Yankees and Dodgers win championship; The Cowboys beat the Giants but lost key players

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NEW YORK YANKEES AND LOS ANGELES DODGERS

For the second time in three years, Yankee To be AL East championand with a historic duo and a stellar pitcher leading the way, they’re looking for more. Judge Aaron hit him 58th home run of the season when the Yankees came out on top oriole 10-1 for divided crown. The win assured New York a bye to the division series.

Judge and Juan Soto has posted numbers that are comparable to some of the best duos ever and has totaled 99 home runs this season. Besides them, Gleyber Torres recently appeared as the lead and Austin well has grown strong behind Judge and Soto. As for pitching, Gerrit Cole has a 2.25 ERA in his last 10 starts and the bullpen is loaded with options.

So is this the year the drought ends? Mike Axisa says the ingredients are there… as is the pressure.

the Dodgersmeanwhile, won their 11th NL West title in 12 years with one won 7-2 above priest. Shohei Ohtani — who else? — had a leadoff hit in a five-run seventh inning, and Him finally playing in the playoffs is a baseball fan’s dream.

It’s not just Ohtani. Have Mookie Bet And Freddie Freeman And Teoscar Hernández about criminal conduct. The Dodgers are just 1-6 in their last two seasons, but perhaps Ohtani is the key to changing that, even if an injury-ravaged pitching staff remains a big question mark.

As we enter the final weekend of the season, This is a picture of the playoff matchwith four spots up for grabs. By the way, it’s all going through Monday, so brave And Mets Maybe to make up for their matches being postponed due to Hurricane Helene.

Finally, here it is Matt Snyder’s award prediction.

😁 Honorable mentions

🥲 And this is not a good morning for…

OAKLAND SPORTS FANS

Don’t go gently into that good night,
Old age will burn and rage at the end of the day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

It was poet Dylan Thomas in 1947. And in 2024, the fans Oakland Athletics pay attention, with 46,889 fans — filled with emotion and alcohol — packed the Oakland Coliseum for the Athletics’ final home game before the team leaves for Sacramento and then Las Vegas.

Rickey Henderson And Dave Stewart Throw out the first pitch. Barry Zito sang the national anthem. Groundskeepers collect dirt for fans as souvenirs. It was a bittersweet goodbye – more bitter than sweet.

It doesn’t have to be like this. Owner John Fisher got the organization going and are now taking them out of town. He then had the audacity to write to his fans that it was “very difficult.” Yes, that’s right. Over the past five years, Oakland has lost in the Athletics, league Raiders and combatant. It does life is uprooted and hijack the fandom. It just stinks.

Thank you for the memories, you little machines that could (and did), you “Moneyball” experts, you four-time champions. RJ Anderson has one a wonderful retrospective of 56 years of Oakland Athletics baseball.

👎 Not so honorable mentions

🏈 Cowboys beat the Giants, plus NFL Week 4 picks

the cowboy needed a win, and they got one. Who cares if it’s beautiful? (It wasn’t.) Dallas passed Giant 20-15 to improve to 2-2 on the season. Dak Prescott threw a pair of touchdowns and earned a 13th straight win over the Giants, the second-longest winning streak by a quarterback against a single opponent on record (Bob Griese won 17 consecutive matches first Bill.)

Listen, cowboys Not so great right now. They had trouble running the ball. Defense, under a new coordinator Mike ZimmerDidn’t make big plays like last year. For what it’s worth, Dallas beat New York 49-17 and 40-0 last year.

Furthermore, this victory may come at a price later Micah Parsons And DeMarcus Lawrence left with wounds. Huge star rookie Malik Nabers But also was shaken.

It’s hard to win in the NFL. It was a short week on the road. Prescott has been productive and the defense, a week into its offense, has allowed a low of 1.1 yards per rush (minimum 20 carries). Dallas may not be as strong as it was a few years ago, but this was a much-needed win.

There are a lot of great Week 4 games coming up, but in my eyes, the best one is bill-crow on Sunday night. IN his choiceJohn Breech says…

• Breech presentation: “From John Harbaugh took over as coach in 2008, the Ravens rushed for at least 200 yards in 40 regular season games and Baltimore went 35-5 in those games… With Derrick HenryThe Ravens offense is essentially a freight train barreling down the tracks at top speed, and not many teams have strong enough defenses to slow down a freight train. Option: Ravens 23-20 over Bills“

Viking Packer However, it’s a very close second, especially if Jordan love (knee) give back. He will be greeted by a Minnesota defense that embarrassed the best of the game and Chris Trapasso look at Minnesota’s defense is a must read.

Here are our expert picks:

Pete Prisco | John Breech | Tyler Sullivan | Jordan Dajani

After forgetting to pick last week, I’m still 5-2 on the season. This week, we will continue with…

• Pirates on eagles
• Steelers over Colts
• Bengals over Panthers

🏈 Georgia-Alabama is the college football game of the year so far, along with selected Week 5 matchups

Well, I know how I’m going to spend Saturday night. No. 2 Georgia visit No. 4 Alabama in the first game of the year (Preview here). The Bulldogs have won 42 straight games during the season, but their most recent – ​​13-12 over Kentucky — raises a lot of questions about Kirby is smarta bunch. We have a ton of preview content that’s fitting for such a big game:

And to my surprise, this one came out on top Tom Fornelli’s six picks.

• Fornelli: “I’m a little worried about Georgia! … It’s not completely out of the ordinary for this team to play with its food, but they usually turn things on at the end of those games. That didn’t happen against Kentucky. On top of that , they have no defenders Tate Ratledge (ankle) probably for a month or more, and they get bumped in other places as well. … The Crimson Tide’s offense is explosive and the defense is causing problems, the latter of which makes me concerned for Georgia here. Pick: Alabama +2.5 (-115)“

Here are some other top games:

• No. 3 Ohio State at Michigan State (preview)
• No. 19 Illinois at No. 9 Penn State (preview)
• Wisconsin at No. 13 USC (preview)
• No. 15 Louisville and No. 16 Notre Dame (preview)
• No. 20 Oklahoma State and No. 23 Kansas State (preview)

And here’s more…

⛳ The United States takes a historic 5-0 lead on day one of the Presidents Cup

On paper, the United States is a very popular country.

Along the way, somehow it’s even than dominant. The US leads the Internationals 5-0 after the first day of the Presidents Cupa collapse of historic proportions.

• This is the fifth time in Presidents Cup history – and the first time since 2007 – that a team has advanced through a session.
• Through five matches, the International pair led after only 10 of 87 holes.

That doesn’t mean there weren’t close matches, nor does it mean it wasn’t heated. Things came to a head on the seventh hole of the tournament Scottie Scheffler & Russell Henley vs. Tom Kim & Sungjae Im match when Kim celebrated a long birdie and Scheffler responded with a birdie of his own and said “What is that?!” scolded Kim. On the eighth day, Kim and Im left the green early, not even watching Scheffler’s putt that ruffled feathers.

In the end, Team International messed with the bull and took the bull by the horns… and the United States had a lot of bull. Scheffler, world No. 1, and Henley beat Kim and Im 3 & 2, the biggest win of the day. Xander Schauffele2 player in the world, had a stunning birdie-birdie finish to take the lead and Tony Finau win 1 UP Ben An And Jason’s Day.

Here are the full results from Day 1.

📺 What should we watch this weekend?

⛳ We’re watching the Presidents Cup. Here’s how.

Friday

🏈 Virginia Tech at No. 7 Miami7:30 p.m. on ESPN
🏈 Washington at Rutgers8 p.m. on Fox

Saturday

🏈 Kentucky is at No. 6 Ole Missnoon on ABC
🏈 Minnesota is at No. 12 Michigannoon on Fox
🏈 No. 20 Oklahoma State and No. 23 Kansas Statenoon on ESPN
🏈 Wisconsin at No. 13 USC3:30 p.m. on CBS
🏈 No. 15 Louisville and No. 16 Notre Dame3:30 p.m. on Peacock
🏈 Mississippi State is No. 1 Texas4:15 p.m. on SEC Network
🏈 No. 3 Ohio State at Michigan State7 p.m. on Peacock
⚾ Orioles at Twins OR Mets at Brewers7:15 p.m. on Fox
🏈 No. 2 Georgia and No. 4 Alabama7:30 p.m. on ABC
🏈 No. 19 Illinois at No. 9 Penn State7:30 p.m. on NBC
🏈 Arizona is at No. 10 Utah10:15 p.m. on ESPN
🏈 No. 8 Oregon at UCLA10:30 p.m. on Fox

Sunday

🏈 Vikings at Falcons1 p.m. on CBS
🏈 Steeler at Colts1 p.m. on CBS
🏈 Eagles at Buccaneers1 p.m. on Fox
🏈 Saints at Falcons1 p.m. on Fox
🏀 Ace at Liberty Game 13:30 p.m. on ABC
🏈 Commander at Cardinals4:05 p.m. on Fox
🏈 Director at Chargers4:25 p.m. on CBS
🏈 Bills at Ravens8:20 p.m. on NBC
🏀 Sun at Lynx Game 18:30 p.m. on ESPN