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BOSTON A Day To Remember David Ortiz hit a game-ending three-run

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BOSTON — discloses 1958 by a day to remember David Ortiz heartless day to remember recalls hit a game-ending, three-run home run in the ninth inning Monday night to give the Boston Red Sox a 9-8 victory over the Cleveland Indians that kept them in sole possession of first place in the American League East. Ortiz, who also hit a home run in the third, got his second game-ending hit in three days and fifth of the year. It was his 12th in four seasons with Boston, most in the majors during that span. He leads the majors with 37 home runs this year, and he tied a club record with 14 homers in a month. Ortiz's one-out drive to center field followed a single by Alex Cora, a walk to Kevin Youkilis and a popout by Mark Loretta. It came on a 2-0 count against Fausto Carmona (1-5) and helped the Red Sox overcome two homers and five RBIs by Casey Blake. It also was Ortiz's eighth game-ending homer of his career and his seventh with the Red Sox. Kyle Snyder (3-2) got the win with 4 1/3 innings of one-hit relief after replacing David Wells. Boston took a one-game lead over the New York Yankees. The Red Sox also got homers from Manny Ramirez and Wily Mo Pena, but Wells struggled in his first start since being struck on the right knee by a liner on May 26. He gave up eight runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings. Blake hit a leadoff homer in the second, a sacrifice fly in the third and a three-run homer in the fifth that put Cleveland ahead, 8-6.

Blake has 14 homers and three two-homer games this season. Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek left because of a twisted left knee in the third A Day To Remember . Backup Doug Mirabelli entered the game with a . 182 batting average. you had me at hello day to remember . detroit -- If there was a script that automakers were supposed to follow for UAW contract talks, Chrysler seems to have overlooked it. As negotiations continued Monday at Chrysler's Auburn Hills, Mich. , headquarters, the United Auto Workers set a deadline of Wednesday morning to agree on a new contract, or else workers could strike. The deadline may be a tactic the union is using to squeeze some more concessions from the company victory records . But it also may be that Chrysler isn't just going to agree to the same terms that General Motors Corp anberlin . did last week just because that's how it's traditionally done. Chrysler's needs are different from GM's requirements, analysts said, so a deal requires cost cuts in different places. The union may have set the strike deadline for its 49,000 hourly workers because of how far Chrysler wants to push for cost cuts. "We think that they may be holding out for something more than GM got," said Aaron Bragman, an industry analyst for consulting firm Global Insight. The UAW went on strike for nearly two days last month before coming to a tentative agreement with General Motors on Sept. 26. Workers with the nation's largest automaker are expected to wrap up voting on the agreement by Wednesday. The union normally settles with one U. S.

automaker and then uses that deal as a pattern for an agreement with the other two. Among the differences this time, analysts say, are healthcare givebacks granted to General Motors and Ford Motor Co a day to remember 1958 . in 2005 that Chrysler didn't get, worth approximately $340 million a year. A person briefed on the negotiations said the two sides had not agreed on giving the same deal to Chrysler dance gavin dance blogspot . The person requested anonymity because the talks were private. Several analysts also said the company and union probably were apart on setting up a Chrysler-funded union-run trust that would take on the company's roughly $18 billion in retiree healthcare costs A Day To Remember - wikipedia . band hoodie . Once the trading deadline had passed, I talked to Arte Moreno, who was standing outside his stadium suite Monday night waiting for Gov bands that sound like atreyu . Arnold Schwarzenegger, who wasn't exactly the heavy hitter I had in mind for the Angels. I had already been on the phone with Dodgers GM Ned Colletti who really did have something to say about improving his team. And for all those people who believe I'm not capable of complimenting the Dodgers for a job well done, congrats to them on getting Greg Maddux, who might prove to be a better pinch-hitter than Jose Cruz down the stretch. As for the Angels, they swung and missed on attempts to make deals for big hitters such as Carlos Lee, Miguel Tejada and Alfonso Soriano, and then went out and scored one run against division-leading Oakland. The glaring hole in the Angels' lineup, of course, is one more reminder that GM Bill Stoneman has the best job in baseball because he continues to do nothing. For the seventh straight year, the trading deadline passed without Stoneman pulling the trigger on a significant deal, and taking Stoneman's job as Angels' GM in its entirety, his biggest deal to date has been trading away Jim Edmonds. Moreno said he likes to let his baseball people do their jobs, and he's "convinced" Stoneman did everything he could to bring the Angels a big bat. We were told the Angels made a run for Tejada before the season, and talked to Boston about Manny Ramirez. The Angels obviously know how to talk a big game, but to date have done nothing more than hang onto Ervin Santana, who took the loss against Oakland. "We made the better deal for Carlos Lee, a combination of major league players and minor leaguers, but Milwaukee wanted all big leaguers and got that from Texas," Moreno said. "And we had a deal done for Tejada. "The deal was in place before Tejada went public saying he'd only play shortstop, which surprisingly didn't change the Angels' plans. "We were willing to gamble we could change his mind," Moreno said.

"We were also concerned about his right to leave after the season despite having three years left on his contract, but again we were willing to gamble we'd convince him to stay. "But then Baltimore owner Peter Angelos put the kibosh on the deal. The Angels made a pitch for Soriano, offered a pair of prospects, but then one hour before the trading deadline, "Washington came back and wanted another minor league pitcher in the deal," Moreno said a day to remember 2009 . "They were asking for three high-end minor leaguers for a two-month rental, and we just wouldn't do that. "The Angels have had a huge hole in their lineup for the last two seasons and Stoneman has been unable to fill it bands like story of the year . Juan Rivera has shown recent signs of maybe filling it, but the Angels managed to post only one run against Oakland -- a Rivera home run with Rivera then taking a called third strike to end the game. Like last year, they are now banking on pitching to win a division title and hang tough in postseason play, because what else are they going to say now that the trading deadline has passed?"If a big bat had been available just for prospects, my feeling is Bill would have made that deal," said Manager Mike Scioscia, but anyone who has heard Stoneman's love of prospects can just imagine the look on his face when Washington raised the asking price on Soriano from two to three prospects. The Angels probably couldn't revive Stoneman in time to make the deal. *OAKLAND'S MILTON BRADLEY gave me a hug, we talked about the home run he hit against the Angels, then I teased him about throwing his bat after taking a called third strike in his first at-bat and he began yelling at me in the middle of the A's clubhouse. "I'm not a man to be teased," he snapped heartless day to remember . "I'll throw the bat every day the rest of my career," and I told him I have no doubt about that. "But the ball will go a lot further off it," he said with a grin, and that's why he still remains one of my favorite players. *THE DODGERS' brass continues to covet its prospects, but I think back to the infield that had Adrian Beltre at third and Cesar Izturis at short, and right now that would be the best defense on the left side in baseball. *IT LOOKS like the signing of Rafael Furcal will cost the team Joel Guzman, Izturis and probably Julio Lugo. Guzman went from an untouchable prospect at shortstop, to moving to left field to playing baseball in Tampa -- along with another former untouchable Dodger prospect, Edwin Jackson. Izturis earned a Gold Glove playing short, but the Dodgers were committed to Furcal, and now they have acquired Lugo, a free agent at season's end who said he will be playing for a team next year that makes him a shortstop. *THE ANGELS probably deserve to be criticized for doing nothing at the trading deadline, but doing nothing with Adam Kennedy, who has been the subject of trade rumors for months, is probably the best thing they did. Kennedy, who came to the Angels in the Edmonds deal, has hit in 14 straight games, helping put the team back in the playoff race despite the trade rumors and the promotion of Howie Kendrick, proving once again he's a pro's pro. *TODAY'S LAST word comes in e-mail from Miguel Galvez: "I believe like Tommy Lasorda, the Dodgers will win their division and T. A Day To Remember tickets J you had me at hello day to remember . Simers will be eating his words. " If there's anything to be eaten, you know Lasorda will beat me to it. *T. J Simers can be reached att. j. simers. To read previous columns by Simers, go to latimes /simers. .

While Miguel Tejada was crossed off the Angels' wish list over the weekend, Alfonso Soriano remained on it, circled, underlined and hotly pursued right up until Monday's 1 p. m a day to remember background . PDT trading deadline, according to sources. A number of names were discussed at various points in proposed deals with the Washington Nationals for Soriano, but the Angels' final offer was believed to be triple-A shortstop Erick Aybar, either double-A pitcher Jose Arredondo or Class-A pitcher Tommy Mendoza, and either outfielder Reggie Willits or Tommy Murphy A Day To Remember - myspace . The Nationals originally asked for one of the Angels' top young pitchers, Ervin Santana or Jered Weaver, and one of their top two position prospects, Howie Kendrick or Brandon Wood, but were quickly rejected. The Angels, according to a source, wouldn't have traded the hot-hitting Kendrick straight up for Soriano. The Angels were willing to trade left-hander Joe Saunders at one point, but with Bartolo Colon returning to the disabled list Sunday and Saunders recalled to start against the Oakland A's tonight, the Angels were more reluctant to part with the left-hander. The Nationals also asked for Class-A right-hander Nick Adenhart, a hard-throwing 19-year-old thought to have the most upside of any pitcher in the Angels' organization, but the team, thin on high-end pitching prospects, did not want to part with him. The Tejada deal fizzled when the Baltimore Orioles rejected the Angels' offer of Santana and Aybar, and Tejada said he had no interest in moving from shortstop to third base, the position where the Angels hoped to play him. General Manager Bill Stoneman and Manager Mike Scioscia both vigorously defended the Angels' lack of activity in the trading market. "We are where we are at because of our pitching," Stoneman said victory records. "We really didn't want to hurt our pitching for the sake of another bat anberlin . It's disappointing that we didn't do what we set out to do [improve the offense], but it was not worth the cost. "This is not about making deals or not making deals . This is about winning games. "Said Scioscia, "If we could have made a deal for a big bat by dealing only minor league prospects, my feeling is that Bill would have made that deal. "The Texas Rangers showed serious interest in Tejada over the weekend, and the A's were believed to have made a run at Soriano on Monday. There was a sense among some in the Angels' front office that Nationals General Manager Jim Bowden tried to get the A's involved in an effort to perk up the Angels' offer, but the Angels didn't budge A Day To Remember . *Second baseman Adam Kennedy, mentioned in trade rumors, is content with the Angels' decision to maintain the status quo. And not only, he said, because it means he remains in Anaheim. Being traded "was a definite possibility for a lot of us," Kennedy said "You pay attention. It's interesting. "But you don't want to mess up what is a pretty good clubhouse.