For Phillies, Yankees' Matsui has meant frustration

NEW YORK - Dare ga Goshujin-sama da?

That, loosely, is how you say, "Who's Your Daddy?" in Japanese.

Such mockery never would fall from the lips of Hideki Matsui, an honorable Yankee, nor, probably, from his legion of fans.

And we don't know who Matsui's daddy is. But we know this.

It ain't Pedro.

Matsui's two-run homer in the second inning and his two-run single in the third pushed across the Yankees' first runs of the Yankees' 7-3 win in Game 6, clinching the World Series.

All came against Phillies starter Pedro Martinez, he who brought himself years of Yankee taunting after a loss to them as a Red Sox in 2004, when he called the Yankees his "Daddy."

Matsui's production last night completed a World Series ownership of Martinez. He singled, walked and popped the go-ahead homer in Game 2 of the Series here that Martinez lost. His six RBI last night tied the World Series record set by the Yankees' Bobby Richardson in Game 3 in 1960 against the Pirates - a series the Yankees lost but saw Richardson win the MVP.

Now, sai yushu sensh is another story. Matsui's fans will be chanting that one forever.

It means, "MVP."

That's the World Series award Matsui locked up in the fifth inning when he drove a two-run double to right-centerfield against lefty reliever J.A. Happ. Those were his fifth and sixth RBI, which tied Bobby Richardson's record total in Game 3 of the 1960 World Series against the Pirates.

A couple of hours after that hit, he was standing on a stage in shallow centerfield, handling both trophies.

"I can say it is the best moment of my life," he said soon afterward.

Matsui finished the series 8-for-13 with three homers and eight RBI. He is the only full-time DH to win the World Series MVP trophy – and, as such, he might not have won it without last night's explosion.

Happ was warmed up in the third when, with two outs, Phillies manager Charlie Manuel chose to keep Martinez in the game to face Matsui, who bats lefthanded.

Martinez gave up the single to Matsui, got the next out, cruised through the fourth and was done. Happ was the second reliever of the inning, inheriting Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez.

Happ was not the answer last night against Matsui, as good against lefties this season as he was against righthanders.

This is the difference Matsui can make.