MW: I’m not sure what to say to this. You have a problem with the way Lind and McDonald played this season?

MW: Sorry, I should have answered this one sooner. If the series had gone to seven, I would have started Hamels with J.A. Happ pretty much up in the bullpen from pitch one.

MW: I think it was Mike Hogan’s interview. It’s shoo-in, by the way, and wins isn’t the stat that decides Hall of Fame status among pitchers, unless a guy has 300 or more.

MW: I agree that that was likely Beeston assessment, and I agree that the players shouldn’t have control over the hiring and firing of a manager. But I do think that management has a responsibility to put its players in the best possible position to succeed as often as possible, and Cito simply doesn’t do that.

I win a pizza if the Yanks win it in 6 (definite head over heart bet there), so here’s hoping they wrap it up.

Sutcliffe on Sportnet kept talking about the different strikezone with different umpires. Burnett wasn’t getting the close calls.

Should be exciting tomorrow night.

What feed is sportsnet using fo the game?, It isn’t FOX, and there is no advertising anywhere to see where it is coming from.

MW: Sportsnet used the MLB International feed for the game – they’ve been doing it for a few years now. Congrats on the pizza.

MW: If Hayhurst didn’t know about the clubhouse issue, then he either wasn’t paying attention or wasn’t talking to his teammates.

I am so glad that AJ got the loss and that he was pulled after getting his 6 earned runs.

It looked like the Yankees were going to pull off one of their patented comebacks especially with the way their bullpen hasn’t got it done. I was yelling at the TV last night with Tex up and was not looking forward to an AB with A-Rod and two on.

The world series has been fun to watch and it’s interesting to watch these two teams work. With Utley’s five home runs in the series, will the Yankees just walk him and pitch to the strike out king (of the world series) Howard?

The Phillies bullpen has not been good and against hitters has good as Damon / A-Rod / Posada the Phillies will have to put up alot of runs to take game 6. With Pettitte on there’s a chance again that the Phillies will get the early lead and hopefully will be able to hold it.

Go Phillies!

I agree with the positive comments about Vernon. Let’s hope that he bounces back nicely next spring.

You know, the Phillies’ bats woke up last night and I’m thinking trouble could be ahead for the Yanks. All along, I was thinking that the 3 man rotation could come back to haunt the Yankees. Game 6 is huge. Can 37 yr old Andy Pettitte respond on 3 days rest? Clearly, AJ Burnett had his problems (but that wasn’t necessarlit because he pitched on 3 days rest). If Petitte falters, that forces Game 7 with CC again on 3 days rest. Now I know he is a horse and has been doing this for a while now, but you never know. Maybe I’m wrong, but with the Yankees up 3-1, I might have gone to Chad Gaudin in Game 5, knowing that there was still Game 6 and 7 in New York witha rested Burnett or Petitte for Game 6 and CC for Game 7. If the Phils get into the Yankee ‘pen (before the great Rivera), that changes everything. They have not been effective. Of course, the Philly pen is a powder keg as well.

MW: It is. I was very surprised that Pettitte pitched as effectively as he did in Game 6.

Like him or not Jeter is a solid all around player and there is not a team that wouldn’t take him. Johnny Damon however is the backbone of that Yankees offence he is scary each and every time he is at the plate and even moreso in the late innings. He sure is missed in Beantown!

Someone here (Han Solo) said “defence” doesn’t win games – say what; are you kidding me? Isn’t good solid pitching your best defence? All you need do is look at what the powerful Yankee lineup has done against Cliff Lee and what the Phils have accomplished offensively against CC Sabathia. If you have been watching any of the WS games you would realize that for certain, good defence wins ball games all the time.

What did you think of AJ and the lack of strike calls on his breaking stuff with one umpire Vs another Mike? It really showed when the network did a split screen showing the same pitch and same location calls from two different home plate umpires.

AJ will never be able to keep his cool when he most needs to! Although, it must have been frustrating for him (AJ) not to get the strike calls he was getting in his previous start. I have to say however the ump last night was making very good balls and strike calls – at least from my point of view.

Finally, I thought it was hillarious to see Posada trying to call a second timeout in a row when he was at bat – the look on his face when the pitch (called strike)went sailing past him said it all.

Thanks Mike, take care and keep up the great job you do.

MW: The argument that “they still have to play the games, no matter what the payroll” is seriously, seriously flawed. Remember, that the team with the higher payroll has a far better chance to have the better players, which makes it easier to win when they go out and play the games.

I was looking at the regular season statistics for the Phillies, and for the life of me i can’t figure out how they won so many games with that pitching staff. The starting rotation was bad and Lidge was an absolute disaster. Any chance the Phillies take a chance and let Happ start a game instead of going back to Hamels? Too bad Toronto and Philly couldn’t get the Doc Halladay deal done, i think the Yanks would be in a lot of trouble if Doc was throwing in this series…..

MW: Hopefully the Phillies are now kicking themselves for not making that Halladay deal. As I said in July, the chance to win two or three straight World Series in a short period far outweighs any sort of loss of prospects.