Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack
Interesting NFL spreads for Week 15:
? Houston @ Tennessee (-3)
? Buffalo @ Pittsburgh (-2.5)
? Cleveland (-2.5) @ Arizona
? Rams (-1) @ Dallas
? Minnesota (-2.5) @ LA Chargers
? Indianapolis @ New Orleans (-9)
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Armadillo: Wednesday's List of 13: Mid-week musings??.
13) I get it that all retired baseball players speak glowingly of the late Marvin Miller, who was the head of the players? union; he made them all very rich. If Miller made me rich, I?d want him to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, too.
But as an Oakland A?s fan, I had no great fondness for Miller, who helped institute a system that made the A?s a 2nd-rate franchise, financially. Stephen Strasburg making $35M a year is a bit much; not really sure Miller deserves to be in the Hall of Fame- did he make the game better? Did star players being multi-millionaires improve the game?
I?d rather see Dr Frank Jobe get in the Hall of Fame; surgeons who perform Tommy John surgery have done a hell of a lot more to help baseball than a guy who helped make all the players millionaires.
12) Speaking of Marvin MIller, Bronx Bombers signed Gerrit Cole to a 9-year, $324M contract late Tuesday night. Cole is 29 years old, so this might be his last contract.
Last three years, Cole started 33-32-33 regular season games; if he does that next season, it works out to $1,090,909.09 per start.
11) 2020 Bronx Bombers:
? Gerrit Cole, $36M
? Giancarlo Stanton, $26M
? Masahiro Tanaka, $23M
? Aroldis Chapman $17.2M
That adds up to $101.5M??.for four guys.
Oakland A?s made the playoffs the last two years; their ENTIRE payroll last year?
$92,178,333
10) Excellent article on actionnetwork.com about how college bowl betting lines are made; it ain?t easy, especially when you have to make them quickly, with matchups coming out early Sunday afternoon- lines were posted roughly four hours later.
9) NHL leaders in going over in first period:
Colorado 23-7, Los Angeles 21-10, Carolina 20-10
NHL leaders in going under in first period:
Calgary 9-23, Dallas 12-19, Jets/Wild/Penguins 13-17
8) Baseball stuff:
? Giants signed P Kevin Gausman to a 1-year deal.
? Phillies signed SS Didi Gregorius
? Angels dumped some salary, trading SS Zack Cozart for cash and a prospect.
7) Random question: Are people allowed to meet at a vegan restaurant?
(Think about it, maybe you?ll chuckle later)
6) Every player at the Outback Bowl will get a gift suite that includes a Fossil watch; $125 Amazon gift card; Jostens ring; Outback Steakhouse gift card; hat.
All the bowls have gift packages like that.
5) Funny how Golden State Warriors seem to have disbanded for a year; Draymond Green still plays most of he time, the uniforms are the same, and Steve Kerr still coaches, but with Steph Curry and Klay Thompson not playing, this is a totally different team, one that will be in the NBA Draft Lottery, maybe even getting the first pick.
Would Golden State draft LaMelo Ball, the youngest of the three Ball brothers? Cole Anthony? James Wiseman, the big kid from Memphis?
4) Major League Baseball will relocate its annual amateur draft to Omaha to try and increase interest; Omaha is where the College World Series is played every year. I?m guessing some of the college coaches in the CWS won?t be thrilled with the potential distractions.
3) Of course the Miami Marlins move their outfield fences in the year after they trade Stanton, Yelich and Ozuna. Makes perfect sense.
2) Texas Tech 70, Louisville 57? Cardinals are already the 4th #1 team in country to lose this season and it is only December 11. There aren?t any great teams this year.
1) ESPN drained every last drop out of the Eli Manning story Monday night; he played really well in the first half but the Giants were shut out in the 2nd half as Manning made what will probably be his last-ever appearance on MNF.
Now America will have to wait a couple years for the next Manning; Eli?s nephew Arch is a 9th-grader at Newman HS in New Orleans, where he already is the starting QB.
Interesting NFL spreads for Week 15:
? Houston @ Tennessee (-3)
? Buffalo @ Pittsburgh (-2.5)
? Cleveland (-2.5) @ Arizona
? Rams (-1) @ Dallas
? Minnesota (-2.5) @ LA Chargers
? Indianapolis @ New Orleans (-9)
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Armadillo: Wednesday's List of 13: Mid-week musings??.
13) I get it that all retired baseball players speak glowingly of the late Marvin Miller, who was the head of the players? union; he made them all very rich. If Miller made me rich, I?d want him to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, too.
But as an Oakland A?s fan, I had no great fondness for Miller, who helped institute a system that made the A?s a 2nd-rate franchise, financially. Stephen Strasburg making $35M a year is a bit much; not really sure Miller deserves to be in the Hall of Fame- did he make the game better? Did star players being multi-millionaires improve the game?
I?d rather see Dr Frank Jobe get in the Hall of Fame; surgeons who perform Tommy John surgery have done a hell of a lot more to help baseball than a guy who helped make all the players millionaires.
12) Speaking of Marvin MIller, Bronx Bombers signed Gerrit Cole to a 9-year, $324M contract late Tuesday night. Cole is 29 years old, so this might be his last contract.
Last three years, Cole started 33-32-33 regular season games; if he does that next season, it works out to $1,090,909.09 per start.
11) 2020 Bronx Bombers:
? Gerrit Cole, $36M
? Giancarlo Stanton, $26M
? Masahiro Tanaka, $23M
? Aroldis Chapman $17.2M
That adds up to $101.5M??.for four guys.
Oakland A?s made the playoffs the last two years; their ENTIRE payroll last year?
$92,178,333
10) Excellent article on actionnetwork.com about how college bowl betting lines are made; it ain?t easy, especially when you have to make them quickly, with matchups coming out early Sunday afternoon- lines were posted roughly four hours later.
9) NHL leaders in going over in first period:
Colorado 23-7, Los Angeles 21-10, Carolina 20-10
NHL leaders in going under in first period:
Calgary 9-23, Dallas 12-19, Jets/Wild/Penguins 13-17
8) Baseball stuff:
? Giants signed P Kevin Gausman to a 1-year deal.
? Phillies signed SS Didi Gregorius
? Angels dumped some salary, trading SS Zack Cozart for cash and a prospect.
7) Random question: Are people allowed to meet at a vegan restaurant?
(Think about it, maybe you?ll chuckle later)
6) Every player at the Outback Bowl will get a gift suite that includes a Fossil watch; $125 Amazon gift card; Jostens ring; Outback Steakhouse gift card; hat.
All the bowls have gift packages like that.
5) Funny how Golden State Warriors seem to have disbanded for a year; Draymond Green still plays most of he time, the uniforms are the same, and Steve Kerr still coaches, but with Steph Curry and Klay Thompson not playing, this is a totally different team, one that will be in the NBA Draft Lottery, maybe even getting the first pick.
Would Golden State draft LaMelo Ball, the youngest of the three Ball brothers? Cole Anthony? James Wiseman, the big kid from Memphis?
4) Major League Baseball will relocate its annual amateur draft to Omaha to try and increase interest; Omaha is where the College World Series is played every year. I?m guessing some of the college coaches in the CWS won?t be thrilled with the potential distractions.
3) Of course the Miami Marlins move their outfield fences in the year after they trade Stanton, Yelich and Ozuna. Makes perfect sense.
2) Texas Tech 70, Louisville 57? Cardinals are already the 4th #1 team in country to lose this season and it is only December 11. There aren?t any great teams this year.
1) ESPN drained every last drop out of the Eli Manning story Monday night; he played really well in the first half but the Giants were shut out in the 2nd half as Manning made what will probably be his last-ever appearance on MNF.
Now America will have to wait a couple years for the next Manning; Eli?s nephew Arch is a 9th-grader at Newman HS in New Orleans, where he already is the starting QB.
