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...might go beyond that. Because Dodgers general manager Fred Claire called "heads" in a coin flip last month, Los Angeles won the toss and the right to host a one-game playoff Monday night. That, too, will...
...week, the Giants have been looking forward to doing it again to the Dodgers. They beat them in 1951 on Bobby Thomson's home run in the playoffs, knocked them out again in a three-game playoff in 1962 and denied them an NL West title in 1982 when Joe Morgan homered on the last day--at Candlestick--to give the Braves the championship...
...same thing in 1962, when they lost to San Francisco in a best-of-three, and in 1980--the only time an NL division was tied at the end--Houston won a one-game playoff in Los Angeles...
Stevens, 26, had his best season in 1990-91 and helped the Penguins win the Stanley Cup. He had 86 points (40 goals and 46 assists), the 21st best total in the league. The 6-ft. 3-in., 210-lb. forward led the NHL last year with 17 playoff goals...
...lottery determines only the top three picks in the draft, with the rest of the 11 non-playoff teams choosing in reverse order of record...