Truly more news of the same. Baseball and market trends.

The Dow continued Monday with a mood and outlook that can only be described as Emo. It finished -370 after recovering from being more than 600 down earlier in the day. This melodramatically brought the Dow below 10,000 since it first broke that mark on some date in the past. This is only part of an ongoing trend in which the market has been seen, plummeting, wearing black mascara and listening to Dashboard Confessional.

Even depressing stuff like that can't stop baseball from pressing on. Upon last report, the Angels and White Sox had their backs against the wall, both in 0-2 holes. Both used Sunday to prolong their seasons, if only for one more day. The ChiSox managed to prevent the Windy City from going 0-for-the playoffs before choking Monday evening sending the Rays to the ALCS. The Angels managed to find the plate in the 12th inning late Sunday night. This forced a game 4 in Boston which brought unfortunate news only minutes before the opening pitch. Mike Lowell had been placed on the DL, rendering him ineligible for the remainder of this series and all of the next. Fortunately, Jacoby Ellsbury has taken it upon himself to cover every inch of field behind the pitcher's mound, and Jason Bay, being a former Pirate, still has no idea how to react to post season pressure, so he keeps playing great ball like it's June. It was 2-2 in the bottom of the 9th when rookie Jed Lowrie slapped a ball into right field sending Bay home from second and the BoSox into the ALCS to face the Rays. The analysts are already talking up Tampa because apparently they don't keep a calendar handy at ESPN. It's October now and the Red Sox are in town.