NHL 2025 PLAYOFF BEST BETS !
05/26/2025.....................0 - 2 - 0............................00.00%................-- 14.05
05/25/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%................- 0.50
05/24/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%.................- 0.50
05/23/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%.................- 0.65
05/22/2025.....................2 - 0 - 0...........................100.00%.................+ 10.75
05/21/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0............................50.00%...................- 0.50
05/18/2025......................0 - 2 - 0 ...........................00.00%..................- 10.50
05/17/2025......................2 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%..................+ 10.00
05/16/2025......................0 - 2 - 0...........................00.00%...................- 17.00
05/15/2025......................1 - 3 - 0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,25.00%...................- 10.50
05/13/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 10.00
05/11/2025......................1 - 2 - 0...........................33,33%....................- 6.00
05/10/2025......................4 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%...................+ 20.25
05/09/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 9.50
05/08/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 8.65
05/07/2025......................4 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 20.95
05/06/2025......................0 - 4 - 0..........................00.00%......................- 22.60
05/05/2025......................1 - 1 - 0..........................50.00%......................+ 0.10
05/04/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/03/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%......................+ 12,40
05/02/2025......................2 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/01/2025......................4 - 4 - 0...........................50.00%......................- 1.35
TOTALS..........................37 -26 - 0...........................58.73%.......................+ 38.35
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NHL 2025 PLAYOFF BEST BETS !
TOTALS...................39 - 28 - 0.....................58.20%....................+ 44.95
05/26/2025.....................0 - 2 - 0............................00.00%................-- 14.05
05/25/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%................- 0.50
05/24/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%.................- 0.50
05/23/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%.................- 0.65
05/22/2025.....................2 - 0 - 0...........................100.00%.................+ 10.75
05/21/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0............................50.00%...................- 0.50
05/18/2025......................0 - 2 - 0 ...........................00.00%..................- 10.50
05/17/2025......................2 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%..................+ 10.00
05/16/2025......................0 - 2 - 0...........................00.00%...................- 17.00
05/15/2025......................1 - 3 - 0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,25.00%...................- 10.50
05/13/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 10.00
05/11/2025......................1 - 2 - 0...........................33,33%....................- 6.00
05/10/2025......................4 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%...................+ 20.25
05/09/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 9.50
05/08/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 8.65
05/07/2025......................4 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 20.95
05/06/2025......................0 - 4 - 0..........................00.00%......................- 22.60
05/05/2025......................1 - 1 - 0..........................50.00%......................+ 0.10
05/04/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/03/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%......................+ 12,40
05/02/2025......................2 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/01/2025......................4 - 4 - 0...........................50.00%......................- 1.35
TOTALS..........................37 -26 - 0...........................58.73%.......................+ 38.35
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NHL 2025 PLAYOFF BEST BETS !
TOTALS...................39 - 28 - 0.....................58.20%....................+ 44.95
Tuesday’s 6-pack:
Major league teams with the most home runs:
86— Bronx
82— Dodgers
78— Cubs
77— Angels
73— Diamondbacks
70— Mariners
Quote of the Day
“I can see when someone is getting uncomfortable. They’ll start calling for screens and they want the screener to take my head off. That’s the point where I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, I got it. He don’t like me.'”
Oklahoma City’s defensive ace Luguentz Dort
Tuesday’s quiz
In the history of the Oakland A’s (since 1968), who has the most saves?
Monday’s quiz
Since 2008, Ronald Acuna’s 73 stolen bases in 2023 are the most steals by a player in one season.
Sunday’s quiz
Baseball Hall of Famer Todd Helton was the quarterback at Tennessee before Peyton Manning.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 40 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists.
Thunder held Julius Randle to 7 points, on 1-5 shooting.
Oklahoma City trailed for only 36 seconds the whole game.
Thunder leads series 3-1; Game 5 is Wednesday night in Oklahoma.
— College sports have gone off the rails; 6-3 G PJ Haggerty signed on with Kansas State, and will get paid $2.5M there next season.
This has been Haggerty’s college career:
2022-23- TCU 22-13, only played in six games
2023-24- Tulsa 16-15
2024-25- Memphis 29-6, lost in first round of NCAA’s as a #5-seed
2025-26- Kansas State
I’m waiting for him to transfer during a TV timeout from one bench to the other during the game.
— Green Bay Packers’ QB Jordan Love threw out the first pitch before the Red Sox-Brewers game in Milwaukee Monday. Love is 19-17 as an NFL starter, 1-2 in playoff games. This will be his third season as Green Bay’s starting QB.
— Former New Orleans Saints’ coach Jim Mora Sr turned 90 recently; he still lifts weights twice a week, for 85 minutes at a time. They posted videos of it; pretty impressive.
— Las Vegas Raiders signed punter AJ Cole to a 4-year, $15.8M contract, making him the highest-paid punter in the NFL. Last year, Cole averaged 50.8 yards per punt, second best in the NFL, and had 27 punts downed inside the 20-yard line.
— Tampa Bay Ray hitters have gone 73 games since last time one of them got an intentional walk; Barry Bonds was once walked intentionally 73 times in a 72-game span.
— Why only 12 major league baseball games on Memorial Day? Would think that Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day would be full schedules, since everyone has the day off.
— If you ever watched the TV show Duck Dynasty, the patriarch of the Robertson family, Phil Robertson, passed away this weekend, at age 79.
Phil Robertson played college football at Louisiana Tech, starting ahead of future Hall of Fame QB Terry Bradshaw in 1966 and 1967. He got really rich when he created/patented the Duck Commander duck call, a kazoo-like instrument used by duck hunters.
Duck Dynasty was on TV from 2012-17, made the family famous and a lot wealthier. It was a quirky and funny show.
— Famous birthdays, May 27th:
Lee Meriwether, 90
Stan Walters, 77
Jackie Slater, 71
Richard Schiff, 70
Nick Lowery, 69
David Greenwood, 68
Peri Gilpin, 64
John Jaha, 59
George McCloud, 58
Frank Thomas, 57
Jeff Bagwell, 57
Antonio Freeman, 53
Jose Berrios, 31
Yoan Moncada, 30
Daniel Jones, 28
— Best records in one-run games:
Angels 8-2
Phillies 10-4
Padres 10-5
Tigers 9-5
Guardians 8-4
Worst records in one-run games:
White Sox 3-13
Red Sox 6-14
Rockies 4-9
Braves 9-13
Bronx 8-11
— Mets 2, White Sox 1
Chicago led 1-0 after the 7th inning.
Both Mets’ runs scored on sacrifice flies.
White Sox slipped to 5-22 on the road.
— Brewers 3, Red Sox 2
Milwaukee is 16-10 at home, 11-18 on the road.
Jackson Chourio led off the first inning with a home run.
Red Sox slipped tp 11-15 on the road.
— Orioles 5, Cardinals 2
Dylan Carlson hit a 3-run homer against his old team.
Orioles have won three in a row, for first time this season.
Charlie Morton got the win, lowering his ERA from 7.68 to 7.09.
— Diamondbacks 5, Pirates 0
Ryne Nelson allowed only four hits in 6.2 IP.
Win snapped Arizona’s five-game losing skid.
Pirates are now 6-20 in road games.
— Padres 4, Marlins 3 (10)
Manny Machado tied the game with an 8th inning home run.
Ryan Weathers allowed two unearned runs in 5.2 IP for Miami.
Marlins are 13-15 at home, 8-16 on the road.
— If the playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Phillies, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Mets, Padres, Giants
AL: Bronx, Tigers, Mariners. Wild Cards: Twins, Guardians, Astros
Major league teams with the most home runs:
86— Bronx
82— Dodgers
78— Cubs
77— Angels
73— Diamondbacks
70— Mariners
Quote of the Day
“I can see when someone is getting uncomfortable. They’ll start calling for screens and they want the screener to take my head off. That’s the point where I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, I got it. He don’t like me.'”
Oklahoma City’s defensive ace Luguentz Dort
Tuesday’s quiz
In the history of the Oakland A’s (since 1968), who has the most saves?
Monday’s quiz
Since 2008, Ronald Acuna’s 73 stolen bases in 2023 are the most steals by a player in one season.
Sunday’s quiz
Baseball Hall of Famer Todd Helton was the quarterback at Tennessee before Peyton Manning.
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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but……..
— Thunder 128, Timberwolves 126Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 40 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists.
Thunder held Julius Randle to 7 points, on 1-5 shooting.
Oklahoma City trailed for only 36 seconds the whole game.
Thunder leads series 3-1; Game 5 is Wednesday night in Oklahoma.
— College sports have gone off the rails; 6-3 G PJ Haggerty signed on with Kansas State, and will get paid $2.5M there next season.
This has been Haggerty’s college career:
2022-23- TCU 22-13, only played in six games
2023-24- Tulsa 16-15
2024-25- Memphis 29-6, lost in first round of NCAA’s as a #5-seed
2025-26- Kansas State
I’m waiting for him to transfer during a TV timeout from one bench to the other during the game.
— Green Bay Packers’ QB Jordan Love threw out the first pitch before the Red Sox-Brewers game in Milwaukee Monday. Love is 19-17 as an NFL starter, 1-2 in playoff games. This will be his third season as Green Bay’s starting QB.
— Former New Orleans Saints’ coach Jim Mora Sr turned 90 recently; he still lifts weights twice a week, for 85 minutes at a time. They posted videos of it; pretty impressive.
— Las Vegas Raiders signed punter AJ Cole to a 4-year, $15.8M contract, making him the highest-paid punter in the NFL. Last year, Cole averaged 50.8 yards per punt, second best in the NFL, and had 27 punts downed inside the 20-yard line.
— Tampa Bay Ray hitters have gone 73 games since last time one of them got an intentional walk; Barry Bonds was once walked intentionally 73 times in a 72-game span.
— Why only 12 major league baseball games on Memorial Day? Would think that Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day would be full schedules, since everyone has the day off.
— If you ever watched the TV show Duck Dynasty, the patriarch of the Robertson family, Phil Robertson, passed away this weekend, at age 79.
Phil Robertson played college football at Louisiana Tech, starting ahead of future Hall of Fame QB Terry Bradshaw in 1966 and 1967. He got really rich when he created/patented the Duck Commander duck call, a kazoo-like instrument used by duck hunters.
Duck Dynasty was on TV from 2012-17, made the family famous and a lot wealthier. It was a quirky and funny show.
— Famous birthdays, May 27th:
Lee Meriwether, 90
Stan Walters, 77
Jackie Slater, 71
Richard Schiff, 70
Nick Lowery, 69
David Greenwood, 68
Peri Gilpin, 64
John Jaha, 59
George McCloud, 58
Frank Thomas, 57
Jeff Bagwell, 57
Antonio Freeman, 53
Jose Berrios, 31
Yoan Moncada, 30
Daniel Jones, 28
— Best records in one-run games:
Angels 8-2
Phillies 10-4
Padres 10-5
Tigers 9-5
Guardians 8-4
Worst records in one-run games:
White Sox 3-13
Red Sox 6-14
Rockies 4-9
Braves 9-13
Bronx 8-11
— Mets 2, White Sox 1
Chicago led 1-0 after the 7th inning.
Both Mets’ runs scored on sacrifice flies.
White Sox slipped to 5-22 on the road.
— Brewers 3, Red Sox 2
Milwaukee is 16-10 at home, 11-18 on the road.
Jackson Chourio led off the first inning with a home run.
Red Sox slipped tp 11-15 on the road.
— Orioles 5, Cardinals 2
Dylan Carlson hit a 3-run homer against his old team.
Orioles have won three in a row, for first time this season.
Charlie Morton got the win, lowering his ERA from 7.68 to 7.09.
— Diamondbacks 5, Pirates 0
Ryne Nelson allowed only four hits in 6.2 IP.
Win snapped Arizona’s five-game losing skid.
Pirates are now 6-20 in road games.
— Padres 4, Marlins 3 (10)
Manny Machado tied the game with an 8th inning home run.
Ryan Weathers allowed two unearned runs in 5.2 IP for Miami.
Marlins are 13-15 at home, 8-16 on the road.
— If the playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Phillies, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Mets, Padres, Giants
AL: Bronx, Tigers, Mariners. Wild Cards: Twins, Guardians, Astros
NHL
Dunkel
Tuesday, May 27
NHL
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Trend Report
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Dallas VS Edmonton
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Dallas' last 9 games.
Dallas is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games against Edmonton.
Dallas is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Dallas' last 7 games when playing on the road against Edmonton.
Edmonton is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Edmonton's last 5 games against Dallas.
Edmonton is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Edmonton's last 7 games when playing at home against Dallas.
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Dunkel
Tuesday, May 27
NHL
Tuesday, May 27
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Trend Report
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Dallas VS Edmonton
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Dallas' last 9 games.
Dallas is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games against Edmonton.
Dallas is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Dallas' last 7 games when playing on the road against Edmonton.
Edmonton is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Edmonton's last 5 games against Dallas.
Edmonton is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Edmonton's last 7 games when playing at home against Dallas.
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NHL 2025 PLAYOFF BEST BETS !
05/27/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0............................50.00%................- 0.50
05/26/2025.....................0 - 2 - 0............................00.00%................-- 14.05
05/25/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%................- 0.50
05/24/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%.................- 0.50
05/23/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%.................- 0.65
05/22/2025.....................2 - 0 - 0...........................100.00%.................+ 10.75
05/21/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0............................50.00%...................- 0.50
05/18/2025......................0 - 2 - 0 ...........................00.00%..................- 10.50
05/17/2025......................2 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%..................+ 10.00
05/16/2025......................0 - 2 - 0...........................00.00%...................- 17.00
05/15/2025......................1 - 3 - 0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,25.00%...................- 10.50
05/13/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 10.00
05/11/2025......................1 - 2 - 0...........................33,33%....................- 6.00
05/10/2025......................4 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%...................+ 20.25
05/09/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 9.50
05/08/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 8.65
05/07/2025......................4 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 20.95
05/06/2025......................0 - 4 - 0..........................00.00%......................- 22.60
05/05/2025......................1 - 1 - 0..........................50.00%......................+ 0.10
05/04/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/03/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%......................+ 12,40
05/02/2025......................2 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/01/2025......................4 - 4 - 0...........................50.00%......................- 1.35
TOTALS..........................38 -27 - 0...........................58.46%.......................+ 37.86
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NHL 2025 PLAYOFF BEST BETS !
TOTALS...................39 - 28 - 0.....................58.20%....................+ 44.95
05/27/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0............................50.00%................- 0.50
05/26/2025.....................0 - 2 - 0............................00.00%................-- 14.05
05/25/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%................- 0.50
05/24/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%.................- 0.50
05/23/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%.................- 0.65
05/22/2025.....................2 - 0 - 0...........................100.00%.................+ 10.75
05/21/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0............................50.00%...................- 0.50
05/18/2025......................0 - 2 - 0 ...........................00.00%..................- 10.50
05/17/2025......................2 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%..................+ 10.00
05/16/2025......................0 - 2 - 0...........................00.00%...................- 17.00
05/15/2025......................1 - 3 - 0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,25.00%...................- 10.50
05/13/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 10.00
05/11/2025......................1 - 2 - 0...........................33,33%....................- 6.00
05/10/2025......................4 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%...................+ 20.25
05/09/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 9.50
05/08/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 8.65
05/07/2025......................4 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 20.95
05/06/2025......................0 - 4 - 0..........................00.00%......................- 22.60
05/05/2025......................1 - 1 - 0..........................50.00%......................+ 0.10
05/04/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/03/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%......................+ 12,40
05/02/2025......................2 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/01/2025......................4 - 4 - 0...........................50.00%......................- 1.35
TOTALS..........................38 -27 - 0...........................58.46%.......................+ 37.86
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NHL 2025 PLAYOFF BEST BETS !
TOTALS...................39 - 28 - 0.....................58.20%....................+ 44.95
Wednesday’s 6-pack:
Opening week college football spreads:
— Auburn (-2.5) @ Baylor
— Georgia Tech (-3.5) @ Colorado
— Utah (-3.5) @ UCLA
— Alabama (-12.5) @ Florida State
— Notre Dame (-2.5) @ Miami
— Clemson (-3) vs LSU
Quote of the Day
“That’s a joke. That to me is just a joke. What are you going to do? Bring him in for one year, are you kidding me? That guy needs to stay in California. Go somewhere and chew on bark and whisper to the gods out there.”
Steelers’ legend Terry Bradshaw, talking about Pittsburgh maybe signing Aaron Rodgers
Wednesday’s quiz
In the history of the New York Mets, who has the most saves?
Tuesday’s quiz
In the history of the Oakland A’s (since 1968), Dennis Eckersley has the most saves.
Monday’s quiz
Since 2008, Ronald Acuna’s 73 stolen bases in 2023 are the most steals by a player in one season.
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Halliburton had 32 points, 15 assists, 12 rebounds.
He is third player ever with 30+ points, 15+ assists, 10+ boards in a playoff game.
Pacers were +20 in Nesmith’s 32:00, minus-11 in 16:00 he sat out.
Indiana leads series 3-1; Game 5 is Thursday in New York.
— Reds 7, Royals 2
Brady Singer tossed 7 IP in beating his old team.
Elly De La Cruz homered twice, scored three runs.
— Phillies 2, Braves 0
Phillies have won 10 of their last 11 games.
Ranger Suarez threw six shutout IP, allowing seven baserunners.
Braves are 16-9 at home, 9-19 on the road.
— Dodgers 9, Guardians 5
Ohtani homered for third game in a row; he has 20 homers now.
Max Muncy scored twice, knocked in three runs.
Cleveland has lost three in a row, outscored 21-7 in those games.
— Pirates 9, Diamondbacks 6
Arizona led 6-0 after the fifth inning.
Pirates scored seven runs in the top of the 8th.
Reynolds was 4-4 with 2 runs scored, 3 RBI and a homer.
— Padres 8, Marlins 6
Marlins scored six runs in top of the first, never scored again.
Arraez, Bogaerts had three hits each for San Diego.
Kolek got the win after pitching 5.1 innings; he is the first MLB pitcher since Bartolo Colon in 1999 to allow 6+ runs in the first inning, then get the win in that game.
— Cubs 4, Rockies 3 (11)
Busch/Shaw hit run-scoring singles in the 11th inning.
Chicago stole six bases in the game.
Cubs have won nine of their last 11 games.
Rockies have now lost their last 21 series.
— Brewers 5, Red Sox 1 (10)
Yelich hit his first career walk-off homer, a grand slam.
Red Sox led 1-0 after eight innings; Yelich’s double tied it in the 9th.
Milwaukee is 17-10 at home, 11-18 on the road.
— Famous birthdays, May 28th:
Kirk Gibson, 68
Bill Doran, 67
David Shula, 66
Ed Rubbert, 61
Glen Rice, 58
Steve Watson, 48
Michael Oher, 39
TJ Yates, 38
Craig Kimbrel, 37
Wednesday would’ve been Jerry West’s 87th birthday.
— Long time ago, one of the first things I learned about baseball was this:
It is important to be strong on defense up the middle.
Catcher. 2nd base, Shortstop. Center field.
In this day and age, I’m not sure teams value defense as much; some teams put a shaky defensive guy in the outfield, to get more offense in the lineup. I’m guessing pitchers must get steamed when balls become hits that should’ve been outs.
— Last five years, Dodgers’ record after 50 games:
2021- 31-19
2022- 33-17
2023- 31-19
2024- 33-17
2025- 31-19
— In the last 20 years, there have been five NBA playoff games where the road team won after trailing by 15+ points.
Three of them were the Pacers this year, coached by Rick Carlisle.
Knicks rallied from 20 down to win at Indiana Sunday, playing against Rick Carlisle.
The fifth team? 2011 Dallas Mavericks, also coached by……..Rick Carlisle.
— First round games at the Paradise Jam tournament on the Virgin Islands in November:
Iona-Yale
Akron-Evansville
UMass-Charleston
Green Bay-Oregon State
— North Florida basketball coach Matthew Driscoll, who coached UNF for 15 years and led the Ospreys to the NCAA’s in 2015, has left UNF t0 become an assistant coach at Kansas State.
— John Jay head coach Ryan Hyland left the Bloodhounds to become an assistant coach at Fordham; John Jay is a Division III program, making this a more interesting move. Hyland has coached John Jay for the last ten years.
— Denver Nuggets named David Adelman their full-time head coach, replacing Michael Malone, who got fired three games the end of the regular season.
— Nuggets’ point guard Russell Westbrook is having surgery on his right hand to repair two fractures that happened during the season, so he was playing with a broken hand.
— If the playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Phillies, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Mets, Padres, SF/StL
AL: Bronx, Tigers, Mariners. Wild Cards: Twins, Guardians, Astros
Opening week college football spreads:
— Auburn (-2.5) @ Baylor
— Georgia Tech (-3.5) @ Colorado
— Utah (-3.5) @ UCLA
— Alabama (-12.5) @ Florida State
— Notre Dame (-2.5) @ Miami
— Clemson (-3) vs LSU
Quote of the Day
“That’s a joke. That to me is just a joke. What are you going to do? Bring him in for one year, are you kidding me? That guy needs to stay in California. Go somewhere and chew on bark and whisper to the gods out there.”
Steelers’ legend Terry Bradshaw, talking about Pittsburgh maybe signing Aaron Rodgers
Wednesday’s quiz
In the history of the New York Mets, who has the most saves?
Tuesday’s quiz
In the history of the Oakland A’s (since 1968), Dennis Eckersley has the most saves.
Monday’s quiz
Since 2008, Ronald Acuna’s 73 stolen bases in 2023 are the most steals by a player in one season.
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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….
— Pacers 130, Knicks 121Halliburton had 32 points, 15 assists, 12 rebounds.
He is third player ever with 30+ points, 15+ assists, 10+ boards in a playoff game.
Pacers were +20 in Nesmith’s 32:00, minus-11 in 16:00 he sat out.
Indiana leads series 3-1; Game 5 is Thursday in New York.
— Reds 7, Royals 2
Brady Singer tossed 7 IP in beating his old team.
Elly De La Cruz homered twice, scored three runs.
— Phillies 2, Braves 0
Phillies have won 10 of their last 11 games.
Ranger Suarez threw six shutout IP, allowing seven baserunners.
Braves are 16-9 at home, 9-19 on the road.
— Dodgers 9, Guardians 5
Ohtani homered for third game in a row; he has 20 homers now.
Max Muncy scored twice, knocked in three runs.
Cleveland has lost three in a row, outscored 21-7 in those games.
— Pirates 9, Diamondbacks 6
Arizona led 6-0 after the fifth inning.
Pirates scored seven runs in the top of the 8th.
Reynolds was 4-4 with 2 runs scored, 3 RBI and a homer.
— Padres 8, Marlins 6
Marlins scored six runs in top of the first, never scored again.
Arraez, Bogaerts had three hits each for San Diego.
Kolek got the win after pitching 5.1 innings; he is the first MLB pitcher since Bartolo Colon in 1999 to allow 6+ runs in the first inning, then get the win in that game.
— Cubs 4, Rockies 3 (11)
Busch/Shaw hit run-scoring singles in the 11th inning.
Chicago stole six bases in the game.
Cubs have won nine of their last 11 games.
Rockies have now lost their last 21 series.
— Brewers 5, Red Sox 1 (10)
Yelich hit his first career walk-off homer, a grand slam.
Red Sox led 1-0 after eight innings; Yelich’s double tied it in the 9th.
Milwaukee is 17-10 at home, 11-18 on the road.
— Famous birthdays, May 28th:
Kirk Gibson, 68
Bill Doran, 67
David Shula, 66
Ed Rubbert, 61
Glen Rice, 58
Steve Watson, 48
Michael Oher, 39
TJ Yates, 38
Craig Kimbrel, 37
Wednesday would’ve been Jerry West’s 87th birthday.
— Long time ago, one of the first things I learned about baseball was this:
It is important to be strong on defense up the middle.
Catcher. 2nd base, Shortstop. Center field.
In this day and age, I’m not sure teams value defense as much; some teams put a shaky defensive guy in the outfield, to get more offense in the lineup. I’m guessing pitchers must get steamed when balls become hits that should’ve been outs.
— Last five years, Dodgers’ record after 50 games:
2021- 31-19
2022- 33-17
2023- 31-19
2024- 33-17
2025- 31-19
— In the last 20 years, there have been five NBA playoff games where the road team won after trailing by 15+ points.
Three of them were the Pacers this year, coached by Rick Carlisle.
Knicks rallied from 20 down to win at Indiana Sunday, playing against Rick Carlisle.
The fifth team? 2011 Dallas Mavericks, also coached by……..Rick Carlisle.
— First round games at the Paradise Jam tournament on the Virgin Islands in November:
Iona-Yale
Akron-Evansville
UMass-Charleston
Green Bay-Oregon State
— North Florida basketball coach Matthew Driscoll, who coached UNF for 15 years and led the Ospreys to the NCAA’s in 2015, has left UNF t0 become an assistant coach at Kansas State.
— John Jay head coach Ryan Hyland left the Bloodhounds to become an assistant coach at Fordham; John Jay is a Division III program, making this a more interesting move. Hyland has coached John Jay for the last ten years.
— Denver Nuggets named David Adelman their full-time head coach, replacing Michael Malone, who got fired three games the end of the regular season.
— Nuggets’ point guard Russell Westbrook is having surgery on his right hand to repair two fractures that happened during the season, so he was playing with a broken hand.
— If the playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Phillies, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Mets, Padres, SF/StL
AL: Bronx, Tigers, Mariners. Wild Cards: Twins, Guardians, Astros
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Florida VS Carolina
The total has gone OVER in 13 of Florida's last 18 games.
Florida is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
Florida is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games against Carolina.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Florida's last 7 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Carolina's last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Carolina's last 18 games against Florida.
Carolina is 14-4 SU in its last 18 games at home.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Carolina's last 9 games when playing at home against Florida.
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Florida VS Carolina
The total has gone OVER in 13 of Florida's last 18 games.
Florida is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
Florida is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games against Carolina.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Florida's last 7 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Carolina's last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Carolina's last 18 games against Florida.
Carolina is 14-4 SU in its last 18 games at home.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Carolina's last 9 games when playing at home against Florida.
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NHL 2025 PLAYOFF BEST BETS !
05/28/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0............................50.00%................- 0.50
05/27/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0............................50.00%................- 0.50
05/26/2025.....................0 - 2 - 0............................00.00%................-- 14.05
05/25/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%................- 0.50
05/24/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%.................- 0.50
05/23/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%.................- 0.65
05/22/2025.....................2 - 0 - 0...........................100.00%.................+ 10.75
05/21/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0............................50.00%...................- 0.50
05/18/2025......................0 - 2 - 0 ...........................00.00%..................- 10.50
05/17/2025......................2 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%..................+ 10.00
05/16/2025......................0 - 2 - 0...........................00.00%...................- 17.00
05/15/2025......................1 - 3 - 0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,25.00%...................- 10.50
05/13/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 10.00
05/11/2025......................1 - 2 - 0...........................33,33%....................- 6.00
05/10/2025......................4 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%...................+ 20.25
05/09/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 9.50
05/08/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 8.65
05/07/2025......................4 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 20.95
05/06/2025......................0 - 4 - 0..........................00.00%......................- 22.60
05/05/2025......................1 - 1 - 0..........................50.00%......................+ 0.10
05/04/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/03/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%......................+ 12,40
05/02/2025......................2 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/01/2025......................4 - 4 - 0...........................50.00%......................- 1.35
TOTALS..........................39 -28 - 0...........................58.20%.......................+ 37.36
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NHL 2025 PLAYOFF BEST BETS !
TOTALS...................39 - 28 - 0.....................58.20%....................+ 44.95
05/28/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0............................50.00%................- 0.50
05/27/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0............................50.00%................- 0.50
05/26/2025.....................0 - 2 - 0............................00.00%................-- 14.05
05/25/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%................- 0.50
05/24/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%.................- 0.50
05/23/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%.................- 0.65
05/22/2025.....................2 - 0 - 0...........................100.00%.................+ 10.75
05/21/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0............................50.00%...................- 0.50
05/18/2025......................0 - 2 - 0 ...........................00.00%..................- 10.50
05/17/2025......................2 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%..................+ 10.00
05/16/2025......................0 - 2 - 0...........................00.00%...................- 17.00
05/15/2025......................1 - 3 - 0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,25.00%...................- 10.50
05/13/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 10.00
05/11/2025......................1 - 2 - 0...........................33,33%....................- 6.00
05/10/2025......................4 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%...................+ 20.25
05/09/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 9.50
05/08/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 8.65
05/07/2025......................4 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 20.95
05/06/2025......................0 - 4 - 0..........................00.00%......................- 22.60
05/05/2025......................1 - 1 - 0..........................50.00%......................+ 0.10
05/04/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/03/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%......................+ 12,40
05/02/2025......................2 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/01/2025......................4 - 4 - 0...........................50.00%......................- 1.35
TOTALS..........................39 -28 - 0...........................58.20%.......................+ 37.36
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NHL 2025 PLAYOFF BEST BETS !
TOTALS...................39 - 28 - 0.....................58.20%....................+ 44.95
Armadillo Sports
Thursday’s 6-pack:
— Thunder 124, Wolves 94— OKC is in NBA Finals for first time since 2012.
— Guardians 7, Dodgers 4- Cleveland scored five runs in 8th inning.
— Cubs 2, Rockies 1- Colorado is 1-16 vs lefty starters.
— Blue Jays 2, Rangers 0- Bo Bichette homered in 9th inning
— Marlins 10, Padres 8- Marlins scored three runs in 8th inning.
— Royals 3, Reds 2- Rookie Cameron has a 1.05 ERA in four starts.
Quote of the Day
“I wanted the fans to be able to enjoy the moment with us, I wanted them to be able to see it all with their own eyes. I wanted them to celebrate tonight in our building, go home, get drunk, whatever they do. I just wanted to make sure that above all I can give my energy and my effort to try to get these fans what they deserve.”
OKC Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Thursday’s quiz
In the football movie The Replacements, what was the name of the team Gene Hackman coached/Keanu Reeves played QB for?
Wednesday’s quiz
In the history of the New York Mets, John Franco has the most saves.
Tuesday’s quiz
In the history of the Oakland A’s (since 1968), Dennis Eckersley has the most saves.
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Thursday’s Den: Trends for every major league team
— Arizona (27-29)
Arizona lost eight of its last nine games.
Diamondbacks are 8-11 in one-run games.
Arizona is 2-11 in last 13 games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
— Braves (25-28)
Atlanta lost five of its last six games.
Braves are 16-9 at home, 9-19 on the road.
Under is 12-3 in their last 15 home games.
— Cubs (35-21)
Chicago won seven of its last eight games.
Under is 4-1 in their last five games.
Cubs are 27-15 vs righty starters, 8-6 vs lefties.
— Reds (28-29)
Cincinnati lost six of its last eight games.
Over is 5-1 in their last six games.
Last 9 series, Reds are 0-5 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
— Rockies (9-47)
Colorado is 2-14 since they changed managers.
Under is 14-4 in Rockies’ last eighteen road games.
Rockies are 1-16 vs lefty starters, 8-31 vs righties.
— Dodgers (34-22)
Dodgers won six of their last eight games,
Dodgers are 19-8 at home, 15-14 on the road.
Dodgers are 27-12 vs righty starters, 7-10 vs lefties.
Over is 11-3 in their last 14 home games.
— Marlins (22-32) )
Marlins are 7-6 in their last thirteen games.
Miami is 13-15 at home, 9-17 on the road.
Marlins are 1-8 in road series openers.
— Brewers (29-28)
Brewers are 18-10 at home, 11-18 on the road.
Under is 10-4 in their last 14 home games.
Over is 4-1 in their last five road games.
— Mets (34-22)
Mets won five of their last seven games.
Mets are 21-7 at home, 13-15 on the road.
Under is 12-4 in their last 16 games.
— Phillies (35-19)
Phillies won 10 of their last 11 games.
Phillies are 27-12 vs righty starters, 8-7 vs lefties.
Under is 12-5 in their last seventeen games.
Philly scored in 1st inning in 13 of 26 home games.
— Pirates (21-36)
Pirates won four of their last six games.
Pittsburgh is 13-16 at home, 8-20 on the road.
Over is 5-2 in their last seven games.
— St Louis (32-24)
St Louis won 18 of its last 23 games.
Cardinals are 9-2 when Sonny Gray starts.
St Louis is 19-8 at home, 13-16 on the road.
— Padres (31-23)
Padres lost eight of their last 12 games.
Under is 5-2 in their last seven home games.
Padres are 7-1 against their NL West rivals.
— Giants (31-25)
Giants lost six of their last nine games.
Giants are 26-13 vs rightly pitchers, 5-12 vs lefties.
SF is 17-9 at home, 14-16 on the road
Under is 10-1 in Giants’ last eleven games.
— Washington (25-30)
Nationals won seven of their last ten games.
Under is 11-5 in their last sixteen games.
Washington is 9-3 last 12 games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
— Famous birthdays, May 29th:
John (Blue Moon) Odom, 80 (1.13 ERA in 39.2 postseason IP)
Annette Bening, 67
Sam Clancy, 67
Eric Davis, 63
Jerry Hairston, 49
Raef LaFrentz, 49
Shaun King, 48
Carmelo Anthony, 41
Steven Matz, 34
Stanley Johnson, 29
Puka Nucuia, 24
Paul Skenes, 23
— Orioles (19-36)
Baltimore is 4-6 since they changed managers.
Orioles are 8-8 vs AL East foes, 11-28 vs everyone else.
Over is 8-4 in their last 12 games.
— Red Sox (27-31)
Boston is 6-15 in one-run games.
Under is 7-3 in their last ten games.
Red Sox are 16-14 at home, 11-17 on the road.
— White Sox (18-38)
Chicago is 8-5 in its last thirteen home games.
White Sox are 6-23 on the road.
White Sox are 12-29 vs righty starters, 6-9 vs lefties.
— Cleveland (30-25)
Cleveland lost three of its last four games.
Cleveland is 14-5 against its AL Central rivals.
Over is 4-1 in their last five games.
— Detroit (37-20)
Detroit is 21-8 at home, 16-12 on the road.
Tigers won their last four games, giving up five runs.
Under is 7-1 in their last eight games.
— Houston (30-25)
Astros are 20-10 at home, 10-15 on the road.
Houston is 2-6 in road series openers.
Under is 11-4 in their last fifteen games.
— Royals (30-27)
Royals are 5-9 in their last fourteen games.
Kansas City is 18-11 at home, 12-16 on the road.
Under is 16-9 in Royals’ last 25 games.
Kansas City is 11-7 in one-run games.
— Angels (25-30)
Angels lost their last five games, outscored 18-5.
Over is 9-3 in their last 12 road games.
Under is 5-0 in their last five home games.
Halos are 13-5 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
— Twins (30-25)
Twins lost three of their last four games.
Minnesota is 18-8 at home, 12-17 on the road.
Under is 9-3 in their last 12 games.
— New York (35-20)
New York won 16 of its last 20 games.
Under is 12-2 in their last fourteen games.
New York is 27-15 vs righty starters, 8-5 vs lefties.
— A’s (23-33)
A’s lost 13 of their last 14games.
A’s are 9-19 in Sacramento, 14-14 on the road.
Over is 8-3 in their last 11 home games.
— Seattle (30-24)
Mariners are 7-10 in their last seventeen games.
Seattle lost six of last seight home games.
Under is 7-2 in Seattle’s last nine road games.
— Tampa Bay (28-27)
Tampa Bay won seven of its last eight games.
Under is 16-7 in their last 20 home games.
Rays are 8-2 in last 10 games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
— Texas (27-30)
Rangers lost eight of their last ten games.
Texas is 5-13 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Rangers are 18-12 at home, 9-18 on road.
Under is 13-4 in their last 17 road games.
— Toronto (27-28)
Blue Jays lost five of their last seven games.
Under is 5-1 in their last six games.
Toronto is 8-10 in series openers.
— If the playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Phillies, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Mets, Padres, Cardinals
AL: Bronx, Tigers, Mariners. Wild Cards: Twins, Guardians, Astros
Thursday’s 6-pack:
— Thunder 124, Wolves 94— OKC is in NBA Finals for first time since 2012.
— Guardians 7, Dodgers 4- Cleveland scored five runs in 8th inning.
— Cubs 2, Rockies 1- Colorado is 1-16 vs lefty starters.
— Blue Jays 2, Rangers 0- Bo Bichette homered in 9th inning
— Marlins 10, Padres 8- Marlins scored three runs in 8th inning.
— Royals 3, Reds 2- Rookie Cameron has a 1.05 ERA in four starts.
Quote of the Day
“I wanted the fans to be able to enjoy the moment with us, I wanted them to be able to see it all with their own eyes. I wanted them to celebrate tonight in our building, go home, get drunk, whatever they do. I just wanted to make sure that above all I can give my energy and my effort to try to get these fans what they deserve.”
OKC Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Thursday’s quiz
In the football movie The Replacements, what was the name of the team Gene Hackman coached/Keanu Reeves played QB for?
Wednesday’s quiz
In the history of the New York Mets, John Franco has the most saves.
Tuesday’s quiz
In the history of the Oakland A’s (since 1968), Dennis Eckersley has the most saves.
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Thursday’s Den: Trends for every major league team
— Arizona (27-29)
Arizona lost eight of its last nine games.
Diamondbacks are 8-11 in one-run games.
Arizona is 2-11 in last 13 games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
— Braves (25-28)
Atlanta lost five of its last six games.
Braves are 16-9 at home, 9-19 on the road.
Under is 12-3 in their last 15 home games.
— Cubs (35-21)
Chicago won seven of its last eight games.
Under is 4-1 in their last five games.
Cubs are 27-15 vs righty starters, 8-6 vs lefties.
— Reds (28-29)
Cincinnati lost six of its last eight games.
Over is 5-1 in their last six games.
Last 9 series, Reds are 0-5 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
— Rockies (9-47)
Colorado is 2-14 since they changed managers.
Under is 14-4 in Rockies’ last eighteen road games.
Rockies are 1-16 vs lefty starters, 8-31 vs righties.
— Dodgers (34-22)
Dodgers won six of their last eight games,
Dodgers are 19-8 at home, 15-14 on the road.
Dodgers are 27-12 vs righty starters, 7-10 vs lefties.
Over is 11-3 in their last 14 home games.
— Marlins (22-32) )
Marlins are 7-6 in their last thirteen games.
Miami is 13-15 at home, 9-17 on the road.
Marlins are 1-8 in road series openers.
— Brewers (29-28)
Brewers are 18-10 at home, 11-18 on the road.
Under is 10-4 in their last 14 home games.
Over is 4-1 in their last five road games.
— Mets (34-22)
Mets won five of their last seven games.
Mets are 21-7 at home, 13-15 on the road.
Under is 12-4 in their last 16 games.
— Phillies (35-19)
Phillies won 10 of their last 11 games.
Phillies are 27-12 vs righty starters, 8-7 vs lefties.
Under is 12-5 in their last seventeen games.
Philly scored in 1st inning in 13 of 26 home games.
— Pirates (21-36)
Pirates won four of their last six games.
Pittsburgh is 13-16 at home, 8-20 on the road.
Over is 5-2 in their last seven games.
— St Louis (32-24)
St Louis won 18 of its last 23 games.
Cardinals are 9-2 when Sonny Gray starts.
St Louis is 19-8 at home, 13-16 on the road.
— Padres (31-23)
Padres lost eight of their last 12 games.
Under is 5-2 in their last seven home games.
Padres are 7-1 against their NL West rivals.
— Giants (31-25)
Giants lost six of their last nine games.
Giants are 26-13 vs rightly pitchers, 5-12 vs lefties.
SF is 17-9 at home, 14-16 on the road
Under is 10-1 in Giants’ last eleven games.
— Washington (25-30)
Nationals won seven of their last ten games.
Under is 11-5 in their last sixteen games.
Washington is 9-3 last 12 games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
— Famous birthdays, May 29th:
John (Blue Moon) Odom, 80 (1.13 ERA in 39.2 postseason IP)
Annette Bening, 67
Sam Clancy, 67
Eric Davis, 63
Jerry Hairston, 49
Raef LaFrentz, 49
Shaun King, 48
Carmelo Anthony, 41
Steven Matz, 34
Stanley Johnson, 29
Puka Nucuia, 24
Paul Skenes, 23
— Orioles (19-36)
Baltimore is 4-6 since they changed managers.
Orioles are 8-8 vs AL East foes, 11-28 vs everyone else.
Over is 8-4 in their last 12 games.
— Red Sox (27-31)
Boston is 6-15 in one-run games.
Under is 7-3 in their last ten games.
Red Sox are 16-14 at home, 11-17 on the road.
— White Sox (18-38)
Chicago is 8-5 in its last thirteen home games.
White Sox are 6-23 on the road.
White Sox are 12-29 vs righty starters, 6-9 vs lefties.
— Cleveland (30-25)
Cleveland lost three of its last four games.
Cleveland is 14-5 against its AL Central rivals.
Over is 4-1 in their last five games.
— Detroit (37-20)
Detroit is 21-8 at home, 16-12 on the road.
Tigers won their last four games, giving up five runs.
Under is 7-1 in their last eight games.
— Houston (30-25)
Astros are 20-10 at home, 10-15 on the road.
Houston is 2-6 in road series openers.
Under is 11-4 in their last fifteen games.
— Royals (30-27)
Royals are 5-9 in their last fourteen games.
Kansas City is 18-11 at home, 12-16 on the road.
Under is 16-9 in Royals’ last 25 games.
Kansas City is 11-7 in one-run games.
— Angels (25-30)
Angels lost their last five games, outscored 18-5.
Over is 9-3 in their last 12 road games.
Under is 5-0 in their last five home games.
Halos are 13-5 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
— Twins (30-25)
Twins lost three of their last four games.
Minnesota is 18-8 at home, 12-17 on the road.
Under is 9-3 in their last 12 games.
— New York (35-20)
New York won 16 of its last 20 games.
Under is 12-2 in their last fourteen games.
New York is 27-15 vs righty starters, 8-5 vs lefties.
— A’s (23-33)
A’s lost 13 of their last 14games.
A’s are 9-19 in Sacramento, 14-14 on the road.
Over is 8-3 in their last 11 home games.
— Seattle (30-24)
Mariners are 7-10 in their last seventeen games.
Seattle lost six of last seight home games.
Under is 7-2 in Seattle’s last nine road games.
— Tampa Bay (28-27)
Tampa Bay won seven of its last eight games.
Under is 16-7 in their last 20 home games.
Rays are 8-2 in last 10 games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
— Texas (27-30)
Rangers lost eight of their last ten games.
Texas is 5-13 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Rangers are 18-12 at home, 9-18 on road.
Under is 13-4 in their last 17 road games.
— Toronto (27-28)
Blue Jays lost five of their last seven games.
Under is 5-1 in their last six games.
Toronto is 8-10 in series openers.
— If the playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Phillies, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Mets, Padres, Cardinals
AL: Bronx, Tigers, Mariners. Wild Cards: Twins, Guardians, Astros
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Edmonton VS Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Edmonton's last 6 games.
Edmonton is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games.
Edmonton is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games against Dallas.
Edmonton is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas' last 7 games.
Dallas is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Dallas' last 6 games against Edmonton.
Dallas is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home.
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Thursday, May 29
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Edmonton VS Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Edmonton's last 6 games.
Edmonton is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games.
Edmonton is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games against Dallas.
Edmonton is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas' last 7 games.
Dallas is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Dallas' last 6 games against Edmonton.
Dallas is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home.
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NHL 2025 PLAYOFF BEST BETS !
05/29/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0............................50.00%...............+ 0.45
05/28/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0............................50.00%................- 0.50
05/27/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0............................50.00%................- 0.50
05/26/2025.....................0 - 2 - 0............................00.00%................-- 14.05
05/25/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%................- 0.50
05/24/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%.................- 0.50
05/23/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%.................- 0.65
05/22/2025.....................2 - 0 - 0...........................100.00%.................+ 10.75
05/21/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0............................50.00%...................- 0.50
05/18/2025......................0 - 2 - 0 ...........................00.00%..................- 10.50
05/17/2025......................2 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%..................+ 10.00
05/16/2025......................0 - 2 - 0...........................00.00%...................- 17.00
05/15/2025......................1 - 3 - 0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,25.00%...................- 10.50
05/13/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 10.00
05/11/2025......................1 - 2 - 0...........................33,33%....................- 6.00
05/10/2025......................4 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%...................+ 20.25
05/09/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 9.50
05/08/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 8.65
05/07/2025......................4 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 20.95
05/06/2025......................0 - 4 - 0..........................00.00%......................- 22.60
05/05/2025......................1 - 1 - 0..........................50.00%......................+ 0.10
05/04/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/03/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%......................+ 12,40
05/02/2025......................2 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/01/2025......................4 - 4 - 0...........................50.00%......................- 1.35
TOTALS..........................40 -29 - 0...........................57.97%.......................+ 37.81
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NHL 2025 PLAYOFF BEST BETS !
TOTALS...................39 - 28 - 0.....................58.20%....................+ 44.95
05/29/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0............................50.00%...............+ 0.45
05/28/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0............................50.00%................- 0.50
05/27/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0............................50.00%................- 0.50
05/26/2025.....................0 - 2 - 0............................00.00%................-- 14.05
05/25/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%................- 0.50
05/24/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%.................- 0.50
05/23/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0.............................50.00%.................- 0.65
05/22/2025.....................2 - 0 - 0...........................100.00%.................+ 10.75
05/21/2025.....................1 - 1 - 0............................50.00%...................- 0.50
05/18/2025......................0 - 2 - 0 ...........................00.00%..................- 10.50
05/17/2025......................2 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%..................+ 10.00
05/16/2025......................0 - 2 - 0...........................00.00%...................- 17.00
05/15/2025......................1 - 3 - 0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,25.00%...................- 10.50
05/13/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 10.00
05/11/2025......................1 - 2 - 0...........................33,33%....................- 6.00
05/10/2025......................4 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%...................+ 20.25
05/09/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 9.50
05/08/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 8.65
05/07/2025......................4 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 20.95
05/06/2025......................0 - 4 - 0..........................00.00%......................- 22.60
05/05/2025......................1 - 1 - 0..........................50.00%......................+ 0.10
05/04/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/03/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%......................+ 12,40
05/02/2025......................2 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/01/2025......................4 - 4 - 0...........................50.00%......................- 1.35
TOTALS..........................40 -29 - 0...........................57.97%.......................+ 37.81
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NHL 2025 PLAYOFF BEST BETS !
TOTALS...................39 - 28 - 0.....................58.20%....................+ 44.95
Friday’s 6-pack:
— Knicks 111, Pacers 94- Knicks were +26 with Towns on the floor.
— Nationals 9, Mariners 3 (10)- Washington scored 7 runs in the 10th.
— Phillies 5-3, Braves 4-9; Chris Sale threw six shutout IP in nightcap.
— Blue Jays 12, A’s 0- Toronto scored eight runs in second inning.
— Rays 13, Astros 3- Game was 3-3 after six innings.
— Edmonton 6, Dallas 3- Florida-Edmonton are in Stanley Cup final.
Quote of the Day
“Anyone who’s ever been in my situation would agree that it sucks.”
Titans’ QB Will Levis; Tennessee drafted QB Cam Ward this past spring
Friday’s quiz
Since the 2009-10 NBA season, which team has won the most playoff games?
Thursday’s quiz
In the football movie The Replacements, Gene Hackman coached/Keanu Reeves played QB for the fictional Washington Sentinels.
Wednesday’s quiz
In the history of the New York Mets, John Franco has the most saves.
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— Batman— When you’re six years old, and in the opening credits every week, they show “WHAP!!! POW!!! BIFF!!!” and your name is Biff, this quickly becomes a favorite show.
The villains were some pretty big stars back then (Burgess Meredith, Cesar Romero, Milton Berle, Vincent Price, Liberace, Ethel Merman)
I haven’t seen much of the Batman movies that have been made over the years, but the TV show had some humor; one week there was a 3-foot Martian on the loose in Gotham City, and Robin blurts out “Holy interplanetary yardstick, Batman!!!” Good stuff.
— Billions— Showtime series about a hedge fund manager who pushes the boundaries of the law while his marriage falls apart. His arch-enemy is a prosecutor in NYC who is into S&M and his wife is his dominatrix— the wife is also the psychiatrist for the hedge fund manager’s company.
Trivia: Paul Giamatti plays the prosecutor; he is the son of former baseball commissioner Bart Giamatti. I suggested a cameo role for Pete Rose, but that never happened.
— CSI— I spent a good chunk of my work career searching fingerprints and working for the NY State Division of Criminal Justice, so I enjoyed all the CSI shows, but especially the one set in Las Vegas— the actors seemed to have a chemistry working together.
One of my weirder ideas (a teacher friend of mine scoffed at this) is that CSI should be taught to all high school kids, so they realize how difficult it is to get away with crimes, so maybe there would be fewer crimes. What could it hurt?
— Green Acres— As a kid, I spent lot of hours watching Green Acres re-runs; my dad would walk into the room, say “Why the hell are you watching that?”, but within five minutes, he’d be sitting there laughing harder than me and would leave the room before my mother came in and saw the both of us laughing. She wasn’t a big fan of Hank Kimball or Arnold Ziffel.
— Law and Order— 20 years, 456 episodes, a great launching point for lot of acting careers, not to mention the spinoff shows that branched off this original show.
Take Billions; there are 32 actors who have appeared in 12+ episodes of Billons; 14 of those 32 actors appeared in at least one episode of Law and Order, and two others were in Law and Order SVU, and that doesn’t count Eric Bogosian, who was in Law and Order: Criminal Intent for 61 episodes, but was only in 11 episodes of Billions.
— Magnum PI— I’ve never been to Hawai’i, but if I ever went, would like to visit Robin Masters’ estate; I’m told you can visit there, it is kind of a museum or something.
One of the best episodes was when Frank Sinatra played a retired New York City cop whose granddaughter was murdered— this was near the end of both the series and Sinatra’s career.
The overriding themes of the show were that great friends will do all kinds of stuff for each other, and if you’re really good looking and drive a Ferrari, women will like you
Famous birthdays, May 30th:
Mike LaCoss, 69
Billy Donovan, 60
Manny Ramirez, 53
Jordan Palmer, 41
Zack Wheeler, 35
Harrison Barnes, 33
Jeremy Lamb, 33
Shaedon Sharpe, 22
— M*A*S*H— Years later, after watching re-runs of this show on our local channel 10 and the Boston channel for hours at a time, it dawned on me that this was actually a very sad show, with humor/jokes masking the grotesque sadness of wartime Korea.
The McLean Stevenson episodes were the best; he was Colonel Henry Blake for the first 75 episodes, and a lot of them were classics, just funny as hell.
— Mr Ed— This show ran on network TV from 1961-66, so I never saw it until the re-runs came on at 4:30 weekdays on a local channel in the early 70’s. Mr Ed was a talking horse, but he only talked to Wilbur Post, an architect who worked at home but never actually seemed to work.
Mr Ed was a big Dodger fan; his favorite player was OF Willie Davis. In one episode, the horse takes batting practice against Sandy Koufax, and hits a ball off the wall at Dodger Stadium, with the bat held in his mouth. A fun show, not necessarily a realistic one.
— Odd Couple— As a kid, Oscar Madison was one of my heroes; a sportswriter who always spilled food on his clothes but was a good natured guy who somehow dated a doctor or one of the Pidgeon sisters.
To this day when I see my cousin’s husband, we recite lines from Odd Couple episodes; when they owned a greyhound racing dog , or appeared on Password (a game show), or when Oscar dated a princess from some obscure European country “You bought her a salty pretzel; oh, boy!!!” Great stuff.
— Ray Donovan— The most violent program on this list; just about everybody on this Showtime series that isn’t related to the Donovans eventually winds up dead.
Ray Donovan is a fixer for rich people, but he can’t fix his own family; his wife passes away from cancer, and the last time we saw him, he was still struggling with that.
Live Schreber plays Ray, Jon Voight plays his father (a genuine creep); they’ve had guest stars like Susan Sarandon, James Woods, Wendell Pierce, Hank Azaria. Alan Alda, C Thomas Howell.
Very good show but also very violent.
— Suits— This show was about a law firm that hired a young guy with a photographic memory who had one small problem— he is a college dropout who never went to law school, but he gets paid to take bar exams for other people.
The show had to change directions because one of the actresses (Meghan Markle) moved to England after she married Prince Harry in real life. Her character was married to Mike (the fraudulent lawyer) so they got written out of the last couple years of the show.
They introduced Suits LA this year, which is similar; Harvey Spector (Gabriel Macht) made a couple appearances, as did Louis Litt (Rick Hoffman). Pretty good show.
— West Wing— Martin Sheen plays the President in this show; his cabinet included Rob Lowe, Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer— great cast.
Actor Duke Hill was in both West Wing and Suits; Mary Louise Parker was in this and is also in Billions. Alan Alda was in this, Ray Donovan and of course, M*A*S*H
Jimmy Smits, Mary MacCormack, Tim Matheson, Gary Cole, just a ton of excellent actors.
In one episode, President Bartlet has to throw out the first pitch at an Orioles’ game, but he never played ball, so one of his aides has to teach him how to throw a baseball in a hallway in the White House, where an errant toss breaks an expensive vase.
— White Shadow— Ken Howard plays a washed-up NBA player who becomes a high school basketball coach in Los Angeles. Show only lasted three years, because well, high school kids graduate so they would’ve had to turn most of the cast over every other year.
The basketball scenes were really well-done; Gwyneth Paltrow’s father was the creator of the show. Lot of the issues they tackled in this show were issues that real high school in the inner city had to deal with. Ken Howard was great as Coach Reeves; he wasn’t some all-knowing guy; he had flaws but he fought for his kids and they respected him for it (most of the time).
— Knicks 111, Pacers 94- Knicks were +26 with Towns on the floor.
— Nationals 9, Mariners 3 (10)- Washington scored 7 runs in the 10th.
— Phillies 5-3, Braves 4-9; Chris Sale threw six shutout IP in nightcap.
— Blue Jays 12, A’s 0- Toronto scored eight runs in second inning.
— Rays 13, Astros 3- Game was 3-3 after six innings.
— Edmonton 6, Dallas 3- Florida-Edmonton are in Stanley Cup final.
Quote of the Day
“Anyone who’s ever been in my situation would agree that it sucks.”
Titans’ QB Will Levis; Tennessee drafted QB Cam Ward this past spring
Friday’s quiz
Since the 2009-10 NBA season, which team has won the most playoff games?
Thursday’s quiz
In the football movie The Replacements, Gene Hackman coached/Keanu Reeves played QB for the fictional Washington Sentinels.
Wednesday’s quiz
In the history of the New York Mets, John Franco has the most saves.
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Friday’s Den: 13 of my favorite TV shows…….
13 of my favorite TV shows (in alphabetical order):— Batman— When you’re six years old, and in the opening credits every week, they show “WHAP!!! POW!!! BIFF!!!” and your name is Biff, this quickly becomes a favorite show.
The villains were some pretty big stars back then (Burgess Meredith, Cesar Romero, Milton Berle, Vincent Price, Liberace, Ethel Merman)
I haven’t seen much of the Batman movies that have been made over the years, but the TV show had some humor; one week there was a 3-foot Martian on the loose in Gotham City, and Robin blurts out “Holy interplanetary yardstick, Batman!!!” Good stuff.
— Billions— Showtime series about a hedge fund manager who pushes the boundaries of the law while his marriage falls apart. His arch-enemy is a prosecutor in NYC who is into S&M and his wife is his dominatrix— the wife is also the psychiatrist for the hedge fund manager’s company.
Trivia: Paul Giamatti plays the prosecutor; he is the son of former baseball commissioner Bart Giamatti. I suggested a cameo role for Pete Rose, but that never happened.
— CSI— I spent a good chunk of my work career searching fingerprints and working for the NY State Division of Criminal Justice, so I enjoyed all the CSI shows, but especially the one set in Las Vegas— the actors seemed to have a chemistry working together.
One of my weirder ideas (a teacher friend of mine scoffed at this) is that CSI should be taught to all high school kids, so they realize how difficult it is to get away with crimes, so maybe there would be fewer crimes. What could it hurt?
— Green Acres— As a kid, I spent lot of hours watching Green Acres re-runs; my dad would walk into the room, say “Why the hell are you watching that?”, but within five minutes, he’d be sitting there laughing harder than me and would leave the room before my mother came in and saw the both of us laughing. She wasn’t a big fan of Hank Kimball or Arnold Ziffel.
— Law and Order— 20 years, 456 episodes, a great launching point for lot of acting careers, not to mention the spinoff shows that branched off this original show.
Take Billions; there are 32 actors who have appeared in 12+ episodes of Billons; 14 of those 32 actors appeared in at least one episode of Law and Order, and two others were in Law and Order SVU, and that doesn’t count Eric Bogosian, who was in Law and Order: Criminal Intent for 61 episodes, but was only in 11 episodes of Billions.
— Magnum PI— I’ve never been to Hawai’i, but if I ever went, would like to visit Robin Masters’ estate; I’m told you can visit there, it is kind of a museum or something.
One of the best episodes was when Frank Sinatra played a retired New York City cop whose granddaughter was murdered— this was near the end of both the series and Sinatra’s career.
The overriding themes of the show were that great friends will do all kinds of stuff for each other, and if you’re really good looking and drive a Ferrari, women will like you
Famous birthdays, May 30th:
Mike LaCoss, 69
Billy Donovan, 60
Manny Ramirez, 53
Jordan Palmer, 41
Zack Wheeler, 35
Harrison Barnes, 33
Jeremy Lamb, 33
Shaedon Sharpe, 22
— M*A*S*H— Years later, after watching re-runs of this show on our local channel 10 and the Boston channel for hours at a time, it dawned on me that this was actually a very sad show, with humor/jokes masking the grotesque sadness of wartime Korea.
The McLean Stevenson episodes were the best; he was Colonel Henry Blake for the first 75 episodes, and a lot of them were classics, just funny as hell.
— Mr Ed— This show ran on network TV from 1961-66, so I never saw it until the re-runs came on at 4:30 weekdays on a local channel in the early 70’s. Mr Ed was a talking horse, but he only talked to Wilbur Post, an architect who worked at home but never actually seemed to work.
Mr Ed was a big Dodger fan; his favorite player was OF Willie Davis. In one episode, the horse takes batting practice against Sandy Koufax, and hits a ball off the wall at Dodger Stadium, with the bat held in his mouth. A fun show, not necessarily a realistic one.
— Odd Couple— As a kid, Oscar Madison was one of my heroes; a sportswriter who always spilled food on his clothes but was a good natured guy who somehow dated a doctor or one of the Pidgeon sisters.
To this day when I see my cousin’s husband, we recite lines from Odd Couple episodes; when they owned a greyhound racing dog , or appeared on Password (a game show), or when Oscar dated a princess from some obscure European country “You bought her a salty pretzel; oh, boy!!!” Great stuff.
— Ray Donovan— The most violent program on this list; just about everybody on this Showtime series that isn’t related to the Donovans eventually winds up dead.
Ray Donovan is a fixer for rich people, but he can’t fix his own family; his wife passes away from cancer, and the last time we saw him, he was still struggling with that.
Live Schreber plays Ray, Jon Voight plays his father (a genuine creep); they’ve had guest stars like Susan Sarandon, James Woods, Wendell Pierce, Hank Azaria. Alan Alda, C Thomas Howell.
Very good show but also very violent.
— Suits— This show was about a law firm that hired a young guy with a photographic memory who had one small problem— he is a college dropout who never went to law school, but he gets paid to take bar exams for other people.
The show had to change directions because one of the actresses (Meghan Markle) moved to England after she married Prince Harry in real life. Her character was married to Mike (the fraudulent lawyer) so they got written out of the last couple years of the show.
They introduced Suits LA this year, which is similar; Harvey Spector (Gabriel Macht) made a couple appearances, as did Louis Litt (Rick Hoffman). Pretty good show.
— West Wing— Martin Sheen plays the President in this show; his cabinet included Rob Lowe, Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer— great cast.
Actor Duke Hill was in both West Wing and Suits; Mary Louise Parker was in this and is also in Billions. Alan Alda was in this, Ray Donovan and of course, M*A*S*H
Jimmy Smits, Mary MacCormack, Tim Matheson, Gary Cole, just a ton of excellent actors.
In one episode, President Bartlet has to throw out the first pitch at an Orioles’ game, but he never played ball, so one of his aides has to teach him how to throw a baseball in a hallway in the White House, where an errant toss breaks an expensive vase.
— White Shadow— Ken Howard plays a washed-up NBA player who becomes a high school basketball coach in Los Angeles. Show only lasted three years, because well, high school kids graduate so they would’ve had to turn most of the cast over every other year.
The basketball scenes were really well-done; Gwyneth Paltrow’s father was the creator of the show. Lot of the issues they tackled in this show were issues that real high school in the inner city had to deal with. Ken Howard was great as Coach Reeves; he wasn’t some all-knowing guy; he had flaws but he fought for his kids and they respected him for it (most of the time).
Saturday’s 6-pack:
Week 1 NFL spreads:
— Cowboys @ Philadelphia (-7)
— Chiefs (-2.5) vs Chargers (@ Brazil)
— Steelers (-3) @ Jets
— Dolphins @ Indianapolis (-1.5)
— Panthers @ Jacksonville (-3.5)
— Giants (+6.5) @ Washington
Quote of the Day
“A mind is like a parachute; it doesn’t work if it isn’t open.”
Frank Zappa
Saturday’s quiz
In the history of the Houston Astros, who has the most hits?
Friday’s quiz
Since the 2009-10 NBA season, Boston Celtics (118) have won the most playoff games; Golden State is next, with 113.
Thursday’s quiz
In the football movie The Replacements, Gene Hackman coached/Keanu Reeves played QB for the fictional Washington Sentinels.
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Judge, Ohtani both homered in first inning.
Ohtani added a second homer in the 6th inning.
Dodgers improve to 20-8 at home.
— Astros 2, Rays 1
Yainer Diaz hit a walk-off home run for Houston.
Tampa Bay led 1-0 after seven innings.
Framber Valdez threw an 83-pitch complete game.
— Nationals 9, Diamondbacks 7
Game was 6-6 after the third inning.
Washington won 10 of its last 13 games.
— Twins 12, Mariners 6 (10)
Minnesota tied game with three runs in 9th inning.
Seattle led 4-2 after the sixth inning.
Mariners lost seven of their last ten games.
— Padres 3, Pirates 2
San Diego beat the Pirates for the 10th time in a row.
Pittsburgh left the bases loaded in top of the 8th.
Nick Pivetta is 6-2, 2.74 for San Diego this year.
— Brewers 6, Phillies 2
Christian Yelich homered twice, had four RBI
Milwaukee won its fifth game in a row.
Quinn Priester pitched six innings in relief for the win.
— Mets 4, Rockies 2
Francisco Lindor homered from both sides of the plate.
Mets won the last 25 games that Lindor homered in.
Colorado has lost six in a row, is 9-48 this season.
Famous birthdays, May 31st:
Clint Eastwood, 95
Joe Namath, 82
Sharon Gless, 82
Tom Berenger, 76
Susie Essman, 70
Chris Elliott, 65
Lea Thompson, 64
Brooke Shields, 60
Kenny Lofton, 58
Duane Causwell, 57
Dave Roberts, 53
Matt Harpring, 49
Jake Peavy, 44
Nate Robinson, 41
Spencer Schwellenbach, 25
— Stanley Cup Finals don’t start until Wednesday in Edmonton; pretty long layoff for the two teams.
Edmonton Oilers are -115 favorites against the Florida Panthers. It has been 32 years since a Canadian franchise won the Stanley Cup.
— Indiana Pacers lead the Knicks 3-2 in the NBA’s Eastern Conference final; Knicks are 0-14 in playoff series when they trailed 2-0. They need a road win Saturday to force a Game 7 in Madison Square Garden.
— Denver Nuggets hired interim coach David Adelman as their new full-time coach, but this week he fired four assistants, all of whom were with the Nuggets two years ago, when they won the NBA title.
Nuggets made headlines when they fired their coach/GM three games before the end of this year’s regular season, highly unusual for a team with a winning record.
— On a typical game night, the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder use around 500 towels; that’s a lot of freakin’ towels. Lot of laundry to do after every game.
— Los Angeles Dodgers have $102M in payroll on the injured list; Mookie Betts missed Friday’s game after he injured the 2nd toe on his left foot during an off-the-field incident Wednesday. He was supposed to have x-rays before Friday’s game.
— The other night in Anaheim, Angels walked Aaron Judge intentionally in both the first/second innings, which almost never happens. Angels lost the game 1-0.
— Was reading some stuff about the Red Sox, and their 2024 budget, which aired on a Netflix series about the team:
In 2024, the Red Sox……..
Spent $150,000 to buy 120 bats for each player.
Spent $19,000 on custom batting helmets.
Spent nearly $500,000, just on baseballs. Thats a lot of baseballs.
They also spent $500 on mud from the Delaware River in New Jersey, which is what they use to rub up the baseballs before each game.
Week 1 NFL spreads:
— Cowboys @ Philadelphia (-7)
— Chiefs (-2.5) vs Chargers (@ Brazil)
— Steelers (-3) @ Jets
— Dolphins @ Indianapolis (-1.5)
— Panthers @ Jacksonville (-3.5)
— Giants (+6.5) @ Washington
Quote of the Day
“A mind is like a parachute; it doesn’t work if it isn’t open.”
Frank Zappa
Saturday’s quiz
In the history of the Houston Astros, who has the most hits?
Friday’s quiz
Since the 2009-10 NBA season, Boston Celtics (118) have won the most playoff games; Golden State is next, with 113.
Thursday’s quiz
In the football movie The Replacements, Gene Hackman coached/Keanu Reeves played QB for the fictional Washington Sentinels.
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Saturday’s Den: Wrapping up a busy Friday night……..
— Dodgers 8, New York 5Judge, Ohtani both homered in first inning.
Ohtani added a second homer in the 6th inning.
Dodgers improve to 20-8 at home.
— Astros 2, Rays 1
Yainer Diaz hit a walk-off home run for Houston.
Tampa Bay led 1-0 after seven innings.
Framber Valdez threw an 83-pitch complete game.
— Nationals 9, Diamondbacks 7
Game was 6-6 after the third inning.
Washington won 10 of its last 13 games.
— Twins 12, Mariners 6 (10)
Minnesota tied game with three runs in 9th inning.
Seattle led 4-2 after the sixth inning.
Mariners lost seven of their last ten games.
— Padres 3, Pirates 2
San Diego beat the Pirates for the 10th time in a row.
Pittsburgh left the bases loaded in top of the 8th.
Nick Pivetta is 6-2, 2.74 for San Diego this year.
— Brewers 6, Phillies 2
Christian Yelich homered twice, had four RBI
Milwaukee won its fifth game in a row.
Quinn Priester pitched six innings in relief for the win.
— Mets 4, Rockies 2
Francisco Lindor homered from both sides of the plate.
Mets won the last 25 games that Lindor homered in.
Colorado has lost six in a row, is 9-48 this season.
Famous birthdays, May 31st:
Clint Eastwood, 95
Joe Namath, 82
Sharon Gless, 82
Tom Berenger, 76
Susie Essman, 70
Chris Elliott, 65
Lea Thompson, 64
Brooke Shields, 60
Kenny Lofton, 58
Duane Causwell, 57
Dave Roberts, 53
Matt Harpring, 49
Jake Peavy, 44
Nate Robinson, 41
Spencer Schwellenbach, 25
— Stanley Cup Finals don’t start until Wednesday in Edmonton; pretty long layoff for the two teams.
Edmonton Oilers are -115 favorites against the Florida Panthers. It has been 32 years since a Canadian franchise won the Stanley Cup.
— Indiana Pacers lead the Knicks 3-2 in the NBA’s Eastern Conference final; Knicks are 0-14 in playoff series when they trailed 2-0. They need a road win Saturday to force a Game 7 in Madison Square Garden.
— Denver Nuggets hired interim coach David Adelman as their new full-time coach, but this week he fired four assistants, all of whom were with the Nuggets two years ago, when they won the NBA title.
Nuggets made headlines when they fired their coach/GM three games before the end of this year’s regular season, highly unusual for a team with a winning record.
— On a typical game night, the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder use around 500 towels; that’s a lot of freakin’ towels. Lot of laundry to do after every game.
— Los Angeles Dodgers have $102M in payroll on the injured list; Mookie Betts missed Friday’s game after he injured the 2nd toe on his left foot during an off-the-field incident Wednesday. He was supposed to have x-rays before Friday’s game.
— The other night in Anaheim, Angels walked Aaron Judge intentionally in both the first/second innings, which almost never happens. Angels lost the game 1-0.
— Was reading some stuff about the Red Sox, and their 2024 budget, which aired on a Netflix series about the team:
In 2024, the Red Sox……..
Spent $150,000 to buy 120 bats for each player.
Spent $19,000 on custom batting helmets.
Spent nearly $500,000, just on baseballs. Thats a lot of baseballs.
They also spent $500 on mud from the Delaware River in New Jersey, which is what they use to rub up the baseballs before each game.
Sunday’s 6-pack:
Week 1 NFL spreads:
— Bengals (-5.5) @ Cleveland
— Raiders @ New England (-3)
— Cardinals (-5) @ New Orleans
— Buccaneers (-2.5) @ Atlanta
— Titans @ Denver (-7.5)
— 49ers (-1.5) @ Seattle
Quote of the Day
“The way to success is they way of the craftsman, where you work really hard for years. You show up every day, you do the work. You put your heart and soul into the work as you strive for excellence. You strive to create perfection, knowing you’ll never truly achieve it but hoping to get close to it.”
Unknown
Sunday’s quiz
Last time the Indiana Pacers made it to the NBA Finals, who did they play?
Saturday’s quiz
In the history of the Houston Astros, Craig Biggio has the most hits (3,060).
Friday’s quiz
Since the 2009-10 NBA season, Boston Celtics (118) have won the most playoff games; Golden State is next, with 113.
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(thru Saturday’s games)
Diamondbacks (27-31)
Gallen 4-8 (under 4-2 last six)
Kelly 6-6
Burnes 5-5 (under 4-1 last five)
Pfaadt 7-5 (over 3-1 last four)
Rodriguez 4-5 (over 6-0 last six)
Nelson 1-2 (under 3-0)
— Braves (27-30)
Sale 6-6 (under 6-2 last eight)
Schwellenbach 7-5 (over 6-2 last eight)
Smith-Shawver 5-4 (under 7-2)
Holmes 5-6 (under 5-1 last six)
Elder 4-4 (under 6-1 last seven)
Lopez 0-1
Strider 0-3 (under 3-0)
Blewett 0-1
— Cubs (36-22)
Imanaga 5-3 (under 6-2)
Steele 3-1 (over 4-0)
Taillon 5-6 (under last seven)
Boyd 6-5 (home team 10-1)
Brown 6-4 (over 9-1)
Rea 6-3 (over 4-2 last six)
Horton 4-0
Pomeranz 1-0 (opener)
Keller 1-0 (opener)
— Reds (29-30)
Greene 5-5 (under 7-2 last nine)
Lodolo 5-7 (over 6-3 last nine)
Martinez 3-8 (under 7-1 last eight)
Singer 7-4
Spiers 0-2
Abbott 7-2 (under 4-1 last five)
Petty 0-2
Suter 2-0 (opener)
— Rockies (9-49)
Freeland 1-11 (under 8-4)
Senzatela 2-10
Feltner 1-5 (under 4-0 last four)
Marquez 2-9 (over 7-3 last ten)
Dollander 2-6 (under 4-1 last five)
Blalock 0-3
Gordon 1-2
Palmquist 0-3
— Dodgers (36-22)
Yamamoto 8-3 (under 8-3)
Snell 2-0 (over 2-0)
Glasnow 3-2
Sasaki 6-2 (over 6-2)
May 5-5 (under 4-1 last five)
Knack 4-2 (over 4-2)
Gonsolin 3-3
Wrobleski 0-1
Miller 1-0
Kershaw 1-2 (over 3-0)
Casparius 0-1 (opener)
Dreyer 2-1 (opener)
Sauer 1-0 (opener)
— Marlins (23-33)
Alcantara 4-7 (over 7-4)
Gillispie 1-5 (over 5-1)
Bellozo 1-4
Meyer 5-6 (over 6-1 last seven)
Quantrill 6-5 (under 5-0 last five)
Cabrera 5-4 (under 4-1 last five)
Weathers 1-2
— Famous birthdays, June 1st:
Brian Cox, 79
Tim Daly, 69
Teri Polo, 56
Shane Matthews, 55
Paula Malcomson, 55
Alanis Morissette, 51
Santana Moss, 46
Nick Young, 40
Andrew Abbott, 26
— Brewers (31-28)
Peralta 6-5 (under 8-3)
Cortes 1-1
Civale 2-1
Patrick 5-7 (under 9-3)
Priester 1-6 (under 5-2)
Myers 2-3
Rodriguez 0-2 (over 2-0)
Alexander 2-2 (over 3-1)
Quintana 4-2 (under 5-1)
Henderson 3-1 (over 3-1)
Hall 1-0
Zastryzny 1-0 (opener)
— Mets (36-22)
Holmes 8-3 (under 3-0 last three)
Megill 5-6 (over 6-2 last eight)
Senga 7-4 (under 10-1)
Canning 8-3 (under 7-4)
Peterson 8-4
Tidwell 0-1
Brazoban 0-2 (opener)
— Phillies (36-22)
Wheeler 8-4 (under 3-1 last four)
Luzardo 8-4
Nola 3-6 (under 6-3)
Sanchez 9-2 (over 3-0 last three)
Walker 4-4 (under 3-1 last four)
Suarez 4-1 (under 3-1 last four)
Abel 1-0
— Pirates (21-37)
Skenes 4-7 (under 5-2 last seven)
Keller 3-9 (under 4-1 last five)
Falter 6-6 (under 7-2 last nine)
Heaney 4-7 (under 8-3)
Mlodzinski 3-6 (under 4-1 last five)
Harrington 0-1
Burrows 0-1
— Cardinals (33-25)
Gray 10-2 (over 9-3)
Fedde 3-8
Mikolas 6-5 (won last six) (under 5-2 last seven)
Liberatore 5-6
Pallante 7-4
Matz 2-0
— Padres (32-24)
King 5-5 (1-5 last six) (over 3-0-1 last four)
Cease 7-5
Vasquez 6-5 (under 8-3)
Pivetta 8-3 (under 6-2 last eight)
Hart 3-3 (over 4-2)
Kolek 3-2 (over 3-1 last four)
— Giants (32-26)
Ray 10-2 (under 7-1 last eight)
Hicks 4-5 (over 7-2)
Webb 6-6 (over 4-2 last six)
Verlander 4-6 (under 4-1 last five)
Roupp 6-5 (under 3-0 last three)
Birdsong 1-1 (under 2-0)
Harrison 1-1 (under 2-0)
— Nationals (28-30)
Gore 4-7 (under 5-1 last six)
Irvin 7-5 (over 4-2 last six)
Parker 7-4 (under 7-4)
Williams 5-6 (over 4-2 last six)
Lord 2-4
Soroka 2-4
Week 1 NFL spreads:
— Bengals (-5.5) @ Cleveland
— Raiders @ New England (-3)
— Cardinals (-5) @ New Orleans
— Buccaneers (-2.5) @ Atlanta
— Titans @ Denver (-7.5)
— 49ers (-1.5) @ Seattle
Quote of the Day
“The way to success is they way of the craftsman, where you work really hard for years. You show up every day, you do the work. You put your heart and soul into the work as you strive for excellence. You strive to create perfection, knowing you’ll never truly achieve it but hoping to get close to it.”
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Sunday’s quiz
Last time the Indiana Pacers made it to the NBA Finals, who did they play?
Saturday’s quiz
In the history of the Houston Astros, Craig Biggio has the most hits (3,060).
Friday’s quiz
Since the 2009-10 NBA season, Boston Celtics (118) have won the most playoff games; Golden State is next, with 113.
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Sunday’s Den: NL teams’ records, by starting pitcher…….
Teams’ records by starting pitcher:(thru Saturday’s games)
Diamondbacks (27-31)
Gallen 4-8 (under 4-2 last six)
Kelly 6-6
Burnes 5-5 (under 4-1 last five)
Pfaadt 7-5 (over 3-1 last four)
Rodriguez 4-5 (over 6-0 last six)
Nelson 1-2 (under 3-0)
— Braves (27-30)
Sale 6-6 (under 6-2 last eight)
Schwellenbach 7-5 (over 6-2 last eight)
Smith-Shawver 5-4 (under 7-2)
Holmes 5-6 (under 5-1 last six)
Elder 4-4 (under 6-1 last seven)
Lopez 0-1
Strider 0-3 (under 3-0)
Blewett 0-1
— Cubs (36-22)
Imanaga 5-3 (under 6-2)
Steele 3-1 (over 4-0)
Taillon 5-6 (under last seven)
Boyd 6-5 (home team 10-1)
Brown 6-4 (over 9-1)
Rea 6-3 (over 4-2 last six)
Horton 4-0
Pomeranz 1-0 (opener)
Keller 1-0 (opener)
— Reds (29-30)
Greene 5-5 (under 7-2 last nine)
Lodolo 5-7 (over 6-3 last nine)
Martinez 3-8 (under 7-1 last eight)
Singer 7-4
Spiers 0-2
Abbott 7-2 (under 4-1 last five)
Petty 0-2
Suter 2-0 (opener)
— Rockies (9-49)
Freeland 1-11 (under 8-4)
Senzatela 2-10
Feltner 1-5 (under 4-0 last four)
Marquez 2-9 (over 7-3 last ten)
Dollander 2-6 (under 4-1 last five)
Blalock 0-3
Gordon 1-2
Palmquist 0-3
— Dodgers (36-22)
Yamamoto 8-3 (under 8-3)
Snell 2-0 (over 2-0)
Glasnow 3-2
Sasaki 6-2 (over 6-2)
May 5-5 (under 4-1 last five)
Knack 4-2 (over 4-2)
Gonsolin 3-3
Wrobleski 0-1
Miller 1-0
Kershaw 1-2 (over 3-0)
Casparius 0-1 (opener)
Dreyer 2-1 (opener)
Sauer 1-0 (opener)
— Marlins (23-33)
Alcantara 4-7 (over 7-4)
Gillispie 1-5 (over 5-1)
Bellozo 1-4
Meyer 5-6 (over 6-1 last seven)
Quantrill 6-5 (under 5-0 last five)
Cabrera 5-4 (under 4-1 last five)
Weathers 1-2
— Famous birthdays, June 1st:
Brian Cox, 79
Tim Daly, 69
Teri Polo, 56
Shane Matthews, 55
Paula Malcomson, 55
Alanis Morissette, 51
Santana Moss, 46
Nick Young, 40
Andrew Abbott, 26
— Brewers (31-28)
Peralta 6-5 (under 8-3)
Cortes 1-1
Civale 2-1
Patrick 5-7 (under 9-3)
Priester 1-6 (under 5-2)
Myers 2-3
Rodriguez 0-2 (over 2-0)
Alexander 2-2 (over 3-1)
Quintana 4-2 (under 5-1)
Henderson 3-1 (over 3-1)
Hall 1-0
Zastryzny 1-0 (opener)
— Mets (36-22)
Holmes 8-3 (under 3-0 last three)
Megill 5-6 (over 6-2 last eight)
Senga 7-4 (under 10-1)
Canning 8-3 (under 7-4)
Peterson 8-4
Tidwell 0-1
Brazoban 0-2 (opener)
— Phillies (36-22)
Wheeler 8-4 (under 3-1 last four)
Luzardo 8-4
Nola 3-6 (under 6-3)
Sanchez 9-2 (over 3-0 last three)
Walker 4-4 (under 3-1 last four)
Suarez 4-1 (under 3-1 last four)
Abel 1-0
— Pirates (21-37)
Skenes 4-7 (under 5-2 last seven)
Keller 3-9 (under 4-1 last five)
Falter 6-6 (under 7-2 last nine)
Heaney 4-7 (under 8-3)
Mlodzinski 3-6 (under 4-1 last five)
Harrington 0-1
Burrows 0-1
— Cardinals (33-25)
Gray 10-2 (over 9-3)
Fedde 3-8
Mikolas 6-5 (won last six) (under 5-2 last seven)
Liberatore 5-6
Pallante 7-4
Matz 2-0
— Padres (32-24)
King 5-5 (1-5 last six) (over 3-0-1 last four)
Cease 7-5
Vasquez 6-5 (under 8-3)
Pivetta 8-3 (under 6-2 last eight)
Hart 3-3 (over 4-2)
Kolek 3-2 (over 3-1 last four)
— Giants (32-26)
Ray 10-2 (under 7-1 last eight)
Hicks 4-5 (over 7-2)
Webb 6-6 (over 4-2 last six)
Verlander 4-6 (under 4-1 last five)
Roupp 6-5 (under 3-0 last three)
Birdsong 1-1 (under 2-0)
Harrison 1-1 (under 2-0)
— Nationals (28-30)
Gore 4-7 (under 5-1 last six)
Irvin 7-5 (over 4-2 last six)
Parker 7-4 (under 7-4)
Williams 5-6 (over 4-2 last six)
Lord 2-4
Soroka 2-4
