Apparently Charlie Manuel was tired of trying to answer the same question a different way for the third straight day....

The affable Phils manager finally caved. He told 1210-AM's Michael Smerconish this morning that Pedro Martinez will take the ball in Game 2 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium Thursday night.

Yankee fans, rest your lungs - you have 48 hours to prep your "Who's Your Daddy?!" chants.

No matter how you look at it, Manuel chose Martinez over Hamels. Both would be available to pitch on more than their normal rest.

But Hamels has struggled in the playoffs (6.52 ERA in three starts).

Martinez threw seven shutout innings in his lone playoff start this month - in a dazzling display of pitching in Game 2 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium.

Martinez is 6-2 with a 3.13 ERA in 14 career postseason games. If you include his start against the Dodgers, Martinez is 5-1 with a 3.16 ERA in 10 starts since joining the Phillies in mid-July.

Manuel may have tipped his hand over the weekend when he didn't name Hamels his Game 2 starter and praised Pedro.

"He still has quite a bit left,” Manuel said. “With how good he pitched, he definitely deserves another chance to get back out there … It was only a couple of years ago that he pitched those games against the Yankees. He knows how to pitch, his command is good and he uses all of his pitches. His command is absolutely outstanding."