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Think you are right on Feliz. Plus, he is only 23, in the biggest game of his life. Folks have to remember, the bullpens are GASSED! This isn't like 1975, this year starters are going what, 3-4 innings, and the first hint of trouble, the manager has to take the starter out, or he will be fired, basically. And as Smoltz has said in the past, the post season pitches are a lot more draining than those in a regular season game...and I imagine most pitchers right now have not pitched this deep into the post season, certainly after being in game after game, after game.... Neftali has had a rough year...they tried to stretch him out as a starter during Spring Training, couldn't get the breaking ball going consistently, so back to the pen, only with that "killer closer mentality" not right, which resulted in a string of blown and near-blown saves the first few months of the season. He'd get it back together in spurts, sometimes sustained spurts, but still would have, and still does have, as witnessed last night, spells where he just can't find the strike zone on a consistent basis. Often he gets out of it unscathed. Last night, he did not. And yes, he is still a young man. He's said to be somewhat highly driven, but also highly sensitive to failures. Reports out of the Rangers locker room last night described him as being "a mess" after the game. We all were, but I just hope he can put it behind him and move on. He seems like the type of guy who keeps a lot of stuff inside. No more Donnie Moores, ever. As for Ogando, hey, the guy's just done, period. He's done so much this year...wish he had an inning or two of gas left, but even after you reach down and find all the extra you have, at some point you just run out, period. I think he''s there now.God bless him for giving as much as he's given for as long as he has. Pretty remarkable season for him. Agreed about Ogando, he looks fried. I was wondering, since this is for all the marbles tonight if Washington is considering using Holland for an inning if the situation arises. Sure, he gave up a dinger last night, but he seems to be pitching well and he'll have months to rest after tonight.

The tune I heard on the sample was stuck in my head for hours, in a good way. Nice guitar playing!!!

As poorly as Feliz pitched in the 9th, once the Rangers got the lead in the 10th I would have stayed with Feliz. What I've seen of him in the playoffs and WS, he seems to be too amped up at first and then he settles down and pitches well. But that's just my opinion and I really can't fault Washington for going to Feldman as Feldman has pitched well except for last night. I kept thinking of Bobby Abreu on the triple Freese hit to rightfield that Cruz couldn't corral. Cruz seemed to be afraid to hit the wall to try and make the catch. If you make the catch the series is over, so GO FOR IT! Wild and crazy game, don't think I've ever seen such momentum shifts so quickly. For anybody who went to the game who was a Cards fan they have a lifetime sports memory thet will probably never be equalled.

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I just sent you $10 via Paypal, good luck on the disc. I'm listening to a sample right now and it's really good!I ordered the disc before I listened to the sample, purchase amply justified already.

That was some gut check. That kid may not be able to grow much of mustache, but he sure came through in epic fashion. What a curve! I hope it leaks out what Washington was saying when he went out to get Derek Holland. During the post-game interview, Holland said that he basically begged Wash to let him stay out there, that if he couldn't get the next guy on a double-play it'd be okay to bring in Feliz but please please please PLEASE let me stay out here! That's why Wash kept shaking his head no. Holland went on to say that Wash said if Holland got on his knees & begged, he'd let him stay in. I guess that really IS the way baseball go! In all seriousness, major props to the Rangers for stepping up to the challenge and conquering it in Mavs-like fashion. Gonna enjoy the moment while it lasts because tomorrow's game is gonna be a major gut-check for BOTH teams, especially with CJ returning to the mound. All I know is this: the kid with the acne problem single-handedly saved this World Series for the Rangers. For now, anyway. Thank you, Derek Holland. Holland also saved the bullpen . By going 8 1/3, he lets the bullpen get a night of rest so they're fresh for tonight's game, then with the travel day they get another day of rest. Young man was DEALIN'! He had only three balls hit out of the infield- amazing aginst that lineup.

Crazy ending and glad I caught it. It looked to me like overtime amd I was about to tune out because I hate the way overtime is played in college games(shoetended field, no sudden death).

I have no connection to the seller, but someone has the Plugged Nickel set on sale at Hoffman for a pretty low price.

Some things he's done are, IMHO, wonderful, like the 'Spy vs. Spy', Naked City and the Masada stuff. Other projects just don't connect to me and sound like he's trying too hard to be that scene/music/idea instead of just being himself. I've seen him play a few times and the results were mixed.Saw the Dreamers group and they were fantastic, hard-hitting, swingin' and very electric. Another time he played at a benefit for some Karl Berger organization and he sounded like he was trying to shoehorn himself into what was being played- it was quite awkward.

Elvis threw a little 'Heartbreak Hotel' on the Cards last night. He started a teriffic double play(kudos to Kinsler, who made a great turn), saved a run the next inning with an amazing flip to Kinsler, and then did a great job of baserunning in the 9th(kudos again to Kinsler for the steal). So I'm in the car this morning and I have ESPN radio and I switch to WFAN, both stations talking WS and not a word about Elvis or Kinsler! Did they see the same game I did? Great game, had me on the edge of my seat and I have no rooting interest. LaRussa may have overmanaged his bullpen last night with bringing in Rhodes- I undertand the lefty/lefty angle, but taqke out a guy throwing 100MPH for 89MPH may have been enough for an injured Hamilton to get the sac fly.

She's the inheritor of the VV. I've seen those Uniqlo posters,billboards, etc EVERyWHERE. Where'd you see that one?

Pujols made a great defensive play to save a run. Beltre fouls a ball off his foot and the ump misses it. Either play goes the other way and we could have had a different result. Good game!

Interesting. I think that if I were a Cubs fan I'd be happy. Five years gives Epstein a chance to get the Soriano and Zambrano contracts off the books. They each get around 17mil a year for mediocre(and declining) results.

I saw him during this period with Abdul Wadud, Bobby Battle, Kelvyn Bell and Bob Stewart- excellent! I would love a live recording from this part of Blythe's career.

I think Fox was mighty ticked at the extra innings- they had the season premiere of 'House' on last night and I beleive that show gets pretty good ratings.

Postponed until tomorrow due to inclement weather!

It seems so ironic that for years the Raiders were a lousy team and Davis was roundly criticized for it, and now when they're getting good he passes.He changed football. He was a Brooklyn native who attended Erasmus High School, which was about 7 blocks from my childhood abode.

He changed the way millions of people listen to music- for that alone he was a revolutionary.

Saturday night I caught Imelda May. Great show, just straight hard-rockin' rockabilly.

Your flow chart reminded me of another alto player, Anthony Braxton- it looks like the title of one of his pieces.

You are right that was a great night of baseball, but lets face it if the Yankees played all their regulars and put MO in at the end , the Rays would have lost too. What about Crawford, he can't catch that ball? Manny could! Seriously,Crawford may be the best all round athlete on the club and he dives for the ball as if it's a hand grenade. Yankees earned the right to play the game the way they did...and I'm sure some of them enjoyed seeing the Red Sox not make the playoffs by their loss. Fine , Colts did the same thing with the Jets and how did that turn out ? Reports are that Francona has been FIRED!...i am sure they will say it was amicable. From what I heard, Francona's contract is up and the team has options for 2012 and 2013. They may just choose not to exercise the options and part ways.

You are right that was a great night of baseball, but lets face it if the Yankees played all their regulars and put MO in at the end , the Rays would have lost too. What about Crawford, he can't catch that ball? Manny could! Seriously,Crawford may be the best all round athlete on the club and he dives for the ball as if it's a hand grenade. I kept flipping among the Braves, Yanks and Bosox last night and it was one of the most exciting nights of baseball I've seen in a long time. No scriptwriter could have come up with this, the plot twists and surprises were amazing. Even using mostly AAA pitchers I thought for sure that tha Yanks would win, just as I thought for sure that Papelbon(he looks like a psycho serial killer on the mound) would get the save. I wonder about Crawford myself on that attempted catch. He was playing shallow, so if he doesn't make the catch the game is over, so why not dive?

Has anyone heard anything recently about his health? I hope he's doing well. I was at the same concert as Hardbopjazz and it was my first time seeing Rivers play. Because of his health he couldn't play much, but what he did play was excellent. he made up for it by having Steve Coleman and Craig Harris as guests.

Now it's really getting crazy. Bosox hang on to win in Baltimore while the Rays beat the Yanks, so they're both tied with one game to go. Atlanta loses and the Cards have a late lead, so they could also be tied with one game to go. This is exciting!!! Because the playoffs start on Friday, the Yanks won't use Robertson/Soriano/Rivera tomorrow in order to keep them rested for Friday. Some regulars will certainly be rested, so the Yanks are almost giving the Rays the game from the outset. On the other side, Baltimore is playing the Bosox tough and Showalter wil give it everything he has to win the game. I'm so glad I have MLBN.

Well worth getting, his octets are so well arranged that at times they sound like a big band.