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Girardi got either desperate or cocky: he figured that, since he has three really nice starters and...Joba, it would be better to pitch those three on short rest rather than give them a better chance of success on full rest and risk a mediocre Chamberlain outing costing a game and bullpen flexibility. Instead, a bad Burnett outing cost them a game and bullpen flexibility (though the off-day helps), they have to pitch a 37-year-old on short rest in Game Six and Game Seven will be Sabathia on short rest again plus $161 million worth of pressure on his shoulders.
Plus, the Phillies will likely have Lee available for Game Seven, if he's needed to relieve. In regards to Utley, I have this to say: the way you become "Mr. November" is by tying, or breaking, the home run record of "Mr. October", not by Michael Kay screaming it in a moment of joy.
This series definitely is not over.
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"Final thought: I just rented Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine. Frankly, it was the worst sports movie I've ever seen."
--Peter Schmuck, The (Baltimore) Sun
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