Armadillo: Monday's six-pack
Three pitchers in last 30 years with most IP thru age 30:
1) CC Sabathia, 2,441
2) Felix Hernandez 2,415
3) Clayton Kershaw 2,248
Current MAAC basketball standings:
11-6: Iona
10-6: Canisius, Quinnipiac, Rider, Siena
9-9: Monmouth
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Armadillo: Monday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports weekend??.
13) Golfer Dustin Johnson won the WGC-Mexico Championship Sunday, the 20th PGA Tour victory of his career. Read something surprising about Johnson this weekend; he is apparently ?a blackjack savant? who likes to play five hands at a time, and instantly knows the odds of each hand as they?re dealt, which makes him like Alan in The Hangover movies. Who knew?
12) How come none of the AAF teams have white jerseys? All eight teams wear the same jerseys every week. Not sure thats a great idea.
11) Michigan State 77, Michigan 70? Spartans? win in Ann Arbor without two injured starters? Three MSU starters played 37:00+; quite an effort.
10) Cincinnati 64, UConn 60? Bearcats led 50-35 with 9:05 left, gave up a 16-0 run, then pulled the game out late, small consolation if had Cincy, -6.
9) Xavier 66, Villanova 54? Wildcats lost four straight road games for first time since 2012; they looked like a tired team in this game.
8) Rutgers 68, Minnesota 64? Horrendous loss for the sliding Gophers, who?ve lost six of their last seven games. Their #244 non-conference schedule ain?t going to help on Selection Sunday.
7) UNC-Greensboro 60, East Tennessee State 59? These teams are likely to meet again in SoCon semi-finals. This is an underrated league with four quality teams this season.
6) Siena 67, Marist 55? First-year coach Jamion Christian has the Saints at 15-14, 10-6 in a weak MAAC- they?ve won six of their last eight games, with experience team #247 that is playing 2nd-slowest tempo in country. Solid coaching job, cleaning up the mess of a program that was 8-24 last year, 4-14 in conference.
5) UCF 95, SMU 48? Golden Knights? 7-6 center Tacko Fall is fluent in four languages and is learning a fifth one. He had 23 points, 20 rebounds in this game.
4) Tucker Barnhart batted leadoff for the Reds the other day; don?t see lot of catchers batting leadoff, even if it is in spring training.
3) AAF trivia: Salt Lake City Stallions became first team in league history to win SU as an underdog when they upset the Arizona Hotshots Saturday.
2) Houston Astros have an odd spring training schedule; they play the Mets the next three Mondays, the Marlins the next three Thursdays and St Louis the next three Fridays.
1) Stat Comp of the Day:
Someone posted this on Twitter Saturday. Player A is Stephen Strasburg?s career stats. Any guesses on which Hall of Famer is Player B?
Player A: 1,229.2 IP, 94-52 W-L record, 2.91 FIP, 129 ERA+
Player B: 1,221.1 IP, 94-46 W-L record, 2.81 FIP, 122 ERA+
Player B is George Herman (Babe) Ruth, who I?m told was a pretty good hitter, too.
Three pitchers in last 30 years with most IP thru age 30:
1) CC Sabathia, 2,441
2) Felix Hernandez 2,415
3) Clayton Kershaw 2,248
Current MAAC basketball standings:
11-6: Iona
10-6: Canisius, Quinnipiac, Rider, Siena
9-9: Monmouth
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Armadillo: Monday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports weekend??.
13) Golfer Dustin Johnson won the WGC-Mexico Championship Sunday, the 20th PGA Tour victory of his career. Read something surprising about Johnson this weekend; he is apparently ?a blackjack savant? who likes to play five hands at a time, and instantly knows the odds of each hand as they?re dealt, which makes him like Alan in The Hangover movies. Who knew?
12) How come none of the AAF teams have white jerseys? All eight teams wear the same jerseys every week. Not sure thats a great idea.
11) Michigan State 77, Michigan 70? Spartans? win in Ann Arbor without two injured starters? Three MSU starters played 37:00+; quite an effort.
10) Cincinnati 64, UConn 60? Bearcats led 50-35 with 9:05 left, gave up a 16-0 run, then pulled the game out late, small consolation if had Cincy, -6.
9) Xavier 66, Villanova 54? Wildcats lost four straight road games for first time since 2012; they looked like a tired team in this game.
8) Rutgers 68, Minnesota 64? Horrendous loss for the sliding Gophers, who?ve lost six of their last seven games. Their #244 non-conference schedule ain?t going to help on Selection Sunday.
7) UNC-Greensboro 60, East Tennessee State 59? These teams are likely to meet again in SoCon semi-finals. This is an underrated league with four quality teams this season.
6) Siena 67, Marist 55? First-year coach Jamion Christian has the Saints at 15-14, 10-6 in a weak MAAC- they?ve won six of their last eight games, with experience team #247 that is playing 2nd-slowest tempo in country. Solid coaching job, cleaning up the mess of a program that was 8-24 last year, 4-14 in conference.
5) UCF 95, SMU 48? Golden Knights? 7-6 center Tacko Fall is fluent in four languages and is learning a fifth one. He had 23 points, 20 rebounds in this game.
4) Tucker Barnhart batted leadoff for the Reds the other day; don?t see lot of catchers batting leadoff, even if it is in spring training.
3) AAF trivia: Salt Lake City Stallions became first team in league history to win SU as an underdog when they upset the Arizona Hotshots Saturday.
2) Houston Astros have an odd spring training schedule; they play the Mets the next three Mondays, the Marlins the next three Thursdays and St Louis the next three Fridays.
1) Stat Comp of the Day:
Someone posted this on Twitter Saturday. Player A is Stephen Strasburg?s career stats. Any guesses on which Hall of Famer is Player B?
Player A: 1,229.2 IP, 94-52 W-L record, 2.91 FIP, 129 ERA+
Player B: 1,221.1 IP, 94-46 W-L record, 2.81 FIP, 122 ERA+
Player B is George Herman (Babe) Ruth, who I?m told was a pretty good hitter, too.
