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JUNE'S BEST BETS !

06/17/2023...............................8 - 9 - 1................................47.05%..................................- 4.65
06/16/2023..............................11 - 11..................................50.00%........ ..........................- 0.65
06/15/2023..................................5 - 7...................................41.66%........ ..........................- 7.05
06/14/2023................................11 - 4...................................73,33%........ ..........................+ 43.20
06/13/2023..................................7 - 7....................................50.00%....... ...........................+ 7.70
06/12/2023..................................7 - 2....................................77.77%....... ...........................+ 30.80
06/11/2023..................................7 - 5...................................58.33%........ ...........................+ 17.15
06/10/2023..................................7 - 6...................................53.84%........ ...........................+ 3.10
06/09/2023..................................7 - 8...................................46.66%........ ...........................- 2.35
06/08/2023..................................5 - 7...................................41.66%........ ...........................- 12.00
06/07/2023..................................6 - 7...................................46.15%........ ............................- 4.55
06/06/2023................................7 - 10 - 0............................41.17%............... .....................- 31.35
06/05/2023..................................1 - 7 - 1............................,12.50%.............. ......................- 31.50
06/04/2023..................................4 - 16................................20.00%.......... ...........................- 67.80
06/03/2023..................................6 - 5 - 1.............................54.54%.............. .......................+ 7.00
06/02/2023..................................9 - 7 - 1.............................56.25%.............. .......................+ 9.70
06/01/2023..................................2 - 5...................................28.57%........ ..............................- 16.50

TOTALS..............................110 - 123 - 4..............................47.21%............. . . ...................- 59.55
 

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Jun 17, 2023MLBTampa Bay
San Diego
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2
TB -104Loss
Jun 16, 2023WNBAMinnesota
Los Angeles
77
72
Over 163.5Loss
Jun 15, 2023WNBAIndiana
Chicago
92
90
Over 157.0Win
Jun 14, 2023MLBSan Francisco
St. Louis
8
5
Over 8.5Win
Jun 13, 2023MLBSan Francisco
St. Louis
11
3
Under 8.5Loss
Jun 12, 2023MLBSan Francisco
St. Louis
4
3
SF -120Win
Jun 11, 2023WNBALos Angeles
Minnesota
86
91
Under 162.0Loss
Jun 10, 2023MLBSeattle
LA Angels
6
2
Under 9.0Win
Jun 9, 2023NBADenver
Miami
108
95
DEN -3.5Win
Jun 8, 2023MLBSan Francisco
Colorado
6
4
Under 11.5Win
Jun 7, 2023MLBBaltimore
Milwaukee
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10
Over 7.5Win
 

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Sunday’s 6-pack

Royals 10, Angels 9— Angels led 8-2 in 7th inning.
Padres 2, Rays 0— Snell blanked his old team for six innings.
Reds 10, Astros 3— Cincinnati won its last seven games.
Cardinals 5, Mets 3— New York is 3-10 in its last 13 games.
Brewers 5, Pirates 0— Miley tossed five shutout innings.
Braves 10, Colorado 2— Atlanta won 13 of its last 16 games.

Quote of the Day
“Deep down we are all the same……to be liked, accepted, respected and not to mention loved is the greatest gift of all. Take care of yourself and each other.”
Jerry Springer

Sunday’s quiz
Who was coach of the Knicks when they won their two NBA championships?

Saturday’s quiz
Hines Ward is the all-time leader in receiving yards for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Friday’s quiz
Oakland A’s have won four World Series, under three different managers; two with Dick Williams, one each under Alvin Dark/Tony LaRussa.

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Sunday’s Den: 13 memorable TV game shows…….

13) Jeopardy!— I liked it better in the old days; Art Fleming was the host; he even appeared in Airplane 2- when the plane was in trouble, one of the passengers said “We’re in real jeopardy now!!!” and Fleming appears at the front of the plane with the Jeopardy! board behind him and one of the contestants says, “I’d like airplane disasters for $200, Art”

Jeopardy! Is low on this list because I never knew a lot of the answers.

12) Jokers’ Wild— Billed as “the game where knowledge is king and lady luck is queen” Jack Barry was the host. He’d get excited if a contestant spun and three jokers came up on the board: “joker, joker……..and a triple!!!”

Contestants answered questions based on categories determined randomly by a mechanism resembling a slot machine.

11) Deal or No Deal?— Howie Mandel hosted this show, and my dad loved watching it, not really sure why, but he did. He liked it so much that one year for Christmas I got him a Howie Mandel bobblehead; if you press the button, it asks “Deal, or No Deal?” The bobblehead is still sitting over there on the shelf.

10) $10,000 Pyramid— The game features two contestants, each paired with a celebrity; one teammate tries to guess a series of words or phrases based on descriptions given to them by their teammates. Whoever wins advanced to the big pyramid, where if the person got through all the categories in time, they’d win the $10,000 (or $50,000, in later versions of the show)

Dick Clark hosted this show for a long time; so did Bill Cullen. Some of the celebrities were a lot better than others at this game; pretty tough for the contestant to win any $$$ if their celebrity teammate was a nitwit.

9) Gambit— There were two teams of married couples competing; Wink Martindale was the host; there was a toss-up question, and if couple got it right, they could take the next card drawn, or give it to their opponent. If they got it wrong, the other couple controlled the card.

Each subsequent card was presented face-down and was turned up once the couple in control decided who should receive it. After a couple received any card (either by choice or by having it passed to them) and could potentially bust with another card, they could elect to freeze, preventing them from receiving any more cards.

Wink Martindale was excellent on this show; if a couple went over 21 and lost, he’d break out into his “…….too much, and the game goes to the Ostranders” bit. When I was 12, I loved this show.

8) Let’s Make a Deal— Monty Hall hosted this show, where the contestants would dress up in outrageous costumes and try to get Hall to pick them out. Once chosen, Monty Hall would give the person something of value, then ask if they wanted to trade it for whatever was behind one of three curtains on the stage; it might be a car, it might be canned squid.

There was no actual skill involved in the show, just the drama of seeing their reactions when they either won something big or got stiffed.

Remember the movie Last Vegas? The woman who played Kevin Kline’s wife in the movie is Joanna Gleason, who in real life is Monty Hall’s daughter.

7) Wheel of Fortune— Sad to hear this week that Pat Sajak is retiring as host after this season, his 41st year hosting Wheel of Fortune— the show has been on TV continuously since 1975.

Contestants solve word puzzles, similar to those in Hangman, to win cash and prizes determined by spinning a giant carnival wheel. Vanna White got famous simply by turning the letters on the board, and of course, because she seems nice and is beautiful.

Pat Sajak hosted a talk show in the early 80’s and left the daytime Wheel of Fortune; one of his replacements was Rolf Benirschke, who previously was a kicker for the San Diego Chargers.

6) The Price Is Right— When I was in high school, Price Is Right was on at 3:00, Match Game at 3:30. Spent lot of time watching those two shows.

Price Is Right is obviously still on, with Drew Carey having taken over for Bob Barker as host. Contestants compete by guessing the prices of merchandise to win cash and prizes; at the end there is a showcase, where the best prizes were won/lost.

In a 2007 article, TV Guide named it the “greatest game show of all time.”

5) Match Game— This show has had many different versions; the one I loved was on in the 70’s. Two contestants competed to match their answers with six celebrities on the panel, some of whom were there to provide comic relief.

Gene Rayburn was the host; Richard Dawson, Brett Somers and Charles Nelson-Reilly were the regular panelists (Brett Somers played Oscar Madison’s ex-wife in The Odd Couple).

I remember that two of the occasional celebrities were Joyce Bulifant and Elaine Joyce; their answers were usually terrible, hard to match.

4) Concentration— This show was on daytime TV from 1958-91; the hosts I remember were Hugh Downs (before he went to the Today Show), Ed McMahon and Bob Clayton.

This game took actual skill; you had to remember what was behind each square of the puzzle. If you guessed that #6 and #8 were the same and they were, they were taken off the board and parts of the puzzle were exposed. If you removed enough squares, it would be easier to solve the puzzle that was behind the squares.

There were 30 squares on the board; this game should come back on TV.

3) Password— Allen Ludden hosted this show; he was married to Betty White. There is a great episode of The Odd Couple, where Felix/Oscar go on Password and play against Betty White and her partner.

Two teams, each composed of a celebrity and a contestant, try to convey mystery words to each other using only single-word clues, in order to win cash prizes.

In the Odd Couple episode, Felix guesses “Aristophanes” as an answer, which was horribly wrong. Oscar tells him it was a ridiculous answer. The next word comes up “ridiculous” and Oscar’s hint was……. “Aristophanes” to which Felix answers “ridiculous!!!” Great TV.

2) Hollywood Squares— Nine celebrities sit in a huge tic-tac-toe board; contestants win a square when a celebrity answers the question— the contestant has to agree/disagree with their answer.

Peter Marshall was the host; his son Pete LaCock played for the Cubs for a few years. Once in a while, a contestant would screw up and choose the wrong square to play. Marshall would say, “I might have gone with Wally Cox to block, but this might work out for you”

Paul Lynde was most always the center square; Wally Cox upper left, Charley Weaver lower left, Rose Marie upper middle.

This show was on at 11:30 weekdays for most of my childhood.

1) The Gong Show— Chuck Barris invented The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game; he was later the host of The Gong Show, which was American Idol 20 years before, except virtually no one on the show had any talent.

Contestants would come on the show and perform; three celebrities were on the left, and if one of thought the act sucked (most of them did) they would bang the gong and the contestant left. Someone would win each show (there were some good acts) but the prizes weren’t much.

Chuck Barris was the star; he would say to someone who got gonged “I liked your act, but then again, I like gas fumes” It was bizarre TV, but it was funny as hell.

There was a regular who would appear every so often before commercials; the Unknown Comic. He wore a bag over his head, and would tell off-color jokes to Chuck, who would then send the show into commercials. “Chucky, Chucky, let’s dress up as a horse for Halloween. I’ll be the front end, and you just be yourself”

I was in college then, never scheduled any classes between 12-2; that’s when the Gong Show was on.
 

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BALTIMORE is 11-3 Over (7.7 Units) in road games in day games in the current season.

COLORADO is 46-61 SU (-21.1 Units) in road games in the first half of the season in the last 3 seasons.

MIAMI is 20-33 SU (-16.3 Units) in road games against left-handed starters in the last 3 seasons.

ST LOUIS are 35-55 SU (-25.5 Units) when the total is 9 to 9.5 in the last 3 seasons.

PITTSBURGH is 11-22 SU (-13.2 Units) in road games in June games in the last 3 seasons.

MINNESOTA is 175-219 SU (-65.9 Units) in all games in the last 3 seasons.

KANSAS CITY is 92-129 SU (-49.9 Units) in the first half of the season in the last 3 seasons.

CINCINNATI is 125-93 Over (22.7 Units) in the first half of the season in the last 3 seasons.

TEXAS are 9-1 SU (7.9 Units) in home games in day games in the current season.

OAKLAND is 20-13 SU (5.7 Units) in home games as an underdog of +175 to +250 in the last 3 seasons.

LA DODGERS are 34-19 Under (13.1 Units) when playing with a day off in the last 3 seasons.

SEATTLE is 13-33 SU (-23.3 Units) as a home favorite of -150 to -200 in the last 3 seasons.

ARIZONA is 137-103 SU (23.7 Units) when the total is 8.5 to 10 in the last 3 seasons.

SAN DIEGO is 13-4 Under (8.6 Units) at home when the total is 8.5 to 10 in the current season.

BOSTON is 12-4 SU (9.6 Units) in home games vs. an AL team with an on base percentage .330 or worse in the current season.
 

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Sunday, June 18

National League
Colorado
(29-44) @ Atlanta (45-26)
— Anderson is 0-0, 3.06 in six starts.
— Colorado is 4-2 in his starts.
— under 4-2
— allowed run in first inning: 1-6
— record in first 5 innings: 3-1-2
— He is 3-0, 3.38 in six starts vs Atlanta.

— Rockies are 3-10 in their last 13 games.
— Colorado is 13-25 on road.
— under 11-6 last 17 games
— scored run in first inning: 18-73
— record in first 5 innings: 24-38-11
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3.2-4-5

— Morton is 0-3, 4.88 in his last five starts.
— Braves are 6-7 in his starts.
— over 5-2 last seven starts
— allowed run in first inning: 4-13
— record in first 5 innings: 6-7
— He is 4-2, 3.89 in 12 starts vs Colorado.

— Atlanta is 13-3 in its last sixteen games.
— Braves are 23-15 at home.
— over 6-2 last eight games
— scored run in first inning: 31-71
— record in first 5 innings: 42-21-8
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3.1-3.1-3

Miami (40-31) @ Washington (27-42)
— Luzardo is 1-2, 6.61 in his last three starts.
— Marlins are 9-5 in his starts
— over 4-2 last six
— allowed run in first inning: 2-14
— record in first 5 innings: 7-5-2
— He is 0-2, 6.12 in five starts vs Washington.

— Miami is 11-3 in its last 14 games.
— Marlins are 18-5 in one-run games.
— Marlins are 19-18 on road
— over 4-2 last six games.
— scored run in first inning: 12-71
— record in first 5 innings: 31-26-14
— bullpen IP last 3 days: x-3.2-3

— Corbin is 0-2, 5.06 in his last three starts.
— Nationals are 7-7 in his starts.
— under 7-3 last ten
— allowed run in first inning: 5-14
— record in first 5 innings: 4-8-2
— He is 5-6, 4.02 in 17 starts vs Miami.

— Nationals lost 12 of last 16 games.
— Washington is 12-23 at home.
— under 6-3 last nine games
— scored run in first inning: 21-69
— record in first 5 innings: 24-35-10
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4.1-4.2-4

St Louis (28-43) @ NY Mets (33-37)
— Liberatore is 0-3, 4.95 in four starts.
— Cardinals are 1-3 in his starts.
— under 3-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-4
— record in first 5 innings: 1-3
— He hasn’t pitched against New York.

— Cardinals are 7-17 in their last 24 games.
— Cardinals are 15-22 on the road.
— under 6-1 last seven road games
— scored run in first inning: 27-71
— record in first 5 innings: 25-33-13
— bullpen IP last 3 days: x-2-2.2

— Carrasco is 1-1, 3.94 in his last three starts.
— Mets are 2-1 in his home starts.
— under 3-0 last three
— allowed run in first inning: 3-8
— record in first 5 innings: 3-5
— He is 0-2, 6.61 in three starts vs St Louis.

— Mets lost 10 of last 13 games.
— Mets are 17-14 at home.
— under 9-2 last eleven home games
— scored run in first inning: 13-70
— record in first 5 innings: 30-35-5
— bullpen IP last 3 days: x-3-2.1

Pittsburgh (34-35) @ Milwaukee (36-34)
— Ortiz is 1-3, 5.90 in six starts.
— Pirates are 2-4 in his starts
— over 4-2
— allowed run in first inning: 3-6
— record in first 5 innings: 1-4-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Milwaukee.

— Pirates are 2-8 in their last ten games.
— Pittsburgh is 16-19 on road.
— over 9-3 last dozen road games
— scored run in first inning: 19-69
— record in first 5 innings: 30-27-12
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3.2-3-3

— Peralta is 0-2, 5.-6 in his last three starts.
— Brewers are 4-7 in his last 11 starts.
— over 5-2 last seven starts
— allowed run in first inning: 3-13
— record in first 5 innings: 6-5-2
— He is 2-1, 2.84 in 17 games (8 starts) vs Pittsburgh.

— Brewers lost six of their last eight games.
— Milwaukee is 20-16 at home.
— over 3-2 last five games
— scored run in first inning: 21-70
— record in first 5 innings: 31-30-9
— bullpen IP last 3 days: x-3-4

San Francisco (37-32) @ Los Angeles (39-31)
— Webb is 1-1, 4.66 in his last three starts.
— Giants are 6-8 in his starts.
— under 9-0 last nine
— allowed run in first inning: 3-14
— record in first 5 innings: 5-4-5
— He is 2-5, 4.13 in 11 starts vs Los Angeles.

— Giants are 10-3 in their last 13 games.
— San Francisco is 13-2 in last 15 road games.
— over 4-0 last four games
— scored run in first inning: 23-70
— record in first 5 innings: 33-25-12
— bullpen IP last 3 days: x-10-4

— Gonsolin is 4-0, 2.20 in his last six starts.
— Dodgers are 5-4 in his starts.
— under 4-2 last six
— allowed run in first inning: 1-9
— record in first 5 innings: 6-3
— He is 1-2, 3.38 in three starts vs San Francisco.

— Dodgers are 8-13 in their last 21 games.
— Dodgers are 22-13 at home.
— over 18-7-3 last 28 games
— scored run in first inning: 28-71
— record in first 5 innings: 33-30-8
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 5-5-3.1

American League
Bronx
(39-31) @ Boston (35-35)
— Schmidt is 0-2, 2.05 in his last four starts.
— New York scored four runs in those four games.
— New York is 4-10 in his starts.
— under 5-0 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 4-14
— record in first 5 innings: 3-7-4
— He is 0-1, 4.50 in 5 games (one start) vs Boston

— Severino is 0-1, 6.43 in five starts.
— New York is 3-2 in his starts.
— over 3-0 last three
— allowed run in first inning: 3-5
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1-2
— He is 5-6, 3.97 in 13 starts vs Boston

— New York is 3-6 in its last nine games.
— Bronx is 18-14 on road.
— under 9-4 last 13 games
— scored run in first inning: 18-70
— record in first 5 innings: 33-22-15
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2-x-6

— Bello is 0-3, 3.00 in his last four starts.
— Boston is 6-4 in his starts.
— under 3-1 last four starts
— allowed run in first inning: 2-10
— record in first 5 innings: 4-5-1
— He is 0-2, 1.50 in three starts vs New York.

— Paxton is 1-0, 2.00 in his last three starts.
— Boston is 2-4 in his starts.
— under 3-3
— allowed run in first inning: 2-6
— record in first 5 innings: 3-2-1
— He is 0-2, 6.55 in two starts vs New York.

— Red Sox are 5-8 in their last thirteen games.
— Boston is 19-18 at home.
— under 9-4 last thirteen games
— scored run in first inning: 20-70
— record in first 5 innings: 25-38-7
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 6-2-5

Toronto (39-33) @ Texas (43-27)
— Bassitt is 1-4, 8.55 in his last five road starts.
— Toronto is 7-7 in his starts.
— over 3-1 last four road starts
— allowed run in first inning: 5-14
— record in first 5 innings: 5-8-1
— He is 5-2, 3.07 in nine starts vs Texas

— Toronto is 12-7 in its last nineteen games.
— Blue Jays are 20-20 on road.
— under 12-6-1 last nineteen games
— scored run in first inning: 17-72
— record in first 5 innings: 28-31-13
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3.1-3-5

— Gray is 5-1, 0.83 in his last six starts.
— Texas is 7-5 in his starts.
— over 4-2 last six
— allowed run in first inning: 3-12
— record in first 5 innings: 5-5-2
— He is 2-0, 3.57 in three starts vs Toronto.

— Texas lost seven of its last ten games.
— Rangers are 23-13 at home.
— over 6-3-2 last eleven games
— scored run in first inning: 19-70
— record in first 5 innings: 45-17-8
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2-3-3

LA Angels (40-33) @ Kansas City (19-51)
— Anderson is 1-1, 9.00 in his last three starts.
— Angels are 6-1 in his last seven starts.
— over 6-0 last six
— allowed run in first inning: 4-12
— record in first 5 innings: 5-3-4
— He is 0-2, 4.44 in four starts vs Kansas City.

— Angels won 10 of last 13 games.
— Angels are 20-19 on road.
— over 15-5-2 last 22 road games
— scored run in first inning: 20-73
— record in first 5 innings: 32-29-12
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-2-2.2

— Greinke is 0-2, 3.96 in his last five starts.
— Royals are 0-6 in his last six starts.
— over 3-0 last three home starts
— allowed run in first inning: 2-14
— record in first 5 innings: 4-6-4
— He is 7-5, 3.58 in 20 starts vs Anaheim.

— Royals are 7-24 in their last 31 games.
— Royals are 10-27 at home.
— under 12-6 last 18 games
— scored run in first inning: 26-70
— record in first 5 innings: 19-42-9
— bullpen IP last 3 days: x-3.2-4

Detroit (29-40) @ Minnesota (36-35)
— bullpen game

— Detroit is 4-14 in its last 18 games.
— Tigers are 14-22 on road.
— over 6-2-1 last nine games
— scored run in first inning: 18-69
— record in first 5 innings: 20-35-14
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-8-2

— Varland is 1-1, 5.60 in his last three starts.
— Twins are 4-5 in his starts.
— under 5-4
— allowed run in first inning: 3-9
— record in first 5 innings: 4-3-2
— He hasn’t pitched against Detroit.

— Twins are 5-3 in their last eight games.
— Minnesota is 21-16 at home.
— under 9-4-1 last 14 games
— scored run in first inning: 17-71
— record in first 5 innings: 30-30-11
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 5-2-7

White Sox (31-41) @ Seattle (34-35)
— Lynn is 0-2, 11.57 in his last three starts.
— White Sox are 5-9 in his starts.
— over 7-2 last nine starts
— allowed run in first inning: 7-14
— record in first 5 innings: 5-9
— He is 4-1, 1.93 in seven starts vs Seattle.

— Chicago is 3-6 in its last nine games.
— White Sox are 14-24 on road
— under 10-3-1 last 14 games
— scored run in first inning: 16-72
— record in first 5 innings: 27-35-10
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4.2-3.2-6

— Miller is 2-2, 7.58 in his last four starts.
— Seattle is 5-3 in his starts.
— over 3-0 last three starts
— allowed run in first inning: 2-8
— record in first 5 innings: 4-3-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Chicago

— Seattle is 4-3 in its last seven games.
— Mariners are 20-17 at home.
— under 3-0 last three games
— scored run in first inning: 21-69
— record in first 5 innings: 30-27-12
— bullpen IP last 3 days: x-3.1-3.1

Interleague games
Baltimore
(43-27) @ Cubs (33-37)
— Kremer is 2-2, 5.02 in his last four starts.
— Orioles are 8-3 in his last 11 starts
— over 6-3-1 last ten
— allowed run in first inning: 7-14
— record in first 5 innings: 8-4-2
— He hasn’t pitched against the Cubs.

— Orioles are 6-3 in their last nine games.
— Baltimore is 21-14 on road.
— under 6-3 last nine games
— scored run in first inning: 16-70
— record in first 5 innings: 31-26-13
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2.1-4-2

— Taillon is 2-1, 4.24 in his last three starts.
— Cubs are 2-9 in his starts.
— over 5-2 last seven
— allowed run in first inning: 4-11
— record in first 5 innings: 3-6-2
— He is 1-0, 4.18 in six starts vs Baltimore.

— Cubs are 7-1 in their last eight games.
— Chicago is 20-16 at home.
— under 12-6 last 18 games.
— scored run in first inning: 20-70
— record in first 5 innings: 30-29-11
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-4-4

Cincinnati (36-35) @ Houston (39-32)
— Weaver is 0-0, 5.40 in his last six starts
— Reds are 5-5 in his starts.
— over 6-3 last nine
— allowed run in first inning: 5-10
— record in first 5 innings: 1-6-3
— He gave up 3 runs in 5.1 IP, in his first start vs Houston.

— Reds are 10-2 in last dozen games.
— Cincinnati is 19-17 on road.
— over 16-9 last 25 games
— scored run in first inning: 25-71
— record in first 5 innings: 26-31-14
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3.1-3-3

— Blanco is 1-0, 3.18 in two starts.
— Astros are 1-1 in his starts.
— under 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0
— He hasn’t pitched against Cincinnati.

— Astros are 3-8 in their last 11 games.
— Houston is 20-17 at home.
— under 7-4 last eleven games
— scored run in first inning: 26-71
— record in first 5 innings: 37-22-12
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4-2.1-4.1

Cleveland (32-38) @ Arizona (43-28)
— Bibee is 1-1, 7.07 in his last three starts.
— Guardians are 1-4 in his last five starts.
— under 5-4
— allowed run in first inning: 2-9
— record in first 5 innings: 4-4-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Arizona.

— Guardians are 2-5 in their last seven games.
— Cleveland is 16-21 on the road.
— under 3-1 last four games
— scored run in first inning: 23-70
— record in first 5 innings: 27-29-14
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 6-4.1-0.2

— Davies is 1-1, 6.46 in his last three starts.
— Arizona is 4-2 in his starts.
— under 3-1 last four
— allowed run in first inning: 3-6
— record in first 5 innings: 2-3-1
— He is 0-0, 6.14 in two starts vs Cleveland.

— Arizona is 8-3 in its last eleven games.
— Arizona is 24-17 at home.
— under 10-3-1 last 14 home games
— scored run in first inning: 25-71
— record in first 5 innings: 32-27-12
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 5-2-3

Philadelphia (37-34) @ Oakland (19-54)
— Wheeler is 2-0, 3.24 in his last four starts.
— Phillies are 9-5 in his starts.
— under 5-2-2 last nine
— allowed run in first inning: 3-14
— record in first 5 innings: 7-5-2
— He is 1-1, 9.24 in three starts vs Oakland.

— Phillies won 12 of last 14 games.
— Phillies are 18-23 on road.
— under 11-4-2 last 17 road games
— scored run in first inning: 20-70
— record in first 5 innings: 28-34-8
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2.1-1-8

— Harris is 2-0, 4.84 in five games (1 start)
— He’s allowed 12 runs in 22.1 IP.
— He hasn’t pitched against Philadelphia.

— A’s lost their last four games.
— Oakland is 9-28 at home.
— under 6-3 last nine games
— scored run in first inning: 20-73
— you’re reading armadillosports.com
— record in first 5 innings: 17-44-12
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3.1-2-6.1

Tampa Bay (51-23) @ San Diego (34-36)
— bullpen game

— Tampa Bay is 11-4 in its last 15 games.
— Rays are 20-16 on road.
— under 4-2 last six games
— scored run in first inning: 26-74
— record in first 5 innings: 48-19-7
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4.2-2.1-2

— Musgrove is 3-0, 2.31 in his last four starts.
— Padres are 5-4 in his starts.
— under 6-3
— allowed run in first inning: 2-9
— record in first 5 innings: 5-3-1
— He is 0-0, 4.00 in two games (1 start) vs Tampa Bay.

— Padres are 6-3 in their last nine games.
— San Diego is 18-20 at home.
— under 33-14-2 last 49 games
— scored run in first inning: 23-70
— record in first 5 innings: 31-32-7
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 7.1-4-3

Umpires
— Mia-Wash— Over is 8-2-1 in last 11 Valentine games
— Colo-Atl— Home side is 6-1 in last seven Ripperger games
— Pitt-Mil— Underdogs are 4-4 (+$180) in last eight Eddings games
— StL-NY— Last six Merzel games stayed under the total.
— SF-LA— Favorites are 13-0 in Rackley games

— Det-Minn— Underdogs are 6-4 (+$531) in last 10 Morales games
— Tor-Tex— Underdogs won last nine Lentz games
— LAA-KC— Four of last five Riggs games stayed under total.
— Chi-Sea— Road team is 6-2 in Mackay games
— NY-Bos— Over is 5-2-2 in last nine Tumpane games.
Home side won six of last seven Hudson games

— Balt-Chi— Underdogs won 5 of last 6 May games
— Phil-A’s— Favorites won 5 of last 6 TGibson games
— Cin-Hst— Over is 7-3 in last ten Hamari games
— TB-SD— Underdogs are 3-3 (+$55) in last six Muchinski games
— Clev-Az— Road team won four of last five Hoberg games
 

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Sunday’s 6-pack

Royals 10, Angels 9— Angels led 8-2 in 7th inning.
Padres 2, Rays 0— Snell blanked his old team for six innings.
Reds 10, Astros 3— Cincinnati won its last seven games.
Cardinals 5, Mets 3— New York is 3-10 in its last 13 games.
Brewers 5, Pirates 0— Miley tossed five shutout innings.
Braves 10, Colorado 2— Atlanta won 13 of its last 16 games.

Quote of the Day
“Deep down we are all the same……to be liked, accepted, respected and not to mention loved is the greatest gift of all. Take care of yourself and each other.”
Jerry Springer

Sunday’s quiz
Who was coach of the Knicks when they won their two NBA championships?

Saturday’s quiz
Hines Ward is the all-time leader in receiving yards for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Friday’s quiz
Oakland A’s have won four World Series, under three different managers; two with Dick Williams, one each under Alvin Dark/Tony LaRussa.

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Sunday’s Den: 13 memorable TV game shows…….

13) Jeopardy!— I liked it better in the old days; Art Fleming was the host; he even appeared in Airplane 2- when the plane was in trouble, one of the passengers said “We’re in real jeopardy now!!!” and Fleming appears at the front of the plane with the Jeopardy! board behind him and one of the contestants says, “I’d like airplane disasters for $200, Art”
Thats funny
Jeopardy! Is low on this list because I never knew a lot of the answers.

12) Jokers’ Wild— Billed as “the game where knowledge is king and lady luck is queen” Jack Barry was the host. He’d get excited if a contestant spun and three jokers came up on the board: “joker, joker……..and a triple!!!”
Jokers Wild was sued for fixing the winners. They could actually control the cards coming up for yjhe Triple! Thats what took the show off the air.
Contestants answered questions based on categories determined randomly by a mechanism resembling a slot machine.
Surprised to know that contestants were schooled on the questions..Rumor of fact?
11) Deal or No Deal?— Howie Mandel hosted this show, and my dad loved watching it, not really sure why, but he did. He liked it so much that one year for Christmas I got him a Howie Mandel bobblehead; if you press the button, it asks “Deal, or No Deal?” The bobblehead is still sitting over there on the shelf.
Show was good IMO. Dad was right.
10) $10,000 Pyramid— The game features two contestants, each paired with a celebrity; one teammate tries to guess a series of words or phrases based on descriptions given to them by their teammates. Whoever wins advanced to the big pyramid, where if the person got through all the categories in time, they’d win the $10,000 (or $50,000, in later versions of the show)

Dick Clark hosted this show for a long time; so did Bill Cullen. Some of the celebrities were a lot better than others at this game; pretty tough for the contestant to win any $$$ if their celebrity teammate was a nitwit.
Dick Clark was class act.
Close friend of mine went to Clarks Home for recoding promotions and a woman came in and served drinks and food. The home was upper-class and so were the servants...so he thought. Moments afterward - Dick said he wanted to "introduce you to my wife"...
It was the woman who served them. Clark was very down to earth and had NO ego at all. his wife was the same.
My friend said he was impressed with Clarks generosity and was one of the most respected persons in entertainment - world wide.
9) Gambit— There were two teams of married couples competing; Wink Martindale was the host; there was a toss-up question, and if couple got it right, they could take the next card drawn, or give it to their opponent. If they got it wrong, the other couple controlled the card.

Each subsequent card was presented face-down and was turned up once the couple in control decided who should receive it. After a couple received any card (either by choice or by having it passed to them) and could potentially bust with another card, they could elect to freeze, preventing them from receiving any more cards.

Wink Martindale was excellent on this show; if a couple went over 21 and lost, he’d break out into his “…….too much, and the game goes to the Ostranders” bit. When I was 12, I loved this show.

8) Let’s Make a Deal— Monty Hall hosted this show, where the contestants would dress up in outrageous costumes and try to get Hall to pick them out. Once chosen, Monty Hall would give the person something of value, then ask if they wanted to trade it for whatever was behind one of three curtains on the stage; it might be a car, it might be canned squid.
Show was always good while he was there. He could deliver the lure really well.
There was no actual skill involved in the show, just the drama of seeing their reactions when they either won something big or got stiffed.

Remember the movie Last Vegas? The woman who played Kevin Kline’s wife in the movie is Joanna Gleason, who in real life is Monty Hall’s daughter.

7) Wheel of Fortune— Sad to hear this week that Pat Sajak is retiring as host after this season, his 41st year hosting Wheel of Fortune— the show has been on TV continuously since 1975.
Vanna Got her first break in Playboy. Yep! Nude and real nice. She had No flaws.
Contestants solve word puzzles, similar to those in Hangman, to win cash and prizes determined by spinning a giant carnival wheel. Vanna White got famous simply by turning the letters on the board, and of course, because she seems nice and is beautiful.

Pat Sajak hosted a talk show in the early 80’s and left the daytime Wheel of Fortune; one of his replacements was Rolf Benirschke, who previously was a kicker for the San Diego Chargers.

6) The Price Is Right— When I was in high school, Price Is Right was on at 3:00, Match Game at 3:30. Spent lot of time watching those two shows.
We watched it for the Hot Models.
Price Is Right is obviously still on, with Drew Carey having taken over for Bob Barker as host. Contestants compete by guessing the prices of merchandise to win cash and prizes; at the end there is a showcase, where the best prizes were won/lost.

In a 2007 article, TV Guide named it the “greatest game show of all time.”

5) Match Game— This show has had many different versions; the one I loved was on in the 70’s. Two contestants competed to match their answers with six celebrities on the panel, some of whom were there to provide comic relief.

Gene Rayburn was the host; Richard Dawson, Brett Somers and Charles Nelson-Reilly were the regular panelists (Brett Somers played Oscar Madison’s ex-wife in The Odd Couple).
Show was appreciated more in the later years as more stars contributed. Agree. Humor was good.
I remember that two of the occasional celebrities were Joyce Bulifant and Elaine Joyce; their answers were usually terrible, hard to match.

4) Concentration— This show was on daytime TV from 1958-91; the hosts I remember were Hugh Downs (before he went to the Today Show), Ed McMahon and Bob Clayton.

This game took actual skill; you had to remember what was behind each square of the puzzle. If you guessed that #6 and #8 were the same and they were, they were taken off the board and parts of the puzzle were exposed. If you removed enough squares, it would be easier to solve the puzzle that was behind the squares.

There were 30 squares on the board; this game should come back on TV.

3) Password— Allen Ludden hosted this show; he was married to Betty White. There is a great episode of The Odd Couple, where Felix/Oscar go on Password and play against Betty White and her partner.

Two teams, each composed of a celebrity and a contestant, try to convey mystery words to each other using only single-word clues, in order to win cash prizes.

In the Odd Couple episode, Felix guesses “Aristophanes” as an answer, which was horribly wrong. Oscar tells him it was a ridiculous answer. The next word comes up “ridiculous” and Oscar’s hint was……. “Aristophanes” to which Felix answers “ridiculous!!!” Great TV.

2) Hollywood Squares— Nine celebrities sit in a huge tic-tac-toe board; contestants win a square when a celebrity answers the question— the contestant has to agree/disagree with their answer.

Peter Marshall was the host; his son Pete LaCock played for the Cubs for a few years. Once in a while, a contestant would screw up and choose the wrong square to play. Marshall would say, “I might have gone with Wally Cox to block, but this might work out for you”

Paul Lynde was most always the center square; Wally Cox upper left, Charley Weaver lower left, Rose Marie upper middle.
Lynde was spectacular!
This show was on at 11:30 weekdays for most of my childhood.

1) The Gong Show— Chuck Barris invented The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game; he was later the host of The Gong Show, which was American Idol 20 years before, except virtually no one on the show had any talent.

Contestants would come on the show and perform; three celebrities were on the left, and if one of thought the act sucked (most of them did) they would bang the gong and the contestant left. Someone would win each show (there were some good acts) but the prizes weren’t much.

Chuck Barris was the star; he would say to someone who got gonged “I liked your act, but then again, I like gas fumes” It was bizarre TV, but it was funny as hell.

There was a regular who would appear every so often before commercials; the Unknown Comic. He wore a bag over his head, and would tell off-color jokes to Chuck, who would then send the show into commercials. “Chucky, Chucky, let’s dress up as a horse for Halloween. I’ll be the front end, and you just be yourself”

I was in college then, never scheduled any classes between 12-2; that’s when the Gong Show was on.
It was a giant hit. People started using "Gong" to others in every day life to shut them up with humor.

Thanks for posting UDOG.
You Bought back some memories.
 

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SUNDAY, JUNE 18​

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MIA at WAS01:35 PMWAS +131
U 9.0
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COL at ATL01:35 PMCOL +240
U 9.5
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STL at NYM01:40 PMNYM -136
U 9.5
+500 +500
LAA at KC02:10 PMLAA -121
O 9.0
+500 +500
DET at MIN02:10 PMMIN -204
U 8.0
+500 +500
PIT at MIL02:10 PMPIT +149
O 8.5
+500 +500
CIN at HOU02:10 PMCIN +122
U 9.0
+500 +500
TOR at TEX02:35 PMTOR +118
O 8.5
+500 +500
PHI at OAK04:07 PMOAK +196
U 8.0
+500 +500
SF at LAD04:10 PMSF -105
O 8.5
+500 +500
CLE at ARI04:10 PMCLE -110
U 9.0
+500 +500
TB at SD04:10 PMTB +130
U 8.5
+500 +500
CHW at SEA04:10 PMCHW +130
O 8.0
+500 +500
NYY at BOS07:10 PMNYY +124
U 9.0
+500 +500
 

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06/18/2023............................... 5 - 15...................................25.00%..................................- 47.40
06/17/2023...............................8 - 9 - 1................................47.05%........... .......................- 4.65
06/16/2023..............................11 - 11..................................50.00%........ ..........................- 0.65
06/15/2023..................................5 - 7...................................41.66%........ ..........................- 7.05
06/14/2023................................11 - 4...................................73,33%........ ..........................+ 43.20
06/13/2023..................................7 - 7....................................50.00%....... ...........................+ 7.70
06/12/2023..................................7 - 2....................................77.77%....... ...........................+ 30.80
06/11/2023..................................7 - 5...................................58.33%........ ...........................+ 17.15
06/10/2023..................................7 - 6...................................53.84%........ ...........................+ 3.10
06/09/2023..................................7 - 8...................................46.66%........ ...........................- 2.35
06/08/2023..................................5 - 7...................................41.66%........ ...........................- 12.00
06/07/2023..................................6 - 7...................................46.15%........ ............................- 4.55
06/06/2023................................7 - 10 - 0............................41.17%............... .....................- 31.35
06/05/2023..................................1 - 7 - 1............................,12.50%.............. ......................- 31.50
06/04/2023..................................4 - 16................................20.00%.......... ...........................- 67.80
06/03/2023..................................6 - 5 - 1.............................54.54%.............. .......................+ 7.00
06/02/2023..................................9 - 7 - 1.............................56.25%.............. .......................+ 9.70
06/01/2023..................................2 - 5...................................28.57%........ ..............................- 16.50

TOTALS..............................115 - 138 - 4..............................45.45%............. . . ...................- 106.95
 

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Monday’s 6-pack
Over/under prop bets for passing yards this season:
4,325.5– Justin Herbert
4,325.5– Joe Burrow
3,875.5— Jared Goff
3,550.5— Jalen Hurts
3,499.5— Deshaun Watson
3,199.5— Daniel Jones

Quote of the Day
“You can’t control what people think any more than you can control the weather. But you can control who you are and find satisfaction in knowing that you did your best.”
Mike Leach

Monday’s quiz
Magic Johnson won five NBA titles playing for the Lakers; who was the Lakers’ coach when Magic won his first NBA title?

Sunday’s quiz
Red Holzman was coach of the Knicks when they won their two NBA championships, in 1970, 1973.

Saturday’s quiz
Hines Ward is the all-time leader in receiving yards (12,083) for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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

— ESPN has very little imagination; their last three Sunday night baseball games:
June 4— New York (A) @ Los Angeles
June 11— Boston @ New York (A)
June 18— New York (A) @ Boston

Dodgers played the Giants last night; that’s a pretty good rivalry, too. Show some other teams, promote the whole sport, not just the New York teams.

— Speaking of which………
Boston 6-4, New York 2-1— Giancarlo Stanton went 2-20 this week; he was 1-14 last week. With Aaron Judge hurt, this is where New York needs some production from a guy they’re paying $28M a year.

— Was a strong week on the road for some teams……..
Reds won their last eight games, all on foreign soil.
Miami won its last four games, all on the road.
Phillies won their last six games, all on the road.
Giants had a 6-0 road trip this week.
Angels went 5-2 on a road trip to Texas/Kansas City.

— Marlins 4, Washington 2— Miami is ten games over .500 for the first time since May 29, 2011.

— Reds 9, Astros 7 (10)— Cincinnati has come out of nowhere, winning 8 games in a row; they’re 37-35, a half-game out of first place in the NL Central. Maybe ESPN should put them on TV once or twice.

Why would the Astros rest Jose Altuve two Sundays in a row? With Jordan Alvarez hurt, Astros need Altuve in the lineup. If they want him to rest, let him freakin’ DH.

— Cardinals 8, Mets 7— New York has been outscored 52-21 in the first inning this season; they’ve given up 17 home runs in the first inning, hit only four themselves.

— Braves 14, Colorado 6— Atlanta outscored the Rockies 40-12 in this four-game series; Eddie Rosario homered in all four games.

— Giants 7, Dodgers 3— San Francisco has won 7 games in a row; they’re 39-32, 3.5 games behind Arizona in the NL West, a half-game ahead of the banged-up Dodgers.

— Angels 5, Royals 2— Halos are 11-3 in their last 14 games; they play the Dodgers two games in the Freeway Series this week in Anaheim.

— Washington Wizards are trading Bradley Beal to the Phoenix Suns for Chris Paul, Landry Shamet, several 2nd-round picks and also some pick swaps.

— RIP to Bob Brown, the great offensive lineman who passed away this weekend. He played 10 years in the NFL, mostly for the Eagles; he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2004.

RIP, sir.

Houston Texans (0-7-1) were the only NFL team that didn’t win a home game last season; Arizona (1-8) had the next worst home record.

— Movie of the Day— The Bodyguard (1992)— Kevin Costner plays a retired Secret Service agent who takes on the job of bodyguard to a famous singer (Whitney Houston), but her lifestyle is a lot different than a President’s.

The song “I Will Always Love You” that is so well-known from this movie was written by Dolly Parton.

The mansion where the famous singer lives is the same one that was used in The Godfather, when the “horse’s head in the bed” scene takes place.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Diamondbacks. Wild Cards: Miami-Giants-Dodgers
AL: Rays, Twins, Rangers. Wild Cards: Orioles, Angels, NYY/Hst.
 

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ST LOUIS are 36-55 SU (-24.5 Units) when the total is 9 to 9.5 in the last 3 seasons.

KANSAS CITY is 93-129 SU (-48.9 Units) in the first half of the season in the last 3 seasons.

MIAMI is 55-35 Under (16.5 Units) when the total is 8.5 to 10 in the last 3 seasons.

CHICAGO CUBS are 11-3 Over (7.7 Units) against division opponents in the current season.

CINCINNATI is 9-1 SU (7.9 Units) in home games against left-handed starters in the current season.

MINNESOTA is 176-219 SU (-64.9 Units) in all games in the last 3 seasons.

ARIZONA is 10-1 SU (8.9 Units) in road games when the money line is +125 to -125 in the current season.

CHI WHITE SOX is 32-17 Under (13.3 Units) in home games against left-handed starters in the last 3 seasons.

NY METS are 17-40 SU (-27 Units) in an inter-league game in the last 3 seasons.

SAN DIEGO is 120-77 Over (35.3 Units) in road games when playing on Monday since 1996.
 

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