What an absolutely great game last night. To start it off, Jarrod Washburn (P-LAA) gave up 5 runs in the first two innings, 3 in the first, 2 in the second. He just was leaving every pitch over the middle of the plate and the Indians were hammering him. I knew the Angels could come back, but I never expected it to be in such dramatic fashion. Scoring once in the third and twice in the fourth, the Angels cut it to a 5-3 lead for the Indians. Then...they were shut out through the eighth inning - but so were the Indians. So we're just down 2 with 2 innings to go. Jose Molina singled a run in in the eighth and they were just down one in the bottom of the 9th with Cleveland's closer in. Luckily, he was wild early and he walked Darin Erstad to start the inning. Juan Rivera then bunted him to second before Vladimir Guerrero struck out. Down to the final out, Mr. Clutch, Garett Anderson stepped in and lobbed a little hit between the shortstop and the centerfielder. With two outs, Darin was running on contact and he scored easily to tie the game.

But we're not done there. In the 10th inning, K-Rod came in and completely shut down the Indians line-up. He struck out 2 of the 3 batters throwing a perfect 10th inning and setting himself up for the win if the Angels could score in the bottom of the 10th. First up: Jose Cabrera. Earlier this season, he had won a game in the 10th with a homerun and he was looking to do it again...and he did. On a 2-1 pitch, Jose sat on the change-up and blasted it to left field. It was a great game and once again shows the never-say-die attitude of this great team. Now, if we could just get ANA back instead of LAA.

On an unrelated note, the carpeting went into my room yesterday and I should be able to start the moving-in process in about a week. Finally.

ESPN.com - MLB - Recap - Indians at Angels

Well, the 35+ pages in the application are filled out, ready to be mailed tomorrow via certified express mail. Yippee! Took about 10 days to fill out completely - tracking down phone numbers, finding addresses, all that good stuff. Though now that it's done, I'll just copy it all and if I have any others to fill out, it should be a breeze - just have to type in 35 pages or so again.

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Earlier today, there was a pretty big accident in front of the bank and though no one inside saw it, but by viewing the aftermath, we knew it had to be pretty bad - there had to be half a dozen police cars, a few ambulances, and a couple fire engines. Here's the breaking news:

SANTA ANA — A three-vehicle collision left one man dead today and two children hospitalized, police said.

Police were called to 17th and Mabury streets at 2:55 p.m. after the collision of two cars and a van, Santa Ana Sgt. Lorenzo Carrillo said.

The man who died was in one of the cars, Carrillo said, while the children were in the van with other family members.

The children’s injuries did not appear to be critical. They were taken to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana as a precaution, Carrillo said.

The cause of the collision, which occurred at an intersection that has no traffic light or stop sign, was under investigation, Carrillo said.

The two cars had single occupants, Carrillo said.

I always understand that at any time some idiot could turn in front of me (as someone almost did today - luckily he stopped in time (as I slammed on my brakes too)), but when you actually see an accident (or at least the aftermath) in which someone died - someone just trying to make a left turn, probably heading home from the grocery store - it just hits you a bit harder.

And for the curious, here's a link to the Google Satellite Map of the location: Map. The intersection directly to the left of the red marker is where it happened.

URL: Man killed in Santa Ana crash