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Teams who had failed to score a touchdown and committed three or more turnovers had gone 0-147 before Minnesota bucked that trend.

The team already has two Japanese stars in Ohtani and Yamamoto, who bucked the notion that Japanese big leaguers prefer not to play on the same team.

He pitched himself to voters as a moderate Republican, saying he bucked his party on abortion and immigration, instead sticking to middle-of-the-road policy proposals.

Even though the Dodgers themselves bucked those odds in 2020 against the Atlanta Braves in the NLCS, there will be no upsets here.

Coldplay bucked that trend by choosing to play in Hull next summer.