Cnotes 2022 Major League Baseball Transactions, News, Notes, Picks Etc. !!

[Udog]

MLB
Weather Report

Thursday, October 20

MLB
Dunkel

Thursday, October 20

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Thursday, October 20

New York @ Houston (Astros lead, 1-0)
Severino is 2-0, 2.49 in his last four starts.
He is 3-2, 3.22 in nine road starts this year.
He is 1-3, 5.17 in nine postseason starts.
He is 2-3, 3.82 in six starts vs Houston.

New York is 27-9 in their last 35 games.
New York is 43-41 on road.
New York is in playoffs for sixth year in row- their last World Series title was 2009.

Valdez is 1-0, 1.69 in two starts this month.
He is 7-4, 3.54 in 14 home starts.
He is 4-2, 4.38 in nine playoff starts.
He is 0-1, 6.75 in three starts vs New York.

Houston is 10-3 in their last 12 games.
Astros are 58-26 at home.
Houston is in playoffs for 6th year in row- they were in World Series three of last five years.

Astros are 6-2 vs New York this year, 4-0 at home.




MLB

Thursday, October 20

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Trend Report
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NY Yankees @ Houston
NY Yankees
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Yankees's last 8 games
Houston
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against NY Yankees


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[CNOTES]

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
NYY at HOU	07:37 PM	NYY +125 O 7.0	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

OCTOBER MLB PLAYOFF OPINIONS AND BEST BETS !

10/20/2022............0-2-0............00.00%...........-10.50
10/19/2022............4-0-0..........100.00%...........+20.00
10/18/2022............2-0-0..........100.00%...........+10.10
10/16/2022............0-2-0...........00.00%............-10.50
10/15/2022............3-5-0...........37.50%............-11.05
10/14/2022............3-1-0............75.00%...........+10.55
10/13/2022............0-2-0............00.00%............-10.50
10/12/2022............1-3-0............25.00%............-8.00
10/11/2022............2-6-0............25.00%............-18.35
10/09/2022............2-0-0...........100.00%...........+11.25
10/08/2022............2-6-0.............25.00%...........-24.40
10/07/2022...........3-5-0.............37.50%............-14.15

TOTALS............22-32-0............40.00%.............-55.55

BEST BETS
10/20/2022............0-2-0,,,,,,,,,,,,00.00%..............-10.50
10/19/2022............4-0-0..........100.00%..............+20.00
10/18/2022............2-0-0..........100.00%..............+10.10
10/16/2022............0-2-0...........00.00%................-10.50
10/15/2022............3-4-0,.,........42,85%..................-5.99
10/14/2022............3-1-0...........75.00%...............+10.55
10/13/2022............0-2-0...........00.00%................-10.50
10//12/2022...........1-3-0...........25.00%..................-8.00
10/11/2022............2-6-0...........25.00%...............- 18.35
10/09/2022...........1-0-0..........100.00%................+ 6.25
10/08/2022....................NO BEST BE..................+ 0.00
10/07/2022...........2-4-0............33.33%...............- 13.65

TOTALS...........18-24-0...........42.85%................- 30.59

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Friday’s 6-pack
AP preseason top 6 in college basketball:
T5) Baylor
T5) Kansas
4) Kentucky
3) Houston
2) Gonzaga
1) North Carolina

Quote of the Day
“She usually kicks me if I say something I shouldn’t. I’ll feel a little tap, but I didn’t feel one today, so I guess that’s good.”
AJ Nola, father of Aaron/Austin Nola, talking about watching a playoff game with his wife, with one of his sons on each team

Friday’s quiz
Where did Andy Dalton play his college football?

Thursday’s quiz
In the TV show The West Wing, President Bartlet was from New Hampshire.

Wednesday’s quiz
Bushwood was the name of the country club in the classic movie Caddyshack.

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

— Carolina Panthers traded RB Christian McCaffrey to the 49ers; in return, they get:
2023 2nd round pick
2023 3rd round pick
2023 4th round pick
2024 5th round pick

I would advise against wagering on Carolina the rest of this season.

Cardinals 42, Saints 34
— Cardinals scored 22 points in 1:42 span of 2nd quarter, with two pick-6’s.
— Saints outgained Arizona, 494-326, but were minus-3 in turnovers.
— In his first game this season, WR Hopkins was targeted 14 times, caught 10 passes for 103 yards.
— All the other Cardinals were targeted 15 times, caught 10 balls for 101 yards.

— Saints lost five of last six games; their turnover ratio is minus-11.
— New Orleans has been outscored 103-68 in first half.
— Saints have been outscored 46-15 in last 2:00 of each half.
— Last four New Orleans games went over the total.

— Worst thing about the Amazon Prime NFL game is that it is tough to go back/forth between games on my TV, when one of the games is on Amazon— doesn’t switch back quick enough. Need two devices working, instead.

— Thursday was just 27th night ever with NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL all playing on same night. Someone on Twitter called it the Sports Equinox.

— Next year, NFL will have a game the Friday after Thanksgiving, a 3pm Friday game that will be shown on Amazon Prime. Good thing I’m already divorced; putting games on at 3:00 on a weekday afternoon would’ve caused a problem. (It’s a joke!!!, but there will be a Friday game)

— Dak Prescott is starting at QB for Dallas Sunday against the Lions. Cooper Rush goes back to one of the best jobs in America, getting paid $977,500 to be the backup QB, where no one ever hits you and no one ever boos you.

— Other night on TNT, Reggie Miller called Steph Curry “the greatest shooter ever” which pretty much ends that discussion, seeing how Miller is also in that discussion.

— Speaking of TNT, their Inside the NBA crew signed on for the next five years; it is a popular show, must make the network lot of $$$$.

— Philadelphia 76ers haven’t made the Eastern Conference Finals (NBA’s version of the Final 4) since 2001; that fact surprised me.

— Big rule improvement in the NBA: outlawing teams giving a foul to end a fast break. Those fouls took away lot of fast breaks, which are fun to watch— there were 1,700 take fouls in the NBA last year. The game will have a better flow now.

— I’ll say this again; an assist on a 3-point shot should count as 1.5 assists, passes that lead to made foul shots should also be credited, half an assist for every made free throw. Points are points, no matter how they’re scored.

— Houston 3, New York 2
Bregman hit a 3-run homer in third inning.
Astros won their first five playoff games, by total of seven runs.
Series heads to New York with Houston leading, 2-0.

— Yoenis Cespedes is still playing baseball; he is playing in the Dominican Winter League, and may be looking at making a comeback in the big leagues next spring.

— Don’t always judge strategy by results; a coach/manager can make the right move, and it might not work. Coaches play percentages; sometimes nothing they would try will work, other times, there are no bad options.

— Appalachian State 42, Georgia State 17
Georgia State led 14-0 after first quarter.
App State outscored them 35-3 in second half.
App State ran ball for 404 yards, outgained Georgia State 466-301.

— Virginia 16, Georgia Tech 9
Tech’s only TD came on a pick-6 (they missed the PAT)
Virginia led 13-9 at halftime.
Cavaliers outgained Tech, 410-201
Yellow Jackets were 6-21 on third down, Virginia 2-14.

— Troy 10, South Alabama 6
Troy scored only TD of game on first play of 2nd quarter.
Troy converted 1-12 on third down, South Alabama 4-13
Jaguars ran ball 21 times for 31 yards.
Total yardage: Troy 266, South Alabama 244

— There is a great writer named Joe Posnanski who has written a few books that are all good; he really is an excellent sportswriter. He also has an e-mail thing where you get knowledge from him every day, and it is free.

Mr Posnanski posted this great nugget this week: in 1952, a guy named Don Lenhardt batted three times with the bases loaded. He was a utility player who had an ordinary career, but in those three AB’s that year with the bases loaded……..

First time with bases loaded, he hit an inside-the-park home run.

Second time with bases loaded, he hit a walk-off grand slam.

The day after his walk-off grand slam, Lenhardt got traded from Boston to Detroit.

Less than a week later, in this third AB with bases loaded, he hit a home run against the Red Sox, the team that had just traded him.

For the season, Lenhardt hit .239 with 11 HR’s, but he was perfect with the bases loaded.

 

[Udog]

MLB
Weather Report

Friday, October 21

PHILADELPHIA is 10-3 SU (6.7 Units) in home games when playing on Friday in the current season.



MLB
Dunkel

Friday, October 21

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Friday, October 21

San Diego @ Philadelphia (series 1-1)
Musgrove is 2-0, 0.75 in his last six starts.
He is 4-8, 3.56 in 15 home starts this year.
He is 2-0, 3.66 in nine playoff games (2 starts).
He is 2-1, 3.00 in four starts vs Philadelphia.

Padres are 6-4 in their playoff games so far this month.
San Diego is 48-38 on road this year.
Padres are in the playoffs for 2nd time since 2006 (2020 other time)

Suarez is 1-2, 3.70 in his last five starts.
He is 4-4, 4.27 in 13 road starts.
He allowed one run in 3.1 IP in his one playoff start.
He is 2-0, 1.64 in four games (1 start) vs San Diego.

Phillies are 6-2 in playoff games this month.
Phillies are 72-48 since they changed managers.
Phillies are 49-34 at home this year.
Phillies are in the playoffs for first time since 2011.

Phillies are 5-4 vs San Diego this year; road team won six of the nine games.




MLB

Friday, October 21

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Trend Report
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San Diego @ Philadelphia
San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of San Diego's last 8 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 6 of San Diego's last 7 games on the road
Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Philadelphia's last 8 games when playing at home against San Diego


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[CNOTES]

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21

SD at PHI	07:37 PM	SD -116 O 7.5	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

OCTOBER MLB PLAYOFF OPINIONS AND BEST BETS !

10/21/2022...........0-2-0............00.00%............-11.30
10/20/2022............0-2-0............00.00%...........-10.50
10/19/2022............4-0-0..........100.00%...........+20.00
10/18/2022............2-0-0..........100.00%...........+10.10
10/16/2022............0-2-0...........00.00%............-10.50
10/15/2022............3-5-0...........37.50%............-11.05
10/14/2022............3-1-0............75.00%...........+10.55
10/13/2022............0-2-0............00.00%............-10.50
10/12/2022............1-3-0............25.00%............-8.00
10/11/2022............2-6-0............25.00%............-18.35
10/09/2022............2-0-0...........100.00%...........+11.25
10/08/2022............2-6-0.............25.00%...........-24.40
10/07/2022...........3-5-0.............37.50%............-14.15

TOTALS...............22-34-0............39.28%.............-66.85

BEST BETS

10/21/2022............0-2-0...........00.00%...............-11.30
10/20/2022............0-2-0,,,,,,,,,,,,00.00%..............-10.50
10/19/2022............4-0-0..........100.00%..............+20.00
10/18/2022............2-0-0..........100.00%..............+10.10
10/16/2022............0-2-0...........00.00%................-10.50
10/15/2022............3-4-0,.,........42,85%..................-5.99
10/14/2022............3-1-0...........75.00%...............+10.55
10/13/2022............0-2-0...........00.00%................-10.50
10//12/2022...........1-3-0...........25.00%..................-8.00
10/11/2022............2-6-0...........25.00%...............- 18.35
10/09/2022...........1-0-0..........100.00%................+ 6.25
10/08/2022....................NO BEST BE..................+ 0.00
10/07/2022...........2-4-0............33.33%...............- 13.65

TOTALS...............18-26-0...........40.90%................- 41.89

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Saturday’s 6-pack
NFL leaders in passing yardage:
1,980— Josh Allen, Buff
1,765— Matt Ryan, Iind
1,736— Patrick Mahomes, KC
1,716— Justin Herbert, LAC
1,667— Kyler Murray, Ariz
1,652— Tom Brady, TB

Quote of the Day
“If you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.”
Tony Hoffman

Saturday’s quiz
David Ortiz became famous playing for the Red Sox, but he played for a different team for the first six years of his career. Which team?

Friday’s quiz
Andy Dalton played his college football at TCU.

Thursday’s quiz
In the TV show The West Wing, President Bartlet was from New Hampshire.

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Saturday’s Den: Some stories, other stuff on a fall Saturday

— Today (Saturday) is the 50th anniversary of my best day ever as a sports fan.

October 22, 1972, a Sunday. I was 12 years old.

Game 7 of the World Series started at 1pm (imagine that now?); A’s beat the Reds when Pete Rose flied to left fielder Joe Rudi to end the game, giving Oakland its first of three straight World Series titles. I was very excited that day.

I became an A’s fan in 1965, after getting a set of baseball cards from my grandparents. One of the cards was a Kansas City A’s rookie card, with four prospects on it. One of the prospects had no minor league record; they misspelt his name on the back of the card.

Went to my dad, showed him the card and told him, “This is my favorite player” He gave me an odd look (that happened a lot when I was a kid) but I was now an A’s fan- they were a bad team back then, but things gradually got better, once they moved to Oakland in 1968.

What are the odds that the player with no minor league record would become a Hall of Famer?

Jim (Catfish) Hunter threw a perfect game in 1968, made six All-Star Games pitching for the A’s, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1987. He was the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the ’72 Series, getting eight outs while pitching with one day of rest.

As if winning the World Series wasn’t enough……..

The 4:00 NFL game on local TV was supposed to be Broncos-Raiders, but luckily for me, they showed the Bengals-Rams game instead.

Rams led 10-0 at halftime, blew the lead, but David Ray kicked a field goal at the end, giving the Rams a 15-12 win, and giving me a very excellent day.

Fifty years ago; time flies when you’re having fun.

— Back in the early 80’s, I coached JV high school baseball for a year; talk about someone being in over his head, that was me. Things didn’t go well in terms of wins/losses, but the kids had fun, and a lot of us have remained friends over the years.

I found out just this week, 38 years later, that the father of one of those guys had played minor league baseball, three years in the Pirates’ organization. Wish I had known back then; would have picked his brain about the experience.

One of his coaches in the minors was Danny Murtaugh, who later won two World Series managing Pittsburgh. One of his teammates in spring training was Mario Cuomo, who later became governor of New York.

Spent some time this week picking my friend Dave’s brain about this; his dad is 97 years old now. I didn’t know him well; he never said a word to me (other than hello) during the season when I coached his son, even though he probably cringed when he watched our team play.

He played three years in the minors, then had to make a life decision. This was 1952; there was no big money in baseball yet, and he was about to get married. He did well in the minors, with a .298 batting average— he led the league in triples one year, but he was about to get married and the Pirates were going to send him to play minor league ball in Hollywood the next year- the Dodgers hadn’t moved to Los Angeles yet.

While pondering his decision, he wrote a letter to Pirates GM Branch Rickey, who responded with a 3.5-page letter, a hugely thoughtful thing to do. Obviously, it was a much different world in 1952; no Internet, hell no cable TV. Branch Rickey had never seen my friend’s dad play, so he could only give general advice based on scouts’ reports.

My friend has this letter; he texted me a copy of it last night. That Branch Rickey took the time to write a 3.5-page, single-spaced letter to someone he had never seen play is remarkable.

My friend’s dad is also in the Ithaca College Hall of Fame, along with Gorilla Monsoon, the pro wrestler. He retired from baseball after three years, went into the insurance business and did very well in it. In today’s world, where players get to the majors a lot faster and the money is a lot bigger, his choice might have been different.

That is what makes life interesting, the choices we have/make.

— I’d be remiss if I didn’t tell this one story from that season coaching those guys.

We were winning one game by a decent amount, and Dave was pitching. He had a good arm but he was struggling with his curveball, so he was just throwing fastballs, the other team was hitting long fly balls (the field had no fence) and our outfielders were catching them.

But he calls me out to the mound in the 4th inning; I go out there— we hadn’t won a game in a while and I say to him “What could possibly be the problem?” He hands me the ball, says “I never want to pitch again the rest of my life” and walked off the mound.

Seriously, he didn’t want to pitch anymore. We laugh about it now; but I needed to sub in someone to get the last 10 or 11 outs in this game- there weren’t a lot of choices. We held on to win the game, but it says a lot that 38 years later, I have a pretty vivid memory of it.

— One more story for today: guy I know went to the Cleveland-New York playoff game earlier this week, the game that got rained out. They drove down from Albany, 150 miles or so, and got there just before the scheduled first pitch, but there was a rain delay.

Weren’t lot of parking spots available; they tried this one lot where apparently the buses parked, but it was full— the lady running things hinted that she could find them a spot if they threw her a few extra bucks.

So a parking lot that cost $55 to park in wound up costing them $85, to watch a game that was never played. Oy.

— I’m watching the Magic-Hawks’ NBA game as I write this; they’re showing clips of Dejounte Murray and Trae Young riding camels during their recent trip to Abu Dhabi. There is no way on God’s green earth I would ever ride a camel; too damn tall.

— Texas Rangers hired future Hall of Famer Bruce Bochy as their manager; brilliant move. Bochy won three World Series managing the Giants, also got San Diego to a World Series.

— Phillies 4, Padres 2
Schwarber hit a home run in first inning.
Phillies’ bullpen threw four scoreless innings.
Philadelphia leads series, 2-1.

— Tulsa 27, Tulane 16
Temple led 10-0 after first quarter.
Deneric Prince had an 84-yard TD run early in 4th quarter to put Tulsa ahead 24-10.
Temple was 4-18 on third down, Tulsa 2-11.
Total yardage: Tulsa 454, Temple 280

— Western Kentucky 20, UAB 17
UAB led 17-7 with 2:00 left in first half.
Hilltoppers had 11 penalties for 86 yards, UAB 4 for 22.
Blazers turned ball over four times (minus-3)

 

[Udog]

MLB
Weather Report

Saturday, October 22

HOUSTON is 19-4 SU (17.2 Units) vs. teams outscoring opp by 0.5 or more runs/game on the season in the current season.

SAN DIEGO is 17-4 Over (12.6 Units) in road games after having won 5 or 6 of their last 7 games in the current season.



MLB
Dunkel

Saturday, October 22

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Saturday, October 22

Houston @ New York (Astros lead, 2-0)
Javier is 3-0, 1.21 in his last six games.
He is 5-4, 2.86 in 13 road starts.
He is 2-1, 3.38 in 12 playoff relief stints; this is his first playoff start.
He is 1-0, 0.60 in three games (2 starts) vs New York.

Houston is 5-0 in playoffs, winning by total of seven runs.
Astros are 52-30 on the road.
Houston is in playoffs for 6th year in row- they were in World Series three of last five years.

Cole is 2-1, 2.79 in three starts this month.
He is 5-5, 3.20 in 16 home starts this year.
He is 10-5, 2.81 in 15 postseason starts.
He is 1-2, 2.57 in four starts vs Houston.
Cole pitched for the Astros in 2018-19.

New York is 27-10 in their last 37 games.
New York is 59-25 at home.
New York is in playoffs for sixth year in row- their last World Series title was 2009.

Astros are 7-2 vs New York this year, 2-2 in the Bronx.

San Diego @ Philadelphia (Philly leads 2-1)
Padres haven’t named a starter

Padres are 6-5 in their playoff games so far this month.
San Diego is 48-39 on road this year.
Padres are in the playoffs for 2nd time since 2006 (2020 other time)

Phillies haven’t named a starter.

Phillies are 7-2 in playoff games this month.
Phillies are 73-48 since they changed managers.
Phillies are 50-34 at home this year.
Phillies are in the playoffs for first time since 2011.

Phillies are 6-4 vs San Diego this year.




MLB

Saturday, October 22

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Trend Report
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Houston @ NY Yankees
Houston
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing NY Yankees
NY Yankees
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees's last 5 games when playing Houston

San Diego @ Philadelphia
San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of San Diego's last 9 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 6 of San Diego's last 8 games on the road
Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Philadelphia's last 9 games when playing at home against San Diego
Philadelphia is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home


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[CNOTES]

ATURDAY, OCTOBER 22

HOU at NYY	05:07 PM	NYY -147 O 6.5	+500 +500
SD at PHI	07:45 PM	PHI -107 U 8.0	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

OCTOBER MLB PLAYOFF OPINIONS AND BEST BETS !

10/22/2022...........1-3-0............25.00%............-13.35
10/21/2022...........0-2-0............00.00%............-11.30
10/20/2022............0-2-0............00.00%...........-10.50
10/19/2022............4-0-0..........100.00%...........+20.00
10/18/2022............2-0-0..........100.00%...........+10.10
10/16/2022............0-2-0...........00.00%............-10.50
10/15/2022............3-5-0...........37.50%............-11.05
10/14/2022............3-1-0............75.00%...........+10.55
10/13/2022............0-2-0............00.00%............-10.50
10/12/2022............1-3-0............25.00%............-8.00
10/11/2022............2-6-0............25.00%............-18.35
10/09/2022............2-0-0...........100.00%...........+11.25
10/08/2022............2-6-0.............25.00%...........-24.40
10/07/2022...........3-5-0.............37.50%............-14.15

TOTALS.............23-37-0...........38.33%.............-80.20


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BEST BETS

10/22/2022...........1-3-0............25.00%..............-13.35
10/21/2022............0-2-0...........00.00%...............-11.30
10/20/2022............0-2-0,,,,,,,,,,,,00.00%..............-10.50
10/19/2022............4-0-0..........100.00%..............+20.00
10/18/2022............2-0-0..........100.00%..............+10.10
10/16/2022............0-2-0...........00.00%................-10.50
10/15/2022............3-4-0,.,........42,85%..................-5.99
10/14/2022............3-1-0...........75.00%...............+10.55
10/13/2022............0-2-0...........00.00%................-10.50
10//12/2022...........1-3-0...........25.00%..................-8.00
10/11/2022............2-6-0...........25.00%...............- 18.35
10/09/2022...........1-0-0..........100.00%................+ 6.25
10/08/2022....................NO BEST BE..................+ 0.00
10/07/2022...........2-4-0............33.33%...............- 13.65

TOTALS............19-29-0...........39.58%................- 55.24

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Sunday’s 6-pack
NFL leaders in receiving yardage:
701— Tyreek Hill, Miami
656— Stefan Diggs, Buff
654— Justin Jefferson, Minn
607— Cooper Kupp, Rams
533— Jaylen Waddle, Miami
503— AJ Brown, Phil

Quote of the Day
“I told you don’t tell anybody or I’ll never let you come to practice again, right? We saw it after the first kickoff, and we felt like, OK, that’s the look we want, we think we got a chance for it. It looked like there was some weather coming in. We felt like if there was a chance to steal a possession, it would be before the weather really hit.”
Oregon coach Dan Lanning, on the Ducks’ successful onside kick in 2nd quarter

Sunday’s quiz
Where did Aaron Rodgers/Jared Goff both play their college football?

Saturday’s quiz
David Ortiz became famous playing for the Red Sox, but he played for the Twins the first six years of his career.

Friday’s quiz
Andy Dalton played his college football at TCU.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday

— Oklahoma State 41, Texas 34
Texas has now lost five straight true road games.
Longhorns led 31-24 at halftime.
Sanders threw for 391 yards, two TD’s, both in last 10:00.

— Tulane 38, Memphis 28
Green Wave is in Top 25 for first time since 1998.
Tulane has outscored opponents 62-10 in first quarter.

— TCU 38, Kansas State 28
Horned Frogs outscored K-State 21-0 in second half.
TCU converted 10-19 on third down, Wildcats 3-9
Kade Warner (son of Kurt Warner) caught a 28-yard TD pass for K-State.

— LSU 45, Ole Miss 20
Rebels led 17-3 early in second quarter.
LSU outscored Ole Miss 28-0 in second half.
LSU ran ball for 252 yards, had 35 first downs.
Ole Miss had 10 penalties for 111 yards.

— Upsets of the Week:
FIU (+13.5) 34, Charlotte 15
Duke (+10) 45, Miami 21
Marshall (+9.5) 26, James Madison 12
Buffalo (+7.5) 34, Toledo 27
Western Michigan (+7) 16, Miami OH 10
Liberty (+7) 41, BYU 14
Oklahoma State (+6.5) 41, Texas 34
Bowling Green (+6.5) 34, Central Michigan 18

— Clemson 27, Syracuse 21
Syracuse led 21-10 at halftime, didn’t score in second half.
Orangemen forced a fumble, ran it back 90 yards for a TD.
Backup QB Klubnik came off bench to lead winning rally.
Clemson ran for 293 yards, outgained Syracuse 450-291.

— Rice 42, Louisiana Tech 41 OT
Tech tied game on 19-yard TD pass with 0:37 left in regulation.
Rice WR McCaffrey caught 10 passes for 171 yards, two TD’s.
Owls ran ball for 279 yards; they’re 4-3, could go bowling.

— Liberty 41, BYU 14
BYU led 14-3 after first quarter.
Liberty converted 7-12 on third down, BYU 3-11
Flames ran ball for 300 yards, 6.3 yards/carry.

— Boise State 19, Air Force 14
Broncos are 3-0 since Dirk Koetter was named offensive coordinator.
Boise held Air Force to 175 rushing yards.

— Oregon 45, UCLA 30
Oregon QB Nix threw for 283 yards, five TD’s.
Ducks ran ball for 262 yards, 5.7 yards/carry.

— South Carolina 30, Texas A&M 24
Aggies’ offense has scored 24 or less points in nine straight games vs I-A teams; only teams with longer streaks are Rutgers, Colorado State.

— Houston 5, New York 0
Javier got 16 outs on 84 pitches.
Houston used five relievers to get the last 11 outs.
Aaron Boone is taking heat for removing Cole with bases loaded in 6th inning, down 2-0, after throwing 95 pitches. All three baserunners wound up scoring.
Houston is 6-0 this postseason; Astros lead series, 3-0

— Philadelphia 10, San Diego 6
First playoff game since 1932 where neither starting pitcher finished the first inning.
Rhys Hoskins homered twice for Philly.
Kyle Schwarber homered, scored three runs.
Phillies lead series, 3-1

 

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MLB
Weather Report

Sunday, October 23

MLB
Dunkel

Sunday, October 23

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Sunday, October 23

San Diego @ Philadelphia (Philly leads 3-1)
Darvish is 7-2, 2.17 in his last nine starts.
He is 9-5, 3.50 in 13 road starts this year.
He is 4-6, 4.33 in 10 postseason starts.
He is 2-1, 2.23 in seven starts vs Philly.

Padres are 6-6 in their playoff games so far this month.
San Diego is 48-40 on road this year.
Padres are in the playoffs for 2nd time since 2006 (2020 other time)

Wheeler is 2-1, 1.05 in his last six starts.
He is 6-3, 1.85 in 13 home starts this year.
He is 1-1, 1.40 in three postseason starts.
He is 3-1, 2.06 in seven starts vs San Diego.

Phillies are 8-2 in playoff games this month.
Phillies are 74-48 since they changed managers.
Phillies are 51-34 at home this year.
Phillies are in the playoffs for first time since 2011.

Phillies are 6-4 vs San Diego this year.

Houston @ New York (Astros lead, 3-0)
McCullers is 3-1, 2.09 in his last six starts.
He is 2-1, 3.57 in three road starts.
He is 2-2, 2.56 in 17 postseason games (10 starts).
He is 2-0, 2.97 in five starts vs New York.

Houston is 6-0 in playoffs, with three wins by a run, two by 2 runs.
Astros are 53-30 on the road.
Houston is in playoffs for 6th year in row- they were in World Series three of last five years.

Cortes is 4-0, 1.35 in his last six starts.
He is 6-1, 1.95 in 15 home starts this year.
He is 1-0, 2.70 in two postseason starts.
He is 1-1, 8.04 in six games (3 starts) vs Houston.

New York lost last three games, scoring four runs.
New York is 59-26 at home.
New York is in playoffs for sixth year in row- their last World Series title was 2009.

Astros are 8-2 vs New York this year, 3-2 in the Bronx.




MLB

Sunday, October 23

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Trend Report
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San Diego @ Philadelphia
San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Diego's last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 7 of San Diego's last 9 games on the road
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Philadelphia's last 7 games at home

Houston @ NY Yankees
Houston
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston's last 5 games
NY Yankees
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees's last 6 games when playing Houston


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[CNOTES]

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23

SD at PHI	02:37 PM	PHI -134 O 6.5	+500 +500
HOU at NYY	07:07 PM	HOU +109 U 6.5	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

OCTOBER MLB PLAYOFF OPINIONS AND BEST BETS !

10/23/2022...........3-1-0............75.00%............+9.95
10/22/2022...........1-3-0............25.00%............-13.35
10/21/2022...........0-2-0............00.00%............-11.30
10/20/2022............0-2-0............00.00%...........-10.50
10/19/2022............4-0-0..........100.00%...........+20.00
10/18/2022............2-0-0..........100.00%...........+10.10
10/16/2022............0-2-0...........00.00%............-10.50
10/15/2022............3-5-0...........37.50%............-11.05
10/14/2022............3-1-0............75.00%...........+10.55
10/13/2022............0-2-0............00.00%............-10.50
10/12/2022............1-3-0............25.00%............-8.00
10/11/2022............2-6-0............25.00%............-18.35
10/09/2022............2-0-0...........100.00%...........+11.25
10/08/2022............2-6-0.............25.00%...........-24.40
10/07/2022...........3-5-0.............37.50%............-14.15

TOTALS.............26-38-0...........40.62%.............-70.25


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BEST BETS
10/23/2022...........3-1-0............75.00%..............+ 9.95
10/22/2022...........1-3-0............25.00%..............-13.35
10/21/2022............0-2-0...........00.00%...............-11.30
10/20/2022............0-2-0,,,,,,,,,,,,00.00%..............-10.50
10/19/2022............4-0-0..........100.00%..............+20.00
10/18/2022............2-0-0..........100.00%..............+10.10
10/16/2022............0-2-0...........00.00%................-10.50
10/15/2022............3-4-0,.,........42,85%..................-5.99
10/14/2022............3-1-0...........75.00%...............+10.55
10/13/2022............0-2-0...........00.00%................-10.50
10//12/2022...........1-3-0...........25.00%..................-8.00
10/11/2022............2-6-0...........25.00%...............- 18.35
10/09/2022...........1-0-0..........100.00%................+ 6.25
10/08/2022..............NO BEST BET'S..................+ 0.00
10/07/2022...........2-4-0............33.33%...............- 13.65

TOTALS...........22-30-0...........42.30%................- 45.29

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Phillies 4, Padres 3:
— Harper hit a 2-run homer in bottom of 8th.
— Ranger Suarez got 2 batters out on 2 pitches for the save.
— Phillies head to Houston for World Series, starting Friday.

Astros 6, New York 5:
— Down 3-0, Pena tied game with 3-run homer in 3rd inning.
— Bader had three hits, scored three runs for New York.
— Astros’ bullpen closed game out with three perfect innings.

 

[Udog]

World Series begins Friday.

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Friday’s 6-pack
Colleges with most players on NBA rosters:
27— Kentucky
25— Duke
12— UCLA
11— USC
11— North Carolina
10— Arizona

Quote of the Day
“It’s not even close. I know there’s stuff going around the league right now, there’s some issues. Hands down, we should be playing on grass. Hands down, we should be on grass. And that’s all I’m going to say.”
Cooper Kupp, not a fan of artificial turf

Friday’s quiz
Tom Brady was once drafted in the baseball amateur draft, as a catcher; who drafted him?

Thursday’s quiz
Joel Embiid played one season of college hoop, for Kansas.

Wednesday’s quiz
First time the Rams played in a Super Bowl, Vince Ferragamo was their QB.

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

— Question for you to discuss amongst yourselves:

If somehow we could have a football league with every player ever playing in their prime, under today’s rules, and you had the first pick, who would you want your quarterback to be?

It is an interesting debate.

— Ravens 27, Buccaneers 22
Ravens in first half: 41 plays, 141 yards, 3 points.
Ravens in second half: 34 plays, 289 yards, 24 points.
Ravens are 10-1 ATS last eleven games with spread of 3 or less.
Jackson threw ball for 238 yards, ran for 43 more.
AFC North teams are 12-9 ATS in non-divisional games.

3rd down conversions: Ravens 6-13, Bucs 4-13
Rushing yardage: Ravens 33-231, Bucs 15-44
Tampa Bay lost five of its last six games (0-6 ATS)
Tampa Bay is 0-4 this year when it gives up more than 15 points.
NFC South teams are 6-12 ATS in non-divisional games.

— Ryan Fitzpatrick is sitting there on the halftime show for Amazon; he played QB for 17 years in the NFL. I’d rather hear his insights than Kirk Herbstreit’s. Herbstreit never played in the NFL; plus he works college games on Saturday.

— NC State 22, Virginia Tech 21
Hokies led 21-3 with 2:00 left in third quarter.
State was 8-19 on third down, Tech 1-11.
Freshman QB Morris was 20-29/265 passing, with three TD’s.

— Southern Miss 39, Louisville 24
Golden Eagles led 29-11 at halftime.
Southern Miss had TD passes of 52-76 yards.
USM salted game away with a 52-yard pick-6 with 1:14 left.

— Los Angeles Lakers are 0-4, first time Lebron James has been 0-4 since his rookie year back in 2003. Lakers, by the way, are shooting 22.3% on the arc this season; when you have a great passer on your team, it seems like a wise thing to surround him with good shooters.

— Bengals’ star WR Ja’Marr Chase is out 4-6 weeks with a hip injury, a huge blow to Cincinnati’s chances this season.

— Mac Jones is starting at quarterback for the New England against the Jets Sunday.

— New Jersey Giants drafted WR Kadarius Toney in the first round last year, under a different regime; they traded him to Kansas City Thursday, for 3rd/6th round draft picks. Toney played in only 12 of a possible 23 games with the Giants, catching 41 passes for 420 yards.

— World Series starts tonight; Phillies’ ace Aaron Nola and Astros’ 3B Alex Bregman were college roommates at LSU.

— Houston-Philly World Series goes for the next week; the Week 9 Thursday night NFL game is also Houston-Philly, with Eagles visiting the Texans.

— David Stearns quit as Milwaukee Brewers’ president of baseball operations; Brewers missed the playoffs by a game this year, after making the playoffs the last four years.

Stearns is only 37 years old; guys don’t generally quit big jobs like that. Hope he is OK.

— Doing my preseason college basketball homework, lot of teams have jumped leagues for this season. Belmont/Murray State bolted the OVC for the Missouri Valley. Sun Belt Conference has four new teams, Loyola Chi is in the Atlantic-10 (A-15?) now, CAA added four new teams.

— Dolphins-Lions this week; Jared Goff’s first NFL start came against Miami in 2016, a game I’ve talked about in this space many times. Rams led 10-0 with 5:00 left, lost 14-10. Six years later, lot of people on both sides have changed jobs since then.

— There has been only one kick/punt return for a TD in the NFL this season, Devin Duvernay for the Ravens in Week 2.

— I enjoy researching trends, and thinking about handicapping and then picking winners; one thing that pretty much baffles me is prop betting. I’m not clear on how the bettor has any edge on prop bets; so much depends on coaching adjustments, injuries that happen after the game starts.

If you just want action, prop bets must be awesome; you can wager on most anything, but if you are serious about turning a profit, not sure how great prop bets are.

 

[Udog]

MLB
Weather Report

Friday, October 28

PHILADELPHIA is 10-2 SU (7.8 Units) in road games after a one run win in the current season.




MLB
Dunkel

Friday, October 28

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Friday, October 28

Philadelphia @ Houston (best-of-7 series)
Nola is 4-3, 2.79 in his last nine starts.
He is 5-9, 3.00 in 16 road starts this year.
He is 2-1, 3.12 in three postseason starts.
He’s thrown 12.2 scoreless IP in two starts vs Houston.

Phillies are 9-2 in playoff games this month, 4-2 on road.
Phillies are 75-48 since they changed managers.
Phillies are 44-43 on road this year.
Phillies are in the World Series for first time since 2009.

Astros haven’t named a starter yet.

Houston is 7-0 in playoffs this month.
Astros are 59-26 at home.
Houston is in playoffs for 6th year in row- they were in World Series three of last five years.

Phillies are 1-2 in Houston this year- they played three weeks ago.




MLB

Friday, October 28

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Trend Report
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Philadelphia @ Houston
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Philadelphia is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 games
Houston
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home


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[Udog]