Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast - Toronto Blue Jays 1985 AL East Clincher on CJCL 1430

Episode Date: February 28, 2021

It's October 5, 1985, and the Toronto Blue Jays magic number for clinching their first American League Eastern division pennant is 1. Hear Tom Cheek and Jerry Howarth call the bottom of the ninth and report live from the Blue Jays clubhouse after the clinching win against the New York Yankees, as recorded live on The Music of Your Life CJCL 1430.

Hello, where you can follow the Jays all the way in 85 and right after the game, more music of your life. An air of expectancy and great anticipation as the Blue Jays have taken the field. Alexander winds up the first pitch. It is in there for a strike to the New York Yankees' Don Mattingly. We're in the top of the ninth. The Blue Jays are leading 5-1. It is in there for a strike to the New York Yankees' Don Mattingly. We're in the top of the ninth. The Blue Jays are leading 5-1. The Yankees, if they're going to come back, must do it here.

Ground ball to first. Upshaw will step on the bag. That's one. One away in the Yankee ninth inning. The batter is Dave Winfield. To the brink last night and denied in the nightmarish ninth inning here at Exhibition Stadium. Again on the brink. Leading by four.

They're around the stadium they are wired the atmosphere is electric and Doyle Alexander in the New York game of the Toronto Blue Jays are just two outs away from defeating the New York Yankees and winning their first ever Eastern Division championship. Here is a big challenge named Dave Winfield. He'll take the strike called on the inside corner. 0-1. Paper flying everywhere. The wind has been blustering throughout today. Flags waving. Television cameras very prominent here recording the great moment. There's a sidearm swing and a miss by Winfield. Strike two. Alexander dropped down and throw him a sidearm breaking ball. Nothing and two now to Dave Winfield.

The Yankees are down to their final two outs. And unless they can rally, the Blue Jays win the East. And then tomorrow can play for another franchise. First, a 100th victory as Phil Necro goes for his 300th win against Dave Steve. There's a swing and a fly ball hit to left field, but not today against that win. Bell is there. He takes it two down. Two away.

Here comes Ron Hasse for the Yankees. Two away. Here comes Ron Hasse for the Yankees. Doyle Alexander is an out of way from tying his high as a Blue Jay with 17 wins. He is one out of way from pitching the championship game here for the Eastern Division crown. And he's going to go all the way to do it. He works to Hasse. There's a swing and a fly ball left field. Bell is there.

He's got it. The Blue Jays have done it. They have won the East. They have won the East. George Bell catching the ball and dropping to his knees. A mob scene out around second base as Doyle Alexander is mobbed by his teammates. Here come the outfielders in. They will be met by their mates and this mammoth crowd that has come screaming down out of his seats now. Somebody takes George Bell's cap. He wants it back. He takes it back.

And the Blue Jays and Doyle Alexander are going to be ushered off the field by their adoring public. Alexander with his cap off, being carried by the throng down there on the field as they make their way toward the Blue Jays' dugout. The Blue Jays have defeated the New York Yankees 5-1 and won the Eastern Division Championship,

the first ever in the history of the franchise born just nine short years ago. Jerry Howarth, the greatest moment yet in the annals of the franchise. Tom, you were here for day one with all that snow April 7th. How do you feel? For the first time in nine years, I'm almost speechless. This is great. This is what it's all about.

This is a joyous, festive crowd. And it is also... an orderly crowd. There are people down on the field. They have come streaming down out of the seats and now over the fences. But for the most part, all around this stadium, they're just standing and applauding and savoring this magic moment. This is the best ever right here.

The first. There might be more, but there'll never be one like this. Tom, isn't it only fitting that an ex-Yankee released by the name of Doyle Alexander would go the distance to beat New York and give the Blue Jays their first ever divisional title. All the way, the man they released, the man the Blue Jays signed on, sent him to the minor leagues to get himself back into pitching form

he went down there as we were recalling earlier had a start came back and the rest is history because he was the man of the hour in this historical moment there is pandemonium there is joy in Mudville this day as the Blue Jays have defeated the New York Yankees who themselves have won 22 world championships and 33 league titles the Blue Jays won their first ever and they defeat the champions of so many years past the New York Yankees to do it. How fitting that it should end on this note on this weekend in this series. Down to the next to the last game of the regular season to beat the Yankees to win the...

The name of the game is Celebration. And we'll be back with that from the Blue Jays clubhouse. But right now, this time out. It's wonderful to find the artificial turf here at Exhibition Stadium, where a sea of fans, orderly fans, are walking around in total as the Toronto Blue Jays have defeated the New York Yankees 5-1. It should be noted that it was on Saturday, October 5th, 1985, at 428 Eastern Daylight Time,

the George Bell caught Ron Hasse's fly ball into left field and with that dropped to his knees and the Blue Jays, in just their ninth year of existence, had put that divisional flag into the trophy case. The totals here this afternoon, and what a day it is, the Blue Jays, five runs, 12 base hits, no errors, and eight men left on. The Yankees had one run, five base hits, one error, and five left.

The winning pitcher is Doyle Alexander, and what more can you say than a complete game effort? Doyle Alexander is now winning 17 games and was tied by Dave Steeb. Alexander goes the distance, scatters five base hits, and his 36th start, he wins his 41st game as a Blue Jays. That is more wins than he has ever had with any other ball clubs that he has pitched with in his major league career. Simply stunning.

But he got a lot of help because early on, the Blue Jays went to work a club that had just not been hitting. They had lost four in a row row including that heartbreaker last night but dr. long ball paid a visit here to the ballpark today and Ernie Witt triggered things with a home run in the second inning his 19th of the year off starter Joe Cali and that gave the Blue Jays the early one to nothing lead it also turns out to pin on Cali. Joe is now 12-6, 1-1 against the Blue Jays in lifetime. That is the first time the Blue Jays

have beaten Cowley. He is now 2-1. After Ernie Homer in the second inning, in the third with one out, Lloyd Mosby drilled a home run to right center field. His 18th of the year and the next hitter, Willie Upshaw rocked a home run over the

right field fence, giving the Blue Jays back-to-back home runs. A 3-0 lead. And at that time, looking pretty good. Later on in that same inning, Al Oliver would double down the right field line, score on George Bell's sacrifice fly, and the Blue Jays

had the early 4-0 lead. Each club scored a run in the fourth inning, the only run off Doyle Alexander today, Ken Griffey doubling in the fourth inning to lead it off, and one out later scored on Dave Winfield, single to center. But in the bottom of the fourth inning, Tony Fernandez doubled, and Damaso Garcia, his compatriot from the Dominican Republic,

singled the right to get the run back, at the time making it 5-1, and that's the way the game ends. As far as the Labatt Blue player of the game, who else but Doyle Alexander, who goes the distance, and for Doyle, that will mark his sixth complete game of his 36 starts. Ernie Witt with a game-winning RBI, his eighth of the year, showered in champagne down in that Blue Jays clubhouse and a game today that's taken two hours and 38 official minutes to play before a crowd of 44,608 and we'll be back with more and visit with Scott Ferguson and then get down to that clubhouse with Tom Cheek right after this exhibition stadium the Blue Jays have beaten the

New York Yankees 5-1 to win the American League Eastern Division Championship. And Scott Ferguson, the baseball host of Baseball Today, have you ever seen anything like this? This is truly incredible, Jerry. I can't believe it. Look at that crowd in front of the players' wives in the dugout. They're splashing champagne down

on the fans. It is truly incredible. What a scene. This is our special edition of baseball exhibition stadium the fans are gathered many many hundreds deep around the Blue Jay dugout all cheering we're number one the fans are just going crazy here enjoying Toronto's first East Division title and we're going to go right down now to Tom Cheek in the dugout in the front of the dressing room. Hello, Tom. Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Yes, I can, Tom.

Scott, we got you, buddy. We're down here in the dressing room. The Eastern Division champions, and I got a young man with me who was here in the beginning. There are only three of them, and Garth Orge, this is the greatest moment that I've ever experienced, and I know that goes doubly for you Oh, I sure do, I just can't believe it That's the Hacker with the Champagne You deserve it, you mean you're gonna start too

Oh my goodness gracious This is the greatest, the greatest What a way to close it out, what a performance by Doyle Alexander to make this happen It was, you know what I tell you I think there might have been something missing if we didn't, if we would have did it in Detroit. Oh, I tell you. It's so much better to do it here, it's just unbelievable. This is what champagne tastes like, guys. This is the greatest. Billy Smith, busy afternoon over at first base, reminding them to turn left. That's exactly right. Boy, I was glad we were busy today, Tom. Coming up the, onto the field, out of the front offices and traveling the back roads and the circuit

for this ball club, getting an opportunity last year as a big league coach and cashing in on a championship. What a wonderful moment. Tom, I've waited 35 years for a day like this and I'm really enjoying it. Yeah, the champagne obviously is flowing. And you, Paul Beeston, we talked just a week or so ago during a rain delay about

what if and when that happens, and it's happened. I don't know. This is the greatest thing. I mean, these guys have worked so hard and got to be so happy for them. I mean, jeez. I don't even know what to say. I mean, I've been so excited. I was kind of down. I don't know what to say. This is unbelievable. You can't say when you can't see because

that champagne smarts a little bit. The champagne smarts, Tom, but I've got to tell you, these guys, these guys, you've got to be happy. You've got to be happy. I mean, you've been through it. I mean, we've all been through it. We went through a lot of losses. Here we are right now.

I mean, this is what we wanted to get. What a way to say, I mean, they were going to do it. Can we get Bobby Cox over here? We have Prime Minister on the phone. Bobby's right here. Sorry, Bobby. Okay. Bobby Cox, what a great moment. All my life, and I haven't, but this tops it all off.

It's just a great organization and a great bunch of guys. And they're firing their eye today after being denied last night. Well, we had so many dry days with the bats, and I thought that we weren't hitting the ball in some of those ballgames. But today, they couldn't catch them when they're out of the ballpark. The man that they let go, the New York Yankees I'm talking about, you signed on and he pitched brilliantly today. Well, Dora was the guy we wanted to be going at. He certainly clinched it for us.

He's been great. Every year he's been with our ball club. He's been a top-notch guy. There's a man in Ottawa who would like to speak to the man in Toronto, the Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney. Hello Bobby. Hello Prime Minister. Congratulations. Wally, thank you very much. We're certainly proud of today's event here and we want to thank you very much. Well you've had a magnificent team effort and I can tell you Wally, I'm an old ball fan. I doubted that I'd ever be

able to do it. It just happened in Canada. But you certainly did. It's a great tribute to all of your players. You found stocks. You gave it good direction. Well, we thank you very much again, and we're going to make Canada completely proud of us for the playoffs and eventually the World Series. Well, all Canada is excited by it,

and I'm very, very proud of what you've done, and I wish all of you well. Thank you very much, sir. Tom? Yes, sir, I'm right here. Tom, are you still there? Yes, sir, I'm very, very proud of what you've done. I wish all of you well. Thank you very much, sir. Tom? Yes, sir, I'm right here. Tom, are you still there? Yes, sir, I'm right here. Well, you know, there's an old sex life man here.

He's going to interview with you. And I think we agree that the Blue Jays will come to you. This is just the greatest moment in the history of the Toronto Blue Jays, sir. And you've made our day by calling the dressing room here to talk to manager Bobby Cox, who will convey your best wishes to every member of this jubilant baseball team as they win their first ever American League East Championship.

They all deserve it, from Pat to all the way down, including yourself and the team. It's just a tremendous effort, and I wish you all well. It's just a wild, wild game. Believe. It's just the power of our team. Believe me, sir, it's a labor of love, and this is the cherry on the alamode

right here today. Thank you for coming. Good luck. Good luck in the playoffs. Thank you, Prime Minister. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Tom. All right, I got

Tony Fernandez standing here with me. Tony, you played hard all year. You played every game all year, and you closed out the regular season with, of course, one more to go, but in spectacular fashion. In the last couple of ballgames, you're a gamer all the way. First of all, I'd like to thank my Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, because without his help, I couldn't do anything.

Just being a GSAT man, everybody was trying hard and you know, we finally came through. Tony, I think maybe the story can be told now that since the collision with George Bell out there in left field a few games ago, you've been playing hurt. Yeah, I've been playing hurt, you know, but it's, you know, it's just, sometimes we have to play hard, you know, because this is a tough game, and you know, once in a while you're going to get hurt, but you have to learn how to play hard too. A little boy playing barefoot in the Dominican not too many years ago, standing in a championship clubhouse now. A dream come true, and maybe a bigger dream, with the playoffs and the World Series around the corner. come true and maybe a bigger dream with the playoffs in the World Series around the corner. If it does what God has for us, it will come. You know I'm just relaxing now, happy like everybody because everybody was trying hard. Everybody played hard the whole year long and I just thanks the Lord and like you

said before it's just been like a dream came true. My dreams just came true to be a champion in the Major League. Tony, congratulations. Thank you very much. Jesse Barfield, Bakefield, how you doing? Is this great or what is this?

This is awesome. I tell you, this is the highlight of my career right now, man. This is the highlight of everybody's career right now. Tom, I'm lost for words, man.

I'm just telling you, I just thank God for the strength he gave me to do it. Doyle threw one awesome game. We just got to got to for words, man. I'm just telling you, I just thank God for the strength he gave me to do it. Doyle threw one awesome game. We just got to congratulate him, man. What a fitting end to his regular season anyway, to be able to beat the New York Yankees and to go all the way to do it.

The club that cut him loose and the Blue Jays signed him on, and he's come full cycle now. Well, that's right. I was looking at Doyle during the whole game. We were scoring runs. He was sitting there just as calm, and I said, well, I'm going to learn something from this guy. I'm not going to get my emotions up too high, and when that last out, George caught the last ball, I just, tears just came, man.

And I tell you what, I thought you were going to hit two or three out this afternoon. Well, I tell you what, man, George may have got away from me this year, but I tell you, when it leaves Tom Brown, I'm going to be wearing a crown. All right, we got you. Jesse Barfield. Jim Clancy, who has had one of those years because of the injury, has come back with a vengeance and played tough, and I'm sure as you stand here now, Jim Clancy, and I was talking with Garth Orge a few minutes ago. We can look back over nine unbelievable years. Hasn't it been? Oh, it sure has.

It's been a long, you know, a long road. But the feeling's just great right now. It's unbelievable. How are you feeling about some postseason play now and improving on those numbers that you're compiling as a big league hurler? I'm just glad to be back with the team and able to help the team out in any way I can. Well, let's hope now that it's going to be more of the same. This chance to get used to it, stick in the house, gets to be kind of nice when you understand

the reason why it's been a series title. Well, that will just put the frosting on the cake on the greatest year in the history of the Toronto Blue Jays today. And that will be one of the best parts of my career right now. All right, Jim Clancy, Art Eggleton, the mayor of Toronto, in the victorious clubhouse here. And you're the only guy who's dry, so look out. I keep ducking the champagne, although it's coming now. It's a great thrill, Tom.

It's been a long time coming. I can remember the very first game here in the snow. During trainings, I've been down with you, and it's just a great thrill for Toronto to see this happen. Have you done any nail-biting the last couple of days, the rest of us have? I didn't do much sleeping last night after that defeat, unfortunately, but I'm glad that it's finally a championship today. Boy, this is the greatest. Mr. Mayor, thank you very much.

Thank you, Tom. Thank you. All right, we're down here in the Blue Jays clubs. There is absolute pandemonium, as you might... There is a fellow right...

Well, what do you say about Dennis Lamp, one year to the next, and the great contributions that you've made here in 85 in such an integral part of what has become such a great moment for yourself a veteran player now seeing the champagne of victory for a first time oh yes actually I can time but this time I

want to go a little further this organization you know got me as a free agent that was my main objective last year just didn't work out that way this year I was really determined to win it because Detroit had really embarrassed everyone last year. So everyone came to spring training, not only myself but a lot of the other guys determined that it paid off. And really I estimate, I think Bobby Cox was probably the most positive guy throughout this whole thing. You know, he kept just losing how he is and he was the same, winning or losing. And I'm really happy for Bobby and all the guys, especially Ernie Witt, you know, one of the first original three. And he run it started Willie, the next Yankee, and then Doyle

was just icing on the cake. You mentioned you corrected me a moment ago. You said second time. What will you tell your teammates now about the next step as they try to win the American League pennant? We got embarrassed by Baltimore, but then Baltimore went all the way. Whoever we play, Kansas City or California, we know we're going to be in a dogfight. But I think going through this is really going to help us. I think it's going to give us a lot more life,

and we're going to be home to start this thing. And it's just fantastic. I'm really happy for the fans. They've come out and supported the team the whole time, and they've really been positive to us. They've really been great to us. When we talk about gamers and guys playing this game the way it was meant to be, how about this man right here named Willie Upshaw?

I tell you, Willie, he never gave up. A lot of people were down on him early in the year, and he came right back, and he was an integral part of this team, I thought, the last two months here, along with Lloyd Mosby. That's what you can tell, a competitor and a guy that doesn't give up. And it's sweet. It really is. Willie, swing in the back, making the diving stop on that bullet by Mattingly's down the line today. I'll say that the injury seems to be well again, and you're playing as well as ever.

Well, the injury's well. I'm playing good right now. ever. Well, the injury is well. I'm playing good right now. I'm just so happy for this ball club, and the victory that we had today is going to last a long time. Willie, can you just imagine a more fitting way to end it after all of the suspense against the Yankees in the final series in our own ballpark? And, you know, we're lamenting the fact back at Tiger Stadium that we dropped three back there. The Yankees keep on losing. But to have the fans be able to savor this has really made it just a spectacular ending

and almost a make-believe thing to date. Well, any time you went at home, it's great. I'm just so happy that we won it for these fans here in Toronto. We had a tremendous crowd, and they were the loudest I've ever heard them in these last two games, and they were behind us all the way. It was just a tremendous feeling out there on the field today. If a team was going to go belly up after adversity, it would have happened last night the way it happened to the Blue Jays

in the ninth inning. What was the mood and the tenor around this clubhouse as you went into today's game? Well, it was very low-key. It was almost an atmosphere of we're mad. I know I was, and we had a lot of frustration built up after last night. We knew Doyle was on the mound. He's our money pitcher.

We were just going to give him a great effort out there on the field today. Willie, congratulations. Looking forward to watching you play for the American League pennant. Okay, thank you, Tom. Willie Upshaw, we're in the Blue Jays clubhouse, and Doyle Alexander, who was swept off the field after retiring the Yankees in the ninth inning, taken off on the shoulders of his teammates and the fans, is being interviewed right now by television. We're going to try to get him over here to say hello. And let's turn our attention to a fellow who has come back to Toronto

to be a part of a marvelous celebration, Cliff Johnson, who last night it looked like, Clifford, you were going to have the game winner on an infield hit. The Yankees turned it around on us, but today you guys pushed it over the top. Well, I thought so, and everybody on the ball club thought so, but it didn't work out that way, and it was a short time to wait and a short price to pay, but nevertheless, it's less the sweeter. You've taken the champagne bath after some divisional championships before.

Was there ever one sweeter than the first one for you? Well, you know, being the sentimentalist I am, I think the first one because I think this is a thing that you dream of coming up as a player, but nevertheless, they're a little merrier, and I don't care if 10 in a row, they always are sweet. Looking forward to the playoffs? Definitely so.

Definitely so. I think if there's a song that characterizes it best, it's the song by the Carpenters, We Won'tpenters. All right, Cliff Johnson, I love that. Lloyd Mosby, who shook us all last night and came back to shake the Yankees this afternoon. Congratulations. It was a tough situation last night. I didn't get any sleep last night. I came to the ballpark, I was weeping, but praise the Lord, I got the job done today. What a job. Hit the home run today, and when that first fly ball settled into that club, that must have felt pretty sweet. Oh, yeah, Tom, but you know, come on, man. You know me for a

while. Things happen, and last night I got admitted, but I came to the ballpark. My wife said, hey, don't worry, and there was nobody there. I felt like a real winner, a real winner, Tom. All right, I love it. Lloyd Moe Alexander. Doyle, congratulations, buddy. A spectacular performance this afternoon. Thank you, Tom. That was some outing.

And we were relating the Doyle Alexander story and how you came to be a Blue Jay. It must have made it a little bit sweeter to win this ballgame this afternoon. Well, I don't care who we beat as long as we win. It just happened to be the Yankees today, and it didn't matter who it was. We won. That's the main thing. Bullpen was up out there. Was there ever any time in your mind

that you thought you might not finish the ballgame? Well, I think Bobby was going to give me a couple hitters. You know, I was going to have to get a couple guys on base before he took me out, and fortunately I made a good pitch here here and there and it didn't happen. Joel you've been around this game for so many years now has there ever been a bigger moment for you than the one that you're experiencing right now? I don't know it's really hard to say it's it's a great feeling we got a young ball club and it's a lot of first it's the first time for a

lot of players here and it feels just as good to me i'm sure as it does to them were you ever taken off the field or any place else on the shoulders of an adoring public as you were this afternoon no i wasn't that was great that was great well alexander congratulations a marvelous victory here this afternoon thank you very much we're looking forward to watching mr september become mr oct October now in the playoffs in the World Series. Well, thank you very much. Doyle Alexander, who won it today against the New York Yankees. We're in the Blue Jays' clubhouse and just trying to sort out bodies here because it's a sea of humanity, as you might well expect.

And if you were not with us from start to finish this afternoon, the Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees by a 5-1 final behind Doyle Alexander to win the American League East. Pat Gillick, one giant step of three big steps to the end of the rainbow. Well, we certainly hope so, Tom. I think this is, if you want to say this is the biggest step. And, you know, if we can go on from here and play well in the LCS, and I think we've got the momentum right now that we're going to go on and play well.

It's the biggest step because if you don't make this step, you don't get the option or the opportunity to make the next one. That's exactly right. And, you know, the Yankees, we've always played this season, we've played the Yankees as tough as anyone. And I thought before the game today that last night's game was a little bit, The Yankees, we've always played this season, we've played the Yankees as tough as anyone. And I thought before the game today that last night's game was a little bit of a throwback to what happened to us the first game in New York when we went in there

and we were ahead 4-1, I think, around the seventh inning. We ended up losing the game in a different manner, but we did lose the game. But I knew that we bounced back and won three more and that after last night that we're going to win one of these games. Pat, we can look around the clubhouse. We can see the young men in the uniforms who have done so much to make this happen. We can talk to you, reach out and touch you, Paul Beeston.

But there are people who are not here today who have also contributed. Jerry Howard was talking about Dave Yochum, who scouted the New York Yankees and was part and parcel of what happened here this weekend. Well, really, it's an organization effort, let me say that. And if you look at our ball club and how the ball club has been really made up, it's from every area

that you could possibly, you know, we've had guys in the December draft, we have people out of our farm system, and if anybody has really shut down the big three guys of the Yankees, Winfield, Mattingly, and Henderson, in my opinion, it's been our pitching staff. And Dave Yochum is the guy that's setting up our game plan, and he's just done a tremendous job.

And I think a lot of credit. I don't know what they did in this six games we've played them since the four in New York and the two here, but I know they're hitting well below their season average. And probably an eyebrow or two raised a couple of years ago when Pat Gillick signed a man named Doyle Alexander. People were saying, well, wait a minute, he's at maybe the tail end of his career? Why'd they do that?

What a fitting finish for Doyle Alexander here today. It's probably poetic justice, really. You know, the Doyle won this game today, and, you know, we had Lloyd out all last night trying to catch fly balls, and he was running around like crazy out here today catching balls but it's really great for Doyle and the real pro that he is and that's just what the only word you can use to describe Doyle Alexander a real pro Pat Gillick thank you very much we're gonna try to get Ernie Witt in here to say hello in here to say hello.

Thank you. You still here? We're going to, Ernie is going to come over. He was with us here just a moment ago. We want to get him on. We've talked to Garth Orge. We've talked to Jim Clancy. Two of those remaining three from the expansion year of 1977.

Here's a young man from down Freer, Texas way, Jim Acker, who has been part and parcel of what the Blue Jays have done here today. Congratulations. Thank you, Tom. It's a big relief that we finally got it over with. Boy, I tell you, what a suspenseful ending, huh? Oh, after last night's game and for us to battle back and win that game today, and I can't say enough about Doyle. He's done it for us all year long, and he came back and did it again.

Well, it's all that throwing you do on the side with him that keeps him nice and loose and limber. I think it's just experience. He's just, as they say, a crafty old veteran. He was really like watching a master at work out there today, wasn't he? Well, I'll tell you, I learned a lot today. The way the wind was blowing out to the left field, he was tossing. Just let him tee off into the wind, and it wasn't going anywhere.

Jimmy Acker, looking forward to watching you work in the playoffs coming up and we'll find out maybe later today whether or not that'll be against Kansas City or then we'll have to wait to find out if the California Angels stay alive, but win, lose, or draw. It's going to be nice to see this club in a postseason playoff. We're just glad to be there. I don't think we have a preference wherever it is. That's right. Jimmy Acker.

All right. Let's turn our attention to the people's choice here for just a moment.