the mad sports man

 Three sweeps yesterday. White Sox swept Houston and will play Cleveland next.  Yankees swept Boston and will play Tampa Bay next. San Diego swept the Cubs and will play Milwaukee next. Philadelphia vs Atlanta tonight to play Los Angeles next. Division series starts Saturday 

 The postseason it here and here are the match ups. They are: Philadelphia vs Atlanta, Chicago vs San Diego, Chicago vs Houston and Boston vs New York. Tampa Bay, Cleveland, Milwaukee and Los Angeles have the byes to the division round.

 Dave Kingman is the first (and I believe the only player) to play with a team in all four divisions in 1977 (New York Mets NL East, San Diego Padres NL West, California Angels AL West, and New York Yankees AL East). Insane.

 Yup, all begins boxing day, with Canada playing Switzerland to open, Latvia on the 28th, Norway on the 29th and Czech Republic on new years eve. All games start at 7pm Eastern Time 

 Watching a video on old baseball traditions. From scheduled double headers, scorecards, pitchers batting, day games (they still happen), wool uniforms, and pitchers throwing complete games. What other traditions do you remember?

 Opening weekend in the NFL is done. What stood out?  Saints lost, Seahawks won. Bears win high scoring game.  How about the CFL quadruple header Saturday?  Fun day there. I will throw in an old CFL stadium. Clarke Stadium.

 First the fun fact. Lee May hit the last ever home run at Crosley Field against Juan Marichal of the San Francisco Giants on June 24, 1970. Reds won 5-4.  Great labor Day weekend. Except for the rain yesterday. Montreal beat BC, Saskatchewan beat Winnipeg, Toronto beat Hamilton and Edmonton beat Calgary. 3-1 in my pickems. This weekend has Ottawa at Toronto at 11am, Saskatchewan at Winnipeg at 2pm, Calgary at Edmonton at 5pm and Montreal at BC at 8pm. All games on Saturday and all Prince Albert time.