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Sports of The Times: For Girardi and Manuel, Three Days’ Rest Is the Right Call, and So Is Four

Joe Girardi has used a three-man rotation in the Series. Keep up with the latest news on The Timess baseball blog. Phillies Manager Charlie Manuel did not ask Cliff Lee to start on three days' rest, something Lee has not done in the majors. Full Article at The New York Times

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  1. You’re asking Cliff Lee to do something that he has never did before. But we’re also asking him to do it in a very big, important place, and that’s in the World Series. I didn’t have to think very long at all about that, and neither did Dubee
    Charlie Manuel – Charlie Manuel SOURCE: The New York Times 3 weeks ago
  2. As you look at the success that the Yankees have had over this long stretch, and Mo has been as big a part of that as anyone
    Joe Girardi – Joe Girardi SOURCE: The New York Times 3 weeks ago
  3. Well, if we would have pitched today, we probably would have won. That's the bottom line. A.J. struggled today. He felt good, he just struggled today. That's something that happens in the game of baseball.
    Joe Girardi – Joe Girardi SOURCE: Philadelphia Daily News 3 weeks ago
  4. I was watching him ... Did I think about taking him out? Somewhat. But I wasn't ready to take him out.
    Charlie Manuel – Charlie Manuel SOURCE: The Delaware News Journal 3 weeks ago
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  1. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 23: Yankees Broadcaster Suzyn Waldman arrives at a screening of the '2009 World Series Film: Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Yankees' at the Ziegfeld Theatre on November 23, 2009 in New York City.
  2. New York Mets' Carlos Beltran, left, shares a joke with Puerto Rican artist Marc Anthony, right, as Mets pitcher Johan Santana, second right, and Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Pedro Martinez look on in San Juan, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009.
  3. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 23: Yankees Broadcaster Suzyn Waldman arrives at a screening of the '2009 World Series Film: Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Yankees' at the Ziegfeld Theatre on November 23, 2009 in New York City.
  4. LITTLE FALLS, NJ - NOVEMBER 23: Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra shows off a display of his ten World Series rings to four-time Nascar champion Jimmie Johnson tour the Yogi Berra Museum and and Learning Center on November 23, 2009 in Little Falls, New Jersey.
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