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2011 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.

Thanks for reading every day this season (you did read every day???). See you next April, when the Marlins open their new stadium against the world champion Cardinals.

Texas Rangers vs St Louis Cardinals Cardinals 3-2, -$120, U7 Rangers 2-1, -$115, U8 Cardinals 16-7, +170, O9.5 Rangers 4-0, -$180, U9.5 Rangers 4-2, -$130, U8 Cardinals 10-9 (11), -$110, O7 Cardinals 6-2, -$130, N8 Cardinals win World Series, 4-3

2011 League Championhip Series

Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers Rangers 3-2, even, U7.5 Rangers 7-3 (11), -$135, O9 Tigers 5-2, -$125, U8.5 Rangers 7-3 (11), -$120, O9 Tigers 7-5, -$158, O7 Rangers 15-5, -$157, O9 Rangers win series 4-2

St Louis Cardinals vs Milwaukee Brewers Brewers 9-6, -$145, O7.5 Cardinals 12-3, +$123, O8.5 Cardinals 4-3, -$150, N7 Brewers 4-2, +$124, U8.5 Cardinals 7-1, -$122 O7.5 Cardinals 12-6, +$115, O8.5 Cardinals win series 4-2

2011 League Divisional Series

Tampa Bay Rays vs Texas Rangers -$160 Rays 9-0, +162, O8.5 Rangers 8-6, -$125, O8.5 Rangers 4-3, +$106, U8 Rangers 4-3, +$105, U8.5 Rangers win series, 3-1

Detroit Tigers vs Bronx Bombers -$140 Bronx 9-3, NL Tigers 5-3, +$135, U9 Tigers 5-4, -$123, O7 Bronx 10-1, +$105, O9.5 Tigers 4-3, +$160, U9 Tigers win series, 3-2

St Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies -$280 Phillies 11-6, -$215, O7 Cardinals 5-4, +$175, O7 Phillies 3-2, -$135, U7 Cardinals 5-3, +$110, O7 Cardinals 1-0, +$165, U7 Cardinals win series 3-2

Arizona Diamondbacks vs Milwaukee Brewers -$155 Brewers 4-1, -$140, U7 Brewers 9-4, -$165, O7 Diamondbacks 8-1, +$105, N9 Diamondbacks 10-6, -$108, O8.5 Brewers 3-2 (10), -$145, U7 Brewers win series 3-2

2011 major league series won-lost records

Bronx vs Texas Sabathia -$148, 8 @ Wilson NYY 6-5 Hughes -$118, 9 @ Lewis Tex 7-2 Lee -$112, 7.5 @ Pettitte Tex 8-0 Hunter @ Burnett -$157, 9.5 Tex 10-3 Wilson @ Sabathia -$174, 7.5 NYY 7-2 Hughes -$111, 9 @ Lewis Tex 6-1 Rangers win series 4-2

San Francisco vs Philadelphia Lincecum @ Halladay -$167, 6 SF 4-3 Sanchez @ Oswalt -$158, 7 Phil 6-1 Hamels @ Cain -$123, 6.5 SF 3-0 Blanton -$114, 7.5 @ Bumgarner SF 6-5 Halladay -$118, 5.5 @ Lincecum Phil 4-2 Sanchez @ Oswalt -$159, 7 SF 3-2 Giants win series 4-2

LDS

Texas Rangers vs Tampa Bay Rays -$145 Lee @ Price -$133, 7 Tex 5-1 Wilson @ Shields -$119, 8 Tex 6-0 Garza @ Lewis -$135, 9.5 TB 6-3 Davis @ Hunter TB 6-2 Lee @ Price -$114, 6.5 Tex 5-1 Rangers win series, 3-2

Bronx Bombers -$175 vs Minnesota Twins Sabathia -$138, 8 @ Liriano NYY 6-4 Pettitte -$116, 9 @ Pavano NYY 5-2 Duensing @ Hughes -$170, 9.5 NYY 6-1 Bronx wins series, 3-0

Cincinnati Reds vs Philadelphia Phillies -$275 Volquez @ Halladay -$210, 7 Phil 4-0 Arroyo @ Oswalt -$185, 7.5 Phil 7-4 Hamels @ Cueto Phil 2-0 Phillies win series 3-0

Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants -$160 Lowe @ Lincecum -$153, 6.5 SF 1-0 Hanson @ Cain -$114, 6.5 Atl 5-4 (11) Sanchez @ Hudson SF 3-2 Bumgarner @ Lowe SF 3-2 Giants win series 3-1

Closers' pitches thrown over last seven days

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

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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