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Monday’s 6-pack
Major league leaders in RBI:
37— Jose Ramirez Clev, Pete Alonso NYM
35— Giancarlo Stanton NYY
32— Nolan Arenado StL, CJ Cron Colo, Rowdy Tellez Milw
31— Aaron Judge NYY
29— JTurner LA, Goldschmidt StL, Story Bos, TTurner LA
28— Ty France Sea, Shohei Ohtani LAA

Quote of the Day
“Even a broken clock is right twice a day.”
Stephen Hunt

Monday’s quiz
The two coaches in the Dallas-Golden State series both played college ball in the Pac-12; Steve Kerr played at Arizona. Where did Jason Kidd go to college?

Sunday’s quiz
In the old USFL in the 80’s, Steve Spurrier coached the Tampa Bay Bandits.

Saturday’s quiz
Hall of Famer Dick Williams was the first manager to lead the San Diego Padres to a World Series, in 1984.

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

13) Turns out it was a bad beat Sunday:
— Mariners-Red Sox had a 9.5 total; game was 4-4 in 10th inning, after Red Sox blew a 3-2 ninth inning lead. Boston has bases loaded in 10th; Franchy Cordero hits a walk-off grand slam to put the game over the total.
— Phillies 4, Dodgers 3 (10)— LA led 3-2 and were one out away from a win; Phillies had bases loaded, but hit a routine ground ball to 2B Max Muncy, who booted the ball and two runs scored. Ugly loss.
— Twins 7, Royals 6— Kansas City led 6-0 after seven innings, but their bullpen imploded.

12) Orioles 7, Rays 6 (11)— Tampa Bay led 6-3 in 7th inning, blew the lead, then lost in extra frames, Orioles’ third walk-off win in the last four days.

Tampa Bay has still won 22 of last 25 games vs Baltimore, but lost two of three this weekend.

11) New Jersey 26, Houston 25— Generals scored on a QB sneak on last play of the game, third week in a row Houston lost in the last 0:05. New Jersey has won five games in a row.

Houston has led all six of its games at halftime, but lost the last five.

10) USFL is fun to watch; it isn’t the NFL, the QB play just isn’t there, but the coaching is very good, you can learn a lot of football by listening (they allow more access) and the players bust their butts to try and win. It’ll be be better when they get to their various cities and fans go to the games. Football with no fans is……..odd.

Through six weeks, 17 of 24 USFL games have been decided by nine or fewer points.

9) Sunday was the 24th anniversary of the day Andre Dawson was intentionally walked five times in the same game; first four times, Cincinnati got the next guy out, but the Cubs finally won the game in the 16th inning, after Dawson’s fifth intentional pass.

8) This is part of why hitting is more difficult now; Seattle’s Ty France batted five times the other night in Boston, but those five AB’s came against four different pitchers. Hitting is lot more difficult when you only see a pitcher once.

7) Nolan Ryan was a Hall of Fame pitcher, threw seven no-hitters; how the hell did he lose 292 games in his career? His record was 324-292, striking out 5,714 hitters in 5,386 IP. Ryan threw 222 complete games in his career. How did he lose 292 games?

6) Injury stuff:
— Cards’ P Steven Matz (shoulder) left Sunday’s game after 4 pitches.
— Bronx reliever Chad Green is set to have Tommy John surgery
— Brewers put P Freddy Peralta (shoulder) on the IL.
— Tampa Bay put reliever Andrew Kittredge (back) on the IL.

5) If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):
— NL Mets, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres, Cardinals, Giants
— AL New York, Twins, Astros. Wild Cards: Angels, Rays, Blue Jays

4) Pitchers Taylor/Tyler Rogers are the 10th set of twin brothers who both made it to the major leagues; Taylor is San Diego’s closer, Tyler is a reliever with the Giants.

3) Colorado catcher Brian Serven got his first two big league hits Saturday; they were both home runs. He is 3-10 in first three big league games; apparently in his first game with Colorado, Serven hit a foul ball into the stands, and his mother caught it, which doesn’t happen a lot.

2) Michigan basketball coach Juwan Howard turned down a chance to interview for the Lakers’ vacant coaching job; Lakers’ GM Rob Pelinka was a Michigan teammate of Howard, who has some NBA coaching experience as an assistant with Miami.

1) Warriors 109, Mavericks 100:
— Wiggins scored 27 points, was +22 in 40:00 he played.
— That means Dallas was +13 in the 8:00 Wiggins was on the bench.
— Luka Doncic scored 40 points, grabbed 11 rebounds.
— Golden State leads this series, 3-0
— No NBA team has ever won a playoff series after trailing 3-0.
 

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Los Angeles @ Las Vegas
Los Angeles
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 7 games when playing on the road against Las Vegas
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 7 games
Las Vegas
Las Vegas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Los Angeles
Las Vegas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games


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Date................W-L-T................%............Units

05/23/2022.......1-1-0.........50.00%..........-0.50
05/22/2022.......3-3-0.........50.00%...........-1.50
05/21/2022......3-1-0.........75.00%...........+9.50
05/20/2022......6-1-0.........85.71%...........+24.50
05/17/2022......4-6-0.........40.00%............-13.00
05/15/2022......3-1-0,,,,,,,,,75.00%.............+9.50
05/14/2022......4-2-0.........66.67%.............+9.00
05/13/2022......3-3-0.........50.00%..............-1.50
05/11/2022......3-3-0.........50.00%.............- 1.50
05/10/2022......1-3-0.........25.00%............-11.50
05/08/2022......4-2-0.........66.66%.............+9.50
05/07/2022......1-3-0 ........25.00%............-11.50
05/06/2022......3-5-0.........37.50%............-12.50

TOTALS......36-31-0.........53.73%..............+0.50


BEST BETS:

05/23/2022.........1-1-0.........50.00%............-0.50
05/22/2022..........3-3-0.........50.00%...........-1.50
05/21/2022..........3-1-0.........75.00%.............+9.50
05/20/2022..........6-1-0.........85.71%...........+24.50
05/17/2022..........3-4-0.........42.85%.............-7.00
05/15/2022..........3-1-0,,,,,,,,,75.00%.............+9.50
05/14/2022..........4-2-0.........66.67%.............+9.00
05/13/2022..........2-3-0.........40.00%..............-6.50
05/11/2022..........3-3-0.........50.00%.............- 1.50
05/10/2022..........1-3-0.........25.00%.............-11.50
05/08/2022..........4-2-0.........66.66%.............+9.50
05/07/2022..........1-3-0..........33.33%............- 6.00

TOTALS..........34-27-0..........55.73%............+27.50


UPDATED 05/23/2022
 

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Tuesday’s 6-pack
Major league leaders in OPS (min. 100 ABs):
1.133— Mike Trout, LAA
1.113— Aaron Judge, NYY
1.043— Manny Machado, SD
.985— Jose Ramirez, Clev
.977— Paul Goldschmidt, StL
.971— JD Martinez, Bos

Quote of the Day
“My mother always used to say: ‘The older you get, the better you get, unless you’re a banana.’”
Betty White

Tuesday’s quiz
What was the name of the country club in the classic golf movie, Caddyshack?

Monday’s quiz
The two coaches in the Dallas-Golden State series both played college ball in the Pac-12; Steve Kerr played at Arizona. Jason Kidd went to college at Cal-Berkeley.

Sunday’s quiz
In the old USFL in the 80’s, Steve Spurrier coached the Tampa Bay Bandits.

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

13) HBO’s Hard Knocks will feature the Detroit Lions this summer, then the Arizona Cardinals in November. Cardinals’ episodes should be especially interesting; under Kliff Kingsbury, Arizona is 15-5-1 in Weeks 1-7, but 9-20 from Week 8 on.

12) Speaking of the Cardinals, QB Kyler Murray won’t be at the voluntary OTA’s this week; his contract situation is still up in the air. Not great when the quarterback isn’t around the team.

11) Cardinals 7, Blue Jays 3— Walk-off grand slam for Paul Goldschmidt, which also put the game over the total, much like the end of the Seattle-Boston game Sunday.

10) Padres 3, Brewers 2 (10)— Milwaukee has bases loaded, none out in top of 10th but didn’t score; Jose Azocar had the walk-off single for San Diego in bottom of the 10th.

9) Twins 5, Tigers 4— Minnesota scored four runs in first inning, blew the 4-0 lead, then walked it off on Gio Urshela’s infield single.

8) Orioles’ rookie catcher Adley Rutschman is wearing number 35, the number Mike Mussina wore when he went 147-81 for Baltimore from 1991-2000. Mussina declined to go into the Hall of Fame as an Oriole, so the team has declined to retire his number.

7) Was surprised to learn that it is only 391 feet from home plate to the centerfield fence at the San Francisco Giants’ ballpark, the shortest distance to CF in the major leagues. They moved the fences in couple of years ago, when they built new bullpens behind those fences, in right-center.

6) Apparently, USC’s football compliance department has discovered a little-known NCAA bylaw that allowed new coach Lincoln Riley and his staff to drop 10 scholarship players from their roster this offseason. Newly hired coaches can remove a player from their 85-man scholarship roster but keep them on scholarship as long as they stop playing.

NCAA is waiving the 25-man signing limit for the next two academic years, so USC can just recruit like hell and use the transfer portal to replace the ten players they told to take a hike, improving their talent pool fairly quickly.

5) Boston 102, Miami 82:
— Celtics led 29-11 after the first quarter.
— Miami’s starting five shot a combined 7 of 36 from the floor.
— Heat was 8-14 on foul line; Jayson Tatum was 14-16.
— Series is tied 2-2.

Week 6 USFL stuff:
4) Philadelphia 35, Tampa Bay 28
— Tampa Bay outgained Stars 411-263, but were minus-3 in turnovers.
— Philadelphia ran ball for 197 yards, outscored Bandits 14-0 in 3rd quarter.
— All four USFL games went over the total in Week 6.

3) Birmingham 33, Michigan 17:
— 6-0 Stallions ran ball for 175 yards, were +2 in turnovers.
— 1-5 Panthers have a minus-5 turnover ratio for season.
— Panthers lost one game when they missed a 21-yard FG at gun; they made a 56-yard FG in this game.

2) New Orleans 26, Pittsburgh 16:
— Breakers led 10-0 at halftime, 17-3 after third quarter.
— New Orleans out rushed Maulers 173-83, was +2 in turnovers.
— Breakers are now 4-2; Pittsburgh slips to 1-5.

1) New Jersey 26, Houston 25:
— Houston loses in last 0:05 for third week in a row.
— Gamblers have led all six games at halftime, but they’re 1-5.
— 5-1 Generals outgained Houston, 358-228.
 

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Dallas @ Connecticut
Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 5 games when playing Connecticut
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas's last 5 games when playing on the road against Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Connecticut's last 5 games when playing Dallas

Atlanta @ Washington
Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Atlanta's last 17 games
Atlanta is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Washington
Washington is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Atlanta
Washington is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games when playing Atlanta

Indiana @ Chicago
Indiana
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Indiana's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Indiana's last 9 games on the road
Chicago
Chicago is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Indiana
Chicago is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home

New York @ Minnesota
New York
The total has gone OVER in 6 of New York's last 7 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New York's last 6 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against New York
Minnesota is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing New York


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UESDAY, MAY 24

DAL at CONN07:00 PMCONN -8.5
U 159.0
+500 +500
ATL at WAS07:00 PMWAS -8.5
U 158.0
+500 +500
NY at MIN08:00 PMMIN -5.0
U 161.5
+500 +500
IND at CHI08:00 PMCHI -13.0
U 162.5
+500 +500
 

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Date................W-L-T................%............Units

05/24/2022.......3-5-0.........37.50%..........-12.50
05/23/2022.......1-1-0.........50.00%..........-0.50
05/22/2022.......3-3-0.........50.00%...........-1.50
05/21/2022......3-1-0.........75.00%...........+9.50
05/20/2022......6-1-0.........85.71%...........+24.50
05/17/2022......4-6-0.........40.00%............-13.00
05/15/2022......3-1-0,,,,,,,,,75.00%.............+9.50
05/14/2022......4-2-0.........66.67%.............+9.00
05/13/2022......3-3-0.........50.00%..............-1.50
05/11/2022......3-3-0.........50.00%.............- 1.50
05/10/2022......1-3-0.........25.00%............-11.50
05/08/2022......4-2-0.........66.66%.............+9.50
05/07/2022......1-3-0 ........25.00%............-11.50
05/06/2022......3-5-0.........37.50%............-12.50

TOTALS......39-36-0.........52.00%..............-12.00


BEST BETS:

05/24/2022.........2-4-0.........33.33%............-12.50
05/23/2022.........1-1-0.........50.00%............-0.50
05/22/2022..........3-3-0.........50.00%...........-1.50
05/21/2022..........3-1-0.........75.00%.............+9.50
05/20/2022..........6-1-0.........85.71%...........+24.50
05/17/2022..........3-4-0.........42.85%.............-7.00
05/15/2022..........3-1-0,,,,,,,,,75.00%.............+9.50
05/14/2022..........4-2-0.........66.67%.............+9.00
05/13/2022..........2-3-0.........40.00%..............-6.50
05/11/2022..........3-3-0.........50.00%.............- 1.50
05/10/2022..........1-3-0.........25.00%.............-11.50
05/08/2022..........4-2-0.........66.66%.............+9.50
05/07/2022..........1-3-0..........33.33%............- 6.00

TOTALS..........36-31-0..........53.73%............+15.00


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Wednesday’s 6-pack
— Giants 13, Mets 12— Pederson hit three homers, had 8 RBI.
— Braves 6, Phillies 5— Both teams blew 9th inning leads.
— Diamondbacks 8, Royals 6— Luplow hit a 3-run homer for Arizona.
— Red Sox 16, White Sox 3— Trevor Story has 28 RBI in May.
— Dodgers 9, Nationals 4— LA has won nine of its last ten games.
— Brewers 4, Padres 1— Burnes allowed one run in six IP.

Quote of the Day
“Why do you spend all this time running for the Senate? Why do you go through all the hassle of getting this job, of putting yourself in a position of authority if your answer, as the slaughter increases, as kids run for their lives, we do nothing? What are we doing????”
Senator Chris Murphy

Wednesday’s quiz
In the great TV show The West Wing, what actor originally played the Vice President?
Hint: He was also in Animal House

Tuesday’s quiz
Bushwood Country Club was where Ted Knight, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield played golf in the classic movie, Caddyshack.

Monday’s quiz
The two coaches in the Dallas-Golden State series both played college ball in the Pac-12; Steve Kerr played at Arizona. Jason Kidd went to college at Cal-Berkeley.

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Wednesday’s Den: Random baseball knowledge……..

13) When Rickey Henderson was voted into the Hall of Fame in 2009, 28 people didn’t vote for him; how the BLEEP could you not vote for Rickey Henderson?

Well, he’s not alone; here are some other great ballplayers, and how many people didn’t vote for them to be inducted in Cooperstown.

Note: Mariano Rivera is the Hall of Fame’s only unanimous choice.

43— Mickey Mantle (43 people didn’t vote for Mantle???)
23— Willie Mays, Stan Musial
20— Ted Williams, Steve Carlton
16— Mike Schmidt, Johnny Bench, Greg Maddux
13— Tony Gwynn
11— Babe Ruth
9— Hank Aaron, George Brett
5— Tom Seaver

You get the point; Hall of Fame voting becomes personal, which is wrong.

12) There are unusual parallels between the careers of Sandy Koufax/Clayton Kershaw:

— Koufax led the NL in ERA five times.
Kershaw led the NL in ERA five times.

— Koufax led the NL in WHIP four times.
Kershaw led the NL in WHIP four times.

— Koufax won three Cy Young awards and an MVP.
Kershaw has won three Cy Young awards and an MVP.

— Koufax had a career record of 165-87
Kershaw has a career record of 187-84.

There are also a couple differences:
— Koufax threw 137 complete games, including 54 his last two seasons.
Kershaw has only 25 complete games in his career.

— Koufax was a good basketball player; he made the team at U of Cincinnati as a walk-on, later earned a partial scholarship.
Kershaw was a center on his high school football team; the QB on that team was Matthew Stafford.

12) Koufax had a weird major league career:
— First six years: 103 starts- 36-40, 4.10. 683 K’s in 691.2 IP
— Last six years: 211 starts- 129-47, 2.19. 1,713 K’s in 1,632.2 IP

He retired when he was 30, after a 27-9, 1.73 season.

11) Who was the first pitcher to strike out 3,000+ hitters, while walking less than 1,000?

Ferguson Jenkins pitched for 19 years in the big leagues, winning 284 games. Career ERA of 3.34, career WHIP of 1.14. Hell of a pitcher.

10) Detroit Tigers’ star Miguel Cabrera hit a walk-off homer in his first MLB game; his next double will make him the fifth player ever with 500+ homers, 600+ doubles.

Cabrera won the Triple Crown in 2012, hitting .330 with 44 homers, 139 RBI

9) In 2004, Barry Bonds was walked intentionally 120 times; before that, the record for most intentional walks was held by another Giant, Willie McCovey.

McCovey got 45 intentional walks in 1969, 40 more the next year. In a game against the Mets, McCovey was walked intentionally in both the first and second innings.

Giants got really lucky in 1955; they held a tryout camp in Melbourne, FL, which is where they found both McCovey and Orlando Cepeda, two damn good players.

8) There were 1,469 players taken in the 2001 baseball draft; Justin Verlander wasn’t one of them. Instead, he went to Old Dominion and played college ball.

Three years later, these were the first two picks of the draft:
— San Diego took P Matt Bush with the Home pick.
— Detroit took Verlander with the Forum pick.

7) Frank Thomas didn’t get drafted out of high school, either; instead he went to Auburn and played a few games as a backup tight end, while also playing baseball.

When he was a sophomore, Thomas led SEC in hitting; he was the 7th pick in the 1989 draft.

Thomas was a great hitter; seven years in a row, he hit .300+, walked 100+ times, scored 100+ runs and knocked in 100+. Those 100+ walks made the 100+ RBI a lot harder to get.

6) When he was a little kid, Brooks Robinson threw left-handed, but he broke his left arm and switched to throwing righty. Good thing for the Orioles.

Robinson was a paperboy; one of his customers was Hall of Fame catcher Bill Dickey.

He knocked in 118 runs in 1964, winning AL MVP. Robinson hit 268 career homers, and made the All-Star Game 15 years in a row.

4) Good trivia: Rickey Henderson led the American League in stolen bases every year in the 1980’s, except one; in 1987, Harold Reynolds stole 60 bases, beating Willie Wilson by one steal. Henderson stole 41 bases in that injury-plagued season.

3) Frank Robinson was a great ballplayer; 586 homers, .926 career OPS, 1,829 runs scored, 1,812 more knocked in. MVP of a World Series, MVP of an all All-Star Game. Great player.

At the end of his career, Robinson was making $173,000 a year; I always wonder if guys like Robinson, great ballplayers who were born too early, resented the ludicrous money ballplayers make nowadays?

You could make the argument that Robinson is the most underrated player ever; he was also the first Black manager in the major leagues. If he was in his prime today, $173,000 would be his tipping money.

2) When Roger Clemens was a senior in high school, he didn’t get any Division I scholarship offers, so he pitched at San Jacinto College, a junior college. He wound up pitching at Texas, became a big star, was a first round pick of the Red Sox in 1983— he got the major leagues the next season.

I saw Clemens pitch at Cooperstown, in the Hall of Fame Game; he wasn’t a big star yet, just a young prospect recovering from arm surgery (back then, just about all the pitchers from Texas had their arms operated on).

In 13 years with Boston, Clemens was 192-111, but only 40-39 the last four years. After he left Boston, Clemens went 162-73, 3.21, won four more Cy Young awards.

By way of comparison, these are the CAREER stats for Sandy Koufax:
165-87, 2.76 ERA, three Cy Young awards.

Clemens’ postseason record: 12-8, 3.75 in 34 starts, which ain’t spectacular, but boy, what an awesome career he had.

1) Willie Mays was called up to the major leagues at age 20, he was hitting .477 in AAA, with 29 extra base hits in 35 games; what took them so long?

New York Giants trailed Brooklyn by 10.5 games in August, back when there were no playoffs, just the World Series between the teams who won the NL/AL. Giants made a great run, tied the Dodgers for first place, beat them in a playoff but lost the World Series in six games.

Mays hit 660 homers, and missed two years for military service; he had a .940 OPS, scored 2.068 runs, knocked in 1,909 more.

Mays hit 523 doubles, 140 triples, 660 homers, stole 338 bases. The great writer Joe Posnanski calls him the greatest baseball player ever. Who am I to argue with that?
 

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Phoenix @ Los Angeles
Phoenix
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Phoenix's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Phoenix's last 7 games when playing Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against Phoenix
Los Angeles is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games when playing at home against Phoenix


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Date................W-L-T................%............Units

05/25/2022.......1-0-0.......100.00%.........+5.00
05/24/2022.......3-5-0.........37.50%..........-12.50
05/23/2022.......1-1-0.........50.00%..........-0.50
05/22/2022.......3-3-0.........50.00%...........-1.50
05/21/2022......3-1-0.........75.00%...........+9.50
05/20/2022......6-1-0.........85.71%...........+24.50
05/17/2022......4-6-0.........40.00%............-13.00
05/15/2022......3-1-0,,,,,,,,,75.00%.............+9.50
05/14/2022......4-2-0.........66.67%.............+9.00
05/13/2022......3-3-0.........50.00%..............-1.50
05/11/2022......3-3-0.........50.00%.............- 1.50
05/10/2022......1-3-0.........25.00%............-11.50
05/08/2022......4-2-0.........66.66%.............+9.50
05/07/2022......1-3-0 ........25.00%............-11.50
05/06/2022......3-5-0.........37.50%............-12.50

TOTALS......40-36-0.........52.63%..............-7.00


BEST BETS:

05/25/2022.........1-0-0.......100.00%...........+5.00
05/24/2022.........2-4-0.........33.33%............-12.50
05/23/2022.........1-1-0.........50.00%............-0.50
05/22/2022..........3-3-0.........50.00%...........-1.50
05/21/2022..........3-1-0.........75.00%.............+9.50
05/20/2022..........6-1-0.........85.71%...........+24.50
05/17/2022..........3-4-0.........42.85%.............-7.00
05/15/2022..........3-1-0,,,,,,,,,75.00%.............+9.50
05/14/2022..........4-2-0.........66.67%.............+9.00
05/13/2022..........2-3-0.........40.00%..............-6.50
05/11/2022..........3-3-0.........50.00%.............- 1.50
05/10/2022..........1-3-0.........25.00%.............-11.50
05/08/2022..........4-2-0.........66.66%.............+9.50
05/07/2022..........1-3-0..........33.33%............- 6.00

TOTALS..........37-31-0..........54.41%............+20.00


UPDATED 05/25/2022
 

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Thursday’s 6-pack

Odds to win NFC East:
— Dallas +110
— Philadelphia +200
— Washington +500
— NJ Giants +700
Odds to win NFC North:
— Green Bay -185
— Minnesota +275
— Chicago +900
— Detroit +1000

Quote of the Day
“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.”
Jack Handey

Thursday’s quiz
Where did Aaron Donald play his college football?

Wednesday’s quiz
In the great TV show The West Wing, Tim Matheson originally played the Vice President.

Tuesday’s quiz
Bushwood Country Club was where Ted Knight, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield played golf in the classic movie, Caddyshack.

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Thursday’s Den: Random thoughts on a spring day……..

I’m going to speak my mind here for a few minutes, because I think it is wrong to shut up at times like these. I don’t belong to a political party, have almost zero interest in politics. I’d much rather watch ballgames or movies, or listen to music. But this has been another bad week.

I don’t remember much about being in 4th grade; it was the first year our classroom was on the second floor instead of the first floor, and my teacher was Mrs Hoen. Other than that, nothing stands out in my memory, which is pretty much how it should be.

Today, there is a school full of kids in Texas who will be traumatized forever by stuff that happened this week; 21 people are dead because an 18-year old took an assault rifle into a classroom and shot a bunch of little kids and their teacher. How does this happen? How?????

I was in the grocery store the other day, and looked around for where the exits are in the back of the store, in case there was ever an episode with a shooter in there. It can happen anywhere. If that is paranoid, so be it, but it never hurts to be prepared.

Our gutless politicians are in the pockets of the NRA, so gun rules won’t change; when people like Jimmy Kimmel and Steve Kerr speak out and make more sense than any politician, you realize that our politicians are freakin’ useless. Only thing they’re good at is lining their own freakin’ pockets. Not good. Not freakin’ good at all.

Only thing we can do is vote these useless politicians out, and hopefully their replacements will be decent people who realize that no one should be queasy about going to the grocery store, or queasy about sending their kids to school.

Other countries don’t have this problem; they have strict gun laws. Why can’t this country do that???? I haven’t heard a decent explanation yet.

On to less important issues……..
— Joe Niekro pitched 22 years in the major leagues, for seven teams; he batted 1,165 times. He hit one home run, on May 29, 1976, in Atlanta— the Braves’ catcher that day was Biff Pocoroba.

Atlanta’s pitcher was Joe’s brother Phil, a Hall of Famer. What are the odds of that?

— Bulls-Pistons are going to play a regular season NBA game in Paris on January 19, 2023.

— Rumor has it that in 2-3 years, the NBA is going to add expansion teams in Seattle/Las Vegas; they’re talking about building a new hotel/casino in Las Vegas, which will also have a new arena for the expansion team.

— This week, Minnesota Timberwolves made former Denver Nuggets president Tim Connelly one of the league’s highest-paid executives; $40M for five years that also includes ownership equity.

That is good bank for an executive who is an excellent talent evaluator— he took Nikola Jokić with the 41st pick of the 2014 NBA Draft.

— As of last week, over half (54.7%) of freshmen/sophomores who entered the college basketball transfer portal haven’t found a new school yet. The grass isn’t always greener on the other side.

— Louisville Cardinals hired alum Milt Wagner as director of player development and alumni relations; it is just a coincidence that Wagner’s grandson DJ is one of the top-ranked recruits in the 2023 class. Go figure.

— Louisville-Kentucky are renewing their basketball rivalry in Rupp Arena on New Year’s Eve.

— Evansville finally hired a new basketball coach; kind of late in the process to do so, but David Ragland is the Purple Aces’ new coach. Ragland went 44-19 in two seasons as a junior college coach 10-12 years ago; he has almost 20 years as a D-I assistant.

Maybe Ragland can go sign up some of those kids in the transfer portal who haven’t found a new home yet.

— In the USFL, QB Shea Patterson was released by the Michigan Panthers and later signed by the New Orleans Breakers; Patterson has thrown for 973 yards — third in the league — four TD’s and five INTs this season— he has also rushed for 171 yards and two TD’s.

— A box seat to the 1955 World Series cost $31. This year, a beer at the PGA golf tournament cost $18.

Boston 93, Miami 80— Celtics used a 24-2 run in third quarter to take a 3-2 series lead. Heat made only seven of 45 3-point shots.

— Under was 8-4-1 in Wednesday’s baseball games, as hitters continue to struggle.

Nationals 1, Dodgers 0— Erick Fedde threw six shutout innings for Washington.

A’s 4, Seattle 2— It is May 25 and the A’s are ahead of Seattle in the standings; never would’ve guessed that, not in a million years. Mariners are a very disappointing team.

Tampa Bay 5, Miami 4— Rays scored five runs in first inning, hung on for dear life. Rays open a home series with division rival New York tonight.

Cincinnati 4, Cubs 3— 38-year old Joey Votto hit a homer and a triple; is he the oldest player to do that?
 

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Dallas @ Connecticut
Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 6 games when playing Connecticut
Dallas is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Connecticut
Connecticut is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Dallas
Connecticut is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Dallas


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DAL at CONN07:00 PMCONN -7.5
U 159.5
+500 +500
 

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Date................W-L-T................%............Units

05/26/2022........1-1-0.........50.00%........-0.50
05/25/2022.......1-0-0.......100.00%.........+5.00
05/24/2022.......3-5-0.........37.50%..........-12.50
05/23/2022.......1-1-0.........50.00%..........-0.50
05/22/2022.......3-3-0.........50.00%...........-1.50
05/21/2022......3-1-0.........75.00%...........+9.50
05/20/2022......6-1-0.........85.71%...........+24.50
05/17/2022......4-6-0.........40.00%............-13.00
05/15/2022......3-1-0,,,,,,,,,75.00%.............+9.50
05/14/2022......4-2-0.........66.67%.............+9.00
05/13/2022......3-3-0.........50.00%..............-1.50
05/11/2022......3-3-0.........50.00%.............- 1.50
05/10/2022......1-3-0.........25.00%............-11.50
05/08/2022......4-2-0.........66.66%.............+9.50
05/07/2022......1-3-0 ........25.00%............-11.50
05/06/2022......3-5-0.........37.50%............-12.50

TOTALS......41-37-0.........52.56%..............-6.50


BEST BETS:

05/26/2022.........1-1-0.........50.00%...........-0.50
05/25/2022.........1-0-0.......100.00%...........+5.00
05/24/2022.........2-4-0.........33.33%............-12.50
05/23/2022.........1-1-0.........50.00%............-0.50
05/22/2022..........3-3-0.........50.00%...........-1.50
05/21/2022..........3-1-0.........75.00%.............+9.50
05/20/2022..........6-1-0.........85.71%...........+24.50
05/17/2022..........3-4-0.........42.85%.............-7.00
05/15/2022..........3-1-0,,,,,,,,,75.00%.............+9.50
05/14/2022..........4-2-0.........66.67%.............+9.00
05/13/2022..........2-3-0.........40.00%..............-6.50
05/11/2022..........3-3-0.........50.00%.............- 1.50
05/10/2022..........1-3-0.........25.00%.............-11.50
05/08/2022..........4-2-0.........66.66%.............+9.50
05/07/2022..........1-3-0..........33.33%............- 6.00

TOTALS..........38-32-0..........54.28%............+19.50


UPDATED 05/26/2022
 

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Friday’s 6-pack
Odds to win NFC South:
— Tampa Bay -300
— New Orleans +275
— Carolina +1200
— Atlanta +1600
Odds to win NFC West:
— LA Rams +140
— San Francisco +190
— Arizona +300
— Seattle +1000

Quote of the Day
“Never mess with a civil servant, my friend.”
Lenny Briscoe, Law and Order

Friday’s quiz
Tony Romo, Sean Payton, Jimmy Garoppolo all played their college football at the same school; which one?

Thursday’s quiz
Aaron Donald played his college football for the Pitt Panthers.

Wednesday’s quiz
In the great TV show The West Wing, Tim Matheson originally played the Vice President.

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Friday’s Den: Random stuff with the weekend here…….

— NFL teams with the most completions LY on passes that went 20+ yards in air:
38— Arizona, Tampa Bay
36— Dallas
34— Minnesota
33— Las Vegas, Seattle
32— Buffalo
31— Green Bay, LA Rams

— NFL teams with the fewest completions LY on passes that went 20+ yards in air:
12— NJ Giants
14— Carolina, Tennessee
16— Detroit
17— San Francisco
19— New Orleans
20— Pittsburgh

Golden State 120, Dallas 110:
— Warriors advance to NBA Finals for sixth time in eight years.
— Golden State led this game 69-52 at halftime.
— Klay Thompson was 8-16 on arc, scored 32 points.

— The father of Cincinnati Reds’ rookie P Hunter Greene is a private investigator with some famous clients, one of whom was lawyer Johnnie Cochran, who became famous during the OJ Simpson trial in the 90’s.

— Been quite a while since I’ve seen a movie promoted as hard as this new Top Gun movie is being pumped up; its been 36 years since the original Top Gun came out, which makes me feel old(er).

— Boston Celtics are 6-3 in road playoff games this season; over the previous ten years, Boston was 12-27 in road playoff games.

USFL Week 7 notes:

New Jersey vs Tampa Bay
New Jersey Generals (5-1)

— Won last five games, scoring 24.5 ppg in last four.
— Have only four takeaways, have minus-2 turnover ratio.
— Outscored last four foes 50-22 in second half.
— Last three games went over the total.

Tampa Bay Bandits (3-3)
— Scored 27-28 points last two games (19.3 ppg in first four)
— Minus-7 in turnovers— have only three takeaways.
— Three of last four games went over total.
— Scoring 11.8 ppg in first half, 6.8 ppg in second half.

Michigan vs New Orleans
Michigan Panthers (1-5)

— Last three games, they’re minus-6 in turnovers, giving up 28.7 ppg.
— 0-3 in games decided by 5 or fewer points.
— Outgained four of their six opponents.
— Their only win was 24-0 over 1-5 Pittsburgh.

New Orleans Breakers (4-2)
— Scored 23+ points in their wins, 13-17 in losses.
— Last three games went over the total
— Last three weeks, ran ball for 137.3 yards/game.
— Trailed three of last four games at halftime.

Birmingham vs Pittsburgh
Birmingham Stallions (6-0)

— Trailed at halftime in four of six games
— Outscored opponents 98-34 in second half.
— Outrushed last three foes 456-206
— 6-0 against spread

Pittsburgh Maulers (1-5)
— Have been outscored 88-32 in first half of games.
— Last four weeks, allowed 165 rushing yards/game.
— Four of their last five games went over total.
— All five losses are by 7+ points.

Houston vs Philadelphia
Houston Gamblers (1-5)

— Lost last five games, last three all in last 0:05.
— Led all six games at halftime
— Last five games went over total
— Outscored 85=32 in second half.

Philadelphia Stars (3-3)
— Last three weeks, they’re +5 in turnovers.
— Gave up 23+ points in all six games (over 4-1 last five).
— Have been outgained in every game (1-4-1 ATS).
— Scored 30-26-35 points in wins; 17-16-17 in losses.

Reds 20, Cubs 5— Cincinnati SS Farmer homered twice, knocked in five runs, also had a sac bunt; not often a guy has a sac bunt and two homers in the same game.

— Portland Trailblazers hired Mike Schmitz as an assistant GM; he had been on ESPN for few years, traveling all over the world to evaluate talent for the NBA Draft.

Rangers 4, A’s 1:
Good news for the A’s; they’re 14-6 if they score 4+ runs.
Bad news for the A’s: they’ve scored 4+ runs in only 20 of 47 games; they’re 5-22 when they score fewer than four runs.

— MLB and the players’ union are allowing teams to still have an additional pitcher through June 19; it is looking more and more like the 14-pitcher thing might last the whole season.

Tigers 4, Guardians 3— Miguel Cabrera went 3-4, had a walk-off single.

Reds 20, Cubs 5…….Red Sox 16, White Sox 7— Rough day in Chicago; they both get Friday off, before playing each other Saturday-Sunday on the South side.
 

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Los Angeles @ Indiana
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing Indiana
Los Angeles is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Indiana
Indiana
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Indiana's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Indiana's last 7 games at home

New York @ Seattle
New York
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New York's last 5 games when playing Seattle
New York is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Seattle
Seattle
Seattle is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing New York
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Seattle's last 5 games when playing New York


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LA at IND07:00 PMIND +6.0
O 166.5
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NY at SEA10:00 PMSEA -12.0
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Date................W-L-T................%............Units

05/27/2022......3-1-0.........75.00%...........+9.50
05/26/2022........1-1-0.........50.00%........-0.50
05/25/2022.......1-0-0.......100.00%.........+5.00
05/24/2022.......3-5-0.........37.50%..........-12.50
05/23/2022.......1-1-0.........50.00%..........-0.50
05/22/2022.......3-3-0.........50.00%...........-1.50
05/21/2022......3-1-0.........75.00%...........+9.50
05/20/2022......6-1-0.........85.71%...........+24.50
05/17/2022......4-6-0.........40.00%............-13.00
05/15/2022......3-1-0,,,,,,,,,75.00%.............+9.50
05/14/2022......4-2-0.........66.67%.............+9.00
05/13/2022......3-3-0.........50.00%..............-1.50
05/11/2022......3-3-0.........50.00%.............- 1.50
05/10/2022......1-3-0.........25.00%............-11.50
05/08/2022......4-2-0.........66.66%.............+9.50
05/07/2022......1-3-0 ........25.00%............-11.50
05/06/2022......3-5-0.........37.50%............-12.50

TOTALS......44-38-0.........53.65%..............+ 3.00


BEST BETS:

05/27/2022..........3-1-0.........75.00%.............+9.50
05/26/2022.........1-1-0.........50.00%...........-0.50
05/25/2022.........1-0-0.......100.00%...........+5.00
05/24/2022.........2-4-0.........33.33%............-12.50
05/23/2022.........1-1-0.........50.00%............-0.50
05/22/2022..........3-3-0.........50.00%...........-1.50
05/21/2022..........3-1-0.........75.00%.............+9.50
05/20/2022..........6-1-0.........85.71%...........+24.50
05/17/2022..........3-4-0.........42.85%.............-7.00
05/15/2022..........3-1-0,,,,,,,,,75.00%.............+9.50
05/14/2022..........4-2-0.........66.67%.............+9.00
05/13/2022..........2-3-0.........40.00%..............-6.50
05/11/2022..........3-3-0.........50.00%.............- 1.50
05/10/2022..........1-3-0.........25.00%.............-11.50
05/08/2022..........4-2-0.........66.66%.............+9.50
05/07/2022..........1-3-0..........33.33%............- 6.00

TOTALS..........41-33-0..........55.40%............+28.50


UPDATED 05/27/2022
 

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