The 3 plays in sports everybody will be talking about today
Good morning! Here are the plays everybody will be talking about on Friday:
Jacoby Brissett did something Tom Brady has never done. With Brady suspended and Jimmy Garoppolo injured, the Patriots started Brissett, their rookie third-string quarterback. His numbers passing were a very conservative 11 of 19 for 103 yards. But he did extend the Patriots' early lead to 10-0 with a 27-yard bootleg touchdown. The run was 5 yards longer than any of the 504 rushes in Brady's career (Brady's career long is 22 yards). The Patriots went on to win, 27-0.
Asdrubal Cabrera saved the Mets with a dramatic home run. It looked as if the Mets were going to blow it again. After Lucas Duda missed a walk-off home run for the Mets in the bottom of the 10th inning, New York gave up two runs in the top of the 11th. It looked as if the Mets were on their way to their fourth straight loss, all to the lowly Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies. Instead, Cabrera launched a no-doubt, three-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the 11th for the win.
Vin Scully calls Chase Utley's behind-the-back flip. The era of Scully telling us bedtime stories on most summer nights is sadly coming to an end. So here is a call from Thursday night in which Utley misplays a ground ball but recovers in time to make a no-look, behind-the-back flip to first base for the out.