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World Series Game 5: Cliff Lee, Utley keep Phillies alive vs.Yankees

If only Chase Utley managed to hit that three-run homer Sunday night in the bottom of the fifth, the Phillies may be on their way to New York right now looking to wrap up a title. Instead, Utley's first inning blast of A.J. Burnett gave the Phillies a much needed lift in Game 5 of the 2009 World Series. The home run erased a 1-0 defecit and the Phils hung on for an 8-6 victory. By doing so, the Phillies are taking the series back to New York Wednesday for Game 6. Utley later tied Reggie Jackson's World Series record of five home runs set in 1977 when he drilled a seventh inning blast. The Phillies may have won the game, but Shane Victorino was drilled in the right hand by Burnett prior to Utley's homer in the first inning. Victorino's effectiveness is a cause for concern, especially his throwing arm. Due to the recent number of beanings of A-Fraud, Burnett may have been seeking some retribution again the Phillies. It was unlikely however, that he may have been trying to hit the hand of Victorino, who showed a last-second bunt attempt.

While Utley currently has the hot hand and Raul Ibanez added a home run, Ryan Howard continues to have a horrible series. Tonight, Howard tied Willie Wilson's record of 12 strikeouts in a World Series set in 1980 (ironically, it was against the Phillies).

To be honest, this game was well played by the Phillies, but it was kind of predictable at the same time. The team with their backs against the wall (our Phillies) shows resiliency and fights for their playoff lives to try and fight another day. Frankly, it's rather annoying that the team has finally started to heat up quicker than Greg Luzinski's ribs when they are down 3-1 in the series, but I guess it's better late than never. We've seen this before, it's called 1993-Part Two, when Curt Schilling's masterpiece in Game 5 of that year's World Series against the Blue Jays took the Phillies back to Toronto, where we all know what happened in Game 6.

Cliff Lee, while not as sharp as Schilling in this Game 5, played the part rather nicely. If the Phillies lose this series, chances are it won't be because of the left-hander (it is to be determined whether Lee will be needed again this fall), who has been nothing short of spectacular this postseason. The Phillies will pick up Lee's option for 2010, but it will be interesting to see if the Phillies attempt to sign Lee to a long-term deal this off-season. Rumors have it that Lee will want to test free agency after 2010. It has also been said by Cleveland insiders that the reason they traded Lee is because they believed the number of innings he has logged the last two seasons were ready to catch up with him.

Despite Lee's performance, the Yankees once again refused to go quietly, scoring two runs in the top of the eighth inning and another off of Ryan Madson in the ninth. Although Victorino is not 100%, one has to wonder why Ben Fransisco wasn't inserted for Ibanez, who in all likelihood would not bat again in the game. It is further magnified when Ibanez's error led to those two Yankee runs.

So here we are, down three games to two and headed back to New York for Game 6. Did the Yankees let up to go back home and celebrate in the Bronx? Will Andy Pettitte pitch on three days rest? Do the Yankees have any momentum as a result of their late inning offensive output? Will 2009 mirror 1993? Like Schilling, did Lee just put off the inevitable? We will know Wednesday. And if the eerie patterns of the fourth and fifth games of both series' continue, things suggest that this World Series could possibly come to a dramatic and sudden ending.

Let's just hope we're the ones celebrating at the end this time.

SLAMABAD, Oct 19: The Pakistan Army is investigating mobile phone messages warning the recipients that their SIMs could be hacked by terrorists if they followed instructions given in some messages.
One such message says: “Attention: If you receive a call on your cellphone informing you that they are from quality control department of a GSM company and checking your line and they [terrorists] will also request you to press a specific key on your mobile phone, do not follow their instructions.
“Your mobile can be hacked by them and may be used for any terrorist activity… like triggering a remotecontrolled bomb blast…ISPRPak Army.” A senior military official told Dawn: “These are fake messages and we are investigating them.” An official of the Federal Investigation Agency’s cyber crime cell said his unit was also probing into the matter. He said strict action would be taken against the senders of these false messages and they would be booked under the Prevention of Electronic Crime Ordinance, 2008.

TEHRAN, Oct 19: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has pointed a finger of blame at the United States for Sunday’s suicide bombing at a meeting of the Revolutionary Guards and tribal chiefs in Sistan-Baluchestan.“This terrorist crime revealed the evil face of enemies of security and unity who are supported by intelligence organisations of some arrogant governments,” he said on Monday, according to the Isna news agency.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a telephone conversation with President Asif Ali Zardari, charged that those behind the bombing were in Pakistan and needed to be “quickly confronted”.
“Iran and Pakistan have a brotherly relationship, but the presence of terrorist elements in Pakistan is not justifiable,” the Irna news agency quoted him as saying.
“The Pakistani government should help to quickly arrest these criminals so that they can be punished,” the Iranian president said, adding: “The criminal terrorists must be seriously confronted by setting up a bilateral timetable.” ‘Proof of involvement’ The head of the Revolutionary Guards corps, Gen Mohammad Ali Jafari, said that an Iranian delegation would head to Pakistan to deliver “proof” that Islamabad was supporting (Jundallah group’s chief Abdolmalek) Rigi who had claimed the responsibility of the attack.
“The delegation will ask for him to be handed over,” he said.
“The group of Rigi has direct contact with the American and British intelligence services and, unfortunately, the Pakistani intelligence service,” Gen Jafari said.
“He is supported by them and without doubt he is acting under their orders and plans.” (President Asif Ali Zardari called President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and condemned the attack, according to an APP report from Islamabad.
Mr Zardari said the incident was “gruesome and barbaric” and bore the “signatures of a cowardly enemy on the run”.
He said Pakistan would continue to support and cooperate with Iran in curbing militancy and fighting extremism and terrorism.
The president expressed sympathies with the government and people of Iran and prayed for those who lost their lives in the incident.) Gen Mohammad Pakpour, the head of the Revolutionary Guards’ ground forces, said Washington and London were backing those who launched the attack against Iran’s prestigious military force.
“The terrorists were trained in the neighbouring country by the Americans and British. The enemies of the Islamic Republic of Iran are unable to tolerate the unity in the country,” he said on state television.
A senior judiciary official in the province, Hojatoleslam Ebrahim Hamidi, said that “more than 30 Sunni tribal chiefs” were among the dead. Jundallah charged that the authorities were plotting “to sow divisions among Baloch tribes and clans”.
Bomber identified Sistan-Baluchestan’s deputy governor Jalal Sayyah said Iran had identified the bomber but no arrests had been made. “It is likely that those who supported the bombing have fled to the other side of the border,” the Fars news agency quoted him as saying.
Iran’s first deputy speaker Mohammad Hassan Abutorabi told parliament that “the horrible crime in Sistan-Baluchestan was carried out with the direct support of criminal America and its mercenaries”.
Some of the dead who hailed from provincial capital Zahedan were buried on Monday.
Isna quoted a lawmaker from Sistan-Baluchestan, Payman Forouzesh, as saying: “There is unanimity about the Revolutionary Guards and the security forces engaging in operations in any place they would deem necessary.” Apparently referring to agreement among lawmakers, he said: “There is even unanimity that these operations (could) take place in Pakistan territory.” Britain denied allegations that it aided rebels behind the attack. “We reject in the strongest terms any assertion that this attack has anything to do with Britain,” a Foreign Office spokeswoman said in London.
In a statement posted on the internet, Jundallah said the attack’s aim was to avenge “the wounds of the Baloch people which have been bleeding for years without end”.
It named the bomber as Abdul Wahid Muhammadi Sarawani and said Iranian intelligence officials were among the dead.
“During the past year alone, this regime killed hundreds of youths of this province by firing squad, execution or torture. The Baloch people... are determined to stand against injustice and to obtain their freedom till the last drop of their blood,” the group said.—Agencies

What if after reading this article you remembered more than just the basic idea? What if after reading this article you remembered what it was titled, who wrote it, how many paragraphs there were, and every detail printed in black and white?

Most of us would find this a laughable and improbable feat, but there are such super humans in existence,with the ability to retain large amounts of information within a relatively short period of time. What makes these individuals stand out even more is their ability to recall just about any information they've come in contact with fifteen, twenty years down the line with accurate precision.

These select few individuals are diagnosed with a term known as super-autobiographical memory, the ability to hold large amounts of information and the ability to recollect this information after any length of time. This is both similar and different from eidetic memory, or photographic memory.

Similar to eidetic memory, these individuals are able to refer to graphic visual memory to recollect information. "However, [super auto-biographical memory] is far more powerful than eidetic memory, which seems hard to believe," says Dr. James McGaugh, the founding director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory at the University of California. Super auto-biographical memory has gives its owner's the ability to remember explicit memories from early childhood with great detail.

These individuals are unfortunately considered to have a disorder rather than a gift of limitless knowledge. Their ability to hold infinite amounts of information can often be to their detriment in that it can lead to the formation of new more serious disorders such as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and paranoia. With the ability to remember also comes the inability to forget which can be potentially harmful when the brain tries to cope with traumatic experiences or an overload of information.

Bob Petrella, a tv producer in Los Angeles, California has recently been the subject of study at McGaugh's Center for Neurobiology. If given a date, say March 30, 1981, he will not only be able to tell someone that Former President Reagan was shot but more specifically, that Indiana beat North Carolina for the NCAA championship with the winning score.

Andrew Ross Sorkin, assistant editor of financial news, is answering questions from readers Nov. 9-13, 2009, in Talk to The Times. Questions may be e-mailed to askthetimes@nytimes.com.

Mr. Sorkin wrote his first article for The New York Times when he was 18 years old just prior to graduating from high school. Now, 14 years later, he is the paper's the chief mergers and acquisitions reporter and a financial columnist. He started DealBook, The Times's financial news site and daily e-mail newsletter, in 2001.
Mr. Sorkin just completed his first book, "Too Big to Fail: How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System — and Themselves," about the financial crisis, which is being published this week by Viking Press.
Fascinated by the financial world, Mr. Sorkin joined the paper's London bureau after graduating from Cornell University and immediately set about trying to break news of big mergers. Over the years, Mr. Sorkin has broken news of deals including Chase's acquisition of J.P. Morgan and Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of Compaq. He also led The Times's coverage of Vodafone’s $183 billion hostile bid for Mannesmann, resulting in the world's largest takeover ever. For his coverage, he has won a Gerald Loeb Award, one of the highest honors in business journalism, and he has been honored by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers Award three times.
During the past year, he has covered many aspects of the financial crisis, from Lehman Brothers to AIG to the faltering automakers. Mr. Sorkin can often be seen talking about the world of business on the PBS program "Charlie Rose" and CNBC.
Mr. Sorkin and his wife, Pilar, live in Manhattan.
Other Times staff members have answered questions in this column, including Executive Editor Bill Keller, Managing Editor Jill Abramson, Managing Editor John Geddes, Deputy Managing Editor Jonathan Landman, Assistant Managing Editor Glenn Kramon, Obituaries Editor Bill McDonald, National Editor Suzanne Daley, Living Editor Trish Hall, Entertainment Editor Lorne Manly and N.B.A. reporter Jonathan Abrams. Their responses and those of other Times editors, reporters, columnists and executives are on theTalk to The Times page.

After money from the "stimulus" bill was spent on destroying perfectly good cars and building an Airport for Nobody, the WSJ reports that government has found an even more ridiculous way to spend your money: free golf carts.

"The purchase of some models could be absolutely free," Roger Gaddis of Ada Electric Cars in Oklahoma said earlier this year. "Is that about the coolest thing you've ever heard?"
The golf-cart boom follows an IRS ruling that many golf carts qualify for the electric-car credit.

Tony Colangelo, in South Carolina, calls himself "golf cart man" and is already advertising free carts.

Golf Cart Man is referring to his offer in which you can buy the cart for $8,000, get a $5,300 tax credit off your 2009 income tax, lease it back for $100 a month for 27 months, at which point Golf Cart Man will buy back the cart for $2,000. "This means you own a free Golf Cart or made $2,000 cash doing absolutely nothing!!!"

I thought this giveaway was outrageous enough that it would embarrass Congress into killing the tax credit. I thought the media would be all over Colangelo, after the WSJ story. I was wrong. When we called him, he said, “I’ve never had so many phone calls,” But most of the calls come from potential golf-cart “buyers.” Colangelo said he had received some e-mails from newspapers, but my researcher was the first reporter with whom he’d spoken.

He also said the golf-cart credit is a very good thing. Good for the politicians:

It’s all [about] going green. They want all those gas vehicles off the street. They’d rather have the electric than anything.

And good for the average person:

I never, in my entire life, got anything back from the government and I’ve always paid taxes. Why shouldn’t the people who worked hard for their money get something back?

Because government shouldn’t be in the business of taking money and giving it back! That just gives the venal cretins more power over our lives.

Need your pumpkin-carving designs or Halloween Costume ideas? The wife of Jon Gosselin (Jon and Kate Plus 8 mom Kate Gosselin) is a hit this season for cheap costumes thanks to her public divorce and wandering ex Jon while Pumpkin Carving Designs.Com boasts they have "over two-hundred unique designs, including many new patterns for 2008, you have a great selection and their pumpkin carving patterns are top-rate." Follow both "Spooky" items below.One - For the pumpkin carving help - there is more including pictures for some assistance in the knife work for the Jack O'Lantern ideas. For kids and carving - Paper Pumpkins.com has Free Halloween Jack O'Lantern Pumpkin Pattern Stencils for Kids." See for the patterns.

Two - For costumes, the Ottawa Citizen has an item titled "Go cheap on your Halloween costume this year!"

It notes that Kate Gosselin, whose "ill-advised haircut and marital meltdown have secured her a place in pop-cult infamy" is a popular inexpensive look as is Michael Jacson. Misty Harris has more ways to save money.

The 'no-hit' half of Angels' catching platoon delivers biggest hit of his life, an RBI double in 11th inning to give them a 5-4 victory over Yankees and new life in an AL Championship Series they traiHe's the defensive half of the Angels' catching platoon, the one who supposedly can't hit, the guy one Orange County newspaper blogger referred to earlier this season as a "busted prospect."

Monday afternoon, Jeff Mathis was a playoff hero, the guy who touched off a wild celebration in Angel Stadium after he pulverized an Alfredo Aceves slider for a two-out, run-scoring double to left-center field in the 11th inning.

Mathis' hit, which followed Howie Kendrick's two-out single to center field, gave the Angels a dramatic 5-4 walk-off victory over the New York Yankees in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series.

Kendrick scored all the way from first, popping up after his slide into the plate and landing in the waiting arms of on-deck hitter Erick Aybar as a crowd of 44,911 erupted.

Mathis spiked his helmet to the ground near second base and pointed to his mother and grandmother in the crowd before being engulfed by a mob of back-slapping teammates.

The victory breathed life and, possibly, momentum into an Angels team that suffered a devastating 13-inning Game 2 loss in Yankee Stadium on Saturday night but now trails the best-of-seven series, two games to one. Game 4 is tonight in Angel Stadium.

"Man, that was a crazy game, an emotional roller coaster, up, down, up, down," center fielder Torii Hunter said after the third postseason walk-off win in franchise history. "We were so happy one inning and so sad the next. I promise you, that's one of the best games I've ever been involved in. My heart is hurting right now."

The game was filled with so much tension, so many twists and turns, that a regulation nine innings couldn't contain it.

The Yankees took a 3-0 lead on solo home runs by Derek Jeter in the first inning, Alex Rodriguez in the fourth and Johnny Damon in the fifth, all off Angels starter Jered Weaver.

Kendrick, whose first-half struggles got him demoted to triple-A Salt Lake in June, hit a solo homer off Yankees starter Andy Pettitte in the fifth to make it 3-1.

Bobby Abreu ended an 0-for-11 ALCS skid with a single in the sixth, and Vladimir Guerrero silenced a legion of critics -- most of them Angels fans fed up with his feeble swings -- by hitting a two-out, two-run home run to left to make it 3-3.

For Guerrero, who went one for seven and stranded eight baserunners in Game 2, it ended a string of 86 playoff at-bats without a homer; his last was a game-tying grand slam in Game 3 of the 2004 division series against the Red Sox.

"Before the game, I told him, 'Everyone says you're done -- that's bull, the heck with them, go out there and prove you're still the man,' " Angels batting coach Mickey Hatcher said. "I said, 'I believe in you. Today is a new day.' Then I said, 'Please prove me right.' "

The Angels took a 4-3 lead in the seventh when Kendrick tripled to right-center off reliever Joba Chamberlain and scored on a sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Maicer Izturis, whose 13th-inning error cost the Angels the game Saturday night.

Then things got really wacky.

Yankees designated hitter Hideki Matsui drew a walk from Angels reliever Kevin Jepsen to open the eighth and was replaced by speedster Brett Gardner, who took off on an 0-and-1 pitch to Jorge Posada.

But Angels Manager Mike Scioscia called for a pitchout, and Mathis, who entered as a -- what else? -- defensive replacement to start the eighth, gunned down Gardner at second.

The Angels went from elation to deflation two pitches later when Posada lined a homer to center for a 4-4 tie.

Abreu led off the bottom of the eighth with a double to center but over-ran second and was thrown out.

Angels closer Brian Fuentes got two outs to start the ninth and intentionally walked Rodriguez, who hit a game-tying, 11th-inning homer off Fuentes on Saturday night. Nice move by Scioscia. Pinch-hitter Jerry Hairston struck out to end the inning.

ESPN’s next "30 for 30” film at 7 tonight looks at the three-year existence of the United States Football League in "Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?”

The short answer in Peabody Award-winning director Mike Tollin’s excellent film: a greedy Donald Trump. Other factors included overexpansion in its second season of 1984 — including the addition of the Tulsa-based Oklahoma Outlaws — and the death ofTampa Bay Bandits owner John Bassett, who had urged league owners to show fiscal restraint.

Trump, who bought the New Jersey Generals from Oklahoma City oilman J. Walter Duncan Jr., pushed owners to move play from the spring to the fall and go head-to-head with the NFL. The league never made it that far after its antitrust suit against the NFL produced only a $3 judgment.

After being handed the actual check, which with interest had grown to $3.76, Trump abruptly ended his interview with Tollin, a former USFL employee.

Duncan, who died in February at age 92, joked about the league’s beginnings and his signing of Heisman Trophy winning running back Herschel Walker, one of several stars who joined the league.

"A bunch of guys got together and had a few beers and decided to form this league,” he said. "I had one too many and decided to sign Herschel.”

Walker, and the film’s large sampling of players and coaches spoke fondly of their USFL memories.

Welcome to Pulse Wrestling’s LIVE RAW Coverage! I’m here this evening to bring you the latest up-to-date results from tonight’s show. We have John Cena taking on Triple H and The Miz will face a former WWF/E Intercontinental and Tag Team Champion tonight. Who am I talking about? Keep it to the Pulse for your RAW updates!

Justin Roberts gives the verbal fellatio on our guest host tonight, Snoop Dogg! He’s accompanied by the Bella Twins, now officially RAW Property and Eve Torres. The foursome parade around the ring a bit before Snoop asks us to make some noise. He buries the SmackDown roster and he reminds us about Cena v. Trips tonight. He also books Randy Orton v. Ted DiBiase and Chris Jericho takes on Shawn Michaels. He brings out DX to join in on the fun.

Snoop Dogg leaves the ring and Shawn speaks Snoop Dogg-ese. It’s full of izzle. Trips brings up Team SmackDown, which leaves a lot to be desired. They bring up Katie Vick and they finish Snoop Dogg’s complete burial of SmackDown. Shawn Michaels brings Trips up to speed with Drew Macintyre, but they still forget Eric Escobar. They bring up the Vickie Guerrero jokes and again…they bury Team SmackDown. Trips brings out Team RAW and it’s fun to see how everyone is happy to be with DX. Shawn runs down Team RAW. They hesitate to introduce Cody Rhodes, but Rhodes intends to not listen to DX on Sunday. He claims that he just might beat SmackDown all by himself and this brings the Big Show in. He doesn’t care if he insults DX, but he will respect him and he brings the law down…if anyone is a weak link, he’ll take them down. Mark Henry steps up an it seems that they will have a problem. Jack Swagger gets in and puts himself over until Kofi steals the mic. He brings sense to Team RAW, but Trips asks if Kofi is Jamican. HAHA! Shawn knew that this was going to happen so they arranged for a five on five tag team match where the loser of the fall is replaced by the one that pins them.

Big Show, Mark Henry, Jack Swagger, Kofi Kingston, & Cody Rhodes v. MVP, Primo, Evan Bourne, Chavo Guerrero, & Chris Masters

NEXT!

Commercials.

We’re JIP and Chavo gets an one count on Kofi Kingston. Kofi back drops out of the offense and he leaps on Chavo. Kofi takes Chavo out and both Big Show and Mark Henry tagged in at the same time. That doesn’t count so Cody tags in and he gets it on with MVP. He ignores the team and that costs him. In comes Bourne and he eats a crossbody. Rhodes rolls through for two. He has Bourne in a headlock and mocks Team RAW. Primo tags in and he takes it to Cody Rhodes. He holds his own, but eats a Russian Leg Sweep. CrossRhodes connects, but Swagger tags himself in and he saves the match.

Winners: Big Show, Mark Henry, Jack Swagger, Kofi Kingston, & Cody Rhodes
Grade: F

Team RAW breaks down in the ring and they take everyone out. Big Show is the last man standing.

Josh Matthews is with Ted DiBiase and he explains that he did what Randy would had done in the same situation. Randy appearantly didn’t return his calls and Randy comes in. He claims that DiBiase betrayed him. Orton says that they won’t have a match tonight and that DiBiase will respect Orton or he will regret it for the rest of his life.

That match is NEXT!

Commercials.

We’re back and DiBiase is in the ring.

Ted DiBiase v. Randy Orton

Orton and DiBiase are face to face. They back off and the bell sounds. Orton walks closer and he kicks DiBiase in the gut. That is followed by the uppercut and DiBiase still won’t fight back. He kicks him down. Orton talks smack to DiBiase and he busts out the Galvin stomp. He asks if Ted wants to hit him and he stomps him some more. DiBiase gets back up and he stares Orton down. Orton piefaces him and DiBiase keeps looking at him. Orton shoves DiBiase to the ropes and he comes back with a shove of his own that knocks Orton down. Orton cowers in the corner and the fans seem to get behind DiBiase. Orton gets back up and they stare each other down. Orton holds DiBiase up and he RKO’s him for the win.

Winner: Randy Orton
Grade: N/R (Hard to rate a match like this)

The commentators talk about the passing of Captain Lou Albano and they show a video of him.

Commercials.

We get a preview of “Gangsta Luv” by Snoop Dogg. PG This is not. Meanwhile, in Snoop Dogg’s office, he’s enjoying the fun of the divas and Hornswoggle comes in for our weekly comedy segment. Chavo is close behind and he wants to be on Team RAW. Jillian Hall comes in and she wants a Diva’s Title rematch tonight. She sings and Chavo wants to die. In comes Santino as Charlie Brown. Snoop Dogg kicks everyone out of the office. He asks for the bag and he proceeds to smoke a bowl while we get a clip of Michael Cole hugging Hornswoggle. We come back to a smoke-filled room and it is candles…

We get a clip of Michael Cole hugging Jerry Lawler. He probably felt sorry for his loss in the Mayoral Election.

Cena is thinking. Cena v. Trips NEXT!

Commercials.

Did You Know: Teenagers *did something* while viewing 100 million WWE Divas photos last month.

John Cena v. Triple H

The bell sounds and they jockey for position. Cena with a snapmare takeover and again and again…Attitude Adjustment early on, but Trips gets out of it. Opposite corners they stand and they jockey for position with a Greco-Roman knuckle lock. Cena turns it into a headlock, but Triple H gets to a vertical base. Cena off the ropes, he hits a shoulderblock. Trips gets a hiptoss countered to an hiptoss of his own and Cena gets the first cover of the match. Trips with the Greco-Roman knuckle lock, but Cena tries to overpower him. Trips knees himself out of it. Cena gets out of the corner and he sends Trips to the opposite corner. Trips rebounds and he explodes with a clothesline and that gets two. Trips tees off on Cena and we go pillar to post HARD. Cena is down in the corner and Trips goes to work. He sends Cena HARD into the corner again and scores a two count. He sends Cena hard in the corner again and he looks for the Pedigree. That gets countered into a hard Irish Whip with Trips falling over the top. Commercial break upcoming.

Commercials.

Tomorrow on ECW: Zack Ryder v. William Regal

We’re back as we approach eight minutes into the match. Trips hits Cena with a backbreaker and scores a two count. He drops the knee on Cena’s back and he continues with the pressure. Cena comes back with a right hand and they slug it out in the ring. Cena gets the upperhand, but Trips sends Cena to the ropes. Cena comes back with a shoulderblock. Another shoulderblock attempt ends badly for Cena. Cena tries the Attitude Adjustment, but Trips counters with a chopblock. Trips misses a clothesline, and finds himself in the STF. Trips gets to the ropes and he goes back to work on Cena. Cena sends Trips to the corner…FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Cena goes for the bulldog, but Trips counters and Cena is about to get Pedigreed. COUNTERED TO THE STF! Trips inches closer to the ropes, but Cena moves Trips to the center and that allows Trips to get the ropes. Cena back up…PEDIGREE! Trips gets a cover…TWO COUNT ONLY! Time for another commercial around 12:30 in.

Commercials.

We’re back and we are about 16:00 in. Cena gets back in the ring, but is met by Triple H. During the break, Cena got slammed into the steel steps. Cena tries again for the Attitude Adjustment, but Trips counters to a Sharpshooter! Randy Orton watches on the monitor as Cena gets to the ropes. Trips tees off on Cena, but he runs into a boot. Cena hits the shoulderblocks, followed by the Protobomb! Cena drops the Five Knuckle Shuffle and he has Trips up in the Attitude Adjustment, but Trips gets out of it AGAIN! High knee connects as does the faceplant. Cena off the ropes…SPINEBUSTER! Trips is feeling it and he attempts the Pedigree and he connects! He covers…TWO COUNT! Trips is beside himself! Cena kicked out of TWO PEDIGREES! He tries for a third, but Cena hits the Attitude Adjustment…TRIPS KICKS OUT! TRIPS KICKS OUT! Twenty minutes in now and Cena goes to the top rope. TOP ROPE FAMEASSER MISSES! Trips goes for the Pedigree, countered to the Attitude Adjustment, COUNTERED AGAIN TO THE PEDIGREE! That ends this epic match.

Winner: Triple H
Grade: A (Even marred by commercials, this was the match that AJ Styles and Sting should have put on at Bound for Glory.)

Triple H goes over to Cena and they shake hands in a show of respect. Cena looks dejected. Cena looks around the arena as Orton stares at the monitor. He gives a half-hearted salute and he leaves the ring.

Commercials.

Slam of the Week: The Miz and John Morrison disses Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels.

The Miz v. Some Jobber

Before the match, Snoop Dogg makes the jobber leave the ring and we get our rightful opponent…MARTY Jannetty!

The Miz v. Marty Jannetty

Lockup to start and Miz shoves Jannetty in the corner. Jannetty pie faces the Miz and he rolls him up for two. Miz misses a wild punch and Jannetty makes it known to the Miz that he’s awesome. That ends with Jannetty taking a 360 clothesline. Headlock applied and Jannetty comes back. Side slam connects and Jannetty takes Miz off his game. Back body drop connects and Jannetty goes up top. Fist Drop connects and Miz kicks out at two. They counter each other, but the Miz hangs him out on the top. Skull Crushing Finale connects and the Miz wins.

Winner: The Miz
Grade: C

We preview SmackDown v. RAW 2010.

Chavo Guerrero and Jillian Hall is discussing strategy. Diva’s Championship is on the line NEXT!

Commercials.

Did You Know: We ran out of good ideas, so we want to remind you that we are the longest weekly show in history.

WWE Diva’s Championship: Jillian Hall (w/Chavo Guerrero) v. Melina

The bell rings and Chavo causes a distraction, which allows Jillian to hit a weird Samoan Drop for two. She is on the offensive in the early going. Handspring elbow is blocked and Chavo gets involved again. Hornswoggle stops Chavo and this allows Melina to hit her split-legged drop for the three.

Winner: Melina
Grade: F

Chavo has Hornswoggle at the clutches, but Snoop Dogg comes out to save Hornswoggle. Chavo gets clotheslined over Hornswoggle and the shirt comes off. They circle the ring and Chavo gets speared. Thanks for coming, Chavo.

The divas come out and they dance with Snoop Dogg and Hornswoggle. Even Michael Cole tries to be cool. They pimp White Collar for Friday night on USA.

Commercials.

We run down the epic encounter between John cena and Randy Orton. After that, we run down the rest of the card to Bragging Rights.

Chris Jericho walks.

Commercials.

Kyle Busch and Joey Logano from NASCAR are your co-guest hosts next week. That should put the David Arquette rumor to rest for a week.

Chris Jericho v. Shawn Michaels

Chris Jericho grabs a microphone before the match. He says that he can knock Shawn out right now, but he brings out two members of Team SmackDown, Cryme Tyme. Shawn backs out of the ring and Kane leads out the rest of Team SmackDown. Shawn Michaels is still out of the ring and the entire SmackDown team is inside the ring. Jericho is interrupted by Triple H and the rest of Team RAW. They get inside the ring and Trips has the microphone. He thanks Jericho for doing the impossible – uniting the egos on Team RAW and he says that he will throw them all out.

EXCUSE ME!

Vickie Guerrero is on the stage…SLIMMER! She can see where this is going and as an official team consultant, she won’t allow it. If DX wants a fight, they will wait until Sunday. She orders Team SmackDown to leave the ring. Trips drives the point home, but Trips reminds Jericho that they don’t work for Vickie Guerrero. All Hell breaks loose!

Match Result: No Match

Show Over.

The WWE RAW Report Card

Chris Jericho v. Shawn Michaels never happened: N/R
Melina d. Jillian Hall: F
The Miz d. Marty Jannetty: C
Triple H d. John Cena: A
Randy Orton d. Ted DiBiase: N/R
Team Big Show d. Team MVP: F

The Final Grade for WWE RAW 10.19.09: A

Why an A for RAW? You have five matches. Two that had F grades, but the post match sheganigans made up for them. Triple H beats John Cena in a PPV-quality match. Orton and DiBiase was a good angle that helps DiBiase more than anything else. This show was a GREAT show tonight so I was willing to overlook the lackluster matches. I was entertained greatly.

As always, have a great week!