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Article: ALWAYS ROOM FOR A NEW OCTOBER LEGEND.(Sports)(Column)

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October 7, 2005
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Byline: Bernie Lincicome, Rocky Mountain News

Ah, postseason baseball. You have to love it. Somebody is always good for a laugh.

Postseason baseball (Eight teams! One champion!) is not a whole new ballgame. Same game. Same rules. Still, baseball in October is different, as well as unfamiliar to Coors Field.

Playoff baseball contradicts the essence of the game. It has a time limit. Five games in the division series, seven in the league series, seven in the World Series, a whole other season, true, but with the end in sight.

This makes everything more vivid, more vital, more memorable.

Baseball becomes a pencil without an eraser in October. Mistakes become ...

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