eared.I want to talk about football, Elliott said. I want to talk about why Im here.Elliott missed most of training camp with a hamstring injury, but says hes healthy now. While he took just 14

CHICAGO -- Theres something about Wrigley Field that continues to bring out the best in Chicago Cubs pitcher Jason Hammel. Ike Boettger Jersey .Hammel (15-9, 3.56 ERA) brings the second-best home ERA in baseball (1.84) into Saturdays middle game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Hes also 10-1 in 14 home starts.But whether Hammel is one of the Cubs starters in the post-season has yet to be determined.The way I look at it is theres no wrong choice, said Hammel earlier week after tossing a four-hit ffort over seven innings in the Cubs 5-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. We got 25 guys who are going to put up wins for us, whether its hitting, pitching, defense. ... So were going to continue to what we do, do our work and show up and play, and theyll put up the best team out there.The Cubs got some critical bullpen reinforcement on Friday with the return of right-hander Pedro Strop off the disabled list following a left meniscus tear suffered last month and subsequent arthroscopic surgery.Strop, 31, is 2-2 with 21 holds and a 2.892 ERA in 51 relief appearances with the Cubs this season.The Cubs enter Saturdays middle game with the Cardinals needing just two victories to hit 100 for the season and are currently on a pace to secure 103.Theyll wrap up the home season on Sunday as left hander Jon Lester (18-4) meets Cardinals righty Carlos Martinez (15-8, 3.16 ERA). Lester has the second-lowest ERA in the league behind teammate Kyle Hendricks (2.06).Chicago will hit the road next week for four games at Cincinnati and three at Pittsburgh before opening the NL playoffs next month.The Cardinals, on the outside looking in for one of two final wild card berths, will try to break out of a two-game losing streak as Alex Reyes (3-1, 1.03 ERA) makes his 11th appearance and fourth start of the season in Saturdays middle game of the Cubs-Cardinals series.Reyes has won his last two starts, including a Sept. 18 outing against the Giants where he allowed no runs on four hits while striking out six and walking two over seven innings in the Cardinals 3-0 victory.Its not known whether shortstop Aledmys Diaz returns to the lineup on Saturday. Hes was sidelined for the second game in the last three on Friday due to continued arm soreness. Diaz is batting .303 in 104 games with 26 doubles and 61 RBI.Mike Holliday wont return to action on Saturday either but theres hope the veteran Cardinals outfielder could play before the season wraps up.He took live batting practice on Friday and could have one more before the Cardinals decide whether to active him from the disable list or shut him down.Holliday has been on the disabled list since Aug. 12 with a right thumb fracture and has missed 38 games. Stitched Kansas City Chiefs Jerseys . In the lead up - which seemed to begin the moment Mike Geiger blew the whistle in Houston last Thursday night - the Impact rumour mill went into overdrive. The speculation went into meltdown mode, of the golden nugget variety. Travis Kelce Jersey . After the whistle, Thornton skated the length of the ice, pulled Orpik to the ice from behind and punched him in the face several times. http://www.cheapchiefsjerseyssale.com/?t...len-jersey-sale . PAUL, Minn. FRISCO, Texas -- Days from his Dallas debut and cleared by prosecutors in Ohio in a domestic violence case, Ezekiel Elliott still had to answer questions Wednesday about conduct away from the field.The same report citing insufficient evidence to support a womans claims against him included documents that had a text exchange between the two indicating concern over Elliott passing a drug test.The report was released less than two weeks after video surfaced of Elliott in a legal marijuana shop in Seattle, which led to admonishments from owner and general manager Jerry Jones and coach Jason Garrett.I feel like there have been some damages done, but the past is the past, said Elliott, the fourth overall pick of the draft out of Ohio State. Im focused on the now.Heres the now: Elliott is set to do something Hall of Famers Tony Dorsett and Emmitt Smith didnt by starting the opener as a rookie running back for the Cowboys on Sunday against the New York Giants.The last Dallas running back with that distinction is more trivia fodder than anything. It was Derrick Lassic in 1993, when Smith was holding out after helping the Cowboys win the Super Bowl following the 1992 season. The other two rookie starters for Dallas in their openers were Calvin Hill (1969) and Ron Springs (1979).At the moment, though, Elliott is having a hard time outrunning distractions. His first training camp was clouded by the domestic violence investigation, although his father strongly denied the allegations in a statement the day they surfaced.While the outcome of the investigation matched the claims from Elliotts representatives, the text exchange raised more doubts.Honestly I have no idea what youre talking about, Elliott said when asked about the texts. I havent seen those.Elliott also said he was confident he had done nothing wrong.Im a targett, thats what Ive realized from all of this, said Elliott, who rose to stardom in college with four rushing touchdowns when the Buckeyes won a national championship on the Cowboys home field two years ago. Darrel Williams Jersey. Ive got to conduct myself that way so I cannot have any distractions and I can just focus on ball.While the NFLs investigation into Elliotts domestic case continues, a league spokesman said any decisions about placing players in the drug program is up to an independent panel of medical advisers jointly approved by the NFL and the union.Garrett brushed aside questions about Elliotts off-field issues.I know his commitment every day has been really, really good and hes learned quickly what were asking him to do, Garrett said. Again, his focus, and our focus, is on the Giants.After the video from Seattle surfaced, Elliott apologized and said he realized he had made a mistake. But he wasnt much interested in talking about the domestic case a day after he was cleared.I want to talk about football, Elliott said. I want to talk about why Im here.Elliott missed most of training camp with a hamstring injury, but says hes healthy now. While he took just 14 snaps in one preseason game, he has no concerns about conditioning.And the 21-year-old did acknowledge chatter in the running backs room Wednesday over the NFLs rookie rushing record -- 1,808 by Eric Dickerson in 1983, 12 years before Elliott was born.Thats something I do want to accomplish but its not a priority, Elliott said. 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