Amazing how people are fretting about the Yankees and using hindsight to bash Joe Girardi for having the gall to live or die with one of his top-tier pitchers. A.J. Burnett started Game 5 on three days' rest. He lost because the Phillies have heart and remain the reigning World Champions, not because Burnett was on short rest. If Chad Gaudin would have started his first game in a month and gotten bombed, people would moan over that too.
Memo to the worry-warts: The Yankees lead the World Series three games to two. They need to win one of two games at Yankee Stadium to win their 27th World Championship after taking two of three in Philadelphia. The job isn't done, but that's pretty good, right?
Those ready to jump off a cliff need an image of Alfred E. Newman.
Like the rest of the postseason, I've been covering the home games for YESNetwork.com, while blogging away on the YES Blog, and will be at Game 6 and (if necessary) Game 7. CC Sabathia met his match in Game 1 and Burnett was awesome in Game 2. In Game 6, Andy Pettitte - also on three days' rest - attempts to win his Major League record sixth clinching game.
I'm still covering MMA and looking forward to doing a lot more once baseball is finally over. My debut feature for TapouT/MMA Worldwide magazine, a profile of Frankie Edgar, hits newsstands the middle of this month. Today, MMAJunkie.com published a feature on Brock Larson, a good fighter and great guy out for redemption when he battles Brian Foster at UFC 106.
Future projects include a piece on Miguel Torres and the budding relationship between MMA and boxing training techniques. I'm also looking forward to chatting with Karo Parisyan for FightMagazine.com.
First thing's first: Back to the Bronx tomorrow night.
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