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The Savannah Bananas are heading back to Cincinnati next summer, and if you need a reason to care, consider this — eighty thousand fans packed Memorial Stadium in Clemson last April for Banana Ball, making it the largest baseball crowd in recent memory. ESPN is broadcasting ten games this season, and the momentum behind this circus-meets-hardball phenomenon shows absolutely no signs of slowing down.
Shifting to the NFL, the Green Bay Packers got a boost heading into their Week six showdown with the Dallas Cowboys — cornerback Keisean Nixon returned to practice Thursday after missing Wednesday's session. Nixon's presence in the secondary matters for a Packers defense that needs every available body against a Cowboys offense still capable of putting up numbers when it counts.
And in baseball's postseason, the Milwaukee Brewers have done something remarkable — they are on the verge of sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers out of the NLCS. After chasing Tyler Glasnow and capitalizing on a blown four-nothing lead, Milwaukee has made it abundantly clear that this October belongs to them. Pat Murphy's squad is playing with a level of confidence that the defending champions simply cannot match right now.
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