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Postgame is no holiday for Cardinals' Matt Holliday...

Friday, October 9, 2009 at 2:46 AM


'It's tough to swallow,' the left fielder says of his error that gave the Dodgers an opening in the ninth inning.

Not the Reggie Jackson or Joe Carter kind.

The Bill Buckner kind.

With the bases empty and two out in the ninth inning Thursday evening at Dodger Stadium, all Holliday had to do was catch James Loney's sinking liner and the St. Louis Cardinals would beat the Dodgers to tie the National League division series at one game apiece.

"I had it," the Cardinals' left fielder said of a ball hit directly at him. "I was coming in to get it and then all of a sudden I couldn't see it."

Holliday lost the ball in the lights. He tried to adjust his glove at the last second, but the ball smacked him in the stomach for an error that triggered the Dodgers' stunning 3-2 come-from-behind victory in Game 2.

It was a mistake that felt like a blow to the gut of an entire franchise after the Cardinals fell into a two-games-to-none hole in the best-of-five series.

Toronto Film Festival: Matt Damon is not dead

Monday, September 14, 2009 at 2:52 PM

Few things are worse in the entertainment news business than when a rumor surfaces that a celebrity has died. It’s really bad because even though they are almost always hoaxes, you have to follow-up with the star’s publicist, a moment, which you can be sure, is understandably awkward. This happened just days ago with A-list actor, Matt Damon, who is, in fact, very much alive. I know because I just interviewed him – in person. He’s in Toronto promoting his new film, “The Informant.” Damon says as soon as he heard the rumor he immediately called his mother just so she would not worry. Damon knows about worrying parents – he has three girls at home, two young daughters and a step-daughter from his wife, Luciana’s previous marriage.
But, Damon isn’t only worried about his children, he cares about all the kids in America – in particular, one’s without health insurance. Last time I sat down with the Oscar winner was quite vocal about his support of then presidential candidate Barrack Obama. When asked how he thinks the President is doing now, he says he hopes he can get health care reform passed. He says making sure millions of children are covered would be “very American.”