Yanks In (Not Much More Than) A Sentence: Yankees 8, Phillies 5
I’ve got other things on my mind this fine November morning, so let me just say that Girardi managed the dickens out of that one. He used Matsui at the precise right moment, stuck with Pettitte just long enough and handled the relievers the way he did during the regular season. Only Hughes hung himself with the extra rope; I’m a big bird-in-the-hand guy, so I had no problem with using Mariano once Ruiz previewed what the real Phillie hitters would do with errantly placed fastballs. More importantly, the hitters were in ambush mode. That’s what they did all season long: wait for the opposing pitcher to crack the door open a little bit, then come barging through it with noisemakers and cases upon cases of beer.
