @ Texas, Seton Hall @ Kansas, Oklahoma State @ UConn
December 3— Oklahoma @ Villanova
December 4— West Virginia @ Xavier, St John’s @ Iowa State

Quote of the Day
“………some people think they’re God. Go dig into how ‘God’ did his deal. You may find out about a lot of things you don’t want to know. We build him (Nick Saban) up to be the czar of football. Go dig into his past or anybody that’s ever coached with him. You can find out anything you want to find out, what he does and how he does it. It’s despicable; it really is.”
Jimbo Fisher

Friday’s quiz
What actor played A’s manager Art Howe in the baseball movie Moneyball?

Thursday’s quiz
In the movie Oceans Eleven, Andy Garcia’s character owns the casinos that are robbed by the group led by Brad Pitt, George Clooney.

Wednesday’s quiz
Mets have won the World Series twice; they beat Baltimore in 1969, the Red Sox in 1986.

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Friday’s Den: Random stuff with the weekend here……..

13) SEC football is still three months away, but it turned into the WWE this week, with Nick Saban/Jimbo Fisher getting into a war of words about the current state of recruiting.

Fisher’s Aggies landed seven 5-star recruits this spring, after they signed a total of five in the previous four seasons. A&M boosters ponyed up lot of cash (over $20M???) for NIL deals, which is how college sports works nowadays.

Alabama/Texas A&M meet on October 8; Crimson Tide is favored by 16, since most freshmen redshirt- their effect won’t be felt much until 2023.

12) There is part of me whispering in the back of my head; these two are just staging this ruckus to pump up the volume for their sport in the offseason, create some buzz, but Saban is 70 years old now— recruiting is going to get tougher for him, and obviously, he knows it.

11) WR Jordan Addison transferred from Pittsburgh to USC; he was considered the Home player in the transfer portal.

10) It was a good day and a bad day for the New York Mets:
Good news— Mets 7, St Louis 6 (10)— Pete Alonso hit a walk-off homer for the win.
Bad news— Max Scherzer is out 6-8 weeks with an oblique strain.

9) Mets are playing in Denver this weekend; it was 84 in Denver Thursday, but it is supposed to snow there Friday night/Saturday, with up to five inches of the white stuff expected. With their lack of pitching depth, getting games postponed ain’t going to help any.

8) It is amusing how some hitters are whining about the new dimensions at Camden Yards; the left field fence is higher and is 20-30 feet further from home plate this season. Camden Yards is now a pretty good pitchers’ park, and obviously, hitters don’t like that. Before this season, this was one of the best hitters’ parks in baseball.

7) Tuesday night was a rough one in Boston; Thursday was a lot better.

Celtics 127, Heat 102— Boston led 71-45 at halftime, evening series 1-1. Celtics made 20 of their 40 three-point shots.

Red Sox 12, Seattle 6— Trevor Story went 4-for-4 with three homers, five runs scored and seven RBI. He had 13 total bases for the night. Seattle’s long relievers are terrible.

6) This brings up one of the most underrated records in baseball history; May 23, 2002, Shawn Green went 6-6 in a game, with four homers, a double, seven RBI in a 16-3 win at Milwaukee. Going to beat hard to beat that record- 19 total bases in one game.

5) There have already been nine no-hitters in minor league baseball this season; one team, the San Antonio Missions, threw two of them in a 3-day span. Missions are the AA farm club of the San Diego Padres.

4) Baltimore 9, New York 6— Bronx tied game in top of the 9th, but Anthony Santander walked it off with a 3-run homer down the left field line. Santander is actually having a better season at the plate this year, even with Camden Yards being a bigger ballpark.

3) Arizona 3, Cubs 1— Weird game. Zac Gallen got the win, but lasted only five innings. He threw 40 pitches in the fifth inning, but didn’t give up any runs.

Cubs’ C Willson Contreras doubled/homered in the first inning Monday night; he is 0-11 since then.

2) St Louis Cardinals are 4-8 in their last 12 games; they’re calling up their two best minor league prospects, 2B Nolan Gorman and LHP Matthew Liberatore, who will both make their big league debuts in Pittsburgh this weekend.

1) Minnesota sent SS prospect Royce Lewis back to AAA when Carlos Correa came off the IL, even after Lewis hit a homer and a double the day before his demotion. Lewis hit .308 in 39 AB’s for the Twins; it is hard to imagine he will be in the minor leagues for too long.

 

[Udog]

WNBA

Friday, May 20

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Trend Report
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Indiana @ Connecticut
Indiana
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Indiana's last 8 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Indiana's last 12 games
Connecticut
Connecticut is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Indiana
Connecticut is 12-1 SU in its last 13 games at home

Washington @ Atlanta
Washington
Washington is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games
Atlanta
Atlanta is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games

Los Angeles @ Seattle
Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 5 games when playing on the road against Seattle
Los Angeles is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Seattle
Seattle
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Seattle's last 5 games when playing at home against Los Angeles
Seattle is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Los Angeles


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[Cnotes53]

FRIDAY, MAY 20

IND at CONN	07:00 PM	IND +15.0 O 157.5	+500 +500
WAS at ATL	07:30 PM	WAS -2.0 U 159.0	+500 +500
LA at SEA	10:00 PM	LA +7.5 U 159.0	+500 +500

 

[Cnotes53]

WNBA BEST BETS AND OPINIONS:

Date................W-L-T................%............Units

05/20/2022......6-1-0.........85.71%...........+24.50
05/17/2022......4-6-0.........40.00%............-13.00
05/15/2022......3-1-0,,,,,,,,,75.00%.............+9.50
05/14/2022......4-2-0.........66.67%.............+9.00
05/13/2022......3-3-0.........50.00%..............-1.50
05/11/2022......3-3-0.........50.00%.............- 1.50
05/10/2022......1-3-0.........25.00%............-11.50
05/08/2022......4-2-0.........66.66%.............+9.50
05/07/2022......1-3-0 ........25.00%............-11.50
05/06/2022......3-5-0.........37.50%............-12.50

TOTALS......29-26-0.........52.72%...............-7.00


BEST BETS:

05/20/2022..........6-1-0.........85.71%...........+24.50
05/17/2022..........3-4-0.........42.85%.............-7.00
05/15/2022..........3-1-0,,,,,,,,,75.00%.............+9.50
05/14/2022..........4-2-0.........66.67%.............+9.00
05/13/2022..........2-3-0.........40.00%..............-6.50
05/11/2022..........3-3-0.........50.00%.............- 1.50
05/10/2022..........1-3-0.........25.00%.............-11.50
05/08/2022..........4-2-0.........66.66%.............+9.50
05/07/2022..........1-3-0..........33.33%............- 6.00

TOTALS..........27-22-0..........55.10%............+20.00


UPDATED 05/20/2022

 

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Armadillo Sports

Saturday’s 6-pack
— Warriors 126, Dallas 117— Golden State trailed 72-58 at halftime.
— Arizona 10, Cubs 6— Josh Rojas hit three homers for the Snakes.
— Rangers 3, Astros 0— Martin Perez is 3-2, 1.64 this season.
— Orioles 8, Rays 6 (13)— Odor hit a walkoff homer in 13th inning.
— Cleveland 6, Detroit 1— Civale is 7-0 in eight career starts vs Detroit.
— Red Sox 7, Seattle 3— Trevor Story has 11 RBI in his last two games.

Quote of the Day
“People with less talent will always try to make a name for themselves by criticizing other people, and hopefully getting some attention and perhaps increasing their credibility. When you respond to something like this, you play into their hands. I won’t do that, but I will defend the firemen and the plumbers that he referenced.”
93-year old Bob Cousy, after JJ Redick ripped the players of Cousy’s era on TV recently

Saturday’s quiz
Who was the first manager to lead the San Diego Padres to a World Series?

Friday’s quiz
Philip Seymour Hoffman played A’s manager Art Howe in the baseball movie Moneyball.

Thursday’s quiz
In the movie Oceans Eleven, Andy Garcia’s character owns the casinos that are robbed by the group led by Brad Pitt, George Clooney.

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Saturday’s Den: My 13 favorite TV shows…….

13) Without a Trace— Jack Malone (Anthony LaPaglia) runs an FBI unit specializing in missing persons investigations, while his personal life falls apart around him. Sometimes they found the people, sometimes they didn’t, which is part of what made the show so good.

12) The West Wing— Martin Sheen is the President; this show is about his staff and how they deal with the every day happenings in Washington. An excellent cast; ton of great actors passed through this show over its 7-year run.

11) Lost In Space— This show was on in the 60’s; a space colony family struggles to survive when a spy/accidental stowaway throws their ship hopelessly off course. Dr Smith (Jonathan Harris) was the annoying stowaway who provided comic relief; his interaction with the Robot (“Danger!!! Danger!!!) were one of the highlights of the show.

One of the prized pieces of my bobblehead collection is a Robot bobblehead.

10) Addams Family— The Addams Family is not your typical family: it takes delight in most of the things of which normal people would be terrified. Gomez Adams (John Astin) is an extremely wealthy man and is able to indulge his wife Morticia’s (Carolyn Jones) every desire, whether it’s cultivation of poisonous plants or a candlelit dinner in a graveyard.

Morticia would read the stock ticker, and if Gomez lost, he would say “Easy come, easy go”

Cousin Itt, Thing, Lurch were all excellent characters.

1993, I have an emergency appendectomy; I’m in the hospital couple of days. Guy in the next hospital bed is watching Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and when they run the credits at the end of the show, I get kind of excited, because Felix Silla played one of the robots.

Felix Silla played Cousin Itt on the Addams Family; my neighbor wasn’t impressed when I gave him that bit of trivia. The nurse smiled, then checked to see if she gave me too much medication.

9) White Shadow— An NBA player retires and gets a job as a basketball coach in a inner-city high school; the uniforms that Carver High wears in this show are the same ones that the star (Ken Howard) of the show’s team wore in high school on Long Island.

The basketball scenes were very well done.

Bruce Paltrow was the show’s creator; Gwyneth Paltrow’s father.

8) Green Acres— A New York City attorney (Eddie Albert) and his city-loving wife (Eva Gabor) attempt to live as farmers in the bizarre community of Hooterville. Hank Kimball was my favorite character, playing the bumbling county agent.

My lasting memory of this show is that seemingly every time I had it on, my father would walk in the room and say “Why the hell are you watching this?” Then five minutes later, he’d be laughing harder than I was.

7) Mister Ed— A wisecracking talking horse is the star, but he only talks to the guy who owns the barn he lives in, Wilbur Post (Alan Young). Mister Ed was a big baseball fan; he once took batting practice off of the Dodgers, with Sandy Koufax on the mound.

Good trivia; Dodgers’ CF Willie Davis was Mister Ed’s favorite ballplayer.

6) M*A*S*H— The staff of an Army hospital in the Korean War find that laughter is the best way to deal with their often-horrendous situation.

Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) is the star of the show; Alda was so recognizable as Hawkeye that it probably hurt his acting career after M*A*S*H went off the air— the series finale is one of the most-watched TV shows ever.

Alda played a therapist on Ray Donovan the last couple seasons.

5) Billions— Showtime series has now finished six seasons, a U.S. Attorney goes after a hedge fund king in a battle between two powerful New York figures. Making things sticky is that the attorney’s wife (Maggie Siff) works as a psychologist for the hedge fund guy.

Lot of interesting cameos thru the years; John Malkovich, Kevin Pollak, Eric Bogosian, pro wrestler Becky Lynch, Mark Teixeira, Kevin Durant, Mark Cuban. Great show.

4) Law and Order— 20 years, 456 episodes that follow a crime (usually a murder), usually adapted from current headlines, from two separate vantage points, the police investigation and the prosecution in court.

One of the few shows that survived the stars of the show moving on and being replaced by other characters. This show was a launching pad for many acting careers; there are 26 actors who have appeared in Billions who also appeared in at least one episode of Law and Order.

3) CSI— An elite team of police forensic evidence investigation experts work their cases in Las Vegas; in real life, I searched fingerprints for ten years for the state of New York, so I know a little bit about this line of work, but what attracted me to this show was a) Las Vegas and b) the loyalty the characters had to their co-workers and their jobs.

The eulogy Gil Grissom (William Peterson) gives after Warrick Brown is murdered is one of the great speeches (albeit a short one) in television history.

2) Odd Couple— Two divorced friends who are complete opposites share an apartment; one is really neat and stuffy photographer, the other a sloppy, easy-going sportswriter.

1) Magnum PI— The adventures of a Hawaii-based private investigator (Tom Selleck), as he solves cases with the help of his buddies, TC (Roger Mosley) a helicopter pilot, club manager Rick (Larry Manetti) and Higgins (John Hillerman) who runs the estate Magnum lives on.

The parade of beautiful women as guest stars on the show was an 80’s who’s who of Hollywood: Sharon Stone, Jill St John, Mimi Rogers, Leslie Uggams, Erin Gray, Dana Delany, to name a few.

Frank Sinatra did an episode near the end of the series; Ernest Borgnine, Carol Burnett, Cesar Romero, Ten Danson, Dennis Weaver— a long list of famous guest stars.

 

[Udog]

WNBA

Saturday, May 21

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Trend Report
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Phoenix @ Las Vegas
Phoenix
Phoenix is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Las Vegas
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Phoenix's last 10 games when playing on the road against Las Vegas
Las Vegas
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Las Vegas's last 10 games when playing at home against Phoenix
Las Vegas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games

Minnesota @ Dallas
Minnesota
Minnesota is 19-2 SU in its last 21 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Minnesota is 17-2 SU in its last 19 games when playing Dallas
Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Dallas's last 7 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Dallas's last 14 games


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[Udog]

WNBA
Dunkel

Saturday, May 21

 

[Cnotes53]

SATURDAY, MAY 21

PHO at LV	03:00 PM	LV -8.0 O 168.5	+500 +500
MIN at DAL	08:00 PM	DAL -3.0 U 164.0	+500 +500

 

[Cnotes53]

WNBA BEST BETS AND OPINIONS:

Date................W-L-T................%............Units

05/21/2022......3-1-0.........75.00%...........+9.50
05/20/2022......6-1-0.........85.71%...........+24.50
05/17/2022......4-6-0.........40.00%............-13.00
05/15/2022......3-1-0,,,,,,,,,75.00%.............+9.50
05/14/2022......4-2-0.........66.67%.............+9.00
05/13/2022......3-3-0.........50.00%..............-1.50
05/11/2022......3-3-0.........50.00%.............- 1.50
05/10/2022......1-3-0.........25.00%............-11.50
05/08/2022......4-2-0.........66.66%.............+9.50
05/07/2022......1-3-0 ........25.00%............-11.50
05/06/2022......3-5-0.........37.50%............-12.50

TOTALS......32-27-0.........54.23%..............+2.50


BEST BETS:

05/21/2022..........3-1-0.........75.00%.............+9.50
05/20/2022..........6-1-0.........85.71%...........+24.50
05/17/2022..........3-4-0.........42.85%.............-7.00
05/15/2022..........3-1-0,,,,,,,,,75.00%.............+9.50
05/14/2022..........4-2-0.........66.67%.............+9.00
05/13/2022..........2-3-0.........40.00%..............-6.50
05/11/2022..........3-3-0.........50.00%.............- 1.50
05/10/2022..........1-3-0.........25.00%.............-11.50
05/08/2022..........4-2-0.........66.66%.............+9.50
05/07/2022..........1-3-0..........33.33%............- 6.00

TOTALS..........30-23-0..........56.60%............+29.50


UPDATED 05/21/2022

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Sunday’s 6-pack
Odds on some NFL games this season:
Week 1— Broncos (-3.5) @ Seattle
Week 2— Bengals @ Dallas (-1.5)
Week 4— Patriots @ Green Bay (-5.5)
Week 6— Bills (-1) @ Kansas City
Week 11— 49ers @ Arizona (-2)
Week 13— Titans @ Philadelphia (-1)

Quote of the Day
“I don’t think Saban told any lies in there, so I don’t know what [Fisher] was mad about. Since [Fisher] beat him last year, I guess he can talk now. He hasn’t beat much of anybody, but he beat Saban last year. But they haven’t won the division or anything since he’s been there.”
Steve Spurrier, throwing some lighter fluid on the SEC off-season fire

Sunday’s quiz
In the old USFL in the 80’s, which team did Steve Spurrier coach?
Hint: It is one of the teams in this year’s USFL

Saturday’s quiz
Hall of Famer Dick Williams was the first manager to lead the San Diego Padres to a World Series, in 1984.

Friday’s quiz
Philip Seymour Hoffman played A’s manager Art Howe in the baseball movie Moneyball.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday

13) NFL handicapping note: Since 2003, the defending Super Bowl champ is 11-5-3 ATS in its first game the following season. The team that lost the Super Bowl is 4-15 ATS in its first game the following season.

12) Not sure where Baker Mayfield will spend this coming summer/fall, but I know he’s going to be paid $18.858M; that is his contract guarantee for this coming season.

Someone in the NFL office thinks Mayfield is going to Carolina, seeing how Browns-Panthers are playing each other in Week 1.

11) Over a 24-hour period Thursday/Friday, the temperature in Denver went down 53 degrees, part of why Friday’s Mets-Rockies game was postponed. It snowed in Denver Friday, so they had to play a doubleheader Saturday.

All-time record in Denver, for biggest temperature change in a 24-hour period, was a 76-degree swing back in 2008.

10) White Sox manager Tony LaRussa is 77 years old; his first big league managing job was back in 1979, also with Chicago. There are no current major league players who were alive when he first was a big league skipper.

9) Cleveland pitcher Aaron Civale is off to a bad start, going 2-3, 7.84 in his first seven starts, but he knows how to beat Detroit. In eight career starts against the Tigers, Civale is 7-0, 1.94; he beat them again Friday night.

8) In his first 32 games this season, Trevor Story had two homers, 16 RBI; on Thursday/Friday alone, he hit four home runs with 11 RBI. In two games. Thursday night, his OPS went up 108 points in one game.

7) Story is the third player in MLB history to follow a 3-HR game with a grand slam in his next game; Jeromy Burnitz did it on September 25-26, 2001 with Milwaukee and Sammy Sosa did it on August 10-11, 2002 for the Cubs.

6) Cubs unveiled a statue of their great pitcher Ferguson Jenkins outside Wrigley Field this week; Jenkins pitched for Chicago for ten years, going 167-132 as a Cub. Pretty nice tribute, putting a statue of a player/coach outside the ballpark; a permanent tribute to that person.

5) Was watching the Rangers-Astros game on Apple TV Friday night, which is annoying, since I have a laptop, my phone and TV going all at once, but Apple broadcasts do one cool thing— in the lower right-hand corner of the screen, they post odds that change during an at-bat.

Corey Seager is up with a man on third, one out, they post the %age of his knocking that run in, which changes after each pitch. Something extra to think about, never a bad thing.

4) Heat 109, Celtics 103:
— Boston cut a 26-point Miami lead to one, but Heat held on.
— Jimmy Butler (knee) didn’t play in second half.
— Adebayo scored 31 points, was +17 in 42:00.
— Foul shots: Miami 12-14; Boston 23-30
— Miami leads this series, 2-1

3) Rumor mill has QB Nick Foles signing on to be Matt Ryan’s backup with the Colts, where he re-unites with coach Frank Reich, who was Foles’ OC with Philadelphia.

2) Winner of the PGA golf tournament makes $2.7M, not a bad payout for four days’ work. There are also other benefits; a 10-year exemption on Tour, your sponsors like you more and pay you more.

1) We hear a lot about pitchers getting Tommy John surgery, but Orioles pitcher John Means was in the TV booth Friday and he described his.

They took a tendon from his hamstring and put it in his elbow; Means said doing rehab on the hamstring is one of the toughest part about of his rehab.

 

[Udog]

WNBA
Dunkel

Sunday, May 22

WNBA

Sunday, May 22

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Trend Report
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Connecticut @ Indiana
Connecticut
Connecticut is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games when playing Indiana
Connecticut is 16-4 SU in its last 20 games
Indiana
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Indiana's last 13 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Indiana's last 6 games at home

Chicago @ Washington
Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago's last 5 games when playing Washington
Chicago is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games
Washington
Washington is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing at home against Chicago
Washington is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Chicago


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[Cnotes53]

SUNDAY, MAY 22

CONN at IND	02:00 PM	IND +12.5 O 160.5	+500 +500
CHI at WAS	03:00 PM	WAS -1.5 U 157.5	+500 +500