Why watch baseball in HDTV?  To see a player's face when he hits a series-clinching bases loaded double with 34k screaming his name in unison.  I love to have been part of it, but equally enjoyed watching the replay at home where you can see his facial expression... A gaping mouth, pure elation.

Who's the filmmaker who featured Scutaro in the minors?  I bet his film will be in much more demand after today.

Zito's voice sounded so different in post game interviews.  I think he must have been leading the cheers.

We want the Tigers as we have home field advantage against them.

Everyone borrows from everyone, but I felt disingenuous waving a white homer hanky.  I guess its better to wave a cheap towel than bang huge inflated chopsticks together.

Parking was a mess, but BART was surprisingly ready for the end of the game.

Swisher's happy-go-luckiness is misunderstood.  He has been the recipient of some terrible strike calls.

Kotsay was throwing up 20 minutes before the game, and he was Bradley's MVP today.  Great leadership.  The reporter on the raw feed of CBS5 asked Mark how he enjoyed sweeping New York.  I can't believe what our players have to deal with the national media types.

Jeter gets 5 strike ABs, that's why he's good.

Loaiza is a smart, articulate veteran who proved he's above any more snarky ridicule.

What happened to the clubhouse alcohol ban?

Don't hate on Crosby.  He must be hurt bad.  I can't imagine he wouldn't do everything humanly possible to be on the field for this.  He was a saviour in 2005, he deserves the benefit of the doubt for a rebound in 2007.

Zito's blogs may be the best sports journalism I've read in a long time.  Its not out of the realm of possibility that the A's sign him to a long term deal if they win the WS and break ground on a new stadium.

How important was it for Chavvy and Milty to rip those dingers?  They will be primed for the ALCS.

And finally, "To get the monkey off one's back" is to overcome addiction.  George Carlin often riffs on how its misused in Baseball to refer to ending over a losing streak.  But, maybe that is a proper metaphor for our 2006 A's.