Kenny Lofton

Thank you, thank you, Kenny Lofton, for being one of the few basbeall players or managers willing to state the obvious:

"They just went out there and played the game," said Lofton, a postseason veteran. "You don't have to have a whole lot of experience to understand that the game hasn't changed. That's what I've been talking to the guys about: Go out there and play baseball."

Announcers and writers, take note: in postseason baseball, the bases are still 90 feet apart, the foul lines are still at a right angle, three strikes and you're still out, and a ball hit over the wall 'twixt the foul the poles is still worth one run plus another for each guy on base. It's still baseball, and good baseball players remain good while bad ones remain bad.