Baseball Beat: Tuesday, October 23rd

Here is the rundown for the Tuesday, October 23rd edition of Baseball Beat. Chuck Wilson is hosted for Charley Steiner today, who was traveling to Boston for Game 1 of the World Series. All times Eastern.

1:05 p.m.
Guest: Rob Neyer, ESPN.com
1:25 p.m.
Guest: Sean McAdam, Providence Journal
1:45 p.m.
Guest: Steve Henson, Yahoo! Sports
2:05 p.m.
Guest: Dave O'Brien, Broadcaster, Boston Red Sox
2:25 p.m.
Guest: Jack Corrigan, Broadcaster, Colorado Rockies
2:45 p.m.
Guest: Sam Mellinger, Kansas City Star

Guest Summaries:
Neyer discussed the open managerial position in New York and how an even-keeled manager is necessary to keep the Yankees ship afloat. He also talked about how Josh Beckett is the key for the Red Sox and how outstanding he has been. McAdam debated the possibilities of position changes in order to get Ortiz into the lineup when Boston goes to Colorado, but Ortiz's knee strength will determine the moves. He also talked about how on paper it seems that Colorado is overmatched, but anything can happen. Henson talked about the youth of the Rockies pitching staff and how it is asking a lot of them to be cool, calm, and collected versus the Red Sox in the World Series. He also talked about how there is no easy way to compute how both teams will perform against each other. O'Brien previewed the matchup between Boston and Colorado, discussed the Ortiz/Youkilis debate for the Colorado games, and weighed the pros and cons of pitching Wakefield in Game 2. Corrigan talked about how key the Rockies bullpen has been all postseason and that needs to continue against Boston. He also discussed how the entire Rockies team wants to win this Series for Todd Helton. Mellinger talked about the Royals' hiring of Trey Hillman as manager and how his time in Japan will help change the philosophy in Kansas City.