Our starting pitching has been good this whole post season, save Billz weak effort. And even then, our pen has been nails until last night. Maybe it would be a better story to ask Joe Torre why Lowe was pulled and not get a vague answer about his emotions or not liking how Kuo warmed up. But, instead Plaschke comes up with something that would be better used fertilizing my wife’s backyard garden.

Just another reason the Times needs to rid themselves of this clown. He is stupid, fat and shows no signs of improving on either aspect.

Also, and I can’t believe no one’s talking about this, we’ve been extremely unlucky at key points this series. When you think about Manny’s crushed ball that somehow stayed in the park in Game 1 (deepest part of an otherwise bandbox stadium, and would’ve been out if it were a foot higher OR to the right), Blake’s deep ball to center in Game 2, and then last night, my goodness, how many balls did the Dodgers hit hard but right at people? DeWitt in the 1st with two RISP (after Loney misses a HR by a foot), Martin’s DP smash with the bases loaded, Kemp’s seed right at Victorino with 2 RISP in the 7th, and that’s just off the top of my head. It was fitting that the game ended with Kent hammering a ball right at the 3rd baseman. Sure, they still should’ve won, and you have to credit Philadelphia, but let’s face it: they got the breaks against Chicago, and they’re not getting them in this series.