Also on the card, strike-heavy strawweights Loma Lookboonmee and Alexia Thainara will collide. Lookboonmee (10-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) enters the fight on a four-fight streak.

Also on the card, strike-heavy strawweights Loma Lookboonmee and Alexia Thainara will collide. Lookboonmee (10-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) enters the fight on a four-fight streak. Thainara (12-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) ...

Of course, the players penciled into the lineup cards may be varied, new relievers will fill new roles, and different starters could be toeing the slab. But the goal is always the same.

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone gets combative defending shortstop Anthony Volpe despite his offensive and defensive shortcomings.