got an incredulous comment in reponse to the crappy call post, asking if that was really the most important part of the elimination game to me. at the moment, it was just a sort of touching bewildered rookie anecdote i wanted to share, my lingering annoyance at the call an afterthought. i hadn't dwelled on any significant moments and hadn't planned to... but looking back on it i'd say the turning point, the thing that eradicated any optimism i'd held, was this combination of events: scioscia rushing out to the mound to pull colon, the sight of ervin santana jogging out from the bullpen, and watching moose struggle while torre mulled pulling him and subsequently took his time warming randy johnson up.

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