Bigger punch in the gut: '93 Mitch Williams or '09 Brad Lidge?

PHILADELPHIA — At the risk of sounding like the first chapter of a bad horror novel, it's a dark and gloomy night here in South Philly. The train ride down Broad Street was a somber one and there's a reserved feeling outside Citizens Bank Park before tonight's Game 5 — a do-or-die situation for the defending world champion Phillies. After the disappointment of Sunday's 7-4 loss to the Yankees, it's not hard to understand why that sentiment reigns and the natural reaction is to compare Brad Lidge's(notes) three-run meltdown to Mitch Williams' blown save in Game 6 of the 1993 World Series. Both rank among the biggest gut punches ever delivered to Philadelphia fans and both came from the arms of relievers who came into the World Series with a reputation for being shaky. With the exception of a few kneejerk reactionaries, the overwhelming opinion seems to be that Mitch Williams serving up that legendary three-run homer to Toronto's Joe Carter...