{"id":99020,"date":"2026-09-23T08:47:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=99020"},"modified":"2026-09-23T10:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T17:19:08","slug":"the-ten-9-23-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=99020","title":{"rendered":"The TEN: 9\/23\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_81160\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81160\" class=\"size-full wp-image-81160\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/THE-TEN-NEW-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/THE-TEN-NEW-.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/THE-TEN-NEW--400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/THE-TEN-NEW--70x53.jpg 70w, http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/THE-TEN-NEW--768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/THE-TEN-NEW--150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-81160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The TEN<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(&#8220;The TEN&#8221; is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in &#8220;The TEN&#8221;)<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>1\u2014On this date in 2001: New England Patriots QB Drew Bledsoe is badly injured against the Jets; Tom Brady takes over and the dynasty begins. The hit was delivered by the New York Jets linebacker Mo Lewis. The blow sheared a blood vessel in Bledsoe\u2019s chest and caused internal bleeding that nearly killed him.<\/p>\n<p>2\u2014In American League West the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros are tied for first place with identical 78-79 records.<\/p>\n<p>3\u2014Six of the NFL\u2019s 32 starting quarterbacks have suffered injuries forcing their teams to start backups in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>4\u2014Reports now say the injury to Jaxson Dart\u2019s knee is worse than first thought and could require season-ending surgery.<\/p>\n<p>5\u2014\u201cSometimes you win, sometimes you learn. And sometimes you have a dumb*** coach that makes travel plans that put you in a bad spot.\u201d\u2014Los Angeles Rams HC Sean McVay<\/p>\n<p>6\u2014With five games to play, Houston Astros designated hitter Jordan Alvarez is leading the A.L. with a .314 batting average. He\u2019s hit 41 home runs (tied for first) and has 102 RBIs (six behind Baltimore Orioles first baseman Pete Alonso) in his quest for the triple crown. (Alvarez was originally signed by the Dodgers in June of 2016 but was traded to the Astros that August for reliever Josh Fields.)<\/p>\n<p>7\u2014 \u201cThe biggest platforms and the biggest money\u2026 are going to the white people.\u201d\u2014Dan Le Batard<\/p>\n<p>8\u2014On this date in 1908: \u201cMerkle\u2019s Boner\u201d: Giants rookie Fred Merkle fails to touch second base on an apparent game-winning hit vs. the Cubs. The game is ruled a tie; Chicago later wins a replay and the NL pennant.<\/p>\n<p>9\u2014\u201c@BHF \u2026 That\u2019s a lot of ifs and buts! Being clutch and coming out prepared at outset are coaching and to some extent culture \u2026.its not just random\u2026\u201d\u2014MVS commenter, \u201cLP\u201d<\/p>\n<p>10\u2014\u201cIt\u2019s a very easy thing to say, \u2018Go get a backup quarterback.\u2019 Now tell me where to get them. You just can\u2019t dial them up.\u201d\u2014Hall of Fame NFL coach Bill Parcells.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(&#8220;The TEN&#8221; is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in &#8220;The TEN&#8221;)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-10s"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99020"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99027,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99020\/revisions\/99027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}