Detroit Free Press

There are days when the blood runs down their noses and the mud gets in their helmets and their arms and legs scream: "Rest! We need rest!" -- just as another 300-pounder comes charging in.On days such as this, there can't be anything worse than being an offensive lineman. Unless, maybe, you are Shawn Bouwens.

ATLANTA -- Listen my children and you shall hear, of the midnight series, that you missed this year.It was fun. It was wild. It was worth seeing, live, when it happened, when Dave Winfield smacked that ball in the heart- draining 11th inning and you could hear Canada cheering from 2,000 miles away. What a moment! Finally, after years of flirting with glory, this Toronto franchise had become real, Pinnochio touched by the magic wand, the best team on paper to best team in the flesh. . . .

SOMEWHERE IN THE AIR -- Sure, I'm uncomfortable. Sure, I'm squirming in my seat. Four drinks from the beverage ...

TORONTO -- Jack Morris has always been a vindictive cuss when it comes to the media, so it didn't surprise me ...

TORONTO -- Jack Morris has always been a vindictive cuss when it comes to the media, so it didn't surprise me ...

TORONTO -- "Touch me!" Dave Winfield was saying, his eyes bulging, his voice rising like a TV evangelist's. ...