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AFL players are quietly resenting the lack of intra-season rest time after the league decided against reintroducing two byes for 2016, Sydney defender Ted Richards says.The AFL dropped one of the two bye rounds at the end of 2014 having had to shorten the 2015 season to cater for the cricket World Cup.But it decided against reintroducing the double-bye season for this year.Were quietly filthy that the AFL hasnt given us the two byes that weve been requesting, Richards, who sits on the AFL Players Association board, told Melbourne radio station RSN on Wednesday.Instead, the eight teams who make the finals will get a weeks rest after the final round 23.But Richards argues all teams should be entitled to two weeks off, with the physical and mental reprieve invaluable.From a players perspective, theres a lot of merit to having two byes evenly scattered throughout the season for all teams, he said.The 33-year-old himself was eased back into competitive action with the reserves during the Swans bye last weekend after a month out with concussion.He rates himself a 50-50 chance to make his AFL return against the Bulldogs at the SCG on Saturday.Itll be a full game this week, its just a matter of which team, he said.Richards also backed a call by Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge to do away with rookie lists, with one list of 44 players at each club a better option.Rookie lists have served their purpose, Richards said.(Its) time to scrap them and give those guys an opportunity to be rewarded if theyre playing good enough football in the reserves to be selected.Sammy Sosa Cubs Jersey . -- Edmontons Val Sweeting is two wins away from a trip to Winnipeg to play in Canadas Road of the Rings in December. 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Kerry Wood Cubs Jersey . -- Jacksonville wide receiver Cecil Shorts will likely be a game-time decision whether hell play Sunday in the Jaguars home game against the San Diego Chargers.ARLINGTON, Texas -- Cleveland Indians right-hander Josh Tomlin has gone from unbeatable at the start of the season to winless in August.And that potent Indians offense is suddenly struggling to score runs.Tomlin allowed two three-run homers, the first to Carlos Gomez making his debut for the AL-best Texas Rangers, and gave up eight runs without making it out of the fifth inning as the Indians lost 9-0 in the opener of a four-game series matching division leaders Thursday night.My job is to give us a chance to win, and right now Im not doing my job, said Tomlin, 0-5 with a 10.80 ERA in his five August starts.While Tomlin (11-8) failed to get past the fifth inning for the fourth time this month, the Indians managed only two singles in eight innings against left-hander Cole Hamels (14-4), who struck out eight without a walk.We havent swung the bat the last four games, but I think were third in the league in runs, manager Terry Francona said. Its not realistic that youre going to hit the ball out of the ballpark all year. It happens. Just got to fight through it together. We will.Cleveland (72-54) was shut out for the fourth time this season, and that came after the AL Central leader had been held to exactly one run in each of its three games at Oakland earlier this week -- the opener of that series being a 1-0 victory.You keep working, second baseman Jason Kipnis said. I wouldnt be surprised if we come out of it here soon.Hamels retired 19 batters in a row after Francisco Lindors solid two-out single to left in the first. The only other baserunner for the Indians against the lefty was Carlos Santana after a leadoff single in the eighth, though he was stranded at second after advancing on a passed ball.Had all pitches, all locations in play. Had the swing and miss, Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. He had the ability to do what he wanted to.After Gomezs homer in the second, Adrian Beltre and Rougned Odor also homered for the Raangers (75-53), who matched their largest winning margin of the season.ddddddddddddTomlin is scheduled to start once more before the calendar turns to September, next week at home against Minnesota. The right-handed Texas native was 7-0 through eight starts and 9-1 at the end of June, but now hasnt won since July 30.He was crisp, Francona said. He made a bad pitch to Gomez, and unfortunately its three (runs).LOFTY MARKSHamels is 21-5 in his 38 starts since the Rangers acquired him last season when he was coming off a no-hitter in his last start for the Philadelphia Phillies. His eight innings Thursday were the longest scoreless outing for a Texas starter this season.SHORT HOPSIndians 1B Mike Napoli had two errors in the fifth, one throwing and one fielding. ... Tony Barnette pitched a scoreless ninth, after giving up a leadoff walk, to wrap up only the third shutout this season for Texas. ... The Rangers had eight hits, one each by eight different players. The only starter without a hit was Carlos Beltran, who is in an 0-for-28 slide.FRESH STARTGomez made his Rangers debut five days after signing a minor league deal with the team and playing three games at Triple-A Round Rock. The 30-year-old two-time All-Star outfielder hit .210 with five homers in 85 games this season with the Houston Astros before being designated for assignment and then last week given his unconditional release.TRAINERS ROOMIndians: Instead of activating reliever Tommy Hunter from the disabled list next week as planned, the Indians released the right-hander who has been out since the All-Star break with after a back issue.UP NEXTIndians: All-Star RHP Corey Kluber (13-8), the 2014 AL Cy Young winner, is 5-0 with a 1.78 ERA his last eight starts.Rangers: LHP Martin Perez (8-9) is 7-1 with a 2.36 ERA in 13 home starts this season. ' ' '