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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Case Keenum waited five years to begin an NFL season as a starting quarterback. When he finally got the chance with the Los Angeles Rams, his first start was haunting.I think that I was seeing ghosts, Keenum said Wednesday. I was seeing things that werent there. I wasnt trusting myself and my abilities. I tried too hard.And now Keenums job status is increasingly tenuous after just one week.The Rams cant wait much longer to cure the profound offensive ineptitude of their opening 28-0 loss to San Francisco. Their official homecoming game against the Seattle Seahawks looms Sunday, and Keenum likely must improve sharply and quickly to persuade the Rams not to play No. 1 pick Jared Goff immediately.Keenums 17-for-35 performance for 130 yards and two interceptions was just one faulty part of a creaky Los Angeles offense that produced 10 punts and a turnover on downs.With the 49ers loading up their run defense while daring Keenum and his receivers to beat them, the Rams were the only NFL team that couldnt score a point on opening weekend, and they couldnt even get in the red zone. The Rams went 3 for 15 on third downs, with Keenum repeatedly throwing to receivers who werent far enough downfield to move the sticks.Case, he made some plays, and then missed some opportunities, coach Jeff Fisher said. But every game you watch, quarterbacks are missing opportunities. We have to just make sure we take advantage of those opportunities when theyre there.Keenum believes the solution to the Rams problems centers on confidence -- specifically his own.Just trust what you see and let it fly, Keenum said. Thats what Im going to do. Im going to trust ... my protection, my mechanics, my rules, my footwork, and trust what I see. Trust the guys out there.Kenny Britt had four catches for 67 yards -- more receiving yardage than all of his teammates combined. Even Britt realizes the Rams cant rely on the passing game to win.We have to do what we do best: Run the ball and run it well, Britt said. That will loosen it up on the outside, and we can take a couple of shots downfield and take that eighth man out of the box.The results werent exactly a surprise after the Rams finished 32nd in the NFL in total offense and passing offense last season, and then didnt anything in the offseason beyond rookies Tyler Higbee, who started at tight end, and Goff. Fisher said he still hasnt decided whether Goff will move up to become the backup quarterback Sunday.Fisher said the Rams new play-caller, offensive coordinator Rob Boras, emerged from the game frustrated with himself. The Rams continually failed to create running room for Todd Gurley, and that problem is only likely to get worse against Seattles vaunted defense, which limited Miami to 10 points in its defense-dominated opener.Gurley didnt participate in the Rams brief workout Wednesday after carrying the ball 17 times for 47 yards in the opener. The Rams barely used Gurley in the preseason to keep him healthy, but his fresh legs werent much good against a San Francisco defense that smothered him, particularly between the tackles.Britt attributed many of the Rams problems to opening-night jitters. After eight months of uncertainty and moving, the regular seasons arrival might have caught the Rams thinking too much instead of playing instinctive football.That will change up this week, Britt said. You realize its only the first game, and everybody is always overexcited when you come into the first game. You dont want to overthink stuff. You dont want to miss stuff. You dont want to see one thing and then miss the next thing, so I know things will calm down for all of us.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFLNew York Mets Gear .875,000, avoiding arbitration. Clippards deal Monday means all eight Nationals players who filed for arbitration wound up settling before a hearing. Stitched Mets Jerseys . -- Nathan Pancel scored twice as the Sudbury Wolves defeated the North Bay Battalion 4-2 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. https://www.cheapmetsjerseys.us/ . 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One generation will argue for Ted Williams, another will offer a compelling case for Carl Yastrzemski or Jim Rice or Pedro Martinez.Its indisputable, though, that David Ortiz is the most prolific winner in the franchises 115-year history.And so, on the occasion of Ortizs final regular-season game, the Red Sox showered their iconic designated hitter with gifts, brought back 24 of his former teammates from the 2004, 2007 and 2013 World Series-winning teams and announced they will retire his No. 34 early next season, making him the first player to have his uniform number taken out of circulation by the Red Sox before he is elected to the Hall of Fame.Ortiz was feted in an emotional 40-minute pregame ceremony at Fenway Park that included Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and even Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina and concluded with Big Papi going down on one knee and doffing his cap to salute the fans.Before the festivities, Red Sox manager John Farrell said, there may be no more important player ever in this organization, and Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred called Ortiz transformational, noting that he changed the course of this franchise and changed the city, a reference to the sluggers impassioned and expletive-laced speech in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013.We have great memories and theres still great memories to be made in the next few weeks, but hes a legend and hes going to be missed by all of us, Walsh said. What hes done off the field is almost as big as the accomplishments on the field. What hes done with his foundation and really lifting the city up following the Marathon bombing, everyone climbed on his back and he just got the city back on track.As much as anything -- including his 540 career home runs -- that will be Ortizs legacy in Boston. He represents the only common denominator between the 2004, 2007 and 2013 World Series champions, but more than that, he came to symbolize the city since his arrival in 2003.Ortiz was given a haul of gifts that included the creation of a fellowship program to promote diversity in front offices across MLB. Baker presented him with a sign for the David Ortiz Bridge, a renamed span of Brookline Avenue that crosses over the Massachusetts Turnpike, while Walsh gave him a street sign for David Ortiz Drive, a newly named section of road near Fenway Park.Later, a parade of former teammates, including Manny Ramirez, poured onto the field, with Martinez, Mike Lowell and Jonny Gomes holding the 2004, 2007 and 2013 WWorld Series trophies, respectively.ddddddddddddWe had a lot of, I would say, elite players, and I think David is one of the catalysts to that, Lowell said. The fact that he is someone from another country that endeared himself to learning English and being able to express himself, I think he was able to really bridge a gap. He already had that relationship with the Latin players, but I think it really extended to guys from everywhere. When youre that good and you still make other people feel important, I think thats a pretty special quality.And it wasnt only with his fellow teammates. The Red Sox Foundation and team ownership pledged to donate a total of $1 million to the David Ortiz Childrens Fund, a charity that has provided life-saving surgeries for more than 500 children in New England and the Dominican Republic.He can have a conversation with the CEO of a Fortune 500 company or a transplant recipient whos 8 years old and feel like everybody is engaged and be on the same level with everyone in between -- all the while in a second language, Farrell said. Hes truly a remarkable person.Manfred addressed the complex part of Ortizs legacy.In 2009, Ortizs name was leaked to The New York Times as one of the players who tested positive for PEDs in 2003 survey testing, which led to MLBs current drug-testing policy. Manfred noted there were several results that were scientifically indisputable at the time, but could not say whether Ortiz was among them because MLB agreed to keep results confidential and the results were subsequently destroyed.I do know that hes never been a positive at any point under our program [implemented in 2004], said Manfred, who indicated he will meet with Ortiz in the Dominican Republic this winter to discuss a potential role as an ambassador for the league. I think that the feeling was, at the time that name was leaked, that it was important to make people understand that even if your name was on that list that it was entirely possible that you were not a positive.But this was a day to celebrate Ortiz, who completed one of the best farewell seasons in baseball history and will now have one last postseason with the Red Sox to add a fourth title to his résumé.?With no disrespect to the greats who have worn this uniform, I think what weve seen over the past 14-15 years, the way this franchise has elevated itself, there may be no more important player ever in this organization, Farrell said. Just the visibility, the magnitude, in combination with the winning, David Ortiz is right in the hub of that. ' ' '