World Series thoughts

So I haven't commented on baseball since just shortly after the playoffs started but here we sit in the middle of game 5 of the World Series.  Going into last nights game, Carlos Pena and Evan Longoria were struggling in the Series, but that's not unusual.  It seems to happen to some of the best hitters in just about every World Series.  In '04 Jim Edmonds, with a career AVG. near .300, hit just 1-15.  In '01 Derek Jeter went 4-27.  And Eddie Murphy in 2 Series covering 13 games, hit 6-45 for a .133 AVG.  You know the person is capable, you just wonder if the Series will go long enough for them to break out of the funk.  I think it has for Pena and Longoria, and I think (hope) that is bad news for the Phillies.

Speaking of the Phillies, their fans love to boo.  I swear during the 5 1/2 innings I watched last night that they booed about 10 times for various "reasons."  A Rays player came out of the dugout, a pitch came within 2 feet of one of their precious hitters, Kazmir made a pick-off move to first, Kazmir said something to the ump about pitchers mound turning into a mud pie.  It just never stopped.  One time that they didn't boo, which they should have was when Cole Hamels made about 8 throws over to first base before even throwing a pitch to Carlos Pena in the 6th.

I think this Series is shaping up nicely.  I was very depressed after game 4, but after seeing the Rays hold their own in game 5 and pretty much cancel out a Cole Hamels start I think they'll be okay.  They may not win, but it will be going back to Tampa...thankfully no rain in the Trop.