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Tuesday’s 6-pack:
— Phillies 6, Giants 1- Wheeler had 11 strikeouts in 7 IP.
— Guardians 2, Tigers 1- Ramirez hit the game-winning homer.
— Pirates 4, Angels 1— Halos have lost 14 of their last 17 games.
— Rays 8, White Sox 2- Rookie OF DeLuca homered, had 4 RBI
— Royals 3, Brewers 2- Kansas City scored 3 runs in 7th inning.
— Dodgers 6, Marlins 3- Ohtani leads MLB, with 11 home runs.

Quote of the Day
“If you’re not on the court playing against Boston, or on the court playing against the New York Knicks, you should keep your mouth shut.”
Miami Heat president Pat Riley, talking about Jimmy Butler

Tuesday’s quiz
In the 1984 NBA Draft, Hakeem Olajuwon was the first pick, Michael Jordan was the third pick. Who did Portland take with the 2nd pick?

Monday’s quiz
In the old TV show The White Shadow, where a marginal NBA player retires and becomes a high school coach in Los Angeles, Ken Reeves had played for the Chicago Bulls.

Sunday’s quiz
When the Cubs won the World Series in 2016, they beat Cleveland in seven games.

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Tuesday’s Den: Baseball series records, and other stuff…….​

Series records for every major league team (H/A-Total):
Arizona 3-3/1-3-1. 4-6-1
Atlanta 4-1/3-2-1. 7-3-1
Chicago 4-0-1/2-3-1. 6-3-2
Cincinnati 2-3-1/2-3. 4-6-1
Colorado 0-3-1/0-7. 0-10-1
Los Angeles 3-3/4-1-1. 7-4-1
Miami 3-5/0-4-1. 3-9-1
Milwaukee 2-2-1/4-1-1. 6-3-2
NY Mets 2-3-1/3-2. 5-5-1
Philadelphia 3-2-1/4-0-1. 7-2-2
Pittsburgh 2-1-2/2-3-1. 4-4-3
St Louis 2-3/3-3. 5-6
San Diego 2-3-1/3-1-2. 5-4-3
San Francisco 3-1-1/1-4-1. 4-5-2
Washington 2-3/3-3. 5-6
Baltimore 4-2/4-1. 8-3
Boston 3-2/3-2-1. 6-4-1
White Sox 1-4-1/1-4. 2-8-1
Cleveland 4-1/4-2. 8-3
Detroit 2-2-1/4-1-1. 6-3-2
Houston 2-3-1/1-3-1. 3-6-2
Kansas City 3-3/2-3. 5-6
LA Angels 0-5/1-4-1. 1-9-1
Minnesota 2-3/3-1-2. 5-4-2
New York 4-0-1/4-2. 8-2-1
A’s 3-3/3-1-1. 6-4-1
Seattle 3-2-1/3-2. 6-4-1
Tampa Bay 2-2-2/2-3. 4-5-2
Texas 3-2-1/3-2. 6-4-1
Toronto 3-2/1-4-1. 4-6-1

— Famous birthdays for May 7th:
Sivi Aberg, 80
Pat McInally, 71
Louis Orr, 66
Leslie O’Neal, 60
Shawn Marion, 46
Alex Smith, 40
Drew Stanton, 40
Emilio Pagan, 33
Nolan Jones, 26
Hall of Fame manager Dick Williams was born on this day in 1926.
Hall of Fame QB Johnny Unitas was born on this day in 1933.

— Minnesota 106, Denver 80
Minnesota outscored Nuggets 33-15 in 2nd quarter.
Towns/Edwards were a combined 21-32 from the floor.
Timberwolves grab a 2-0 series lead.

— Knicks 121, Indiana 117
Knicks win series opener, outscoring Indiana 39-30 in 4th quarter.
Brunson scored 43 points, had 6 rebounds, 6 assists.
New York played only 3 subs, who played total of 27:00.

— Boston 5, Florida 1
Bruins win Game 1, 48 hours after they won Game 7 in last round.

— Oakland A’s are improved this year, but on their Twitter account, they still don’t let anyone respond, since 95% of the responses they get are some version of “Sell the Team!!!!”

— Pretty good 4-team college basketball tournament at Mohegan Sun in November:
Boston College, UMass, Providence, Temple

— There is a story out there that QB Kirk Cousins decided to leave the Minnesota Vikings because of their plan to draft a QB this year; imagine his delight when his new team, the Falcons, did the same exact freakin’ thing. $45M a year will soften the blow a little, but still…….

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Phillies, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Braves, Cubs, SD/Wash
AL: Orioles, Guardians, Rangers. Wild Cards: Bronx, Royals, Twins

 

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NHL
Dunkel

Tuesday, May 7

 

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TUESDAY, MAY 7​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
CAR at NYR	07:00 PM	NYR +106 O 5.5	+500 +500
COL at DAL	09:30 PM	DAL -124 U 6.5	+500 +500

 

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Armadillo Sports

Wednesday’s 6-pack:
Most hits in a season for the Baltimore Orioles:
214— Miguel Tejada, 2006
211— Cal Ripken, 1983
210— Cal Ripken, 1991
207— BJ Surhoff, 1999
205— Al Bumbry, 1980
203— Miguel Tejada, 2004

Quote of the Day
“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.”
Jack Handey

Wednesday’s quiz
In the movie Last Vegas, which Las Vegas hotel do the four friends stay at?

Tuesday’s quiz
In the 1984 NBA Draft, Hakeem Olajuwon was the first pick, Michael Jordan was the third pick. Portland took Sam Bowie with the 2nd pick.

Monday’s quiz
In the old TV show The White Shadow, where a marginal NBA player retires and becomes a high school coach in Los Angeles, Ken Reeves had played for the Chicago Bulls.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….

— Celtics 120, Cavaliers 95
Boston won all four quarters in jogging to an easy Game 1 win.
Celtics shot 18-46 on the arc (39.1%)

— Thunder 117, Mavericks 95
Dallas subs were a combined minus-46; OKC subs were +45.
Gilgeous-Alexander scored 29 points, had 9 rebounds, 9 assists.

— Avalanche 4, Stars 3 OT
Dallas led 3-0 after the first period.
Miles Wood got the game-winning goal, 11:03 into overtime.

— Rangers 4, Hurricanes 3, 2OT
Rangers grab a 2-0 series lead.
Vincent Trocheck scored the winning goal 7:24 into the second OT.

— San Jose Sharks won the draft lottery, have the #1 pick in the amateur draft.

— Arizona’s basketball program poached a transfer from the Campbell Camels, Anthony Dell’Orso, a 6-6 Australian who shot 38.7% on the arc last year.

— St John’s poached 6-6 senior Kadary Richmond from Big East rival Seton Hall; he was considered one of the best players still in the transfer portal.

— Don Mattingly played 14 years in the major leagues; he hit six grand slams in his career, all of them in 1987, which seems unusual.

— Famous birthdays for May 8th:
Dennis Leonard, 73
Mike D’Antoni, 73
Bill Cowher, 67
Lovie Smith, 64
Speedy Claxton 46
Adrian Gonzalez, 42
Kemba Walker, 34

— Mets 7, Cardinals 5
St Louis lost C Willson Contreras to a broken arm when JD Martinez swung his bat and drilled Contreras on the arm. He is expected to be out 6-8 weeks.

— Giants 5, Rockies 0
Kyle Harrison tossed seven shutout IP against the impotent Rockies, who are now 8-27.

— Angels 9, Pirates 0
Patrick Sandoval also threw seven shutout IP; Angels improved to 9-12 on the road.

— Brewers 6, Royals 5
Willie Adames hit a dramatic 3-run home run in the 9th inning.

— Braves 4, Red Sox 2
Marcell Ozuna had the game-winning hit in the 8th inning.

— Diamondbacks 6, Reds 2
Cincinnati lost its last six games, scoring a total of 10 runs.

— Nationals 3, Orioles 0
Trevor Williams is 4-0, 2.00 in his first seven starts.

— Phillies 10, Blue Jays 1
Bryce Harper homered for the third straight game.
Phillies are 21-5 in their last 26 games.

— Cubs 3, Padres 2
Michael Busch hit a walk-off homer for the Cubs.
Chicago is 7-0 when Imanaga starts.

 

[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, May 8

 

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
BOS at FLA	07:30 PM	FLA -161 O 5.5	+500 +500
EDM at VAN	10:00 PM	EDM -132 U 6.0	+500 +500

 

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Thursday’s 6-pack:
NBA leaders in field goal %age this regular season:
72.5%— Daniel Gafford, Wsh-Dal
66.1%— Rudy Gobert, Minn
64.9%— Ivica Zubac, LAC
63.4%— Jarrett Allen, Clev
62.9%— Nic Claxton, Bklyn
61.9%— Jalen Duren, Det

Quote of the Day
“Small-market teams deserve an equal shot. They deserve a fair shot no matter where they are playing.”
Indiana Pacers’ coach Rick Carlisle, complaining about the officiating

Thursday’s quiz
In the old TV show The West Wing, which actor played the role of the person who succeeded President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) as President of the United States?

Wednesday’s quiz
In the movie Last Vegas, four old friends stay at the Aria hotel/casino.

Tuesday’s quiz
In the 1984 NBA Draft, Hakeem Olajuwon was the first pick, Michael Jordan was the third pick. Portland took Sam Bowie with the 2nd pick.

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Thursday’s Den: Doing some thinking out loud……..​

— Wednesday was the 56th anniversary of the perfect game Catfish Hunter pitched for the A’s, in their 11th game ever in Oakland. A’s beat Minnesota 4-0 that night; Catfish also knocked in three of the four runs, going 3-4 at the plate (this was 1968, five years before the DH).
Rick Monday was 2-3 with two runs scored for the A’s that night; to this day he is still a radio announcer for the Dodgers. Danny Cater pinch-hit for the A’s that night; he wound up hitting .290 that year, finishing 2nd in the AL batting race (this was the last year before they lowered the pitching mound). Ron Perranoski pitched in relief for the Twins; he wound up being a pitching coach for the Dodgers from 1981-94.
6,298 fans witnessed the perfect game.

— Pittsburgh Pirates are bringing up their #1 prospect Paul Skenes to pitch against the Cubs in Chicago Saturday; Skenes has a 0.99 ERA in seven AAA starts this year, but he’s only thrown 27.1 innings in those seven starts, striking out 45 batters.

— NFL will release their 2024 schedule next Wednesday, May 15th; the last couple years, it was released tonight, but they’ve moved it back a few days this year.

— Knicks 130, Pacers 121
Indiana led 73-63 at halftime.
Jalen Brunson scored 24 points in 2nd half; he didn’t play in 2nd quarter.
New York leads series, 2-0

— Florida 6, Boston 1
Panthers tied series 1-1; they trailed 1-0 after 1st period.
Florida outshot the Bruins, 33-15.
Boston was playing its third game in five nights.

— Famous birthdays for May 9th:
Candice Bergen, 78
Calvin Murphy, 76
Billy Joel, 75
Steve Yzerman, 59
Doug Christie, 54
Brandon Webb, 45
Prince Fielder, 40
Tommy Edman, 29
Samson Ebukam, 29

— Orioles 7, Nationals 6 (12)
Jorge Mateo knocked in the go-ahead run in the 12th inning.
Orioles have now gone 103 series in a row without being swept, the 4th-longest streak ever.
Baltimore/New York are tied for first atop the AL East.

— Guardians 5, Tigers 4 (10)
Detroit led this game 4-2 in the 8th inning.
David Fry tied the game with a 9th inning homer.
Brayan Rocchio knocked in the game-winning run.

— Padres 3, Cubs 0
Dylan Cease allowed one hit, struck out 12 in 7 IP.
San Diego has won six of its last eight games.

— Dodgers 3, Marlins 1
Teoscar Hernandez hit a 2-run homer in sixth inning.
Dodgers finished off a 6-0 homestead.
Marlins are 10-29; they’re already 16.5 games out of first place.

— Diamondbacks 4, Reds 3
Montgomery threw 95 pitches in his 7 IP.
Cincinnati has lost seven games in a row.

— Royals 6, Brewers 4
Bobby Witt Jr went 2-3, homered, scored three runs.
Six Kansas City relievers combined to get the last 11 outs.

— A’s 9-11, Rangers 4-12
Oakland scored 20 runs in a twinbill, had to settle for a split.
Marcus Semien went 6-10 in the doubleheader, with 4 runs scored.

— If the playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Phillies, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: New York, Twins, Royals
AL: Orioles, Guardians, Rangers. Wild Cards: Braves, Cubs (SD-Wsh-NYM)

 

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NHL
Dunkel

Thursday, May 9

 

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THURSDAY, MAY 9​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
NYR at CAR	07:00 PM	NYR +144 O 5.5	+500 +500
COL at DAL	09:30 PM	COL +110 U 6.5	+500 +500