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9/29/08 DLD: It is over

No A's game today, folks. No A's game until... well, I can't think about that right now. To the links!

Outfielder Ryan Sweeney will have surgery at 7 a.m. today to reattach his left pinkie tendon to the bone. That has already happened. Good I hope everything went okay. I'll be in Iowa in a few days to take care of you!

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From this weekend: Smith ends season with 16 pickoffs.

The rookie did tie the record for most pickoffs in a season, with 16, when he caught Yuniesky Betancourt off first in the second inning. The statistic has been kept since 1987.

Smith said he was disappointed upon hearing he'd tied rather than set the record.

"I got this far, now I want it," Smith said. He added with a smile, "Maybe I can talk them into putting me in the game" today.

Oakland has 36 pickoffs overall, tied for third most since 1987.

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Embree makes me sad:

"I think it's possibly myself, Crosby, Street, Ellis, Duke - we could all be gone," Embree said. "There are a lot of variables but, I would expect that our card game (which often includes Street and Crosby) is broken up and that the chess match (Street and Andrew Brown) is over."

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I love Jeff.

Then I'd try to picture my life without this place. And I never could. For better or worse, Lookout Landing has kind of become a major part of my identity, and I came to realize that this isn't the sort of thing that you just up and stop doing one day. LL means a lot of things to a lot of people, but it also means a lot of things to me, and every time I'd lay in bed thinking I can't do this anymore, I'd convince myself that it's worth the effort. Every time.

He does it almost entirely by himself. Jeff, I love you. LL alone is almost enough to make me a Mariners fan. Almost. Keep doing what you do.

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The Tigers and White Sox play today at 2:05 ET. Freddy Garcia vs Gavin Floyd. No pressure, fellas.

I tried to explain to my family the significance of this weekend. It didn't reach them, I guess.

Me: ONE GAME! The Twins held their fate in their own hands!
Dad: [blank stare]
Me: ONE GAME! It's going to be crazy!
Dad: [blank stare]

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To some football:
Winless Rams fire coach Scott Linehan. That was quick.

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Finally, the hopes of many young men came crashing down this weekend. Scarlett Johansson married Ryan Reynolds in Canada this weekend.