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With only 15 games left for the Detroit Tigers in the 2026 MLB regular season, it's only a matter of time before they get mathematically eliminated from the postseason hunt. With a record of 68-79 even after taking a 6-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies on the road on Friday, they are 6.5 games back of the third and final Wild Card spot with six teams ahead of them in the standings.
Nonetheless, even with the Tigers poised to miss the postseason, it's difficult not to feel excited over their prospects of being a contending team in the near future. After all, they have quite the impressive position player core — with rookie Kevin McGonigle turning plenty of heads already despite being in just his first season in the big leagues.
McGonigle did go 0-4 on the night in the Tigers' win over the Rockies. But as a whole, he has been brilliant this season for the Tigers. He ended the night with an OPS of .788 to go along with 16 home runs and 62 runs batted in — being a consistent table-setter for Detroit. And manager AJ Hinch believes that he should be the runaway favorite to win the Rookie of the Year award.
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Two injured Detroit Tigers pitchers are taking one step closer to returning.
Before Detroit's game against the Colorado Rockies on Friday, Sept. 11, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said that right-hander Jack Flaherty will throw a simulated game on Saturday, at Comerica Park. Flaherty is expected to pitch 2-3 simulated innings against Tigers batters from the mound before the afternoon game against the Rockies.
Flaherty last pitched competitively for Triple-A Toledo on Sept. 6, allowing one hits and zero runs over 1⅓ innings in a rehab start in Toledo. The righty has been rehabbing from right flexor tendon inflammation and last pitched in the majors in a start against the Chicago Cubs on July 20.
Hank Greenberg won the World Series with the Detroit Tigers in 1935 and 1945. He's a Hall of Fame slugger and won the American League MVP award twice.

#right #simulated

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Sept. 4-6: Junior Players Championship, Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. Visit ajga.org.
Sept. 5-6: Walker Cup, Lahinch Golf Club, Ireland.

#course #Eagles #Events

Jacksonville Beach native Miles Russell seemingly has his singles match and possibly a U.S. draw in the Walker Cup in hand with two holes to play against Connor Graham of Scotland on Sept. 6, at the Lahinch Golf Club in Ireland.
Graham, a junior at Texas Tech and a first-team All-Big 12 player last year, had other ideas.
Graham birdied the last two holes while the 17-year-old Russell, playing in his first Walker Cup, went bogey-par. The ensuing halve opened the door for Josh Hill to beat Russell's doubles partner Tyler Watts 1-up with an up-and-down from a greenside bunker and clinch the Cup for Great Britain/Ireland,13.5-12.5 victory.
The victory ended a five-match winning streak for the Americans. GB/I won seven of the 10 singles matches to rally from a three-point deficit after the Americans swept the morning foursomes.
Had Russell pulled out the victory, the U.S. would have at least retained the Walker Cup with a 13-13 tie. If Watts had won his match, the U.S. would have won outright.

#victory

Americans painted the scoreboard red at Lahinch during Sunday morning's foursomes only to be capsized by a blue wave in the afternoon singles that saw Great Britain and Ireland rally to win the 51st Walker Cup.
The home team got off to a blazing start in the final session on a gusty Irish day, winning each of the first four singles matches.
Stuart Grehan topped Preston Stout for the second straight day and Jack Whaley recorded a historic, 8-and-7 runaway victory over William Jennings.
Then came two more wins for Team GB&I — Luke Poulter beat Ethan Fang when the latter's putt on No. 17 came up just short of the hole. Moments later, Tyler Weaver closed out his match over Jay Leng Jr. with a 4-and-3 win.
Those four results flipped the script at the 51st Walker Cup, putting GB&I up 10 1/2 to 9 1/2 with six more matches left.

#team #matches #came #americans

CLEVELAND – Better late than never.
Lefty Brant Hurter, a vital piece of the Tigers' bullpen the last two seasons, was activated off the injured list Sept. 6.
"We've finally got nine relievers," manager AJ Hinch said. "We haven't had that in a while."
It was a pretty nice birthday present for Hurter, who turned 28 Sunday. He has been out since May 23 with lumbar spine inflammation. He's been healthy for several weeks but his rehab ***** ignment was extended to eight outings with Triple-A Toledo because of performance issues.
He struggled to get his velocity back over 90 mph on his sinker. But he seemed back to form in his last two outings.

#back #lefty

CLEVELAND – Jack Flaherty is on his way back to the Detroit Tigers.
The 30-year-old right-hander will begin a rehab ******* ignment with Triple-A Toledo on Sunday, Sept. 6.
"Short stint," Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said on Saturday before the Tigers played the Cleveland Guardians. "Basically, like another live BP, but we're going to have it in competition. So he may only go one inning. He may get two ups. We're not sure."
Flaherty is rehabbing from right flexor tendon inflammation, and has been throwing live bullpens in recent weeks while traveling with the Tigers, with fastball velocity around 93 mph, according to Hinch.
"The reality is setting in that it's going to be really hard to build him all the way back up into that five, six, or seven-inning pitcher," Hinch said Wednesday in Minneapolis. "But that doesn't mean that we won't be more creative with him if the recovery continues."

#inning

COUNTY CLARE, Ireland (AP) — British Amateur champion Stuart Grehan didn't flinch when he was 3 down after three holes against the No. 1 amateur in golf. The Irishman rallied to beat Preston Stout on the 18th hole Saturday as Great Britain and Ireland took a one-point lead over the Americans in the Walker Cup.
Luke Poulter of England held off 17-year-old Miles Russell in the last singles match on the course, giving GB&I a 6 1/2-5 1/2 lead going into the final day at Lahinch as it tries to beat the Americans for the first time since 2015.
GB&I had a three-point lead after the opening day its last time on home soil, in 2023 at St. Andrews, only for the Americans to win 10 of the 14 matches on Sunday. The Americans had a one-point lead last year at Cypress Point and lost only one of the 10 singles matches in a 17-9 win.
"We're ahead, but we need to reset for tomorrow," said Poulter, the son of Ryder Cup stalwart Ian Poulter and a senior at Florida. He turned the match in his favor with a 15-foot birdie putt on the 15th hole and a stellar up-and-down on the par-3 16th.
The crowd created a big atmosphere as it walked the fairways behind matches and surrounded the greens on the fabled links along the Atlantic coast in the west of Ireland.

#poulter

A.J. Hinch is not waving the white flag.
What exactly is he supposed to do?
The Detroit Tigers enter a four-game series against the Cleveland Guardians with their postseason hopes hanging by a thread. Detroit is 64-75 and sits 5½ games behind Cleveland for the final American League Wild Card spot with only a few weeks remaining.
Yet Hinch continues to insist his team will fight until the math says otherwise.
"This has been a really hard stretch and very much a roller-coaster season. I know in the big scheme of things, there is a lot of frustration around this team, but we're not going to quit."

#team #Guardians

LAHINCH, Ireland – Multiple players on the U.S. Walker Cup team are dealing with stomach issues ahead of the 51st edition at Lahinch Golf Club.
William Jennings, a rising junior at Alabama, and Oklahoma State senior Ethan Fang, who competed in last year's Walker Cup at Cypress Point, did not join their other eight teammates for on-course practice on Thursday morning as they recover from stomach illnesses.
"They're good," U.S. captain Nathan Smith said. "They're just going to get a little rest and should be good to go."
This is not the first time that a stomach illness has stricken Walker Cup competitors the week of the competition. In 2021 at Seminole, 16 members from both teams, including the two captains, contracted stomach bugs, with some gastrointestinal issues so severe that they required players be sent to the emergency room.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the two teams had alternates on site, and two of them – American Mac Meissner and GB&I's Jake Bolton – were subbed into action. It marked the first time in the event, which dates to 1922, that alternates were used.

#lahinch

The Junior Players Championship begins its third decade Sept. 4-6 at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass.
This will be the 20th edition of the American Junior Golf ******* ociation invitational and the field is loaded as usual, with 15 of the top 25 players on the AJGA rankings as of July 31, including a pair of University of Florida commits, No. 4 Jessy Huebner of Port St. Lucie and No. 7 Guiseppe Puebla of Royal Palm Beach.
Also in the field are No. 2 Jaden Soong of Los Angeles (uncommitted), No. 6 Ronin Banjerjee of Irvine, Calif., (Tennessee), No. 8 Grayson Baucom of Hickory, N.C. (uncommitted), No. 13 Sam Carraher of Crown Point Ind. (Purdue) and No. 17 Sohan Patel of Weston (Vanderbilt), the defending FHSAA Class 2A state champion.
Two-time Junior Players winner and defending champion Miles Russell is not in the field this year. He's playing for the U.S. team in the Walker Cup Sept. 5-6 at the Lahinch Golf Club in Ireland.
JUNIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST AND SECOND TEE TIMES

#junior #championship #sept #golf

MINNEAPOLIS - Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch spoke with a sharp edge to his voice.
There was no smile, no joking around, no chitchat. He was in no mood to mess around.
"There's edge to the day because we hold ourselves to a higher bar," Hinch said before the Tigers played a mostly solid game, well, until their bullpen melted down again to force extra innings. But Spencer Torkelson hit a clutch homer in the 12th inning, then Javier Baez lofted a three-RBI double to make it even more comfortable, as the Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins, 11-6, at Target Field on Wednesday, Sept. 2.
At the moment Hinch spoke in a pregame session, the Tigers had lost 14 of their previous 17 games.
"It's not good right now," Hinch said. "I'm not shying away from it. It's our own doing."

#spoke #minneapolis

It's time for one of the biggest amateur competitions in the world: the 51st Walker Cup.
The biennial competition between 10 of the best amateurs from the United States and their counterparts from Great Britain and Ireland will take place Sept. 5-6 at Lahinch in Ireland. It's the first time Lahinch has hosted the Walker Cup.
In 2025 at Cypress Point, the U.S. dominated Sunday Singles to win 17 to 9 for its fifth straight win. The Americans lead the all-time series, 40-9-1.
Here's everything you need to know for the 2026 Walker Cup:
Golf Channel: 3:30-8 a.m.; 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

#lahinch #great

The start of games is still an issue for Detroit Tigers left-handed starter Framber Valdez.
Laboring through a 28-pitch first inning, Valdez gave up what turned out to be an insurmountable lead in a 4-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday, Aug. 24. The first two Rays hitters reached base on singles and eventually came in to score on a pair of ground **** , aided by a Brett Callahan fielding error in left field.
"It is frustrating for him," Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said postgame. "It is frustrating for us. A couple of singles and then Callahan is in between and makes the error. All of a sudden, instead of first and second, where that ground ball can maybe get you some breathing room, we are under a lot of stress."
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Valdez limited the damage, but the early two-run deficit was costly in the low-scoring loss. Valdez has now given up 24 runs – 20 earned – in the first innings of his starts as a Tiger, spanning 25⅔ total innings, for a 7.01 ERA before reaching the second inning. His ERA after the first inning? 3.78.

#singles

DETROIT — Tigers All-Star outfielder Riley Greene is trending toward a return to the lineup, though manager AJ Hinch isn't ready to put an exact timetable on that. If all goes well, he could return this week during the home stand.
Greene was back in the Comerica Park clubhouse Monday afternoon, Aug. 24, ahead of the opener of a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays.
More: Tigers sign reliever Tyler Kinley; Ty Madden heads to Toledo
Greene was doing some outfield drills before the game. He had been rehabbing in Lakeland, Florida.
"Hot," Greene said with a smile, when asked how Lakeland went.

#return #detroit #star #hinch

The Detroit Tigers appeared to be getting close to adding Brant Hurter back to their bullpen.
Not anymore.
Detroit has pulled Hurter from his minor-league rehab ****** ignment with Triple-A Toledo, delaying the left-hander's return after a rough stretch of appearances. The good news is that Hurter has not suffered another injury, according to MLB's Jason Beck. The less encouraging part is that the Tigers don't believe he's ready to face Major League hitters yet.
Manager A.J. Hinch said Detroit wants Hurter out of games temporarily while he works on his mechanics.
"We have not shut him down completely," Hinch said, adding that the Tigers want to make sure Hurter is operating at full strength.

#hurter #tigers #adding #jason

Last Thursday (20), Corinthians beat Rosario Central 1-0 at Neo Química Arena and secured a place in the quarterfinals of the 2026 Conmebol Libertadores.
Even before the match started, Argentinians and Corinthians fans put on a beautiful show in the stands, singing in support of their teams.
But even Los Canallas' "hinchas" were impressed by the Fiel Torcida.
In videos circulating on social media, Rosario Central fans stop singing after being drowned out by the explosion coming from the black-and-white side with the "poropopó."
Timão returns to the pitch on Sunday (23), when they visit Coritiba at Couto Pereira for Matchday 24 of the Brasileirão.

#singing

Former IndyCar Series driver and Formula 1 pundit James Hinchcliffe has questioned why Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff would consult Kimi Antonelli's father over F1 power unit penalties.
Antonelli currently leads the drivers' championship with 219 points, holding a 50-point lead over second-placed Lewis Hamilton following six race victories in the opening half of the season. Antonelli's team-mate George Russell sits a further nine points behind Hamilton in third.
However, looking ahead to the final 12 rounds of the year, Mercedes is preparing for tactical grid drops. Speaking ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix on the F1 Nation podcast, host Tom Clarkson mentioned the comments made by Wolff during the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend.
Wolff indicated that Mercedes will likely take engine penalties in the second half of the year and suggested taking them at the Italian Grand Prix, which is Antonelli's home race, could relieve pressure on the 19-year-old by placing him further back on the grid. But Wolff added that he would be discussing this with Antonelli's father, Marco.
Toto Wolff, Mercedes

#grand #father #penalties

PITTSBURGH – A.J. Hinch promised his team wouldn't sulk after it got swept by the Chicago White Sox, or be caught by even the slightest bit of disheartenment. That wasn't going to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Pirates, he noted.
The manager was right.
Mostly.
Whatever else is said about his Tigers, about their youthful inconsistency, their uneven bullpen, their talent for booting a grounder or walking back-to-back batters and turning blowouts into high-stress innings, there is this: They don't dwell.
And they didn't Monday, Aug. 17, at PNC Park as they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-5.

#tigers #detroit #mostly

PITTSBURGH – A.J. Hinch promised his team wouldn't sulk after it got swept by the Chicago White Sox, or be caught by even the slightest bit of disheartenment. That wasn't going to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Pirates, he noted.
The manager was right.
Mostly.
Whatever else is said about his Tigers, about their youthful inconsistency, their uneven bullpen, their talent for booting a grounder or walking back-to-back batters and turning blowouts into high-stress innings, there is this: They don't dwell.
And they didn't Monday, Aug. 17, at PNC Park as they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-5.

#back #detroit

PITTSBURGH – A.J. Hinch promised his team wouldn't sulk after it got swept by the Chicago White Sox, or be caught by even the slightest bit of disheartenment. That wasn't going to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Pirates, he noted.
The manager was right.
Mostly.
Whatever else is said about his Tigers, about their youthful inconsistency, their uneven bullpen, their talent for booting a grounder or walking back-to-back batters and turning blowouts into high-stress innings, there is this: They don't dwell.
And they didn't Monday, Aug. 17, at PNC Park as they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-5.

#tigers #pirates

PITTSBURGH – The Detroit Tigers miss Riley Greene, as anyone who is breathing will tell you – including manager A.J. Hinch, who feels the left-fielder's absence as he makes his lineup card out every day.
"You notice it because he's a tremendous player and because he plays every single day," Hinch said Monday, Aug. 17, "he's a mainstay in the middle of our order. He's definitely missed. Like a lot of teams, when you lose a mainstay, you feel it."
The loss is even more acute, he pointed out, when the Tigers face a string of right-handed starters, as they will at PNC Park on Monday-Wednesday. Greene doesn't just provide power, he provides protection as a lefty. His absence isn't why Kevin McGonigle and Dillon Dingler have been scuffling lately – especially Dingler, who went 1-for-34 before doubling against the White Sox on Sunday.

#hinch #Monday #every

ARDMORE, Pa. — Merion, the club and the course, is about as English as anything American thing could be, and Sunday here — for the finale of the 126th U.S. Amateur — was dank and wet and of-so-English. An Englishman was playing a kid from California. The Englishman won. Not a shocker.
There was something truly great about this Am, the whole seven days of it: six days of hot, dry golf leading to this rainy, cool Sunday; 312 players whittled down to two; and a final featuring two totally dissimilar golfers. Jack Whaley, deeply tanned and powerfully built, grew up in Doncaster, England, plays at Florida State and has a ready-for-the-Tour swing and a grind-it-out demeanor. Jay Leng Jr. grew up in San Diego, plays at Stanford, could not weigh 130 pounds, has a stance wider than Moe Norman's and a backswing shorter than Jon Rahm's, and follows no known playbook but his own. It was a delight watching these two go at it in this 36-hole final. Whaley won the match with a birdie on 15, the final nail in his 4-and-3 victory.
Arnold Palmer, who won this event in 1954, offered this as a swing tip for life: "Swing your swing." A cousin to you do you. Leng, winner of the Western Amateur earlier this summer who will represent the U.S. at next month's Walker Cup at Lahinch in Ireland, did not know Palmer's three-word phrase but understood its message. "I've always done things my own way and it seems to be working so I don't see any reason to change now," Leng said Sunday night, about to board a van for a ride back to the clubhouse as Whaley's new trophy was being brought to the 15th green.
By 14, Leng was playing without a hat, his black hair so wet he looked like he had just stepped out of a shower, his shirt close to soaked. Asked if he had learned anything over the course of the day about playing in the rain, he said, "Maybe carry more towels?" He was wet and worn out and tired. A U.S. Amateur can take a lot out of a guy, and so can golf in a steady rain.
Andy North won his two U.S. Opens playing in cold and wet conditions. He is now a member of the USGA executive committee — nice get, USGA! — and was at the award presentation. "Not a shock to see a player from England play so well in these conditions — you would think he has a lot of experience at it," North said Sunday night. "Playing in the rain really requires you to stay as dry as you possibly can while keeping your mind totally focused on the shots you have to make, never giving in to the rain for a second." Andy North was a master of keeping two towels in the spokes of his umbrella while playing in the rain, one for the grips, the other for his hands.

#playing #amateur

Detroit – Tigers' television broadcaster Jason Benetti, as he does, asked manager AJ Hinch a thought-provoking question before the game Saturday.
It was Hinch's 933rd game at the helm of the Tigers, which tied him for fifth most in club history with Steve O'Neill (1943-1948) and a guy named Ty Cobb (1921-1926). Cobb, of course, was a player-manager.
"One of the few times in my career I've been mentioned with Ty Cobb," Hinch said.
Benetti asked Hinch what he would be like as a player-manager.
"I'd play myself against a lefty," he said. "Though I don't think I could catch up to (White Sox starter Anthony) Kay's fastball. But that is one thing I would recommend to the manager side of me. I'd also pinch-hit for myself, which shouldn't surprise anybody."

#benetti

The Detroit Tigers have unveiled a dramatically altered starting lineup for Saturday afternoon's critical game against the Chicago White Sox at Comerica Park.
Facing left-hander Anthony Kay, manager A.J. Hinch has moved Hao-Yu Lee into the No. 2 spot, placed Dillon Dingler at designated hitter and moved Kevin McGonigle down from No. 3 to cleanup. Rookie catcher Eduardo Valencia will bat fifth and handle Troy Melton behind the plate.
Detroit enters the game at 60-62, trailing first-place Chicago by 3.5 games in the American League Central.
Here is how the Tigers will line up against Kay:
Gleyber Torres, 2B

#white

The Detroit Tigers pulled All-Star left fielder Riley Greene after he was hit by a pitch in the second inning of the series-opener against the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday, Aug. 11.
In his first and only at-bat against Guardians starter Tanner Bibee, a 3-2 fastball came too far inside and hit Greene in the lower right leg. It looked real bad at first, but in the slow-motion replay you could see the pitch at least partially hit the leg guard he was wearing. Greene took a second in the box, but waved off manager A.J. Hinch and ran down to first base with a big applause.
Greene continued his running with a trip from first base to home on an RBI double from first baseman Spencer Torkelson, giving the Tigers the game's first run. Greene sprinted around the bases seemingly without issue.
But he remained in the third-base dugout for the top of the third inning. Ben Malgeri took Greene's place in left field for the top of the third. Cleveland evened the game at 1-1 with a no-doubt Chase DeLauter solo home run off Tigers starter Drew Anderson in the third.
Greene has been an iron man for the Tigers. The three-time All-Star corner outfielder had appeared in 116 of the Tigers' 118 games so far this season, either in left field or as a designated hitter. Greene is hitting .273 with 16 home runs and 54 RBIs on the season.

#first #Third #star #cleveland

Five golds to be won on day two of European Championships at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium - watch live on BBC TV (UK only)
LIVE: GB's Hannah Nuttall fifth in women's 5,000m final won by Italy's Nadia Battocletti
20:32: Men's 100m semi-finals featuring Italy's two-time champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs and GB's Romell Glave, Jeremiah Azu and Louie Hinchliffe
21:00: Men's 400m semi-finals with home favourite Matthew Hudson-Smith, Charlie Dobson and Ben Jefferies
21:30: Women's 100m hurdles final

#finals #five #stadium

Aug. 8—PATERSON, N.J. — The Spokane Velocity's USL League One match against the New York Cosmos, which was scheduled for 4 p.m. on Saturday at Hinchliffe Stadium, has been postponed due to travel delays for Spokane, according to USL LeagueOne.com, and will be rescheduled to a date that will be announced at a later time.
This marks the second straight game in which the Velocity's contest has been postponed or delayed. Last week, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Spokane allowed a goal early in the period against the Chattanooga Red Wolves but the game was delayed later in the half and was postponed due to lightning strikes.
League rules dictate that Spokane's rescheduled match against Chattanooga — which has yet to be announced — will be replayed from the opening kickoff.
Led by Shavon John-Brown's five goals, two ******* ists and 19 chances created, fifth-ranked Spokane (10-2-6) boasts a four-game winning streak across all competition including League One and the USL Cup.
The Velocity will now prepare for their first-ever USL Cup knockout stage match at ONE Spokane Stadium at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Spokane hosts sixth-ranked USL Championship club Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC.

#chattanooga #stadium #rescheduled

A.J. Hinch is not blaming the Detroit Tigers' trade deadline direction on one bad break, one injury or one player.
He is putting himself on the list.
After Detroit traded Tarik Skubal and Casey Mize while remaining within reach of the American League postseason race, Hinch acknowledged that the Tigers created the circumstances that made selling the most defensible option.
"I think I can look back, and I will look back a lot, into how we got to this point," Hinch said. "It doesn't always all make sense. It's not as easy as saying, 'Oh, I wish we would have done this. I wish we would have done that in April.' You don't get to replay the games."
The Tigers dealt with injuries and stretches of poor performance throughout the season. Hinch did not use either as a shield.

#tigers #look #back

A.J. Hinch understands why the Detroit Tigers' trade deadline created frustration inside and outside the clubhouse.
Detroit traded Tarik Skubal and Casey Mize while remaining close to an American League playoff spot, leaving Hinch to guide a roster dealing with both disappointment and uncertainty.
"It's impossible not to be emotional about it," Hinch said. "It comes with some curiosity and it comes with some frustration. But once that settles, you look up and there's 50 games left and we're going to play all of them and we're going to try to win all of them. But I'm not naïve to the fact that the path is a little harder and that this group, coming off a really good series in Sacramento, is beat up a little bit."
The deadline changed Detroit's rotation, but Hinch does not believe it changed the responsibility facing the players who remain.
"But when the first pitch is thrown tonight, our guys will be ready to play because we're pretty tough-minded," Hinch said. "We understand what's in front of us. I don't think anybody is ready to cancel the season so play on."

#little #changed