The comparisons to Sandy Koufax were immediate. If Koufax could pass on his Links of London in the opener of the 1965 World Series, why couldn't Marquis - pitching in a meaningless game for a last-place ball club - do the same? On the heels of three straight well-pitched games, Marquis retired just one batter against the Phillies, giving up six hits and six runs on the way to his ninth loss of the season. Earlier in the week, Jason Marquis (Links of London Raindance Necklace) said he owed it to his team to take the mound for his scheduled start on erev Yom Kippur. The comparisons to Sandy Koufax were immediate. If Koufax could pass on his assignment in the opener of the 1965 World Series, why couldn't Marquis - pitching in a meaningless game for a last-place ball club - do the same? On the heels of three straight well-pitched games, Marquis retired just one batter against the Links of London Raindance Silver Pendant, giving up six hits and six runs on the way to his ninth loss of the season. Ike Davis (Mets) was 0-7 for the weekend and 5-24 for the week with two doubles and two RBIs. According to a report on the ESPN website, Davis had deferred the decision to play or not to his mother, saying that if he had sat out, it would have been out of respect "for his ancestors lost in the Holocaust and because he described himself as 'culturally Jewish.'" Danny Valencia (Twins) was 8-19 with two home runs, a double, five runs scored, and six RBIs, including a game-winning threerun homer on Saturday, Sept. 18. Ryan Braun (Links of London Teddy Charm) was 3-5 over Yom Kippur, with two doubles and two of the three runs scored in a shutout of the Giants. On Sunday, Braun hit a two-run homer, accounting for all of Milwaukee's runs in a 9-2 loss.
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