Here's the transcript from Tony La Russa's explanation of the pitching changes in the 8th, bullpen phone problems, etc:

"Well, what happened was that twice the bullpen didn't hear Motte's name. They heard Rzepczynski and they didn't get Motte. I looked up there and Motte wasn't going. So I called back for Motte and they got Lynn up. That's why — he wasn't supposed to pitch today — so I wasn't going to let him throw to that hitter. He just threw the warmups and walked him and Motte was ready. I don't know if it was noisy, probably real noisy. They just didn't hear the second time.

"They heard Rzepczynski and they didn't hear Motte and when I called back I said Motte, they heard Lynn. So I went out there, wrong guy. He's not going to pitch today. I said, 'Go back, get Motte ready.' We'll walk the guy because I don't want Lynn to — he's not supposed to pitch. I didn't want to hurt him. And then Motte came in. That's why — it must be loud. I give the fans credit."

Q: If Motte was ready, would he have faced Napoli?

"Yeah. But by the way, we had a chance with Rzepczynski's stuff to get Napoli the first pitch, and he put a nice swing on a breaking ball."

Q: Not to be dense, but what's the sort of procedure in terms of when you guys have the phone call and call down there, who gets the word, and how do they convey it?

"The bullpen coach hears it, and like, he heard Lynn."

Q: He heard Lynn?

"Yeah, that's why Lynn got up, and I went out there. I thought it was Motte, and they were yelling at me as I went out. I didn't hear them. It wasn't Motte. So I saw Lynn, I went, 'Oh, what are you doing here?' "

Q: Is there a better way to do it in this day and age?

"Yeah, smoke signals from the dugout. There are times like what happened in Philadelphia, the phone went out, and so we used cell phones and then the Phillies brought down walkie-talkies. But that phone in a loud ballpark, it's not an unusual problem."

Q: I guess this is a protocol question: If Lynn isn't available for the game, doesn't your bullpen coach know that?

"He's available in an emergency but I wasn't going to use him. But if he hears Lynn and I'm the manager, what is he going to say?"