I have been thinking about the Game 5 fiasco for a couple of days, and I feel empty inside about it.

I have been waiting a long time for the Phillies to be in this position, but I feel more for the young kids who have waited their whole lives to see a Philly team amount to something. In 126 years, this team has one championship. And if you missed it or were born too late, tough luck.

As a native of Tampa Bay, I can say for a fact that fans there do not deserve a World Series title. Call me in 100 years, then we'll talk. It's a joke of a franchise and, nothing against the guys playing for the Rays, but the fans have so ill supported that team that it is shameful that they have all come out of the woodwork.

Bud Selig and his flunkies are liars. They should have stopped the game after five innings and said they were going to finish the game no matter what the rules said. That would have been a bold move, and Selig didn't have the guts. He knew he would have to face the small minority of media and Philly drunks who would have claimed that the Phils deserved to be world champs because they led after five innings. It's a stupid rule and no self-respecting player or Phillies fan would have claimed the title in that instance.

But Selig had no right to keep that game going until the Rays scored so that he could sleep better at night with a tie game. Selig has always been ill prepared for any type of adversity. Here is the guy who was ready to roll J.D. Drew and David Wright out to the mound in the All-Star Game, but his bravado was not available when it was time to make a stand this time around.

I have not wanted to even think or talk about it since it happened, but somehow, I keep doing so. Tough not to when you work in this business.

No matter what, tonight's ridiculous truncated game fragment is must-see TV.