Month: June 2026

Trends are thru June 7th
NL East
— Braves (45-21)
Braves are 19-8 in their last 27 games.
Atlanta is 10-1 in home series openers.
Over is 10-1-1 in Braves’ last 12 road games.

— Marlins (31-35)
Marlins won five of their last six games.
Marlins are 20-16 at home, 11-19 on road.
Over is 11-3 in Marlins’ last 14 road games.

— Mets (29-36)
Mets won seven of their last ten games. 
New York is 5-11 vs lefty starting pitchers.
Mets are 27-4 when they score 4+ runs.

— Phillies (35-30)
Phillies are 26-11 in their last 37 games.
Under is 11-2 in their last thirteen road games.
Phiilies are 26-15 vs righty starters, 9-15 vs lefties.

— Nationals (33-33)
Nationals are 12-20 at home, 21-13 on the road.
Over is 9-3 in their last 12 home games.
Nationals are 19-27 vs righty starters, 14-6 vs lefties.

NL Central
— Cubs (34-32)
Chicago lost 16 of its last 21 games.
Cubs are 20-15 at home, 14-17 on the road. 
Under is 5-2-1 in Cubs’ last eight games.

— Reds (31-33)
Reds are 2-11 in last 13 games, when winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Over is 10-4 in their last 14 road games.
Reds are 21-28 vs righty starters, 10-5 vs lefties.

— Brewers (40-23)
Milwaukee is 30-10 in its last 40 games.
Brewers lead NL Central by five games.
Over is 7-3 in their last ten games.

— Pirates (34-32)
Pirates lost four of their last five games.
Pittsburgh is 29-21 vs righty starters, 5-11 vs lefties.
Over is 14-5 in their last nineteen home games.

— Cardinals (35-28)
St Louis won its last four games, scoring 26 runs.
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St Louis is 25-23 vs righty starters, 10-5 vs lefties.
Cardinals are 12-6 in one-run games.

NL West
— Diamondbacks (34-31)
Arizona lost seven of its last ten games.
Diamondbacks are 24-26 vs righty starters, 10-5 vs lefties.
Under is 13-4-1 in their last 18 home games.

— Rockies (24-42)
Rockies lost 12 of their last 17 home games.
Colorado is 20-30 vs righty starters, 4-12 vs lefties.
Over is 13-4-1 in their last eighteen road games. 

— Dodgers (42-24)
Dodgers are 18-6 in their last 24 games.
Under is 7-3 in their last ten road games.
Dodgers are 37-3 when they score 4+ runs.

— Padres (33-31)
San Diego lost 11 of its last 13 games.
Under is 15-3 in their last eighteen home games.
Padres scored total of 36 runs in their last 15 games.

— Giants (27-39)
Giants won four of their last five games.
SF is 21-29 vs righty starters, 6-10 vs lefties.
Over is 7-1 in their last eight home games.

— Famous birthdays, June 8th
Britt Burns, 67
John Gibbons, 64
Julianna Margulies, 60
Tom Nutten, 55

Mark Feuestein, 55
Bryant Reeves, 53
Connor Norby, 26
Tyson Bagent, 26

The great Jerry Stiller was born on this day, in 1927.

AL East
— Orioles (31-35)
Baltimore is 10-6 in its last sixteen games.
Orioles are 24-21 vs righty starters, 7-14 vs lefties.
Orioles are 5-9 in one-run games.

— Red Sox (27-36)
Boston is 10-21 at Fenway, worst home record in MLB.
Red Sox are 19-28 vs righty starters, 8-8 vs lefties.
Red Sox are 6-11 against their AL East rivals.

— New York (38-26)
New York is 3-4 in its last seven games.
Under is 6-2-1 in their last nine home games.
New York is 23-20 vs righty starters, 15-6 vs lefties.

— Rays (37-25)
Tampa Bay lost 10 of its last 13 games.
Rays are 25-21 vs righty starters, 12-4 vs lefties.
Tampa Bay is 14-6 against their AL East rivals.

— Blue Jays (32-34)
Toronto won 4 of its last 5 home games, lost 4 of last 5 on the road.
Blue Jays are 19-14 at home, 13-20 on the road.
Over is 8-1 in their last nine games.

AL Central
— White Sox (34-31)
White Sox are 28-18 in their last 46 games.
Over is 8-2 in their last ten road games.
If the season ended now, White Sox would be in the playoffs.

— Guardians (37-30)
Guardians are 14-7 in series openers.
Guardians are 22-24 vs righty starters, 15-6 vs lefties.
Over is 7-2 in their last nine home games.

— Tigers (27-39)
Tigers won five of their last six games.
Detroit is 16-15 at home, 11-24 on the road.
Tigers are 4-13 against their AL Central rivals.

— Royals (27-39)
Kansas City is 24-25 vs righty starters, 3-14 vs lefties.
Royals are 15-17 at home, 12-22 on the road.
Under is 8-4 in their last 12 home games.

— Twins (30-37)
Minnesota lost 10 of its last 14 games.
Twins are 11-10 against their AL Central rivals.
Over is 18-5-1 in their last 24 road games.

AL West
— Astros (30-37)
Houston is 10-6 in its last 16 games.
Over is 8-4-1 in their last thirteen games.
Astros are 11-14 against their AL West rivals.

— Angels (25-41)
Halos are 7-16 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Over is 7-2 in Angels’ last nine games.
Angels haven’t been in the playoffs since 2014.

— A’s (31-34)
A’s lost 10 of their last 15 games.
A’s are 11-17 at home, 20-17  on road.
A’s have six home games this week, but in Las Vegas, not Sacramento.

— Mariners (34-32)
Mariners won 11 of their last 16 games.
Seattle is 32-14 when they score 3+ runs, 2-18 when they don’t.
Mariners lead AL West by a game and a half.

— Rangers (32-33)
Texas won seven of its last nine games.
Over is 8-2-1 in their last eleven home games.
Rangers are 4-6 in home series openers.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Pirates-Phillies-Arizona
AL: Rays, Guardians, Mariners. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Rangers

— Guardians 6, Rangers 0
Jose Ramirez/Brayan Recchio homered for Cleveland.
Tanner Bibee gets his first win in 14 starts this year.
In his first 13 starts, Cleveland scored a total of 30 runs, going 2-11.

— Cubs 3, Giants 2 (10)
Game was 1-1 after eight innings.
Pete Crow-Armstrong tied the game 2-2 with a 9th inning HR.
Cubs won for only the 7th time in their last 26 games.

— Best records in one-run games this year:
14-5 Phillies
9-3 Rays
12-6 White Sox
12-6 Cardinals
10-6 Marlins

— Worst records in one-run games this year:
5-12 Royals
6-13 Tigers
5-12 Mets
6-11 Angels
7-12 Bronx

— Cardinals 6, Reds 5
Lars Nootbaar hit the go-ahead homer in the 8th inning.
St Louis bullpen got 14 outs, didn’t give up a run.
Jordan Walker also homered for the Cardinals.

— White Sox 6, Phillies 3
 Chicago led 6-0 in the third inning.
Jacob Gonzalez hit his first major league home run.
Phillies starter Andrew Painter threw 42 pitches in 1st inning, giving up 4 runs.

— Game 3, Stanley Cup finals:
Golden Knights 5, Hurricanes 4 (2 OT)
Vegas scored four goals in a 6:26 span of 2nd period, led 4-0 .
Mitch Marner scored three of those four goals.
Carolina scored three goals in 0:39 span of 3rd period, tied game with 1:42 left.
Vegas leads the series, 2-1.

— Chicago Bears are talking about building a new stadium in northwest Indiana, which would only be 19 or 20 miles from Soldier Field, albeit in a different state.

— Famous birthdays, June 7th:
Cazzie Russell, 82
Don Money, 79
Liam Neeson, 74
Terrell Buckley, 55

Allen Iverson, 51
Kellen Clemens, 43
Michael Cera, 38
Jordan Clarkson, 34

— Texas Rangers are the only major league team that has used only five starting pitchers so far this season.

— Nationals 6, Diamondbacks 1
Curtis Mead, Dylan Crews homered for the Nationals.
Zach Littell improved to 5-0, 1.93 in his last five starts.
Washington is 21-12 on the road, 12-20 at home.

— Marlins 4, Rays 3
Javier Sanoja homered, singled twice for the Marlins.
Tyler Zuber recorded his first career save.
Tampa Bay didn’t get a hit until the sixth inning.

— Mariners 4, Tigers 0
Bryce Miller allowed one hit in six IP.
Dominic Canzone went 3-for-4, with a home run.
Seattle has won nine of its last 11 games.

— Blue Jays 6, Orioles 4
Ernie Clement hit a three-run homer, scored three runs.
Louis Varland got his 10th save in 10 chances this year.
Orioles are 31-34; in nine of those losses, they hit 2+ home runs.

— Royals 3, Twins 2
Kansas City scored twice in the top of the ninth.
Bobby Witt Jr had the game-winning hit.
Carter Jensen led off the game with a HR for the Royals. 

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Pirates-Cardinals-Phillies
AL: Rays, Guardians, Mariners. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Rangers

— NBA Game 2
Knicks 105, Spurs 104
Knicks outscored San Antonio 31-18 in the second quarter.
New York was +11 in the 10:00 Jose Alvarado played off the bench.
Knicks have won 13 games in a row (12-1 ATS)
New York leads NBA Finals 2-0; Game 3 is Monday night.

— Phillies 8, White Sox 6
Brandon Marsh hit his first HR off a lefty since 2022.
Kyle Schwarber went 4-for-5, scored two runs.
Phillies have won eight of their last ten games.

— Braves 6, Pirates 3
Mauricio Dubon homered for the third game in a row.
Atlanta leads AL East by 8.5 games.
Braves are 9-1 in home series openers.

— Giants 18, Cubs 3
Matt Chapman homered twice, had eight RBI.
Willie Adames homered twice, had four RBI.
Casey Schmitt went 4-for-6, scored 3 runs, had 3 RBI.

— Giants scored 12+ runs in their last two games, first time they’ve done that since 2000, only the fourth time they’ve done it since they moved to San Francisco.

May 1958
July 1993
June 2000
June 2026

— Famous birthdays, June 6th:
Chuck Williams, 80
Ollie Mack, 69
Paul Giamatti, 59
Mark Ellis, 49

Rodger Saffold, 38
Anthony Rendon, 36
DeAndre Hopkins, 34
Kenny Pickett, 28

Missed a birthday yesterday; Mark Wahlberg turned 55.

— As recently as 1984, Boston Celtics flew from Boston to Los Angeles after Game 2 of the NBA Finals on a commercial flight. Safe to say that doesn’t happen anymore, and hasn’t for a long time.

— Fairleigh Dickinson’s basketball team  signed transfer Pavle Stosic, who started 12 games for Pepperdine last year, after sitting on the bench for a year at Gonzaga. Moving from Malibu to New Jersey is a major weather downgrade; hope they’re giving him a lot of $$$$.

— Green Bay Packers signed WR Christian Watson to a four-year, $110.5M contract that includes a $31M signing bonus.

— Movie of the Day: Good Will Hunting (1997)- A therapist counsels a young man who has a genius IQ, but works as a custodian at MIT.

Matt Damon is the young man, Robin Williams is the counselor, Ben Affleck is one of Damon’s friends. Very good movie.

— Brewers 9, Rockies 7 (10)
Colorado led 3-1 after eight innings.
Brewers scored four runs in the 9th, Rockies scored twice.
Jake Bauers went 3-for-5, scoring three runs, with three RBI.

— Mets 5, Padres 0
Christian Scott threw five IP, giving up 3 hits, 2 walks.
Luis Torrens doubled and homered.
Jared Young also homered for the Mets.

— Red Sox 5, Bronx 3
Willson Contreras homered, had three RBI
Red Sox have won 10 of their last 13 road games.
New York is 1-3 since Aaron Judge has been out of the lineup.

— I posted this Thursday; things have since changed:

“Colorado Rockies 1B TJ Rumfield hit a home run Tuesday night in Anaheim; it was a fly ball that bounced off RF Jo Adell’s glove, hit him in the head, then bounced over the fence.”

Whoever reviews such things has changed this from a home run a four-base error by Adell.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Pirates-Cardinals-Phillies

AL: Rays, Guardians, Mariners. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Rangers

15 of my favorite sports movies:

1) American Underdog– The true story of NFL MVP and Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner, who went from stocking shelves in an Iowa supermarket to becoming a big-time star.

Best part of this movie is when they slide some real footage from NFL Films into the scenes at the end of the Rams Super Bowl win over Tennessee.

2) Moneyball— Beginning isn’t very good, the end sucks, but I’m an A’s fan and this movie is about how the 2003 A’s put together a team that won 20 games in a row, made the playoffs.

Only really bad thing about this movie is they made skipper Art Howe look like a bad manager, and he was anything but— you don’t win 20 games in a row by accident. 

Movie is based on a book written by Michael Lewis, who also wrote The Big Short, The Blind Side and Liar’s Poker. He’s a great writer. 

3) Blue Chips— Nick Nolte is a college basketball coach who used to win a lot; in order to start winning again, he has to decide whether to break the recruiting rules or not. 

Bob Cousy is the AD; Shaquille O’Neal, Penny Hardaway are two of the recruits. Lot of cameos from basketball people; Jerry Tarkanian, Jim Boeheim, Rick Pitino, Dick Vitale.

4) For Love of the Game— Kevin Costner is a star pitcher for the Tigers who is at the end of his career; he has flashbacks throughout his last game. 

Detroit’s manager in this movie is JK Simmons, who is a Tigers fan in real life; New York’s manager is the late Augie Garrido, one of the all-time great college baseball coaches.

5) Invincible— True story about Vince Papale, a 30-year old bartender who tries out for the 1976 Philadelphia Eagles and makes the squad as a special teams player.

Papale wound up playing three years with the Eagles; Mark Wahlberg plays him, Greg Kinnear plays coach Dick Vermeil, Paige Turco plays Mrs Vermeil, Elizabeth Banks a bartender where Papale was working before the football thing happened.

6) Hustle— A basketball scout discovers a phenomenal player while watching a game on a playground in Spain and sees the prospect as the scout’s chance to get back into the NBA.

Adam Sandler is the scout, Queen Latifah is his wife, Robert Duvall has a cameo as the owner of the 76ers; lot of former/present NBA players in this movie

Basketball scenes are really well done; the parts filmed in Philadelphia have a Rocky-like feel to them. 

7) Fast Break— Gabe Kaplan manages a New York City deli until he applies for a job as a college basketball coach in Nevada. Bernard King, Michael Warren are two of his players; another one is a girl disguised as a guy.

Former UCLA coach Jim Harrick is the basketball advisor for this movie; he has a non-speaking role during the climactic game. 

8) Any Given Sunday— Al Pacino is a pro football coach whose team is struggling; Cameron Diaz is the owner, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx are two of the QB’s. 

The third QB is Pat O’Hara, who was a backup QB in real life at USC, played in the Arena League for several years, was a QB coach in the NFL and has been a football advisor on ten different movies. 

Miami Sharks play against four teams in the movie, all coached by NFL Hall of Famers. 

9) Friday Night Lights— Billy Bob Thornton is a high school football coach in west Texas, where they take high school football very seriously. I think Thornton does the best job of portraying a coach in any movie on this list. 

10) One on One— Robby Benson is a hotshot high school basketball player who gets recruited by a big-time college team, then finds himself in over his head.

Basketball scenes at the end were filmed in Colorado State’s arena, where the Rams still play. 

The coach in this movie wasn’t great; he saw Henry Steele play in high school, and couldn’t tell that he was in over his head? Seriously? 

11) He Got Game— Underrated movie about college basketball recruiting; a prospect’s father is in jail for killing the kid’s mother. The prison warden work-releases the father, and if he can get the kid to go to college where the governor wants him to go, the father gets off the hook.

Denzel Washington is the father, NBA star Ray Allen is the prospect, Ned Beatty is the warden of the jail. Jim Brown, Rick Fox are also in this movie, which is a little intense, but very well-done. 

12) Major League— Female owner of the Cleveland Indians wants to move the team to Miami, so they field a team that is so bad that no one in Cleveland will go to the games, except they win.

(History shows that moving the team to Miami would’ve been stupid, anyway)

Bob Uecker should’ve won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Indians’ radio announcer Harry Doyle. 

13) Bull Durham— Kevin Costner is a minor league catcher who is brought in to mentor a hot-shot pitching prospect. Tim Robbins is the prospect, Robert Wuhl is the pitching coach, Susan Sarandon mentors the prospect off the field.

Durham Bulls are now the AAA team for the Tampa Bay Rays.

14) The Way Back– A high school basketball star walked away from the game after high school, forfeiting his future. Years later, when he reluctantly accepts a coaching job at his alma mater, he gets one last shot at redemption.

Ben Affleck is really good in this; the basketball scenes are very well done. A good deal of this movie is sad, but it has a positive ending.

15) Draft Day— Costner does a lot of sports movies; he is GM of the Cleveland Browns in this one, Denis Leary is the Browns’ coach. Jennifer Garner is the Browns’ salary cap guru, and is dating Costner’s character. 

The year this movie came out, NFL pushed back the draft so the movie could be promoted more, but Radio City Music Hall wasn’t available for the later date, which is why they started moving the draft around the country. Sometimes great ideas happen by accident.

— Knicks 105, Spurs 95
Knicks finished the game on an 11-0 run.
Victor Wembanyama was only 6-for-21 from the floor.
Knicks have won 12 games in a row (11-1 ATS).
New York leads the best-of-7 series, 1-0

— Phillies 3, Padres 2
JT Realmuto/Kyle Schwarber homered in the 7th inning.
Cristopher Sanchez allowed a run in 7 IP, first run he gave up in 50.2 IP.
That is the longest scoreless streak ever by a left-handed pitcher.

— A’s 5, Cubs 4 (10)
Nick Kurtz knocked in the winning run in the 10th inning.
Ian Happ got his 1,000th career hit.
Cubs are 5-18 in their last 23 games.
If the postseason started today, the A’s would be a playoff team.

— Astros 11, Pirates 9
Pirates led 8-3 in the 7th inning.
Houston scored six runs in bottom of 8th inning.
Isaac Paredes/Cam Smith both had three RBI.

— Mets 7, Mariners 1
Bo Bichette went 4-for-4, had three RBI
Loss snaps the Mariners’ eight-game winning streak.
Seattle’s only run was JP Crawford’s HR leading off first inning.

— Angels 11, Rockies 4
Wade Meckler/Nick Madrigal both had four hits for the Halos.
Angels scored six runs in the second inning.
In his last six starts, Walbert Urena is 3-1, 2.12.

— Giants 1, Brewers 0
Victor Bericoto’s homer was the game’s only run.
Logan Webb allowed only two baserunners in 7 IP.
Milwaukee didn’t get a hit until the 7th inning.

— Famous birthdays, June 4th:
Bruce Dern, 90
Mike Barber, 73
Terry Kennedy, 70
Tony Pena, 69
Xavier McDaniel, 63

Noah Wyle, 55
Darin Erstad, 52
Angelina Jolie, 51
Aaron Nola, 33
Freddy Peralta, 30

— Some unusual baseball trivia: Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson was one of the best ever; he retired in 1975. Last pitch of Gibson’s career was hit for a grand slam by a journeyman OF for the Cubs, a guy named Pete LaCock, who only hit 27 career home runs.

What makes this more interesting is that Pete LaCock’s father was Peter Marshall, who hosted the great game show Hollywood Squares from 1966-81. If you’re an older person, you know that Hollywood Squares was a staple of weekday TV, one of the best-ever game shows.

— Colorado Rockies 1B TJ Rumfield hit a home run Tuesday night in Anaheim; it was a fly ball that bounced off RF Jo Adell’s glove, hit him in the head, then bounced over the fence.

— Iowa State basketball star Milan Momcilovic has transferred to Kentucky, because semi-pro basketball is now the thing, when it used to be college basketball.

Momcilovic scored 16.9 ppg for the Cyclones last year, shot 48.7% behind the arc, making 136 3-pointers. In his three seasons in Ames, Iowa State won 83 games and made two Sweet 16 appearances, so this figures to help Kentucky……a lot.

— NC State-Virginia were supposed to open their college football season with a game in Brazil in August, but now the game will be in Charlottesville. People who were organizing the event decided the game could not be played in Rio de Janeiro.

— RIP to Hall of Fame basketball coach Rick Adelman, who passed away this week at age 79. Adelman played seven years in the NBA, for five different teams, then he got coaching, which is where he really excelled.

Adelman coached for 23 years in the NBA; he was 1,042-749 in regular season games, 79-78 in playoff games. He won the Western Conference twice coaching Portland. His son David is the coach of the Denver Nuggets now. 

Rick Adelman had an excellent career. RIP, sir

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Pirates-Cardinals
AL: Rays, Guardians, Mariners. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-A’s

— Phillies 3, Padres 2
Bryce Harper hit his 377th career home run.
Jhoan Duran recorded his 13th save.
Gavin Sheets hit a two-run homer for San Diego.

— Marlins 7, Nationals 3
Marlins hit back-back-back homers in the fifth inning
Heriberto Hernandez hit two home runs for Miami.
Washington didn’t get a hit until the sixth inning.

Marlins played last weekend at CitiField in Queens; they took the train to get from Queens to Washington, which must’ve been interesting.

— Braves 4, Blue Jays 3
Matt Olson hit the game-winning HR in the 6th inning.
Raisel Iglesias has 11 saves in 11 opportunities this year.
Braves are 15-7 in their last 22 games.

— A’s 2, Cubs 1
Gage Jump allowed three hits in 7 IP, got his first MLB win.
Cubs had first two runners on base in 9th inning, but didn’t score.
A’s are 18-14 on the road, 11-17 at home.

— Pirates 10, Astros 6
Brandon Lowe, Oneil Cruz both hit three-run homers.
Houston led 4-2 after five innings.
Astros are 27-35; their last losing season in a full year was 2014.

— Reds 4, Royals 3 (10)
Kansas City led 3-1 after seven innings.
Spencer Steer homered twice for the Reds.
Will Benson tied the game with a 9th inning HR.
Blake Dunn had the walk-off, game-winning single.

— Twins 6, White Sox 4
Bottom three guys in Twins’ order went 6-for-12, with five RBI
Minnesota 3B Brooks Lee has 11 RBI in his last 11 games.
White Sox lost eight of their last ten road games.

— Vegas 5, Carolina 4
Hurricanes scored a goal 0:25 into the game.
Carolina scored again, led 2-0 with 7:30 left in first period.
Vegas scored the winning goal with 3:24 left in the game.
Golden Knights lead Stanley Cup final, 1-0

— Famous birthdays, June 3rd:
Billy Cunningham, 83
Az-Zahir Hakim, 49
Al Horford, 40
Rafael Nadal, 40

Imogen Poots, 37
Otto Porter, 33
Harrison Bader, 32
Eric Lauer, 31

— Atlanta Braves’ (win/loss record, with each starting pitcher:
Sale 8-3
Holmes 8-3
Elder 8-5
M. Perez 4-4
Strider 5-1

Lopez 4-1
Ritchie 3-2
Suarez 0-1
Fuentes 1-0

— Quick breakdown for their current rotation:

Sale- Braves are 4-1 in his home starts, 4-2 road starts
Under 6-4-1 starts, 3-1-1 at home
allowed run in first inning: 2 of 11 starts

Holmes- 3-3 home starts, 5-0 road starts
Under 4-2 home starts
allowed run in first inning: 2 of 11 starts

Elder- 5-3 home starts, 3-2 road starts
Under 6-5-2 starts
allowed run in first inning: 2 of 13 starts

M. Perez- 1-2 home starts, 3-2 road starts
Under 6-1 last seven starts
allowed run in first inning: 2 of eight starts

Strider- 1-0 home starts, 4-1 road starts
Over 5-1 starts (Braves scored 41 runs)
allowed run in first inning: 3 of 6 starts

— Couple of big NFL trades this week: Eagles traded WR AJ Brown to New England, for a 5th round draft pick in 2027, and a first round pick in 2028.

Brown has had 1,000+ receiving yards in six of his seven NFL seasons; he caught 78 passes for the Eagles last year, scoring seven TD’s. He has caught 56 TD passes in his career.

— Rams acquired DE Myles Garrett from Cleveland, trading Jared Verse to the Browns, along with a first, second and third-round draft pick in future drafts.

Garrett had a record 23 sacks last year, was defensive Player of the Year. Verse is really good and three high draft picks makes this a good haul for a rebuilding Cleveland team.

— Russell Wilson signed on with CBS to be a game analyst this fall; Wilson played 14 years in the NFL, 10 years for the Seahawks. He led Seattle to a Super Bowl title after the 2013 season.

Wilson was 130-88-1 as an NFL QB, 9-8 in playoff games.

— RIP Raymond Berry, an excellent receiver who played 13 years for the Colts in the Johnny Unitas era, passed away this week. Berry caught 631 passes for 14.7 yards/catch and 68 TD’s, in an era where teams didn’t throw as much as they do now.

Berry later coached in the NFL; he played college football at SMU.

Raymond Berry had a great career. RIP, sir

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Pirates-Arizona
AL: Rays, Guardians, Mariners. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Rangers

NL East
Trends are thru June 1st
— Braves (40-20)
Braves are 14-7 in their last 21 games.
Atlanta is 22-13 vs righty starters, 18-7 vs lefties.
Over is 10-1-1 in Braves’ last 12 road games.

— Marlins (27-34)
Marlins lost five of their last six games.
Marlins are 18-15 at home, 9-19 on road.
Over is 10-1-1 in Marlins’ last 12 road games.

— Mets (26-34)
Mets won four of their last five games. 
New York is 5-11 vs lefty starting pitchers.
Mets are 24-4 when they score 4+ runs.

— Phillies (30-29)
Phillies are 21-10 in their last 31 games.
Under is 16-3 in their last sixteen games.
Phiilies are 23-15 vs righty starters, 7-14 vs lefties.

— Nationals (31-30)
Nationals are 12-18 at home, 19-12 on the road.
Over is 18-8 in their last 26 games.
Nationals are 18-24 vs righty starters, 13-6 vs lefties.

NL Central
— Cubs (32-28)
Chicago lost 12 of its last 15 games.
Cubs are 9-5 in one-run games.
Under is 4-1 in Cubs’ last five home games.

— Reds (30-29)
Reds are 1-7 in last eight games, when winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Over is 19-6 in their last 25 home games.
Reds are 21-25 vs righty starters, 9-4 vs lefties.

— Brewers (36-21)
Milwaukee is 26-8 in its last 34 games.
Milwaukee is 27-2 when they score 5+ runs.
Under is 9-2-1 in their last 12 home games.

— Pirates (32-28)
Pirates are 6-2 in their last eight games.
Pittsburgh is 27-18 vs righty starters, 5-10 vs lefties.
Over is 14-5 in their last nineteen home games.

— Cardinals (31-27)
St Louis lost six of its last eight games.
St Louis is 15-15 at home, 16-12 on the road.
Cardinals are 11-6 in one-run games.

NL West
— Diamondbacks (32-27)
Arizona won 15 of its last 22 games.
Diamondbacks are 23-24 vs righty starters, 9-3 vs lefties.
Under is 9-2-1 n their last 12 home games.

— Rockies (23-38)
Rockies won three of their last four games.
Colorado is 19-27 vs righty starters, 4-11 vs lefties.
Over is 11-5-1 in their last seventeen road games. 

— Dodgers (38-22)
Dodgers are 14-4 in their last eighteen games.
Under is 13-6 in their last nineteen games.
Dodgers are 34-2 when they score 4+ runs.

— Padres (29-20)
San Diego lost six of its last seven games.
Under is 13-2 in their last fifteen home games.
Padres are 22-5 when they score 4+ runs.

— Giants (23-37)
Giants are 11-24 in their last 35 games.
SF is 18-28 vs righty starters, 5-9 vs lefties.
Over is 7-1 in their last eight home games.

— Famous birthdays, June 2nd:
Jerry Mathers, 78
Lawrence McCutcheon, 76
Joanna Gleason, 76
Dennis Haysbert, 72
Andy McCollum, 56

Earl Boykins, 50
Nikki Cox, 48
Tim Stauffer, 44
Austin Davis, 37
Liam Hicks, 27

AL East
— Orioles (28-32)
Baltimore is 7-3 in its last ten games.
Orioles are 22-19 vs righty starters, 6-13 vs lefties.
Orioles are 5-9 in one-run games.

— Red Sox (23-32)
Boston is 9-19 at Fenway, worst home record in MLB.
Over is 6-2-1 in their last nine games.
Red Sox are 4-8 against their AL East rivals.

— New York (36-23)
New York won 15 of its last 19 home games.
Over is 4-1 in their last five games.
New York is 22-18 vs righty starters, 14-5 vs lefties.

— Rays (36-21)
Tampa Bay lost six of its last eight games.
Rays are 24-17 vs righty starters, 12-4 vs lefties.
Tampa Bay is 14-6 against their AL East rivals.

— Blue Jays (29-31)
Toronto is 8-4 in its last dozen games.
Blue Jays are 17-13 at home, 12-18 on the road.
Toronto is 21-10 if they score 4+ runs.

AL Central
— White Sox (32-28)
White Sox are 26-15 in their last 41 games.
Over is 5-0 in their last five road games.
Chicago is 25-9 when they score 4+ runs.

— Guardians (34-27)
Cleveland is 13-5 in its last 18 games.
Guardians are 19-22 vs righty starters, 15-5 vs lefties.
Guardians are 13-6 in series openers.

— Tigers (23-38)
Tigers are 3-13 in their last sixteen games.
Detroit is 14-14 at home, 9-24 on the road.
Tigers are 4-13 against their AL Central rivals.

— Royals (23-37)
Kansas City lost 16 of its last 20 games.
Royals are 15-17 at home, 8-20 on the road.
Over is 5-1 in their last six games.

— Twins (28-33)
Minnesota lost six of its last eight games.
Twins are 9-6 against their AL Central rivals.
Over is 18-5-1 in their last 24 road games.

AL West
— Astros (27-34)
Houston won seven of its last ten games.
Over is 5-1-1 in their last seven games.
Astros are 9-13 against their AL West rivals.

— Angels (23-38)
Halos are 7-14 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Under is 9-5 in Angels’ last fourteen road games.
Angels are 16-26 vs righty starters, 7-12 vs lefties.

— A’s (28-31)
A’s lost seven of their last nine games.
A’s are 11-17 at home, 17-14 on road.
Under is 8-2 in their last ten road games.

— Mariners (32-29)
Mariners won nine of their last eleven games.
Seattle is 30-12 when they score 3+ runs, 2-17 when they don’t.
Mariners are 14-9 vs their AL West rivals.

— Rangers (29-31)
Texas won its last four games, scoring 24 runs.
Over is 7-0-1 in their last eight home games.
Rangers are 3-6 in home series openers.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Cardinals-Arizona
AL: Rays, Guardians, Mariners. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Tor/Tex