Wednesday's List of 13

outlaw420 · Posted: Jul 21 2010 03:28 pm Post subject: Wednesday's List of 13

Clearing out a cluttered mind........

13) Clayton Kershaw/Joe Torre got tossed from Giant-Dodger game in the 7th inning, after Kershaw hit his second batter of the game; it proved to be costly, as interim manager Mattingly screwed up a rule in top of ninth inning, which forced him to remove closer Broxton, as Giants rallied for three runs in the ninth to escape LA with a 7-5 win.

12) Mattingly visited Broxton on the mound, turned to leave, took couple of steps off the mound, then went back to the mound, which technically is two visits to the mound, so the pitcher has to leave. Torres, Sandoval followed with hits, and the Dodgers suffered a damaging loss.

11) Lets compare two big leaguers who play the same position.........
Player A: .338, 7 HR, 37 RBI, 52 runs, .391 OB%, .916 OPS
Player B: .271, 8 HR, 44 RBI, 62 runs, .335 OB%, .719 OB%

Player A is three years younger; if you were looking at free agent SSs, which one would you give more money to?

10) Kevin Kouzmanoff drilled a game-winning single to right at 1:37am as the 48-48 A's came back from down 4-0 to beat the Red Sox. Balkin' Bob Davidson called a balk in the 10th inning that was huge in the outcome.

9) Strange stat on Lou Piniella; he made his big league debut in 1964 for the Orioles, playing in four games. He wound up winning Rookie of the Year five years and three teams later, for the '69 Royals. Without the big expansion (four teams) in '69, we might never have heard of Sweet Lou.

8) Carlos Silva has to be hurting; he's allowed 24 baserunners, 11 runs in his last two starts, getting a total of seven outs. In his seven starts before that, Silva was 3-2, 2.31. Something has to be bothering him.

7) On days when Matt Holliday is rested, Albert Pujols has to be treated like Barry Bonds; you can't pitch to him in any big spot, unless bases are loaded. he's just too good, especially if Holliday is sitting out.

6) 17 of 32 NFL teams aren't going away for training camp this year; as recently as nine years ago, 26 of 31 NFL teams went away for camp.

5) On June 11, Jets slashed the prices of 9,000 unsold PSLs, some by as much as 50%; they claim to have since sold almost 75% of those PSLs. It is going to be weird to see empty seats in the Meadowlands this fall.

4) NFL Media Guide always has defending champs on the cover; have to admit its very cool to see the Saints on this year's cover.

3) When you're staying in a hotel, do you ever wonder who was in your room before you, or who will be there next? I think of these things.

2) In #11 up above, Player A is Rafael Furcal; Player B, Derek Jeter.

1) How good a player was Wally Pipp, that he played ahead of one of the game's greats, Lou Gehrig? Pipp played 15 years in big leagues, hit .281 with 148 career triples, 90 career homers. Weren't many HRs back then. Pipp placed 8th/15th/15th in MVP voting in three different years. There were no All-Star games back when he played. Pipp wound up his career playing for the Reds for three years after Gehrig displaced him.

outlaw420 · Posted: Jul 21 2010 03:28 pm Post subject:

Wednesday's six-pack

-- Aramis Ramirez hit three HRs, knocked in seven runs as Cubs rallied from 6-0 down to pull away from the Astros, 14-7.

-- Pirates scored nine runs in bottom of first, but Milwaukee's starting pitcher Bush still pitched four innings. Bucs hung on for 11-9 win.

-- Jamie Moyer is hurt, Kendrick got sent to minors and Phillies look as if they're about to make a big trade. They're sinking in NL East.

-- Cardinals still haven't lost since the All-Star break.

-- Indians are suddenly on fire-- they've won their last six games.

-- Wild Card races........
AL-- Rays 56-37, lead Red Sox by 3.5 games. Angels by 6.5.
NL-- Reds 53-42, lead Rockies by a game, Giants by 1.5, Dodgers by 2.5, Mets by 3.5, Phillies by four games.

outlaw420 · Posted: Jul 21 2010 03:29 pm Post subject:

Daily Sports Roundup: July 21

Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Nats send their rookie ace out to the mound, while the Mariners host the White Sox, and the Dream search for a win in Washington.

Meeting up on the diamond . . .

The American League schedule for Wednesday has Tampa Bay at Baltimore, the Angels at the Yankees, Cleveland at Minnesota, Toronto at Kansas City, Boston at Oakland, Texas at Detroit, and the White Sox at Seattle. Gavin Floyd (5-8, 4.10 ERA) will get the ball for Chicago in that last game, while Felix Hernandez (7-6, 2.90 ERA) takes the mound for the Mariners. Righthander Floyd was tagged with a loss by the Twins in his last outing, surrendering four runs (one earned) over his five innings of work. Righthander Hernandez also lost his last start, giving up three runs on 10 hits over eight innings against the Angels. Hernandez struck out three batters in that defeat.

Meanwhile, the National League on Wednesday offers up Houston at the Cubs, Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, Colorado at Florida, San Diego at Atlanta, Philadelphia at St. Louis, the Mets at Arizona, San Francisco at the Dodgers, and Washington at Cincinnati. Stephen Strasburg (4-2, 2.03 ERA) will take on Bronson Arroyo (10-4, 3.96 ERA) in that Nationals/Reds contest. Righthander Strasburg picked up his second straight win last time out, holding the Marlins scoreless on four hits over six innings of work and fanning seven. Righthander Arroyo has won three straight starts; Arroyo beat the Rockies last time out, surrendering just two runs on five hits in five innings pitched.

Rounding out the Roundup . . .

As well, there's one game on the WNBA`s schedule for Wednesday, with Atlanta at Washington. The Dream (14-8 SU, 10-11-1 ATS) lost their third straight game last time out, falling 96-80 on the road to Connecticut. Angel McCoughtry picked up 27 points for Atlanta in that defeat. The Mystics (12-7 SU, 12-6-1 ATS) have lost two straight games heading into Wednesday`s matchup; they were beaten 61-59 by Chicago last time out. Crystal Langhorne had 12 points to go along with nine boards for Washington that game.

outlaw420 · Posted: Jul 21 2010 03:29 pm Post subject:

Bettor's best friend: Wednesday's wagering tips

Lines to keep an eye on

Rays at Orioles – The total for this game has jumped from an opener of 9 to 9.5 on most boards.

Indians at Twins – The home team opened as -170 favorites but that number has escalated to as high as -210. The total for the game has moved from 9 to 9.5.

Brewers at Pirates – An opening total of 9 has moved to 8.5.

Rangers at Tigers – Sharps have hit Detroit hard in this contest, moving the team from a +112 underdog to -110 chalk.

Atlanta Dream at Washington Mystics – The total for this game has been bet down from an opener of 162 to its current number, 159.5.

Weather report
(Forecasts are extracted from Weather.com the night before the game.)

Angels at Yankees – A 50 percent chance of rain is called for.

Blue Jays at Royals – The forecast projects a 40 percent chance of rain.

Rockies at Marlins – A 17 mph wind is expected to blow in from right-center field.

Nationals at Reds – A 30 percent chance of rain is called for. Tuesday’s game in this series was delayed because of rain.

Phillies at Cardinals – There is a 40-50 percent chance of precipitation.

Who’s hot

The Cardinals have won seven games in a row.

Going into Tuesday, the Giants were 8-2 over a 10-game span.

Who’s not

The Tigers have lost seven straight games.

Atlanta (WNBA) has lost five straight ATS and is 2-8 ATS in its last 10 games.

Seattle in 2-8 over its last 10 games.

Key stat

13 – Number of inside-the-park home runs in baseball this season.

Injury that shouldn’t be overlooked

The Dodgers placed outfielder Manny Ramirez on the 15-day disabled list for the third time this season on Tuesday, this time for a right calf strain – the same calf strain also landed him on the DL in late April.. Ramirez was hurt in Friday's game against St. Louis and had just come off the 15-day disabled list Thursday because of a strained right hamstring. Ramirez, who is hitting .317 with eight home runs and 39 RBIs this season, was replaced on the 25-man roster by catcher Brad Ausmus.

Notable quotable

"We didn't think about it 'cause that's not what we're about. From college I was trying to figure out how to beat Larry Bird."

-- Magic Johnson, echoing Michael Jordan’s previous statement, about how he would never have looked to join forces with Jordan or Bird like LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh have in Miami.

Tips and notes

- Most casual bettors aren’t aware of the MLB game prop: Will there be a run scored in the first inning? The odds are usually favored toward the answer of “NO” and they get even higher if a couple of aces are on the mound. But if a bettor placed a one unit wager on every Rangers game this season he would be well in the black. In 94 Texas games, there has been a run scored in the first inning in 52 of them. As of today, the Rangers or their opponent had scored in the first inning of five of their last six games.

- The Atlanta Dream of the WNBA are a weary bunch. They’ve been on the road for a week and haven’t covered the spread in five straight tries while winning just one of those games. Head coach Marynell Meadors said the team was “fatigued” in its last game which led to “some bad offensive shot selections.” She also went on to say that “commercial travel makes it really tough.” That’s right, they ride on the same aircraft we do, not the charter planes real professional get transported around in. The Dream are just 4-point dogs in Washington Wednesday and could be longing to get out of D.C.

- Toronto will trot out spot starter Marc Rzepczynski Wednesday versus the Royals. Rzepczynski will be pitching on three days' rest after making a 0.2-inning relief appearance Saturday. Before that, he hadn’t pitched since July 10 and came out of the bullpen for 0.1 innings of work. The Jays called up Rzepczynski from Triple-A on July 7 for a start and he went 5.2 innings with four earned runs. This guy probably doesn’t know his head from his feet right now and could be out of sync with this unusual pitching schedule.

outlaw420 · Posted: Jul 21 2010 03:29 pm Post subject:

On July 21 in Baseball History...

1921 - The Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees combined for an American League record sixteen doubles as the Indians won 17-8. Cleveland had nine doubles and New York seven.

1945 - The Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Athletics played twenty-four innings and ended in a 1-1 tie. Les Mueller pitched 19 2/3 innings for the Tigers.

1956 - Brooks Lawrence of the Cincinnati Reds had his 13-game winning streak broken as Roberto Clemente's three-run homer led the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 victory.

1970 - San Diego's Clay Kirby held the New York Mets hitless for eight innings but was lifted for a pinch hitter by manager Preston Gomez. With the Padres trailing 1-0 with two out in the eighth, Gomez elected to go for the win instead of letting Kirby finish the game. The Padres lost the no-hitter and the game, 3-0.

1973 - Hank Aaron of Atlanta hit his 700th home run in the third inning of an 8-4 Braves loss to Philadelphia. Aaron connected on a 1-1 fastball off Phillies pitcher Ken Brett.

1975 - Joe Torre of the New York Mets grounded into four double plays in a 6-2 loss to the Houston Astros. Felix Millan had four singles but was wiped out each time by Torre.

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