Big news Tuesday which we’ll talk more about tomorrow; Stan Kroenke bought the Los Angeles Angels from Arte Moreno, who owned the team for 23 years.
Kroenke owns the LA Rams, the Denver Nuggets, the Colorado Avalanche and a soccer team in England. He is really, really rich and doesn’t meddle.
This is a good day to be an Angels’ fan.
AFC teams’ recent playoff histories:
Ravens
Since winning Super Bowl in 2012, Ravens are 4-7 in playoff games.
Baltimore is 11-8 in their last 19 road playoff games.
Ravens are 4-6 in their last ten home playoff games.
Bills
Since 1993, Buffalo is 1-9 in road playoff games.
In Super Bowl era, Bills are 16-4 in home playoff games.
Since 2020, Bills are 0-4 vs Chiefs in playoffs, 8-2 vs everyone else.
Bengals
From 1990-2020, Bengals were 0-7 in playoff games.
In 2021/2022, Bengals were 5-2 in playoff games.
Cincinnati is 0-3 in Super Bowls, losing by 5-4-3 points.
Browns
Since returning to NFL in 1999, Browns are 1-3 in playoff games.
Browns allowed 35 ppg in those games, which were all on road.
In 2020, Browns won 48-37 at Pittsburgh, their one playoff win.
Broncos
Since winning Super Bowl in 2015, Denver is 1-2 in playoff games.
Since 1997, Broncos are 10-4 in home playoff games.
Since 1998, Denver is 0-4 in road playoff games; their last one was 2011.
Texans
Last three years, Houston went WL-WL-WL in playoffs.
Texans are 6-2 in home playoff games, 1-6 in road playoff games.
Houston’s one road playoff win: 30-6 at Pittsburgh last year.
Colts
Colts haven’t made the playoffs since 2020.
Since winning Super Bowl 20 years ago, Colts are 2-6 in road playoff games.
Colts’ last playoff game at home was in 2014.
Jaguars
In their history, Jaguars are 8-9 in playoff games.
Jacksonville lost seven of last nine road playoff games.
Jaguars are 4-2 in home playoff games.
— Famous birthdays, September 2nd:
Terry Bradshaw, 78
Nate Archibald, 78
Mark Harmon, 75
Rick Manning, 72
Eric Dickerson, 66
Rex Hudler, 66
Keanu Reeves, 62
Selma Hayek, 60
Tommy Maddox, 55
Kerry Carpenter, 29
— Chiefs
From 1994-2018, Chiefs were 2-10 in playoff games.
Since 2019, Kansas City is 16-3 in playoff games.
Chiefs have won three of their last seven Super Bowls.
— Raiders
Since 2002, Raiders are 0-2 in playoff games.
Raiders lost their last seven road playoff games (last win, 1980)
Raiders won Super Bowls in 1976, 1980, 1983
— Chargers
Since 2019, Chargers are 0-3 in playoff games.
Chargers’ last home playoff game was in 2009.
Chargers made the Super Bowl once, in 1994.
— Dolphins
Since 2001, Dolphins are 0-4 in playoff games.
Since 1973, Miami is 1-10 in road playoff games.
1971-73, Miami made three Super Bowls in a row, winning twice.
— Patriots
From 2001-19, New England was 29-11 in playoff games.
Only 10 of those 40 games were true road games (5-5)
Patriots are 6-5 in Super Bowls.
— Jets
Jets haven’t made the playoffs since 2010.
Jets’ last home playoff game was in 2002.
Jets are 5-4 in their last nine road playoff games.
— Steelers
McCarthy/Rodgers won a Super Bowl together, but that was in 2010.
Since 2017, Steelers are 0-6 in playoff games.
Pittsburgh is 6-2 in Super Bowls; they lost to Packers in 2010.
— Titans
Titans haven’t made the playoffs since 2021.
Tennessee is 5-4 in its last nine road playoff games.
Titans made one Super Bowl, losing 23-16 to Rams in 1999.
— Movie of the Day: Molly’s Game (2017) True story about a young woman who ran high-stakes poker games, and because of it, unwittingly became a target of the FBI.
Jessica Chastain is Molly, Idris Elba is her lawyer, Kevin Costner has a small-ish role as her father. Molly Bloom wrote the book before this movie was made; it is very well done.
— Pirates 13, Giants 12
Pittsburgh led this game 11-5 in the third inning.
Winning run scored on a throwing error by the Giants’ 3B.
Oneil Cruz was 4-for-5, with four RBI.
— Rays 6, Mets 2
Freddy Peralta gave up 3 hits, one run against his old team.
Peralta was 5-9, 4.99 in 22 starts for the Mets earlier this year.
Yandy Diaz hit a home run, scored two runs.
— Reds 4, Padres 3
Jose Trevino had the go-ahead hit in the 8th inning.
San Diego lost four of its last five games.
Cincinnati is 24-14 in one-run games.
— Guardians 6, Blue Jays 1
Gavin Williams gave up two hits in 7 IP, struck out 13.
Cleveland has won 11 of its last 15 games.
Angel Martinez homered, scored three runs.
— Twins 15, Tigers 2
Game was tied 1-1 in the fifth inning.
Twins scored ten runs in the bottom of the sixth.
Royce Lewis was 3-for-4, homered, had three RBI.
— Mariners 9, Red Sox 6
Lazaro Montes homered in his first big league game.
Seattle led 6-0 in the second inning.
Red Sox have a 4.5-game lead for the AL’s #2 Wild Card slot.
— Nationals 9, Braves 5
Yohandy Morales homered in his first big league game.
Morales was 3-for-5 in his debut, scoring two runs.
Reliever Jared Simpson threw 3 perfect IP, got win in his MLB debut.
