THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
PAGE 7
Baseball fans: enjoy the season's final days
MORNING BREW
Yes, all the baseball division races have closed up. but for some fans out there, the wildcard races look to go down to the final day of play.
In the National League, Atlanta is trying to fend off St. Louis. The Braves get the Philadelphia Phillies at home and even though the Phillies have locked up the National League East, they are trying to win their 100th game of the season. They are also attempting to regain some momentum heading into the playoffs after losing nine of their last 11 games.
The Cardinals are trying to catch the Braves in what may be their last stand with one of the best current ball players in the game, Albert Pujols.
And for all you Red Sox nation members who somehow found yourselves in Kansas, I know you'll be staring closely to your computer screens to see if they can hold off the surge of the Rays, praying that their collapse ends this week in Baltimore. But the scary truth is that the Sox have lost 18 games in September — and the Rays get to play Boston's biggest rival, the Yankees.
I'm not saying there will be chants of conspiracy coming out of Boston should the Yankees, who have home field advantage all wrapped up in the American League, lose to the Rays and watch the Red Sox knocked out of the playoff hunt, but I'm definitely not saying there won't be.
But the absolute best part of these last few days of regular season baseball is that it all happens at the beginning of the week. The NFL teams will all be preparing for Sunday, so the only story you will hear of is an update on the injury to Michael Vick's non-throwing hand (which you really only care about if he's on your fantasy team and either way I have a secret for you; nobody cares about your fantasy team, except you).
And college football will still somehow be dragging out the big conference realignment that wasn't (thanks Texas A&M. Really, that was a month-long headache for basically nothing).
So watch some good baseball this week instead and, if
you are one of the Kansas City Royals' faithful fans, hang in there. Things will get better. The American League Central isn't that good and your team is in a position to make a big leap next year.
— Edited by Rachel Schultz
BIG 12 FOOTBALL
Low predictions don't get football teams down
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Kansas State and Iowa State got picked to finish near the bottom of the Big 12 standings. After undefeated starts in nonconference play, they will get a chance this week to show whether they're contenders or pretenders.
The Wildcats will host No. 15
Baylor on Saturday, trying to start
4-0 for the second straight year after failing to do so six years in a row. Iowa State, which won each of its first three games by four points or less, will get a visit from 17thranked Texas and try to open with four straight wins for the first time since 2000.
K-State's opening stretch has grabbed the attention of the league after the Wildcats were picked to
finish eighth in the 10-team conference in the preseason. Iowa State was picked ninth, ahead of only Kansas.
"Bill Snyder's stamp is starting to show on the program," Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said Monday on the Big 12 coaches' call. "They're playing very, very good defense, time of possession football, very good on third downs. They're running the football.
"That's just kind of his stamp on him climbing that program."
The Wildcats needed a goal-line stand in the final minute to preserve a 28-24 win at Miami on Saturday, with linebacker Tre Walker making three tackles inside the 2-yard line to earn conference defensive player of the week honors.
really shows you a great deal about their determination, their spirit, their toughness," said Snyder, in his second season since coming out of retirement to take back the program he built from a national laughingstock into a title contender.
"To be able to do what they did
"They had their backs against the wall." he said.
place among seven Big 12 teams who'll make it through September undefeated.
Iowa State has been squeak-
ing past opponents to maintain its
Iowa State and Kansas State are both receiving votes in The Associated Press poll after going 7-6 last season, then starting out strong. Brown said he thinks the Cyclones should be ranked.
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