Sunday?s 6-pack
More spreads on NFL games this season:
? Week 2: Saints @ Rams (-3)
? Week 3: Rams (-2) @ Browns
? Week 8: Browns @ Patriots (-6.5)
? Week 12: Cowboys @ Patriots (-5.5)
? Week 14: Cowboys @ Bears (-2.5)
? Week 15: Colts @ Saints (-3.5)
Quote of the Day
?We didn?t count velocity; we just counted outs.?
Jim Kaat, talking about his playing days
Sunday?s quiz
Which NFL team drafted Eli Manning?
Saturday?s quiz
Four of the top five picks in the 1989 NFL Draft are Hall of Famers (Troy Aikman, Barry Sanders, Derrick Thomas, Deion Sanders); Tony Mandarich was the #2 pick that year, an offensive lineman from Michigan State. Green Bay drafted Mandarich.
Friday?s quiz
Al Pacino coached the Miami Sharks in Any Given Sunday.
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Sunday?s List of 13: Wrapping up a sports Saturday??..
13) Twins-Orioles broadcast Saturday was great; Jim Kaat, Bert Blyleven were the analysts and it was educational. Play-by-play guy described the action on the field then got out of the way and let the two experts talk. Good stuff.
Kaat was saying how much harder batters work now before the game, and he referenced Aaron Judge going on the IL Saturday with an oblique strain. It is possible to overtrain.
12) Auburn?s Chuma Okeke tore his ACL during the NCAA tournament, but he is entering the NBA Draft anyway, not really sure why. You?d think he?d stay in school, use the school?s facilities to strenghten/rehab his knee, then go into the ?20 draft. We?ll see how this works out for him.
11) Advice from Bucky Brooks, former NFL player and scout:
?If you?re a HS football player who isn?t playing baseball in the Spring, you SHOULD run track for your school. Speed is such an important part of being a top-notch football player. Learning how to run and compete on the track carries over onto the field.. Dare to be great..?
10) Interesting trivia on this year?s NFL schedule:
? NFL?s Senior VP of broadcasting Howard Katz is one of the people who makes the NFL schedule every year.
? Philadelphia Eagles are only NFL team that plays three straight weeks on road this year.
? Katz and Eagles? coach Doug Pedersen are next-door neighbors.
Part of the reason the Eagles are on road for three straight weeks in October is that the Phillies are expected to be World Series contenders, and the NFL didn?t want any conflicts between Eagle/Phillies games, seeing how they share parking areas.
9) Miami Marlins fired hitting coach Mike Pagliarulo after 20 games; it ain?t his fault Miami has a bad team. Marlins fired hitting coach Frank Menechino after last season; what they need to do is find an owner who is willing to spend money on ballplayers.
Two years ago, Miami?s outfield was Yelich-Ozuna-Stanton, then the team was sold and the new geniuses who are in charge traded the three of them for three piles of crap. No bueno.
8) Keldon Johnson scored 13.5 ppg this year as a freshman at Kentucky; he is projected by one draft guru to be picked 17th in June?s NBA Draft.
Johnson was seen in Hollywood this week driving a $300,000 McLaren 720S Spider; until watching a Showtime special a few weeks ago, I had no idea that there were cars that cost so much money. Wish the young man well in his NBA career, but someone might want to teach him money management skills before it is too late.
Last year?s NBA rookie salary scale paid the #17 pick a total of $6,358,500 for his first three years in the league. Taxes eat half of that, agent takes another 3%, so he?s down to $2,988,495 before he starts.
Donte DiVincenzo was the #17 pick LY; he played 15.2 mpg, scored 4.9 ppg, so he?s no lock for a second contract in the league when the time comes. The second contract is the key; thats where guys establish themselves in the NBA. Then they can buy the $300,000 car.
7) Baseball injuries:
? New York put Aaron Judge (oblique) on IL.
? Red Sox put P Nathan Eovaldi (elbow) on IL.
? Pirates put 2B Erik Gonzalez (clavicle), CF Starling Marte (abdomen) on IL.
? Phillies put SS Jean Segura (hamstring), P Victor Arano (elbow) on IL.
6) Former Georgia/Miami football coach Mark Richt will be an analyst on the new ACC Network starting this fall.
5) There is a high school football stadium in Jacksonville, TX called the Tomato Bowl.
4) On April 12, CG Technology took these two futures bets:
? Jaguars for $4,000 at 45-1, to win $180,000
? Titans for $2,000 at 85-1, to win $170,000
Long time to let the books hold your money; will odds change that much between now and before the preseason games start this summer?
3) Giants have apparently talked about trading for Arizona QB Josh Rosen, but don?t want to give up either one of their first round picks (6th, 17th picks) in this draft.
Rosen was the 2nd player taken in last year?s draft, so if you won?t give up a first round pick for him now, then you really don?t want him.
2) From Henry Schulman: Since 1912, the longest a team has gone to start a season without scoring a first-inning run is 28 games. Giants are at 22 games and counting thru Saturday.
1) 76ers 112 (-3.5), Nets 108? Philly hit two foul shots with 0:06 left to cover the spread; if you had Brooklyn +3.5, this was a bad beat. Embiid had 31 points, 16 rebounds for Philly.
More spreads on NFL games this season:
? Week 2: Saints @ Rams (-3)
? Week 3: Rams (-2) @ Browns
? Week 8: Browns @ Patriots (-6.5)
? Week 12: Cowboys @ Patriots (-5.5)
? Week 14: Cowboys @ Bears (-2.5)
? Week 15: Colts @ Saints (-3.5)
Quote of the Day
?We didn?t count velocity; we just counted outs.?
Jim Kaat, talking about his playing days
Sunday?s quiz
Which NFL team drafted Eli Manning?
Saturday?s quiz
Four of the top five picks in the 1989 NFL Draft are Hall of Famers (Troy Aikman, Barry Sanders, Derrick Thomas, Deion Sanders); Tony Mandarich was the #2 pick that year, an offensive lineman from Michigan State. Green Bay drafted Mandarich.
Friday?s quiz
Al Pacino coached the Miami Sharks in Any Given Sunday.
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Sunday?s List of 13: Wrapping up a sports Saturday??..
13) Twins-Orioles broadcast Saturday was great; Jim Kaat, Bert Blyleven were the analysts and it was educational. Play-by-play guy described the action on the field then got out of the way and let the two experts talk. Good stuff.
Kaat was saying how much harder batters work now before the game, and he referenced Aaron Judge going on the IL Saturday with an oblique strain. It is possible to overtrain.
12) Auburn?s Chuma Okeke tore his ACL during the NCAA tournament, but he is entering the NBA Draft anyway, not really sure why. You?d think he?d stay in school, use the school?s facilities to strenghten/rehab his knee, then go into the ?20 draft. We?ll see how this works out for him.
11) Advice from Bucky Brooks, former NFL player and scout:
?If you?re a HS football player who isn?t playing baseball in the Spring, you SHOULD run track for your school. Speed is such an important part of being a top-notch football player. Learning how to run and compete on the track carries over onto the field.. Dare to be great..?
10) Interesting trivia on this year?s NFL schedule:
? NFL?s Senior VP of broadcasting Howard Katz is one of the people who makes the NFL schedule every year.
? Philadelphia Eagles are only NFL team that plays three straight weeks on road this year.
? Katz and Eagles? coach Doug Pedersen are next-door neighbors.
Part of the reason the Eagles are on road for three straight weeks in October is that the Phillies are expected to be World Series contenders, and the NFL didn?t want any conflicts between Eagle/Phillies games, seeing how they share parking areas.
9) Miami Marlins fired hitting coach Mike Pagliarulo after 20 games; it ain?t his fault Miami has a bad team. Marlins fired hitting coach Frank Menechino after last season; what they need to do is find an owner who is willing to spend money on ballplayers.
Two years ago, Miami?s outfield was Yelich-Ozuna-Stanton, then the team was sold and the new geniuses who are in charge traded the three of them for three piles of crap. No bueno.
8) Keldon Johnson scored 13.5 ppg this year as a freshman at Kentucky; he is projected by one draft guru to be picked 17th in June?s NBA Draft.
Johnson was seen in Hollywood this week driving a $300,000 McLaren 720S Spider; until watching a Showtime special a few weeks ago, I had no idea that there were cars that cost so much money. Wish the young man well in his NBA career, but someone might want to teach him money management skills before it is too late.
Last year?s NBA rookie salary scale paid the #17 pick a total of $6,358,500 for his first three years in the league. Taxes eat half of that, agent takes another 3%, so he?s down to $2,988,495 before he starts.
Donte DiVincenzo was the #17 pick LY; he played 15.2 mpg, scored 4.9 ppg, so he?s no lock for a second contract in the league when the time comes. The second contract is the key; thats where guys establish themselves in the NBA. Then they can buy the $300,000 car.
7) Baseball injuries:
? New York put Aaron Judge (oblique) on IL.
? Red Sox put P Nathan Eovaldi (elbow) on IL.
? Pirates put 2B Erik Gonzalez (clavicle), CF Starling Marte (abdomen) on IL.
? Phillies put SS Jean Segura (hamstring), P Victor Arano (elbow) on IL.
6) Former Georgia/Miami football coach Mark Richt will be an analyst on the new ACC Network starting this fall.
5) There is a high school football stadium in Jacksonville, TX called the Tomato Bowl.
4) On April 12, CG Technology took these two futures bets:
? Jaguars for $4,000 at 45-1, to win $180,000
? Titans for $2,000 at 85-1, to win $170,000
Long time to let the books hold your money; will odds change that much between now and before the preseason games start this summer?
3) Giants have apparently talked about trading for Arizona QB Josh Rosen, but don?t want to give up either one of their first round picks (6th, 17th picks) in this draft.
Rosen was the 2nd player taken in last year?s draft, so if you won?t give up a first round pick for him now, then you really don?t want him.
2) From Henry Schulman: Since 1912, the longest a team has gone to start a season without scoring a first-inning run is 28 games. Giants are at 22 games and counting thru Saturday.
1) 76ers 112 (-3.5), Nets 108? Philly hit two foul shots with 0:06 left to cover the spread; if you had Brooklyn +3.5, this was a bad beat. Embiid had 31 points, 16 rebounds for Philly.
