Sentences with phrase «of a wild card for»

Davide Zappacosta could be a bit of a wild card for Chelsea and while there have been no links with Chelsea, the 23 - year - old is highly - rated in Italy and is also — more importantly — a right wing - back.

The safari jacket looks like a bit of a wild card for you on its own, but paired with the dressier top it's unexpectedly brilliant!

Plague will seem like somewhat of a wild card for most and while little is known of the game I think it'll be really cool with the upgrade if it's a good game.

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The Titans are playing for a Wild Card spot on Sunday and with DeMarco Murray out for the game, a large portion of the Tennessee offense will be on the shoulders of Derrick Henry.

But you have one big wild card here which makes up for all of that - China and their pseudo peg.

But you have one big wild card here which makes up for all of that — China and their pseudo peg.

It is a wild card option for the sake of the contract.

AT&T recently agreed to buy T - Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG (DTEGY) for approximately $ 39 billion in stock and cash, which may be a bit of a wild card.

The ultimate wild card in a riding desperate for water, of course, is the spectre of an Alberta water market.

The alternative is love for Christ and his Church, including the tough love of disciplining the wild card in the poker of life that is sexuality.

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Games back of second wild card Leading the second wild card by one game, and they're tied for both the AL East and the first wild card with 24 games left.

There's also a chance that we'll have a five - way tie for two wild card spots and the top of the AL East, which will create tiebreakers, chaos, more tiebreakers and more chaos.

If there's one team that knows it shouldn't settle for the horrors of the Wild Card Game, it's the Pirates.

It's just that the Astros find themselves 2.5 back of the Rangers and half a game out of a wild card spot, and upgrading to Bregman might be what tips the scales in their favor for at least one of those postseason opportunities.

Add in the surprise of Marco Estrada and Aaron Sanchez, and they should be battling for 100 wins with the Red Sox, leaving the wild card race far behind.

So mostly for my edification, and partially to keep you from doing whatever it is you're supposed to be doing at your job, it's time to look at all of the teams still within spitting distance of the wild card in either league, starting with the American League.

The Avalanche (40 -25-8) snapped a tie with Anaheim for the top spot in the Western Conference wild - card race and moved within two points of Minnesota for third place in the Central Division.

The Atlanta Falcons are the only team in the NFC that knows where they'll be when the playoffs begin, and there are still a group of teams in the hunt for Wild Card spots.

A seller in July and left for dead in August, the Brewers have won 25 of 32 games to become wild - card contenders heading into the final two weeks.

Seven of the eight MLB teams in playoff position last weekend were expected, more or less, to be there — they were no worse than cofavorites in their division or a top contender for the wild card when the season began.

This isn't to take away from the success they've had, but their sense of timing is the reason they're pulling away in the second wild card race, and I'm not sure that's something that can be bottled for next season.

The Bucs» loss to the Cowboys not only dropped them out of a tie with Atlanta, but it also booted Tampa out of the final wild card spot for an entire day.

That doesn't mean the Yankees will win the first wild card for sure, because three games isn't a whole lot of games.

None of them would be contending if not for the second wild card.

Which all brings us to the meaning of the 2015 Rangers: They are your Rorschach test for how you feel about the second Wild Card.

The Colorado Rockies, winners of the second NL Wild Card spot, are back for the October dance for the first time since 2009 and just one season after an 87 - loss campaign.

They have possession of the second wild card spot, and are a half - game behind the Dodgers for the first one.

They stayed within one winning streak of a wild card spot for quite a while.

The most common wild - card substitution is calling in a left - hander for a right - hander when a couple of pins on the right side of the alley must be knocked down for a critical spare.

To make things that much more complicated, over in the AL, there are six teams bunched up like that in part because just.001 points of winning percentage separate the Orioles and Blue Jays in the AL East — the Red Sox hold the second wild card and are just two games back of the division lead themselves, and the only way the O's and Jays both end up with a wild card is if Boston leapfrogs them for the division.

The Twins actually haven't been any good since May, with a record of 48 - 55 since June began, but their 30 - 19 start bought them a whole lot of space for losing en route to a Wild Card victory.

A loss for either team could put them out of the playoff picture altogether in the NFC East and NFC Wild Card.

Imagine, then, how hopeful fans of the Royals, Rays, and Mariners are, given the three clubs are now in a three - way tie for the second wild card spot in the American League.

The Avalanche moved within two points of Minnesota for the second wild card in the Western Conference.

Toronto is dangerous because it has ace righthander Roy Halladay (9 - 2, 3.07 ERA) and a high - powered offense (first in the majors in sluggingpercentage), but assuming the AL wild - card winner comes out of the Central, where the White Sox and the Tigers each were on pace for more than 105 wins, the Blue Jays would have to hurdle the Yankees and the Red Sox, who havefinished one - two in the East every year since 1998, to reach thepostseason.

Presumably most of us have watched enough baseball to know that a team's fortunes can turn on a dime and injuries are the biggest wild card for all the teams.

We won't get a six - way tie for one wild card or anything, but the more teams who are close to a tie now, the greater the chances of having at least one tie to deal with come Oct. 2.

His performance was enough to earn him my Hoss Of The Week award for the Wild Card round of the playoffOf The Week award for the Wild Card round of the playoffof the playoffs.

He's a long shot for one of those two wild - card spots, reserved for race winners who finish 11th through 20th in points, but the fact that he's in mathematical contention makes the 28 - year - old Floridian one of the surprises of 2012.

«The Orioles may be good enough for the wild card, but a lot of things have to go right.

Miami already got swept by both the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills this season and have almost no hope of leapfrogging either team for a wild card spot.

Colorado won for the 11th time in 12 home games and moved within two points of idle Calgary for the second wild card in the Western Conference.

The Angels were okay making minor moves for players like David DeJesus because they had the safety net of the Wild Card.

The Yankees aren't out of things yet — even with the injuries and the disappointments, they sit just 3.5 games back in the AL East and are currently half a game up on the Twins for the AL's second wild card.

After the 8 «Äì5 Ravens put themselves in prime position for a wild - card berth — bam — they have to face a pair of division champions, the Colts and the Steelers, on the road on back - to - back Sundays.

They're now leading the race for the second wild card, and the Yankees most certainly aren't out of reach.

As for the Ryder Cup, Woods, at No. 72, is well outside the cut line for the nine automatic spots on Tom Watson's U.S. squad, but hoped to earn a position via one of the captain's wild - card picks.

The mood is a mix of anger and despair as the Raiders prepare for a wild - card weekend trip to Houston.

Now, they're seven out, half - a-game behind the Tigers for a wild card, and with a problematic schedule left in front of them.