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The matchups: Here's what the first round of the expanded playoffs would look like, based on the standings entering play Thursday, Sept. 17.
Best-of-three series, higher seed is home team
AMERICAN LEAGUE
No. 1 White Sox vs. No. 8 Indians
No. 2 Rays vs. No. 7 Blue Jays
No. 3 Athletics vs. No. 6 Astros
No. 4 Twins vs. No. 5 Yankees
NATIONAL LEAGUE
No. 1 Dodgers* vs. No. 8 Giants
No. 2 Cubs vs. No. 7 Phillies
No. 3 Braves vs. No. 6 Reds
No. 4 Padres vs. No. 5 Marlins
*Clinched playoff spot
Magic numbers to clinch playoff spot
NL: Padres 6, Cubs 8, Braves 9, Marlins 13, Reds 13, Phillies 14, Giants 14
AL: White Sox 1, Rays 3, A's 3, Twins 3, Yankees 6, Indians 8, Blue Jays 9, Astros 9
As a result, Giants left-hander Drew Smyly found himself cooped up for two days in a Seattle hotel room and wasn’t able to throw in between starts. He wasn’t comfortable taking the mound cold on Wednesday. So he and Tyler Anderson played catch at 12:30 a.m. after the Giants arrived back in San Francisco early Wednesday morning.
“Yeah, I mean, the whole season’s been pretty weird,” Smyly said.
The layoff didn’t affect Smyly’s stuff. He generated 11 whiffs on 21 swings at his curveball and finished with eight strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings. The Giants struck out 17 Mariners overall — the franchise’s most in a nine-inning game in 21 years. But there was plenty of rust, too. Caleb Baragar walked all three batters he faced — one more than he’d walked all season — to force home two runs. Sam Coonrod drilled Dylan Moore in the helmet with a 98 mph fastball that miraculously didn’t force him to leave the game.
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Lynch, a hard-hitting safety during his years with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Denver Broncos, has been a finalist for seven consecutive years. He would appear to head into the next selection process as one of the favorites. Young was a first-time finalist in 2020.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame on Wednesday announced 130 nominees for the Class of 2021.
The list also includes these other former 49ers: Quarterback Jeff Garcia, running back Ricky Watters, tight end Brent Jones, defensive lineman Justin Smith, linebackers Patrick Willis and Takeo Spikes, defensive backs Merton Hanks and Tim McDonald, kicker Gary Anderson and punter Reggie Roby.
The top first-year eligible candidates for the Hall of Fame are quarterback Peyton Manning, wide receiver Calvin Johnson, defensive lineman Jared Allen and defensive back Charles Woodson.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame hasn't even inducted its 2020 class yet, but despite that, it's already making plans for the class of 2021, which could end up being one of the most stacked classes in the history of the Hall.
The list of nominees for the class of 2021 was officially released on Wednesday and the biggest name on the list is definitely Peyton Manning. The two-time Super Bowl winner and five-time MVP is eligible for the first time this year. Manning is joined by a group of first-time nominees that also includes Charles Woodson, Calvin Johnson, Charles Tillman, Jared Allen, Justin Tuck and Roddy White.
Overall, there were 130 nominees.
The announcement of the HOF nominees is the first step in the process to select the next inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. At some point in November, the Hall of Fame selection committee will be asked to trim the list down to 25 semifinalists. After that, the list will be cut down to just 15 finalists in January. Once the list of finalists is set, five of those players will eventually be voted in to the class of 2021. To be inducted, a finalist needs to receive at least 80 percent support from the 48-person selection committee.
The list of finalists will actually include 18 people. Besides the 15 modern-era finalists, the committee will also vote on whether or not to induct Drew Pearson (senior finalist), Bill Nunn (contributor finalist) and Tom Flores (coaching finalist). The HOF requires that between four and eight members get inducted every year.
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It’s the start of Week 2, and there’s still significant information from Week 1:COVID-19 tests on all Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs players, coaches and team employees came back negative this week, per source. They were the first returned tests from 2020 regular season. 9/17/20, 3:54 AM
After being jumbled with the LA Clippers and Milwaukee Bucks in NBA title futures markets for basically a full year, the LA Lakers are now clear-cut favorites to win it all. The Lakers are -200 to win the title at DraftKings Sportsbook, followed by the Heat (+390), Celtics (+500) and Nuggets (+900).
The Nuggets – the feel good story of the NBA right now – are still struggling to get respect despite becoming the first team in league history to successfully rally from two 3-1 deficits in the same postseason.
That said, Denver was +1800 at most major sportsbooks on Tuesday. So to move to +900 is improvement. And as previously noted on this site, a bunch of bettors grabbed them at +15000 when they trailed the Jazz 3-1, and at +12500, when they trailed the Clippers 3-1.
“We have some liability on both them and the Lakers,” said Johnny Avello of DraftKings Sportsbook.
He added that of the four remaining teams, the Nuggets were drawing just a little more action than the Lakers, Heat and Celtics in the championship futures market.
Los Angeles is favored by 7 to 7.5 points for Game 1 on Friday night, while the Boston Celtics are 2.5 point favorites over Miami (the line opened at 1.5) for Game 2 despite the Heat’s 117-114 overtime victory in Game 1 Tuesday night.
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