[nocommies]

yes, the diamondbacks won in spite of brenly, just as the yanks have always won in spite of torre. where to begin with torre? i dont know..... one day, rivera is tired and has a bad ankle, the next, he pitches the last 2 innings instead of one..... mendoza and el duque and whomever else were sitting in the pen in the 8th inning, when rivera was out wearing himself out. obviously, rivera was much sharper in the 8th than the 9th, and how about when jeter and oneill back to backed singles in the 7th? WHY WASNT BERNIE WILLIAMS BUNTING? if he had bunted them both over, guess what! jeter AND oneill score on martinez' single. thats a big run now isnt it?

[JoeA]

The reason Torre didn't have Williams bunt (a guess of course) is that he's the cleanup hitter, and supposed to be able to power home runners, not bunt them along bases. And going with Rivera is Torre's standard operating procedure in big games. He's said it many times, Rivera is his closer, and they'll live or die with him.