[andyfox]

I agree that the pitch to Posada should have been called strike three, but I still think Pudge loses too many of those calls by jerking the ball closer to the plate as he does. I remember the same thing happening to the Rangers in their playoffs against the Yankees when Pudge caught there.

The Marilins line-up sure looks lame compared to, say, Boston's. I think this is one reason why I felt the Cubs and Marlins looked inferior to the Yankees and Red Sox. But as I say, when a team isn't hitting, they look kind of sick. If they light up Clemens for 4 or 5 runs early tonight, like the Sox did, they're back. Again, the Yankees fielding could be their undoing--note the poor plays by Garcia on the play in question, by Williams/Garcia on Pierre's first inning fly ball, and by Boone, who seems to have trouble coming in on slow ground balls.