Pete Rose probably wouldn't bet on Derek Jeter's someday supplanting him as baseball's all-time hits leader, but the New York Yankees shortstop is ahead of Rose's record pace. . . .
By the way, the Dodgers' all-time hits leader is Hall of Famer Zack Wheat, who played his last game in 1927; the Angels' is Garrett Anderson. . . .
The L.A. Dodgers' all-time hits leader is Willie Davis. . . .
Andre Ethier's 20th home run in Dodger Stadium this season left him 20 ahead of teammate James Loney. . . .
Vladimir Guerrero and the Angels, in the midst of a three-game series at Boston, are the only team in the majors that has drawn fewer than 26,000 fans per game on the road. . . .
An exciting and consistent winner, apparently, does not make an attractive draw. . . .
Before Sunday, when Mark Sanchez made his New York Jets debut, no rookie quarterback since 1985 had started for a team that compiled a winning record the previous season. . . .
The last before Sanchez was Dieter Brock, who was a 34-year-old rookie when he started for the Los Angeles Rams after a long career in the Canadian Football League. . . .
Sanchez is 22. . . .
It didn't take long for Tom Brady to remind New England Patriots fans what they missed last season. . . .
Nobody's better in the key moments. . . .
Adrian Peterson, chasing his goal of a 2,000-yard rushing season, averaged 7.2 yards a carry on opening day. . . .
Of the players in the NFL's 2,000-yard club -- O.J. Simpson, Eric Dickerson, Barry Sanders, Terrell Davis and Jamal Lewis -- only Sanders and Simpson averaged as many as six yards a carry in their milestone seasons. . . .
Simpson, who accomplished the feat in only 14 games, owns the highest per-game average: 143.1 yards. . . .
T-shirt spotted Saturday night at Ohio State: "Our Heisman Trophy winners don't murder people." . . .
The height of fan lunacy: firejimtresselnow.blogspot.com. . . .
Four years ago, USC fans might remember, Vince Young and Texas parlayed a nail-biting, three-point September victory at Ohio State into a BCS championship. . . .
Reader Rich Perelman suggests the headline "Undefeated Bruins in Rose Bowl on New Year's," noting that UCLA (2-0) will play Kansas State on Rosh Hashana Saturday evening in the Arroyo Seco. . . .
UCLA last played a Jan. 1 game in 1999, losing to Wisconsin in its most recent Rose Bowl game appearance. . . .
