My take: : I'm sure Holliday will carry that error around with him all winter if the Cards don't stage a long-shot comeback in the series, but the Dodgers still had to bunch together two walks and two more hits to win the game. It's never really about just one play.
News item: : Wide receiver Braylon Edwards was traded from the Cleveland Browns to the New York Jets two days after he was accused of assaulting a friend of Cavaliers superstar LeBron James outside a nightclub early Monday morning.
My take: : Probably just a coincidence, since it would be hard to characterize getting traded from one of the worst teams in the NFL to a division contender as some kind of punishment.
News item: : The Yankees, given the choice of when to start their divisional series, decided to play Wednesday instead of Thursday, taking advantage of the scheduling crunch that forced the Minnesota Twins to play into extra innings Tuesday night and rush to New York for Game 1.
My take: : Not very sporting, but if I were Joe Girardi, I would have done the same thing.
News item: : M.C. Hammer sat in on negotiations that finally led to the signing of wide receiver Michael Crabtree by the San Francisco 49ers.
My take: : I'm hearing both sides were about ready to give up on the lengthy contract impasse, but Hammer apparently convinced them they were too legit to quit.
News item: : Thousands of masochists will gather Saturday to take part in the annual Baltimore Marathon.
My take: : Tough decision for me. I could either get up and run 26.2 miles without stopping or sleep in and have a nice breakfast at Bob Evans. I tossed and turned all night over that one.
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