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Down 3-1, good luck with that, Cliff Lee. Perhaps that might have been more useful down 2-1?

At any rate, the Yankees get good work from CC Sabathia on three days rest, and overcome a shaky bullpen by beating Philly’s shaky bullpen late in the best game of the series from a big moments perspective. And, because it is now relevant, the six times that a team has erased a three games to one deficit in the World Series.

Mike Lupica with a few words on Alex Rodriguez and a few more on the heady play by Johnny Damon in getting to third while stealing second in the ninth. With two outs, that mattered because it would make it a little harder for Brad Lidge to unleash the slider. Wild pitch concerns and what not. One batter later, Rodriguez was playing hero.

So now the Phillies look to stay alive behind their ace, while Joe Girardi rides the short rest train and AJ Burnett tonight in Game 5, Pettitte and Sabathia if necessary for the rest of the series. Yankees well established on the high ground at this point.

Earlier this week, in responding to one of the more ridiculous questions tossed at him about Alex Rodriguez and steroids, in response to a question asking what was worse than taking steroids, Johnny Damon said:

Murder is worse.

True dat. Score one for Damon.

You know what else is worse than taking steroids? Having your assets frozen because you are invested through a broker with the Stanford Financial Group. Johnny Damon and Xavier Nady are two of millions who are wondering how much of their particular pile of money they will be able to access. If the Stanford scam was like the Madoff scam, the answer, I am guessing, is “not much.”.