{"id":428,"date":"2006-05-23T11:10:38","date_gmt":"2006-05-23T16:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2006\/05\/tuesday-news-and-notes-8\/"},"modified":"2006-05-23T11:10:38","modified_gmt":"2006-05-23T16:10:38","slug":"tuesday-news-and-notes-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2006\/05\/tuesday-news-and-notes-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday News and Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, May 23, 2006<\/st1:date><\/p>\n

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Four winners in three sports, with 3-of-4 plays<\/span> being
\nWise Guys<\/span>.\u00a0 <\/span>We have two MLB, plus
\nNHL and NBA. One of our baseball<\/span> is a Dandy Dog. Dandy
\ndogs are dogs of 140 or more in MLB. We are on an 8-2 NHL run, including 4-0
\nwith Wise Guy plays. <\/p>\n

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NBA<\/h1>\n

Heat-Pistons<\/h2>\n

Sun Sentinel<\/o:p><\/h3>\n

Putting every other factor aside, Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\nholds homecourt advantage, and that could prove decisive between two teams that
\nare so evenly matched. Unlike last season, when the Heat entered hobbled, with
\nO\u2019Neal bothered by a bruised thigh, and then endured a rib injury to Wade in
\nGame 5, the Pistons this time are the ones with the concerns, with Saunders
\nsaying forward Rasheed<\/span> Wallace is not fully over the
\nsevere ankle sprain he suffered in the Cavaliers series. Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\nalso is returning off one day of rest, while the Heat has been idle for a week.<\/p>\n

Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Herald<\/p>\n

Every single series has been won by the favorite.<\/p>\n

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NHL<\/h1>\n

Ducks-Oilers<\/span><\/h2>\n

EdmontonOilers.com<\/h3>\n

Of the 16 playoff teams, Edmonton<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\nhad the least number of home wins but so far in this postseason, the Oilers<\/span> have the most wins on home ice with five. Heading
\ninto this series, Anaheim<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> had
\nkilled off 39 straight penalties but so far the Oilers<\/span>
\nare scoring at a 20% clip through two games against the Ducks. The team that
\nwins Game 1 and 2 on the road historically has an all-time series record of
\n44-16 (.733). That improves to 11-1 (.917) when considering the Stanley Cup
\nSemi-Final round or Conference Final since the 1970s.<\/p>\n

MLB<\/h1>\n

Cubs-Marlins<\/h2>\n

Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Herald<\/h3>\n

After struggling with his control early in the season,
\nOlsen has struck out 16 in his past two starts. But the left-hander still hasn\u2019t
\nbeen able to consistently pitch deep into games, coming<\/span>
\nout before the sixth inning in four of his past five starts. Olsen never has
\nwon at Dolphin Stadium, but has pitched well against the Cubs, giving up three
\nearned runs in 11 innings. With 2005 NL batting champion Derrek<\/span>
\nLee still out because of a broken wrist, Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\nentered the three-game series hitting just .185 against left-handers, the worst
\naverage in baseball. Wood, who is coming back from shoulder surgery, will be
\nmaking his second start since July 20. In his first game back, he gave up three
\nhome runs in five innings in a loss to Washington.The<\/span>
\nMarlins have defeated Wood just once in six regular-season decisions and never
\nat Dolphin Stadium, where Wood has a 1.59 ERA and a shutout in three starts.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Angels-Rangers<\/h2>\n

USA<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> Today<\/h3>\n

Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\nlost the Monday\u2019s series opener 3-2, matching a season-high with its sixth
\nstraight loss. The Angels have dropped 18 of their last 23 games, and have not
\nlost seven in a row since Sept. 30-Oct.
\n7, 2001<\/st1:date>. Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is
\naveraging just 2.2 runs during its six-game skid. The Rangers are 2-2 against
\nthe Angels this season, after going 4-15 against them in 2005.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, May 23, 2006   Four winners in three sports, with 3-of-4 plays being Wise Guys.\u00a0 We have two MLB, plus NHL and NBA. One of our baseball is a Dandy Dog. Dandy dogs are dogs of 140 or more in MLB. We are on an 8-2 NHL run, including 4-0 with Wise Guy plays. … Continue reading Tuesday News and Notes<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}