Phillies manager Charlie Manuel might have made the biggest mistake in World Series history by not starting ace Cliff Lee last night against the Yankees. The Yanks started game 1 starter CC Sabathia yet again on only 3 days rest because they knew the importance of game 4. Flash forward to a decent outing by Joe Blanton and another horrible outing by closer Brad Lidge and the Phillies now find themselves down 3-1 to the Yankees and are pitching Lee a day late in a game that they’ll likely win, but to much dismay.

Instead of going all out last night and tying the series 2-2 with Lee (their game 1 winner), they now find themselves in a hole and have to win 3 games in a row to win the Series, which isn’t going to happen. If Lee pitched last night then he would’ve been available for a game 7 showdown against Sabathia, now he’s not.

Charlie Manuel is an idiot….

….just listen to him talk. He really is.