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On-Time Departures Best Uniform Bracket
Red Sox fans whine about a 10 p.m. start, and the Boss bitches about afternoon games. So Jim Caple wonders if there is a right time for a playoff game. Plus, Sportoon accessorizes the playoffs.
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100 GREATEST HOME RUNS OF ALL TIME
Did Babe Ruth hit the most significant home run in the history of Major League Baseball? We had our say in Page 2's list of the 100 Greatest Home Runs of All Time. Now SportsCenter weighs in with its own Top 25 Home Runs of All Time. Check it out.


Fasten yourself in, because the next few weeks are going to be wild and woolly in Major League Baseball. By the time the World Series rolls around, we'll have a memory bank chock full of the thrills, spills, joy and heartbreak that come 'round every October. But will these games measure up to baseball's all-time best playoff games?

10]  Reds 4, Pirates 3 ('72 NLCS)
Tried-and-true Reds' fans will never forget the ninth-inning rally that started with Johnny Bench's home run and finished with Bob Moose's wild pitch that scored George Foster and gave the game to Cincinnati.
9]  Dodgers 2, Expos 1 ('81 NLCS)
Fernando Valenzuela was a rookie, and Fernando-mania was in full swing. In rain and 41-degree temperature in Montreal, he froze Montreal through eight-plus innings -- long enough for a Rick Monday home run to win it for L.A. in the ninth.
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Sunday Giants 1 Dolphins 38½
Sunday Eagles 5 Redskins 39½
Sunday Steelers 7 Browns 43
Mon, Oct. 6 Bucs Colts 38
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WORN OUT
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TUESDAY MORNING QB
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WORLD'S SERIES
Page 2's Jim Caple wonders what it'd be like watching a Russian broadcast of the World Series.

A BROAD PERSPECTIVE
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