And while we're on the subject

My own snarkiness aside, I don't think there's any question that Doug Eddings blew the call in the 9th in Game 2. But I'm having a hard time getting my head around the idea that Eddings altered the fate of history. The fact is that California left nine runners on base that night. The heart of California's order went 0-11 that night and stranded four. And if Kelvim Escobar hadn't served a splitter that didn't split, we would have seen free baseball. And the Eddings call doesn't explain how Chicago's pitching mugged California's lineup for the rest of the series.

Eddings blew the call. But the Angels blew the series.

One other note: I raise a coke with no ice to Matthew who called the Sox in five before the series began.