First Post: Saturday, October 8, 2011

Who by Shutout, Who by Achilles?

An inglorious end…

Our valued destiny, come to nothing. The Philsz deny the Bravos, thereby allowing at the wire a backdoor pass to the postseason to the Cards, who in turn show their gratitude by eliminating the Phils. The circle of life on the diamond! Baseball as an O. Henry story!

‘gratsz to the Cards & Carpenter & Furcal. They were the better side over the five games. Most of the best baseball this year is being played in the Midwest. We would be OK with a Great Lakes World Series in 2011.

Free ones: Rundown…

Belmont 2, 4, 8
Calder 2, 7, 8, 11
Santa Anita 1, 3, 5, 6, 10

Shooting again at Santa Anita.

Pay-side: Weekend now. Long holiday week here. Rundown…

Keeneland 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
Monmouth 2, 7, 9
Woodbine 4, 6, 7, 8, 10
Laurel 3, 7, 10
Hawthorne 4, 6, 7, 8, 10
Turf Paradise 6, 8, 9

Top, top programs at Lexington, Ky., Rexdale-Etobicoke Int.’l, Stickney-Cicero Wastewater Treatment Facility.

WMF Report: A veritable explosion of two-turn alerts!

Speed
Calder 1m
Delpark 6f
Laurel 6f
Mountain 6f
Monmouth 6f
Northlands 6f
Keystone 1m
Retama 1m
Remington 5½f

Rally
Remington 1m70y

Nocturnal Submission: Finally to the Great Fresno Fair (!) for the finale (Race 11, 8:25 p.m. EDT / 5:25 p.m. PDT), where a zongo trizactor box looms, courtesy of #2 Louis Who, #7 Just for Jami and #9 Hot Tub Aaron. …Over at Mountain in the ninth (10:20 / 7:20), #2 Phoebe’s Song has a snowball’s chance…in Helsinki. …Late-night in store for Retama, Race 10 (11:49 / 8:49); it looks OK for #9 Remy Martin, #4 Noble Socrates and #7 Eddie Rico. …

Thank you. Goodnight. Eat up!