. >> i want to turn to alphonso for a second because alphonso was successful in getting a modificatio modification, and he didn't use a service. he did it on his own. he's joining us by beeper now. tell us, how did you do it? how did you make it happen? >> first of all, what i did was i made the phone call. that was the first, initial step. i was a little bit hesitant because i was a little behind from a car accident and called them and u.s. bank had started the process. first they filled out a form and found out what my income was and if i was still eligible, sent it in, went through the process. and after the first of the year still hadn't heard anything. called every two weeks. wanted to get the status on it. nobody could give me any pertinent information. after the first of the year, there was a reduction in force at our company. i was laid off. >> wow. >> and that really double fold put me behind. called them in february. set me up on some type of three-month plan to make sure i could still make the payments. made them for three months. january called and said i've made my three

kinsler the hero joining alphonso soriano as the only second base man ever with a 25 homer/20 steal season. this week the rangers host the twins and visit tampa. boston visits toronto and hosts the yankees. espn will probably cover that series. >>> jays and race. tampa four games out of the wild card spot going in. bottom eighth tied at one. bases loaded. 99 problems. that pitch ain't one. hit me. six homers this season. rays win it 5-2. staying very much alive in this wild card race. this week tampa staying home, hosting the orioles and then the rangers. national league wild card situation. giants enter today one game behind colorado for that final playoff spot. bottom ninth tied at two. jeremy hatfield turns it up to daniel murphy. murphy's first game-ending hit. mets win it 3-2. san francisco this week one more game at the mets. then the giants visit cincinnati and colorado. so late in the week between the giants and rockies. >>> mets skipper jerry man well said david wright might miss the rest of the season. wright placed on the 15 day disabled list today with post concussion symptoms