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Wednesday Nov 11 | Beerleaguer

Tuesday: Free agents file, Phillies formulate plans

Each game is captured in analytical detail by Philadelphia Magazinea s 2008 a oeBest Sportswritera Jason Weitzel, along with photos, behind-the-scenes access and exclusive interviews by Michael McNesby, making this 370-page compendium a must-own for all fans.

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Related Topix: Sports, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Chan Ho Park, Paul Bako, Brett Myers

Mon Nov 09, 2009

ESPN

Hideki Matsui, Johnny Damon become free agents

Matsui and Damon both said after the Yankees' six-game victory over Philadelphia last week that they would like to stay with New York.

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Related Topix: Sports, Johnny Damon, Baseball Players, Hideki Matsui, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Philadelphia Phillies, Pedro Feliz

Seattle's WB

Dodgers say there's nothing to say that would console Jonathan Broxton

Jonathan Broxton's teammates said Monday night that there was nothing they could tell the All-Star closer to console him for serving up a two-out, two-run double in the Dodgers' walk-off, 5-4 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, Jonathan Broxton, Baseball Players, Philadelphia Phillies, Andre Ethier

Sat Nov 07, 2009

The Victoria Star

Stairs open to offers

Matt Stairs, less than three days removed from his second trip to the World Series, has made the trek back to his home in Bangor, Me.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Philadelphia Phillies

New York Post

Tim's convoluted analysis can make your head spin

What has happened to Tim McCarver that he now latches on to dubious issues, losing sight of the clearest and most present ones? What now makes him so sure of things he can't possibly be sure of? Last night, first and third, one out in the top of the first, Alex Rodriguez, on the first pitch, gets hit by the pitch.

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Related Topix: Sports, Alex Rodriguez, Baseball Players, Shane Victorino, Chase Utley, Jorge Posada, Cole Hamels

Wed Nov 04, 2009

NY Daily News

Finger may point Victorino to bench

Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino was examined by a doctor Tuesday and continues to experience soreness with the right index finger that A.J. Burnett plunked in the first inning of Game 5 Monday night.

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Related Topix: Sports, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Shane Victorino, Ben Francisco, Raul Ibanez

Myrtle Beach Online

Philly paper gets ahead of itself on World Series

A Philadelphia newspaper has apologized to readers for mistakenly running an ad congratulating the Philadelphia Phillies on winning back-to-back World Series titles.

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Related Topix: Sports, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball, New York Yankees, Baseball Players, Raul Ibanez

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Twincities.com

Burnett gets Yankees back into the Series

As he thought about his crucial start Thursday night for the New York Yankees, A.J. Burnett got a tip from Cliff Lee as he walked through the back of his team's clubhouse after Game 1. "Actually, I sat and watched his interview on the field," Burnett said Thursday night after throwing seven solid innings in the Yankees' 3-1 victory over the ...

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Related Topix: Sports, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, A.J. Burnett, Baseball Players, Cliff Lee, Philadelphia Phillies

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Myphl17.com

Pitching dominates Game 2, too

After he weaved his way into the belly of the six-deep, semi-circle of reporters surrounding his locker late Thursday night, Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter had an ''I told you so'' scolding for the media.

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Related Topix: Sports, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Derek Jeter, A.J. Burnett, Philadelphia Phillies, Alex Rodriguez

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Examiner.com

Burnett pitches Yankees past Phillies to even series

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.

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Related Topix: Sports, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, A.J. Burnett, Baseball Players, Mark Teixeira, Chan Ho Park

Philly.com

Francisco relishes first Series start

Ben Francisco watched the Phillies celebrate their World Series championship on television last year, and yearned for the same experience.

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Related Topix: Sports, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Ben Francisco, Cliff Lee, Raul Ibanez, Greg Dobbs

Thu Oct 29, 2009

FOX30Online

Stairs to DH for Phillies in Game 2

After winning Game 1 of the World Series, the Philadelphia Phillies will make only one minor adjustment to their Game 2 lineup, inserting Matt Stairs as the designated hitter.

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Related Topix: Sports, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Raul Ibanez, Ben Francisco, Greg Dobbs

Baseball Prospectus

Ahead in the Count: The Mashers and the Mashed by Matt Swartz

As we approach the first game of the 105th World Series tonight, baseball fans everywhere are having a familiar conversation about who the National League team will use as a designated hitter, which in a few days will segue into a conversation about how the American League team will fare without its DH and how well the American League pitchers will ...

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Related Topix: Sports, American League, Major League Baseball, National League, Baseball Players, Ben Francisco, New York Yankees, Hideki Matsui

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Myphl17.com

Keith Groller: 'Phils in 5' is just 'Jimmy being Jimmy'

Many baseball people are wavering when asked to pick a winner for this 105th World Series, feeling it's almost too close to call.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Jimmy Rollins, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball, Chase Utley, Shane Victorino, Ryan Howard

ABC News

KN Poll: All DH or No DH in World Series

DH or no DH in the World Series? Just decide, darn it! AP-Knowledge Networks poll on the 2009 World Series Baseball fans want a clear-cut answer on the designated hitter dilemma that pops up every October.

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Related Topix: Sports, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Alex Rodriguez, Baseball Players, Philadelphia Phillies

Tue Oct 27, 2009

MyCentralJersey.com

World Series to feature two homer-friendly ballparks

The ballparks were called a joke by some of the more curmudgeonly baseball people for their propensity to yield home runs.

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Related Topix: Sports, American League, Major League Baseball, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, Baseball Players, Jimmy Rollins, Carlos Ruiz

Mon Oct 26, 2009

The Boston Globe

Torre again calls for Broxton

Dodgers manager Joe Torre called closer Jonathan Broxton into his office yesterday in the wake of the righthander's meltdown in the ninth inning of Game 4 Monday night.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, Jonathan Broxton, Baseball Players, Carlos Ruiz, Philadelphia Phillies, Jimmy Rollins

Sat Oct 24, 2009

BleacherReport

Rollins wins it, Charlie calls it

PHILADELPHIA- The Phillies proved again last night that you can never give up on this team, coming from behind to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 at a frigid Citizens Bank Park.

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Related Topix: Sports, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, Jonathan Broxton, Baseball Players, Eric Bruntlett

Thu Oct 22, 2009

The Toronto Star

Griffin: Stairs keeps happily doing job

It seems that every NLCS Game 4, Stairs sticks his head up out of the Phillies' dugout and if Broxton fails to retire him it's another winter of no World Series for the Dodgers.

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Related Topix: Sports, Jonathan Broxton, Baseball Players, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, Raul Ibanez, Orlando Hudson

PhillyBurbs.com

Passion turns into Phillies temple

A Quakertown family has more than a "man cave;" they've got a Phillies cave, a family temple to Red October.It started last year when Kevin Sica's daughter Amanda, now 16, wanted a red bookcase and struck a deal: she got the bookcase and he got to turn the basement of their home on Clover Mill Road into a Phillies Mecca.

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Related Topix: Sports, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, Baseball Players, Manny Ramirez

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