1. Charlie Manuel is an idiot. Putting Pedro back out there in the 7th inning of game 2, Not pulling Hamels earlier in game 3, not pitching Cliff Lee on short rest against CC, Putting Brad Lidge in with the game on the line in game 4, pulling Shane Victorino in game 5. All really bonehead moves IMO. The most glaring of which is putting Brad Lidge into the game, yes I know he's your closer but his ERA was over 7 this year, 7! He blew 11 saves! 11! Why would you ever do that? Also not pitching Cliff Lee against CC was another giant mistake, sure pitching every 4 days over the course of a season isn't the best of ideas, but when the season is on the line and you've got several months of rest afterwords, why wouldn't you do it?
2. The slumps of Ryan Howard and Mark Texiera, somehow this always seems to happen in the post season, the big sluggers you expect to carry the team go silent. Now Howard's slump is more recent (confined to the WS) while Texieras has been going on all post season.
3. I really want the Phillies to win, I don't really care all that much but I have a lot more friends who are Phillies fans than I do who are Yankees fans. Plus fuck the Yankees.
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