A.J. Burnett was scintillating.
The New York Yankees starter earned his offseason payday.
Make no mistake about it, though, the biggest moment came when Robinson Cano and Derek Jeter bailed Rivera out.
Now the series moves south to the City of Brotherly Love, where Philadelphia fans should give the Yankees a warm greeting.
The Philly perspective
If you told a Phillies fan at the beginning of the year that they would be tied with the Yankees going into game three of the World Series, with Cole Hamels on the Citizens Bank Park mound, don't you think they'd have taken it?
- Charlie Manual's rotation scheduling has a lot of risks.
- In Ole Hoss Cholly and Jimmy Rollins, opposites attract.
- Ed Kracz says Ryan Howard is in a power slump. Is he right, or does someone need to point out Howard is 13-for-40 with 15 runs batted in?
The New York perspective
If momentum is the next day's starting pitcher, don't you think Yankees fans would be happy to have Andy Pettitte starting Game 3 with the series knotted up?
- Alex Rodriguez is half-way to a dubious World Series record.
- The New York press corps. does not have a long memory. The headline says Mark Teixeira finally breaks out. Apparently, they forgot Big Tex had a walkoff home run in the division series..
- Derek Jeter regrets his bunt attempt.
Best Headline: From our very own York Daily Record: "Yankees split to be tied."
Best stat/trivia From USA Today, on pitching with three-days rest: "According to Elias Sports Bureau, during the 1968 season 1,028 of 1,625 major-league games were started by pitchers on three days' rest. .... By 1988 only 221 major-league starts were made on three days' rest. Ten years later, the number dwindled to 50."
Perspectives from around the nation
Elsewhere in baseball Melvin Mora, who spent the last 10 seasons in Baltimore, is no longer an Oriole. Albert the Great says he wants to remain a Cardinal.
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