My friend John points out: Can you imagine what would have happened if game 2 between the Angels and White Sox -- decided as it was thanks to a terrible ump call in the 9th -- happened in Boston or New York with the Stanks and the Dead Sox playing one another? Good grief. All holy hell would have broken out.

I will say this: If the Angels win this series it will be because Mike Scioscia decided after the game not to make a big issue of it. If the Angels went into Anaheim with their skip bitching and moaning about how they were robbed, they would have lost the series. Since Scioscia did the right thing by not making a huge issue of it after the game, the Angels stand a good chance of taking this series.

Some commentators after the game suggested the call proves the need for instant replay. I totally disagree. The game is more interesting because of the human error. Seeing Scioscia handle it was great (I say this as someone who loathes Scioscia -- don't ask me why, ask Frank Robinson). It has made the series far more interesting. Yeah, the Angels got jerked around, but hey, that's baseball.