Cnotes 2020/2021 NHL Season Long Trends, News, Notes, Picks !

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NHL

Thursday, April 8

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Trend Report
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New Jersey @ Buffalo
New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Jersey's last 5 games when playing on the road against Buffalo
New Jersey is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Buffalo
Buffalo is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Buffalo's last 5 games when playing at home against New Jersey

Florida @ Carolina
Florida
Florida is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Florida is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
Carolina
Carolina is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games when playing Florida
Carolina is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Florida

Philadelphia @ NY Islanders
Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Philadelphia's last 11 games on the road
Philadelphia is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Islanders
NY Islanders
NY Islanders is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games at home
NY Islanders is 15-4 SU in its last 19 games

Pittsburgh @ NY Rangers
Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Pittsburgh's last 8 games when playing on the road against NY Rangers
The total has gone OVER in 16 of Pittsburgh's last 22 games when playing NY Rangers
NY Rangers
NY Rangers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Rangers's last 5 games at home

Boston @ Washington
Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Boston's last 15 games
Washington
Washington is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
Washington is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against Boston

Tampa Bay @ Columbus
Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Tampa Bay's last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 16 of Tampa Bay's last 23 games when playing on the road against Columbus
Columbus
Columbus is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay
Columbus is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay

Winnipeg @ Montreal
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is 16-3 ATS in its last 19 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Winnipeg's last 6 games when playing Montreal
Montreal
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Montreal's last 6 games when playing Winnipeg
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Montreal's last 5 games when playing at home against Winnipeg

Edmonton @ Ottawa
Edmonton
Edmonton is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Ottawa
Edmonton is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Ottawa
Ottawa
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Ottawa's last 5 games at home
Ottawa is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games

Nashville @ Detroit
Nashville
Nashville is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games
Nashville is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Detroit
Detroit is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games at home
Detroit is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games

Dallas @ Chicago
Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 20 of Dallas's last 25 games when playing on the road against Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Dallas's last 13 games on the road
Chicago
Chicago is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games when playing Dallas
Chicago is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Dallas


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NHL
Dunkel

Thursday, April 8

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Friday’s 6-pack
Updated odds to win The Masters:
4-1— Justin Rose
15-2— Jordan Spieth
12-1— Patrick Reed, Jon Rahm
14-1— Justin Thomas
16-1— Hideki Matsuyama
18-1— Webb Simpson

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 556,529
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

Quote of the Day
“There’s more talent around the league than there’s ever been. From a talent standpoint, the league is in a good space. But as pure basketball lovers — who love competition at the highest level — I think they gotta catch up in that department………They soft as hell……”
Draymond Green

Friday’s quiz
NBA’s Rockets were an expansion team in 1967; where did they play their first four seasons, before moving to Houston?

Thursday’s quiz
Andrew Dice Clay played Lady Gaga’s father in A Star is Born.

Wednesday’s quiz
Art Fleming was the host of Jeopardy!, before Alex Trebek.

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

13a) Least shocking story of the month: After two seasons with Oklahoma State, assistant coach Cannen Cunningham and the program have mutually agreed to part ways.

Cannen Cunningham is Cade Cunningham’s brother; hiring Cannen and paying him a quarter million bucks is how Oklahoma State landed the best recruit in the country (Cade) last year. Now he is going to go help manage his younger brother’s career in the NBA. Go figure.

Where does the NCAA draw the line on stuff like this: can a recruit’s mother be hired as a secretary and be paid a six-figure salary? Could a sibling be hired as a personal trainer, at $125K a year? What is legal and what isn’t? Inquiring minds would like to know.

13) Early Thursday morning I’m sound asleep when I hear these very loud noises just outside my bedroom window. Some kind of machinery, lot of people talking. Awesome.

Turns out the nice lady across the street was getting her driveway resurfaced. At 8:06am.

Three trucks, some kind of a steamroller, and 4-5 guys chopping away at the old driveway, before the new surface could get put down. Lot of loud noises, not a lot of sleep.

They finished around 3:00 in the afternoon. Driveway looks nice; just wish they had done it later in the day.

12) Wednesday, Washington Nationals intentionally walked Freddie Freeman in both the first and second inning of their 7-6 loss to the Braves. I wondered how often that happens.

So I asked the great researcher Doug Kern on Twitter; turns out the last time that happened was in 2009, when Detroit walked Albert Pujols intentionally in both the 1st/2nd innings.

11) Hello friends, must be quite a week for Jim Nantz; college basketball national title game on Monday night, then off to Augusta for The Masters all weekend. Pretty good week.

I am told his backyard has a par-3 hole in it, but when is the guy ever home? He does NFL in the fall, golf in spring/summer, college basketball all winter. Its good to be him.

10) Mets 3, Marlins 2— Mets had bases loaded, two outs in 2-2 game, bottom of 9th, Miami pitcher throws a strike, Michael Conforto sticks his elbow out, lets the ball hit it and the Mets walk off with a controversial win.

None of the umpires had the onions to say Conforto let the ball hit him; Mets’ TV guys Keith Hernandez/Ron Darling even said he did. Play isn’t reviewable, which is embarrassing. Rule needs to be changed.

9) White Sox 6, Royals 0— Complete game for Lance Lynn, on 111 pitches. First CG of the young season; Chicago’s bullpen has been dismal so far- Tony LaRussa had to be glad to see this.

8) Shohei Ohtani won’t make his next start Sunday against Toronto; he has a blister on his pitching hand. Ohtani went 1-5 as the Angels’ DH Thursday night; he is hitting .280.

7) In 1969, when MLB first went to divisional play, they also added four expansion teams that year- Padres, Royals, Expos, Seattle Pilots. All four expansion teams won their first game that season. Expos are the Washington Nationals now; Pilots are the Milwaukee Brewers.

6) Rory Mcilroy shot +4 (76) in the first round of The Masters Thursday; not only that, on the 7th hole, he hit a shot that struck his dad on the leg. Not good.

5) Read Thursday that actor Don Johnson is re-booting his old TV show Nash Bridges for a run on USA Network, not sure if it is one movie or if it’ll be a series again. Nash Bridges ran on CBS from 1996-2001; Johnson played a San Francisco cop whose partner was played by Cheech Marin, who is also returning for the re-boot.

4) G-League’s Erie BayHawks are moving to Birmingham, AL next season.

3) Arizona State has already poached transfers this spring from Toledo, Boston College, Robert Morris; the kid from Toledo is Marreon Jackson- he scored 18.1 ppg, grabbed 6.1 rpg and dished out 5.9 assists/game. He is expected to be a big help for the Sun Devils, who had four players transfer out of Tempe after the season.

2) UCLA basketball coach Mick Cronin parlayed his Bruins’ run to the Final Four into a two-year contract extension.

1) Thursday would’ve been Catfish Hunter’s 75th birthday; he passed away in 1999, at age 53.

James Augustus Hunter was my boyhood hero; on his rookie baseball card, in 1965, they spelled his name wrong on the back (Tim, not Jim) and when 5-year old me saw that, I adopted him as my favorite player, prompting strange looks from my dad. In 1965, not many kids in upstate New York rooted for the Kansas City A’s.

Catfish Hunter won 233 career games, nine of them in the postseason; he threw a perfect game in 1968, and knocked in three of the four runs the A’s scored that game. He won five World Series rings and won inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1987.

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31NY RANGERS -32 NY ISLANDERS
NY ISLANDERS are 16-3 ATS (12.7 Units) in home games vs. division opponents in the current season.

35PITTSBURGH -36 NEW JERSEY
PITTSBURGH is 9-1 ATS (7.9 Units) in road games revenging a loss where team scored 1 or less goals over the last 2 seasons.

37WASHINGTON -38 BUFFALO
WASHINGTON is 13-1 ATS (12.1 Units) against poor defensive teams - opponents average 29.5+ shots on goal in the current season.

39MINNESOTA -40 ST LOUIS
ST LOUIS are 3-12 ATS (-16.5 Units) in home games against mistake free teams - opponents average <=4 power plays/game in the current season.

41ARIZONA -42 VEGAS
VEGAS are 8-1 ATS (6.9 Units) off a road loss against a division rival over the last 2 seasons.

43COLORADO -44 ANAHEIM
ANAHEIM is 1-9 ATS (-8.3 Units) in home games against good offensive teams - averaging 29.5+ shots on goal per game in the current season.

45LOS ANGELES -46 SAN JOSE
SAN JOSE is 11-16 ATS (-6.6 Units) in home games after covering 4 or 5 of their last 6 against the spread in the last 3 seasons.

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NHL
Dunkel

Friday, April 9

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NHL

Friday, April 9

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NY Rangers @ NY Islanders
NY Rangers
NY Rangers is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Islanders
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of NY Rangers's last 9 games on the road
NY Islanders
NY Islanders is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
NY Islanders is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games

Pittsburgh @ New Jersey
Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games when playing New Jersey
Pittsburgh is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
New Jersey
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Jersey's last 6 games when playing Pittsburgh
New Jersey is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games

Washington @ Buffalo
Washington
Washington is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Buffalo
Washington is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Buffalo
Buffalo
Buffalo is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Buffalo is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home

Minnesota @ St. Louis
Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Minnesota's last 7 games when playing St. Louis
Minnesota is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of St. Louis's last 7 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of St. Louis's last 7 games

Colorado @ Anaheim
Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Colorado's last 7 games on the road
Colorado is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Anaheim
Anaheim is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Colorado
Anaheim is 10-2 ATS in its last 12 games when playing Colorado

Arizona @ Vegas
Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Arizona's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona's last 5 games
Vegas
Vegas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Arizona
Vegas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Arizona

Los Angeles @ San Jose
Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Los Angeles's last 7 games when playing on the road against San Jose
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Los Angeles's last 16 games when playing San Jose
San Jose
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Jose's last 7 games when playing at home against Los Angeles
San Jose is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Los Angeles


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Saturday’s 6-pack
Updated odds to win The Masters:
4-1— Jordan Spieth
6-1— Justin Rose, Justin Thomas
8-1— Will Zalatoris
12-1— Tony Finau, Brian Harman
16-1— Hideki Matsuyama, Xander Shauffele
18-1— Marc Leishman

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 556,529
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

Quote of the Day
“That was the one thing I didn’t want to break, the superstition of it. I didn’t want to have to go use the bathroom in the middle of a start.”
San Diego’s Joe Musgrove, who apparently drank 12 bottles of water during his no-hitter

Saturday’s quiz
Joe Musgrove is a life-long Padres’ fan who wears #44 to honor which former San Diego pitcher?

Friday’s quiz
NBA’s Rockets were an expansion team in 1967; they played their first four seasons in San Diego, before moving to Houston.

Thursday’s quiz
Andrew Dice Clay played Lady Gaga’s father in A Star is Born.

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

13) Padres 3, Texas 0:
— Joe Musgrove threw a no-hitter for San Diego.
— Padres have played 8,206 games; this was their first no-hitter.
— San Diego has thrown 30 one-hitters, been no-hit 10 times themselves.
— Only Texas baserunner was a hit batsman.
— Musgrove grew up in San Diego, is a lifelong Padre fan.

12) Way back when, July 21, 1970; Padres were playing the Mets at home. San Diego’s 2nd year in the major leagues. Clay Kirby was throwing a no-hitter through 8 innings, but San Diego still trailed 1-0; they pinch-hit for Kirby in the bottom of the 8th (future Toronto manager Cito Gaston was the pinch-hitter).

The relief pitcher gave up two runs in the top of the 9th, Padres lost 3-0, but 51 years later, they finally get their first no-hitter.

11) Victor Caratini was San Diego’s catcher last night.

Last season, there were two no-hitters in the major leagues, Lucas Giolito for the White Sox, Alec Mills for the Cubs.

Catcher for Alec Mills’ no-hitter? Victor Caratini.

10) Seattle got four outs from newly acquired P James Paxton this season, before his arm blew out and now he needs Tommy John surgery and is out for the next year-plus.

9) 41-year old Rich Hill pitches for Tampa Bay: he’s had an interesting career:

2005-08— 18-17, 4.37 in 64 games (54 starts) for the Cubs.
2009— 3-3, 7.80 in 14 games (13 starts) for Baltimore
2010-12— allowed four runs in 31.2 total IP in relief, for Boston.
2013— allowed 30 runs in 38.2 IP in 63 relief stints for Cleveland.

2014— faced four batters for the Angels, didn’t get any of them out
2014— allowed one run in 5.1 IP in 14 relief stints for Bronx.
2015— 2-1, 1.55 in four starts for Boston
2016— 9-3, 2.25 in 14 starts for the A’s

2016-19— 30-16, 3.16 in 68 starts for the Dodgers
2020— 2-2, 3.03 in eight starts for Minnesota.
2021— Now he pitches for Tampa Bay. Quite a career.

8) Tejay Antone is a relief pitcher for the Reds; his father played football at Oklahoma, was on the Sooners’ 1975 national title team.

7) Cincinnati Bearcats fired basketball coach John Brannen Friday; this season a lot of players complained about the coach, some of them transferred and when you go 12-11 at a school that is used to winning, people aren’t very loyal.

Brannen went 32-21 in two years at Cincinnati, after going 81-51 in four years at Northern Kentucky.

I read a fairly long article about the situation, which didn’t name any specific complaints that the players had, other than Brannen had rules about what players could/couldn’t wear at team functions— stuff like that appears to have turned the players against him.

This season was probably lot harder on the players than we realize— they were basically alone all the time, even when they ate. Tensions ran high; apparently at Cincinnati, they boiled over.

6) Clippers’ defensive stalwart Patrick Beverley broke a bone in his left hand, had surgery on it, is out a minimum of 3-4 weeks.

5) Duncan Robinson is in his third year in the NBA, scoring 13.1 ppg for Miami; he’s scored 12.2 ppg in his pro career, is a career 42.5% shooter behind the arc. Not bad for a kid who played his freshman year of college at Division III Williams College.

He transferred from Williams to Michigan after one year; this almost never happens. D-3 basketball is good quality, but there is generally a huge gap in size/athletic ability between those levels. Kids in Division III are paying to go to college, plus they play ball.

Robinson actually scores more now than he did in college; he scored 9.3 ppg in three years at Michigan. Shooting is at a premium in the NBA, especially 6-7 guys who can shoot.

4) Hawks 120, Bulls 108:
— Chicago’s Zach LaVine scored 39 points in first half, but Chicago’s whole team was outscored 67-42 in the second half.
— Much-improved Atlanta has spurted since hiring Nate McMillan as its coach; they’re 28-25 and are the #5-seed in the East.

3) Dodgers 1, Nationals 0— Justin Turner’s 6th-inning homer was the only run, as LA won its home opener, and got its World Series rings, which are very large.

2) Angels 7, Toronto 1— Shohei Ohtani knocked in four runs for the 6-2 Angels.

1) A’s 6, Houston 2— Sean Manaea pitched six stellar innings, as Oakland got a much-needed win. Lowrie, Olson, Canha homered for the A’s.

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47FLORIDA -48 DALLAS
DALLAS are 2-12 ATS (-13.6 Units) in home games against good offensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp in the current season.

49BOSTON -50 PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA is 0-7 ATS (-7.6 Units) in home games vs. winning teams in the current season.

51WINNIPEG -52 MONTREAL
MONTREAL is 12-18 ATS (-14.8 Units) against mistake free teams - opponents average <=4 power plays/game in the current season.

53CHICAGO -54 COLUMBUS
COLUMBUS are 1-8 ATS (-9.9 Units) against poor possession teams-averaging 3+ less shots on goal than opp in the current season.

55OTTAWA -56 TORONTO
OTTAWA is 14-59 ATS (-32.9 Units) in road games against good offensive teams - averaging 29.5+ shots on goal per game in the last 3 seasons.

57DETROIT -58 CAROLINA
DETROIT is 4-39 ATS (-38.9 Units) in road games after allowing 4 goals or more in the last 3 seasons.

59TAMPA BAY -60 NASHVILLE
TAMPA BAY is 43-20 ATS (13.7 Units) in road games against good offensive teams - averaging 29.5+ shots on goal per game over the last 2 seasons.

61MINNESOTA -62 ST LOUIS
ST LOUIS are 3-12 ATS (-16.5 Units) in home games against mistake free teams - opponents average <=4 power plays/game in the current season.

65LOS ANGELES -66 SAN JOSE
SAN JOSE is 11-16 ATS (-6.6 Units) in home games after covering 4 or 5 of their last 6 against the spread in the last 3 seasons.

83EDMONTON -84 CALGARY
EDMONTON is 20-4 ATS (15.2 Units) against poor defensive teams - opponents average 29.5+ shots on goal in the current season.

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NHL
Dunkel

Saturday, April 10

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NHL

Saturday, April 10

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

Boston @ Philadelphia
Boston
Boston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Philadelphia
Boston is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Philadelphia's last 8 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 7 games when playing at home against Boston

Detroit @ Carolina
Detroit
Detroit is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Detroit is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Carolina
Carolina
Carolina is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Carolina is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home

Chicago @ Columbus
Chicago
Chicago is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Columbus
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago's last 6 games when playing on the road against Columbus
Columbus
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Columbus's last 6 games when playing at home against Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Columbus's last 8 games at home

Winnipeg @ Montreal
Winnipeg
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Winnipeg's last 5 games when playing Montreal
Winnipeg is 17-3 ATS in its last 20 games on the road
Montreal
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Montreal's last 5 games when playing Winnipeg
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Montreal's last 6 games when playing at home against Winnipeg

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

Tampa Bay @ Nashville
Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Tampa Bay's last 10 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Nashville
Nashville
Nashville is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games
Nashville is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home

Minnesota @ St. Louis
Minnesota
Minnesota is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
Minnesota is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
St. Louis
St. Louis is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota

Edmonton @ Calgary
Edmonton
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Edmonton's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Edmonton's last 5 games
Calgary
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Calgary's last 6 games when playing at home against Edmonton
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Calgary's last 10 games when playing Edmonton

Los Angeles @ San Jose
Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Los Angeles's last 8 games when playing on the road against San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Los Angeles's last 6 games
San Jose
San Jose is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Los Angeles
San Jose is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home


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Sunday’s 6-pack
Updated odds to win The Masters:
Even— Hideki Matsuyama
9-2— Xander Shauffele
10-1— Will Zalatoris, Justin Rose, Marc Leishman
17-1— Jordan Spieth
25-1— Corey Conners
80-1— Brian Harman

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 556,529
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

Quote of the Day
“Golf is harder than baseball. In golf, you have to play your foul balls.”
Anonymous

Sunday’s quiz
What team did Alex Rodriguez begin his major league career with?

Saturday’s quiz
Joe Musgrove is a life-long Padres’ fan who wears #44 to honor former San Diego pitcher Jake Peavy.

Friday’s quiz
NBA’s Rockets were an expansion team in 1967; they played their first four seasons in San Diego, before moving to Houston.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday

13) This is very random, because it is 2:50am and my mind is wandering, but think back to a Giants-Eagles game in 1978, November 19 to be exact.

Giants were 5-6, Eagles 6-5, both teams fighting to become playoff contenders. Giants led 14-0 early, 17-6 after three quarters- they led 17-13 and were killing the clock when QB Joe Pisarcik tried to handoff to a running back, but the exchange was fumbled, the Eagles ran the fumble in for the game-winning TD that propelled them to their first playoff game in 18 years.

This game was unusually relevant for many reasons:

— Teams didn’t take a knee back then; this game started teams taking a knee.
— This was the first of four straight playoff years for the Eagles; they won the NFC in 1980.
— Eagles’ DB who scored the winning TD? Herman Edwards.
— Guy who coached the Giants that day? John McVay, Sean McVay’s grandfather.

— John McVay was fired after that season, replaced by Ray Perkins. Perkins coached the Giants for four years, then replaced Bear Bryant as the coach at Alabama.
— Eagles’ coach that day was Dick Vermeil, who had gone 9-19 his first two years in Philly; this game was the turning point for his program.
— Vermeil left the Eagles after the ’82 season, went on TV for 14 years, then returned to the NFL with the Rams in 1997— he won the Super Bowl there, in his third season as head coach.

You just wonder how many careers would’ve been different had that fumble never happened.

Major league leaders after nine days:
12) batting average:
.556— Yermin Mercedes, CWS
.471— Ryan Zimmerman, Wsh
.462— Ketel Marte, Ariz
.458— Nelson Crux, Minn

11) runs scored:
11— Jose Altuve, Hst
10— Mark Canha, A’s
9— Castellanos, Moustakas, Senzel, all on the Reds
8— Mike Trout LAA, Garrett Hampson Colo, Adam Eaton CWS

10) RBI’s::
14— Tyler Naquin Cin/Nate Lowe Tex
12— JD Martinez Bos
11— Kyle Tucker Hst, Jonathan India Cin

9) Mike Trout has been on base 22 of 39 times this season; he’s already walked 10 times.

8) Tampa Bay 4, New York 0— Why does Aaron Hicks bat third? He isn’t a good hitter.

— he’s a career .234 hitter, .331 OB%. For his CAREER
— he’s hitting .147 this year.
— He’s hit more than 15 homers once in his career.
— You put this guy between Judge and Stanton in the lineup? Why?

7) Arizona 8, Cincinnati 3— Reds are fun to watch; they have some guys who can hit, not sure how good their infield defense is. Suarez should be playing third. They have lot of outfielders; not sure what happens when Akiyama comes off the IL.

6) Manager AJ Hinch got suspended for a year because of the Astros’ cheating thing, then he went to Detroit— the Astros didn’t hire him back after his suspension.

Alex Cora got suspended for a year for the same thing, but the Red Sox brought him back as manager after the suspension was up. Whats the difference?

5) Alex Rodriguez and billionaire Marc Lore are teaming up to buy the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA; Mr Lore used to be the CEO of Walmart eCommerce.

4) Candidate for Bad Beat of the Week: If you had A-Rod’s Timberwolves (+8.5) Friday night, you went to bed a bit queasy- they lost 145-136, in overtime to the Celtics in Boston.

3) Colorado Rockies’ OF Raimel Tapia walked Saturday, his first walk in his last 131 at-bats, which may explain why he got dropped from leadoff to the 6-spot in the order Saturday.

Tapia is hitting .258 this year, with a .281 on-base %age. That ain’t good enough to bat leadoff.

2) Marlins 3, Mets 0— Jacob deGrom has allowed one run in 14 IP this season, striking out 21 guys, but he doesn’t have a win, because the Mets usually don’t hit when he pitches. Guy is the best pitcher in baseball, with a 2.75 ERA, 1.05 WHIP in 184 career starts, but his record is only 70-51.

1) Happy 85th birthday to the great football coach John Madden, who became way more famous later on, as a TV analyst/pitch man. Had the pleasure of meeting coach Madden in St Louis in 1995, after a Rams’ game; good guy, very big guy, pretty much like he seems on TV.

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67BUFFALO -68 PHILADELPHIA
BUFFALO is 9-37 ATS (-31.7 Units) in road games after playing a home game in the last 3 seasons.

69ARIZONA -70 VEGAS
ARIZONA is 18-10 ATS (13.5 Units) when playing against a good team (Win Pct. 60% to 75%) in the first half of the season in the last 3 seasons.

71PITTSBURGH -72 NEW JERSEY
NEW JERSEY is 0-9 ATS (-9.8 Units) in home games against good offensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp in the current season.

73NY RANGERS -74 NY ISLANDERS
NY ISLANDERS are 12-2 ATS (9.4 Units) in home games against excellent power play teams- scoring on >17.5% of their chances in the current season.

77COLORADO -78 ANAHEIM
ANAHEIM is 14-32 ATS (-21.2 Units) in home games after 1 or more consecutive unders in the last 3 seasons.

79DALLAS -80 NASHVILLE
NASHVILLE is 12-1 ATS (12 Units) when playing against a bad team (Win Pct. 25% to 40%) in the current season.

85WASHINGTON -86 BOSTON
WASHINGTON is 7-0 ATS (7 Units) revenging a loss vs opponent as a home favorite in the current season.

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

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

Colorado @ Anaheim
Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Colorado's last 5 games when playing on the road against Anaheim
Colorado is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Anaheim
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Anaheim's last 5 games when playing at home against Colorado
Anaheim is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Colorado

Pittsburgh @ New Jersey
Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games on the road
New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Jersey's last 6 games
New Jersey is 11-4 ATS in its last 15 games when playing Pittsburgh

NY Rangers @ NY Islanders
NY Rangers
NY Rangers is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against NY Islanders
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Rangers's last 5 games on the road
NY Islanders
NY Islanders is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Islanders's last 6 games

Washington @ Boston
Washington
Washington is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Boston
Washington is 19-5 SU in its last 24 games when playing Boston
Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Boston's last 24 games when playing at home against Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Boston's last 17 games

Dallas @ Nashville
Dallas
Dallas is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Dallas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Nashville
Nashville is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games
Nashville is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Dallas


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Sunday, April 11

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Monday’s 6-pack
Teams that have scored the most runs:
66— Cincinnati
58— Boston
57— Dodgers
56— Houston
55— Minnesota
51— White Sox
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 556,529
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

Quote of the Day
“I’d keep playing. I don’t think the heavy stuff’s going to come down for quite a while.”
Carl Spackler, Caddyshack

Monday’s quiz
When Rams’ QB Matthew Stafford was a high school QB in Texas, what famous athlete was his team’s center?
Hint: He isn’t a football player now

Sunday’s quiz
Alex Rodriguez began his major league career with the Seattle Mariners.

Saturday’s quiz
Joe Musgrove is a life-long Padres’ fan who wears #44 to honor former San Diego pitcher Jake Peavy.

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

13) Phillies 7, Braves 6— Brutal non-reversal by the replay guys in New York City, as Phillies scored winning run in top of the 9th. Replays clearly showed Alec Bohm never touched the plate when he slid, but after a review, the safe call wasn’t overturned. Not good.

They need to announce, before the game, who the replay umpires are in NYC, make them more accountable. Only time I’ve heard it spoken during a game was Gary Cohen did it on a Mets’ game once.

12) Red Sox 14, Orioles 9:
— JD Martinez hit three homers, Rafael Devers hit two; Boston has won six in a row, after the Orioles swept them in Fenway to start the season.

11) Royals 4, White Sox 3 (10):
— Loss snaps Chicago’s 17-game win streak against lefty starting pitchers, one short of the record.
— Carlos Santana tied the game with a 9th-inning homer.

10) Arizona 7, Cincinnati 0:
— Luke Weaver had a no-hitter thru six innings.
— Eduardo Escobar has homered in four straight games.

9) In the major leagues, the home team controls whether a game starts or not; once the game starts, then the umpires run things.

Mets decided that it was OK to start their game Sunday, but it started pouring a few minutes later and the umpires stopped the game, which was later postponed, after only nine pitches.

Marcus Stroman is the Mets’ 2nd-best pitcher; he threw nine pitches, and now won’t pitch again until this weekend in Denver. This isn’t a good way to run a major league franchise.

For what it is worth, the game will be picked up from the spot where it stopped.

8) Seattle 8, Minnesota 6:
— Twins led 6-0 after five innings; Twins starter Matt Shoemaker got tossed in the 6th inning, for arguing balls/strikes while a batter who had homered off him circled the bases.
— Kyle Seager hit a 3-run homer in the ninth inning for the dramatic comeback win.

7) Baseball injuries:
— Dodgers put OF Cody Bellinger (calf) on IL
— Detroit put 1B Miguel Cabrera (biceps) on IL
— Angels lost OF Dexter Fowler (torn ACL) for the year.

6) White Sox DH Yermin Mercedes has 29 big league at-bats, but his batting gloves are already headed to the Hall of Fame. Mercedes had hits in his first eight AB’s this season, which is why his batting gloves will be in Cooperstown soon.

5) It is surprising how few major league catchers there are who can hit.

4) A’s/Astros had Sunday scheduled off; vert strange not to watch the A’s on a Sunday.

3) Hofstra named former NBA guard/Hofstra alum Speedy Claxton its new basketball coach; he’s been an assistant at Hofstra since 2013. Claxton played in the NBA for nine years.

2) Portland big guy Enes Kanter had 24 points, 30 rebounds in the Blazers’ 118-103 win over Detroit Saturday night. Portland was +19 in the 37:00 he played, -4 in the 11:00 he sat out.

1) Random but fairly amazing fact:
— Since 1969, Pittsburgh Steelers have had three head coaches. Three.
— Since 2004, Cleveland Browns have had eleven head coaches.

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1WINNIPEG -2 OTTAWA
WINNIPEG is 8-1 ATS (6.9 Units) when playing their 3rd road game in 5 days in the current season.

3TORONTO -4 MONTREAL
TORONTO is 11-1 ATS (9.8 Units) in road games against excellent power play teams - scoring on > 19% of their chances in the current season.

5DETROIT -6 CAROLINA
CAROLINA is 2-9 ATS (-19.7 Units) in home games against poor possession teams-averaging 3+ less shots on goal than opp in the last 3 seasons.

7CHICAGO -8 COLUMBUS
COLUMBUS are 1-9 ATS (-10.9 Units) against poor possession teams-averaging 3+ less shots on goal than opp in the current season.

9ST LOUIS -10 MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA is 8-0 ATS (8 Units) in home games when playing 6 or more games in 10 days in the current season.

11VANCOUVER -12 EDMONTON
EDMONTON is 10-0 ATS (10 Units) in home games against poor defensive teams - allowing 2.85+ goals/game in the current season.

13ARIZONA -14 COLORADO
ARIZONA is 18-10 ATS (13.5 Units) when playing against a good team (Win Pct. 60% to 75%) in the first half of the season in the last 3 seasons.

15VEGAS -16 LOS ANGELES
VEGAS are 26-6 ATS (17.3 Units) when playing against a marginal losing team (Win Pct. 40% to 49%) in the first half of the season in the last 3 seasons.

17ANAHEIM -18 SAN JOSE
ANAHEIM is 6-19 ATS (-12.6 Units) against poor defensive teams - opponents average 29.5+ shots on goal in the current season.

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Detroit @ Carolina
Detroit
Detroit is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing Carolina
Carolina
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Carolina's last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Carolina's last 5 games when playing Detroit

Chicago @ Columbus
Chicago
Chicago is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Columbus
Chicago is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Columbus
Columbus
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Columbus's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Columbus's last 5 games

Toronto @ Montreal
Toronto
Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Montreal
Montreal is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Montreal's last 7 games

Winnipeg @ Ottawa
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Ottawa
Winnipeg is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Ottawa
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Ottawa's last 5 games at home
Ottawa is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 games

St. Louis @ Minnesota
St. Louis
St. Louis is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Minnesota
St. Louis is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Minnesota
Minnesota is 12-1 SU in its last 13 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis

Arizona @ Colorado
Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Arizona's last 12 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Arizona's last 8 games on the road
Colorado
Colorado is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games at home
Colorado is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Arizona

Vegas @ Los Angeles
Vegas
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Vegas's last 5 games when playing on the road against Los Angeles
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Vegas's last 11 games when playing Los Angeles
Los Angeles
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Los Angeles's last 5 games when playing at home against Vegas
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Los Angeles's last 5 games

Anaheim @ San Jose
Anaheim
Anaheim is 16-2 ATS in its last 18 games on the road
Anaheim is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 games when playing on the road against San Jose
San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Jose's last 6 games at home
San Jose is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Anaheim


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Tuesday’s 6-pack
Teams that have scored the fewest runs:
16— Mets
17— Nationals
24— Marlins
26— Cubs
29— Tigers
31— Giants

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 562,428
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

Quote of the Day
“[Doug Pederson] was ridiculed and criticized for every decision. If you won by three, it wasn’t enough. If you lost on a last-second field goal, you’re the worst coach in history.”
An unnamed source, telling The Athletic how the Eagles’ front office gave Doug Peterson a hard time during his tenure as head coach

Tuesday’s quiz
In the history of the NBA, who has made the most 3-point shots?

Monday’s quiz
When Rams’ QB Matthew Stafford was a high school QB in Texas, his team’s center was Clayton Kershaw. Now both of them are playing ball in Los Angeles.

Sunday’s quiz
Alex Rodriguez began his major league career with the Seattle Mariners.

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

13) Maryland passed a sports betting bill Monday; the law will allow as many as 60 online operators and 30 retail sportsbooks between casinos, professional sports stadiums, small businesses and lot of other organizations.

They’re hoping to kick off sports betting in Maryland before football season season starts.

12) Warriors 116, Nuggets 107:
— Steph Curry scored 53 points, made 10-18 shots on the arc, 14-16 on foul line, even grabbed six rebounds. It is a pleasure to watch him play.

11) Chicago Cubs have two coaches on the COVID list, including their bullpen coach; they also put three relief pitchers on the list, for contact tracing.

10) Best fried chicken ever? Church’s Fried Chicken; I had it in South Carolina long time ago, very, very good. Church’s is also in Las Vegas; you should try it.

9) White Sox 4, Indians 3— Chicago is only MLB team that has scored 3+ runs in all of its games this season.

8) Ryan Odom leaves UMBC to become the new head coach at Utah State; Odom coached the only #16-seed to beat a #1-seed in the NCAA Tournament. Odom replaces Craig Smith, who bolted to in-state rival Utah.

Ryan Odom is Dave Odom’s son; Dave Odom was Tim Duncan’s coach at Wake Forest.

7) Eastern Michigan hired alum Stan Heath as its new basketball coach; Heath was once a rising star in coaching, going from Kent State to Arkansas, but after going 43-24 his last two years with the Razorbacks, he made the strange career move of going to South Florida, which was in the Big East at the time. It didn’t go well.

Heath had been coaching the G-League the last few years.

6) Richest owner in the NFL is David Tepper, who owns the Carolina Panthers; he is worth $12B, that’s billion, with a B. He is a hedge fund manager.

Richest owner in the NBA is Steve Ballmer, who owns the Clippers; the guy is worth freakin’ $51B— can you imagine that? He used to be the CEO of Microsoft.

Only difference their bank accounts and ours are a lot of zeroes. A whole lot of zeroes, on the left side of the decimal point.

5) Wizards 125, Jazz 121— Russell Westbrook had 25 points, 14 rebounds, 14 assists in sparking the big upset. Game was 70-65 at the half.

4) Patriots’ WR Julian Edelman retired from the NFL; he had 6,822 receiving yards in his career, 1,442 more in playoff games. Not bad for a guy who played QB at Kent State.

3) Tigers 6, Astros 2— Detroit catchers hit five home runs in 58 games last year; they’ve already hit five in their first ten games this season.

2) Reds 3, Giants 0— Bullpens at Oracle Park in San Francisco are under the bleachers in right-center field now, instead of on the field down the foul lines, the way they used to be. The home run Jesse Winker hit in the third inning wouldn’t have been a home run before this season

1) Lot of baseball on tap today; doubleheaders in Philly, Baltimore. Marcus Stroman is starting one game for the Mets; he threw nine pitches Sunday before the game got rained out- pitching today probably gets him out of starting at Coors Field this weekend.

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19NY RANGERS -20 NEW JERSEY
NEW JERSEY is 0-10 ATS (-10.8 Units) in home games against good offensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp in the current season.

21BUFFALO -22 BOSTON
BUFFALO is 2-20 ATS (-20 Units) in road games after allowing 3 goals or more 4 straight games in the last 3 seasons.

23PHILADELPHIA -24 WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON is 10-1 ATS (8.9 Units) after a win by 2 goals or more in the current season.

25CALGARY -26 TORONTO
TORONTO is 12-26 ATS (-16.6 Units) in home games after 5 straight games with 30 or more shots on goal since 1996.

27TAMPA BAY -28 NASHVILLE
TAMPA BAY is 44-20 ATS (14.7 Units) in road games against good offensive teams - averaging 29.5+ shots on goal per game over the last 2 seasons.

29FLORIDA -30 DALLAS
DALLAS are 7-21 ATS (-17.4 Units) against good offensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp in the current season.

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NY Rangers @ New Jersey
NY Rangers
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Rangers's last 5 games when playing New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 7 of NY Rangers's last 8 games when playing on the road against New Jersey
New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Jersey's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Jersey's last 5 games when playing NY Rangers

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

Philadelphia @ Washington
Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 6 games when playing on the road against Washington
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Philadelphia's last 12 games on the road
Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games

Calgary @ Toronto
Calgary
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Calgary's last 8 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Calgary is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Toronto's last 8 games when playing at home against Calgary
Toronto is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games

Tampa Bay @ Nashville
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Nashville
Tampa Bay is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Nashville
Nashville
Nashville is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Nashville's last 5 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay

Florida @ Dallas
Florida
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Florida's last 6 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Florida's last 8 games
Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 6 games when playing Florida
Dallas is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games


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