Las finales de los torneos deportivos, guardan grandes alforjas de tensi\u00c3\u00b3n y emociones ante la inminencia de t\u00c3\u00adtulo campeonil. La Serie Mundial de las Grandes Ligas, casi siempre est\u00c3\u00a1 revestida de esas escenas de suspenso como la atrapada de Willie Mays en el primer juegoi de la serie de 1954, la atrapada de Sandy Amor\u00c3\u00b3s en el s\u00c3\u00a9ptimo partido del Cl\u00c3\u00a1sico de 1955, el jonr\u00c3\u00b3n de Billy Mazeroski en el s\u00c3\u00a9ptimo juego de la serie de 1960, la l\u00c3\u00adnea de Willie McCovey que se incrust\u00c3\u00b3 en el guante de Bobby Richardson para terminar la serie de 1962, las dos atrapadas del centerfielder Tommie Agee en el tercer juego del Cl\u00c3\u00a1sico de 1969, la c\u00c3\u00a1tedra de fildeo de Brooks Robinson en la antesala de los Orioles en 1970, el coraje de Roberto Clemente en 1971, el jonr\u00c3\u00b3n infartante de Carlton Fisk en el sexto juego de la serie de 1975, el duelo de pitcheo entre John Smoltz y Jack Morris para decidir la serie de 1991 a favor de los Mellizos ante los Bravos, el hit de bate quebrado con que Luis Gonz\u00c3\u00a1lez derrot\u00c3\u00b3 a Mariano Rivera y los Yanquis en el s\u00c3\u00a9ptimo juego del cl\u00c3\u00a1sico de 2001. Son momentos que paralizan el tiempo por segundos y todo lo que se respira es c\u00c3\u00a9sped, resina de pino, guantes, pelotas raspadas, gorras sudadas, cuando por momentos se quita la mirada del televisor, se puede ver el estadio en pleno sobre las paredes o el techo de la casa y cuando vamos a la cocina pareciera que corri\u00c3\u00a9ramos hacia el mont\u00c3\u00adculo, o de primera a segunda.<\/p>\n
Eso m\u00c3\u00a1s o menos fue lo que experiment\u00c3\u00a9 en el juego de anoche, 02 de noviembre de 2009, el quinto de esta serie de 2009, cuando los Yanquis trataban de rematar a los Filis. Cliff Lee a pesar de no estar en su mejor noche, contuvo a los mulos en 5 carreras y Chase Utley descarg\u00c3\u00b3 dos toletazos allende las cercas para llevar la serie de vuelta al Bronx y abrir un cap\u00c3\u00adtulo de interrogantes de cara al sexto juego.<\/p>\n
La primera es \u00c2\u00bfpodr\u00c3\u00a1 Andy Pettite responder al reto de lanzar con tres d\u00c3\u00adas de descanso? Es la primera vez que lo intenta este a\u00c3\u00b1o. El manager Joe Girardi tom\u00c3\u00b3 una decisi\u00c3\u00b3n discutible al designar a A.J. Burnett con s\u00c3\u00b3lo 3 d\u00c3\u00adas de descanso para lanzar el quinto juego, dependiendo del resultado de la serie, Girardi pudiera ser muy criticado por los analistas del juego. Ning\u00c3\u00ban campe\u00c3\u00b3n ha ganado la serie con tres abridores desde 1991 cuando ganaron los Mellizos de Minnesota, entonces s\u00c3\u00b3lo se jugaban dos rondas de play offs. Por otro lado \u00c2\u00bfSer\u00c3\u00a1 capaz Pedro Mart\u00c3\u00adnez de silenciar a la explosiva alineaci\u00c3\u00b3n de los Yanquis? Hace rato que no puede quitarse de encima los c\u00c3\u00a1nticos de los aficionados del Bronx que dicen : \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m still your Papi\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. \u00c2\u00bfHar\u00c3\u00a1 olvidar Brett Gardner a Melky Cabrera en el jard\u00c3\u00adn central de los neoyorkinos? Pareciera que cuenta con los argumentos para hacerlo. \u00c2\u00bfExplotar\u00c3\u00a1 finalmente la garrocha de Ryan Howard? De hacerlo la serie va a llegar al m\u00c3\u00a1ximo de su intensidad. \u00c2\u00bfPodr\u00c3\u00a1 Chase Utley dejar atras a Reggie Jackson como el mayor jonronero en una Serie Mundial? Tiene la inspiraci\u00c3\u00b3n. \u00c2\u00bfContar\u00c3\u00a1n los Filis con las agallas necesarias para ganar dos juegos en Yankee Stadium donde los mulos s\u00c3\u00b3lo encajaron dos derrotas seguidas una sola vez desde mediados de junio?<\/p>\n
Todo esto har\u00c3\u00a1 que cuando encendamos el televisor para ver el sexto juego s\u00c3\u00b3lo respiremos una mezcla de arcilla con grama, de guantes con pelotas, de intensidad con pundonor, de emociones y gritos de las tribunas.<\/p>\n
English Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n The finals of the sports contests, hide great bags of tension and emotions before the imminence of the championship title. The World Series of Major League Baseball, almost always is coated with many of these suspense scenes like Willie Mays\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 catch in the first game of the 1954 series, Sandy Amor\u00c3\u00b3s catch in the seventh game of the 1955 Classic, Billy Mazeroski\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s homerun in the seventh game of the 1960 series, Willie McCovey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s line drive that almost took off Bobby Richardson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s glove to end the 1962 series, those two fantastic catches by Tommie Agee in the third game of the 1969 Classic, the fielding clinic dictated by Brooks Robinson in the hot corner of the Baltimore Orioles in the 1970 series, Roberto Clemente\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s courage in the 1971 classic, the cardiac dinger of Carlton Fisk in the sixth game of the 1975 series, the pitching duel between John Smoltz and Jack Morris to define the 1991 classic, the cracked bat hit by Luis Gonz\u00c3\u00a1lez before Mariano Rivera to give Arizona the 2001 series. Those are moments that stop the time for seconds and everything breathed is grass, pine tar, gloves, etched baseballs, sweat caps. When you move your eyes from the TV set for a while, you can watch the whole game on the walls or the ceiling and when you go to the kitchen it seems like if you were running to the mound, or from first to second base.<\/p>\n That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in some way what I experienced in last night\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s game, November 2nd, 2009. The fifth of the World Series. When the Yankees tried to win it all. But the Phillies with Cliff Lee, in spite of not having his best command, who could kept the Yanks in five runs. And Chase Utley hit two home runs to send the series back to the Bronx and open a whole chapter of questions in front of the sixth game.<\/p>\n The first one is: Will Andy Pettite be able of having a good performance with only three days of rest? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the first time he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll try to do it this year. The manager Joe Girardi took a hard decision by designing A.J. Burnett to pitch the fifth game with only three days of rest. Depending on the result of the series Girardi could be reprobated by the game\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s analysts. Since 1991, when the Minnesota Twins got the championship, no team has won the series with just three starters, by those days there were only two play offs rounds. In the other hand: Will Pedro Mart\u00c3\u00adnez have the stamina to silence the explosive bats of the New York Yankees? He still can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stop the shouts and banners in Yankee Stadium that say: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m still your Papi\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Will Brett Gardner susbstitute Melky Cabrera in such a superb way? It seems that he has the tools to do it. Will Ryan Howard finally make explode his bat? If he can do it the series will reach the top of its intensity. Will Chase Utley leave behind Reggie Jackson as the home run leader of a single World Series? He has the inspiration. Will the Phillies have enough guts to win two games at Yankee Stadium, where the Yanks have only lost two consecutive games just once since mid June?<\/p>\n All of this will make us to breath a mix of clay with grass, gloves with baseballs, great plays and hustle, emotions and shouts from the stands, once we turn on the TV set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t