NEW YORK -- This was one of the greatest games in one of the greatest World Series that I've ever seen. I knew Curt Schilling would have trouble after 75 pitches, I thought Paul O'Neill and Mark Grace would be two of the hitting stars, and I thought the Yankees would win by a close margin. Two out of three ain't bad.

	Mariano Rivera doesn't have pleasant thoughts from the last time he pitched in Arizona.

Stop the presses! Mariano Rivera is human! The greatest closer in the history of baseball proved he is not a space clone after all. Nobody has ever been more flawless in the history of postseason, and Rivera had great stuff again in this Game 7. But in the bottom of the ninth, he made a bad throw to second base, Grace had a tremendous clutch hit and Tony Womack, who comes up with big hit after big hit, did it again Sunday night, as he battled for a double down the right-field line that scored pinch-runner Midre Cummings and tied the game at 2-2.

With the bases loaded (after Craig Counsell was hit by a pitch), Joe Torre had to play the infield in. Luis Gonzalez got fisted, but it was the sweetest hit of his life as he singled to score Jay Bell for the winning run.

The decisions Bob Brenly made, even though the Diamondbacks won, have already been questioned. But one thing can't be questioned -- Brenly managed this game from his heart. I thought it curious that he didn't pull Schilling earlier, as the starter looked like he was almost running on fumes. But I think Brenly wanted to give Schilling as much of an opportunity to be the hero as he possibly could. He could be criticized for leaving Craig Counsell and his .087 World Series average in, but Counsell provided the threat of the squeeze bunt -- another thing for the Yankees to worry about.

Brenly did make some great calls. He put Danny Bautista in the lineup over Reggie Sanders, and Bautista came through. Everyone thought Erubiel Durazo should play, but instead Brenly put in Grace, who had three hits. And of course, he brought Randy Johnson in from the bullpen, which obviously fired up the crowd and gave the team confidence.

Baseball is totally unpredictable. Every statistic in the world said that Rivera was going to be successful in this game, but we all knew in the back of our minds that the Yankee dynasty would have to come to an end eventually. It finally happened Sunday night.

Dave Campbell played for eight years in the major leagues. He is an analyst for Baseball Tonight and color commentator for ESPN Radio.