Cnotes 2023 Major League Baseball Transactions, News, Notes, Picks Etc. !!

[Cnotes53]

Sunday’s 6-pack:
Leading scorers in the NBA, early in the season:
41.0— Luka Doncic, Dal
39.0— Damian Lillard, Milw
35.0— Donovan Mitchell, Clev
34.0— Stephen Curry, GSt
33.0— Cam Thomas, Bklyn
32.5— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, OKC

Quote of the Day
“It doesn’t cost a nickel to be nice.”
Sparky Anderson

Sunday’s quiz
Who is the UNLV football player who has had his number retired by the Rebels?
Hint: He is a QB who no longer plays in the NFL

Saturday’s quiz
Boston Red Sox have won four World Series since 2004, under Terry Francona, John Farrell, Alex Cora.

Friday’s quiz
Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian played his college football at BYU.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday…….​

— Diamondbacks 9, Rangers 1
Tommy Pham was 4-for-4, with two runs scored.
Merrill Kelly is first P in 4 years to pitch 7 innings in a World Series game.
Series is 1-1, resumes Monday night in Arizona.

— This year, four teams moved up in class to the Big X: BYU, Central Florida, Houston and Cincinnati— they’re not faring well. Sometimes it is better to be a big fish in a small pond, instead of a small fish in a big pond.
So far this season (not counting the BYU-Cincinnati game), those four teams are a combined 2-16 straight up, 4-14 against the spread against Big X teams.

— Kansas 38, Oklahoma 33
Jayhawks drove 80 yards, scored game-winning TD with 0:55 left.
First score of day was a pick-6 by Kansas 5:35 into game.
This is first time Kansas beat Oklahoma since 1997.

— USC 50, California 49
Cal led 28-17 at halftime.
Golden Bears scored TD with 0:58 left, went for two points but failed.
Caleb Williams was 23-40/369 passing for USC, with two TD’s.

— Georgia Tech 46, North Carolina 42
Tar Heels led 42-32 with 11:00 left in the game.
Not much defense; Tech won total yardage, 635-557.
Yellow Jackets ran ball 48 times for 348 yards (7.3 yards/carry)

— NC State 24, Clemson 17
Wolfpack scored on a pick-6 early in third quarter.
Clemson is 4-4 this year, 5-6 in last 11 games overall.
Tigers outgained State 364-202, but they were minus-2 in turnovers.

— Tulane 30, Rice 28
Since start of last season, Green Wave is 19-3 straight up; would expect to see coach Willie Fritz mentioned for job openings in bigger $$$ leagues later this year.
Rice QB JT Daniels will be an interesting player when the NFL Draft rolls around next spring; he’s had quite the journey thru college:
2018-19— USC— started in 2018
2020-21— Georgia— was mostly the backup there
2022— West Virginia— started there
2023— Rice— Owls are 4-4; their last winning season was in 2014.

— Upsets of the Week:
Northwestern (+13.5) 33, Maryland 27
Georgia Tech (+11.5) 46, North Carolina 42
Kansas (+10) 38, Oklahoma 33
Louisiana (+10) 33, South Alabama 20
UMass (+10) 21, Army 14
NC State (+10) 24, Clemson 17
Miami OH (+7) 30, Ohio U 16

West Virginia (+6.5) 41, Central Florida 28
— Word of the Day: Tragedy— an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress.
— There are seven I-A head coaches this season who have also been NFL head coaches.
— There are eight unbeaten teams left in college football.

— UCLA 28, Colorado 16
Bruins outgained Colorado, 487-242.
UCLA turned ball over four times, twice in red zone.
Bruins were 7-13 on third down, Colorado 4-15.

— Louisiana 33, South Alabama 20— South Alabama is having an odd year:
beat Oklahoma State as a 7-point underdog.
lost to Central Michigan as a 16-point favorite.
won their previous two games by a combined 110-10
lost this game, as a 10-point favorite

— Miami 29, Virginia 26 OT
Miami tied game on a 48-yard FG with 1:23 left.
Virginia outgained the Hurricanes, 377-276.
Miami wins in overtime for the second week in a row.

— Memphis 45, North Texas 42
Memphis led this game 31-10 at halftime.
Tigers drove 75 yards in 0:35, scored game-winning TD with 0:12 left.
North Texas QB Rogers was 32-49/411 passing, with five TD’s.

— James Madison 30, Old Dominion 27
Unbeaten Dukes improve to 8-0 this season.
JMU led 14-3 early on, held on at the end.
LY, when JMU got in top 25, they lost their next three games; this is an improvement.

 

[Udog]

Game 3 is tomorrow night from Phoenix.

 

[Cnotes53]

Monday’s 6-pack:
Interesting college football games for this week:
— TCU @ Texas Tech (-1)
— Miami (-5) @ NC State
— Oregon State (-11) @ Colorado
— UCLA @ Arizona (pick)
— Washington (-4) @ USC
— Kansas State @ Texas (-5)

Quote of the Day
“He’s a really talented guy, but this is his first year. He’s still learning everything: the game, how quick it is, where is (he at) an advantage, where is [he at] a disadvantage. I think he needs to be a little bit fatter, to be honest. But yes, he has a talent that is unique.”
Nikola Jokic, talking about Oklahoma City’s Chet Holmgren

Monday’s quiz
Where did Jared Goff play his college football?

Sunday’s quiz
Randall Cunningham is the only UNLV football player who has had his number retired by the Rebels.

Saturday’s quiz
Boston Red Sox have won four World Series since 2004, under Terry Francona, John Farrell, Alex Cora.

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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up an NFL Sunday……..​

Eagles 38, Commanders 31
— Washington led 17-10 at halftime.
— Eagles’ last five drives: 22 plays, 155 yards, 4 TD’s.
— Hurts was 29-38/319 passing, with four TD’s.
— Eagles won seven of first eight games (4-2-2 ATS)
— Washington lost five of last six games SU (2-3-1 ATS)
— Commanders scored 31-31 points vs Philly TY, lost both games.
— Washington kicker Slye made a 61-yard FG to end the first half.
— Commanders threw 26-yard TD pass with 1:01 left to push the spread.

Saints 38, Colts 27
— Derek Carr was 19-27/310 passing, with two TD’s.
— New Orleans averaged 11.7 yards/pass attempt.
— Saints are 17-10-2 ATS last 29 games coming off a loss.
— Saints are 3-1 scoring 20+ points, 1-3 scoring less than 20.
— New Orleans outgained the Colts, 511-371.
— Saints led 21-20 at halftime.
— Colts are 7-12 ATS in last 19 games with spread of 3 or less.
— Colts gave up 31-29-37-39-38 points in losses; 20-19-16 in wins.

Jaguars 20, Steelers 10
— Jaguars won/covered their last five games.
— Jacksonville’s first six drives: 3 field goals, 3 turnovers.
— Jaguars converted 6-13 on third down, Pittsburgh 3-12.
— Jacksonville outscored last four opponents 75-19 in first half.
— Steelers’ first four drives: 12 plays, 12 yards, four punts.
— Jaguars outgained Pittsburgh, 377-261
— Six of seven Steeler games stayed under the total.
— Steelers scored 26-23-17-24 points in wins, 7-6-10 in losses.

Panthers 15, Texans 13
— Piniero kicked a 23-yard FG at the gun for the win.
— Panthers ran ball 24 times for only 44 yards.
— You’re reading armadillosports com
— Carolina is 6-2-1 ATS in last nine games as a home underdog.
— In Young’s six starts, Carolina averaged 5+ yards/pass attempt once.
— Total yardage in game: 229-224, Houston.
— since 2016, Houston is 1-6-2 ATS as a road favorite.
— Texans scored 37-30-20 points in wins (9-20-19-13 in losses)
— Texans are 1-5 ATS in last six post-bye games.

Cowboys 43, Rams 20
— Cowboys led 33-3 with 2:00 left in first half.
— Dallas scored TD on pick-6, got a safety on a blocked punt.
— Prescott was 25-31/304 passing with four TD’s.
— Stafford hurt his right thumb, sat out most of second half.
— Five Dallas wins were by a combined score of 171-50.
— Cowboys won their three home games, 30-10/38-3/43-20.
— Dallas is 13-5 ATS in last 18 games as a home favorite.
— Cowboys are 6-2 ATS in last eight post-bye games.

Dolphins 31, Patriots 17
— Patriots lost four of their last five games.
— Patriots were outscored 82-26 in first half of those games.
— Dolphins outgained New England, 390-218.
— Since Brady left, NE is 27-31 SU in regular season, 0-1 in playoffs.
— Waddle had 121 receiving yards, Hill 112.
— Dolphins are 8-2 ATS in last ten AFC East home games.
— At home, Miami has scored 24 TD’s on 44 drives.
— Dolphins’ six wins are over teams with a combined 10-30 record

Jets 13, Giants 10 OT
— Jets kicked 35-yard FG at gun to force overtime.
— Jets won their last three games (3-0-1 ATS in last four)
— Jets’ only TD drive was one play, 50 yards.
— Jets’ opponents’ team total: under 6-1
— Giants went 3/out on 11 of their 17 drives.
— Taylor/DeVito completed 6-14 passes, for 7 yards. Seven.
— Giants were 2-19 on third down, Jets 2-15.
— Giants lost five of their last six games (2-0-1 ATS last three)

Titans 28, Falcons 23
— Rookie QB Levis was 19-29/238 with 4 TD’s, in his NFL debut.
— Tennessee led 14-3 at halftime.
— Titans won/covered three of their four home games.
— Tennessee won its last eight post-bye games (7-0-1 ATS)
— Falcons in first half: 30 plays, 90 yards, 3 points.
— Falcons in second half: 38 plays, 253 yards, 20 points.
— Backup QB Heinicke was 12-21/175 passing off the bench.
— Atlanta has been outscored 97-49 in first half of games.

Vikings 24, Packers 10
— Minnesota QB Cousins left in 4th quarter with an achilles injury.
— Vikings converted 10-18 on third down, Green Bay 5-14.
— Under is 7-1 in Minnesota games this season.
— Vikings allowed 13-13-17-10 points in wins, 27.3 ppg in losses.
— Green Bay lost last four games, scoring 20-13-17-10 points.
— Last five games, Packers were outscored 73-9 in first half.
— Vikings outgained Green Bay in this game, 346-270.
— Green Bay is 4-7 ATS in last eleven games coming off a loss.

Seahawks 24, Browns 20
— Seattle drove 52 yards, scored game-winning TD with 0:38 left.
— Seahawks’ first three drives: 20 plays, 183 yards, 17 points.
— Seahawks’ next seven drives: 30 plays, 117 yards, no points.
— Seattle won five of its last six games (4-1-1 ATS).
— Last 3 weeks, backup QB Walker was 48-97/618, with one TD, 5 INT’s
— Browns’ last three games (2-1) were decided by total of seven points.
— Last three weeks, Cleveland ran ball for 160-150-155 yards.
— Browns are 11-19-3 ATS in last 33 games with spread of 3 or less.

Broncos 24, Chiefs 9
— Denver ends a 16-game losing streak to the Chiefs.
— Denver’s TD drives were short: 39-50-10 yards.
— Broncos ran ball for 153 yards, converted 6-14 on third down.
— Broncos are 12-6-1 ATS in last 19 games as a home underdog.
— Kansas City turned ball over on three of first six drives.
— In two games vs Denver TY, Chiefs scored one TD on 20 drives.
— KC is 11-15-1 ATS in last 27 games as a road favorite (2-2 TY).
— Team total this season: under 6-2

Bengals 31, 49ers 17
— Bengals won four of their last five games (3-1-1 ATS).
— Cincy’s first two drives: 16 plays, 143 yards, 14 points.
— Only eight of Bengals’ 62 plays were on third down.
— 134 rushing yards, 7.6 yards/pass attempt are Bengal season highs.
— 49ers lost last three games, were outgained 1,186-1,000, scoring 17-17-17 points.
— SF scored 30+ points in all five of its wins.
— In this game, 49ers lost despite averaging 10.5 yards/pass attempt.
— 49ers turned ball over on three of their last four drives.

Ravens 31, Cardinals 24
— Last five games, Ravens outscored opponents 91-16 in first half.
— Ravens scored 24+ points in its wins, 19-10 in losses.
— Baltimore is 3-9 ATS in last 12 games as a road favorite (0-2 TY)
— Edwards carried ball 19 times for 80 yards, with three TD’s.
— Arizona is 0-5 SU/1-4 ATS last five games, losing by 19-14-17-10-7 points.
— Cardinals scored 17 points in last 6:32 for the backdoor cover.
— Last six games, Arizona gave up 27.7 ppg.
— Cardinals have lost 18 of last 21 games SU (8-10 ATS in last 18).

Chargers 30, Bears 13
— Chargers’ first five drives: 46 plays, 294 yards, 27 points.
— Herbert was 31-40/298 passing, with three TD’s.
— under Staley, Bolts are 8-6-1 ATS as a home favorite.
— Chargers have 7 takeaways (+4) in wins, three (minus-1) in losses.
— Bears’ first three drives: 14 plays, 67 yards, no points.
— Chicago ran ball 25 times for only 73 yards.
— Chicago is 6-13-1 ATS in last 20 games as road underdogs.
— Last 2+ years, Bears are 11-31 SU/15-25-2 ATS.

 

[Udog]

MLB
Weather Report

Monday, October 30

TEXAS are 83-56 Over (21.4 Units) when the money line is -100 to -150 in the last 3 seasons.




MLB
Dunkel

Monday, October 30

MLB
Long Sheet

Monday, October 30

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Monday, October 30

Texas @ Arizona
Game 3
(series is 1-1)
Scherzer is 1-2, 10.50 in his last four starts.
Rangers are 3-4 in his last seven starts.
Over 4-0 last four starts
He is 7-8, 3.86 in 24 playoff starts.
He is 9-0, 2.65 in 12 starts vs Arizona.

Rangers are 10-4 so far in the playoffs, 7-0 on road.
Texas is 48-41 on road.
Over 6-0-1 last seven games.
Texas is in the playoffs for first time since 2016.
Bochy won three World Series when he managed the Giants.
His postseason record: 54-37

Pfaadt is 1-0, 2.01 in his last five starts.
Arizona is 6-1 in his last seven starts.
Under is 5-1 in his last six starts.
He is 0-0, 2.70 in four career playoff starts.
He allowed seven runs in 4.2 IP, in his one start vs Texas

Arizona is 10-4 in the playoffs this year.
Diamondbacks are 46-39 at home.
Under 6-4-1 last eleven games
Diamondbacks are in playoffs for first time since 2017.
Lovullo’s playoff record: 11-7

Arizona is 4-2 against the Rangers this season.




MLB

Monday, October 30

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Trend Report
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Texas @ Arizona
Texas
Texas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Texas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Arizona
Arizona is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Texas
Arizona is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games


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[Cnotes53]

MONDAY, OCTOBER 30​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
TEX at ARI	08:03 PM	TEX -107 U 9.0	+500 +500

 

[Cnotes53]

Completed Picks​

Past Completed Picks

Date	W-L-T	%	Units	Record
10/30/2023	2-0-0	100.00%	+1000	Detail
10/28/2023	1-1-0	50.00%	-280	Detail
10/27/2023	1-1-0	50.00%	+0	Detail

 

[Cnotes53]

MLB WORLD SERIES BEST BETS !

10/30/2023...................................2 - 0.....................100.00%.............................+ 10.00
10/28/2023...................................1 - 1.......................50.00%.............................- 2.80
10/27/2023...................................1 - 1......................50.00%..............................- 0.00

TOTALS...........................................4 - 2......................66.66%..............................+ 7.20

 

[Cnotes53]

Tuesday’s 6-pack:
Interesting NFL games this week:
— Dolphins vs Chiefs (-2.5)
— Seahawks @ Baltimore (-5.5)
— Cardinals @ Cleveland (-8)
— Vikings @ Atlanta (-4.5)
— Colts (-2.5) @ Carolina
— Cowboys @ Philadelphia (-3)

Quote of the Day
“I’ll never watch baseball again if that happens!”
Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Glavine, on a suggestion that balls/strikes could be subject to instant replay challenges

Tuesday’s quiz
On the old TV show Friends, what well-known actress played Chandler’s mother?

Monday’s quiz
Jared Goff played his college football for the Cal Golden Bears.

Sunday’s quiz
Randall Cunningham is the only UNLV football player who has had his number retired by the Rebels.

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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but……..​

— When I was a kid, two guys in our neighborhood drove Cadillacs; the guy who owned a funeral parlor, and the guy who owned a beer distributorship.
There’s a lesson in there for kids; get into a line of work where you’ll never, ever run out of customers. Dying and drinking fit that description.

— Monday was the Sports Equinox, the only day in 2023 where all four pro sports were in action on the same day. Only the 29th time it has ever happened.

— Saturday night in Fort Collins, Colorado State was penalized after their fans threw snowballs at the Air Force bench during the Falcons’ 30-13 win. Problem is, the game was 13-13 when the snowballs were thrown; Air Force scored a touchdown on the drive after the penalty.

— NHL has struck gold with their Stadium Series games, where teams play outdoors; they draw very large crowds. Flames-Oilers in Edmonton Sunday drew 55,411 fans.

— Lions 26, Raiders 14
Lions outgained the Raiders, 486-157.
Detroit won/covered five of its last six games.
Under Campbell, Detroit is 7-2 ATS as a home favorite.
Under Campbell, Lions are 29-12-1 ATS overall.
Raiders in 2nd half: 22 plays, 76 yards, no points.
Raiders’ only TD in 2nd half was 75-yard pick-6 by Peters.
Las Vegas lost last three road games, by 28-17-18-12 points.
Raiders’ team total: under 8-0
— Through eight weeks of the NFL season, seven rookie QB’s have started a game, the most of any year in the Super Bowl era.

Rangers 3, Diamondbacks 1
Texas scored 3 runs in 2nd inning; Seager hit a 2-run homer.
Scherzer left after three innings with a bad back.
Texas bullpen got 18 outs, allowed only one run.
Rangers lead series, 2-1

— Rangers’ OF Adolis Garcia left the game with left side tightness.

— It is good to watch the World Series live again; this time last year, I had DirecTV and they were at war with the local FOX station, so no live baseball— watched the replays of the World Series at 2:30am on MLB Network. Watching them live is more fun.

— Whoever invented the multi-view, with football game/baseball game next to each other on the same screen, that person deserves a raise, a big raise.

— In case you were wondering, there have been 20,533 major league baseball players; it is difficult to make it to the big leagues, even harder to stay there.

— Word of the Day: Camaraderie— Mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together.

— College football conference trends:
AAC— home favorites are 5-11 ATS, home underdogs are 4-8.
ACC— home underdogs are 10-4 ATS
Big X— home favorites are 12-9 ATS, home underdogs are 9-4
Big 14— home underdogs are 3-11 ATS
C-USA— home favorites are 5-8 ATS, home underdogs are 2-8
MAC— home favorites are 6-8 ATS, home underdogs are 3-7
Mountain West— home favorites are 6-8 ATS, home underdogs are 5-7
Pac-12— home underdogs are 10-4 ATS
SEC— home favorites are 13-7 ATS, home underdogs are 4-10
Sun Belt— home favorites are 8-12 ATS.

— Iowa-Northwestern total for this week is 29.5, the lowest college football total on record. Five of the six meetings in this series stayed under the total. This game is in Chicago, not Evanston.
Iowa offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz, the head coach’s son, will finish out this season, then take a hike, the school announced Monday. Nice way of saying he got fired.

— NFL divisional trends:
NFC East teams are 12-9 ATS outside the division.
NFC North teams are 9-12-1 ATS outside the division.
NFC South teams are 7-14-1 ATS outside the division.
NFC West home teams are 6-3 ATS outside the division.
AFC East underdogs are 3-5 ATS outside the division.
Underdogs are 5-0 ATS in AFC North divisional games.
AFC South underdogs are 11-5 ATS outside the division.
AFC West underdogs are 0-5 ATS outside the division.

— UNLV’s football program is 6-2, their best year in a long time; it turns out that the last time UNLV went thru an entire season with the same starting QB was 1996, when John Denton was the Rebels’ quarterback. Thats a lot of instability at a very important position.

— San Jose State shut Hawai’i out 35-0 Saturday; it was the first time since 1998 that Hawai’i was shut out at home.

— I’m curious about the mechanics of the transfer portal; who contacts who? If Player A wants to bolt his current school, does he have people contract other schools, or do schools contract players who want to bolt? Or both?

— If the World Series goes seven games, Game 7 is Saturday night on FOX, the same time as the Alabama-LSU football game on CBS. Good time for multi-view on YouTube TV.

— Chiefs-Dolphins play Sunday morning at 9:30, in Germany; was this a good idea, having one of the marquis matchups of the season at 9:30am?
Kansas City wanted the game to be in Germany; every team has to play an international game once every eight years, and the Chiefs wanted their game to be in Germany since they have global marketing rights there.

— NFL trades (trade deadline is Tuesday at 4:00):
Giants traded DE Leonard Williams to Seattle, for a 2nd and 5th-round draft pick.
Philadelphia traded DT Kentavius Street and a 2025 7th-round pick to Atlanta, for a 2024 6th-round pick.

— Cardinals benched QB Joshua Dobbs; rookie Clayton Tune will start this week in Cleveland, unless Kyler Murray is deemed healthy enough to make his return from ACL surgery.

 

[Udog]

MLB
Weather Report

Tuesday, October 31

MLB
Dunkel

Tuesday, October 31

MLB
Long Sheet

Tuesday, October 31

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Tuesday, October 31

Texas @ Arizona
Game 4
(Texas leads, 2-1)


Bullpen game


Rangers are 11-4 so far in the playoffs, 8-0 on road.
Texas is 49-41 on road.
Over 6-1-1 last eight games.
Texas is in the playoffs for first time since 2016.
Bochy won three World Series when he managed the Giants.
His postseason record: 55-37


Bullpen game


Arizona is 10-5 in the playoffs this year.
Diamondbacks are 46-40 at home.
Under 7-4-1 last dozen games
Diamondbacks are in playoffs for first time since 2017.
Lovullo’s playoff record: 11-8


Arizona is 4-3 against the Rangers this season.




MLB

Tuesday, October 31

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Trend Report
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Texas @ Arizona
Texas
Texas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Texas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Arizona
Arizona is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Texas
Arizona is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games


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[Udog]

TEXAS are 10-0 SU (10 Units) in road games in October games in the current season.

 

[Cnotes53]

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
TEX at ARI	08:03 PM	TEX +101 U 9.5	+500 +500

 

[Cnotes53]

Completed Picks​

Past Completed Picks

Date	W-L-T	%	Units	Record
10/31/2023	1-1-0	50.00%	-45	Detail
10/30/2023	2-0-0	100.00%	+1000	Detail
10/28/2023	1-1-0	50.00%	-280	Detail
10/27/2023	1-1-0	50.00%	+0	Detail

 

[Cnotes53]

MLB WORLD SERIES BEST BETS !

10/31/2023...................................1 - 1.......................50.00%.............................- 0.45
10/30/2023...................................2 - 0.....................100.00%.............................+ 10.00
10/28/2023...................................1 - 1.......................50.00%.............................- 2.80
10/27/2023...................................1 - 1......................50.00%..............................- 0.00

TOTALS...........................................5 - 3......................62.50%..............................+ 6.75

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Wednesday’s 6-pack:
Six teams that won the World Series after trailing 3-1:
1925— Pirates over Washington Senators
1958— Bronx over Milwaukee Braves
1968— Tigers over Boston
1979— Pirates over Baltimore
1985— Royals over St Louis
2016— Cubs over Cleveland

Quote of the Day
“After much thought about what the Raiders need to move forward, I have decided to part ways with Josh (McDaniels) and Dave (Zeigler, GM). I want to thank them both for their hard work and wish them and their families nothing but the best.”
Raiders’ owner Mark Davis

Wednesday’s quiz
Raiders lost the Super Bowl after the 2002 season; since then, how many head coaches have the Raiders had? (not including interim coaches)

Tuesday’s quiz
On the old TV show Friends, Morgan Fairchild played Chandler’s mother.

Monday’s quiz
Jared Goff played his college football for the Cal Golden Bears.

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2 Dens for Wednesday: NHL trends, and midweek musings…….

NHL trends (thru October 31)
I’ll try to post this once a week……..

Anaheim 5-4
— won their last four games.
— Ducks are 1-2 at home, 4-2 on road
— last three road games went over total

Arizona 4-4
— scored 5 goals in first three games, 23 goals in last five.
— 2-1 at home, 2-3 on road.
— over 4-1 last five games

Boston 8-0-1
— only loss was in OT to Anaheim
— 4-1 at home, 4-0 on road.
— allowed 14 goals in nine games.

Buffalo 4-5
— 0-3 in game after a win
— 3-3 at home, 1-2 on road.
— under 5-1 at home

Calgary 2-6-1
— lost last five games, outscored 20-6.
— 1-2 at home, 1-4-1 on road.
— over 4-2 on road

Carolina 6-4
— won last three games, outscoring foes 9-4
— 3-0 at home, 3-4 on road.
— over 5-2 on road.

Chicago 3-6
— lost four of last five games.
— 0-2 at home, 3-4 on road.
— over 3-1 last four games

Colorado 6-2
— lost 4-0/4-0 last two games, after a 6-0 start
— 2-0 at home, 4-2 on road.
— under 4-1 last five road games

Columbus 3-4-2
— lost their last four games
— 2-3-1 at home, 1-1-1 on road.
— under 5-1 at home; over 3-0 on road

Dallas 5-1-1
— won four of last five games
— 3-1 at home, 2-0-1 on road.
— under 3-0 at home
— 4-0 if they score more than two goals

Detroit 6-3-1
— lost three of last four games
— 3-1-1 at home, 3-2 on road.
— over 4-1 at home

Edmonton 2-5-1
— lost four of first five games.
— 1-2-1 at home, 1-3 on road.
— over 3-1 on road

Florida 4-3-1
— won four of last six games.
— 3-1 at home, 1-2-1 on road.
— under 4-1 last five games

Los Angeles 5-2-2
— won five of last seven games.
— 1-2-2 at home, 4-0 on road.
— over 6-2

Minnesota 3-4-2
— lost five of last six games
— 2-1-1 at home, 1-3-1 on road.
— over 7-1 last eight games

Montreal 5-2-2
— won four of last six games
— 4-2 at home, 1-0-2 on road.
— over 3-1 last four games

Nashville 4-5
— 4-0 allow two or fewer goals, 0-5 allow 3+ goals
— 3-2 at home, 1-3 on road.
— under 3-1-1 at home

New Jersey 5-2-1
— won three of last four games
— 3-2-1 at home, 2-0 on road.
— over is 8-0

NY Islanders 4-2-2
— lost four of last six games.
— 3-1-2 at home, 1-1 on road.
— under 2-0 on road

NY Rangers 7-2
— won last five games, giving up 7 goals.
— 1-1 at home, 6-1 on road.
— under 7-2

Ottawa 4-4
— 3-2 at home, 1-2 on road.
— over 5-0 at home
— scored 5+ goals in wins, 0-4 scoring less than 5 goals.

Philadelphia 4-4-1
— lost four of last five games.
— 3-2 at home, 1-2-1 on road.
— allowed 5 goals in wins, 23 in losses

Pittsburgh 3-6
— lost last five games, giving up 23 goals.
— 2-4 at home, 1-2 on road.
— under 5-3-1

St Louis 3-3-1
— 0-3 in game after a win
— 2-1 at home, 1-2-1 on road.
— under is 6-1

San Jose 0-8-1
— lost their first nine games.
— 0-3-1 at home, 0-5 on road.
— under is 7-1-1
— scored nine goals in nine games

Seattle 3-5-2
— 3-3 in last six games, after an 0-4 start.
— 1-2 at home, 2-3-2 on road.
— under is 5-2 on road

Tampa Bay 4-2-3
— 4-0-2 at home, 0-2-1 on road.
— over 6-3
— 0-3 in OT/SO

Toronto 5-3-1
— lost last two games, 3-2/4-1
— 2-2 at home, 3-1-1 on road.
— under 6-1 last seven games
— scored 25 goals in wins, 5 in losses

Vancouver 6-2-1
— won four of last five games
— 3-0-1 at home, 3-2 on road.
— over 6-3

Vegas 9-0-1
— only loss was in OT to Chicago
— 5-0-1 at home, 4-0 on road.
— over 3-1 on road

Washington 4-3-1
— won last three games, scoring 12 goals.
— 3-2 at home, 1-1-1 on road.
— under 6-2

Winnipeg 4-3-2
— 3-0 allow 2 or fewer goals, 1-3-2 if they allow 3+ goals
— 2-2-1 at home, 2-1-1 on road.
— 1-2 in OT/SO

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings………

— I’m wondering about how they compute TV ratings; Monday night, I had the split-screen on YouTubeTV the whole night, with the Raiders-Lions game on one side and the World Series game on the other.

Does each game get half-credit for me watching them? Inquiring minds would like to know.

— Rangers 11, Diamondbacks 7
Texas scored 5 runs in 2nd inning, 5 more in third.
Marcus Semien scored twice, knocked in five runs.
Rangers are now 10-0 on road in the playoff.
Texas leads series 3-1, can win first World Series title tonite.

From July 8-August 11, Arizona had the worst record in the major leagues, but they still made it this far, so even if they lose this World Series, they’ve had an excellent season.

— Around 1:10am, it came across the Interweb that the Las Vegas Raiders fired both their coach and general manager.

Raiders lost 26-14 in Detroit Monday night; game wasn’t nearly as close as the score indicated. Las Vegas is 3-5 this year, 9-16 in its 1.5 years under coach Josh McDaniels.

McDaniels is now 20-33 in two head coaching stops, Las Vegas/Denver; he didn’t finish his second season in either place. Another guy who got rich because he knows Tom Brady, who ironically, is now a minority owner of the Raiders.

— Central Michigan 37, Northern Illinois 31
Chippewas led 24-3 at halftime on a snowy night in Michigan.
Northern Illinois gained 506 yards, but was 0-10 on third down.
CMU ran the ball 47 times for 331 yards; they were +3 in turnovers.

— Toledo 31, Buffalo 13
Toledo ran the opening kickoff back 97 yards for a TD.
Rockets are 8-1; they turned ball over four times, were 3-10 on third down.
Buffalo completed only 14-41 passes on a snowy night in Ohio.

— NFL trading deadline was Tuesday- there were 15 trades:
Arizona traded QB Joshua Dobbs to the Vikings, who lost Kirk Cousins for the year Sunday. This week, Cardinals will probably start rookie QB Clayton Tune in Cleveland.

Washington traded DE Chase Young to the 49ers for a 3rd round draft pick.

Washington also traded DE Montez Sweat to Chicago for a 2nd round pick— Commanders now have five picks in the first three rounds of April’s draft, the first time in the last 60 years they’ve had that many draft picks in Rounds 1-3.

Minnesota traded G Ezra Cleveland to the Jaguars for a 6th-round pick.

— Word of the Day: precipice— a situation in which someone is very close to disaster or failure.

Diamondbacks are on the precipice of defeat today, down 3-1 in World Series.

— Time flies; college basketball season starts Monday. Earlier this week, Louisville lost an exhibition game to D2 Kentucky Wesleyan 71-68, which hasn’t increased the optimism for the upcoming season any.

Louisville was 4-28 last year after an 0-9 start; they were 24-7 under Chris Mack only four years ago, so the natives are restless. This is a school with a tremendous basketball tradition; another dismal season like last year, and it would seem that a coaching change will happen.

— Spurs 115, Warriors 114— San Antonio stole the ball and got a layup with 0:01.2 left, giving the Spurs a great comeback win— they trailed by 20 points at one time. The layup/steal was the only time the whole game San Antonio was in the lead.

— Now that James Harden has been traded, here is a look at some of the highlights of the 76ers’, Clippers’ payrolls:

76ers
Joel Embiid $47,600,000
Tobias Harris $39,270,150
Marcus Morris $17,116,279— doesn’t start
Nicolas Batum $11,710,818— doesn’t start
Robert Covington $11,692,308— figures to start

Clippers
Paul George $45,640,084
Kawhi Leonard $45,640,084
James Harden $35,640,000
Norman Powell $18,000,000- doesn’t start
Ivica Zubac $10,933,333

If you have a son with some athletic ability, buy him a hoop, a ball and tell him to practice. A lot.

— They announced the college football playoff rankings Tuesday night:
Ohio State, Georgia, Michigan, Florida State

Then there are the Caesar’s Palace odds to win the playoff:
Michigan, Georgia, Florida State, Ohio State

— If the NFL Draft were today, the first five picks would be:
Cardinals
Bears (from Carolina)
Bears
Giants
Patriots

— Showtime wrapped up the great series Billions over the weekend: seven seasons over eight years, 84 episodes. Excellent series; if you haven’t seen it, it is worth finding on Showtime Anytime.

I’m envious that the writers are so creative, they come up with great story lines and references from all walks of life. Has to be difficult to decide how to end a series like this; they chose the nice way- the two main characters hated each other for 80 episodes, then were civil with each other the last 3-4 shows, which seemed odd.

— Raiders’ WR Davante Adams was targeted seven times Monday night, caught only one pass for 11 yards. To put it mildly, he wasn’t happy on the sidelines, which is probably a factor in the coaching/GM change that happened in Las Vegas Tuesday night.

 

[Udog]

MLB
Weather Report

Wednesday, November 1

MLB
Dunkel

Wednesday, November 1

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, November 1

Texas @ Arizona
Game 5
(Texas leads, 3-1)
Eovaldi is 4-0, 3.52 in his last five starts.
Texas is 9-1 in his last 10 starts
Over 6-1-2 last nine starts
He is 8-3, 3.30 in 16 playoff games (11 starts)
He is 3-0, 2.78 in five starts vs Arizona

Rangers are 12-4 so far in the playoffs, 10-0 on road.
Texas is 50-41 on road.
Over 7-1-1 last nine games.
Ranger bullpen threw 6 IP Monday, 4 IP last nite.
Closer LeClerc threw 16-10 pitches last two nights.
Texas is in the playoffs for first time since 2016.
Bochy won three World Series when he managed the Giants.
His postseason record: 56-37
Texas wins the World Series with a win tonight.

Gallen is 2-2, 5.27 in his last five starts.
Arizona is 5-7 in his last dozen in his starts
Under 5-2 last seven starts
He is 2-2, 5.27 in five playoff starts
He is 1-1, 3.57 in three starts vs Texas.

Arizona is 10-6 in the playoffs this year.
Diamondbacks are 46-41 at home.
Under 7-5-1 last thirteen games
Arizona bullpen threw 3.2 IP Monday, all 9 IP last nite.
Diamondbacks are in playoffs for first time since 2017.
Lovullo’s playoff record: 11-9

Arizona is 4-4 against the Rangers this season.




MLB

Wednesday, November 1

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Trend Report
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Texas @ Arizona
Texas
Texas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Texas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona's last 5 games when playing Texas
Arizona is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Texas


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[Udog]

MLB
Long Sheet

Wednesday, November 1

 

[Udog]

ARIZONA is 7-0 SU (7 Units) in home games revenging a loss vs opponent as a home favorite in the current season.

 

[Cnotes53]

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
TEX at ARI	08:03 PM	TEX -105 O 8.5	+500 +500

 

[Cnotes53]

Completed Picks​

Past Completed Picks

Date	W-L-T	%	Units	Record
11/01/2023	1-1-0	50.00%	-50	Detail
10/31/2023	1-1-0	50.00%	-45	Detail
10/30/2023	2-0-0	100.00%	+1000	Detail
10/28/2023	1-1-0	50.00%	-280	Detail
10/27/2023	1-1-0	50.00%	+0	Detail

 

[Cnotes53]

MLB WORLD SERIES BEST BETS !

11/01/2023...................................1 - 1...................50.00%.........................- 0.50
10/31/2023...................................1 - 1...................50.00%.........................- 0.45
10/30/2023...................................2 - 0..................100.00%........................+ 10.00
10/28/2023...................................1 - 1....................50.00%........................- 2.80
10/27/2023...................................1 - 1....................50.00%........................- 0.00

TOTALS........................................6 - 4.....................60.00%........................+ 6.25