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2B Daily News – Thursday, October 20, 2011 Palmer has first practice necessarily stop him from doing it. ''I kind of like it like that,'' Jackson said. ALAMEDA (AP) — On the second play of practice for Oakland's starting offense, Carson Palmer stepped in and ran a play. The question now is whether Palmer can do enough this week to earn the starting quarterback job for the Raiders in place of the injured Jason Campbell. Palmer shared first-team snaps Wednes- day with Kyle Boller, who has been with the Raiders the past two seasons and has a big advantage in terms of knowledge of the offense and chemistry with the receivers. But Palmer has the stronger pedigree and was acquired at a high price, meaning the Raiders will give him every possible chance to get that job as the starter on Sunday against Kansas City. ''It's one day,'' coach Hue Jackson said. ''I'm not in a rush. I don't have to rush that decision. I'm going to take my time and see where they are and see how fast he picks up the system, see how fast he gets in line with his teammates and we'll kind of go from there.'' It's been a whirlwind few days for Palmer, who was a retired player in Southern California on Monday. That changed Tues- day when Oakland shipped a 2012 first- round pick and a second-rounder in 2013 that could become another first if the Raiders make it to the AFC title game to Cincinnati for Palmer. Palmer had to pass a physical, meet his new teammates, start learning the playbook and then start shaking off the rust in his first practice since the end of last season. ''There's definitely a learning curve involved for sure and I noticed that right off the bat,'' Palmer said. ''But it was exciting. It was fun to be playing football, it was fun to be in a huddle again, it was fun to be throw- ing routes in 7 on 7 and teams and all these things. But I definitely have my work cut out for me as far as getting the verbiage down, especially when it comes to playing the quarterback position.'' Palmer retired during the offseason rather than return to the Bengals. Cincinnati had refused to trade him but finally relented Tuesday when the Raiders made their big offer after Campbell broke his collarbone. Jackson said he had some concerns about starting a player at quarterback after only three practices with the team but that won't GAME 1 (Continued from page 1B) Adrian Beltre singled leading off the fifth and, one out later, Napoli turned on a high pitch and sent it about 10 rows deep into the right-field seats for his second home run of the postsea- son. A fired up Carpenter had escaped a two-on, no-outs jam in the sec- ond inning when Napoli hit into an inning-ending double play. The starters entered with differing October results. Carpenter, the 2005 NL Cy Young Award winner, was 2-0 with a 3.71 ERA and helped the wild-card Cardinals avoid first- round elimination with a three-hitter than beat Philadelphia 1-0 to win the division series. A sellout crowd of 46,406 filled the ballpark for a game with a tem- perature of 49 degrees at the start, tied for the third-coldest for a Series opener since Major League Baseball started keeping records in 1975. All the Cardinals' starters wore long-sleeve undershirts, but Cruz, NCAA AP Top 25 Schedule Friday's game No. 11 West Virginia at Syracuse, 5 p.m. Saturday's games No. 1 LSU vs. No. 19 Auburn, 12:30 p.m. No. 2 Alabama vs. Tennessee, 4:15 p.m. No. 3 Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech, 5 p.m. No. 4 Wisconsin at No. 15 Mich. St., 5 p.m. No. 5 Boise St. vs. Air Force, 12:30 p.m. No. 6 Oklahoma State at Missouri, 9 a.m. No. 7 Stanford vs.No. 22 Washington, 5 p.m. No. 8 Clemson vs. North Carolina, 9 a.m. No. 9 Oregon at Colorado, 12:30 p.m. No. 10 Arkansas at Mississippi, 9:21 a.m. No. 12 Kansas State at Kansas, 9 a.m. No. 13 Nebraska at Minnesota, 12:30 p.m. No. 16 Vir.Tech vs. Boston College, Noon No. 17 Texas A&M at Iowa State, 12:30 p.m. No. 20 Georgia Tech at Miami, 12:30 p.m. No. 21 Houston vs. Marshall, 1:30 p.m. No. 23 Illinois at Purdue, 9 a.m. ODDS NFL Sunday's games Chicago-x at Carolina 2.5 (43.5) Washington San Diego 2 (44) at Cleveland 3 (41) at Tennessee 3(44.5) at Miami at Detroit 2 (43) Seattle Denver 3.5 (47.5) at Oakland 4 (42) 12 (44) Baltimore x-at London Pittsburgh 3.5 (42.5) at Arizona at Dallas Kansas City St. Louis Green Bay 9(46.5) at Minnesota at New Orleans 14(48.5) Indianapolis Monday's game 7.5(39) at Jacksonville Sunday's games Los Angeles at Houston, 4 p.m. 1 (44) Tampa Bay at N.Y. Jets Houston Atlanta ''I think he kind of likes it like that. I think we all do. But we'll make the right decision for this football team. We've got a game to win, and that's the most important thing. Whatever I think is going to help us win this football game that's what I'm going to do.'' Palmer's new teammates are excited to have him on board, many of them having watched or competed against Palmer over the years. But they know how tough it will be for Palmer to get up to speed quickly enough to play Sunday. ''I just know if I was on the streets for a while I'd need about, myself personally to knock the rust off as a defensive lineman, I'd need personally about three weeks to get back into form,'' Richard Seymour said. Palmer spent time after practice doing extra work with receivers Darrius Heyward- Bey and Jacoby Ford. Ford said it would be tough for someone to come in and play that quickly, but that once the receivers build that chemistry with Palmer the offense should really get going. ''It's just a matter of the timing, he has to get that down and get used to the offense and has to get used to new receivers,'' Ford said. ''Whenever we can do that we'll be clicking on all cylinders.'' When Campbell went down it appeared that Boller would get a chance to start for the first time since 2009. He finished out Sun- day's 24-17 win over Cleveland but now might be headed back to the bench. Boller said that's just life in the NFL. ''Listen, I want to be out there on the field, I want to be an NFL quarterback,'' Boller said. ''I'm going to do everything I can to go out there and perform, to give this team every chance to win the game. That's my job as a quarterback. If I'm the guy they choose to put out there on Sunday then I'm going to do everything in my right mind to make sure that happens.'' Notes: FB Marcel Reece (ankle) worked out on the side and is getting closer to returning, Jackson said. ... MLB Rolando McClain (ankle) did not practice but Jackson expects him to be ready to play Sunday. ... CBs Chris Johnson and Chimdi Chekwa sat out with hamstring injuries. ... DE Matt Shaughnessy was placed on injured reserve and will need surgery on his shoulder. Young and David Mur- phy of the Rangers were in short sleeves. The three infield umpires all wore dark gloves. The World Series had not been played in St. Louis since 2006, when the Cardinals won the title in the first year of new Busch Stadium. Game 1 has been an indi- cator of success in recent decades: The winner has captured seven of the last eight titles, 12 of the last 14 and 19 of the last 23. In addition, the team hosting Game 1 has won 20 of the last 25 World Series. While the Cardinals were seeking their 11th title — leading to 11 in '11 promotions — Texas was looking for the first championship in the his- tory of the franchise, which began in 1961 as the expansion Washing- ton Senators and moved to Texas for the 1972 season. The Rangers made it to the World Series for the first time last year, losing to San Francisco in five games. It was an uncommon matchup, the first World Series between the NL Central and AL West since baseball split each MLS WESTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA y-Galaxy 19 4 10 67 47 25 x-Seattle 17 7 9 60 53 36 x-Salt Lake 15 11 7 52 43 35 x-FC Dallas 15 11 7 52 40 35 x-Colorado 11 9 13 46 42 40 Portland 11 14 8 41 39 47 Chivas USA 8 13 12 36 40 40 San Jose 7 12 14 35 36 43 Vancouver 6 17 10 28 34 53 EASTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA x-K.C. 12 9 12 48 49 40 x-Phila. 11 7 15 48 44 35 Columbus 13 12 8 47 41 41 x-Houston 11 9 13 46 42 40 New York 9 8 16 43 49 44 Chicago 8 9 16 40 43 43 D.C. 9 12 12 39 49 51 Toronto FC 6 13 14 32 34 57 N. England 5 16 12 27 36 56 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. x- clinched playoff berth y- clinched conference —————————————————— Wednesday's result D.C. United 1, Portland 1, tie Today's game Philadelphia at New York, 5 p.m. Saturday's games FC Dallas at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. New England at Toronto FC, 9:30 a.m. Colorado at Vancouver, 4 p.m. Kansas City at D.C. United, 4:30 p.m. Columbus at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Portland at Real Salt Lake, 6 p.m. Seattle FC at Chivas USA, 7:30 p.m. league into six divisions for the 1994 season. The teams were playing for the first time since St. Louis won two of three during their only regular- season meeting, at Texas in June 2004. NOTES: The NL is seeking first consecutive World Series titles since winning four in a row from 1979-82 (Pittsb urgh, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and St. Louis). ... The Cardinals moved ahead of the Dodgers with their 106th World Series game, trailing only the Yankees (225). ... It was the earliest date the World Series started since 2003. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division WL OT Pts GF GA 5 1 0 10 16 13 4 1 0 8 11 9 3 1 1 7 14 10 Dallas Ducks Kings Phoenix 2 2 1 5 15 16 SHARKS 13 0 2 10 11 Central Division WL OT Pts GF GA 4 0 0 8 13 5 Detroit Chicago 3 1 1 7 17 12 Nashville 2 2 1 5 12 15 St. Louis 2 4 0 4 15 20 Columbus 0 5 1 1 12 20 Northwest Division WL OT Pts GF GA Colorado 5 1 0 10 20 13 Minnesota 2 2 2 6 14 16 Edmonton 2 2 1 5 10 10 Vancouver 2 3 1 5 14 20 Calgary 2 3 0 4 13 15 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WL OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 4 2 2 10 23 20 Philadelphia 4 0 1 9 19 10 N.Y. Islanders 3 1 0 6 11 6 New Jersey 3 1 0 6 9 8 N.Y. Rangers 1 1 2 4 9 9 Northeast Division WL OT Pts GF GA Toronto 4 0 1 9 17 13 Buffalo 4 1 0 8 17 10 Boston 2 4 0 4 11 13 Montreal 1 3 1 3 12 16 Ottawa 1 5 0 2 16 30 Southeast Division WL OT Pts GF GA Washington 5 0 0 10 18 11 Carolina 3 2 1 7 17 19 Florida 3 2 0 6 14 13 Tampa Bay 1 3 2 4 18 26 Winnipeg 1 3 1 3 10 18 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. —————————————————— Wednesday's result Toronto 4, Winnipeg 3, SO Today's game Montreal at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 4 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Florida, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Colorado, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Calgary, 6:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Nashville at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Friday's games San Jose at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Columbus at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Carolina at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Dallas at Anaheim, 7 p.m.