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White elephants vs. rally monkeys

By Eric Neel
Page 2 columnist

Thursday, September 12, 2002

Thursday, Sept. 12 Last night's scoreboard: Dodgers 7, Giants 3; Angels 6, A's 5. Status: The NL West wild-card race is dead even. The A's lead over the Angels in the AL West is down to one game. It's getting tight. Arms-at-your-sides-stare-straight-ahead-and-hold-your-breath-cuz-the-elevator-is-three-folks-over-its-maximum-capacity tight. A lot of people will tell you that it comes down to big players making big plays now. They'll talk about clutch hitting, bearing down, stepping up, and ...

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