ALCS: Still a long stairway to heaven for Angels

Angels manager Mike Scioscia managed to avoid his Pedro Martinez moment last night. He pulled bulldog starter John Lackey right before the Yankees scored six runs in the seventh inning to wipe away a four-run Angels lead in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series. Lackey was livid. You could read his lips when Scioscia came out to get him with two outs and the bases loaded. "It's my game,'' he said. "Mike, you told me this game was mine." The Angels hitters had Scioscia's back, rebounding quickly to score three times in the 7-6 victory that forced the ALCS back to New York. The Yankees remain a prohibitive favorite to reach the World Series, but Yogi Berra had a saying about this kind of situation. Lackey hadn't even calmed down after the victory. Fox's Ken Rosenthal asked him at what point in the game he was able to get past the anger, and he basically said he was still ticked off at his manager. I think t...