MMQB talks baseball

SI.com - Writers - Monday Morning QB (cont.) - Monday October 10, 2005 11:06AM: "And one thing about the White Sox: Give them their due. That's a team that plays defense, plays smallball exceedingly well, and hits well enough to win a series against any team in baseball. Oh, and El Duque. That was the best clutch relief appearance I've ever seen. Imagine entering a game up 4-3, no outs, bases loaded, in a park with the out-for-blood fans as close to you as in any other park in the big leagues, with a lost lead inevitable. Imagine going to three balls on three straight hitters. And imagine, in the midst of a tension-filled 13 minutes of some of the most gut-wrenching duels in any sport, coaxing, collectively, seven foul balls on those three-ball counts and never throwing ball four. Imagine retiring three straight -- Varitek, Graffanino and Johnny Damon -- on a foul pop, infield pop and swinging strike three? I mean, that's a man right there."