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

[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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[Cnotes53]

SATURDAY, 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

 

[Cnotes53]

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

 

[Udog]

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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[Cnotes53]

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

 

[Cnotes53]

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.

 

[Cnotes53]

Wednesday’s 6-pack
NFL leaders in rushing yardage:
740— Nick Chubb, Clev
726— Saquon Barkley, NJG
633— Josh Jacobs, LV
536— Derrick Henry, Tenn
510— Lamar Jackson, Balt
504— Dameon Pierce, Hst

Quote of the Day
“This has been a very tough day for me and, honestly speaking, coach was the most caring person I ever met. He cared so much for his players and honestly speaking it would (be) very difficult for me to put on a jasper’s uniform again if coach ain’t on those sidelines. Love you coach!”
Manhattan basketball player Jose Perez

Wednesday’s quiz
First time the Rams played in a Super Bowl, who was their QB?

Tuesday’s quiz
Last time the Chicago Bears played in a Super Bowl, Rex Grossman was their QB.

Monday’s quiz
Mary Tyler Moore Show was set in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.



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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….

Notes on how NFL divisions are doing against the spread, in non-divisional games:
— NFC East— (14-5) 9-2 ATS at home, 7-3 as underdogs, 7-2 as favorites.
— NFC North— (8-10) 2-5 ATS on road, 4-5 as underdogs, 3-4 as favorites.
— NFC South— (6-12) 3-5 ATS on road, 4-8 as underdogs, 2-4 as favorites.
— NFC West— (9-10) 3-6 ATS as favorites, 6-4 as underdogs, 4-6 at home

— AFC East— (12-8) 0-4 ATS as home dogs, 6-1 as road dog, 7-3 as favorites
— AFC North— (11-9) 5-2 ATS as underdogs, 6-4 on road, 6-7 as favorites
— AFC South— (6-8) 3-5 ATS as road underdogs, 2-3 at home, 1-2 as favorites
— AFC West— (6-10) 1-5 ATS as home favorites, 4-3 as road favorites.

— Scheduling quirk; Indianapolis Colts have already played five of their six division games. There are six teams that have only played one divisional game so far.

— Green Bay is +10.5 at Buffalo this week, just second time in last 11 years they’ve been a double digit underdog. In 2017, Packers (+13) lost 31-28 in Pittsburgh.

— QB Bailey Zappe has had an interesting path to the NFL:
He played three years at I-AA Houston Baptist. The offensive coordinator there got a better job at Western Kentucky— he took Zappe and HBU’s best receiver with him. Zappe threw for 62 TD’s in three years with the Huskies.

At Western Kentucky, Zappe threw for another 62 TD’s, but in one season. New England took him in the 4th round of last spring’s draft.

So far in his rookie season, Zappe has thrown for 596 yards, four TD’s.

— World Series starts Friday night; games are on FOX. Problem is, the FOX station in Albany is having a price war with DirecTV, as in, the station is no longer being shown on DirecTV, which means the World Series won’t be on my TV Friday night, unless these greedy bastards come to an agreement on their dispute.

Oy.

Called both parties to complain; they both blamed the other side. Go figure.

The DirecTV guy did tell me that I can probably watch the ballgame on my phone, so there is that. Can also go out and watch it at a bar that doesn’t have DirecTV.

— Miami Marlins named Cardinals’ bench coach Skip Schumacher as their new manager; he also spent four years coaching in the San Diego Padres’ organization, after playing 11 years in the majors, for three different teams.

— George Clooney/Julia Roberts have now been in six movies together; by way of contrast, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn were in nine movies together.

— Manhattan Jaspers fired their basketball coach Tuesday, less than two weeks before the season starts. Bad timing.

Manhattan had been picked to finish second in the MAAC in the preseason coaches’ poll; good luck with that, seeing how a lot of Manhattan’s players voiced their displeasure with Steve Masiello getting fired— he had been there for 11 years.

Manhattan made the NCAA’s in 2014 and 2015, but they haven’t had a winning season since; Masiello’s contract was up in April.

Manhattan has 10 seniors, who are not happy; the players could petition the NCAA to be immediately eligible if they transfer, which could create a small tsunami of players going elsewhere. Stay tuned.

— Speaking of the MAAC, the league made a big jump last year, ranked #16 out of 32 college hoop conferences. That is 11 spots higher than the year before, and highest ranking for the league since 2013, when the MAAC was #14 in the country.

— There are 11 Division I college basketball programs in the state of Indiana.

— In the NBA, Portland Trailblazers are 4-0 for the first time since 1999.

— Denver G Ish Smith is playing for his 13th NBA team, which is an NBA record. In his 13 seasons, he’s scored 5,465 points, with 2,800 assists. Interesting career.

— Halloween is coming up next week; few years ago, I spent Halloween weekend at the SouthPoint Casino in Las Vegas, a very good place.

The rodeo was also in Las Vegas; first couple nights I was there, 80% of the people in the casino were wearing cowboy garb— tins of Skoal, the whole deal. I felt like an extra in an old western movie. Bartenders were annoyed; apparently, cowboys aren’t good tippers.

The night after the cowboys went home, they laid out a red carpet at the front door of the casino; asked a security guard what the deal was, it was the Fetish and Fantasy Ball.

Talk about an eye-opening experience; some very interesting costumes. I rode up in the elevator with a couple; the guy was dressed up as a prison guard, his female friend was his prisoner, with a cuffs on and all that, even around her neck. Her costume was cut in strategic places.

Difficult to concentrate on your gambling with costumes like that roaming around the casino all night, but I do highly recommend Halloween in Las Vegas.

 

[Cnotes53]

Wednesday’s 6-pack
NFL leaders in rushing yardage:
740— Nick Chubb, Clev
726— Saquon Barkley, NJG
633— Josh Jacobs, LV
536— Derrick Henry, Tenn
510— Lamar Jackson, Balt
504— Dameon Pierce, Hst

Quote of the Day
“This has been a very tough day for me and, honestly speaking, coach was the most caring person I ever met. He cared so much for his players and honestly speaking it would (be) very difficult for me to put on a jasper’s uniform again if coach ain’t on those sidelines. Love you coach!”
Manhattan basketball player Jose Perez

Wednesday’s quiz
First time the Rams played in a Super Bowl, who was their QB?

Tuesday’s quiz
Last time the Chicago Bears played in a Super Bowl, Rex Grossman was their QB.

Monday’s quiz
Mary Tyler Moore Show was set in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.



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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….

Notes on how NFL divisions are doing against the spread, in non-divisional games:
— NFC East— (14-5) 9-2 ATS at home, 7-3 as underdogs, 7-2 as favorites.
— NFC North— (8-10) 2-5 ATS on road, 4-5 as underdogs, 3-4 as favorites.
— NFC South— (6-12) 3-5 ATS on road, 4-8 as underdogs, 2-4 as favorites.
— NFC West— (9-10) 3-6 ATS as favorites, 6-4 as underdogs, 4-6 at home

— AFC East— (12-8) 0-4 ATS as home dogs, 6-1 as road dog, 7-3 as favorites
— AFC North— (11-9) 5-2 ATS as underdogs, 6-4 on road, 6-7 as favorites
— AFC South— (6-8) 3-5 ATS as road underdogs, 2-3 at home, 1-2 as favorites
— AFC West— (6-10) 1-5 ATS as home favorites, 4-3 as road favorites.

— Scheduling quirk; Indianapolis Colts have already played five of their six division games. There are six teams that have only played one divisional game so far.

— Green Bay is +10.5 at Buffalo this week, just second time in last 11 years they’ve been a double digit underdog. In 2017, Packers (+13) lost 31-28 in Pittsburgh.

— QB Bailey Zappe has had an interesting path to the NFL:
He played three years at I-AA Houston Baptist. The offensive coordinator there got a better job at Western Kentucky— he took Zappe and HBU’s best receiver with him. Zappe threw for 62 TD’s in three years with the Huskies.

At Western Kentucky, Zappe threw for another 62 TD’s, but in one season. New England took him in the 4th round of last spring’s draft.

So far in his rookie season, Zappe has thrown for 596 yards, four TD’s.

— World Series starts Friday night; games are on FOX. Problem is, the FOX station in Albany is having a price war with DirecTV, as in, the station is no longer being shown on DirecTV, which means the World Series won’t be on my TV Friday night, unless these greedy bastards come to an agreement on their dispute.

Oy.

Called both parties to complain; they both blamed the other side. Go figure.

The DirecTV guy did tell me that I can probably watch the ballgame on my phone, so there is that. Can also go out and watch it at a bar that doesn’t have DirecTV.

— Miami Marlins named Cardinals’ bench coach Skip Schumacher as their new manager; he also spent four years coaching in the San Diego Padres’ organization, after playing 11 years in the majors, for three different teams.

— George Clooney/Julia Roberts have now been in six movies together; by way of contrast, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn were in nine movies together.

— Manhattan Jaspers fired their basketball coach Tuesday, less than two weeks before the season starts. Bad timing.

Manhattan had been picked to finish second in the MAAC in the preseason coaches’ poll; good luck with that, seeing how a lot of Manhattan’s players voiced their displeasure with Steve Masiello getting fired— he had been there for 11 years.

Manhattan made the NCAA’s in 2014 and 2015, but they haven’t had a winning season since; Masiello’s contract was up in April.

Manhattan has 10 seniors, who are not happy; the players could petition the NCAA to be immediately eligible if they transfer, which could create a small tsunami of players going elsewhere. Stay tuned.

— Speaking of the MAAC, the league made a big jump last year, ranked #16 out of 32 college hoop conferences. That is 11 spots higher than the year before, and highest ranking for the league since 2013, when the MAAC was #14 in the country.

— There are 11 Division I college basketball programs in the state of Indiana.

— In the NBA, Portland Trailblazers are 4-0 for the first time since 1999.

— Denver G Ish Smith is playing for his 13th NBA team, which is an NBA record. In his 13 seasons, he’s scored 5,465 points, with 2,800 assists. Interesting career.

— Halloween is coming up next week; few years ago, I spent Halloween weekend at the SouthPoint Casino in Las Vegas, a very good place.

The rodeo was also in Las Vegas; first couple nights I was there, 80% of the people in the casino were wearing cowboy garb— tins of Skoal, the whole deal. I felt like an extra in an old western movie. Bartenders were annoyed; apparently, cowboys aren’t good tippers.

The night after the cowboys went home, they laid out a red carpet at the front door of the casino; asked a security guard what the deal was, it was the Fetish and Fantasy Ball.

Talk about an eye-opening experience; some very interesting costumes. I rode up in the elevator with a couple; the guy was dressed up as a prison guard, his female friend was his prisoner, with a cuffs on and all that, even around her neck. Her costume was cut in strategic places.

Difficult to concentrate on your gambling with costumes like that roaming around the casino all night, but I do highly recommend Halloween in Las Vegas.

 

[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]

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[Cnotes53]

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28

PHI at HOU	08:03 PM	PHI +142 U 6.5	+500 +500

 

[Cnotes53]

2022 WORLD SERIES OPINIONS AND BEST BETS !

10/28/2022....................1-1-0...................50.00%...................+ 1.60

TOTALS.........................1-1-0...................50.00%...................+ 1,60

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BEST BETS!

10/28/2022....................1-1-0...................50.00%...................+ 1.60

TOTALS.........................1-1-0...................50.00%...................+ 1,60

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Saturday’s 6-pack
36.3— Luka Doncic, Dal
36.0— Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milw
33.2— Kevin Durant, Bklyn
32.6— Ja Morant, Mem
32.5— Devin Booker, Phx
32.5— Jayson Tatum, Bos

Quote of the Day
“Offensive and defensive holding would be the same penalty. Defensive holding is only five yards, offensive holding is 10 yards. I just think they should be the same.”
Bengals’ QB Joe Burrow

Saturday’s quiz
Fred Thompson was an actor who played a DA on Law and Order; in real life, he was a US Senator from which state?

Friday’s quiz
Tom Brady was once picked in the baseball amateur draft, as a catcher; he was taken in the 18th round of the 1995 draft by the Montreal Expos.

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

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Saturday’s Den: Clearing out a cluttered mind…….

— Phillies 6, Astros 5 (10):
JT Realmuto homered in the 10th inning for the winning run.
Astros led 5-0 after two innings, but game was 5-5 after four innings.
Kyle Tucker homered twice for Houston.
In eight World Series starts, Justin Verlander is now 0-6, 6.07; in 25 other playoff starts, he is 15-5, 3.04.

— Phillies are sixth team all-time to overcome a five-run deficit to win a World Series game. Dusty Baker was on the wrong end of the last two, also losing Game 6 of the 2002 World Series against the Angels.

— The local FOX TV station and DirecTV are at war over $$$, so I couldn’t watch this game on my TV, which is pretty sad. Greedy bastards on both sides.

I started watching the game on my phone but got booted off that after an hour. Listened to rest of the game on the ESPN app on my phone. Baseball on the radio is still excellent.

— Utah 21, Washington State 17:
Utah’s backup QB Barnes threw for 175 yards and a TD.
Utes were 7-15 on third down, Wazzu was 3-10.
Coogs ran ball 19 times for only 42 yards.

— East Carolina 27, BYU 24:
Pirates kicked a 33-yard FG at the gun for the win.
ECU’s Mitchell ran ball for 176 yards (8.4 yards/carry)
East Carolina is 6-3 this year, 13-8 in their last 21 games.

— Florida International 42, Louisiana Tech 34 OT:
Tech led 17-7 midway thru second quarter.
FIU forced overtime with a FG with 0:16 left in regulation.
Tech converted 10-18 on 3rd down, outgained Tech 429-378.
FIU’s QB James threw for 321 yards, three TD’s.

— Mentioned the other day that I watched the old (1979) movie Fast Break the other night, one of my favorites. Gabe Kaplan’s Cadwallader team plays Western U; he got a new contract if his team pulled the upset, which of course, they did, because its the movies.

Anyway, forgot to mention that the assistant coach for Western U (with no speaking part, and unlisted in credits) was none other than the great coach Jim Harrick, who at the time was an assistant coach at UCLA. He became the coach at Pepperdine later that year, and went on to win a national title at UCLA in 1995.

— College basketball teams are allowed to take a foreign trip once every four years; with the last two years screwed up by COVID, there weren’t any trips taken, so lot of teams took them this past summer. Those trips give teams an extra ten practices before the trip, plus, games/bonding experiences during the trip- they’re generally a big help.

— Pacers 127, Wizards 117— Indiana Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton is first Pacer with 10+ assists in five straight games since Mark Jackson, in 2000.

— Cavaliers 132, Celtics 123 OT— LeVert/Mitchell both scored 41 points for Cleveland, which made 16-35 on the arc. Three Boston starters were minus-20 or worse, in a game they lost in overtime. Sub Sam Hauser was +23 in 12:00, which is hard to do.

— Timberwolves 111, Lakers 102— Lakers turned ball over 22 times (minus-12); they’re now 0-5, the only NBA team that hasn’t covered the spread yet. Sacramento is the only other NBA team that hasn’t won a game SU.

— Liberty signed football coach Hugh Freeze to an 8-year contract extension worth just under $5M a year; Freeze is 33-12 coaching Liberty, 82-40 overall, with previous stops at Arkansas State and Ole Miss.

— With Election Day looming, a word of advice; if you’re running for public office, and it doesn’t matter which party you are, because both sides are doing it this year, do NOT send me a post card advertisement that does nothing but rip the other candidate.

I’ve gotten three such post card-type ads; they don’t mention the candidate they’re backing, they just rip the other side, complete with pictures and all. Tell me why to vote FOR your candidate, do NOT tell me why to vote against the other person.

 

[Udog]

MLB
Weather Report

Saturday, October 29

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Saturday, October 29

Philadelphia @ Houston (Phillies lead, 1-0)
Wheeler is 2-1, 1.34 in his last seven starts.
He is 6-4, 3.84 in 16 road starts this year.
He is 1-1, 1.78 in four postseason starts.
He’s never pitched against Houston.

Phillies are 10-2 in playoff games this month, 5-2 on road.
Bullpen threw 5.2 scoreless IP last night.
Phillies are 76-48 since they changed managers.
Phillies are 45-43 on road this year.
Phillies are in the World Series for first time since 2009.

Valdez is 2-0, 2.04 in his last three starts.
He is 7-4, 3.54 in 14 home starts this year.
He is 5-2, 3.83 in ten postseason starts.
He threw 5 shutout IP in his only start vs Philly.

Houston is 7-1 in playoffs this month.
Astros are 59-27 at home.
Houston is in playoffs for 6th year in row- they were in World Series three of last five years.

Phillies are 2-2 in Houston this season.




MLB

Saturday, October 29

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Trend Report
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Philadelphia @ Houston
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games
Houston
Houston is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games
Houston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home


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[Udog]

MLB
Dunkel

Saturday, October 29

 

[Udog]

PHILADELPHIA is 11-2 SU (8.8 Units) in road games after a one run win in the current season.