Sports Retorts: Be true to your tribe

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Forget six teams; we are divided enough to create a whole network of franchises based on the like-minded. And to duplicate the importance of the closing part of an election campaign, change the game from four quarters to three periods and have the “break” after the second.

And taking a tip from TV game shows with bonus play and lightning rounds, let’s make scores in the third period worth double, making dramatic and emotional comebacks more possible, if not common.

I’m not saying this is going to eclipse regular football, but, honestly, who wouldn’t want to watch a game between the Jersey Made Men and D.C. Feds?

Angels win

Continued from page 8 it for slamming his own two-run shot. He batted 3-for-4 on the night with a single, a double and the homer for two RBIs and a run scored.

The win was the Angels’ fifth in a row and raised their record to 35-30. They’re closing in on the Houston Astros, losers of four straight but still in second place in the American League West, 2.5 games ahead of the Halos.