Buzz growing as Series has classic feel  —  Ratings soar as heavyweight battle lights up October  —  NEW YORK — It's hard to say what Mother Nature might have in store this weekend when the 105th World Series comes to Philadelphia — especially after what happened last fall — but at this point …

Fox's Tim McCarver, Joe Buck spend Game 2 of World Series criticizing Yankee Stadium's noise level  —  This just in: Yankees suits are very sensitive about their new Stadium.  Whether it be criticism of ticket prices or stories about cracks in the concrete ramps, discouraging words …

MLB commissioner Bud Selig not a fan of expanded replay  —  MLB commissioner Bud Selig said he has been soliciting outside opinion from managers and general managers over the past few weeks and said no one offered a good explanation why the umpiring was so bad in the first rounds of the postseason.

Umpires botch ‘close’ call to end eighth  —  Another night, another botched call by the umpires.  —  The October to forget for the men in blue continued in Game 2 of the World Series when first base umpire Brian Gorman called the Phillies' Chase Utley out on an eighth-inning-ending double play.

Phillies go to Blanton in Game 4  —  Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel just announced that Joe Blanton will start Game 4 on Sunday.  The alternative would have been bringing Cliff Lee back on three days' rest for the first time in his career.  —  So that means the Yankees will have to deal with Lee only twice and not in Game 7.

Analysis: Girardi Succumbs to Old Myths  —  Thanks to A.J. Burnett firing on all cylinders, and a pair of Yankees sluggers doing what they are paid for with solo home runs, the Yankees edged out a 3-1 victory in Game 2, tying the World Series at a game apiece as it heads to Philadelphia.