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Take your lens flair to the next level with a digital SLR camera attachment that lets you manipulate light like never before
WITH their sophisticated image sensors and software, digital cameras are already great at making us look like pros. But all those ultra-sharp vacation snaps and sepia-toned Instagram uploads could soon look positively quaint, thanks to a tool that lets you mess around with the fundamental properties of the light that a camera captures.
KaleidoCamera was developed by Alkhazur Manakov of Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany, and his colleagues. It attaches directly to the front of a normal digital SLR camera, and the camera's detachable lens is then fixed to the front of the KaleidoCamera.
After light passes through the lens, it enters the KaleidoCamera, which splits it into nine image beams according to the angle at which the light arrives. Each beam is filtered, before mirrors direct them onto the camera's sensor in a grid of separate images, which can be recombined however the photographer wishes.
This set-up allows users to have far more control over what type of light reaches the camera's sensor. Each filter could allow a single colour through, for example, then colours can be selected and recombined at will after the shot is taken, using software. Similarly, swapping in filters that mimic different aperture settings allows users to compose other-worldly images with high dynamic range in a single shot, like the photo above.
And because light beams are split up by the angle at which they arrive, each one contains information about how far objects in a scene are from the camera. With a slight tweak to its set-up, the prototype KaleidoCamera can capture this information, allowing photographers to refocus images after the photo has been taken.
Roarke Horstmeyer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena says the device could make digital SLR photos useful for a range of visual tasks that are normally difficult for computers, like distinguishing fresh fruit from rotten, or picking out objects from a similarly coloured background. "These sorts of tasks are essentially impossible when applying computer vision to conventional photos," says Horstmeyer.
The ability to focus images after taking them is already commercially available in the Lytro – a camera designed solely for that purpose. But while Lytro is a stand-alone device which costs roughly the same as an entry-level digital SLR, KaleidoCamera's inventors plan to turn their prototype into an add-on for any SLR camera.
Manakov will present the device at the SIGGRAPH conference in Anaheim, California, this month. He says the team is working on miniaturising it, and that much of the prototype's current bulk simply makes it easier for the researchers to tweak it for new experiments.
"A considerable engineering effort will be required to downsize the add-on and increase image quality and effective resolution," says Yosuke Bando, a visiting scientist at the MIT Media Lab. "But it has potential to lead to exchangeable SLR lenses and cellphone add-ons."
In fact, there are already developments to bring post-snap refocusing to smartphone cameras, with California-based start-up Pelican aiming to release something next year (see "Pelican brief: new eyes for cellphones").
"Being able to convert a standard digital SLR into a camera that captures multiple optical modes – and back again – could be a real game-changer," says Andrew Lumsdaine of Indiana University in Bloomington.
Pelican brief: new eyes for cellphones
The Pelican array camera, made by Pelican Imaging of Mountain View, California, takes pictures that can be refocused later.
It works by capturing light for a photo through a 4-by-4 grid of small lenses. Each lens captures a slightly different view, allowing software to figure out the depth of a scene and where people are in it. This enables the user to refocus a picture to any depth after it is taken, using software on the phone.
At less than 3 millimetres thick, the firm claims its camera – due to be launched inside a phone next year – is smaller than a standard smartphone camera. It can also record video. Nokia and chip-maker Qualcomm have invested in Pelican Imaging.
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December 9, 2005 12:18 PM PST
NBA to create huge digital archive
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The league, working with Silicon Graphics, is setting out to create a digital archive of the entire filmed history of its games, from legendary contests between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers to seemingly meaningless late-season games between out-of-contention teams. The archive will be available at NBA.com. The league unveiled the project Thursday night at SGI's offices here.
If the project, which could take as long as six years to complete, goes as planned, fans should be able to get their hands on clips of just about any hoops moment they want, and even create their own personalized video reels.
"We're thinking of making the video available to (fans) so they could edit their own highlight videos and hopefully make them available (in turn) to NBA.com," said Stephen Hellmuth, senior vice president of operations and technology for NBA Entertainment.
The program involves archiving all new footage on a sophisticated digital storage system as well as the painstaking transfer to digital media of nearly 60 years of footage currently stored on aging videotape. It's aimed at making any filmed moment in the league's history accessible to anyone, from coaches to fantasy-league fans.
The NBA won't wait until the whole thing is done, and could start rolling out bits of the project as early as next year, but it's not yet clear how the league will charge for it. Hellmuth speculated that NBA fans could pay for the right to compete to create the best custom highlight reels, which they would upload to NBA.com. He said it was also possible that fans could pay for the right to sift through the archives and create personalized content that they could then burn onto DVDs on their own computers.
Hellmuth said he thinks the NBA is following a technological path that will be of great interest to Major League Baseball and the National Football League.
"This is a migration that all sports leagues are going to have to make," he said. "We're at the center, so we're going to get there first."
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NBA uses SGI system for "replays"
According to Greg Estes, SGI vice president for global marketing, the NBA will be leveraging a system that includes SGI storage systems, its computers and its software.
"They have hard problems to solve. They have 30 satellite feeds coming every day (to manipulate and archive, and our technology) is at the heart and soul of that," Estes said. "We're excited about the NBA saying it out loud."
The NBA plans to employ an unspecified but large number of people to review every minute of its footage, both new and old, in order to time stamp and review plays. The idea, said Hellmuth, is to create a giant searchable database of plays that would note the players involved, their exact location on the court, at what point in the game the play happened, the outcome of the play and a rating for it.
Then, he continued, anyone could search the database for, say, all 3-point shots with less than two minutes on the game clock by the Golden State Warriors' Baron Davis.
Hellmuth also said the archiving project is being done in a "burning the candle at both ends" manner in which all new game footage and the oldest footage--which must be dealt with before old tapes deteriorate--will be handled and made available first. Then the league will work toward the middle.
And though the project is about making any of the footage available to anyone who needs it, the league is clearly most excited about the revenue potential such an extensive library could bring.
"I (might) want to see the three times (Milwaukee Bucks Hall of Famer) Oscar Robertson fouled out with less than 10 seconds left," said SGI's Estes. "Just as a fan, to bring fans into the game, it's just amazing. And from a business standpoint, this allows the NBA to monetize" its archive.
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- Interesting idea
- Sounds interesting. Wonder if this is going to be a free service.
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- Free Service?
- Is the NBA planning on offering this service at no cost to the user?
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- Got it Hand it to S. Jobs
- Got to give Steve Jobs credit for fueling this TV show digitizing revolution. Apple's winning on all fronts. If your not buying a $400 iPOD to watch archived films,or paying 1.99 per movie or 0.99 cents per song you're paying $1800 or more for a Mac to handle your multi-media needs. Talk about a win-win scenario with only one true winner!
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- ..... the NBA will find enough people who care to make it all worth
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- I actually found this article because I was looking for the last game hakeem and ewing played against each other when they played for the raptors and the magics so yes I am that guy who cares that much. Something about the history of it all. I think it's a hell of an idea hopefully viewing the videos will be free but I also hope the NBA can find other ways of making money off of it.
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All-time World Series rankings: Nos. 1-35
CORPUS CHRISTI - No. 35: 1934
St. Louis Cardinals 4, Detroit Tigers 3
Results: Game 1 – Cardinals 8-3; Game 2 – Tigers 3-2 (12 inn.); Game 3 – Cardinals 4-1; Game 4 – Tigers 10-4; Game 5 – Tigers 3-1; Game 6 – Cardinals 4-3; Game 7 – Cardinals 11-0
MVP: None selected until 1955
Lasting impression: Debris showering St. Louis left-fielder Joe (Ducky) Medwick as he trotted out to his position in the sixth inning of Game 7. Medwick had slid hard into Tigers third baseman Marv Owen after a triple in the top of the inning, and the two kicked one another until players separated them. But fans at Detroit's Navin Field aimed oranges, hot dogs and bottles at Medwick when he took the field in the bottom of the inning. For his own safety by commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, being escorted back to the dugout by police. The Associated Press counted the delay at 17 minutes.
The Series: The seventh game was an anticlimax after a few good tilts in the Series, with the Tigers winning Game 2 on Goose Goslin's 12th-inning single and the Cardinals starting their rally from a 3-2 Series deficit on Daffy Dean's tie-breaking RBI single in the seventh inning of Game 6. Dean, a pitcher, combined with his brother Dizzy to go 4-1 in the Series with a 1.43 ERA and 28 strikeouts and 35 hits in 44 innings.
No. 34: 1996
New York Yankees 4, Atlanta Braves 2
Results: Game 1 – Braves 12-1; Game 2 – Braves 4-0; Game 3 – Yankees 5-2; Game 4 – Yankees 8-6 (10 inn.); Game 5 – Yankees 1-0; Game 6 – Yankees 3-2
MVP: Yankees reliever John Wetteland (0-0, 4 Sv., 2.08 ERA)
Lasting impression: New York's Jim Leyritz driving a pitch from closer Mark Wohlers beyond the left-field wall with one out and two runners on in the eighth inning of Game 4. The Braves led 6-3 and the Yankees were in danger of going down 3-1 in the Series until Leyritz unloaded on a 2-2 offering. New York won the game with a bases-loaded walk and an Atlanta error scoring two runs in the 10th. That capped a comeback in which the Yankees were down 6-0 after three innings.
The Series: Leyritz's shot often is credited as turning the Series, but so did David Cone and Bernie Williams in Game 3. New York could ill afford to go down 3-0. Cone checked Atlanta to four hits in six innings, and Williams delivered a two-run home run in the eighth for breathing room. Andy Pettite and Wetteland combined for a five-hit shutout in Game 5, besting John Smoltz, who allowed only four. But, in the fourth inning, Charlie Hayes reached base on a Braves error and Cecil Fielder followed with an RBI double. Atlanta had runners on first and second in the sixth, but a botched bunt led to a force at third and a double play ended the inning. The Braves had Chipper Jones at third with one out in the ninth, but Wetteland induced a soft grounder and a fly ball to end the game. The Yankees scored three times in the first in the final game and made it stand, holding off an Atlanta rally in the ninth.
No. 33: 1995
Atlanta Braves 4, Cleveland Indians 2
Results: Game 1 – Braves 3-2; Game 2 – Braves 4-3; Game 3 – Indians 7-6 (11 inn.); Game 4 – Braves 5-2; Game 5 – Indians 5-4; Game 6 – Braves 1-0
MVP: Braves P Tom Glavine (2-0, 1.29 ERA, 4 H in 14 IP)
Lasting impression: David Justice leading off the bottom of the sixth inning of Game 6 with a shot to right field, a solo home run that scored the contest's only run. Entering the contest, Justice was quoted by local media as knocking fan support. But his home run supported the one-hitter authored by Tom Glavine and Mark Wohlers.
The Series: Only once — in the top of the sixth — did the Indians get a runner to second in the finale. In only one of the regulation games did the trailing team get the trying runner aboard in the ninth. The best might have been the see-saw Game 3, in which Cleveland led 5-3 in the eighth, but surrendered three runs in the top of the frame only to tie it in the bottom of the inning on Sandy Alomar's run-scoring double. The Braves put runners on second base in the ninth and 10th, and had a runner at first in the 11th, but could not score. The Indians won in the bottom of the 11th on Eddie Murray's RBI single with none out.
No. 32: 1956
New York Yankees 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Results: Game 1 – Dodgers 6-3; Game 2 – Dodgers 13-8; Game 3 – Yankees 5-3; Game 4 – Yankees 6-2; Game 5 – Yankees 2-0; Game 6 – Dodgers 1-0 (10 inn.); Game 7 – Yankees 9-0
MVP: Yankees P Don Larsen (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 H in 10.2 IP, Perfect game)
Lasting impression: Yogi Berra coming out from behind the plate and jumping onto Larsen after the pitcher struck out Brooklyn's Dale Mitchell to author the only perfect game in major-league postseason history. Larsen's Game 5 gem was the first perfect game in 34 years, and there were several close calls — third baseman Andy Carey's brilliant stop of a Jackie Robinson liner in the second, Gil Hodges' shot to deep center that Mickey Mantle tracked down and Sandy Amoros' just-foul shot into the right-field stands right after Hodges' at-bat. Larsen admitted to feeling faint in the final inning, and it was easy to forget he was touched up for four runs — none earned — in a Game 2 start.
The Series: The only excitement to that point had been Game 2, in which a 6-0 New York lead was wiped out by a six-run Brooklyn second inning. The oft-overshadowed Game 6 could have been a classic — the Yankees' Bob Turley dueling the Clem Labine. But Turley, with one out, walked Junior Gilliam in the 10th. Gilliam was sacrificed to second and Duke Snider intentionally walked. Robinson then stroked the fourth hit of the contest off Turley, a line-drive single to left to score Gilliam and end the game, forcing a winner-take-all Game 7. New York dominated that contest, and the Series went the Yankees' way.
No. 31: 1953
New York Yankees 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Results: Game 1 – Yankees 9-5; Game 2 – Yankees 4-2; Game 3 – Dodgers 3-2; Game 4 – Dodgers 7-3; Game 5 – Yankees 11-7; Game 6 – Yankees 4-3
MVP: None selected until 1955
Lasting impression: Billy Martin breaking the hearts of the Dodgers. The Yankees second baseman drilled a shot back up the middle with one out in the bottom of the ninth of Game 6 to break a tie and bring in Hank Bauer from second base to end the Series. Bauer was one of New York's best baserunners so, while Brooklyn centerfielder Duke Snider charged the ball, he didn't even make a throw home. It was more Series heartbreak for the Dodgers, who had tied the contest at 3 in the top of the ninth off Carl Furillo's two-run home run.
The Series: There was a little more drama than in Game 6. The Yankees scored once in the seventh and twice in the eighth in Game 2 to rally for a 4-2 victory. Brooklyn rebounded in Game 3 after New York tied the contest in the top of the eighth, with a Roy Campanella solo home run in the bottom of that inning to take that contest. The Yankees took a 9-2 lead into the seventh in Game 5, but had to withstand a Dodgers' rally. That set up the final contest, in which New York, in becoming the only team to win five World Series in a row, grabbed an early lead, but had to hold on as Brooklyn whittled away at it.
No. 30: 1911
Philadelphia Athletics 4, New York Giants 2
Results: Game 1 – Giants 2-1; Game 2 – Athletics 3-1; Game 3 – Athletics 3-2 (10 inn.); Game 4 – Athletics 4-2; Game 5 – Giants 4-3 (10 inn.); Game 6 – Athletics 13-2
MVP: None selected until 1955
Lasting impression: The long ball. It's unthinkable today unless dripped in sarcasm, for a player who hit 11 home runs to lead the league — or play 13 seasons and hit 96 home runs — and be nicknamed "Home Run", but that was Philadelphia's Frank Baker. Home Run Baker hit 11 during 1911 and then had two big ones in the World Series — a two-run shot in the sixth inning of Game 2 to break a tie and a ninth-inning home run in Game 3 to force extra innings, in which the A's eventually won and took a 2-1 Series lead. In something that has been since tabbed "the dead-ball era" for lack of home runs, Baker's blasts were all the rage. A New York Times article after the series may have been the first popular use of the nickname "Home Run" for Baker.
The Series: This was one of the more tense postseason series up to that point, with Baker's heroics being the difference over the first three games. The Giants fended off elimination in Game 5, with Doc Crandall's RBI double and Josh Devore's run-scoring single tying that contest in the ninth, leading to Fred Merkle's game-ending sacrifice fly in the 10th. But Philadelphia broke a 1-all tie with four runs in the fourth inning of Game 6 and cruised to a repeat title.
No. 29: 1957
Milwaukee Braves 4, New York Yankees 3
Results: Game 1 – Yankees 3-1; Game 2 – Braves 4-2; Game 3 – Yankees 12-3; Game 4 – Braves 7-5 (10 inn.); Game 5 – Braves 1-0; Game 6 – Yankees 3-2; Game 7 – Braves 5-0
MVP: Braves P Lew Burdette (3-0, 0.67 ERA, 3 CG, 2 SHO)
Lasting impression: Eddie Mathews' massive, no-doubt blast into the right-field stands that finished Game 4 in favor of the Braves. The Yankees forced extra innings with three runs in the ninth and took a 5-4 lead with a run in the top of the 10th. Johnny Logan's one-out double in the bottom of the inning tied the contest. Up came Mathews, who had no hits during the first three games. He took a 2-2 Bob Grim pitch and planted it into the bleachers. This blast helped turn the Series in Milwaukee's favor.
The Series: While the opening three games were interesting, the two following Mathews' home runs didn't lack for excitement. Joe Adcock's single in the sixth inning scored Mathews for the only run in Game 5, supporting Burdette's shutout. But New York came back, breaking a 2-all tie in the seventh inning of Game 6 with Hank Bauer's home run off Ernie Johnson, Sr., later of TBS announcing fame. A four-run third inning, sparked by run-scoring hits by Mathews, Hank Aaron and Frank Torre, siphoned the tension from Game 7 as Burdette again threw a shutout.
No. 28: 1923
New York Yankees 4, New York Giants 2
Results: Game 1 – Giants 5-4; Game 2 – Yankees 4-2; Game 3 – Giants 1-0; Game 4 – Yankees 8-4; Game 5 – Yankees 8-1; Game 6 –Yankees 6-4
MVP: None selected until 1955
Lasting impression: Touching them all. Sure, Babe Ruth with the Yankees made an impact as Yankee Stadium made its postseason debut, smacking three home runs. But the bigger surprise came from Giants player — and future Yankees manager — Casey Stengel, who hit two home runs to lead the Giants to victory twice. Stengel's inside-the-park home run in the top of the ninth in Game 1 broke a tie and gave his team the win. One that travelled out of the field in the top of the seventh broke a scoreless tie in Game 3.
The Series: Pretty good contests over the opening three games, but the Yankees took a 3-2 Series lead with a pair of blowouts. In the final game, the Yankees trailed 4-1 entering the top of the eighth, but brought two runs home on bases-loaded walks and took the lead for good on Bob Meusel's two-run single. That allowed the Yankees to finally win after losing to the Giants two Series in a row. Newspaper articles at the time discussed the concern that, with so much money, New York teams would continue to dominate baseball and drive fans from other cities away from the game.
No. 27: 2002
Anaheim Angels 4, San Francisco Giants 3
Results: Game 1 – Giants 4-3; Game 2 – Angels 11-10; Game 3 – Angels 10-4; Game 4 – Giants 4-3; Game 5 – Giants 16-4; Game 6 – Angels 6-5; Game 7 – Angels 4-1
MVP: Angels 3B Troy Glaus (.385, 3 HR, 8 RBIs, 7 runs)
Lasting impression: Giants manager Dusty Baker pulling starting pitcher Russ Ortiz in Game 6 with one out in the seventh inning, and the Angels rally that accompanied that move. Ortiz, with a 5-0 lead in hand, started the seventh with a groundout and then gave up consecutive singles, the third and fourth hits Ortiz allowed in the game. With San Francisco eight outs from the title, Baker went out to get Ortiz. Reliever Felix Rodriguez promptly gave up a three-run home run to Scott Spiezio. The Giants got out of the inning but Anaheim, buoyed by their good-luck talisman, the Rally Monkey, had Darin Erstad lead off the eighth with a home run of Tim Worrell to pull the Angels to within one. Worrell gave up two singles and was pulled for Rob Nen, who was greeted by a two-run double by Glaus, which gave Anaheim its first lead of the contest and turned the Series in the Angels' favor.
The Series: Game 6 was the high point as the Giants grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second inning of the final contest, only to have the Angels tie it in the bottom of the inning and then end the scoring in the third when Garret Anderson cleared the loaded bases with a double. The Giants did board two runners in the ninth with one out, but a strikeout and flyout ended the Series. A two-run Tim Salmon home run broke a 9-all tie in Game 2 in Anaheim's favor, though Barry Bonds' solo home run in the ninth cut the lead to one. San Francisco rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the fourth meeting with three runs in the fifth and a David Bell tie-breaking single in the bottom of the eighth.
No. 26: 1971
Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Baltimore Orioles 3
Results: Game 1 – Orioles 5-3; Game 2 – Orioles 11-3; Game 3 – Pirates 5-1; Game 4 – Pirates 4-3; Game 5 – Pirates 4-0; Game 6 – Orioles 3-2 (10 inn.); Game 7 – Pirates 2-1
MVP: Pirates RF Roberto Clemente (.414, 2 HR, 4 RBIs, 3 runs)
Lasting impression: Clemente, in the locker room after Game 7, finding out he won the MVP award and, speaking in Spanish on national TV, asking for the blessings of his parents back in Puerto Rico. He was in top form, hitting a solo home run — one of 12 hits — in the fourth inning of Game 7 to give his team a 1-0 lead, which it would not relinquish. His hustle down the first-base line on a routine chopper to the mound in Game 3 panicked Orioles pitcher Mike Cuellar, who threw high to first as Clemente hit the bag. That error sparked a three-run inning to turn a 2-1 contest into a 5-1 game. But the most memorable play was one that didn't even benefit his team: With Baltimore's Merv Rettenmund, one of the team's top runners, on second base in the fifth inning of Game 2, Clemente gloved a Frank Robinson fly ball in deep right while heading toward the line. He pivoted off his back leg and wheeled and fired a throw to third in one motion. The one-hopper got there as Rettemund, tagging from second, slid into third. Rettenmund just beat the tag, but the play made a national impression.
The Series: Baltimore's heralded four 20-game winners were topped by a Pirates staff that used six different starters. Steve Blass threw a three-hitter to win Game 3 and a four-hitter to close the Series. Nellie Briles tossed a two-hit shutout in Game 5. Game 4 was the first night contest in Series history, with the Orioles grabbing a 3-0 lead in the first inning, but Pirates reliever Bruce Kison came in for 6.1 innings and five hits — one allowed to a Baltimore batter plus the three Orioles batsmen that he hit and Baltimore second baseman Davey Johnson, whom Kison plowed into without sliding in an effort to break up a fourth-inning double play — and Pittsburgh rallied. Game 6, in which Baltimore rallied from a 2-0 deficit to win in the 10th inning on a shallow sacrifice fly to center that barely scored a sliding Frank Robinson, was called one of the greatest games by the NBC announcing team. But it soon was confined to distant memory after Pittsburgh took Game 7, becoming the first visiting team to win in this Series.
No. 25: 1935
Detroit Tigers 4, Chicago Cubs 2
Results: Game 1 – Cubs 3-0; Game 2 – Tigers 8-3; Game 3 – Tigers 6-5 (11 inn.); Game 4 – Tigers 2-1; Game 5 – Cubs 3-1; Game 6 – Tigers 4-3
MVP: None selected until 1955
Lasting impression: Detroit fans — 48,420, the largest crowd to see a game in Detroit at that point — rushing the field after Mickey Cochrane scored the Series-winning run from second following Goose Goslin's two-out base hit to right. The hit gave the Tigers their first title and touched off what was called at the time one of the wildest celebrations.
The Series: All games were as close as at least three runs except Game 2. The third game was a thriller with the Cubs scoring twice in the bottom of the ninth to force extras, only to have Detroit's Jo-Jo White drive in a winning — unearned — run on single. That was topped for drama only by the sixth game, which was tied entering the ninth. Stan Hack tripled to lead off for Chicago, but Tommy Bridges recorded a strikeout, a groundout and a fly ball to end the threat. Cochrane had a one-out single off Larry French, went to second on a ground out and then ended the Series when Goslin lined one over the head of second baseman Billy Herman.
No. 24: 1997
Florida Marlins 4, Cleveland Indians 3
Results: Game 1 – Marlins 7-4; Game 2 – Indians 6-1; Game 3 – Marlins 14-11; Game 4 – Indians 10-3; Game 5 – Marlins 8-7; Game 6 – Indians 4-1; Game 7 – Marlins 3-2 (11 inn.)
MVP: Marlins P Livan Hernandez (2-0, 5.27 ERA)
Lasting impression: Edgar Renteria's 11th-inning liner back up the middle that barely avoided the glove of Indians second baseman Tony Fernandez and made it to center, ending the World Series. The Marlins started in a 2-0 hole in Game 7, but rallied with a home run by Bobby Bonilla in the seventh and a sacrifice fly from Craig Counsell in the bottom of the ninth. Each team put runners aboard in the extra innings but, in the 11th, Florida loaded them with one out, helped by a Fernandez error. Devon White grounded to Fernandez who fired home to get Bonilla for the second out. Renteria followed and, with an 0-1 count, shot Charles Nagy's pitch back up the middle, lining it over Nagy's glove and having it just out of Fernandez's reach. Counsell came home to end the contest.
The Series: The contest that was nearest to Game 7 in terms of interest was the third one. The Marlins trailed 7-5 in the seventh, but had an RBI single by Renteria and a run-scoring double by Gary Sheffield to tie. They tacked on seven runs in the top of the ninth and held off Cleveland, which scored four times in the bottom of the inning.
No. 23: 1926
St. Louis Cardinals 4, New York Yankees 3
Results: Game 1 – Yankees 2-1; Game 2 – Cardinals 6-2; Game 3 – Cardinals 4-0; Game 4 – Yankees 10-5; Game 5 – Yankees 3-2 (10 inn.); Game 6 – Cardinals 10-2; Game 7 – Cardinals 3-2
MVP: None selected until 1955
Lasting impression: This is where Babe Ruth began to pass from star to legend. The Yankees slugger received a letter in St. Louis before Game 4 from the father of John Sylvester, asking that Ruth hit a home run for his sick child. Ruth responded with three shots in one game — the first player to do that in postseason history — and sent two autographed baseballs to Sylvester, who was said to be suffering from a variety of ailments, including a sinus infection. Later, tennis star Bill Tilden and football legend Red Grange promised gifts to Sylvester.
The Series: Thanks to the melodramatic 1948 movie about Ruth, this is remembered for more than the Cardinals winning and brushes past the fact Ruth was caught stealing in the bottom of the ninth in Game 7 to end the Series with his team down by a run. The finale provided most of the thrills, with New York standing 10 runners, including leaving the bases full in the seventh when Grover Cleveland Alexander, on in relief, struck out Tony Lazzeri after the Yankees hitter missed a grand slam, with the ball going foul by a few yards.
No. 22: 1955
Brooklyn Dodgers 4, New York Yankees 3
Results: Game 1 – Yankees 6-5; Game 2 – Yankees 4-2; Game 3 – Dodgers 8-3; Game 4 – Dodgers 8-5; Game 5 – Dodgers 5-3; Game 6 – Yankees 5-1; Game 7 – Dodgers 2-0
MVP: Dodgers P Johnny Podres (2-0, 1.00 ERA, 2 CG, 1 SHO)
Lasting impression: Jackie Robinson's steal of home in Game 1. It was a straight steal, not part of a double steal or a botched squeeze. It is one of the best-remembered images of the Brooklyn star — breaking into the frame of the video as Whitey Ford's pitch arrives, sliding in as Yankees catcher Yogi Berra applies the tag. Getting up triumphantly as Berra argues with the umpire that Robinson should have been out. Well remembered, but it was the fifth run of the game for the Dodgers, coming in the eighth inning. But New York won the game.
The Series: Poor Sandy Amoros. At almost any other time, his Series-saving catch would be the image that stayed with everyone. With Brooklyn up 2-0 in the seventh inning of the final game and Yankees on first and second, Berra lifted a fly into the left-field corner. Amoros, a defensive sub, tracked down what seemed like a sure double, grabbed it and wheeled and fired to shortstop Pee Wee Reese, who turned and threw to first to double off Gil McDougald, ending New York's most serious threat of the contest. It finally gave the Dodgers a Series victory against their long-time tormentors and the only World Series victory for a Brooklyn club.
No. 21: 1921
New York Giants 5, New York Yankees 3
Results: Game 1 – Yankees 3-0; Game 2 – Yankees 3-0; Game 3 – Giants 13-5; Game 4 – Giants 4-2; Game 5 – Yankees 3-1; Game 6 – Giants 8-5; Game 7 – Giants 2-1; Game 8 – Giants 1-0
MVP: None selected until 1955
Lasting impression: Yankees' baserunner Aaron Ward being thrown out trying to go first to third on a groundout to second in the bottom of the ninth of the final game. With the Yankees down 1-0 and Ward on first with one out, Home Run Baker hit a sharp grounder that Giants second baseman Johnny Rawlings dove for and stopped, throwing from his knees to get Baker at first. But Ward rounded second and went for third. First baseman High Pockets Kelly fired a strike to third baseman Frankie Frisch. Ward tried to steamroll Frisch, but the fielder held on to the ball during the collision, holding it up to show the umpire. It was a 4-3-5 double play to end the Series, which was the last one played with the best-of-nine format.
The Series: The winning team rallied in five consecutive games until Game 8, in which the Giants took a 1-0 lead in the first inning made it stand. The most notable comeback might have been Game 4 when the Giants, trailing 1-0 in the eighth inning, scored three in the eighth and one in the ninth.
No. 20: 1947
New York Yankees 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Results: Game 1 – Yankees 5-3; Game 2 – Yankees 10-3; Game 3 – Dodgers 9-8; Game 4 – Dodgers 3-2; Game 5 – Yankees 2-1; Game 6 – Dodgers 8-6; Game 7 – Yankees 5-2
MVP: None selected until 1955
Lasting impression: Lovable losers. Two of this Series' most memorable plays — and some of the most memorable of all time — came from members of the losing side. The Yankees were ahead 2-1 in Game 4 with Bill Bevens tossing a no-hitter, but walking 10. With two outs and two on in the ninth, Cookie Lavagetto came up and doubled to right — breaking up Bevens' no-hitter and, in the process, winning the game by driving in the tying and winning runs. Two games later, defensive replacement Al Gionfiddo, who scored on Lavagetto's Game 4 hit, chased down a shot from Joe DiMaggio in left-center, crashing into the bullpen gate while making the grab to preserve an 8-5 lead as two runners were aboard. Series films showing DiMaggio kicking the dirt after the play have added to the lore. Lavagetto, Gionfriddo and Bevens retired after the Series.
The Series: The near no-hitter and Gionfriddo's sensational play have defined this Series. But the Dodgers led New York 2-1 in Game 7 until the Yankees grabbed the lead on run-scoring hits by Bobby Brown and Tommy Henrich in the fourth inning. Brooklyn put only one runner aboard in the final five innings, but Eddie Miksis was erased on the Series-ending double play.
No. 19: 1993
Toronto Blue Jays 4, Philadelphia Phillies 2
Results: Game 1 – Blue Jays 8-5; Game 2 – Phillies 6-4; Game 3 – Blue Jays 10-3; Game 4 – Blue Jays 15-14; Game 5 – Phillies 2-0; Game 6 – Blue Jays 8-6
MVP: Blue Jays DH-3B Paul Molitor (.500, 2 HR, 8 RBIs, 10 runs)
Lasting impression: Touch 'em all Joe. Toronto's Joe Carter delivered a three-run homer to end the Series in the bottom of the ninth in Game 6, clearing the left-field wall. The Phillies entered the bottom of the ninth with a 6-5 lead but erratic closer Mitch "Wild Thing" Williams made things interesting. He gave up a walk, got an out on a fly ball and then surrendered a single. Up stepped Carter, who golfed a 2-2 pitch over the wall. Carter dashed around the bases, pumping his fist and jumping as his teammates converged at home to meet him. It's only the second time that a World Series ended on a walk-off home run, joining Bill Mazeroski's 1960 World Series-ender.
The Series: Carter's shot ended a contest in which the Phillies scored five runs in the seventh to overcome a 5-1 deficit. There were a couple of tension points aside from Game 6. The crazy Game 4 is one of those, with the teams going back and forth. The Blue Jays had a three-run first offset by four Philadelphia runs in the same inning. The Phillies opened a 6-3 lead but Toronto scored four in the third to take the lead. Even a 12-7 Philadelphia lead in the sixth inning and a 14-9 advantage after seven weren't safe. Toronto erupted for six runs in the top of the eighth, victimizing Williams for a good portion of the inning. It was capped when Devon White delivered a two-out, two-run triple to give his team a 15-14 lead. The other tight spot came in the fifth game when Phillies starter Curt Schilling, with a 2-0 lead, pitched out of a jam in the eighth inning with runners on the corners and none out by getting a fielder's choice to get an out at home, recording a strikeout and getting a groundout.
No. 18: 1979
Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Baltimore Orioles 3
Results: Game 1 – Orioles 5-4; Game 2 – Pirates 3-2; Game 3 – Baltimore 8-4; Game 4 – Baltimore 9-6; Game 5 – Pirates 7-1; Game 6 – Pirates 4-0; Game 7 – Pirates 4-1
MVP: Pirates 1B Willie Stargell (.400, 3 HR, 7 RBIs, 7 runs)
Lasting impression: The Fam-a-lee. The Pirates rallied behind the Sister Sledge song "We Are Family", led by the 39-year-old Stargell, nicknamed "Pops" by his teammates. The team's wives and girlfriends would dance on top of the dugouts between innings during the pennant chase. Players tried to get 'Stargell Stars', little stars with an 'S' in them, that they could sew anywhere on their caps. Stargell also strived to keep a loose clubhouse. When the Orioles, trailing 2-1 at the time, loaded the bases with two outs in the eighth, Stargell walked over from first to talk with Pittsburgh closer Kent Tekulve with Baltimore power-hitter Eddie Murray coming up. Stargell's purpose was to make Tekulve laugh, offering to pitch to Murray. He cracked up the reliever, who then got Murray to fly out to end the threat.
The Series: In four of the contests, the eventual winning team came from behind at one point. In the Pirates' final three victories to rally from 3-1 down in the Series, they scored the winning run in the sixth or seventh innings. The Orioles scored five runs in the first inning of the opener and then had to hold off a Pittsburgh charge, with the Pirates putting the winning run on base in the eighth. The following game, pinch-hitter Manny Sanguillen delivered an RBI single in the top of the ninth to break a tie. Baltimore scored five runs in the fourth of Game 3 and six runs in the seventh of the following game to grab a 3-1 Series lead. The Pirates trailed 1-0 in Game 5, but rallied for seven runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings. In Game 6, Pittsburgh broke a 2-all tie in the sixth with RBIs from Dave Parker and Stargell and tacked on two more in the eighth. The Orioles led 1-0 in the finale until Stargell hit a two-run home run to bring in Bill Robinson in the sixth. After Tekulve got out of the eighth-inning jam, Pittsburgh scored a pair of insurance runs in the ninth. Tekulve closed out the ninth for the Series.
No. 17: 1992
Toronto Blue Jays 4, Atlanta Braves 2
Results: Game 1 – Braves 3-1; Game 2 – Blue Jays 5-4; Game 3 – Blue Jays 3-2; Game 4 – Blue Jays 2-1; Game 5 – Braves 7-2; Game 6 – Blue Jays 4-3 (11 inn.)
MVP: Blue Jays C Pat Borders (.450, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 runs)
Lasting impression: Atlanta's Otis Nixon trying to bunt for a single with two outs and the tying run on third in the 11th inning of Game 6. The Blue Jays had taken a 4-2 lead in the top of the inning on Dave Winfield's two-out double. The Braves countered with a single, an error and a bunt that put runners on second and third with one out. A ground out to first brought Atlanta to within one run and moved pinch-runner John Smoltz to third. Up came the exceptionally fast Nixon. In came right-handed reliever Mike Timlin. That meant switch-hitter Nixon would bat from the left-hand side. First baseman Joe Carter warned Timlin to be alert for a bunt. He was. Nixon fouled off the first pitch swinging but then laid down a bunt. Timlin jumped it, fired to first and got Nixon to end the World Series on a bunt.
The Series: Games 2 and 3 were decided in the ninth inning, while the finale went extras. But competing for most memorable moment, with the first time a team based in Canada was in the World Series, was the color guard in Atlanta displaying the Canadian maple-leaf flag upside down prior to Game 2. Atlanta held a 4-2 lead entering the eighth in that game. Toronto had a run taken away in the fourth when pitcher Smoltz fired a wild pitch into the dirt that got away 10 feet from home. Robby Alomar broke from third, as Smoltz covered. The throw arrived and Alomar was ruled out, though replays showed he clearly was safe. But a Winfield RBI single brought the Jays to within one in the eighth and, in the ninth, Ed Sprague hit a two-run home run. The Braves had runners on first and second with two outs in the bottom of the inning, but could not tie the contest. Atlanta had a 2-1 lead in Game 3, though it could have been more. Dave Justice drilled a shot to center for the Braves. Devon White went back and, crashing full force into the wall, made the catch. Baserunners Deion Sanders and Terry Pendleton passed one another. Pendleton was doubled off first and, with Sanders back at second and heading to third, almost was caught by third baseman Kelly Gruber for a triple play after deciding to go back to second. Gruber belted a home run in the eighth and with the bases loaded and, with one out in the bottom of the ninth, Candy Maldonado delivered a walk-off single.
No. 16: 1964
St. Louis Cardinals 4, New York Yankees 3
Results: Game 1 – Cardinals 9-5; Game 2 – Yankees 8-3; Game 3 – Yankees 2-1; Game 4 – Cardinals 4-3; Game 5 – Cardinals 5-2 (10 inn.); Game 6 – Yankees 8-3; Game 7 – Cardinals 7-5
MVP: Cardinals P Bob Gibson (2-1, 3.00 ERA, 3CG, 31 K and 23 H in 27 IP)
Lasting impression: The grand slam slapped by Ken Boyer of the Cardinals in the fourth inning of Game 4. The Yankees held a 3-0 lead in the contest at that stage and were angling for a 3-1 Series lead. According to the David Halberstam book October 1964, Boyer was looking for a fastball but got an Al Dowling change. He adjusted and drove the ball beyond the left-field wall. The game ended with the 4-3 score.
The Series: This was a Series loaded with huge home runs. Mike Shannon's two-run shot in the sixth inning of the opener tied the game and sparked a St. Louis rally. In the third game, Mickey Mantle's solo walk-off shot in the bottom of the ninth ended a 1-all contest. Boyer had his long shot in the next game and then Tim McCarver blasted a three-run homer in the 10th in Game 5 for the Cardinals. Through it all, the intimidating, but tiring Gibson put on a clinic, throwing a complete 10-inning game in the fifth contest and finishing the Series with another complete game.
No. 15: 1973
Oakland Athletics 4, New York Mets 3
Results: Game 1 – A's 2-1; Game 2 – Mets 10-7 (12 inn.); Game 3 – A's 3-2 (11 inn.); Game 4 – Mets 6-1; Game 5 – Mets 2-0; Game 6 – A's 3-1; Game 7 – A's 5-2
MVP: A's RF Reggie Jackson (.310, 1 HR, 6 RBIs, 3 runs)
Lasting impression: Game 2, which was described at the time as one of the wackiest or zaniest games played. The A's committed five errors — two by second baseman Mike Andrews in the 12th inning — and Mets centerfielder Willie Mays twice lost balls in the sun, which led to Oakland tying the contest with two runs in the ninth and let the A's score in the 12th and bring the winning run to the plate. There was controversy with one out in the 10th and Bud Harrelson on third for New York when Felix Milan hit a shallow fly to left. Harrelson tagged up and thought he scored on a close play, not finding out until he was at the dugout steps that he had been called out. Harrelson said Oakland catcher Ray Fosse missed the tag. Fosse said he got Harrelson on the elbow. There were a pair of comebacks with Mets charging back from 3-2 down to grab a 6-3 lead, but the A's tied it in the ninth. New York scored four times in the 12th with Andrews' help to get the win.
The Series: The Mets took a 3-2 Series lead when, in the fifth game, Tug McGraw pitched out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the seventh with a pop up and a strikeout. He also escaped with runners on first and second and two outs in the eighth. Oakland evened the Series and then took charge in the final game when Bert Campaneris and Reggie Jackson each hit two-run home runs in the third. Trailing 5-1, the Mets loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth and scored on an error, but Darold Knowles got Wayne Garrett to pop out to end the Series.
No. 14: 1946
St. Louis Cardinals 4, Boston Red Sox 3
Results: Game 1 – Red Sox 3-2 (10 inn.); Game 2 – Cardinals 3-0; Game 3 – Red Sox 4-0; Game 4 – Cardinals 12-3; Game 5 – Red Sox 6-3; Game 6 – Cardinals 4-1; Game 7 –Cardinals 4-3
MVP: None selected until 1955
Lasting impression: Enos Slaughter's mad dash. With the final game of the Series tied at 3 with two outs in the bottom of the eighth and Slaughter on first for the Cardinals, Harry (The Hat) Walker lined a single into left-center. Centerfielder Leon Culberson tracked it down and fired into shortstop Johnny Pesky. Slaughter went for home and Pesky double-clutched, or held the ball for a split second, as Slaughter dashed in and slid across home for the winning run. Some media accounts credited the daring of third-base coach Mike Gonzalez — who by some accounts was trying to vigorously stop Slaughter, but by others was aggressively motioning him home. Others credited Slaughter's hustle, while some felt Pesky should be fit for goat horns. Any way credit or blame was spread, it turned out to be the difference.
The Series: Yet Boston still had its chance. The Red Sox had runners on the corners with one out in the ninth, but Roy Partee popped out to first in foul territory and Tom McBride ended the Series by grounding into a fielder's choice. That closed a Series in which there were two key rallies — Boston scoring in the ninth and 10th to take Game 1 and the Sox temporarily rallying from a 3-1 deficit to tie Game 7 at 3 in the top of eighth.
No. 13: 1962
New York Yankees 4, San Francisco Giants 3
Results: Game 1 – Yankees 6-2; Game 2 – Giants 2-0; Game 3 – Yankees 3-2; Game 4 – Giants 7-3; Game 5 – Yankees 5-3; Game 6 – Giants 5-2; Game 7 – Yankees 1-0
MVP: Yankees P Ralph Terry (2-1, 1.80 ERA, 2 CG, 1 SHO)
Lasting impression: Yankees second baseman Bobby Richardson snaring Willie McCovey's liner to end the Series. The Giants trailed 1-0 in the bottom of the ninth, but had Matty Alou at third and Willie Mays at second following Mays' double. Power-hitting McCovey slashed a liner, but Richardson, well positioned, took a couple of quick steps to his left and gloved it to end the Series.
The Series: There were few bad ones in this Series, in which each team took turns winning games. New York scored four times in the final three innings to take Game 1 and scored three times in the seventh — and kept San Francisco at bay in the ninth — for a victory in the third contest. The Giants broke a 2-all tie in the seventh inning of Game 4 on Chuck Hiller's grand slam, while the Yankees returned the favor with Tom Tresh's three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth in Game 5. San Francisco coasted in comparison in Game 6, setting up the finale, in which the only run scored on a fifth-inning double play.
No. 12: 1986
New York Mets 4, Boston Red Sox 3
Results: Game 1 – Red Sox 1-0; Game 2 – Red Sox 9-3; Game 3 – Mets 7-1; Game 4 – Mets 6-2; Game 5 – Red Sox 4-2; Game 6 – Mets 6-5 (10 inn.); Game 7 – Mets 8-5
MVP: Mets 3B Ray Knight (.391, 1 HR, 5 RBIs, 4 runs)
Lasting impression: Mookie Wilson's chopper going between the legs of Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner and dribbling into shallow right field, allowing Ray Knight to score the winning run in the bottom of the 10th for the Mets in Game 6. Buckner was excoriated and fitted for goat horns, but Boston's collapse had already started. Reliever Calvin Schiraldi gave up a run in the eighth to tie the game at 3. The Red Sox scored twice in the top of the 10th, and Schiraldi recorded the first two outs in the bottom of the inning. He had a two-run lead and needed one more out for a World Series title. Gary Carter and Kevin Mitchell started the rally with soft liners. Knight followed with a liner to score Carter and move Mitchell to third, with Schiraldi being pulled for Bob Stanley, who promptly uncorked a wild pitch to send home Mitchell to tie the game and push Knight to second. Then came the infamous Buckner play, with the Mets relishing the come-from-behind win. But Buckner didn't cost Boston the title; he just kept the game from going deeper into extra innings.
The Series: And the Red Sox still had a 3-0 lead in the sixth inning the next day, but the Mets rallied to tie in the sixth and then Knight's lead-off solo home run off Schiraldi in the seventh sparked a three-run inning. Boston pulled to within 6-5 in the eighth, but Darryl Strawberry hit a solo shot in the bottom of the inning and reliever Jesse Orosco, who was 0 for 3 in the regular season, hit a two-run single to score Knight and Rafael Santana. Until the final two games, there weren't a lot of tense contests, with the most engrossing being the 1-0 opener, in which Boston scored on a seventh-inning error, and Game 5, when New York rallied late with runs in the eighth and ninth innings to cut into a 4-0 Red Sox lead.
No. 11: 1958
New York Yankees 4, Milwaukee Braves 3
Results: Game 1 – Braves 4-3 (10 inn.); Game 2 – Braves 13-5; Game 3 – Yankees 4-0; Game 4 – Braves 3-0; Game 5 – Yankees 7-0; Game 6 – Yankees 4-3 (10 inn.); Game 7 – Yankees 6-2
MVP: Yankees P Bob Turley (2-1, 1 Sv., 2.76 ERA, 1 CG)
Lasting impression: Turley's incredible work over the final three contests, as the Yankees became only the second team to rally from a 3-1 World Series deficit. He threw a five-hitter, striking out 10 in a complete-game effort in Game 5. In Game 6, Turley came on in relief and got the final out with the Braves putting runners on the corners. In the final contest, Turley entered in relief in the third inning and threw 6.2 innings of two-hit ball to give New York the title.
The Series: The Braves won the opener by tying the game in the eighth and winning in the 10th on Bill Bruton's single. The next three games were not the most dramatic, with Warren Spahn's three-hitter giving Milwaukee a win in Game 4 and a 3-1 Series lead. After Turley's big win in Game 5, the Yankees forced a seventh game with Gil McDougald leading off the 10th in Game 6 with a home run and Moose Skowran later delivering an RBI single. After the Braves closed to within a run, Turley got Frank Torre to hit a soft liner to McDougald at third to end the contest. The finale was tied at 2 in the eighth inning when Yogi Berra doubled with two outs and came home on Elston Howard's single. Skowran delivered the knockout two batters later when he crushed a three-run home run to left-center.
No. 10: 1952
New York Yankees 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Results: Game 1 – Dodgers 4-2; Game 2 – Yankees 7-1; Game 3 – Dodgers 5-3; Game 4 – Yankees 1-0; Game 5 – Dodgers 6-5 (11 inn.); Game 6 – Yankees 3-2; Game 7 – Yankees 4-2
MVP: None selected until 1955
Lasting impression: The grab made by Yankees second baseman Billy Martin off Jackie Robinson's soft pop with the bases loaded and two outs in the seventh inning of Game 7. Robinson, with his team trailing 4-2, got just enough of Bob Kuzava's 2-2 curveball. The wind-blown pop tailed back toward the pitcher's mound and everyone froze momentarily. Martin charged in and, lunging, grabbed the pop around his knees. An article at the time by the Milwaukee Journal suggested two runs would have scored and, looking at the video clips, that seems accurate. Whatever the case, New York's lead stayed intact, and the Yankees won the Series.
The Series: The final contest was one of blown chances for the Dodgers, who also loaded the bases in the fourth with no outs, but managed only one run. Definitely, the final three meetings were the best, with Brooklyn's Duke Snider hitting a run-scoring double in the 11th to win Game 5. In the next contest, the Yankees scored twice in the seventh and once in the eighth to overcome a 1-0 Brooklyn lead and then held off the Dodgers following a Snider home run in the bottom of the frame. That set up the finale, in which, aside from Martin, New York third baseman Gil McDougald and Brooklyn shortstop Pee Wee Reese each made magnificent defensive plays to help keep the score in check.
No. 9: 1972
Oakland A's 4, Cincinnati Reds 3
Results: Game 1 – A's 3-2; Game 2 – A's 2-1; Game 3 – Reds 1-0; Game 4 – A's 3-2; Game 5 – Reds 5-4; Game 6 – Reds 8-1; Game 7 – A's 3-2
MVP: A's C-1B Gene Tenace (.348, 4 HR, 9 RBIs, 5 runs)
Lasting impression: The odd, but memorable finish to Game 4 in which the A's broke a 2-all tie with four hits — one by Tenace and three by pinch-hitters. Tenace, a part-timer who batted .225 with five home runs that season, turned into a Series star. In a seven-gamer with six contests decided by one run, only two were settled in the final inning. Tenace played a key role in one of those, that coming in Game 4. His one-out single in the ninth moved pinch-runner Allan Lewis, running for pinch-hitter Gonzalo Marquez, to second. Pinch-hitter Don Mincher brought home Lewis with a single, and Tenace hustled to third on the hit to right-center, which was slowed by the water-logged outfield grass. Pinch-hitter Angel Mangual followed with the game-ending single to score Tenace.
The Series: A lot of close calls, and a little drama, made all the more impressive by Oakland losing Reggie Jackson for the Series with an injury in the ALCS. There were six one-run games, with the Reds' 8-1 victory being decided by five runs in the seventh. Cincinnati rallied to tie Game 5 in the eighth and won it in the ninth on Pete Rose's RBI single. In the opener, the Reds pushed the tying run to second twice and to third base in the ninth inning with two outs, but could not score. Hal McRae drove in a run with a single in the ninth in Game 2, but was stranded at first for Cincinnati. The Reds pulled to within 3-2 in the eighth inning of the final game, but left Johnny Bench at second.
No. 8: 1925
Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Washington Senators 3
Results: Game 1 – Senators 4-1; Game 2 – Pirates 3-2; Game 3 – Senators 4-3; Game 4 – Senators 4-0; Game 5 – Pirates 6-3; Game 6 – Pirates 3-2; Game 7 – Pirates 9-7
MVP: None selected until 1955
Lasting impression: The rain, muddy field, fog and smoke of Game 7. Every account of the game gives the impression players dealt with all the worst elements in the finale, with United News describing Senators pitcher Walter Johnson as standing on a hummock in the middle of a bog and calling the stands at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field "a well surrounding a field." Washington left-fielder Goose Goslin, in the book "The Glory of Their Times", claimed Kiki Cuyler's eighth-inning tie-breaking double to right field with two outs for the Pirates actually was foul — but the umpires couldn't see it clearly through the smoke and fog.
The Series: Cuyler's double capped a three-run comeback for Pittsburgh, which trailed 7-6 after Roger Peckinpaugh homered in the top of the eighth. But Peckinpaugh, the Senators' shortstop, had a horrible World Series with eight of his team's nine errors over seven games, including two in the final game that led to the Pirates scoring three unearned runs in their final two innings at bat. The second, fifth and sixth contests, as Pittsburgh came back from a 3-1 Series deficit, were won with late tie-breaking hits, while Washington pulled out Game 3 with a pair of runs in the seventh.
No. 7: 2011
St. Louis Cardinals 4, Texas Rangers 3
Results: Game 1 – Cardinals 3-2; Game 2 – Rangers 2-1; Game 3 – Cardinals 16-7; Game 4 – Rangers 4-0; Game 5 – Rangers 4-2; Game 6 – Cardinals 10-9 (11 inn.); Game 7 – Cardinals 6-2
MVP: Cardinals 3B David Freese (.348, 1 HR, 7 RBIs, 4 runs)
Lasting impression: The classic Game 6, which teetered back and forth with the Rangers twice being one strike away from winning the World Series. Corpus Christi native Freese sent the game into extra innings with a two-out, two-run triple on a 1-2 count to tie the contest at 7. Then, in the 11th inning, with the game knotted at 9, Freese knocked a 3-2 pitch out in centerfield, delivering a walk-off home run and pushing the World Series to a seventh game. But the sixth game wasn't all Freese. The teams exchanged leads and ties throughout until Texas broke a 4-all tie in the seventh on back-to-back home runs by Adrian Beltre and Nelson Cruz and an RBI single from Ian Kinsler. Allen Craig's solo home run in the bottom of the eighth pulled the Cardinals to within 7-5, setting up Freese's game-tying triple. Josh Hamilton drilled a two-run home run for the Rangers in the top of the 10th, but St. Louis countered in the bottom of the inning, scoring on a one-out groundout and then tying the game when Lance Berkman singled home Jon Jay from second base with two outs and facing a 2-2 count. Texas boarded a runner in the 11th but could not score. That paved the way for Freese to again deliver a bit hit.
The Series: Under most circumstances, Albert Pujols' three-home run performance in Game 3, only the fourth time a player hit four in a Series game, would be the lasting impression. The Cardinals broke a 2-all tie in the sixth inning of the opener and then held off the Rangers when Texas boarded runners on first and second with one out in the seventh, There also was some tension in the second game when the Rangers, down 1-0 in the top of the ninth, delivered two sacrifice flies to take the lead. Texas jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning of the final game, but Freese matched it with a two-run double in the bottom of the inning. Craig's third-inning home run gave St. Louis the lead for good and a pair of runs in the fifth and one in the seventh added breathing room. The Rangers managed only one baserunner during their final 15 outs.
No. 6: 1960
Pittsburgh Pirates 4, New York Yankees 3
Results: Game 1 – Pirates 6-4; Game 2 – Yankees 16-3; Game 3 – Yankees 10-0; Game 4 – Pirates 3-2; Game 5 – Pirates 5-2; Game 6 – Yankees 12-0; Game 7 – Pirates 10-9
MVP: Yankees 2B Bobby Richardson (.367, 1 HR, 12 RBIs, 8 runs)
Lasting impression: Pittsburgh's Bill Mazeroski rounding the bases, sometimes wind-milling his cap with his right arm, after hitting the Series-ending home run as fans rushed the field and teammates converged at home plate. Mazeroski's home run over Yogi Berra in left field capped one of the most topsy-turvy Series — and seventh games — ever.
The Series: Game 7 was a classic. The Pirates held a 4-0 lead early, but trailed 7-4 heading into the bottom of the eighth. After two run-scoring singles, Pittsburgh's Hal Smith hit a three-run home run that was deemed one of the most memorable in baseball history — except New York, which lost shortstop Tony Kubek in the eighth when a bad hop came up and hit him in the throat, tied the game with a pair of runs in the top of the ninth. Enter Mazeroski, a player more famed for his polished fielding, who took a 1-0 pitch from Ralph Terry and sent it over the left-field wall. Game 7 was a fitting way to end a disjointed Series, in which the Yankees outscored the Pirates 38-3 in New York victories and one in which the MVP came from the losing team. But the Pirates twice took one-run games, won a two-run contest and a three-run affair. They trailed in three of the contests that they eventually won.
No. 5: 1912
Boston Red Sox 4, New York Giants 3 (1 tie)
Results: Game 1 – Red Sox 4-3; Game 2 – 6-6 tie (11inn.); Game 3 – Giants 2-1; Game 4 – Red Sox 3-1; Game 5 – Red Sox 2-1; Game 6 – Giants 5-2; Game 7 – Giants 11-4; Game 8 – Red Sox 2-1 (10 inn.)
MVP: None selected until 1955
Lasting impression: Tris Speaker's foul ball dropping between New York pitcher Christy Mathewson, first baseman Fred Merkle and catcher Chief Meyers with one out in the bottom of the 10th of Game 8 and Boston trailing 1-0. Accounts of the game said that Mathewson told Meyers to take it, even though Merkle was closer. Meyers couldn't grab it, and it fell as a foul ball. According to those accounts, Speaker yelled to Mathewson after the play, "That's going to cost you the ballgame." It did. With runners on first and third, Speaker singled to tie the game. Larry Gardner followed with a sacrifice fly to deep right to end the Series — the original walk-off.
The Series: Had this Series been played after the invention of TV, it probably would be immortalized for ages. Two extra-inning contests. All but two games having two runs or less for separation, with Merkle's RBI single in the top of the 10th looking like the big play. But a couple of plays proved costly — centerfielder Fred Snodgrass dropped an easy fly to start the 10th, though he made up for it by running down a potential double or triple from the next batter. Then came the foul ball, which allowed Speaker another chance to tie the game.
No. 4: 1924
Washington Senators 4, New York Giants 3
Results: Game 1 – Giants 4-3 (12 inn.); Game 2 – Senators 4-3; Game 3 – Giants 6-4; Game 4 – Senators 7-4; Game 5 – Giants 6-2; Game 6 – Senators 2-1; Game 7 – Senators 4-3 (12 inn.)
MVP: None selected until 1955
Lasting impression: Bad hops in Game 7 plaguing Giants rookie third baseman Freddie Lindstrom. New York was ahead 3-1 in the bottom of the eighth when Bucky Harris stepped up for the Senators with two outs and the bases loaded. Harris hit a bouncer that Lindstrom seemed to have, but it suddenly caromed over his head to tie the game. In the 12th, after Washington boarded runners on a double and an error with one out, Earl McNeely hit the same type of ball as Harris. Again, it took a tricky hop over Lindstrom's head. This time, it ended the Series.
The Series: Quite a few interesting contests, with a pair of games won on the final at-bat and a couple more decided in the late innings. The Giants opened with a 12-inning victory after scoring twice in the top of the inning and keeping the tying run for the Senators stranded at third. In Game 2, New York scored twice in the ninth to tie, but lost it in the bottom of the inning when Washington's Roger Peckinpaugh drilled an RBI double. Most impressive for the Senators, Hall of Famer pitcher Walter Johnson won only one of his three decisions, but that was when he threw a complete game in the finale.
No. 3: 2001
Arizona Diamondbacks 4, New York Yankees 3
Results: Game 1 – Diamondbacks 9-1; Game 2 – Diamondbacks 4-0; Game 3 – Yankees 2-1; Game 4 – Yankees 4-3 (10 inn.); Game 5 – Yankees 3-2 (12 inn.); Game 6 – Diamondbacks 15-2; Game 7 – Diamondbacks 3-2
MVP: Diamondbacks Ps Randy Johnson (3-0, 1.04 ERA) and Curt Schilling (1-0, 1.69 ERA)
Lasting impression: Luis Gonzalez fighting off a pitch from Yankees closer Mariano Rivera and forcing it past a drawn-in infield, barely on to the outfield grass beyond second base for the World Series-ending hit. New York led 2-1 entering the bottom of the ninth and had Riviera, who had 50 saves during the regular season, set to close it out. A single and an error on Rivera put runners on first and second. Tony Womack lashed a one-out double to right to tie the game. Craig Counsell was hit by a pitch to load the bases. The Yankees pulled their infielders in, and Gonzalez delivered, fighting off the 0-1 pitch to plate the winning run.
The Series: Three walk-off contests, Game 7 included. After two non-descript games to open the Series, the Yankees won Game 3, with Scott Brosius breaking a tie with a sixth-inning single. Arizona scored twice in the eighth to take a 3-1 lead in the fourth game, but Tino Martinez's two-out, two-run home run tied it in the ninth. Derek Jeter ended the game with a solo shot with two outs in the 10th inning. The next game was similar. The Diamondbacks had a 2-0 lead, but New York again had a two-out, two-run home run in the ninth, this time coming from Scott Brosius. Arizona threatened in the 11th with the bases loaded and one out, but could not score. Alfonso Soriano delivered another Yankees' victory with a one-out RBI single in the 12th. The Diamondbacks again routed New York, setting up the finale.
No. 2: 1975
Cincinnati Reds 4, Boston Red Sox 3
Results: Game 1 – Red Sox 6-0; Game 2 – Reds 3-2; Game 3 – Reds 6-5 (10 inn.); Game 4 – Red Sox 5-4; Game 5 – Reds 6-2; Game 6 – Red Sox 7-6 (12 inn.); Game 7 – Reds 4-3
MVP: Reds 3B Pete Rose (.370, 2 RBIs, 3 runs, 5 BB)
Lasting impression: One of baseball's most-enduring images — Carlton Fisk of the Red Sox waving, imploring, his hit to stay fair down the left-field line for a home run in the 12th inning of the classic Game 6. It did, ending a contest in which Boston squandered a 3-0 lead and fell behind 6-3, but knotted the game in the bottom of the eighth on pinch-hitter Bernie Carbo's two-out, three-run home run. Each team positioned the winning run at second one time over the next three innings until Fisk took the second pitch from Pat Darcy in the 12th and became a baseball icon.
The Series: So much gets overshadowed by Fisk's home run in this Series — sparkling defense, other thrilling games and controversy. Sort of swept aside is that the Reds trailed Boston 3-0 in Game 7, but had a two-run Tony Perez home run in the sixth and tied it on a Rose single in the seventh. Joe Morgan faced a 1-2 count with runners on the corners and two outs in the top of the ninth and delivered the Series-winning single to score Ken Griffey. Other memorable moments from the Series include the Red Sox scoring all of the opening game's runs in the seventh inning. Cincinnati trailed 2-1 in the ninth inning of Game 2, but Dave Concepcion's RBI single and Griffey's double in the top of the frame gave the Reds the lead. Dwight Evans' two-run home run in the top of the ninth tied Game 3 for the Red Sox. But the controversial Ed Armbrister play helped win it for Cincinnati. The pinch-hitter came up to bunt with no outs and Cesar Geronimo on first. The bunt bounced high in front of home. Armbrister delayed coming out of the batter's box and Boston's catcher Fisk collided with Armbrister and had to throw over Armbrister's head to second in an effort to get Geronimo. But the throw sailed high into the outfield, putting runners on the corners. Fisk argued for interference, but none was called. Three batters later, Morgan lashed the game-ending single. The fourth and fifth games merely had the winning team rallying in the middle innings, setting up a pair of brilliant final games.
No. 1: 1991
Minnesota Twins 4, Atlanta Braves 3
Results: Game 1 – Twins 5-2; Game 2 – Twins 3-2; Game 3 – Braves 5-4 (12 inn.); Game 4 – Braves 3-2; Game 5 – Braves 14-5; Game 6 – Twins 4-3 (11 inn.); Game 7 – Twins 1-0 (10 inn.)
MVP: Twins P Jack Morris (2-0, 1.17 ERA, 1 CG, 1 SHO)
Lasting impression: So many to choose from with four walk-off victories in this Series, but go with Kirby Puckett's 11th-inning solo home run in Game 6. Puckett drilled a 2-1 pitch from Atlanta's Charlie Liebrandt into the left-center seats to force a seventh game, accented by the famous Jack Buck call, as the home run cleared the wall, of, "And we'll see you tomorrow night." Puckett, running around the bases with his right arm raised, drove in three of his team's Game 6 runs and made a sensational catch to rob Ron Gant of an extra-base hit with a runner on in the third inning. The fireplug, 5-foot-8 Puckett said against the left-center wall to make the grab and preserve what was, at the time, a 2-0 Twins lead.
The Series: Right behind Puckett is Jack Morris in Game 7, with the veteran pitcher throwing 10 innings of seven-hit ball. Twice the Braves put the go-ahead run at second in the early stages and twice more they had a runner at third with less than two outs. In the fifth, Morris worked out the jam with a runner on third with a popout and strikeout. In the eighth, he escaped with the help of confused baserunner Lonnie Smith. Terry Pendleton rocketed a double to left-center with no outs and Smith running on the play. But Minnesota middle infielders Chuck Knoblauch and Greg Gagne faked like they were turning a double play. Smith slowed and briefly stopped at second before heading to third. If he had kept going, he would have scored easily. A weak grounder gave Morris one out. He intentionally walked Dave Justice to load the bases and then got Sid Bream to ground to first, with the Twins turning a 3-2-3 double play to end the inning. Minnesota threatened in the bottom of the inning, but had its inning end via a double play with a runner on third. That set up the 10th inning, which the Twins' Dan Gladden led off with a hustling double and was sacrificed to third. After two intentional walks, pinch-hitter Gene Larkin, who delivered with a hit to left-center over the drawn-in outfielders. So what else was there? The Braves winning Game 3 on Mark Lemke's single in the 12th after Minnesota tied it in the eighth. The teams traded home runs in the seventh inning of Game 4 to keep that contest tied until pinch-hitter Jerry Willard's sacrifice fly won the game in the bottom of the ninth. Then there was the Game 2 controversy in which Twins first baseman Kent Hrbek lifted Gant off the bag after a single and got an out call. Normally, that would be the lasting impression. In this Series, it is an afterthought.
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Joseph Absolom (born 16 December 1978 in Greenwich, London) is an English actor best known for playing Matthew Rose in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders.
He joined the popular BBC Soap opera EastEnders in 1997 and the storyline which gained him recognition was the Saskia Duncan murder storyline in 1999 when his character Matthew Rose was wrongly imprisoned for the murder by the real culprit Steve Owen (played by Martin Kemp). His character's last appearance was aired in February 2000, and he won the Best Actor Award at the British Soap Awards. On several occasions, there has been press speculation that Absolom will return to EastEnders, but he has insisted that he has no intention of ever returning to the show.
Since leaving EastEnders, he played the leading role in the 2002 British horror film Long Time Dead and has played supporting roles in ITV television series such as Doc Martin and Vincent.
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Splashtop, makers of the popular remote desktop application Splashtop Remote, recently announced that they will be partnering with MStar Semiconductor to create the ultimate bidirectional media system. Currently, Splashtop offers a variety of different programs to create second computer monitors, fetch data remotely, and even have complete access to a computer from miles away. Now, the company plans to add television sets to its list of cross-device computing solutions.
"Partnering with MStar, together we will delight users with the ultimate 4-screen experience –seamlessly sharing media, games, and applications across all screens, at home or over the Internet," said Mark Lee, Splashtop CEO and co-founder.
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Pregnant Kim Kardashian Is "Eating For Two," Has Major Sweet Tooth: Report
It sounds like pregnant Kim Kardashian is on board with that whole "pickles and ice cream" cliché of pregnancy cravings — just hold the pickle.
The mama-to-be, who is pregnant with her first child with boyfriend Kanye West, is a sucker for sweets now that she's expecting, according to Hollywood Life.
"Kim is eating for two," a friend of the Kardashian family said. "She is just craving so many sweets now, like pies and ice cream."
Delish! But Kim is being careful to stay healthy during her pregnancy, and she's balancing her sweet tooth by upping her exercise. "She is working out a lot because she doesn't want to turn into a pregnant blimp!" the source added.
Way to go, Kim! We're impressed with your motivation, although having a celebrity trainer like Tracy Anderson on your side doesn't hurt!
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Like many LightBridge honorees, Imel Willis is frail and battling dementia. But when Contee appeared, the fog seemed to clear.
Maybe it was the uniform, which inspired Willis to open his eyes and comment on Contee's sharp appearance. ("The first thing he said to me was, 'You look good,' " Contee said with a grin.) Maybe it was the ceremony, a short, heartfelt affair that ended with a salute and a blessing, followed by cake and coffee in the dining room.
And maybe it was the man in the uniform, who always makes sure his shoes are shined, his face is clean-shaven (bye-bye, goatee) and his heart is in the perfect place.
"He is always willing to make the sacrifice," said Tauna Austin, LightBridge's volunteer coordinator. "I'll call Michael and say, 'We've got this guy who is dying, can you do this right away?' and he will do it. He's got a great sense of humor and a great smile. Not everyone is generous with their smile."
Contee isn't sure what his military future holds. Maybe he will be deployed, and maybe he won't. But his future with the men and women who served before is not up for debate.
"You reach that age when the light clicks and you realize that life is about something more than you. I'll keep doing this as long as they'll have me."


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Date February 19, 2013
Posted by Yakima
We created Icarus and his dream of flight, then we walled ourselves in with cubicles tight.
Why just breathe the air when you can soar through it?
There's something about leaving Earth behind, even if it's just for a moment.
That's the Joy of Air.
Watch and see.
Grab link: http://yakima.com/blog/the-joy-of-air-video/


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Saturday, 27 October 2012
INTERESTING STUFF: 27 October 2012
We have featured videos of Henri the depressive cat here in the past and since then, he has released some more. Here is one in which Henri ruminates on politics:
I read that Henri's producer William Braden is a professional videographer who now supports himself fully with Henri-related ventures. I'm sure we'll be seeing more videos.
Director Ruairi Robinson who made this commercial for French television says cheese and monsters are two of his favorite things. Me too now.
More videos from Ruairi are here.
TGB's own musicologist, Peter Tibbles, sent along the results of a 21-nation survey on preferences in the U.S. presidential election. Obama runs away with it - 20 countries on his side of the ledger:
"Overall, an average of 50 per cent would prefer to see Obama elected, compared to only 9 per cent who prefer Romney. The rest express no preference between the two."
Here's the chart:
Peter wants it noted which two "civilized countries" top the chart for Obama. You can read more here.
San Franciscans seem to have a penchant for sending messages via thousands of people aligned on the beach in exactly the right places. I've seen them do this before although I don't remember what they were telling us that time. (Hat tip to Nikkie Lindquist of From Where I Sit)
Everyone knows what smilies (sometimes called emoticons) are, right? Those little icons made of keyboard symbols that express emotions. :-) or :-O and so on.
You may think they're new. I did. But they go back as far as 1881. This from the letterpress department of Puck magazine via the Retronaut website.
In a campaign led by Daily Show warmup comedian, Kevin Bartini, Commnity Board No. 9 in New York City has approved renaming a portion of West 121st Street in Manhattan George Carlin Way.
Carlin died in 2008 and I especially miss him when we are deep into political campaigns. Which is a good excuse to run one of his old but still oh-so-contemporary riffs.
This was recorded in 1992; it could have been yesterday.
You can read more about naming George Carlin Way here.
Last week, the second annual Tompkins Square Dog Halloween Parade was held in Manhattan with a whole slew of dogs dressed in their owners' fantasies. Here's a chihuahua dressed as a Thanksgiving turkey. (Photo credit: John Moore – Getty Images)
You can see a series of doggies in costumes here.
Kitchen Confidential, which includes almost as much about sex, drugs and rock & roll as food, is still the best, funniest, most outrageous book about restaurants ever written.
For the tenth anniversary edition due out soon, author Anthony Bourdain sat down for a chat with his editor, Dan Halpern:
The second half of the short interview is here.
A tiny (well, that's relative) elephant falls into a pit in Kenya and can't get out. Humans to the rescue:
The rescue was done by the Amboseli Trust for Elephants, an organization that "aims to ensure the long-term conservation and welfare of Africa's elephants in the context of human needs and pressures through scientific research, training, community outreach, public awareness and advocacy."
Interesting Stuff is a weekly listing of short takes and links to web items that have caught my attention; some related to aging and some not, some useful and others just for fun.
You are all encouraged to submit items for inclusion. Just click "Contact" in the upper left corner of any Time Goes By page to send them. I'm sorry that I probably won't have time to acknowledge receipt and there is no guarantee of publication. But when I do include them, you will be credited and I will link to your blog if you have one.
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That last link to the filmed rescue of Babar (oops! Kenyan Zombe's baby elephant) is a prize keeper. Most people are good, and only a minority is evil... (though that's still too many).
Great group of interesting things. I love Carlin. He must be screaming at all of us from wherever he may be. The elephant video is great. And I love that group on the beach in SF. Thanks for putting them all together for us.
Great posts today! I loved the Henri, as always, and the cheese commercial was fantastic! It's hard to believe that it's been 20 years since the Carlin routine; I miss the Hippie Dippie Weatherman. Also hard to believe it's only been ten years since Kitchen Confidential came out. It feels like I read that a lifetime ago, and he's done so much since then, it hardly seems possible it could be only a decade. Ending with the poignant baby elephant rescue was perfect. Thanks for all the effort you put into this each week Ronni.
%vZ (This is my Picasso-esque smilie emoticon of the day).
What does Peter's graph say about the intelligence of half of the U. S. voter's? Not a pretty picture.
I love Henri (castration without representation - so funny) and the video about the baby elephant was heartwarming.
Probably one of the best Interesting Stuff post you've had in recent times with all this content. Thanks Ronni. I've transferred some of it over to my FB page
I loved the George Carlin riff on our similarities. What a genius he was at observing universal human behaviours. That's probably why his humor seems so timeless.
Thanks, Ronnie for a fun read/watch column. I was sad not to be able to see the baby elephant video. Apparently it had to be removed.
I sent the beach video and the World Survey for Obama (my title) onward to like-minded friends. Certainly the survey shows that the "apologist President" meme is absurd. Great stuff!
I've republished the elephant video and it is working again - at least for now.
NPR reports that in an August poll, Israel supports Romney 2 to 1. That's right in line with the Republican base Christian Right.
Blew another Saturday afternoon enjoying your collection of great videos. Thanks. I always look forward to Saturday's blog.
PS: I just finished "Tribes of Eden", a good read, to be sure.
Good stuff. And, oh my, that elephant rescue! Phew!!!
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Here, there's just a reunion of showgirls — second-tier showgirls, mostly — and their stage-door Johnnies in an old theater — a fleapit that once held young souls who forgot the one thing that young souls always forget: the brevity of the moment when all life's turnstiles remain open. And since even a reunion of accountants is complex, the party first concocted by James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim in 1971 has several sides. Most "Follies" are framed by a proscenium. Chicago Shakespeare Theater has a proscenium arch at the rear — here filled with an elevated, 12-piece, all-acoustic orchestra. We easily assume that the character of the foxy old producer Dimitri Weismann (played by the foxy old Mike Nussbaum) has assembled it on the stage for this one last shebang, never intending his guests to fill it with their own neuroses. Ah, but they do. Still, the core of Griffin's real party — the conversations, the impromptu performances, the meltdowns — is located in the gut of the theater, on the thrust stage, where there is no easy remove for anyone.
At the end of Wednesday night's rapturously received opening (the show was stopped several times for emotional ovations), Susan Moniz and her sad-eyed, ever-hopeful Sally clearly couldn't walk off a Broadway stage and take a limo to a comforting Midtown eatery, mutual pain forgotten. Moniz — who, remarkably, conveys both the ambitious showgirl that once was, and the timid Phoenix housewife that now is, with equal alacrity — serves up a woman for whom that moment is long gone, not that it ever really was. Similarly, there is no respite for Caroline O'Connor's devastating Phyllis in self-aware one-liners. As choreographed by Alex Sanchez, O'Connor dances up a truly formidable storm in "The Story of Lucy and Jessie," the dark Act 2 folly, but both actress and director convey that this is a one-off, a last hurrah, a reminder that while the world is often wrong in its assumptions of who should do what and when they should do it, those assumptions still rule the world. O'Connor is both unbowed and, when all is said, danced and done, reduced to the ordinary. You sense throughout, in just the right meta kind of way, that when this "Follies" ends, it will exact a price from these actresses.
Only Hollis Resnik's Carlotta, elegantly costumed by Virgil C. Johnson, has sufficient strength to withhold the blows of a party such as this. Resnik's "I'm Still Here" is no blast of existential defiance. Rather, Resnik feels the underlying heartbeat of the song, leans into its bouncy refrain and bats back most of its inherent lyrical challenges, as if the crises of which the character sings were mere inconveniences. It is an unconventional but wholly thrilling and complex rendition. And it makes sense that Carlotta, the alumna who actually had the career, is the only one whose glamour has turned into armor that protects. After a few gins.
As Benjamin Stone, the juvenile who goes on to ruin at least three on-stage lives, including his own, Brent Barrett could yet do to bare more of his soul. His performance is magnetic, musically powerful and, in Act 2, reveals a man of magnitude finally losing his confidence. But that's only part of this self-loathing success story. The necessary stabs of regret are tough to discern in "The Road You Didn't Take." Barrett has such a smooth and polished exterior that the revelation of demons requires more of a collapse; to paraphrase the Bible, the more you were naturally given, the more you are obliged to do. Robert Petkoff plays a bit young for Buddy, Stone's old pal. And here too, you crave yet more devastation. That said, the famous moment when Buddy stumbles in on his desperate wife desperately loving another is … well, Petkoff just collapses at the back of the stage with the simple pain of the inevitable sight. You care for him deeply thereafter. So it goes, especially, with the terrific old "Follies" girls, whether it's Nancy Voigts' gutsy Stella or Marilynn Bogetich choking back the lyrical incongruities and somehow getting through "Broadway Baby."
The overt reference to the Fosse-esque feathers of the musical "Chicago" in "Live, Laugh, Love" is problematic (the similarity of the choreography pulls you out), especially since Barrett needs to have shaken off his outer Billy Flynn by that point. But then, none of us is perfect. Just a little wiser and sadder as we go.
When: Through Nov. 6
Where: Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier, 800 E. Grand Ave.
Running time: 2 hours, 25 minutes
Tickets: $44-$75 at 312-595-5600 or chicagoshakes.com


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Lets get one thing straight. I'm NOT a fan of this new Twilight series. I have not read the books and frankly I'm not really interested to. Everyone around me won't stop talking about it and with all the buzz around I've had to take some notice of this whole craze and I can't lie, I like what I've been seeing.
Precisely tailored suits, skinny ties, bow ties, scarves, fur stoles... Excuse!! Where are these men in NYC? There are what, over 4 million men in this city and I think I've only seen 7 of them! I love this look. It's more than just jeans and a t-shirt... Thank Goodness! The look has been thought out and has interest. I'm not saying that this needs to be an every day thing, I don't dress that fabulous everyday... but it is recognized and greatly appreciated. If I need to turn into a vampire to meet this type of man, I'll do it!
Men that have impeccable style and taste!