Quick World Series Game 2 Points.

1. First base umpire Brian Gorman made two mistakes but only one of them was what I would consider bad. The out call of Utley on the double play was the bad call. Utley was clearly safe on the play while it happened, I didn't need instant replay to tell me. The other call was the double play that Ryan Howard trapped. Gorman made the incorrect call but I wouldn't call it "bad" because as it was happening I think most people thought he caught it. It took a very slow motion replay to prove that the ball short hopped Howard, and even at that it was a very short short hop.

2. Despite Tim McCarver's (and subsequently other people) whining about Charlie Manuel not starting the runners in the eight (3-2 count, 1 out, runners on 1st and 2nd) he made the right call not to start them. For starters Utley only ground into five double plays all year. You also ran the risk of him lining into a double play and leaving Ryan Howard in the on-deck circle to end the inning. If Manuel had started the runners there would have been runners on 2nd and 3rd with first base open and then Mo Rivera gives Howard nothing to hit. In other words his best chance to have his top RBI guy up with pitches to hit was to not start the runners.

The fact Howard did end up on the on-deck circle because Utley did hit into a double play doesn't make Manuel's decision a bad one.

3. I can't stand Tim McCarver. His jokes are awful but his game analysis is what really bugs me. His point about Manuel starting the runners was just the latest stupid thing he has said.

It reminds me of what Bob Gibson once said to him when McCarver went to the mound to talk to him about a hitter, and I am paraphrasing a bit here, "You don't know anything about pitching and you can't hit so get back behind the plate and Shut Up".