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— A touchdown, extra point and field goal in the second inning Wednesday wiped out the deficit caused by Bartolo Colon's brief and unsightly start, in which the Angels right-hander gave up four runs and four hits, including two home runs, in the first inning against Tampa Bay. But the Angels couldn't fully revel in their rare offensive outburst, a 10-run, nine-hit second inning that catapulted them to a 15-6 victory in Tropicana Field and kept them tied with Oakland atop the American League West. Their ace, the 2005 AL Cy Young Award winner and a driving force behind two division-winning teams, is headed back to the shelf. Colon said he began feeling "a pinching sensation" in his elbow during his second warm-up pitch in the bullpen and he was unable to throw his breaking ball in the first, when he gave up Rocco Baldelli's two-run home run and Ty Wigginton's solo homer. Manager Mike Scioscia considered sending Colon out for the second inning, but when it took the Angels 34 minutes to send 15 batters to the plate in the top half of the inning, Colon's elbow stiffened and he was replaced by Kevin Gregg. X-rays were negative, and Colon, who sat out the first two months this season because of an inflamed shoulder, was diagnosed with an irritated elbow billy joel lyrics . But Colon says his elbow has been sore for three days, and there was a chance he could return to the disabled list, with left-hander Joe Saunders probably taking his rotation spot. "Let's wait a couple of days; I don't want to jump to any conclusions," Colon said through an interpreter. Asked if the elbow problem was a result of him overcompensating for his shoulder injury, Colon said, "Definitely Yes we didn t start the fire lyrics . I'm finishing pitches with my elbow because I'm trying to protect my shoulder. "Scioscia said he could tell something was wrong with Colon because "the ball wasn't coming out of his hand well. "Fortunately for the Angels, the ball was coming off their bats just fine. The Angels, who improved to 17-5 in July, raked six pitchers for a season-high 20 hits, and their 15 runs were a season high piano man lyrics . Three pitchers threw 56 pitches in the second, an inning in which every Angel scored and two -- Chone Figgins and Maicer Izturis -- each had two hits. Juan Rivera, who is batting . 366 with nine home runs and 22 runs batted in this month, had three hits, including two two-run doubles, and Izturis had three hits and three RBIs. Robb Quinlan had two hits and three RBIs, rookie Howie Kendrick had two hits, including his first big league homer, and the Angels, who were three for 14 with runners in scoring position in Tuesday's loss, were 11 for 25 on Wednesday. "That's a good week," Scioscia said of the Angels' performance in the clutch we didn t start the fire . "That's something we've struggled with all year. "The Angels were one of baseball's worst offensive teams three months into the season, and much of their focus before Monday's trading deadline has been on acquiring an impact bat. But contributions began pouring in this month, in which the Angels are hitting . 307 and averaging 6. 2 runs a game. Now, there seems to be a feeling that a few step-up performances from non-marquee players might equal the impact of one booming bat. "Adding one bat would have been nice, but the reality is, the first few months, we were looking for 2 1/2 bats," Scioscia said.
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More than 2 million California residents have some sort of air purifier, and other types can be safe and effective, the air board staff said. "This is a landmark decision," said Mary Nichols, chairwoman of the Air Resources Board. "State government needed to set up [its] own standards on air purifiers because many [marketers] indeed are deceiving the public," said former Assemblywoman Fran Pavley, who sponsored a law requiring the board to rein in so-called ozone generators Billy Joel - billyjoel . "There are reports of ozone being generated in someone's living room movin out . at levels equivalent to having a Stage 1 smog alert right in your own house. "The new regulation, which takes effect in 2009, will exempt industrial and commercial uses of ozone generators, as long as people are not present. The machines deliberately inject ozone into a living room or bedroom, or directly into nasal passages via a personal breathing device worn around the neck billy joel's moving out . They have been marketed on the radio and over the Internet for years under brand names such as Living Air Purifier, Mountain Air or Fresh Air Billy Joel . The companies also employ direct marketing, in which salespeople who say they are satisfied consumers go door-to-door or advertise the products to friends and colleagues, then earn a commission for each unit sold. Many direct marketers spoke at the air board's public hearing Thursday in Diamond Bar . Billy Joel tickets Most, however, identified themselves not as salespeople but as consumers who said their own health, that of asthmatic children, their aging parents and even depressed pets had been dramatically improved after use of ozone purifiers sold by EcoQuest, a Tennessee-based company. "God gave humans these air purifiers, and you should not take away that gift," said Debra Perkins of Corona, weeping as she told how she felt the product had improved her mother's breathing Billy Joel - LiveDaily . Perkins said later that she was speaking not because she sells the devices, but because she believed so strongly as a registered nurse that they had helped her and her family. She said she first became a distributor after seeing them displayed at the Los Angeles County Fair .
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