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GWS Giants players prize Steve Johnsons chatter almost as much as his AFL finals experience going into Saturdays derby clash with Sydney.Ruckman Shane Mumford knows veteran Johnson better than most of them as the pair were also teammates at Geelong in 2008-09.They are among just six Giants players who have played finals ahead of the qualifying final against the top-ranked Swans at ANZ Stadium.And Mumford expects triple premiership-winner Johnsons influence on the teams finals novices to be enormous.Hes going to be massive for us, not only the way he plays his football, but his leadership out there on the field, said Mumford.The way he talks to everyone on our team, he doesnt want to shut up, so hes going to be great for us.Johnsons haul of 43 goals this year is his biggest since 2011.The 33-year-old forward is playing his 15th season of senior football and his 2016 efforts have vindicated his decision to play on after being cut by Geelong last year.Asked if he was amazed the 274-game Johnson was still playing so well, Mumford quipped Benjamin Button?He is like a fine wine. 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Pence singled in the winning run with no outs in the ninth inning to give the Giants a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. Air Max 97 Uomo Scontate . Aside from the trilogy main event title fight, there are a number of intriguing matchups in the heavyweight, welterweight and lightweight divisions.The Chicago Cubs and president of baseball operations Theo Epstein have agreed to a five-year contract extension.Epsteins initial contract -- signed in 2011 as a five-year deal worth $18.5 million -- was set to expire at the end of this season, and his status was one of the few unanswered questions of the Cubs season so far.Its everything I could have asked for. There is no place Id rather be, Epstein told reporters Wednesday. Im thrilled this worked out.Epstein and Cubs owner Tom Ricketts first discussed the extension during spring training and then at various points during the summer.I told him I thought he was the best in the game at what he did, and he told me no matter what I paid him he wasnt going to leave Chicago, so we were off to a good start, Ricketts said. The time and energy to do it the right way has paid off with a team that should be successful for years to come.While terms of the deal were not disclosed,?Todays Knuckleball reported that it will pay Epstein a little less than $50 million over the five years, although incentives could take him over that number.I think its in the range, its competitive and where it should be for someone who I think is the best baseball executive in the game, Ricketts said.?The thing that Ive seen the last five years is how well he handles people, how well he chooses people for his [front office] team, how well he chooses players for his team. And his ability to judge character and put together the right human resources on the same team has been truly remarkable.ddddddddddddThe National League Central champions are on pace to finish the season with the best record in baseball by a wide margin. They head into the postseason as a team without a glaring weakness: great offense, stellar defense, outstanding rotation, the best relief corps in baseball and a canny manager in Joe Maddon.The teams 100-and-counting wins this season marks the first the time club has broken the century mark since 1935.Epstein was a former front-office man for the Boston Red Sox,?becoming the youngest general manager in MLB history in 2002. He is widely credited with building the squads that won the 2004 and 2007 World Series.Epstein resigned from Boston in 2011 to become president of baseball operations for the Cubs. During Epsteins first three years at Wrigley, the team finished in last place in the NL Central. Last season, it advanced to the National League Championship Series as a wild-card team but was swept by the New York Mets.Epstein said this was a pretty easy negotiation because he wanted to stay in Chicago.I told [Ricketts] if we couldnt work out a contract it would get awkward, because I would still keep showing up to work as an employee at will ruining my leverage, Epstein said.The team also gave extensions to general manager Jed Hoyer and vice president of amateur scouting and player development Jason McLeod. ' ' '