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Fair points, but I would not excuse the batter from your observation. How many times can a cup be adjusted? How many times can batting gloves be unstrapped, then strapped again? Often times, there seems to be a game of chicken going between the hitter and the pitcher. What I would like to see more than a pitch clock is the elimination of the comically late time outs granted by umpires if a batter encounters one particle of his being that does not feel just right. If the pitchers are on the clock, the batters should be required to get in the box and be ready to hit once they are in there. Enough with the pitchers having to derail their throws and sky one into the nets because a hitter's cup needed to be jostled for the 17th time.
15-minute warning. Let's rip and run until 3 p.m.
What is the tone in camp? relaxed? down to business? For whatever reason, from the outside, this seems like a group that likes to be around one another. I truly feel that translates to the field.
I'll let you know when I get there in March, but all signs seem to be positive based on the reports from my colleagues. That said, it would be more newsworthy if there were bad signs upon arrival. Spring training is full of optimism. It's part of what made the end of the Matheny run so clear. Things were off at spring. I expect this camp to be much more positive, and in some ways (bullpen, specially) more competitive. Cleaning up some of the ragged play of previous seasons will be a major component of the camp. Interested to see how Shildt goes about that, and what the results are.
Tonight feels like a trap game for the Blues, hopefully I'm wrong.
They have to lose at some point, and they are 13-13-2 at home this season. This would be their fourth consecutive home win. They had not had more than two before this run all season. A win tonight means more for these reasons.
Up for a challenge? I think it might be easier for you to construct a scenario where Kris Bryant winds up a Cardinal in the next year or so vs. one where Harper or Machado wear birds on the bat.
Bryant is not big on St. Louis, haven't you heard? Boring question. So, so boring.
My issue is not with "can Dexter Fowler bounce back," but more of the question that even if he goes back to '16 and '17 form, will that be enough to put them at the top of the division? My gut says no. The Cubs are the Cubs, and the Brewers roster is still being built IMO. The Reds are much improved, and the Cardinals could struggle with the Pirates. We are automatically 3-4 games worse off from last year just by Homer Bailey not pitching in the division. I was pro-Harper for the simple fact that I didn't feel that an MVP Paul Goldschmidt was enough to win the Central even with a bounce back Fowler. Paul Goldschmidt was the best possible get in the entire market, but I have held since August that the Cardinals were at least two bats away from winning the Central.
Fowler hit a career-high 18 home runs and slugged a career-high .488 in 2017.
The Cardinals would LOVE that kind of production from him.
If he can replicate that, he will not be the reason the Cardinals don't get to their desired goal.
Sure. The front office was not as optimistic about Gregerson's outlook at Winter Warm-Up as Gregerson is about himself. No surprise there. As always, proof is in the performance. Or is it pudding?
Which ex-Cardinal will have the best 2019?
Does Boras really believe the Moose is going to get a huge contract? He drives in runs, but, he has trouble getting on base.
He believed it last year, so I imagine he will believe it once again.
Moustakas also had to take a pillow deal last year, and I would not be surprised if he has to do it again.
Yet ANOTHER reason Harper and Machado would be crazy, in my opinion, to take a high-paying one-year deal.
Higher risk of hurting your stock than helping it.
Ben - Recently an accomplished, successful person in town suggested to me that the NFL might nudge the Chargers to move to STL in exchange for lawsuits being dropped before embarrassing information could be revealed/leaked in the discovery process. The insider suggested talks may be far more advanced than reported. I found this incredibly hard to believe. Have you heard anything formally or informally about this as a possibility?
I haven't heard that from anyone I would consider a credible source. The only thing that has been out there about it publicly was the report from Jason Cole that the NFL might consider planting its lost Las Vegas team in STL for a year before it completes its move. I can't imagine there would be much of an appetite for that here locally. And to my understanding, the lawyers leading the charge on the relocation lawsuit are not interested in any other outcome than discovery. I'd be surprised if they changed their tune. I don't think the NFL has a home here anymore.
Who wins tonight between the Hogs and Truman?
I always bet against Mike Anderson when his team is on the road.
Do you really believe that the MLS is asking the STL group for more corporate support, knowing that it is an impossible ask? After all, StL has been losing Fortune 500 companies for years.
Remember this was the major critique that the NFL had about the StL market and many NFL owners are MLS owners. Just give your honest opinion here.
I have doubts that the corporate environment is strong enough to satisfy MLS. StL population and economic growth simply hasn’t kept up with its Midwestern competitors.
If I did not believe it, I would not have made it the focus of a column.
The NFL's critique was bogus and slanted on multiple fronts, as anyone who read it with a clear mind could point out.
I do agree that there is that question lingering about STL, in part due to the Rams' relocation complaints.
With MLS, St. Louis is getting a chance to combat that narrative. It's not the only way to combat the narrative. But it is one way.
If the ownership group has as much support in the local business community as it has before asking folks to put pen to paper, this should not be a major hurdle.
True or false: when you have 3 right fielders you have no right fielder?
But you better not waste too much time starting the wrong one.
I have an apology to make to you. I have gotten tired of your pro DH rants although they make some sense. I am an older generation baseball fan so I am appalled at 5he thought of DH in NL. Then when news reports had MLB possibly bargaining for DH in NL THIS year all of a sudden I found m6 self thinking. “ Hooray! We can watch Jose Martinez bat every game this year. I guess you have won me over.
Welcome to the club. All is forgiven. You have joined the right side of history.
I am concerned that the Cards will give more at bats to Jose Martinez than Tyler O'Neill this year, who has more upside long-term. Unless you let the kid play and take his lumps, he is not going to rise to the next level. He will be wasted, sort of like Luke Voit.
Tyler O'Neill is not going to be derailed if he has to scrap for at-bats this season. I think he realizes left field could be up for grabs sooner rather than later.
Jon Heyman on the twitter this morning says Harper isn't going to consider short-term offers.
There we have it. Harper is listening to me, clearly.
Is Tyler O'Neill an everyday OF for the Cardinals in 2020?
When are you and Benjamin gonna 2 Bens in Cars again? And who would win in 1-on-1 basketball?
TBD, and me, of course.
Is there any trepidation about committing serious money to Mikolas after one good season?
I think the Cardinals are very much interested in locking him him for a longer term.
Much diversity in the pitches he can offer.
Interest in sticking around due to ties to Jupiter and STL.
Seems like a no-brainer if both sides can get the money figured out.
I really need to know... does Rob Manfred actually like baseball?
I would love to answer this, but my pitch clock has expired.
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It helps us keep these chats and all of our sports coverage rolling.
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Los Angeles County firefighters attack flames approaching the Salvation Army camps in Malibu Creek State Park during the Woolsey Fire on Nov. 10, 2018.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday heard from fire officials and residents about the response to the Woolsey Fire. At times, the meeting was tense.
County fire chief Daryl Osby said it's unprecedented for major fires to be burning throughout the state at this time of year.
Malibu residents thanked firefighters, but also expressed frustration over what they said was a lack of notice to evacuate and trouble getting out along the Pacific Coast Highway.
In between all the geek speak at today's VMForce event, see coverage from Larry Dignan and Sam Diaz, three questions kept creeping into my mind:How much?What does this means for other app vendors?
What does this means for other app vendors?
The answer to the 'how much' question is elusive. In conversation with Parker Harris, co-founder Salesforce.com and Rod Johnson, who leads VMWare's SpringSource unit the answer seems to be 'we're not sure,' despite assurances that VMForce will monetize its efforts. My view is it has to fall within what the uber geek community consider a sensible budget i.e. open-source, credit card or less cost. In a later conversation with Marc Benioff, CEO Salesforce.com I got a little closer to a definitive answer: "We'd like to get this as low cost as possible - maybe some will be free." The reality is we'll have to wait and see but don't be surprised if at least baseline functionality from VMForce is free. David Dobrin confirms the 'free' elements in his private circulation newsletter.
But I think we have to step back a bit and ask a more fundamental question. My experience among uber geeks is that they often gravitate towards open source but ultimately they want the best tools for the job. If that's VMForce then that's what they'll use. However, VMForce will have to fast track the building of a vibrant community of enthusiastic developers who find value they can't get elsewhere. You can argue that already exists among Java fans and SpringSource but we should remember VMForce represents a segment of the total developer community.
One of the ways Salesforce.com and VMWare can demonstrate commitment is by re-architecting Salesforce.com onto VMForce. While Harris and Johnson would not go that far, Benioff was not as coy: "We're re-architecting Salesforce.com onto VMForce," he said. The company won't throw any babies out with the existing bathwater but that's the bet he's placing as part of a larger Chatter/mobile play. This has implications elsewhere.
Both Oracle and SAP are substantial Java shops. There have been concerns among Java fans that somehow, Oracle would mess up the open source Java community. VMForce spikes that because if Oracle chooses to play fast and loose then VMForce could become a natural safe haven. SAP on the other hand has been conflicted over Java. Co-founder Hasso Plattner has said that he'd like to eliminate Java from SAP apps. That is neither realistic nor likely to happen. More recently, the company has been making fresh commitments to Java and Eclipse. Both SAP and VMForce/Salesforce.com like to talk about open-ness so this could present new opportunities for SAP developers to consider VMForce as a pathway to bringing cloud based apps into their environments where it makes sense to do so and where the VMForce platform provides what developers need.
Whichever way you look at it, VMForce has the potential to become a wedge by which Salesforce.com and FinancialForce drive adoption in businesses that might not require the functional weight of SAP/Oracle apps but need something that has development legs. I can see that proving compelling to those who look at cloud but worry there is not enough by way of customizing capability. I also see it as offering opportunity for much needed vertical market apps so that the market for cloud based applications can expand from its relatively limited footprint.
In the meantime, expect to hear a LOT more about VMForce and Chatter becoming the platforms through which Salesforce.com morphs into the almost-but-not-quite-neutral PaaS solution for upper mid sized companies. Where will you hear that? Again, in conversation with Benioff, he said the company is starting to become a media entity, hiring no more than maybe 10 journalist types to lead the company's messaging. It won't be independent in the strict sense of the word but Benioff has promised a light touch. If he keeps to his word and does not control the message to within an inch of its existence then Salesforce.com becomes a highly potent messaging force that will become a big part of driving adoption.
Disclosure: Salesforce.com funded my travel and hotel expenses for attending the VMForce event.
Newbiggin Sports Centre, one of the many places people can take their real Christmas trees to be recycled.
Residents are being offered advice on how to dispose of their waste from the Christmas holidays.
Northumberland County Council is providing advice and facilities to help dispose of the extra household waste while protecting the environment.
Real Christmas trees can be taken to any Northumberland household waste recovery centre, where they are collected and recycled along with other items of garden waste.
The council has also arranged some additional recycling points across the county, where you can take real Christmas trees during early January.
Residents can recycle tins, paper, cards and plastic bottles in their normal recycling bin, and a wide range of items can also be taken to household waste recovery centres.
Coun Glen Sanderson, cabinet member for environment and local services at the county council, said: “It is just as important to recycle and compost over the Christmas and New Year period as it is at other times of the year.
“In fact, over Christmas, we generate around 30 per cent more waste than normal and a lot of this can be recycled or composted.
“Please visit the council’s website to find out where you can recycle your real Christmas tree, see tips to reduce food waste during the party season, find details about your local household waste recovery centre and see changes to bin collection days.
A MASKED man stabbed a 17-year-old boy to death in a fight outside a block of flats in London last night.
Brave neighbours told how they rushed to save the teen, who was chased by two attackers to Union Lane, Iselworth, and left for dead after the assault.
The victim was found covered in blood at the scene and struggled to breathe as a hero couple called the cops.
His hooded attackers fled the scene on foot before jumping into a blacked-out sports car and driving off.
Police have launched a murder probe following the death of the teenager shortly after 10.30pm.
Officers found the teen suffering from stab wounds and gave him first aid until the paramedics arrived.
However, the victim – believed to be a 17-year-old boy - was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later.
The husband and wife who called the police told of their horror at seeing the bloodied victim on the ground after the fight.
They said they heard shouting and looked out of their flat to see the teenager being assaulted by two people.
The boy was bleeding from the mouth. The blood was everywhere.
One of the perpetrators had his face covered, according to the pair - neither of whom wished to be named.
The husband, a 33-year-old engineer, said: "It was one guy who was massive with, like, a mask on his face and another small guy.
"They were kicking him, but it was dark so it was hard to see exactly what was happening."
By the time the pair went downstairs to the scene they said the two attackers had left.
His wife, aged 35, added: "The boy was bleeding from the mouth. The blood was everywhere.
"He was still alive, there was someone else there trying to help by checking his pulse. He was responding but he couldn't speak."
Her husband added: "It's sad that he died."
Witness Carmela Staltari, 43, said: "I heard a big scream and yelling.
"We saw three guys running away with black hoods and two neighbours trying to rescue him.
"They ran away to a black sports car with dark windows. I couldn't sleep last night."
Halima Abubaker, a 22-year-old hairdresser, said she saw two males "running for their lives" around the time of the incident.
She said: "I just heard loads of people, then there was seven police cars and two vans.
"I've lived here two years and nothing like this has happened. I feel really sick."
Police said the victim had been in nearby Syon Park with a group of other people before the attack.

Fair points, but I would not excuse the batter from your observation. How many times can a cup be adjusted? How many times can batting gloves be unstrapped, then strapped again? Often times, there seems to be a game of chicken going between the hitter and the pitcher. What I would like to see more than a pitch clock is the elimination of the comically late time outs granted by umpires if a batter encounters one particle of his being that does not feel just right. If the pitchers are on the clock, the batters should be required to get in the box and be ready to hit once they are in there. Enough with the pitchers having to derail their throws and sky one into the nets because a hitter's cup needed to be jostled for the 17th time.

15-minute warning. Let's rip and run until 3 p.m.

What is the tone in camp? relaxed? down to business? For whatever reason, from the outside, this seems like a group that likes to be around one another. I truly feel that translates to the field.

I'll let you know when I get there in March, but all signs seem to be positive based on the reports from my colleagues. That said, it would be more newsworthy if there were bad signs upon arrival. Spring training is full of optimism. It's part of what made the end of the Matheny run so clear. Things were off at spring. I expect this camp to be much more positive, and in some ways (bullpen, specially) more competitive. Cleaning up some of the ragged play of previous seasons will be a major component of the camp. Interested to see how Shildt goes about that, and what the results are.

Tonight feels like a trap game for the Blues, hopefully I'm wrong.

They have to lose at some point, and they are 13-13-2 at home this season. This would be their fourth consecutive home win. They had not had more than two before this run all season. A win tonight means more for these reasons.

Up for a challenge? I think it might be easier for you to construct a scenario where Kris Bryant winds up a Cardinal in the next year or so vs. one where Harper or Machado wear birds on the bat.

Bryant is not big on St. Louis, haven't you heard? Boring question. So, so boring.

My issue is not with "can Dexter Fowler bounce back," but more of the question that even if he goes back to '16 and '17 form, will that be enough to put them at the top of the division? My gut says no. The Cubs are the Cubs, and the Brewers roster is still being built IMO. The Reds are much improved, and the Cardinals could struggle with the Pirates. We are automatically 3-4 games worse off from last year just by Homer Bailey not pitching in the division. I was pro-Harper for the simple fact that I didn't feel that an MVP Paul Goldschmidt was enough to win the Central even with a bounce back Fowler. Paul Goldschmidt was the best possible get in the entire market, but I have held since August that the Cardinals were at least two bats away from winning the Central.

Fowler hit a career-high 18 home runs and slugged a career-high .488 in 2017.

The Cardinals would LOVE that kind of production from him.

If he can replicate that, he will not be the reason the Cardinals don't get to their desired goal.

Sure. The front office was not as optimistic about Gregerson's outlook at Winter Warm-Up as Gregerson is about himself. No surprise there. As always, proof is in the performance. Or is it pudding?

Which ex-Cardinal will have the best 2019?

Does Boras really believe the Moose is going to get a huge contract? He drives in runs, but, he has trouble getting on base.

He believed it last year, so I imagine he will believe it once again.

Moustakas also had to take a pillow deal last year, and I would not be surprised if he has to do it again.

Yet ANOTHER reason Harper and Machado would be crazy, in my opinion, to take a high-paying one-year deal.

Higher risk of hurting your stock than helping it.

Ben - Recently an accomplished, successful person in town suggested to me that the NFL might nudge the Chargers to move to STL in exchange for lawsuits being dropped before embarrassing information could be revealed/leaked in the discovery process. The insider suggested talks may be far more advanced than reported. I found this incredibly hard to believe. Have you heard anything formally or informally about this as a possibility?

I haven't heard that from anyone I would consider a credible source. The only thing that has been out there about it publicly was the report from Jason Cole that the NFL might consider planting its lost Las Vegas team in STL for a year before it completes its move. I can't imagine there would be much of an appetite for that here locally. And to my understanding, the lawyers leading the charge on the relocation lawsuit are not interested in any other outcome than discovery. I'd be surprised if they changed their tune. I don't think the NFL has a home here anymore.

Who wins tonight between the Hogs and Truman?

I always bet against Mike Anderson when his team is on the road.

Do you really believe that the MLS is asking the STL group for more corporate support, knowing that it is an impossible ask? After all, StL has been losing Fortune 500 companies for years.

Remember this was the major critique that the NFL had about the StL market and many NFL owners are MLS owners. Just give your honest opinion here.

I have doubts that the corporate environment is strong enough to satisfy MLS. StL population and economic growth simply hasn’t kept up with its Midwestern competitors.

If I did not believe it, I would not have made it the focus of a column.

The NFL's critique was bogus and slanted on multiple fronts, as anyone who read it with a clear mind could point out.

I do agree that there is that question lingering about STL, in part due to the Rams' relocation complaints.

With MLS, St. Louis is getting a chance to combat that narrative. It's not the only way to combat the narrative. But it is one way.

If the ownership group has as much support in the local business community as it has before asking folks to put pen to paper, this should not be a major hurdle.

True or false: when you have 3 right fielders you have no right fielder?

But you better not waste too much time starting the wrong one.

I have an apology to make to you. I have gotten tired of your pro DH rants although they make some sense. I am an older generation baseball fan so I am appalled at 5he thought of DH in NL. Then when news reports had MLB possibly bargaining for DH in NL THIS year all of a sudden I found m6 self thinking. “ Hooray! We can watch Jose Martinez bat every game this year. I guess you have won me over.

Welcome to the club. All is forgiven. You have joined the right side of history.

I am concerned that the Cards will give more at bats to Jose Martinez than Tyler O'Neill this year, who has more upside long-term. Unless you let the kid play and take his lumps, he is not going to rise to the next level. He will be wasted, sort of like Luke Voit.

Tyler O'Neill is not going to be derailed if he has to scrap for at-bats this season. I think he realizes left field could be up for grabs sooner rather than later.

Jon Heyman on the twitter this morning says Harper isn't going to consider short-term offers.

There we have it. Harper is listening to me, clearly.

Is Tyler O'Neill an everyday OF for the Cardinals in 2020?

When are you and Benjamin gonna 2 Bens in Cars again? And who would win in 1-on-1 basketball?

TBD, and me, of course.

Is there any trepidation about committing serious money to Mikolas after one good season?

I think the Cardinals are very much interested in locking him him for a longer term.

Much diversity in the pitches he can offer.

Interest in sticking around due to ties to Jupiter and STL.

Seems like a no-brainer if both sides can get the money figured out.

I really need to know... does Rob Manfred actually like baseball?

I would love to answer this, but my pitch clock has expired.

THANK YOU to everyone who joined, and one more plug, if you will allow it.

Please consider grabbing this great steal of a deal on a digital subscription.

It helps us keep these chats and all of our sports coverage rolling.

We appreciate you. Thanks again. Talk next week.

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Los Angeles County firefighters attack flames approaching the Salvation Army camps in Malibu Creek State Park during the Woolsey Fire on Nov. 10, 2018.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday heard from fire officials and residents about the response to the Woolsey Fire. At times, the meeting was tense.

County fire chief Daryl Osby said it's unprecedented for major fires to be burning throughout the state at this time of year.

Malibu residents thanked firefighters, but also expressed frustration over what they said was a lack of notice to evacuate and trouble getting out along the Pacific Coast Highway.

In between all the geek speak at today's VMForce event, see coverage from Larry Dignan and Sam Diaz, three questions kept creeping into my mind:How much?What does this means for other app vendors?

What does this means for other app vendors?

The answer to the 'how much' question is elusive. In conversation with Parker Harris, co-founder Salesforce.com and Rod Johnson, who leads VMWare's SpringSource unit the answer seems to be 'we're not sure,' despite assurances that VMForce will monetize its efforts. My view is it has to fall within what the uber geek community consider a sensible budget i.e. open-source, credit card or less cost. In a later conversation with Marc Benioff, CEO Salesforce.com I got a little closer to a definitive answer: "We'd like to get this as low cost as possible - maybe some will be free." The reality is we'll have to wait and see but don't be surprised if at least baseline functionality from VMForce is free. David Dobrin confirms the 'free' elements in his private circulation newsletter.

But I think we have to step back a bit and ask a more fundamental question. My experience among uber geeks is that they often gravitate towards open source but ultimately they want the best tools for the job. If that's VMForce then that's what they'll use. However, VMForce will have to fast track the building of a vibrant community of enthusiastic developers who find value they can't get elsewhere. You can argue that already exists among Java fans and SpringSource but we should remember VMForce represents a segment of the total developer community.

One of the ways Salesforce.com and VMWare can demonstrate commitment is by re-architecting Salesforce.com onto VMForce. While Harris and Johnson would not go that far, Benioff was not as coy: "We're re-architecting Salesforce.com onto VMForce," he said. The company won't throw any babies out with the existing bathwater but that's the bet he's placing as part of a larger Chatter/mobile play. This has implications elsewhere.

Both Oracle and SAP are substantial Java shops. There have been concerns among Java fans that somehow, Oracle would mess up the open source Java community. VMForce spikes that because if Oracle chooses to play fast and loose then VMForce could become a natural safe haven. SAP on the other hand has been conflicted over Java. Co-founder Hasso Plattner has said that he'd like to eliminate Java from SAP apps. That is neither realistic nor likely to happen. More recently, the company has been making fresh commitments to Java and Eclipse. Both SAP and VMForce/Salesforce.com like to talk about open-ness so this could present new opportunities for SAP developers to consider VMForce as a pathway to bringing cloud based apps into their environments where it makes sense to do so and where the VMForce platform provides what developers need.

Whichever way you look at it, VMForce has the potential to become a wedge by which Salesforce.com and FinancialForce drive adoption in businesses that might not require the functional weight of SAP/Oracle apps but need something that has development legs. I can see that proving compelling to those who look at cloud but worry there is not enough by way of customizing capability. I also see it as offering opportunity for much needed vertical market apps so that the market for cloud based applications can expand from its relatively limited footprint.

In the meantime, expect to hear a LOT more about VMForce and Chatter becoming the platforms through which Salesforce.com morphs into the almost-but-not-quite-neutral PaaS solution for upper mid sized companies. Where will you hear that? Again, in conversation with Benioff, he said the company is starting to become a media entity, hiring no more than maybe 10 journalist types to lead the company's messaging. It won't be independent in the strict sense of the word but Benioff has promised a light touch. If he keeps to his word and does not control the message to within an inch of its existence then Salesforce.com becomes a highly potent messaging force that will become a big part of driving adoption.

Disclosure: Salesforce.com funded my travel and hotel expenses for attending the VMForce event.

Newbiggin Sports Centre, one of the many places people can take their real Christmas trees to be recycled.

Residents are being offered advice on how to dispose of their waste from the Christmas holidays.

Northumberland County Council is providing advice and facilities to help dispose of the extra household waste while protecting the environment.

Real Christmas trees can be taken to any Northumberland household waste recovery centre, where they are collected and recycled along with other items of garden waste.

The council has also arranged some additional recycling points across the county, where you can take real Christmas trees during early January.

Residents can recycle tins, paper, cards and plastic bottles in their normal recycling bin, and a wide range of items can also be taken to household waste recovery centres.

Coun Glen Sanderson, cabinet member for environment and local services at the county council, said: “It is just as important to recycle and compost over the Christmas and New Year period as it is at other times of the year.

“In fact, over Christmas, we generate around 30 per cent more waste than normal and a lot of this can be recycled or composted.

“Please visit the council’s website to find out where you can recycle your real Christmas tree, see tips to reduce food waste during the party season, find details about your local household waste recovery centre and see changes to bin collection days.

A MASKED man stabbed a 17-year-old boy to death in a fight outside a block of flats in London last night.

Brave neighbours told how they rushed to save the teen, who was chased by two attackers to Union Lane, Iselworth, and left for dead after the assault.

The victim was found covered in blood at the scene and struggled to breathe as a hero couple called the cops.

His hooded attackers fled the scene on foot before jumping into a blacked-out sports car and driving off.

Police have launched a murder probe following the death of the teenager shortly after 10.30pm.

Officers found the teen suffering from stab wounds and gave him first aid until the paramedics arrived.

However, the victim – believed to be a 17-year-old boy - was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later.

The husband and wife who called the police told of their horror at seeing the bloodied victim on the ground after the fight.

They said they heard shouting and looked out of their flat to see the teenager being assaulted by two people.

The boy was bleeding from the mouth. The blood was everywhere.

One of the perpetrators had his face covered, according to the pair - neither of whom wished to be named.

The husband, a 33-year-old engineer, said: "It was one guy who was massive with, like, a mask on his face and another small guy.

"They were kicking him, but it was dark so it was hard to see exactly what was happening."

By the time the pair went downstairs to the scene they said the two attackers had left.

His wife, aged 35, added: "The boy was bleeding from the mouth. The blood was everywhere.

"He was still alive, there was someone else there trying to help by checking his pulse. He was responding but he couldn't speak."

Her husband added: "It's sad that he died."

Witness Carmela Staltari, 43, said: "I heard a big scream and yelling.

"We saw three guys running away with black hoods and two neighbours trying to rescue him.

"They ran away to a black sports car with dark windows. I couldn't sleep last night."

Halima Abubaker, a 22-year-old hairdresser, said she saw two males "running for their lives" around the time of the incident.

She said: "I just heard loads of people, then there was seven police cars and two vans.

"I've lived here two years and nothing like this has happened. I feel really sick."

Police said the victim had been in nearby Syon Park with a group of other people before the attack.