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A look at whats happening around the majors Sunday:---A GIANT DAYSan Francisco holds a one-game lead over St. Sneakers UK From China . Louis for the last NL playoff spot going into the final day of the regular season. Matt Moore starts at home for the Giants vs. the Dodgers, and a win gives them the second NL wild-card slot. In St. Louis, Adam Wainwright and the Cardinals need to beat Pittsburgh and hope for a Giants loss to force a one-game tiebreaker.COULD BE CHAOSBaltimore, Toronto and Detroit all had a chance to win an AL wild-card berth on the last day. Seattle also was a possibility, depending on what happened Saturday night.Adding to the final-day drama: Every game in the majors is scheduled to start within 10 minutes of each other.THE FINAL WORDFamed announcer Vin Scully calls his last game when the Los Angeles Dodgers wrap up the regular season in San Francisco. The 88-year-old Scully began doing Dodgers game in 1950 when he joined Red Barber and Connie Desmond in the Brooklyn radio and television booth. The Giants plan to simulcast his call of the third inning on their TV and radio affiliates.ITS TIME, TEDThe Atlanta Braves play their final game at Turner Field, called the Ted by fans in a nod to past owner Ted Turner. Chipper Jones got the first hit when the former Centennial Olympic Stadium opened for big league baseball in 1997. Well see who gets the last hit when Detroit visits Atlanta in the finale. Next year, the Braves will play in the suburbs at SunTrust Park.ONE MORE TEXMark Teixeira will be honored with a pregame ceremony before winding up his big league career when the Yankees host Baltimore. A three-time All-Star and five-time Gold Glove first baseman, the 36-year-old has hit over 400 home runs with Texas, Atlanta, the Angels and Yankees. Popular with teammates and fans, Teixeira was among the most durable players in the majors until injuries took their toll in recent seasons.LAST LOOKSDavid Ortiz, Ryan Howard and Matt Holliday will likely play for the last time in the regular season in the uniforms theyve worn for so long. Ortiz is retiring after this year with the AL East champion Red Sox, the Phillies arent expected to bring back Howard and the Cardinals plan to buy out Holliday. All three stars are expected to get big ovations from home fans.OCTOBER TUNEUPSSeveral front-line starters around the majors will be prepping for their postseason assignments. David Price (17-9) pitches for AL East champion Boston against Toronto, while Kenta Maeda (16-10) goes for the Dodgers in San Francisco. Meanwhile, right-handers Kyle Hendricks (16-8, 1.99 ERA) of the Cubs and Max Scherzer of the Nationals (19-7, 2.82, MLB-best 277 strikeouts) make their closing arguments for the NL Cy Young Award.MORE MAXIn what will be Washingtons first -- and last -- entirely meaningless game of 2016, Max Scherzer is eyeing his second 20-win season and an NL Cy Young Award to add to the 2013 AL honor he won for Detroit while going 21-3. Thats been the pinnacle for pitchers ever since I was in the game -- and long before me. It would be forever: `Hes a 20-game winner, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said. Expounding on how he views pitchers stats, Baker said: People put a lot of emphasis on ERA, which is good, but I put emphasis on wins for a guy that knows how to win, whether its 7-6 or whether its 2-1. Certain guys know how to win.PERPETUAL YOUTHIn Tampa Bays finale at Texas, 27-year-old righty Chase Whitley is set to extend the Rays majors-leading streak of 398 straight starts by a pitcher under 30. Whitley hasnt started a big league game since having Tommy John surgery in early 2015. Cheap Sneakers UK Online . At a Manhattan federal court hearing, attorney Jordan Siev said his law office has gotten more evidence nearly every day to support its lawsuit accusing MLB and Selig of going on a "witch hunt" to ruin Rodriguezs reputation and career. He said the defendants went "way over the line. Authentic Sneakers UK Cheap . -- Adam Snyder returned to the San Francisco 49ers this season because the offensive lineman thought it was his best opportunity to win a championship. http://www.discountsneakersuk.com/ . But what about the officials? Every sport has officials and they also have stories about hard work and sacrifice but their accomplishments are seldom recognized by anyone outside their inner circle. Coach Des Haslers future at Canterbury will reportedly come under the microscope at a special board meeting scheduled by the NRL club on Friday.Hasler is contracted until the end of 2017, but the Bulldogs are believed to be weighing up his position following a disappointing end to the season.The Bulldogs lost their last four games of the year, including a heavy elimination defeat to Penrith in week one of the finals.There is going to be a board meeting on Friday and that is the main purpose of the meeting, to discuss Des Haslers contract extension, Canterbury boss Raelene Castle told News Corp Australia. Wholesale Sneakers UK. The truth of the matter is that we are still in negotiations with Des and his management and there has been no final decisions made on anything.Castle would not comment about any potential changes to Haslers contract, nor would she say if there were rumblings among board members about the coachs performance.Hasler, who joined from Manly in 2012, has guided the Bulldogs to two grand finals, both of which they lost. ' ' '
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