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Tuesday’s 6-pack:
Interesting Week 5 spreads in the NFL:
— Buccaneers @ Atlanta (-1.5)
— Jets vs Vikings (-2.5) (@ London)
— Ravens (-2.5) @ Cincinnati
— Colts @ Jaguars (-3)
— Dolphins (-1) @ New England
— Browns @ Washington (-3)
Quote of the Day
“I don’t know (what the plan is), but I’d say there’s a number of issues there. One is (they) can’t move the ball and can’t score.”
Bill Belichick, talking about the Patriots
Tuesday’s quiz
Cubs won World Series over Cleveland in 2016; who was the Cubs’ starting pitcher in Game 7?
Monday’s quiz
Anthony Lynn was the Chargers’ coach, last time they won a playoff game.
Sunday’s quiz
Mark Sanchez was the Jets’ quarterback, last time they played in a playoff game, in 2010
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Teams split their twinbill, both make the playoffs.
Rough day for the Diamondbacks, who get nosed out of the playoffs.
September 22, Arizona led 8-0 in 3rd inning in Milwaukee, lost 10-9. That one will sting all winter long.
Mets’ 8-7 win in Game 1 Monday was an epic ballgame, fun to watch.
— Neither team that played in last year’s World Series made the playoffs this year.
— Titans 31, Dolphins 12
Titans’ backup QB Rudolph was 9-17/85 passing, with NO TURNOVERS.
Pollard carried ball 22 times for 88 yards and a TD.
Both teams were 2-12 on third down.
Titans are 1-3, but outgained three of four opponents, led 3 games at halftime.
Miami has already played four different QB’s in five games.
Miami has been outscored 67-23 in first half of games.
Last two weeks, Dolphins were 3-24 on third down.
Last three games, Dolphins have two touchdowns on 33 drives.
Lions 42, Seahawks 27
Detroit scored six touchdowns on ten drives.
Goff was 18-18 passing, averaging 12.4 yards/attempt.
Goff also caught a 7-yard TD pass from WR St Brown.
Under Campbell, Detroit is 15-8 ATS in games coming off a win.
Smith was 38-56/395 passing, career highs.
Detroit led 21-7 at halftime.
Seahawks in first half: 31 plays, 172 yards, 7 points.
Seattle has gone over its team total in all four games.
— Purdue’s football team is 1-3, losing its three I-A games by a combined 132-38, so they fired the offensive coordinator Graham Harrell, who is making $950,000 this year and was going to make $1M next year. Purdue is heading towards its 10th losing season in 13 years; they did well in 2021-22 under Jeff Brohm, but then he bolted to Louisville.
— Miami Marlins/manager Skip Schumaker parted ways, which was expected. Schumaker was last year’s Manager of the Year when the Marlins went 84-78 and the playoffs, but the GM from last year quit during the off-season when the new owners inserted someone above her in the team hierarchy. Schumaker will be a coveted free agent this winter.
— Tough few days for celebrities: Kris Kristofferson, Dikembe Mutombo, Pete Rose all passed away in the last few days. RIP, guys.
— You hear Pete Rose’s name and you think Hall of Fame; I’ve got a name of someone who needs to be inducted into Cooperstown.
Dr Frank Jobe was the first doctor to perform Tommy John Surgery on pitchers’ elbows; who has contributed more to baseball than he has?
They put Marvin Miller in the Hall of Fame; he made players a lot wealthier but screwed the small market teams- what value did he provide the game?
Frank Jobe definitely belongs in the Hall of Fame.
— Famous birthdays, October 1st:
Rod Carew, 79
Mark McGwire, 61
Zach Galifianakis, 55
Matt Cain, 40
Brie Larson, 35
Robbie Ray, 33
Xander Bogaerts, 32
Cedric Mullins, 30
Jordan Whittington, 24
— College basketball season starts in five weeks; Gonzaga-Baylor will play on on Opening Night, November 4 in Spokane, the first of a 3-year series between the two teams.
— Random trivia: Only two players ever have appeared in all 162 games of a baseball season, being the team’s DH in every game:
Rusty Staub, 1978 with Detroit
Willie Horton, 1979 with Seattle
— Forgot to mention this last week; it was pretty cool that before the A’s last game in Oakland Thursday, Barry Zito sang the national anthem. Zito was a really good pitcher; he was 102-63 in eight years with the A’s during the Moneyball era, later pitched seven more years with the Giants.
— This was the first baseball season in ten years where no team won 100+ games.
— Padres’ 1B Luis Arraez won his third consecutive batting title, playing for a different team all three years.
— Some early season college football conference trends:
AAC- Favorites are 5-1 ATS in conference games.
ACC- Non-conference home favorites are 3-10 ATS.
Big X- Favorites were 2-4-1 ATS in conference games this past week.
Big 18- Home teams are 6-9 ATS in conference games.
C-USA- Non-conference road underdogs are 5-8 ATS.
MAC- MAC teams are 13-21 ATS in non-conference games.
Mountain West- 7-4 ATS in non-conference home games.
SEC- Conference home favorites are 0-6 ATS, home dogs are 3-2.
Sun Belt- Non-conference road underdogs are 10-6 ATS
— Imagine what a day Sunday was for Charlie Blackmon; after 14 years in the major leagues, four All-Star teams, 1,805 hits and $138M in career earnings, Sunday was the last day in his career, all of which was spent with the Rockies.
When the Rockies took the field for the start of the game Sunday, Blackmon ran out, but his teammates stayed in the dugout, while Blackmon stood in the outfield and got a huge ovation from the home crowd. Pretty cool.
Interesting Week 5 spreads in the NFL:
— Buccaneers @ Atlanta (-1.5)
— Jets vs Vikings (-2.5) (@ London)
— Ravens (-2.5) @ Cincinnati
— Colts @ Jaguars (-3)
— Dolphins (-1) @ New England
— Browns @ Washington (-3)
Quote of the Day
“I don’t know (what the plan is), but I’d say there’s a number of issues there. One is (they) can’t move the ball and can’t score.”
Bill Belichick, talking about the Patriots
Tuesday’s quiz
Cubs won World Series over Cleveland in 2016; who was the Cubs’ starting pitcher in Game 7?
Monday’s quiz
Anthony Lynn was the Chargers’ coach, last time they won a playoff game.
Sunday’s quiz
Mark Sanchez was the Jets’ quarterback, last time they played in a playoff game, in 2010
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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but……..
— Mets 8-0, Braves 7-3Teams split their twinbill, both make the playoffs.
Rough day for the Diamondbacks, who get nosed out of the playoffs.
September 22, Arizona led 8-0 in 3rd inning in Milwaukee, lost 10-9. That one will sting all winter long.
Mets’ 8-7 win in Game 1 Monday was an epic ballgame, fun to watch.
— Neither team that played in last year’s World Series made the playoffs this year.
— Titans 31, Dolphins 12
Titans’ backup QB Rudolph was 9-17/85 passing, with NO TURNOVERS.
Pollard carried ball 22 times for 88 yards and a TD.
Both teams were 2-12 on third down.
Titans are 1-3, but outgained three of four opponents, led 3 games at halftime.
Miami has already played four different QB’s in five games.
Miami has been outscored 67-23 in first half of games.
Last two weeks, Dolphins were 3-24 on third down.
Last three games, Dolphins have two touchdowns on 33 drives.
Lions 42, Seahawks 27
Detroit scored six touchdowns on ten drives.
Goff was 18-18 passing, averaging 12.4 yards/attempt.
Goff also caught a 7-yard TD pass from WR St Brown.
Under Campbell, Detroit is 15-8 ATS in games coming off a win.
Smith was 38-56/395 passing, career highs.
Detroit led 21-7 at halftime.
Seahawks in first half: 31 plays, 172 yards, 7 points.
Seattle has gone over its team total in all four games.
— Purdue’s football team is 1-3, losing its three I-A games by a combined 132-38, so they fired the offensive coordinator Graham Harrell, who is making $950,000 this year and was going to make $1M next year. Purdue is heading towards its 10th losing season in 13 years; they did well in 2021-22 under Jeff Brohm, but then he bolted to Louisville.
— Miami Marlins/manager Skip Schumaker parted ways, which was expected. Schumaker was last year’s Manager of the Year when the Marlins went 84-78 and the playoffs, but the GM from last year quit during the off-season when the new owners inserted someone above her in the team hierarchy. Schumaker will be a coveted free agent this winter.
— Tough few days for celebrities: Kris Kristofferson, Dikembe Mutombo, Pete Rose all passed away in the last few days. RIP, guys.
— You hear Pete Rose’s name and you think Hall of Fame; I’ve got a name of someone who needs to be inducted into Cooperstown.
Dr Frank Jobe was the first doctor to perform Tommy John Surgery on pitchers’ elbows; who has contributed more to baseball than he has?
They put Marvin Miller in the Hall of Fame; he made players a lot wealthier but screwed the small market teams- what value did he provide the game?
Frank Jobe definitely belongs in the Hall of Fame.
— Famous birthdays, October 1st:
Rod Carew, 79
Mark McGwire, 61
Zach Galifianakis, 55
Matt Cain, 40
Brie Larson, 35
Robbie Ray, 33
Xander Bogaerts, 32
Cedric Mullins, 30
Jordan Whittington, 24
— College basketball season starts in five weeks; Gonzaga-Baylor will play on on Opening Night, November 4 in Spokane, the first of a 3-year series between the two teams.
— Random trivia: Only two players ever have appeared in all 162 games of a baseball season, being the team’s DH in every game:
Rusty Staub, 1978 with Detroit
Willie Horton, 1979 with Seattle
— Forgot to mention this last week; it was pretty cool that before the A’s last game in Oakland Thursday, Barry Zito sang the national anthem. Zito was a really good pitcher; he was 102-63 in eight years with the A’s during the Moneyball era, later pitched seven more years with the Giants.
— This was the first baseball season in ten years where no team won 100+ games.
— Padres’ 1B Luis Arraez won his third consecutive batting title, playing for a different team all three years.
— Some early season college football conference trends:
AAC- Favorites are 5-1 ATS in conference games.
ACC- Non-conference home favorites are 3-10 ATS.
Big X- Favorites were 2-4-1 ATS in conference games this past week.
Big 18- Home teams are 6-9 ATS in conference games.
C-USA- Non-conference road underdogs are 5-8 ATS.
MAC- MAC teams are 13-21 ATS in non-conference games.
Mountain West- 7-4 ATS in non-conference home games.
SEC- Conference home favorites are 0-6 ATS, home dogs are 3-2.
Sun Belt- Non-conference road underdogs are 10-6 ATS
— Imagine what a day Sunday was for Charlie Blackmon; after 14 years in the major leagues, four All-Star teams, 1,805 hits and $138M in career earnings, Sunday was the last day in his career, all of which was spent with the Rockies.
When the Rockies took the field for the start of the game Sunday, Blackmon ran out, but his teammates stayed in the dugout, while Blackmon stood in the outfield and got a huge ovation from the home crowd. Pretty cool.
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Weather Report
Monday, September 30
MLB
Dunkel
Tuesday, October 1
MLB
Tuesday, October 1
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Trend Report
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Detroit vs Houston
Detroit is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Detroit is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games on the road
Houston is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Detroit
Houston is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Detroit
Kansas City vs Baltimore
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Kansas City's last 8 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Kansas City's last 7 games
Baltimore is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Kansas City
Baltimore is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
NY Mets vs Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Mets's last 8 games when playing Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Mets's last 7 games
Milwaukee is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing NY Mets
Milwaukee is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing NY Mets
Atlanta vs San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta's last 6 games
Atlanta is 13-3 ATS in its last 16 games when playing on the road against San Diego
San Diego is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Diego's last 6 games at home
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Weather Report
Monday, September 30
MLB
Dunkel
Tuesday, October 1
MLB
Tuesday, October 1
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Trend Report
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Detroit vs Houston
Detroit is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Detroit is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games on the road
Houston is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Detroit
Houston is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Detroit
Kansas City vs Baltimore
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Kansas City's last 8 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Kansas City's last 7 games
Baltimore is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Kansas City
Baltimore is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
NY Mets vs Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Mets's last 8 games when playing Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Mets's last 7 games
Milwaukee is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing NY Mets
Milwaukee is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing NY Mets
Atlanta vs San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta's last 6 games
Atlanta is 13-3 ATS in its last 16 games when playing on the road against San Diego
San Diego is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Diego's last 6 games at home
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Armadillo's Write-Up
Tuesday, October 1
Trends for all 30 MLB teams…….
— Arizona was 26-20 in one-run games, but 5-8 in extra innings.
Diamondbacks were 61-44 vs righty starters, 28-29 vs lefties.
— Atlanta is in playoffs for 7th year in row; they made World Series in only one of those years, when they won the Fall Classic in 2021.
Braves are 29-17 vs lefty starters, 60-56 vs righties.
— Cubs finished 83-79 for second year in row, but missed playoffs.
Manager Craig Counsell makes $8M a year, more than any other manager.
— Cincinnati missed playoffs for 4th year in row, 10th time in 11 years.
Reds were 15-28 in one-run games, big part of why they fired their manager.
— Colorado was 61-101, second year in row they lost 100+ games.
Last time the Rockies made the playoffs was in 2018.
— Dodgers are 98-64, making playoffs for 12th year in a row.
Dodgers are 36-17 vs lefty starters, 62-477 vs righties.
— Miami made playoffs LY but went 62-100 this year.
Marlins are 10-45 against lefty starting pitchers, 52-55 vs righties.
— Brewers won AL Central, is in playoffs for sixth time in seven years.
Milwaukee has been in one World Series; they won the series in 1982.
— Mets went 17-9 in September to make playoffs, with a payroll of $336,005,016
Mets are in playoffs for only second time in last eight years.
— Phillies are in playoffs for third year in a row, after a 10-year drought.
Phillies are 27-27 in day games, 68-40 in night games.
— Pirates were 76-86, their sixth consecutive losing season.
Their payroll was $86,495,129, 2nd-lowest in the majors.
— Cardinals were 83-79, but missed playoffs for second year in a row.
St Louis was 29-22 in one-run games (17-26 last year).
— San Diego is 93-69, in playoffs for third time in five years.
Padres are 10-2 in extra-inning games, only 22-19 in one-run games.
— Giants were 80-82, missing playoffs for third year in a row.
San Francisco fired their GM Monday, hired Buster Posey as president of baseball ops
— Washington went 71-91, 5th straight losing year since winning ’19 World Series.
Nationals were 14-23 in one-run games, 5-12 in extra innings.
— Orioles are 91-71, in playoffs for second year in row; they were 52-110 in 2021.
Orioles were 58-38 at the All-Star break, 33-33 after the All-Star break.
— Red Sox were 81-81 (78-84/78-84 previous two years).
Boston’s payroll this year was $176,458,748, #12 in MLB.
— White Sox were 41-121 this year, after 61-101 last year.
Chicago actually won five of its last six games.
— Guardians are 92-69, in playoffs for 6th time in nine years.
Cleveland is 29-12 vs lefty starting pitchers; LY, they were 24-35.
— Detroit went 15-5 in its last 20 games.
Tigers are in playoffs for first time in ten years.
— Houston 88-73, in playoffs for 8th year in a row.
Astros are 31-18 in their last 49 games.
— Royals are 86-76, made playoffs; LY, they were 56-106.
Kansas City is 4-9 in its last thirteen games.
— Angels were 63-99, missing playoffs for 10th year in a row.
Rendon makes $38,571,429, Trout makes $37,116,667. Oy.
— Minnesota went 82-80, missed Wild Card slot by four games.
Twins were 4-12 in their last 16 games.
— New York is 94-68, in playoffs for 8th time in ten years.
New York hasn’t won a World Series since 2009.
— A’s were 69-93, missing playoffs for fourth year in a row.
A’s were 32-32 after All-Star break, in their last season in Oakland.
— Mariners went 85-77, missed playoffs by one game.
In 2001, Seattle was 116-46; they’ve made playoffs once since then.
— Tampa Bay was 80-82, missed playoffs for first time in six years.
Rays were 30-22 in one-run games.
— Texas went 78-84 this year, after winning World Series LY.
15 different pitchers started a game for Texas this year.
— Toronto went 74-88, after going 89-73/92-70 the last two years.
Blue Jays were 19-30 in one-run games.
Armadillo's Write-Up
Tuesday, October 1
Trends for all 30 MLB teams…….
— Arizona was 26-20 in one-run games, but 5-8 in extra innings.
Diamondbacks were 61-44 vs righty starters, 28-29 vs lefties.
— Atlanta is in playoffs for 7th year in row; they made World Series in only one of those years, when they won the Fall Classic in 2021.
Braves are 29-17 vs lefty starters, 60-56 vs righties.
— Cubs finished 83-79 for second year in row, but missed playoffs.
Manager Craig Counsell makes $8M a year, more than any other manager.
— Cincinnati missed playoffs for 4th year in row, 10th time in 11 years.
Reds were 15-28 in one-run games, big part of why they fired their manager.
— Colorado was 61-101, second year in row they lost 100+ games.
Last time the Rockies made the playoffs was in 2018.
— Dodgers are 98-64, making playoffs for 12th year in a row.
Dodgers are 36-17 vs lefty starters, 62-477 vs righties.
— Miami made playoffs LY but went 62-100 this year.
Marlins are 10-45 against lefty starting pitchers, 52-55 vs righties.
— Brewers won AL Central, is in playoffs for sixth time in seven years.
Milwaukee has been in one World Series; they won the series in 1982.
— Mets went 17-9 in September to make playoffs, with a payroll of $336,005,016
Mets are in playoffs for only second time in last eight years.
— Phillies are in playoffs for third year in a row, after a 10-year drought.
Phillies are 27-27 in day games, 68-40 in night games.
— Pirates were 76-86, their sixth consecutive losing season.
Their payroll was $86,495,129, 2nd-lowest in the majors.
— Cardinals were 83-79, but missed playoffs for second year in a row.
St Louis was 29-22 in one-run games (17-26 last year).
— San Diego is 93-69, in playoffs for third time in five years.
Padres are 10-2 in extra-inning games, only 22-19 in one-run games.
— Giants were 80-82, missing playoffs for third year in a row.
San Francisco fired their GM Monday, hired Buster Posey as president of baseball ops
— Washington went 71-91, 5th straight losing year since winning ’19 World Series.
Nationals were 14-23 in one-run games, 5-12 in extra innings.
— Orioles are 91-71, in playoffs for second year in row; they were 52-110 in 2021.
Orioles were 58-38 at the All-Star break, 33-33 after the All-Star break.
— Red Sox were 81-81 (78-84/78-84 previous two years).
Boston’s payroll this year was $176,458,748, #12 in MLB.
— White Sox were 41-121 this year, after 61-101 last year.
Chicago actually won five of its last six games.
— Guardians are 92-69, in playoffs for 6th time in nine years.
Cleveland is 29-12 vs lefty starting pitchers; LY, they were 24-35.
— Detroit went 15-5 in its last 20 games.
Tigers are in playoffs for first time in ten years.
— Houston 88-73, in playoffs for 8th year in a row.
Astros are 31-18 in their last 49 games.
— Royals are 86-76, made playoffs; LY, they were 56-106.
Kansas City is 4-9 in its last thirteen games.
— Angels were 63-99, missing playoffs for 10th year in a row.
Rendon makes $38,571,429, Trout makes $37,116,667. Oy.
— Minnesota went 82-80, missed Wild Card slot by four games.
Twins were 4-12 in their last 16 games.
— New York is 94-68, in playoffs for 8th time in ten years.
New York hasn’t won a World Series since 2009.
— A’s were 69-93, missing playoffs for fourth year in a row.
A’s were 32-32 after All-Star break, in their last season in Oakland.
— Mariners went 85-77, missed playoffs by one game.
In 2001, Seattle was 116-46; they’ve made playoffs once since then.
— Tampa Bay was 80-82, missed playoffs for first time in six years.
Rays were 30-22 in one-run games.
— Texas went 78-84 this year, after winning World Series LY.
15 different pitchers started a game for Texas this year.
— Toronto went 74-88, after going 89-73/92-70 the last two years.
Blue Jays were 19-30 in one-run games.
