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Saturday’s 6-pack
Over/under win totals for Big 14 football this fall:
10.5— Michigan, Ohio State
9.5— Penn State
9— Wisconsin
7.5— Iowa
7— Maryland
6.5— Illinois, Minnesota
Quote of the Day
“I didn’t want to look up and watch him be a superstar somewhere else. If he’s gonna be a superstar, he’s gonna be a superstar for the Colts.”
Colts GM Chris Ballard, on why he drafted QB Anthony Richardson
Saturday’s quiz
Who was head coach of the Warriors before Steve Kerr?
Friday’s quiz
Steve Kerr has won nine NBA championship rings, as a player and a coach. He won three rings playing with the Bulls, two with San Antonio and has won four as coach of the Warriors.
Thursday’s quiz
Max Scherzer has been in the major leagues for 16 years; he broke into the major leagues with Arizona, in 2008.
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Saturday’s Den: Wrapping up a busy Friday…….
— 20 years ago, a guy named Dave Matranga made it to the major leagues with the Astros; he went 1-5 before getting sent back down to the minors, with the only hit a home run off Joaquín Benoit of the Rangers, a home run that tied the game.
Two years later, Matranga got back to the major leagues, playing in one game for the Angels before he got send down again.
That was it for Matranga, six major league at-bats in seven games. He played college ball at Pepperdine, but he must’ve gotten a good education, because he has a way better job these days.
These days, Dave Matranga is Aaron Judge’s agent; agents generally make 3% of their client’s salary. Aaron Judge makes $40M a year, and 3% of that is $1.2M a year. $1.2M a year ain’t bad for a guy who was in the big leagues for a week.
— This popped into my head the other night during the Angels’ game on TV; they were trying to figure out which major leaguer had gone to high school closest to Anaheim Stadium— it turns out that Matranga is the only major leaguer who went to Orange High School, which is less than three miles from Anaheim Stadium, closer than anyone else.
— A’s 12, Royals 8— It took them 33 games, but Oakland finally got a win from a starting pitcher; Kyle Muller went 5.1 innings for the win. Kansas City is 2-15 at home. Not good.
— Padres 5, Dodgers 2— Fernando Tatis hit two home runs off of Clayton Kershaw, only the 9th time Kershaw has allowed two homers to the same guy in a game, but the second time Tatis has done it.
San Diego is 18-15 now, 7-3 in their last ten games. Padres are only a game behind the Dodgers in the NL West. Los Angeles is only 7-8 on the road.
— Angels 5, Rangers 4 (10)— Texas led 4-0 in 8th inning, Angels tied the game with three runs in the ninth, then won it on a wild pitch in the 10th inning. Bad loss for the Rangers.
Angels have won five in a row, eight of last ten games; they’re tied for first place with Texas.
— Mets 1, Colorado 0— Kodai Senga tossed six shutout innings, but the $375M Mets have scored total of only two runs in their last three games.
— Tampa Bay 5, New York 4— Rays are 27-6, 18-2 at home; they lead the Orioles by 4.5 games in the AL East- they lead injury-plagued New York by 10 games.
— Celtics 114, 76ers 102
Boston was 16-45 on the arc, 22-41 inside arc.
Jayson Tatum scored 27 points.
Celtics lead series, 2-1.
— Suns 121, Nuggets 114
Home side has won all three games in this series.
Suns outscored Denver 38-21 in second quarter.
Booker scored 47 points, Durant 39; the other three Suns’ starters, 13.
— 6-1 guard Max Abmas played in 112 games the last four years for Oral Roberts, which went 84-42 those four years- they surprisingly made the Sweet 16 two years ago.
Abmas scored 20.8 ppg in his Oral Roberts career, but this week, instead of bolting to the NBA Draft or the G-League or to play in Europe, Abmas bolted to play for the Texas Longhorns. Interesting decision.
— Michigan State QB Payton Thorne also bolted, to Auburn. He started for the Spartans the last two years, throwing for 6,494 yards and 49 touchdowns.
— Indianapolis Colts released backup QB Nick Foles, leaving them with three QB’s on their roster; rookie Anthony Richardson, plus journeymen Gardner Minshew, Sam Ehlinger.
Foles was Super Bowl MVP five years ago with the Eagles, but since then, the 34-year old QB has played for the Eagles, Jaguars, Bears, Colts, starting 19 games in those five seasons.
— When Colorado Rockies swept Milwaukee earlier this week, it was their first series sweep in their last 37 series, dating back to last June.
— The 17th Annual Dick Vitale gala raised a record $11.1M Friday night to help fund the fight against pediatric cancer. Coach Vitale, who is 82 now but has more energy than a lot of people half his age, has raised roughly $55M with these annual galas to fight cancer.
Saturday’s 6-pack
Over/under win totals for Big 14 football this fall:
10.5— Michigan, Ohio State
9.5— Penn State
9— Wisconsin
7.5— Iowa
7— Maryland
6.5— Illinois, Minnesota
Quote of the Day
“I didn’t want to look up and watch him be a superstar somewhere else. If he’s gonna be a superstar, he’s gonna be a superstar for the Colts.”
Colts GM Chris Ballard, on why he drafted QB Anthony Richardson
Saturday’s quiz
Who was head coach of the Warriors before Steve Kerr?
Friday’s quiz
Steve Kerr has won nine NBA championship rings, as a player and a coach. He won three rings playing with the Bulls, two with San Antonio and has won four as coach of the Warriors.
Thursday’s quiz
Max Scherzer has been in the major leagues for 16 years; he broke into the major leagues with Arizona, in 2008.
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Saturday’s Den: Wrapping up a busy Friday…….
— 20 years ago, a guy named Dave Matranga made it to the major leagues with the Astros; he went 1-5 before getting sent back down to the minors, with the only hit a home run off Joaquín Benoit of the Rangers, a home run that tied the game.
Two years later, Matranga got back to the major leagues, playing in one game for the Angels before he got send down again.
That was it for Matranga, six major league at-bats in seven games. He played college ball at Pepperdine, but he must’ve gotten a good education, because he has a way better job these days.
These days, Dave Matranga is Aaron Judge’s agent; agents generally make 3% of their client’s salary. Aaron Judge makes $40M a year, and 3% of that is $1.2M a year. $1.2M a year ain’t bad for a guy who was in the big leagues for a week.
— This popped into my head the other night during the Angels’ game on TV; they were trying to figure out which major leaguer had gone to high school closest to Anaheim Stadium— it turns out that Matranga is the only major leaguer who went to Orange High School, which is less than three miles from Anaheim Stadium, closer than anyone else.
— A’s 12, Royals 8— It took them 33 games, but Oakland finally got a win from a starting pitcher; Kyle Muller went 5.1 innings for the win. Kansas City is 2-15 at home. Not good.
— Padres 5, Dodgers 2— Fernando Tatis hit two home runs off of Clayton Kershaw, only the 9th time Kershaw has allowed two homers to the same guy in a game, but the second time Tatis has done it.
San Diego is 18-15 now, 7-3 in their last ten games. Padres are only a game behind the Dodgers in the NL West. Los Angeles is only 7-8 on the road.
— Angels 5, Rangers 4 (10)— Texas led 4-0 in 8th inning, Angels tied the game with three runs in the ninth, then won it on a wild pitch in the 10th inning. Bad loss for the Rangers.
Angels have won five in a row, eight of last ten games; they’re tied for first place with Texas.
— Mets 1, Colorado 0— Kodai Senga tossed six shutout innings, but the $375M Mets have scored total of only two runs in their last three games.
— Tampa Bay 5, New York 4— Rays are 27-6, 18-2 at home; they lead the Orioles by 4.5 games in the AL East- they lead injury-plagued New York by 10 games.
— Celtics 114, 76ers 102
Boston was 16-45 on the arc, 22-41 inside arc.
Jayson Tatum scored 27 points.
Celtics lead series, 2-1.
— Suns 121, Nuggets 114
Home side has won all three games in this series.
Suns outscored Denver 38-21 in second quarter.
Booker scored 47 points, Durant 39; the other three Suns’ starters, 13.
— 6-1 guard Max Abmas played in 112 games the last four years for Oral Roberts, which went 84-42 those four years- they surprisingly made the Sweet 16 two years ago.
Abmas scored 20.8 ppg in his Oral Roberts career, but this week, instead of bolting to the NBA Draft or the G-League or to play in Europe, Abmas bolted to play for the Texas Longhorns. Interesting decision.
— Michigan State QB Payton Thorne also bolted, to Auburn. He started for the Spartans the last two years, throwing for 6,494 yards and 49 touchdowns.
— Indianapolis Colts released backup QB Nick Foles, leaving them with three QB’s on their roster; rookie Anthony Richardson, plus journeymen Gardner Minshew, Sam Ehlinger.
Foles was Super Bowl MVP five years ago with the Eagles, but since then, the 34-year old QB has played for the Eagles, Jaguars, Bears, Colts, starting 19 games in those five seasons.
— When Colorado Rockies swept Milwaukee earlier this week, it was their first series sweep in their last 37 series, dating back to last June.
— The 17th Annual Dick Vitale gala raised a record $11.1M Friday night to help fund the fight against pediatric cancer. Coach Vitale, who is 82 now but has more energy than a lot of people half his age, has raised roughly $55M with these annual galas to fight cancer.
