Friday’s 6-pack
Most seasons since their last playoff win:
31— Detroit Lions
22— Miami Dolphins
20— Las Vegas Raiders
17— Washington Commanders
12— Chicago Bears, New Jersey Jets
7— Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos
Quote of the Day
“And this is just being honest, we could go out and acquire prime Babe Ruth and it’s not going to help us. We’re not one player away or one magic spell from fixing this.”
Seattle Mariners’ executive Jerry DiPoto, the man who assembled the Seattle roster
Friday’s quiz
Who was the last major league pitcher to win 25+ games in a season?
Thursday’s quiz
Since 1930, there has been only one inside-the-park home run in a World Series game; Alcides Escobar hit it for the Royals, in 2015.
Wednesday’s quiz
Phil Garner was the Houston Astros’ manager, the first time they played in a World Series, back in 2005.
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Friday’s Den: Random stuff with the weekend here……..
— Florida 3, Vegas 2 OT:
Panthers scored 4:27 into overtime for the win.
Florida tied game with 2:13 left in regulation.
Panthers are 7-0 in overtime in the playoffs.
Vegas leads series, 2-1.
— Skip Schumaker was the bench coach for the Cardinals last year:
St Louis last year: 93-69
St Louis this year: 26-37
Skip Schumaker is the manager of the Miami Marlins this year:
Miami last year: 69-93
Miami this year: 35-28
I’m thinking Skip Schumaker is very good at his job.
— Braves 13, Mets 10 (10)
3:33…….388 pitches, a very interesting game.
Ozzie Albies hit a walk-off homer in the 10th inning.
Mets led 8-5 after four innings.
Mets have lost six in a row; they led by 3+ runs in last three, the first time EVER they’ve lost three games in a row, when they led all three by 3+ runs.
— Guardians 10, Red Sox 3— Jose Ramirez homered three times, knocked in five runs.
— Cincinnati Reds have lot of prospects coming up, but they’re all position players; I’m told that pitching is an important part of baseball. Maybe the Reds should package some of their position players in order to acquire a pitcher or two who can help them.
Dodgers 6, Reds 0— Kershaw tossed seven shutout innings.
— Rays 4, Twins 2— Tampa Bay is 29-6 at home.
— White Sox 6-0, New York 5-3— Why can’t Giarcarlo Stanton play both games of a twinbill? He was 0-3 in the opener with a walk; he batted four times in three hours, and couldn’t play the second game, too? Being a DH isn’t even playing.
Stanton makes $28M a year; stop coddling him.
— Giants 6, Rockies 4
Giants scored three runs in the ninth inning.
Colorado scored four runs in first, never scored again.
Giants have beaten the Rockies 11 games in a row.
— Blue Jays 3, Astros 2— Yordan Alvarez has an oblique injury now, will be out for a while.
— Diamondbacks-Nationals game was postponed by poor air quality, the third MLB game this week postponed by the smoke drifting down from Canada. This game will be made up June 22.
NFL notes:
— Minnesota Vikings were 11-0 in the regular season last year, in games decided by 8 or fewer points; all four of their regular season losses were by 11+ points. They lost their playoff game 31-24 to the Giants.
Usually, teams that win a ton of close games regress the next season.
— Over the last four years, under is 19-9 in Week 1 games where one of the coaches is in his first year at that job.
— Over the last 20 years, the Super Bowl loser is 4-16 in Week 1 the following year.
Over last 20 years, the Super Bowl winner is 9-4-3 ATS as a Week 1 favorite the next year.
— Movie of the Day: Rocky (1976)— A small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a rare chance to fight the heavyweight champion of the world in a fight where going the distance was his main goal.
To this day, there is a Rocky statue in downtown Philadelphia; this classic movie wound up with a lot of sequels, made a lot of money. Rocky even wound up winning the world title at the end of Rocky II.
Burgess Meredith played his trainer; he was also the Penguin in 20 episodes of Batman, the most times any villain appeared in that famous TV series.
— Kevin Love has played in the NBA for 15 years now; his dad Stan Love played in the NBA for four seasons. His uncle Mike Love is a musician, one of the Beach Boys.
Most seasons since their last playoff win:
31— Detroit Lions
22— Miami Dolphins
20— Las Vegas Raiders
17— Washington Commanders
12— Chicago Bears, New Jersey Jets
7— Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos
Quote of the Day
“And this is just being honest, we could go out and acquire prime Babe Ruth and it’s not going to help us. We’re not one player away or one magic spell from fixing this.”
Seattle Mariners’ executive Jerry DiPoto, the man who assembled the Seattle roster
Friday’s quiz
Who was the last major league pitcher to win 25+ games in a season?
Thursday’s quiz
Since 1930, there has been only one inside-the-park home run in a World Series game; Alcides Escobar hit it for the Royals, in 2015.
Wednesday’s quiz
Phil Garner was the Houston Astros’ manager, the first time they played in a World Series, back in 2005.
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Friday’s Den: Random stuff with the weekend here……..
— Florida 3, Vegas 2 OT:
Panthers scored 4:27 into overtime for the win.
Florida tied game with 2:13 left in regulation.
Panthers are 7-0 in overtime in the playoffs.
Vegas leads series, 2-1.
— Skip Schumaker was the bench coach for the Cardinals last year:
St Louis last year: 93-69
St Louis this year: 26-37
Skip Schumaker is the manager of the Miami Marlins this year:
Miami last year: 69-93
Miami this year: 35-28
I’m thinking Skip Schumaker is very good at his job.
— Braves 13, Mets 10 (10)
3:33…….388 pitches, a very interesting game.
Ozzie Albies hit a walk-off homer in the 10th inning.
Mets led 8-5 after four innings.
Mets have lost six in a row; they led by 3+ runs in last three, the first time EVER they’ve lost three games in a row, when they led all three by 3+ runs.
— Guardians 10, Red Sox 3— Jose Ramirez homered three times, knocked in five runs.
— Cincinnati Reds have lot of prospects coming up, but they’re all position players; I’m told that pitching is an important part of baseball. Maybe the Reds should package some of their position players in order to acquire a pitcher or two who can help them.
Dodgers 6, Reds 0— Kershaw tossed seven shutout innings.
— Rays 4, Twins 2— Tampa Bay is 29-6 at home.
— White Sox 6-0, New York 5-3— Why can’t Giarcarlo Stanton play both games of a twinbill? He was 0-3 in the opener with a walk; he batted four times in three hours, and couldn’t play the second game, too? Being a DH isn’t even playing.
Stanton makes $28M a year; stop coddling him.
— Giants 6, Rockies 4
Giants scored three runs in the ninth inning.
Colorado scored four runs in first, never scored again.
Giants have beaten the Rockies 11 games in a row.
— Blue Jays 3, Astros 2— Yordan Alvarez has an oblique injury now, will be out for a while.
— Diamondbacks-Nationals game was postponed by poor air quality, the third MLB game this week postponed by the smoke drifting down from Canada. This game will be made up June 22.
NFL notes:
— Minnesota Vikings were 11-0 in the regular season last year, in games decided by 8 or fewer points; all four of their regular season losses were by 11+ points. They lost their playoff game 31-24 to the Giants.
Usually, teams that win a ton of close games regress the next season.
— Over the last four years, under is 19-9 in Week 1 games where one of the coaches is in his first year at that job.
— Over the last 20 years, the Super Bowl loser is 4-16 in Week 1 the following year.
Over last 20 years, the Super Bowl winner is 9-4-3 ATS as a Week 1 favorite the next year.
— Movie of the Day: Rocky (1976)— A small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a rare chance to fight the heavyweight champion of the world in a fight where going the distance was his main goal.
To this day, there is a Rocky statue in downtown Philadelphia; this classic movie wound up with a lot of sequels, made a lot of money. Rocky even wound up winning the world title at the end of Rocky II.
Burgess Meredith played his trainer; he was also the Penguin in 20 episodes of Batman, the most times any villain appeared in that famous TV series.
— Kevin Love has played in the NBA for 15 years now; his dad Stan Love played in the NBA for four seasons. His uncle Mike Love is a musician, one of the Beach Boys.
Saturday’s 6-pack
College football spreads for Labor Day weekend
— Fresno State @ Purdue (-6)
— Northern Illinois @ Boston College (-10)
— Boise State @ Washington (-10)
— California (-8) @ North Texas
— Tex-San Antonio @ Houston (-2.5)
— South Alabama @ Tulane (-7)
Quote of the Day
“We expect to win every single game we go out and play.”
Texas Rangers 3B Josh Jung
Saturday’s quiz
How many major league teams play their home games in a domed stadium?
Friday’s quiz
Bob Welch was the last major league pitcher to win 25+ games in a season; he went 27-6 for the 1990 Oakland A’s.
Thursday’s quiz
Since 1930, there has been only one inside-the-park home run in a World Series game; Alcides Escobar hit it for the Royals, in 2015.
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Saturday’s Den: Random thoughts on a June day……..
— 50 years ago this weekend, a horse named Secretariat won the Triple Crown, won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths. I remember that day for a different reason; it was the only time in my life that I’ve ridden a horse.
It was our 8th grade field trip; some genius decided the field trip should be at a dude ranch somewhere up by Lake George or Lake Luzerne, an hour north of here. I remember three things about that day:
The food was really good.
We played tennis, which was fun
We rode horses, which was no fun at all.
I get on this horse and have no clue what to do; I make the mistake of asking the guy in charge what my horse’s name was.
“Jumper” he replied and my blood pressure went up a little. Probably the horse’s too.
So we go off on our ride and it turns out the horse likes to eat flowers and plants, ones not near the path we were riding on. He did more eating than running in the beginning.
Then when all the other horses start to run a little faster, Jumper took off and I hung on for dear life. Couldn’t remember what the guy told me to do when the horse started to run, so I basically just hung on to anything I could and prayed the ride would end soon.
Luckily, Jumper didn’t jump, and we got back to the stables without me getting thrown off the horse, but my back hurt like hell for a while. I promised myself I’d never ride a horse again, and from that point on, always had a lot of respect for jockeys. Wouldn’t want to be riding horses for a living, or for any reason.
— Denver 108, Miami 95
Denver made half its 3-point shots (14-28).
Favorites are 44-37-1 ATS in this year’s playoffs.
Nuggets lead series 3-1; they can win their first NBA title Sunday
— Phillies 5, Dodgers 4
Kyle Schwarber hit a walk-off home run, LA’s third walk-off loss this week.
— Pirates 14, Mets 7
Mets have lost seven games in a row.
New York has been outscored 49-14 in first inning this year.
Ke’Bryan Hayes went 5-5, scored 3 runs, knocked in 4.
Jack Suwinski went 3-4, scored 4 runs, knocked in 2.
— Guardians 10, Astros 9 (14)
Cleveland overcame five different deficits from the 7th inning on.
Will Brennan had the walk-off hit for the Guardians.
— A’s 5, Brewers 2— Oakland has won three in a row for first time this year; they’re 5-4 in their last nine games.
— Arizona 11, Detroit 6— Diamondbacks lead NL West by 2.5 games.
— White Sox 2, Marlins 1— Luis Robert had a walk-off single; Yasmani Grandal hit a solo home run for the Pale Hose.
— Records in series openers (home/away)
Arizona 6-4/6-5……12-9
Atlanta 6-3/9-3……15-6
Cubs 7-3/7-4……14-7
Reds 7-4/4-6……11-10
Rockies 5-6/4-6……9-12
Dodgers 8-2/5-6……13-8
Marlins 6-5/2-8……8-13
Brewers 6-5/3-7……9-12
New York 5-4/6-6……11-10
Phillies 5-5/4-7……9-12
Pirates 8-3/6-4……14-7
St Louis 3-7/2-9……5-16
San Diego 5-6/6-4……11-10
Giants 5-6/5-5……10-11
Nationals 1-11/5-4……6-15
Orioles 6-4/9-2……15-6
Boston 4-6/7-4……11-10
Chi Sox 5-6/4-6……9-12
Cleveland 4-7/5-5……9-12
Detroit 5-5/6-5……11-10
Houston 5-5/7-4……12-9
Royals 2-8/2-9……4-17
Angels 7-4/6-4……13-8
Twins 4-6/6-5……10-11
New York 4-8/4-5……8-13
Oakland 2-8/4-7……6-15
Seattle 4-6/6-5……10-11
Tampa Bay 12-0/5-4……17-4
Rangers 6-4/6-5……12-9
Toronto 6-4/6-5……12-9
— Major league games have been 28 minutes faster so far this season; average runs per game has gone up, from 8.7 to 9.3 runs/game.
— Washington Nationals are 1-11 in first game of a home series; Tampa Bay is 12-0.
— Mets 1B Pete Alonso is out 3-4 weeks with a hand/wrist injury.
College football spreads for Labor Day weekend
— Fresno State @ Purdue (-6)
— Northern Illinois @ Boston College (-10)
— Boise State @ Washington (-10)
— California (-8) @ North Texas
— Tex-San Antonio @ Houston (-2.5)
— South Alabama @ Tulane (-7)
Quote of the Day
“We expect to win every single game we go out and play.”
Texas Rangers 3B Josh Jung
Saturday’s quiz
How many major league teams play their home games in a domed stadium?
Friday’s quiz
Bob Welch was the last major league pitcher to win 25+ games in a season; he went 27-6 for the 1990 Oakland A’s.
Thursday’s quiz
Since 1930, there has been only one inside-the-park home run in a World Series game; Alcides Escobar hit it for the Royals, in 2015.
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Saturday’s Den: Random thoughts on a June day……..
— 50 years ago this weekend, a horse named Secretariat won the Triple Crown, won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths. I remember that day for a different reason; it was the only time in my life that I’ve ridden a horse.
It was our 8th grade field trip; some genius decided the field trip should be at a dude ranch somewhere up by Lake George or Lake Luzerne, an hour north of here. I remember three things about that day:
The food was really good.
We played tennis, which was fun
We rode horses, which was no fun at all.
I get on this horse and have no clue what to do; I make the mistake of asking the guy in charge what my horse’s name was.
“Jumper” he replied and my blood pressure went up a little. Probably the horse’s too.
So we go off on our ride and it turns out the horse likes to eat flowers and plants, ones not near the path we were riding on. He did more eating than running in the beginning.
Then when all the other horses start to run a little faster, Jumper took off and I hung on for dear life. Couldn’t remember what the guy told me to do when the horse started to run, so I basically just hung on to anything I could and prayed the ride would end soon.
Luckily, Jumper didn’t jump, and we got back to the stables without me getting thrown off the horse, but my back hurt like hell for a while. I promised myself I’d never ride a horse again, and from that point on, always had a lot of respect for jockeys. Wouldn’t want to be riding horses for a living, or for any reason.
— Denver 108, Miami 95
Denver made half its 3-point shots (14-28).
Favorites are 44-37-1 ATS in this year’s playoffs.
Nuggets lead series 3-1; they can win their first NBA title Sunday
— Phillies 5, Dodgers 4
Kyle Schwarber hit a walk-off home run, LA’s third walk-off loss this week.
— Pirates 14, Mets 7
Mets have lost seven games in a row.
New York has been outscored 49-14 in first inning this year.
Ke’Bryan Hayes went 5-5, scored 3 runs, knocked in 4.
Jack Suwinski went 3-4, scored 4 runs, knocked in 2.
— Guardians 10, Astros 9 (14)
Cleveland overcame five different deficits from the 7th inning on.
Will Brennan had the walk-off hit for the Guardians.
— A’s 5, Brewers 2— Oakland has won three in a row for first time this year; they’re 5-4 in their last nine games.
— Arizona 11, Detroit 6— Diamondbacks lead NL West by 2.5 games.
— White Sox 2, Marlins 1— Luis Robert had a walk-off single; Yasmani Grandal hit a solo home run for the Pale Hose.
— Records in series openers (home/away)
Arizona 6-4/6-5……12-9
Atlanta 6-3/9-3……15-6
Cubs 7-3/7-4……14-7
Reds 7-4/4-6……11-10
Rockies 5-6/4-6……9-12
Dodgers 8-2/5-6……13-8
Marlins 6-5/2-8……8-13
Brewers 6-5/3-7……9-12
New York 5-4/6-6……11-10
Phillies 5-5/4-7……9-12
Pirates 8-3/6-4……14-7
St Louis 3-7/2-9……5-16
San Diego 5-6/6-4……11-10
Giants 5-6/5-5……10-11
Nationals 1-11/5-4……6-15
Orioles 6-4/9-2……15-6
Boston 4-6/7-4……11-10
Chi Sox 5-6/4-6……9-12
Cleveland 4-7/5-5……9-12
Detroit 5-5/6-5……11-10
Houston 5-5/7-4……12-9
Royals 2-8/2-9……4-17
Angels 7-4/6-4……13-8
Twins 4-6/6-5……10-11
New York 4-8/4-5……8-13
Oakland 2-8/4-7……6-15
Seattle 4-6/6-5……10-11
Tampa Bay 12-0/5-4……17-4
Rangers 6-4/6-5……12-9
Toronto 6-4/6-5……12-9
— Major league games have been 28 minutes faster so far this season; average runs per game has gone up, from 8.7 to 9.3 runs/game.
— Washington Nationals are 1-11 in first game of a home series; Tampa Bay is 12-0.
— Mets 1B Pete Alonso is out 3-4 weeks with a hand/wrist injury.
VEGAS are 8-1 ATS (6.9 Units) in road games after 3 consecutive non-conference games in the current season.
NHL
Dunkel
Saturday, June 10
NHL
Long Sheet
Saturday, June 10
VEGAS (65-26-0-11, 141 pts.) at FLORIDA (55-39-0-7, 117 pts.) - 6/10/2023, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
FLORIDA is 22-17 ATS (+3.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
VEGAS is 65-37 ATS (+13.3 Units) in all games this season.
VEGAS is 40-23 ATS (+12.4 Units) second half of the season this season.
VEGAS is 16-5 ATS (+9.8 Units) in road games on Saturday games over the last 3 seasons.
VEGAS is 24-11 ATS (+9.2 Units) in non-conference games this season.
VEGAS is 30-12 ATS (+14.3 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
VEGAS is 36-21 ATS (+14.3 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
VEGAS is 27-14 ATS (+41.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
FLORIDA is 198-213 ATS (-17.3 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5.5 since 1996.
FLORIDA is 14-21 ATS (-21.0 Units) in non-conference games this season.
Head-to-Head Series History
VEGAS is 4-3 (+1.6 Units) against the spread versus FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
VEGAS is 4-3-0 straight up against FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.0 Units)
NHL
Saturday, June 10
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Trend Report
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Vegas @ Florida
Vegas
Vegas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Vegas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Florida
Florida
Florida is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
Florida is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Vegas
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NHL
Dunkel
Saturday, June 10
NHL
Long Sheet
Saturday, June 10
VEGAS (65-26-0-11, 141 pts.) at FLORIDA (55-39-0-7, 117 pts.) - 6/10/2023, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
FLORIDA is 22-17 ATS (+3.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
VEGAS is 65-37 ATS (+13.3 Units) in all games this season.
VEGAS is 40-23 ATS (+12.4 Units) second half of the season this season.
VEGAS is 16-5 ATS (+9.8 Units) in road games on Saturday games over the last 3 seasons.
VEGAS is 24-11 ATS (+9.2 Units) in non-conference games this season.
VEGAS is 30-12 ATS (+14.3 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
VEGAS is 36-21 ATS (+14.3 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
VEGAS is 27-14 ATS (+41.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
FLORIDA is 198-213 ATS (-17.3 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5.5 since 1996.
FLORIDA is 14-21 ATS (-21.0 Units) in non-conference games this season.
Head-to-Head Series History
VEGAS is 4-3 (+1.6 Units) against the spread versus FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
VEGAS is 4-3-0 straight up against FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.0 Units)
NHL
Saturday, June 10
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Trend Report
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Vegas @ Florida
Vegas
Vegas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Vegas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Florida
Florida
Florida is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
Florida is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Vegas
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Sunday’s 6-pack
Major league leaders in pitching strikeouts:
121— Spencer Strider, Atl
113— Kevin Gausman, Tor
102— Shohei Ohtani, LAA
94— Mitch Keller, Pitt
93— Clayton Kershaw, LA
92— Luis Castillo, Sea/Pablo Lopez, Minn
Quote of the Day
“Yeah, we have regulations with the pitch clock. Obviously it’s very sensitive — when the pitch clock goes off, and whether or not people are going to circumvent the rules that are in place. Nola did a good job the first two to three innings. And then, as the game went on, he started to throw more and more balls out. Where we felt, he was trying to reset the clock. Which is an attempt to circumvent the pitch clock regulations.”
Umpire Bill Miller, who worked the LA-Philly game Saturday
Sunday’s quiz
In Magnum PI, when Tom Selleck’s character goes undercover as the backup QB of an NFL team, what number does he wear?
Saturday’s quiz
Seven major league baseball teams play their home games in a domed stadium.
Friday’s quiz
Bob Welch was the last major league pitcher to win 25+ games in a season; he went 27-6 for the 1990 Oakland A’s.
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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday
— Vegas 3, Florida 2
Golden Knights can win their first Stanley Cup at home Tuesday.
Both teams had 31 shots on goal in this game.
Panthers had 28 penalty minutes; Vegas had 4.
Vegas leads series, 3-1.
— 43-year old Rich Hill threw 119 pitches for the Pirates Friday night in their win over the Mets; that is the most pitches by any pitcher in a game this year, and the freakin’ guy is 43.
— Minnesota Vikings cut 6-year veteran RB Dalvin Cook this week; he ran ball for 1,173 yards last year, but Vikings have had to make multiple cuts because of the salary cap, so the productive Cook was told to take a hike.
Cook has been in the last four Pro Bowls; he will be sought after.
— Toronto Raptors hired Darko Rajakovic as its new head coach; he’s been an assistant with the Suns, Thunder and most recently, Memphis. He’s been a head coach in the G League so he is well-prepared for this next step.
— So far this season in the USFL, underdogs are 20-14 SU, 25-9 ATS
— There are 33 poker players who have won 5+ bracelets in the World Series of Poker.
— A’s 2, Brewers 1 (10)— Oakland has won four in row for first time this year; they’re 7-5 in their last 12 games. Paul Blackburn tossed six shutout innings in this game.
— Dodgers 9, Phillies 0— Rookie P Miller is 3-0, 0.78 in his first four MLB starts.
— Cubs 4, Giants 0— Kyle Hendricks allowed one hit in eight IP.
— Astros 6, Guardians 4— Jose Abreu homered, knocked in three runs for Houston. He’s homered in consecutive games, after having only one homer all season before that.
— Reds 8, Cardinals 4— St Louis is 27-38, in last place in NL Central; will they be sellers at the trade deadline? That would be really unusual.
— Twins 9, Blue Jays 4— Toronto led 3-1 in 8th inning; Twins scored seven runs in the 8th.
— Marlins 5, White Sox 1
Miami scored five runs in the last inning.
In 6 of Alcantara’s 13 starts, Marlins haven’t scored in first five innings.
White Sox have started a right-handed pitcher in each of their last 184 games.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):
NL Braves, Pirates, Arizona. Wild Cards: Dodgers-Marlins-Brewers
AL Rays, Twins, Rangers. Wild Cards: Orioles-New York-Astros
Major league leaders in pitching strikeouts:
121— Spencer Strider, Atl
113— Kevin Gausman, Tor
102— Shohei Ohtani, LAA
94— Mitch Keller, Pitt
93— Clayton Kershaw, LA
92— Luis Castillo, Sea/Pablo Lopez, Minn
Quote of the Day
“Yeah, we have regulations with the pitch clock. Obviously it’s very sensitive — when the pitch clock goes off, and whether or not people are going to circumvent the rules that are in place. Nola did a good job the first two to three innings. And then, as the game went on, he started to throw more and more balls out. Where we felt, he was trying to reset the clock. Which is an attempt to circumvent the pitch clock regulations.”
Umpire Bill Miller, who worked the LA-Philly game Saturday
Sunday’s quiz
In Magnum PI, when Tom Selleck’s character goes undercover as the backup QB of an NFL team, what number does he wear?
Saturday’s quiz
Seven major league baseball teams play their home games in a domed stadium.
Friday’s quiz
Bob Welch was the last major league pitcher to win 25+ games in a season; he went 27-6 for the 1990 Oakland A’s.
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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday
— Vegas 3, Florida 2
Golden Knights can win their first Stanley Cup at home Tuesday.
Both teams had 31 shots on goal in this game.
Panthers had 28 penalty minutes; Vegas had 4.
Vegas leads series, 3-1.
— 43-year old Rich Hill threw 119 pitches for the Pirates Friday night in their win over the Mets; that is the most pitches by any pitcher in a game this year, and the freakin’ guy is 43.
— Minnesota Vikings cut 6-year veteran RB Dalvin Cook this week; he ran ball for 1,173 yards last year, but Vikings have had to make multiple cuts because of the salary cap, so the productive Cook was told to take a hike.
Cook has been in the last four Pro Bowls; he will be sought after.
— Toronto Raptors hired Darko Rajakovic as its new head coach; he’s been an assistant with the Suns, Thunder and most recently, Memphis. He’s been a head coach in the G League so he is well-prepared for this next step.
— So far this season in the USFL, underdogs are 20-14 SU, 25-9 ATS
— There are 33 poker players who have won 5+ bracelets in the World Series of Poker.
— A’s 2, Brewers 1 (10)— Oakland has won four in row for first time this year; they’re 7-5 in their last 12 games. Paul Blackburn tossed six shutout innings in this game.
— Dodgers 9, Phillies 0— Rookie P Miller is 3-0, 0.78 in his first four MLB starts.
— Cubs 4, Giants 0— Kyle Hendricks allowed one hit in eight IP.
— Astros 6, Guardians 4— Jose Abreu homered, knocked in three runs for Houston. He’s homered in consecutive games, after having only one homer all season before that.
— Reds 8, Cardinals 4— St Louis is 27-38, in last place in NL Central; will they be sellers at the trade deadline? That would be really unusual.
— Twins 9, Blue Jays 4— Toronto led 3-1 in 8th inning; Twins scored seven runs in the 8th.
— Marlins 5, White Sox 1
Miami scored five runs in the last inning.
In 6 of Alcantara’s 13 starts, Marlins haven’t scored in first five innings.
White Sox have started a right-handed pitcher in each of their last 184 games.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):
NL Braves, Pirates, Arizona. Wild Cards: Dodgers-Marlins-Brewers
AL Rays, Twins, Rangers. Wild Cards: Orioles-New York-Astros
Armadillo Sports
Monday’s 6-pack
Major League leaders in stolen bases:
31— Esteury Ruiz, A’s
28— Ronald Acuna, Atl
22— Wander Franco, TB
20— Bobby Witt Jr, KC
19— Ji Hwan Bae, Pitt/Corbin Carroll, Ariz
18— Starling Marte, NYM/Jorge Mateo, Balt
Quote of the Day
“You shouldn’t retire from something; you need to retire to something.”
Bud Grant
Monday’s quiz
Terry Francona won two World Series in eight years managing the Red Sox; who replaced him as manager in Boston?
Sunday’s quiz
In Magnum PI, when Tom Selleck’s character goes undercover as the backup QB of an NFL team, he wears number 16.
Saturday’s quiz
Seven major league baseball teams play their home games in a domed stadium.
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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports weekend…….
— Kirk Saarloos spent seven years in the major leagues, pitching for three different teams; he helped the A’s make the 2006 playoffs.
These days, Saarloos is the baseball coach at TCU; his Horned Frogs made the College World Series this weekend. TCU set back-to-back attendance records on consecutive nights — 8,812 fans on Friday and 8,994 on Saturday.
This is the sixth time since 2010 that TCU has made the College World Series, but the first time under coach Saarloos.
— Wake Forest is also going to the College World Series; they’re going for the first time since 1955, when they won the national title.
— Canadian golfer Nick Taylor drained a 72-foot eagle putt on the 4th playoff hole Sunday; he won the Canadian Open, the first Canadian to win his home tournament since Pat Fletcher in 1954. Taylor banked $1.62M for the win, plus he’ll probably never have to buy a drink in Canada again.
— When you think about the argument about who the best basketball player ever is, remember that Michael Jordan played all 82 games in a season nine times. No load management for him.
Remember that they outlawed the dunk in college basketball because of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Milwaukee won an NBA title in their third year of existence, Kareem’s 2nd NBA season.
Remember that at age 38, after 20 years in the NBA, Lebron James can still carry his team deep into the playoffs. Someday before he retires, one of his teammates will be his son.
Those three guys are the three best players ever, in whatever order you choose.
— Happy 72nd birthday to Dan Fouts, one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history, maybe the best quarterback of the Super Bowl era who never got to play in a Super Bowl.
Fouts passed for 43,040 yards, 254 TD’s in a tremendous 15-year career, all played with the Chargers. Saw him play in a scrimmage once against the Rams in Anaheim Stadium; it was like watching God throw a football, he was that good.
Happy birthday, sir.
— Trevor Bauer is pitching in Japan these days; last I looked, he was 3-2, 4.75 in six starts, giving up 10 home runs in 36 IP.
— A’s 8, Brewers 6— After starting the season 12-50, Oakland has won five games in a row; they knocked the Pirates out of first place Wednesday, then put them back in first place by sweeping the Brewers in Miller Park this weekend.
— Rockies 5, Padres 4
Nolan Jones hit a walk-off homer after a 9th inning rain delay.
30 years ago, in the Rockies’ first-ever season, they drew over 4,400,000 fans, still an MLB record, while playing home games in Mile High Stadium.
— Pirates 2, Mets 1
Andrew McCutchen got his 2,000th career hit.
Mets lost for the eighth time in nine games.
— Reds 4, Cardinals 3— Cincinnati is 5-2 since they brought up Elly De La Cruz up from the minor leagues; what took them so long? The guy is 8-22, with 7 runs scored, 4 RBI in his first seven MLB games (plus, three stolen bases).
— Boston 3, New York 2 (10)— Bronx went 2-4 on this homestand with Aaron Judge sidelined with a foot injury; they scored 17 runs in those six games.
Red Sox are 2-3 in their last five games, scoring a total of 12 runs in those five games.
— Blue Jays 7, Twins 6
Toronto trailed 6-1 in fifth inning; they won game with three runs in 8th inning.
— Giants 13, Cubs 3
This was a terrible game; Giants made four errors, still won by 10 runs.
Giants SS Brandon Crawford pitched the last inning, with SF ahead by 10 runs.
Why is a big market team like the Cubs this bad (28-37)?
— Arizona 7, Detroit 5
Tigers led 5-2 early; Arizona won game with four runs in ninth inning.
Diamondbacks have a 3.5-game lead in the NL West.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):
NL Braves, Pirates, Arizona. Wild Cards: Dodgers-Marlins-Brewers
AL Rays, Twins, Rangers. Wild Cards: Orioles-New York-Astros
Monday’s 6-pack
Major League leaders in stolen bases:
31— Esteury Ruiz, A’s
28— Ronald Acuna, Atl
22— Wander Franco, TB
20— Bobby Witt Jr, KC
19— Ji Hwan Bae, Pitt/Corbin Carroll, Ariz
18— Starling Marte, NYM/Jorge Mateo, Balt
Quote of the Day
“You shouldn’t retire from something; you need to retire to something.”
Bud Grant
Monday’s quiz
Terry Francona won two World Series in eight years managing the Red Sox; who replaced him as manager in Boston?
Sunday’s quiz
In Magnum PI, when Tom Selleck’s character goes undercover as the backup QB of an NFL team, he wears number 16.
Saturday’s quiz
Seven major league baseball teams play their home games in a domed stadium.
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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports weekend…….
— Kirk Saarloos spent seven years in the major leagues, pitching for three different teams; he helped the A’s make the 2006 playoffs.
These days, Saarloos is the baseball coach at TCU; his Horned Frogs made the College World Series this weekend. TCU set back-to-back attendance records on consecutive nights — 8,812 fans on Friday and 8,994 on Saturday.
This is the sixth time since 2010 that TCU has made the College World Series, but the first time under coach Saarloos.
— Wake Forest is also going to the College World Series; they’re going for the first time since 1955, when they won the national title.
— Canadian golfer Nick Taylor drained a 72-foot eagle putt on the 4th playoff hole Sunday; he won the Canadian Open, the first Canadian to win his home tournament since Pat Fletcher in 1954. Taylor banked $1.62M for the win, plus he’ll probably never have to buy a drink in Canada again.
— When you think about the argument about who the best basketball player ever is, remember that Michael Jordan played all 82 games in a season nine times. No load management for him.
Remember that they outlawed the dunk in college basketball because of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Milwaukee won an NBA title in their third year of existence, Kareem’s 2nd NBA season.
Remember that at age 38, after 20 years in the NBA, Lebron James can still carry his team deep into the playoffs. Someday before he retires, one of his teammates will be his son.
Those three guys are the three best players ever, in whatever order you choose.
— Happy 72nd birthday to Dan Fouts, one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history, maybe the best quarterback of the Super Bowl era who never got to play in a Super Bowl.
Fouts passed for 43,040 yards, 254 TD’s in a tremendous 15-year career, all played with the Chargers. Saw him play in a scrimmage once against the Rams in Anaheim Stadium; it was like watching God throw a football, he was that good.
Happy birthday, sir.
— Trevor Bauer is pitching in Japan these days; last I looked, he was 3-2, 4.75 in six starts, giving up 10 home runs in 36 IP.
— A’s 8, Brewers 6— After starting the season 12-50, Oakland has won five games in a row; they knocked the Pirates out of first place Wednesday, then put them back in first place by sweeping the Brewers in Miller Park this weekend.
— Rockies 5, Padres 4
Nolan Jones hit a walk-off homer after a 9th inning rain delay.
30 years ago, in the Rockies’ first-ever season, they drew over 4,400,000 fans, still an MLB record, while playing home games in Mile High Stadium.
— Pirates 2, Mets 1
Andrew McCutchen got his 2,000th career hit.
Mets lost for the eighth time in nine games.
— Reds 4, Cardinals 3— Cincinnati is 5-2 since they brought up Elly De La Cruz up from the minor leagues; what took them so long? The guy is 8-22, with 7 runs scored, 4 RBI in his first seven MLB games (plus, three stolen bases).
— Boston 3, New York 2 (10)— Bronx went 2-4 on this homestand with Aaron Judge sidelined with a foot injury; they scored 17 runs in those six games.
Red Sox are 2-3 in their last five games, scoring a total of 12 runs in those five games.
— Blue Jays 7, Twins 6
Toronto trailed 6-1 in fifth inning; they won game with three runs in 8th inning.
— Giants 13, Cubs 3
This was a terrible game; Giants made four errors, still won by 10 runs.
Giants SS Brandon Crawford pitched the last inning, with SF ahead by 10 runs.
Why is a big market team like the Cubs this bad (28-37)?
— Arizona 7, Detroit 5
Tigers led 5-2 early; Arizona won game with four runs in ninth inning.
Diamondbacks have a 3.5-game lead in the NL West.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):
NL Braves, Pirates, Arizona. Wild Cards: Dodgers-Marlins-Brewers
AL Rays, Twins, Rangers. Wild Cards: Orioles-New York-Astros
Tuesday’s 6-pack
Odds for this week’s US Open:
13-2— Scottie Scheffler
8-1— Jon Rahm
17-2— Brooks Koepka
10-1— Viktor Hovland
11-1— Rory McIlroy
14-1— Patrick Cantlay
Quote of the Day
“I made a decision (in 2016) that he would become the focal point of everything we do, every decision we make, every player we bring in has to be somebody that can play with and complement Nikola (Jokic).”
Nuggets coach Michael Malone
Tuesday’s quiz
How many major league teams has Buck Showalter managed?
Monday’s quiz
Terry Francona won two World Series in eight years managing the Red Sox; Bobby Valentine replaced him as manager in Boston.
Sunday’s quiz
In Magnum PI, when Tom Selleck’s character goes undercover as the backup QB of an NFL team, he wears number 16.
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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but…….
— Denver 94, Miami 89
For first time ever, Nuggets are NBA champions.
Nikola Jokic is the first center since Shaquille O’Neal in 2002 to lead his team in scoring while winning a championship.
Nuggets rookie Christian Braun is the fifth player in history to win NBA and NCAA titles in back-to-back years (won in 2022 with Kansas)
Stan Kroenke owns the Nuggets; he also owns the LA Rams and the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche. In the last 18 months, all three teams have won a championship.
— There are still 10 NBA teams that haven’t won a championship.
— Top payrolls in MLB this season, and the teams’ records:
$344,875,864— Mets 31-35
279,749,286— Bronx 38-29
246,962,517— San Diego 31-34
243,095,331— Phillies 32-34
228,056,364— LA Dodgers 37-29
215,903,690— Angels 37-31
— Lowest payrolls in MLB this season, and the teams’ records:
59,630,474— A’s 18-50
66,424,863— Orioles 41-24
75,336,614— Pirates 34-30
76,932,532— Tampa Bay 48-21
90,133,639— Guardians 31-34
92,569,087— Cincinnati 31-35
— Angels signed 38-year old Daniel Murphy to a minor league deal; he last played in the majors in 2020, but retired after hitting .236 for Colorado. A .296 lifetime hitter, Murphy hit .347 for Washington in 2016; he hit 90 doubles for the Nationals in 2016-17.
— Blue Jays/Diamondbacks are only MLB teams that haven’t been shut out this season.
— A’s 4, Tampa Bay 3— Oakland has now won six games in a row. Ken Waldichuk tossed three scoreless innings to notch his first save.
— Tigers 6, Braves 5 (10)— Detroit trailed 5-1 in 8th inning; they tied game with three runs in the ninth, then won it on a Torkelson single in the 10th.
— Rockies 4, Red Sox 3 (10)— Colorado scored twice in 10th inning, on a bases loaded walk, then an error.
— Arizona 9, Phillies 8— Top three guys in the Diamondbacks’ lineup went 7-12, with seven runs scored.
— Angels 9, Rangers 6 (12)— Shohei Ohtani homered twice, now has 20 dingers this season. Halos have won seven of their last eight games.
— Looking at the pointspreads for Denver Bronco games this coming season; the spread in 15 of their 17 games is 4 points or less. They’re +7 at Kansas City, +6.5 at Buffalo.
— Juan Soto didn’t walk last week; after drawing 56 walks in his first 59 games this season, he didn’t draw any walks last week, going 7-27 in six games— he was 5-5 vs Seattle Wednesday, 2-22 in the other five games.
— Movie of the Day: Lucky You (2007)— A hotshot poker player tries to win a tournament in Las Vegas, but is fighting a losing battle with his personal problems. Eric Bana plays the hotshot gambler; Robert Duvall is his father, a far more accomplished pro poker player.
Drew Barrymore and Debra Messing are also in the movie, as well as a lot of pro poker players you’ll recognize from TV. Robert Downey Jr has a cameo; there are a couple of degenerate gamblers who appear throughout the movie to add comic relief.
— Houston Cougars boosted basketball coach Kelvin Sampson’s salary to $5M a year; Houston and Gonzaga are the only teams in the country that have been in the Sweet 16 of the last four NCAA tournaments.
— Most plays of 30+ yards last season:
33— San Francisco
32— Kansas City
30— Philadelphia
29— Denver, Seattle
28— Carolina, Las Vegas
27— Chicago
— Fewest plays of 30+ yards last season:
12— Arizona, Rans
14— Tampa Bay
15— NJ Giants
17— Atlanta, Pittsburgh
18— Indianapolis
19— Washington
Odds for this week’s US Open:
13-2— Scottie Scheffler
8-1— Jon Rahm
17-2— Brooks Koepka
10-1— Viktor Hovland
11-1— Rory McIlroy
14-1— Patrick Cantlay
Quote of the Day
“I made a decision (in 2016) that he would become the focal point of everything we do, every decision we make, every player we bring in has to be somebody that can play with and complement Nikola (Jokic).”
Nuggets coach Michael Malone
Tuesday’s quiz
How many major league teams has Buck Showalter managed?
Monday’s quiz
Terry Francona won two World Series in eight years managing the Red Sox; Bobby Valentine replaced him as manager in Boston.
Sunday’s quiz
In Magnum PI, when Tom Selleck’s character goes undercover as the backup QB of an NFL team, he wears number 16.
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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but…….
— Denver 94, Miami 89
For first time ever, Nuggets are NBA champions.
Nikola Jokic is the first center since Shaquille O’Neal in 2002 to lead his team in scoring while winning a championship.
Nuggets rookie Christian Braun is the fifth player in history to win NBA and NCAA titles in back-to-back years (won in 2022 with Kansas)
Stan Kroenke owns the Nuggets; he also owns the LA Rams and the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche. In the last 18 months, all three teams have won a championship.
— There are still 10 NBA teams that haven’t won a championship.
— Top payrolls in MLB this season, and the teams’ records:
$344,875,864— Mets 31-35
279,749,286— Bronx 38-29
246,962,517— San Diego 31-34
243,095,331— Phillies 32-34
228,056,364— LA Dodgers 37-29
215,903,690— Angels 37-31
— Lowest payrolls in MLB this season, and the teams’ records:
59,630,474— A’s 18-50
66,424,863— Orioles 41-24
75,336,614— Pirates 34-30
76,932,532— Tampa Bay 48-21
90,133,639— Guardians 31-34
92,569,087— Cincinnati 31-35
— Angels signed 38-year old Daniel Murphy to a minor league deal; he last played in the majors in 2020, but retired after hitting .236 for Colorado. A .296 lifetime hitter, Murphy hit .347 for Washington in 2016; he hit 90 doubles for the Nationals in 2016-17.
— Blue Jays/Diamondbacks are only MLB teams that haven’t been shut out this season.
— A’s 4, Tampa Bay 3— Oakland has now won six games in a row. Ken Waldichuk tossed three scoreless innings to notch his first save.
— Tigers 6, Braves 5 (10)— Detroit trailed 5-1 in 8th inning; they tied game with three runs in the ninth, then won it on a Torkelson single in the 10th.
— Rockies 4, Red Sox 3 (10)— Colorado scored twice in 10th inning, on a bases loaded walk, then an error.
— Arizona 9, Phillies 8— Top three guys in the Diamondbacks’ lineup went 7-12, with seven runs scored.
— Angels 9, Rangers 6 (12)— Shohei Ohtani homered twice, now has 20 dingers this season. Halos have won seven of their last eight games.
— Looking at the pointspreads for Denver Bronco games this coming season; the spread in 15 of their 17 games is 4 points or less. They’re +7 at Kansas City, +6.5 at Buffalo.
— Juan Soto didn’t walk last week; after drawing 56 walks in his first 59 games this season, he didn’t draw any walks last week, going 7-27 in six games— he was 5-5 vs Seattle Wednesday, 2-22 in the other five games.
— Movie of the Day: Lucky You (2007)— A hotshot poker player tries to win a tournament in Las Vegas, but is fighting a losing battle with his personal problems. Eric Bana plays the hotshot gambler; Robert Duvall is his father, a far more accomplished pro poker player.
Drew Barrymore and Debra Messing are also in the movie, as well as a lot of pro poker players you’ll recognize from TV. Robert Downey Jr has a cameo; there are a couple of degenerate gamblers who appear throughout the movie to add comic relief.
— Houston Cougars boosted basketball coach Kelvin Sampson’s salary to $5M a year; Houston and Gonzaga are the only teams in the country that have been in the Sweet 16 of the last four NCAA tournaments.
— Most plays of 30+ yards last season:
33— San Francisco
32— Kansas City
30— Philadelphia
29— Denver, Seattle
28— Carolina, Las Vegas
27— Chicago
— Fewest plays of 30+ yards last season:
12— Arizona, Rans
14— Tampa Bay
15— NJ Giants
17— Atlanta, Pittsburgh
18— Indianapolis
19— Washington
VEGAS are 28-14 ATS (17 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season in the current season.
NHL
Dunkel
Tuesday, June 13
NHL
Long Sheet
Tuesday, June 13
FLORIDA (55-40-0-7, 117 pts.) at VEGAS (66-26-0-11, 143 pts.) - 6/13/2023, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
FLORIDA is 14-22 ATS (-23.1 Units) in non-conference games this season.
FLORIDA is 21-25 ATS (-13.2 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
VEGAS is 66-37 ATS (+107.4 Units) in all games this season.
VEGAS is 41-23 ATS (+3.5 Units) second half of the season this season.
VEGAS is 25-11 ATS (+9.9 Units) in non-conference games this season.
VEGAS is 37-21 ATS (+15.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
VEGAS is 28-14 ATS (+13.5 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
FLORIDA is 20-12 ATS (+7.5 Units) in road games second half of the season this season.
FLORIDA is 22-18 ATS (+42.1 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
Head-to-Head Series History
VEGAS is 5-3 (+2.6 Units) against the spread versus FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
VEGAS is 5-3-0 straight up against FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.1 Units)
NHL
Tuesday, June 13
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Trend Report
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Florida @ Vegas
Florida
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Florida's last 7 games when playing on the road against Vegas
Florida is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games on the road
Vegas
Vegas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Florida
Vegas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
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NHL
Dunkel
Tuesday, June 13
NHL
Long Sheet
Tuesday, June 13
FLORIDA (55-40-0-7, 117 pts.) at VEGAS (66-26-0-11, 143 pts.) - 6/13/2023, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
FLORIDA is 14-22 ATS (-23.1 Units) in non-conference games this season.
FLORIDA is 21-25 ATS (-13.2 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
VEGAS is 66-37 ATS (+107.4 Units) in all games this season.
VEGAS is 41-23 ATS (+3.5 Units) second half of the season this season.
VEGAS is 25-11 ATS (+9.9 Units) in non-conference games this season.
VEGAS is 37-21 ATS (+15.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
VEGAS is 28-14 ATS (+13.5 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
FLORIDA is 20-12 ATS (+7.5 Units) in road games second half of the season this season.
FLORIDA is 22-18 ATS (+42.1 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
Head-to-Head Series History
VEGAS is 5-3 (+2.6 Units) against the spread versus FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
VEGAS is 5-3-0 straight up against FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.1 Units)
NHL
Tuesday, June 13
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Trend Report
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Florida @ Vegas
Florida
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Florida's last 7 games when playing on the road against Vegas
Florida is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games on the road
Vegas
Vegas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Florida
Vegas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
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