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2010 Baseball Page
Every day during baseball season, armadillosports.com analyzes daily baseball action, featuring on hot and cold pitchers, hot and cold teams, over/unders and home plate umpire trends.

Hot pitchers
-- Hamels has 1.93 RA in his last six starts. Miller is 1-0, 1.80 in two starts for Florida.
-- Myers is 2-0, 2.12 in his last five starts.
-- JGarcia is 3-0, 0.86 in his last three starts.
-- DHudson is 4-1, 1.99 in seven starts for Arizona.
-- Billingsley is 2-1, 2.04 in his last four starts.

-- Bergesen is 3-1, 3.46 in his last six starts. Nova is 1-0, 3.45 in three starts, but hasn't finished sixth inning in any of them.
-- Buchholz is 5-0, 1.60 in his last seven starts. Garza is 3-0, 0.99 in his last four outings.
-- Danks is 1-0, 2.08 in his last couple road starts.
-- Duensing is 3-1, 2.92 in his last five starts. Greinke is 1-0, 2.73 in his last five starts.
-- Gonzalez is 3-0, 1.04 in his last four starts. French is 3-1, 2.02 in his last four outings.

Cold pitchers
-- Lowe is 0-3, 5.32 in his last four starts. Duke is 2-3, 5.95 in his last seven starts.
-- Dickey is 1-1, 5.85 in his last three starts. LHernandez is 1-2, 12.00 in his last three starts.
-- Wells is 1-5, 6.60 in his last eight starts.
-- Capuano is 1-2, 5.94 in four starts this season.
-- Cook is 1-3, 9.56 in his last four starts. Arroyo is 2-3, 3.90 in his last five starts.
-- Zito is 0-4, 12.12 in his last four starts; his last road win? May 5th.
-- Luebke allowed four runs in five IP in losing his first MLB start.

-- Bonderman is 1-3, 7.22 in his last five starts.
-- Tomlin is 2-3, 5.59 in his last five starts, but did win last two starts. Kazmir is 0-4, 6.35 in his last five starts.
-- Holland is 0-3, 9.26 in his last three starts. Rzapczynski is 0-2, 9.53 in his last four starts.

Totals
-- Under is 5-2 in Lowe's last seven starts.
-- Last six Hanels starts stayed under the total.
-- Under is 9-3 in last dozen Dickey starts.
-- Last six Myers starts stayed under the total.
-- Three of last four JGarcia starts stayed under the total.
-- Under is 10-3-1 in last fourteen Arroyo starts.
-- Eight of last eleven Arizona home games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 7-1-1 in last nine Billingsley starts.

-- Last four Rzepczysnki starts went over the total.
-- Over is 10-5 in last fifteen Bronx home games.
-- Over is 10-1 in last eleven Bonderman starts.
-- Under is 4-1-1 in last six Buchholz starts.
-- Four of last five Greinke starts stayed under the total.
-- Four of last five French starts stayed under the total.
-- Under is 12-3 in Cleveland's last fifteen games.

Hot Teams
-- Nationals won four of their last six home games.
-- Cubs won six of their last nine games. Houston won 12 of its last 16 games.
-- Phillies won 10 of their last 13 games.
-- Reds won six of their last nine games. Colorado is 12-4 in its last sixteen games.
-- Giants won six of their last seven games.

-- Blue Jays won four of their last five home games.
-- Orioles are 8-3 in their last eleven games.
-- White Sox won nine of their last twelve road games. Tigers are 7-2 in their last nine home games.
-- Minnesota is 17-4 in its last twenty-one home games.
-- A's won seven of their last eleven home games.
-- Indians won three of their last four games.

Cold Teams
-- Marlins lost four of their last five road games.
-- Mets are 2-17 in game following their last nineteen wins.
-- Pirates lost seven of their last eleven games. Braves lost five of six.
-- Brewers lost six of their last eight games. Cardinals lost five of their last six road games.
-- Arizona lost its last four games, scoring eight runs.
-- Dodgers lost eight of their last ten games. Padres lost 10 of their last 12 games, but won the last two nights.

-- Rangers are 4-13 in their last seventeen road games.
-- Bronx lost last three games; they're 4-0 this year when they've lost their previous three contests.
-- Rays lost three of their last four games. Red Sox lost eight of their last twelve games.
-- Kansas City lost ten of its last fourteen games.
-- Angels are 4-11 in their last 15 games.
-- Mariners are 6-11 in their last 17 games.

Umpires
-- Atl-Pitt-- Seven of last eight Estabrook games went over the total.
-- Fla-Phil-- Five of last six Iassogna games went over the total.
-- NY-Wsh-- Underdogs are 5-3 (+$269) in last eight BWelke games.
-- Hst-Chi-- Road team won five of last six Vanover games.
-- StL-Mil-- Underdog is 4-3 (+$238) in last seven Barry games.
-- Cin-Colo-- Four of last five Reilly games went over the total.
-- SF-Az-- Home team won seven of last eight Hohn games.
-- LA-SD-- Home team won seven of last nine Runge games.

-- Tex-Tor-- Underdogs are 5-2 (+$296) in last seven Rapuano games.
-- Chi-Det-- Favorites won eight of last ten Gorman games.
-- Blt-NY-- Underdogs are 8-7 (+$79) in last 15 Hirschbeck games.
-- TB-Bos-- Four of last five Cederstrom games went over the total.
-- KC-Min-- Last three Muchlinski games stayed under the total.
-- Sea-A's-- Under is 7-1-1 in last nine Cuzzi games.
-- Clev-LA-- Home team is 22-6 in last 28 West games.

Closers' pitches thrown over last seven days

Team/closer	M	T	W	Th	F	Sat	Sun
Ariz-???????	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Atl-Wagner	x	x	10	x	x	24	x
Cubs-Marmol	8	x	36	x	20	17	x
Cin-Cordero	x	x	11	x	x	16	x
Colo- Street	x	20	x	10	18	x	14
Fla-Nunez	x	25	x	x	x	x	x
Hst-Lyon	x	x	13	x	x	10	10
LA- ????????	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Mil-Axford	x	x	x	x	13	x	35
NYM-Takahashi	x	19	17	11	x	x	x
Phil-Lidge	21	28	22	21	x	17	x
Pitt- Hanrahan	17	21	12	x	19	x	x
StL-Franklin	30	x	9	x	11	x	9
SD-Bell	18	31	x	x	x	x	x
SF-Wilson	16	x	13	x	x	13	10
Wsh-Storen	x	x	27	x	x	x	19
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Team-closer	M	T	W	Th	F	Sat	Sun
Balt-Uehara	15	x	x	x	x	x	12
Bos-Papelbon	x	x	17	22	x	x	48
CWS-??????	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Clev-CPerez	11	x	x	8	x	15	x
Det-Valverde	21	x	x	38	x	10	x
KC-Soria	x	x	x	x	20	x	12
LAA-Rodney	20	x	20	x	x	x	22
Minn-Capps	8	x	15	x	10	x	16
NYY-Rivera	x	x	17	x	6	15	x
A's- Bailey	6	x	7	x	x	12	x
Sea-Aardsma	x	2	x	x	29	x	9
TB-Soriano	x	x	21	x	15	x	x
Tex-Feliz	x	x	15	x	x	x	x
Tor-Gregg	x	10	x	x	x	x	24

2010 major league series won-lost records

2009 baseball playoffs

2009 World Series Philadelphia Phillies vs Bronx Bombers -$190 Phil 6-1, +$180, U8 NYY 3-1, -$185, U8.5 NYY 8-5, -$112, O9 NYY 7-4, -$166, O9 Phil 8-6, -$153, O8 NYY 7-3, -$175, O9 Bronx wins World Series, 4-2

Philadelphia Phillies vs Los Angeles Dodgers -$125 Phil 8-6, +$120, O8.5 LA 2-1, -$141, U9 Phil 11-0, -$170, O8 Phil 5-4, -$125, O8 Phil 10-4, -$146, O8.5 Phillies win series, 4-1

Los Angeles Angeles vs Bronx Bombers -$175 NYY 4-1, -$171, U8.5 NYY 4-3 (13), -$170, U8.5 LAA 5-4 (11), -$125, N9 NYY 10-1, -$135, O8.5 LAA 7-6, -$104, O9 NYY 5-2, -$180, U9 Bronx wins series 4-2.

Colorado Rockies vs Philadelphia Phillies -$156 Phil 5-1, -$147, U8.5 Colo 5-4, +$168, N9 Phil 7-6, -$107, O9 Phil 5-4, -$102, O8 Phillies win series 3-1

St Louis Cardinals -$139 vs Los Angeles Dodgers LA 5-3, +$123, O7 LA 3-2, -$112, U8.5 LA, 5-1, +$154, U9 Dodgers win series, 3-0

Minnesota Twins vs Bronx Bombers -$400 NY 7-2, -$380, U9.5 NY 4-3 (11), -$285, U9.5 NY 4-1, -$164, U9.5 Bronx Bombers win series, 3-0.

Boston Red Sox -$132 vs Los Angeles Angels LAA 5-0, -$111, U8.5 LAA 4-1, -$111, U8.5 LAA 7-6, +$124, O9 Angels win series 3-0

2009 Over/Under Major league win totals

Arizona 86.5	Baltimore 72.5
Atlanta 83.5	Boston 94.5
Cubs 91.5	White Sox 77.5
Cincinnati 80.5	Cleveland 88.5
Colorado 77.5	Detroit 81.5
Florida 76.5	Kansas City 76.5
Houston 74.5	Angels 88.5
Dodgers 82.5	Minnesota 84
Milwaukee 80.5	Bronx 94.5
Mets 88.5	A's 82.5
Philadelphia 87.5	Seattle 73.5
Pittsburgh 69.5	Tampa Bay 89
St Louis 82.5	Texas 73.5
San Diego 71.5	Toronto 78
San Francisco 80.5	Season starts Sunday
Washington 71.5	armadillosports.com

My plan to re-align the major leagues
Very little of the following is likely to ever happen, but I think this is a good plan to make the major leagues better.

1) Realignment.....here are the way I would align the divisions:

East Red Sox Mets Bronx Phillies Blue Jays	Great Lakes Reds Indians Tigers Twins Pirates	Southeast Braves Orioles Marlins Rays Nationals
Midwest Cubs White Sox Royals Brewers Cardinals	Mountain Diamondbacks Rockies Astros Mariners Rangers	West Angels Dodgers A's Padres Giants

2) The schedule.........
72 games-- Play four division rivals 18 times each......
60 games-- Six games against other 10 teams in conference
30 games-- Six games against five teams in division in the other conference, which alternates every year.

3) Get rid of the designated hitter.

4) Players are only people who wear uniforms.

5) Coaches do not come on the field during games; no stalling on the mound; you want to change pitches, just sub him like it was a basketball game. Call time, bring the new guy in.

6) No activity is washed out; if game gets rained out in second inning, you pick it up from the point of interruption. Anything that happens counts.

7) Home field in World Series is decided by who wins season series between Eastern and Western Conference.

8) All-Star Game alternates between East-West, USA-World formats; they are exhibitions, they don't determine home field in World Series, maybe the worst idea in the history of ideas. .

9) One thing we've called for that will happen next year; there will be a Baseball Channel, and hopefully they will do a great job of following the Amateur Draft every June. We know they will do fine job on daily basis. This is an excellent idea.

10) Would it be too much to ask for all the warm weather/dome teams to play at home the first week each season? It won't be something that eliminates rainouts, but it should help.

11) This is very important and probably the least likely thing to happen: $50M salary floor, $125 or $150M salary cap. Imagine how great the sport would be with competitive balance, like in NFL or NBA or the NFL.

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