So we're somewhere in hour 38 of this lovely suspended World Series Game 5.
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When play resumes, will they trot out and wipe the dust off some has-been pop star to sing the National Anthem, or will they move right on to the "buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks?

Will their be an embarrassing amount of empty blue seats? My guess is more than a few hundred fans didn't think to hold onto their ticket stubs the other night (even though - HELLO PEOPLE! - that had big-time memorabilia written all over it).

How about the umpiring crew? Has their collective order of glases/contact lenses arrived yet from Lens Crafters?

So many questions, so much time to ponder....

Oh, right - the game.

When play resumes, this is how it's going to go: Grant Balfour is on the mound for Tampa, with the scored tied 2-2 in the bottom of the 6th.

Cole Hamels is due up for the Phils.

Charlie Manuel will pinch hit for Hamels. When the pinch hitter (Geoff Jenkins seems a good bet as Balfour is a righty) is announced, Joe Maddon will then decide whether he'll counter by bringing in a lefty.

He may stick with Balfour. Why? Lefty-killer Jayson Werth is due up third in the inning.

Of course, Maddon could burn the pen and use a lefty to face Jenkins and Jimmy Rollins, and then bring in a righty to face Werth... but then two more lefties, Chase Utley and Ryan Howard, are due up.

On the other side, if Maddon brings in a lefty to counter Jenkins, Manuel could then pull Jenkins back and send a righty up instead (yes, So Taguchi).

Fun stuff, huh?

My guess is Balfour stays in, Maddon takes his chances against Jenkins, who hasn't hit a whole lot recently. He'll save one of his three lefties for Utley-Howard... and then turn to a righty to take on Pat Burrell, Shane Victorino, Pedro Feliz and Carlos Ruiz.

Then again, if Manuel has the inclination that Maddon will leave Balfour in, should be take his chances and send Stairs, and not Jenkins, up to bat?

Mind games. Hey, what else are you going to do with 44 hours to kill?