Chan Ho Park News

The front office believes that Hamels will return to form and is risking a great deal on that belief.

A few fast facts from CBP. Yankees manager Joe Girardi has announced that A.J. Burnett will start tomorrow's Game 5 on three-days' rest.

The pitcher's line may be deceiving, but Cliff Lee threw yet another gem Monday night , leading the Phillies to an 8-6 win over the Yankees in Game 5 of the World Series to send it back to the Bronx.

This is where the decisions earlier in the World Series can either haunt a team or make all the difference.

Bad news, Mets fans: The Phillies aren't going away in 2010. All of Philadelphia's core players remain under the team's control this offseason.

WHAT DOES IT take to fuel Phillies relief pitcher Chan Ho Park's 95-mph fastballs? A lot of octopus, according to his wife, Ri-Hye Park.

Alex Rodriguez hits a two-run double in the eighth inning to cut the Phillies lead to 8-4. Times reporters David Waldstein, Ben Shpigel, Tyler Kepner, Jack Curry and Richard Sandomir will provide updates and analysis during Game 5 of the Yankees-Phillies World Series in Philadelphia.

In Charlie Manuel's office, on the wall to the right of the desk, there is a framed photo of Manuel accepting the National League championship trophy last October in Los Angeles.

A.J. Burnett pitched seven solid innings, Mark Teixeira and Hideki hit home runs and the Yankees beat the Phillies, 3-1 in game two of the World Series on Thursday.

Pat Gillick couldn't stay away even if he tried. He had spent practically all of his adult life around baseball.

Pedro Martinez allows six hits and three runs before finishing the game in the dugout.

It looks like the Philadelphia Phillies will have a healthier Brett Myers as an extra arm in the World Series.

The place to be last night in Philadelphia? Section 103, Citizens Bank Park. Home-run heaven.

David Waldstein and Ben Shpigel covered Game 4 of the National League championship series from Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.

With another postseason series awaiting a clinching moment, Brad Lidge ran from the Phillies' bullpen to the Citizens Bank Park mound.

NO ONE IN the Phillies ' champagne-splashed locker room Wednesday night could have been happier to be dripping with bubbly than Chan Ho Park .

Here's a hint: The same guy is the only Phillies pitcher not to allow a baserunner this postseason.

Former Dodgers pitcher Chan Ho Park brought the heat in his relief appearance. The radar clocked his fastball at 97 mph.

Here are some tidbits from LA LA Land, about 45 from a start that will go a long way toward defining Cole Hamels' season, one way or another: By adding Eric Bruntlett and Chan Ho Park to the NLCS roster and omitting Kyle Kendrick and Brett Myers, the Phils decided to use 11 pitchers for the series, one fewer than in the NLDS.

Lost in the drama of Jimmy Rollins' game-winning, two-run double in the ninth inning of Game 4 were the two relievers who kept the Phillies in position to seize their improbable come-from-behind victory.