Sports this 'n' that

 The Mets averted a sweep at the hands of the Angels, winning the finale, 3-2, earlier this afternoon. The game aired on Peacock on their premium tier. Rafael Ortega, who came over from the Cubs, drove in the game winner. Meanwhile, the Mets shut down Shohei Ohtani, who went 0-4.

Speaking of Ohtani, as you've heard by now, the Angels superstar has an elbow injury that will prevent him from pitching the rest of the season, but he can still swing the bat as the DH. The Mets kept him in the ballpark the entire series.

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As far as football goes, the Jets own New York. For now.

Gang Green defeated the Giants Saturday night, as Aaron Rodgers made his first preseason start and Jets debut. The two teams will meet again during the regular season.

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The Trey Lance era is over in San Francisco already.

The 49ers gave up on Lance, and traded him to Dallas for draft picks, which means Lance will back up Dak Prescott, while last year's rookie hero, Brock Purdy, will be the Niners' starter. Dallas sent draft picks to San Francisco to get Lance.

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These days, the only time the media cares about Little League baseball is during postseason tournaments. Locally, there isn't enough space or media interest in the prospects of kids who will later move on to high school and/or college ball.

Still, the Little League World Series is a benchmark that marks the end of summer for millions of kids globally, with school starting in some states, and classes beginning after Labor Day in others, including NY.

The final today matched El Segundo, California vs. an all-star team from Curacao. Highlights posted on YouTube include commentary from ESPN's Karl Ravech, Jessica Mendoza, and former LLWS hero and recently retired major leaguer Todd Frazier:

Chris Berman would refer to today's hero as Louis "Victory" Lappe, even though his surname rhymes with frappe.

Eduardo Perez flew to San Francisco for Sunday Night Baseball, with Cubs voice Jon Schiambi filling in for Ravech in calling the Braves-Giants game.