Sports Futures - Looking ahead: 2008, day-by-day 4

SEPTEMBER Sept. 1: Mets, leading division by 15 games, at Milwaukee Sept. 2: Red Sox clinch AL East. Sept. 5: Chad Pennington named Jets starting QB. Sept. 18: Yankees complete sweep of White Sox to open what will prove to be an insurmountable three-game lead in the wild-card race. Sept. 20: Orioles at Yankees: A-Rod's walkoff grand slam ties Roger Maris for the American League home run record. Sept. 21: Yankees host Orioles in the final regular-season game at the Stadium. Sept. 23: Yankees at Toronto: A-Rod's 62nd home run crashes through the glass of the restaurant in centerfield. A-Rod announces he will pay for the damage (estimated at $1.2 million) himself. Sept. 25: Mets, holding a one-game lead over the Phillies, host Cubs. Sept. 26: Mets, tied for first place with Phillies, host Marlins. Sept. 27: Marlins at Mets. Let's just say that Mr. Met is not smiling on Newsday's front page the following day. Sept. 28: Mets host Marlins in what proves to be the last game ever at Shea Stadium. Sept. 29: A former Jets linebacker faces his old teammates for the first time. OCTOBER Oct. 1: ALDS Game 1: Tigers at Yankees Oct. 5: ALDS Game 4: Tigers eliminate Yankees. Hank Steinbrenner congratulates Joe Girardi on a job well-done, saying, "It's OK, you can't win 'em all." Oct, 6: Hell freezes over. Oct. 12: Vikings' Adrian Peterson rushes for 406 yards, demolishing his own NFL record. Oct. 19: Eli Manning throws three interceptions and the Giants finish with minus-5 net yards but still win. Oct. 26: Jets register first win of the season. Oct. 27: Joe Torre's Dodgers win the World Series. Oct. 28: Yankees try to rehire Torre and are fined for tampering. NOVEMBER Nov. 1: Knicks open NBA season in Washington. Nov. 2: Isiah threatens major changes. Nov. 8: New York Marathon Nov. 26: Pennington named Jets' starting quarterback -- again. Nov. 29: USC beats Notre Dame, 57-6. DECEMBER Dec. 6: Someone most New Yorkers never heard of wins the Heisman. Dec. 7: BCS selection show: Two teams that most New Yorkers don't care about will play for the national championship. Newsday's Erik Boland rips the BCS and calls for a playoff system. Dec. 21: Giants clinch a wild-card playoff berth. Dec. 27: Giants, playing no regular starters, score an impressive 22-3 victory. Dec. 28: Patriots win their 35th game in a row. -- Compiled by Norm Cohen, with help from numerous Newsday Sports Dept. staffers who contributed under the cloak of anonymity. read more... 1, 2, 3, 4

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