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LOS ANGELES -- In the City of Angels of all places, the Baseball Gods seemed to have aligned the stars for Vin Scully and the Los Angeles Dodgers.Scully, the Hall of Fame broadcaster, works the final home game of his legendary career Sunday when Los Angeles can clinch the National League West title when it hosts the Colorado Rockies to cap a four-game series.A win by Los Angeles or a loss by San Francisco in San Diego on Sunday allows Los Angeles to claim its fourth consecutive National League West championship.No NL West club has accomplished that feat.Any team would want to clinch anywhere but its always sweeter to clinch at home, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. For that great man, that wonderful human to watch it in person here in his home, in his house, I think its only fitting.Rockies manager Walt Weiss doesnt share in Roberts enthusiasm, but believes playing for an opportunity to prevent such a title celebration can benefit his players.I think it goes without saying that its good for the young players to play down the stretch against some of these teams in (seeking) the playoffs, Weiss said. Its good for your players to see that, the young players especially. Chalk it up to experience and persepective.Brandon McCarthy (2-2 3.63 ERA) gets the start for the Dodgers instead of Rich Hill. Hill is being skipped for his scheduled start for precautionary reasons since he has had a recurrence of blisters on his index pitching finger. Hill probably will pitch in the Dodgers final regular-season series in San Francisco next weekend.McCarthy hasnt pitched since Aug. 13, when a sore right hip forced him out of a loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates and landed him on the disabled list. McCarthy lasted only 1 2/3 innings and allowed three runs on two hits with five walks against the Pirates. He hasnt earned a win since July 9 when he beat the Padres.McCarthy is 2/3 with a 4.74 ERA in seven starts against the Rockies. He pitched five scoreless innings on two hits in a victory over Colorado on July 2.Weve got McCarthy going (Sunday), Roberts said. The energy was great (Saturday) and obviously a carry-over from the (celebration) we had for Vin (Friday night) and the expectation and anticipation for clinching a fourth division title in a row.Rookie Tyler Anderson (5-5, 3.58) stands between the Dodgers and their bid for history. Anderson is 0-4 with a 5.10 ERA in six road starts and beat Los Angeles twice this season at Coors Field. Andersons last win was Aug. 31, when he blanked the Dodgers for 6 1/3 innings on six hits with five strikeouts and no walks in a 7-0 win.Anderson also defeated Los Angeles on Aug. 3, when he struck out six, walked two and allowed two runs in a 12-2 romp.Anderson pitches at Dodger Stadium for the first time. Michael Porter Nuggets Jersey . Bryant, who signed a five-year, $34 million contract as a free agent with Cleveland in March, reported symptoms on Monday morning, a team spokesman said. Alex English Nuggets Jersey . Manuel was offered a position the day he was fired. He accepted earlier this week and the team made the announcement Friday. http://www.authenticnuggetsproshop.com/Tyler-Lydon-Jersey/ .S. hockey team after paying his dues as an NHL general manager for more than three decades and giving up a lot of his free time to help USA Hockey. Allen Iverson Nuggets Jersey . 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He appeared to be a bad egg.Now, Kalyn Ponga looms as a potential saviour for an injury-hit North Queensland ahead of Friday nights NRL semi-final against Brisbane in Townsville.Days after becoming embroiled in an alleged egg throwing incident, teenager Ponga is firming to feature in the grand final re-match after training on Thursday as cover for winger Antonio Winterstein (ribs).In a move that left some shellshocked, Cowboys coach Paul Green admitted 18-year-old rookie Ponga and another egg-gate member Tautau Moga were on standby.But it emerged late on Thursday that Ponga was all but locked in to become just the sixth player to make their first-grade debut in a final in 30 years after news that Winterstein was battling to recover.It would cap a remarkable turnaround for either player.The pair were among five Cowboys charged with two counts of wilful damage after allegedly being caught by police throwing eggs at passing cars last week in Townsville.Moga and Jason Taumalolo were fined $2500 by the Cowboys while all five players agreed to pay for any damage to vehicles.The players are due to appear next month in Townsville court.However, Ponga or Moga might help a depleted North Queensland against their old enemy Brisbane.He (Ponga) trained with the boys allong with Tautau Moga, Green confirmed on Thursday.ddddddddddddts a big game, a big occasion, but we will make that decision if we have to.At this stage, we are hoping Tone (Winterstein) will be right but there are a couple of options there.Ponga might not have played a NRL game yet but is already considered one of the codes hottest properties.He has already been named fullback in the NRL under 20s Team of the Year for 2016 and is expected to take out player of the season honours.The Cowboys under 20s star has also become embroiled in an eligibility tug of war between Queensland and New Zealand after being dubbed the next Johnathan Thurston.A question mark emerged over his allegiances after he opted not to play in this years Junior Test at Parramatta after both the Junior Kangaroos and Junior Kiwis revealed they wanted to pick him.Not that Green wanted to put any more pressure on Ponga.Asked if Ponga was poised to become a star of the future, Green said: I dont like putting tags on young players.I dont think it does anyone any good.It just puts more pressure on kids.He is developing nicely but I am not going to put tags on him. 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