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Tampa Bay comes from 9 games back to make an incredible recovery in September, and then is dead again just a week later. The other baseball series are still alive, although every game is now a potential elimination game. The Yankees reclaimed the edge, getting a solid performance from A.J. Burnett, and now puts the ball in the hands of Ivan Nova, who pitched well in the completion of the suspended game #1. The Tigers counter with Doug Fister, who was roughed up in that same game. But we have to wait a day for that game to happen. After all, it takes a full day to travel from Detroit to New York!

In the NFL, we begin the bye week period of the season. For many fantasy formats, this puts bench management at a premium, as six teams are off each week for the next four weeks. Oddly, that is followed by a full schedule in week #10, and then four more teams have their byes in week #11. I suspect that unusual schedule pattern had something to do with contingency planning in the event of a labor-induced delay of the season. Regardless, plan accordingly!

The NBA situation sounds like a stalemate, as both sides are seemingly content to wait for the other side to blink first. A cancelation of the start of the season seemed to be the consensus forecast in the summer, and that still looks like the path they’re on. Hurry up and wait.

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