Best of Three

As I write this, the World Series is best of three.

A whole new world opens up for the manager.  In a short series like this, all hands are available.  Tim Lincecum, who threw a no-hitter in the regular season, but has been invisible, almost non existent in the postseason could be a hero.  He could be huge in the next couple of days because he has the right attitude about coming in to a game at any time.

Maybe Jayson Nix is the hero the Royals are seeking.  His postseason experience this year is two strikeouts, one last night, the other against the A's in theWild Card Coin Flip.  All it takes is one long extra inning game or an injury to make a guy making a half million dollars this season a hero.

Maybe Joaquin Arias is the hero the Giants need.  Wade Davis has been a great middle reliever for the Royals, but almost nonexistent in the postseason.  Jeremy Affeldt has been quiet in San Francisco, and Raul Ibanez is deep on the Royals bench with a world of experience and a great clubhouse guy.  Sounds like the makings of a World Series her to me.

The manager is suddenly hugely important.  While Bruce Bochy has postseason experience and two Championships, Ned Yost has done a great job with the Royals, worthy of the Manager of the Year award already given to Mike Scioscia.  At the moment, it looks like Bochy will only need one more win after tonight, but Yost has plenty of tools.

I wonder which manager has the guts to give one of the above named players a chance to etch their name in forever.  Some managers have won by sticking with