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Queensland Rugby League boss Peter Betros believes common sense will prevail and NRL clubs will abandon plans to oust Australian Rugby League Commission chairman John Grant on December 20.Betros revealed had had spoken to NRL clubs campaigning for Grants retention and been encouraged by the response ahead of this months emergency general meeting.There were more good portents on Monday night.Disgruntled NRL clubs announced that they had returned to the negotiation table with Grant over a funding stoush.I hope that (December 20) meeting is cancelled and I believe it will be, Betros told AAP.I believe common sense will prevail.I am encouraging the warring parties to sit down and settle their differences and find some amicable agreement and not tear ourselves apart.Chopping Johns head off doesnt solve any problems, simple as that.Funding talks had been postponed indefinitely just last week after clubs called for the emergency meeting in a bid to get rid of Grant.The ARLC boss had been desperate for clubs to return to the negotiation table after falling out with them by reneging on a 12 month old funding agreement.He recently withdrew a memorandum of understanding which pledged an extra $100 million per year to clubs from 2018.Representatives of the clubs and the ARLC met today and agreed to continue discussions to resolve the current impasse, NRL clubs said in a statement on Monday night.Betros now hoped renewed talks would also lead to the December 20 meeting being abandoned.Clubs require a minimum 14 votes from the games 26 shareholders - the 16 clubs, NSWRL, eight commissioners and the QRL represented by Betros - to remove Grant at the meeting.Fourteen clubs, excluding the NRL-owned Gold Coast and Newcastle, signed a letter to the ARLC backing the emergency meeting.Betros said NRL clubs had been perceived as greedy at grassroots level over their stance.I dont know if it is personal, Betros said.I just think this desire to control the money is clouding some clubs view.I think the clubs are just looking for someone who is more attuned to their desires.Its the club ideology of us first and everyone else comes later.I mix in league circles a lot below the NRL level and there is a great perception that the clubs are being very greedy and selfish.Betros believed the most important people in the game had been overlooked in the disgruntled NRL clubs funding stoush - grass roots footy.Grant reneged on the funding promise in a bid to renew a grassroots footy focus after citing a decline in participation.I acknowledge that the NRL brings in the funding for the game but there is an enormous amount of grass roots football that comes underneath, Betros said.It is responsible for the next players coming through - its got to be protected. 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Im not looking for revenge, Im looking to win ball games. Thats entirely what my focus is on, and hopefully I get to keep it there.With all that recent history , close attention will be paid to every inside fastball, hard slide or any emotional outburst.But these are also two teams with much more on the line than retribution after falling short of their World Series goal last year, and now with another chance.Games are too important. I wouldnt expect anything, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. But nobody seems to want to let it go. ... Every time you turn on the TV, its a replay after replay after replay. But too much at stake. Two great ball clubs, two very competitive ball clubs, two emotional ball clubs. But in no way I would expect anything like that.After their 5-2 wild-card game victory over Baltimore on Tuesday night when Edwin Encarnacion hit a game-ending three-run homer in the 11th inning, the Blue Jays had a brief workout Wednesday at the Rangers ballpark. 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I dont worry about that.Asked if that was the best punch he had ever thrown, he said, I dont worry about that.And, yes, Bautista has looked forward to being back in Texas, but not for the reasons many people would expect.In this situation, yeah, Bautista said of the playoffs. Other than that, I havent really given it much thought.FOR STARTERS: Game 1 matches a pair of All-Star pitchers, with left-hander Cole Hamels (15-5, 3.32) going for the Rangers, and right-hander Marco Estrada (9-9, 3.48) for the Blue Jays. Hamels, the 2008 World Series and NL Championship Series MVP with Philadelphia, didnt face Toronto during the regular season. Estrada started twice against Texas, going six innings for no-decisions in both extra-inning games (1-1).ON THE LINE: Toronto had to win its last two regular-season games against Boston just to make the playoffs, then had to beat Baltimore in the wild-card game to advance. Texas clinched the AL West title with eight games left in the regular season.CHOO COMEBACK: Rangers RF Shin-Soo Choo has been on the disabled list four times this season and missed 39 games with a fractured left forearm before returning for the teams final regular-season series last weekend. He also took part in a simulated game Tuesday, and worked out again Wednesday. Choo is in a good place right now, Texas manager Jeff Banister said. I think he answered the question three games in a row, outfield, where his body is. Hes in shape. His legs are good.CLOSING TIME: Blue Jays closer Roberto Osuna left the AL wild-card game with a sore shoulder. Gibbons said Osuna was feeling better Wednesday, but the manager wasnt sure about the 21-year-old right-handers availability for ALDS Game 1. We dont think its a big deal but its probably wise to be a little cautious this time of year, Gibbons said. ' ' '