— Friday is the 25th anniversary of 9/11/2001, when 2,977 people died after two airplanes purposely crashed into the two towers of the World Trade Center, one of the worst days in the history of this country.
343 New York City fire fighters died that day; 65 of their sons/daughters are fire fighters now.
— 49ers 27, Rams 7
49ers’ first drive of game: 15 plays, 65 yards, FG
49ers’ first drive of 2nd half: 7 plays, 51 yards, TD
San Francisco outgained the Rams, 379-290.
49ers were 7-12 on third down, Rams were 2-9.
49ers in second half: TD-TD-FG-MFG
Rams in second half: 32 plays, 159 yards, no points.
— Seahawks’ QB Sam Darnold has a hip injury, is probably going to miss their Week 2 game at Arizona. Drew Lock will get the start for Seattle.
— Falcons’ QB Tua Tagavailoa got hurt in practice this week, is a ??? for this week’s opener in Pittsburgh. Tagavailoa has an oblique strain; Cooper Rush took all the first-team reps for the Falcons in Thursday’s practice.
Spread on the game jumped from Steelers -3.5 to -4.5 when this news got out.
— Teams that allowed the most passing yards last year:
4,521- Cowboys
4,462- Colts
4,427- Steelers
— Dodgers put Shohei Ohtani on the injured list Thursday, with a couple injuries; only 17 days left in the regular season, curious to see if he’ll be ready for the playoffs.
— Famous birthdays, September 11th:
Johnny Neumann, 75
Rod Perry, 73
Virginia Madsen, 65
Gerald Wilkins, 63
Ellis Burks, 62
Bern Brostek, 60
Ed Reed, 48
Andrew Cashner, 40
Mike Moustakas, 38
— Word of the Day— Euphemism- A polite term for an impolite thing.
— Tuesday night in Philly, future Hall of Famer Jose Altuve got his 2,500th career hit.
— Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Angels were the first two teams eliminated from playoff contention.
— Pirates put P Braxton Ashcroft on the IL, with right arm discomfort; he is 14-6, 3.65 in 28 starts this year, throwing 165.1 innings, but he only he only threw 69.2 innings last year.
There is a belief in front offices that if you throw 20% more innings than you threw the year before, that greatly increases your chance of injury. For Ashcraft, 84 innings would’ve been 20% more than last year. 165.1 IP is a huge increase.
— Astros 2, Phillies 1
Cam Smith hit a home run in the ninth inning.
Cristian Javier allowed a run, three hits in 6 IP.
Astros lead the AL West by three games.
— Braves 3, Rays 1
Game was scoreless after seven innings.
Austin Riley had the go-ahead hit for Atlanta.
Tampa Bay leads the AL East by three games.
— Bronx 10, Rockies 3
Anthony Volpe hit a grand slam, drove in five runs.
New York has won 16 of its last 23 games.
Colorado has lost four in a row, 10 of last 13 games.
— Mariners 4, Rangers 3
Jacob deGrom retired the first 15 Mariners, had a 3-0 lead.
Seattle scored four runs in the 7th inning.
Julio Rodriguez hit a three-run homer.
— Pirates 2, White Sox 0
Jared Jones allowed one hit in seven IP.
Oneil Cruz was 3-for-4, including a home run.
Chicago’s lead in AL Central is down to 1.5 games.
— To the victor goes the spoils: Knicks’ G Jalen Brunson is going to host Saturday Night Live September 26th.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers Wild Cards: Cubs, Phillies, Padres
AL: Rays, White Sox, Astros Wild Cards: New York, Red Sox, Guardians
