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Monday’s 6-pack:
NFL preseason games start this week, with one game:

— Jets vs Browns @ Canton OH Thursday
Some of the better preseason games next week:
— Vikings @ Seattle
— Packers @ Cincinnati
— Falcons @ Miami
— Broncos @ Arizona
— 49ers @ Las Vegas

Quote of the Day
“It is such a phony world right now and everyone tells everybody how good they are. Nobody tells anyone they need to get better.”
Tom Izzo

Monday’s quiz
Red Sox ended their long World Series drought in 2004; who was their manager that year?

Sunday’s quiz
In the TV show Las Vegas, James Caan ran the Montecito Casino.

Saturday’s quiz
Al Pacino coached the Miami Sharks in Any Given Sunday.

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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports weekend……..

— Angels 3, Blue Jays 2 (10)
Toronto won 2 of 3 games in this series; Angels were 1-28 with runners in scoring position.
Hunter Renfroe was 3-4 in this game, with a homer and three RBI.

— Orioles 9, New York 3
Baltimore scored six runs before they made an out.
Orioles lead the AL East by 1.5 games.

— Mets 5, Nationals 2
Justin Verlander won his 250th career game.
Mets are 6.5 games out of the last playoff spot.

— Next year, Max Scherzer is going to make a lot of $$$, from all different places:
$15M from Washington
$15M from Texas, who he will pitch for
$28M from the Mets……..$58M in all next season.

Interesting note on Scherzer; by moving from New York to Texas, he will pay roughly $3M less in taxes from now until the end of the 2024 season.

— Pirates 6, Phillies 4 (10)
Josh Palacios hit a walk-off home run on his birthday, the first major leaguer to do that since Andruw Jones, in 2010.

— Rockies 2, A’s 0— They had 31,789 fans in Denver for this game, first time in their last 16 home games the Rockies drew less than 36,000 fans.

Amazing support from their fanbase, considering the Rockies are such a cruddy team- they lost two of three this weekend to the lowly A’s.

Speaking of which……..
— Baseball trades:
Rockies dealt 1B CJ Cron, OF Randall Grichuk to the Angels for two prospects.
Cardinals dealt P’s Jordan Montgomery/Chris Stratton to Texas, for three prospects.
St Louis also dealt P Jordan Hicks to Toronto, for two prospects.

— Newly-acquired Noah Syndergaard will start for the Guardians Monday night in Houston.

— Movie of the Day: Lost In Translation (2003)— A movie star on the down side of his career and a neglected young woman become unlikely friends after crossing paths in Tokyo.

Bill Murray is the actor, who is getting paid $2M to do whiskey commercials in Tokyo. Scarlett Johansson is the young woman; her husband is a photographer in Tokyo, but he goes all over Japan to do his work and leaves her behind.

After a few chance encounters in the hotel, Murray/Johansson end up spending much of their time hanging out together, each helping the other deal with their feelings of loss in their current lives. The friendship that develops between the two is unusual and complicated.

This is a fun movie to watch; Bill Murray is good as a serious actor, too.

— College Football Trend of the Day: In seven years under Kalani Sitake, BYU is 12-4 ATS as a road dog.

— With QB Joe Burrow banged up, Cincinnati Bengals signed another QB, Reid Sinnett, who most recently played for the San Antonio Brahmas of the XFL. Sinnett will the Bengals’ #3 QB in camp, behind Trevor Siemian and Jake Browning.

Sinnett played college ball at U of San Diego; the Toreros, not the Aztecs. He was on the Eagles’ active roster for 10 games in 2021, but never got into a game.

— Colts’ rookie QB Anthony Richardson has gained 11 pounds since the NFL Combine three months ago; early returns on the QB have been mostly positive, except for his struggles with accuracy, which is kind of important for a quarterback.

— Baseball players get hurt a lot:
Giants P Anthony DeSclafani (elbow) is on the IL
Texas P Nathan Eovaldi (forearm) is on the IL
Minnesota 1B Alex Kirilloff (shoulder) is on the IL
Angels’ OF Taylor Ward (facial fractures) is on the IL

Ward was injured when he got hit in the face with a pitch the other night.

— Giants 3, Red Sox 2
San Francisco is 7-2 in extra innings this season.
Since All-Star break, Giants are 9-7; in eight of the nine wins, SF scored the winning run from the 7th inning on.

— Mariners 4, Arizona 0
Luis Castillo threw six shutout IP, using 102 pitches.
Surging Seattle is 4.5 games out of the last playoff spot.

— Padres 5, Rangers 3
Blake Snell allowed one run in 5 IP, needing 101 pitches.
Snell has a 0.73 ERA in his last 13 starts; he is a free agent this winter.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Reds, Dodgers. Wild Cards- Giants, Brewers, Marlins
AL: Orioles, Twins, Rangers. Wild Cards- Rays, Blue Jays, Astros

 

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No games today.... play resumes tomorrow.

 

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Tuesday’s 6-pack:
— Rockies 4, Padres 3 (10)— San Diego is 0-10 in extra innings, 6-18 in one-run games.
— Cubs acquired 3B Jeimer Candelario from Washington for 2 prospects.
— Mets traded OF Mark Canha to Milwaukee for a prospect.
— Rays acquired P Aaron Civale from Cleveland, for 1B Kyle Manzardo.
— Arizona acquired closer Paul Sewald from Seattle, for Josh Rojas/Dominic Canzone.
— Colts’ RB Zack Moss broke his arm, is out 4-6 weeks.

Quote of the Day
“There’s two ways to be successful; you can do you job like your competition does it and try to outwork them, or you can do your job differently from the competition…….any time I got a chance to be a little different, I thought that was the right thing.”
Steve Spurrier

Tuesday’s quiz
Which team in the 1980’s USFL did Steve Spurrier coach?

Monday’s quiz
Red Sox ended their long World Series drought in 2004; Terry Francona was their manager that year.

Sunday’s quiz
In the TV show Las Vegas, James Caan ran the Montecito Casino.

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Tuesday’s Den: College football info from the MAC​

Akron
— Last five years, Akron is 9-45 SU/20-34 ATS.
— Zips were 2-10 LY, but covered five of last six games.
— 8 starters back on offense, 7 on defense
— 64 starts back on offensive line.
— senior QB; started 10 games LY, threw for 2,609 yards.
— Akron was 7-4 ATS as an underdog last year.
— last four years, Zips are 2-10 ATS outside the MAC.
— Zips are 1-2 in bowls in school history; last one was in 2017.

Ball State
— Ball State has one winning season (2020) the last nine years.
— 7 starters back on offense, 7 on defense
— 67 starts back on OL, three starters are back.
— senior QB started 12 games at Texas State, also played 3 years at Arkansas State.
— under Neu, Ball State is 10-18 ATS as a favorite.
— under Neu, Ball State is 4-11 ATS as a home underdog, 18-14 as a road dog.
— last four years, Cardinals are 17-14 ATS in MAC games.
— Ball State is 1-8 all-time in bowls, 1-4 SU/ATS in last five.

Bowling Green
— Falcons went bowling LY, but have had 7 straight losing seasons.
— 8 starters back on offense, 5 on defense
— 75 starts back on offensive line, are expected to improve.
— junior QB Bazelak started 29 games at Missouri/Indiana.
— under Loeffler, BG is 7-12-1 ATS as a road underdog.
— last three years, Falcons are 0-4 ATS as a favorite.
— since 2016, Falcons are 5-14-1 ATS coming off a win.
— Bowling Green lost four of its last five bowl games (1-4 ATS)

Buffalo
— Bulls were 11-14 last two years; they were 24-10 from 2018-20.
— 5 starters back on offense, 5 on defense
— 55 starts back on offensive line.
— junior QB started 13 games LY, threw for school record 3,030 yards.
— under Linguist, Buffalo is 2-5 ATS as a home favorite.
— under Linguist, Buffalo is 3-10 ATS coming off a loss.
— since 2013, Buffalo is 11-19-1 ATS as a road underdog.
— Buffalo won its last three bowls, after losing its first three.

Central Michigan
— Chippewas were minus-18 in turnovers in LY’s 4-8 season.
— 4 starters back on offense, 9 on defense
— 54 starts back on offensive line.
— unclear who QB will be: Bauer is more of a passer, Emanuel a runner.
— under McElwain, Chippewas are 13-4 ATS as an underdog.
— under McElwain, Chippewas are 13-8 ATS as a favorite.
— Since 2017, Central Michigan is 19-13 ATS coming off a win.
— Michigan is 1-4 SU/ATS in last five bowls; they were underdog in all five.

Eastern Michigan
— Eagles were 7-6/9-4 last two years, after going 32-61 from 2013-20.
— 4 starters back on offense, 7 on defense
— 58 starts back on offensive line; only two starters are back.
— soph QB Smith was 3-1 as starter LY, before he got hurt.
— under Creighton, EMU is 7-16 ATS as a home favorite.
— under Creighton, EMU is 29-13-1 ATS as a road underdog.
— last three years, Eagles are 13-9 ATS in MAC games.
— EMU won bowl game 41-27 LY, snapping 4-game bowl losing skid.

Kent State
— Kent went 22-21 last 4 years; their coach bolted to be an assistant at Colorado.
— no starters back on offense, 4 on defense- maybe that is why the coach left.
— only 5 starts back on offensive line
— QB room added transfers from K-State/Purdue.
— new coach was RB’s coach at Minnesota the last six years.
— last 10 years, Flashes are 7-3 ATS as a road favorite.
— last nine years, Flashes are 19-26 ATS as a road underdog.
— Kent State is 1-3 in bowl games, with lone win in 2019.

Miami OH
— Miami had +11 turnover ratio LY, was still only 6-7.
— 7 starters back on offense, 9 on defense
— 48 starts back on offensive line; 2 starters bolted to big $$$ teams.
— senior QB has 25 career starts.
— In nine years under Martin, Miami is 17-22 ATS as a favorite.
— Last six years, Miami is 17-23 ATS outside the MAC.
— Last three years, Red Hawks are 4-9 ATS coming off a win.
— Miami is 2-3 AU/5-0 ATS in its last five bowls.

Northern Illinois
— In four years under Hammock, NIU is 17-27 SU/22-22 ATS
— 8 starters back on offense, 7 on defense
— 117 starts back on offensive line- they’re supposed to be good.
— QB’s all got hurt LY; all three of them are back. Lombardi has 16 starts. — under Hammock, NIU is 12-4 ATS as a road dog, 10-18 in all other games.
— Huskies are 8-5 ATS in last 13 non-conference games.
— Last three years, NIU is 2-12 ATS in home games.
— NIU lost its last seven bowls, giving up 45.4 ppg in last five.
— Huskies’ last bowl win? 38-20 over Arkansas State in 2011.

Ohio U
— Ohio was 10-4 last season, after going 3-9 in 2021.
— 9 starters back on offense, 6 on defense
— 86 starts back on offensive line; they’re expected to improve.
— soph QB has started 19 games.
— since 2015, Bobcats are 13-7 ATS as a road underdog.
— since 2019, Ohio U is 7-12 ATS coming off a loss.
— Last four years, Bobcats are 4-10 ATS outside the MAC
— Ohio U won/covered its last four bowl games.

Toledo
— Last three years, Toledo is 20-13 SU/15-18 ATS.
— 8 starters back on offense, 8 on defense
— 94 starts back on offensive line— 4 starters are back
— junior QB has 19 starts, was 2nd-team all-MAC last year.
— last four years, Toledo is 7-12 ATS as home favorites.
— under Candle, Toledo is 4-10 ATS as road underdogs.
— since 2018, Rockets are 11-20 ATS coming off a win.
— Toledo is 1-4 SU/0-5 ATS in last five bowls- they beat Liberty 21-19 LY.

Western Michigan
— WMU was 5-7 last year, their first losing season since 2013.
— 8 starters back on offense, 2 on defense
— 81 starts back on offensive line.
— junior QB started 22 games at Old Dominion; LY’s QB’s also return.
— new HC Taylor was OC at Louisville last year.
— since 2017, Broncos are 5-8-2 ATS as a road favorite.
— since 2017, Broncos are 18-26-2 ATS in MAC games.
— WMU is 2-3 SU/3-2 ATS in last five bowls, after losing first six bowl

 

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Tuesday, August 1

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Minnesota @ Connecticut
Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Minnesota's last 7 games when playing Connecticut
Minnesota is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Connecticut
Connecticut is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Connecticut's last 7 games when playing Minnesota

Phoenix @ Indiana
Phoenix
Phoenix is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Indiana
Phoenix is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Indiana
Indiana
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Indiana's last 10 games when playing at home against Phoenix
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Indiana's last 18 games when playing Phoenix

Atlanta @ Las Vegas
Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Atlanta's last 9 games
Atlanta is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Las Vegas
Las Vegas
Las Vegas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Las Vegas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

New York @ Los Angeles
New York
New York is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games on the road
New York is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Los Angeles's last 5 games
Los Angeles is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing New York


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[Udog]

WNBA
Dunkel

Tuesday, August 1

 

[Cnotes53]

TUESDAY, AUGUST 1​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
MIN at CON	07:00 PM	MIN +11.0 O 162.0	+500 +500
PHO at IND	07:00 PM	IND -6.0 U 159.5	+500 +500
NY at LA	10:00 PM	NY -9.0 U 167.5	+500 +500
ATL at LV	10:00 PM	ATL +14.5 O 176.5	+500 +500

 

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Completed Picks​

Past Completed Picks

Date	W-L-T	%	Units	Record
08/01/2023	3-5-0	37.50%	-1250	Detail

 

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WNBA'S AUGUST BEST BETS !

08/01/2023.......................2 - 4............................33.33%......................- 12.00

TOTALS.............................2 - 4............................33.33%......................- 12.00

 

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Wednesday’s 6-pack:
Top six home run hitters for the Kansas City Royals:
317— George Brett
240— Salvador Perez
197— Mike Sweeney
193— Amos Otis
190— Alex Gordon
169— Hal McRae

Quote of the Day
“[Eppler’s] answer was that the team is now kind of shifting vision and that they’re looking to compete now for 2025 and 2026, and that 2024, that it was not going to be a reload situation in New York, and that it was going to be more of a transition in 2024.”
Max Scherzer

Wednesday’s quiz
San Diego will be Rich Hill’s 13th team in the major leagues; he broke into the majors in 2005, with what team?

Tuesday’s quiz
Steve Spurrier coached the Tampa Bay Bandits in the 1980’s USFL.

Monday’s quiz
Red Sox ended their long World Series drought in 2004; Terry Francona was their manager that year.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings……..

— Astros 2, Guardians 0
Framber Valdez threw a no-hitter for Houston, throwing 93 pitches.
Big day for the Astros, getting Justin Verlander back, and then the no-hitter.

— Verlander makes $43M a year; if he throws 140+ innings next year, his $35M option for 2025 automatically kicks in.

— August 1, 1978, Pete Rose had his 44-game hitting streak stopped by the Phillies; ironically, he signed with Philadelphia as a free agent that next winter.

That August night was a fun one for me; I was visiting my cousin in Brooklyn for the weekend, and we went out that night to Catch a Rising Star, a club that was famous for starting the careers of many popular singers/comedians. They had pictures up on the walls of all the famous people who had performed there.

I was 18 at the time; this was a whole new world to me. The MC was Richard Belzer, who later became well-known as an actor on the Law and Order shows; he was a comedian at the time. He was busting chops with couple guys in the audience, and I’m sitting there terrified that he will start busting my chops. I didn’t realize the two guys were friends of his, part of the act.

Later on, a young lady comes out to sing; she was really good. It was Pat Benatar, who went on to have a great career as a singer, but she was just breaking into the business back then— she was 25 at the time.

Anyway, was reminded of that today. Always good to remember the fun times.

Tuesday was baseball’s trade deadline. Some thoughts:
— Mets traded Verlander to Houston, Tommy Pham to Arizona.

Mets started this year with a payroll of $356,879,103; in the last week, they’ve shed a lot of payroll obligations:

Verlander $43,333,333
Max Scherzer $43,333,333
Mark Canha $11,500,000
David Robertson $10,000,000
Pham $6,000,000

All that adds up to $114,167,000 that has come off the Mets’ books, pro-rated, of course.

— Mets’ GM Billy Eppler said this:
“We won’t have the same [World Series] odds in 2024, but we’ll put together a competitive team.”

Wonder what his boss thinks of that statement.

— As of 7pm Tuesday night, White Sox had traded away pitchers who accounted for 41.2% of their innings pitched so far this season.

— San Diego Padres are having a rough year; they’re 0-10 in extra inning games, 6-18 in one-run games. Xander Bogaerts is 0-11 this year with the bases loaded.

Their loss Monday night in Denver was horrific; down by a run in the 8th inning, Padres had guys on 1st/2nd with one out. Bogaerts gets a clutch hit to centerfield, but the third base coach sends Juan Soto home, and the CF throws him out at the plate, by 20-30 feet. Not good.

Maybe the worst decision I’ve ever seen by a third base coach; they wound up losing in extra innings, another agonizing loss in a rough season.

— Despite that, Padres traded for P Rich Hill, 1B Ji-Man Choi Tuesday, so they’re still trying.

— Padres 8, Rockies 5— Juan Soto hit two homers for San Diego Tuesday night.

— Cardinals traded P Jack Flaherty to Baltimore; this is interesting because Flaherty has allowed a .346 batting average on balls in play — worst in the majors among pitchers with 80+ innings pitched. His ERA is 3.45 in his last 12 starts, which is an improvement; we’ll see.

— Detroit’s Eduardo Rodriguez has a 10-team no-trade list; the Dodgers are on it. Detroit tried to trade him to the Dodgers anyway, but Rodriguez vetoed the deal, and LA acquired Ryan Yarbrough from the Royals instead.

Who doesn’t want to play for the Dodgers? Apparently Rodriguez doesn’t want to play on the west coast; too far away from his family, but jeez, you’re rich, bring the family out with you.

— Phillies 3, Marlins 1— Sandy Alcantara threw 8 shutout IP, but then Miami’s bullpen screwed the game up in the 9th inning. Marlins made several moves; will be interesting to see what they look like when the dust clears this weekend.

— Movie of the Day: Any Given Sunday (1999)— A pro football team with a veteran coach and an aging QB try to hang on and make the playoffs. When the QB gets hurt, then his backup also gets hurt, the 3rd-string QB comes in and things get very interesting.

Al Pacino is the coach; Dennis Quaid/Jamie Foxx are the QB’s, Cameron Diaz is the team’s owner, James Woods is the team doctor, Charlton Heston is the commissioner of the league.

Excellent movie; Lawrence Taylor is good in his role, basically playing himself. I could write about this movie for a week, but I’ll add this— the four coaches the Miami Sharks go against in this movie are all real-life Hall of Famers:

Dick Butkus, Bob St Clair, YA Tittle, Johnny Unitas.

— College Football Trend of the Day: Favorites won/covered the last four Las Vegas Bowls.

— Phillies acquired P Michael Lorenzen from Detroit; unclear if the Phillies will go to a 6-man rotation, or use Lorenzen in relief, or use Cristopher Sanchez in relief, but someone once said that you can never have enough pitching.

— A’s actually traded two more players, not that it matters; they dealt P Sam Moll to the Reds, 3B Jace Peterson to Arizona.

— Speaking of the Reds; they have a legit chance to make the playoffs, but they desperately need pitching, and they didn’t add any starters— Moll is a mediocre lefty reliever.

Cubs 20, Reds 9— Cincinnati left starter Lively in until he gave up 13 runs; 15 of the 27 batters he faced reached base. Reds have an abundance of position players; they should’ve made some kind of move to improve their pitching.

— We’ll close today with this, my annual reminder that the Baltimore Ravens try to win their preseason games; they’ve won their last 23 exhibition games SU, are 26-5 ATS in their last 31 summer games.

 

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WNBA

Wednesday, August 2

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Dallas @ Seattle
Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Dallas's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Dallas's last 5 games when playing Seattle
Seattle
Seattle is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Seattle's last 6 games

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[Udog]

WNBA
Dunkel

Wednesday, August 2

 

[Cnotes53]

Pending Picks​

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
DAL at SEA	10:30 PM	SEA +6.5 U 167.5	+500 +500

 

[Cnotes53]

Completed Picks​

Past Completed Picks

Date	W-L-T	%	Units	Record
08/02/2023	1-1-0	50.00%	-0.50	Detail
08/01/2023	3-5-0	37.50%	-1250	Detail

 

[Cnotes53]

WNBA'S AUGUST BEST BETS !

08/02/2023.......................1 - 1............................50.00%......................- 0.50
08/01/2023.......................2 - 4............................33.33%......................- 12.00

TOTALS.............................3 - 5............................33.33%......................- 12.50

 

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Armadillo Sports

Thursday’s 6-pack:
QB’s who have thrown the most TD passes for the Rams:
154— Roman Gabriel
142— Jim Everett
122— Marc Bulger
118— Norm Van Brocklin
107— Jared Goff
102— Kurt Warner

Quote of the Day
“We are seeing large media deals that have been made like the Big Ten and the SEC, which in many ways — and perhaps it’s an exaggeration — have created an existential crisis in many ways for Florida State University…….”
Florida State president Richard McCullough, explaining why the Seminoles will probably be jumping to a different league, sooner than later.

Thursday’s quiz
Aaron Rodgers was drafted in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft, but what pick was he in the first round?

Wednesday’s quiz
San Diego is Rich Hill’s 13th team in the major leagues; he broke into the majors in 2005, with the Cubs.

Tuesday’s quiz
Steve Spurrier coached the Tampa Bay Bandits in the 1980’s USFL.

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Thursday’s Den: Doing some thinking out loud…….

— Cubs 16, Reds 6— Cincinnati didn’t add pitching at the trade deadline, then they gave up 36 runs in the first two games after the deadline. Not good. Reds still lead the division by half a game, but they need to tighten up— they made four errors in this game.

— Texas 11, White Sox 1
Dylan Cease faced 16 hitters, threw 79 pitches; he only got five outs, giving up seven runs.
Corey Seager homered in his first at-bat off the injured list.

— New York 7, Tampa Bay 2– New York is 9-0 in Gerrit Cole’s starts if they lost their previous game; they’re 6-7 in Cole’s starts if they won their previous game.

— Royals 4, Mets 0
Kansas City has won five games in a row.
Mets had nine hits, but didn’t score; they were 2-12 with RISP, but neither hit scored a run.

— Astros 3, Guardians 2— Chas McCormick hit two more homers for surging Houston.

— Cardinals 7, Twins 3
Minnesota lost six of its last seven games, but still leads AL Central by two games over Cleveland.
Cardinals hit four home runs, led 7-0 in 3rd inning.

— Random stat: Dodgers’ Walter Alston was the winning manager in seven no-hitters, the most of any manager, ever.

— Movie of the Day: Leap of Faith (1992)— A traveling preacher and his entourage are stranded in a small town where he finds he can’t fool all of the people all of the time.

Steve Martin is the preacher; he is great in this. Debra Winger is his assistant, Liam Nissan plays the local sheriff, Meat Loaf and Philip Seymour Hoffman play part of his entourage.

I’ve been a big Steve Martin fan since I saw him on the Tonight Show back when I was a little kid; Buddy Hackett was guest host that night. He is a great comedian, but also an excellent actor, an underrated talent.

— College Football Trend of the Day: Since 2014, Cal Bears are 23-12 ATS as a road underdog.

— Mariners 6, Red Sox 3
Boston led 3-0 in sixth inning.
Julio Rodriguez had the go-ahead hit, also stole his 25th base.

— Braves 12, Angels 5— Rough start for Lucas Giolito in his new home; he’s allowed 12 runs in 9 IP in his first two starts for the Halos.

— Marlins 9, Phillies 8 (12)
Miami trailed 5-2 in 8th inning, 7-5 in 10th inning.
Marlins are 24-9 in one-run games.
Josh Bell went 4-5 with a home run in his Marlins debut.

— NFL is apparently considering flexing the Week 5 Jets-Broncos game to a Sunday night tilt, after Sean Payton’s comments about the Jets last week. They’d have to bump a Cowboys-49ers game out of primetime to a 4:25 start, which seems unlikely— Dallas gets big ratings.

— NFL is also considering changing the kickoff rules down the road, making kickoffs like the ones in the XFL, where the teams line up five yards apart, but no one can move until the kicker kicks the football.

This rule works well in the XFL; you get some decent returns, and fewer violent collisions.

— There is an NFL game on TV tonight, Jets-Browns from the Hall of Fame in Canton, OH, a virtual home game for Cleveland. Aaron Rodgers will be there, but he ain’t playing.

 

[Udog]

WNBA
Dunkel

Thursday, August 3

 

[Udog]

WNBA

Thursday, August 3

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Atlanta @ Phoenix
Atlanta
Atlanta is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Phoenix
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Atlanta's last 10 games
Phoenix
Phoenix is 12-1 SU in its last 13 games when playing at home against Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Phoenix's last 6 games


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[Cnotes53]

Pending Picks​

THURSDAY, AUGUST 3​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
ATL at PHO	10:00 PM	ATL -7.5 U 163.5	+500 +500

 

[Cnotes53]

Completed Picks​

Past Completed Picks

Date	W-L-T	%	Units	Record
08/03/2023	1-1-0	50.00%	-0.50	Detail
08/02/2023	1-1-0	50.00%	-0.50	Detail
08/01/2023	3-5-0	37.50%	-1250	Detail

 

[Cnotes53]

WNBA'S AUGUST BEST BETS !

08/03/2023.......................1 - 1............................50.00%......................- 0.50
08/02/2023.......................1 - 1............................50.00%......................- 0.50
08/01/2023.......................2 - 4............................33.33%......................- 12.00

TOTALS............................4 - 6............................ 40.00%......................- 13.00