Lukie & UG: I was a pretty good middle school pitcher.

My point was just that the Phillies had a choice between pitching their ace (Hamels) on 3 days rest or a guy who was 9-13 with an ERA over 4.3 (Blanton). If there's ever a time to pitch your ace on 3 days rest it's the postseason, and if they lost today they would have faced CC on full rest on Tuesday. Apparently Manuel didn't even consider it b/c Hamels pitched a lot of innings this year and has never pitched on 3 days rest. Obviously it worked out well today (wooooooooot) and Blanton pitched out of his mind but I think Manuel's should reconsider pitching Hamels on 3 days rest in the NLCS or WS.