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What does the future hold for the Yankees and Phillies? Story Highlights Both of these teams will return the core of their pennant-winning teams The Yankees have to decide what to do with Joba Chamberlain and Philip Hughes Phillies not only cannot go another four months letting Lidge blow games What will the Yankees do with Johnny Damon and Joba ...

As if a Yankees-Phillies World Series wasn't cringe-inducing enough for the Mets, a look ahead to the NL East next season offers little solace.

Crowds roared and church bells pealed in lower Manhattan on Friday as the Yankees' World Series championship celebration revved up with a ticker-tape parade.

Injured Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher wishes he was with his team preparing to face the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.

The Philadelphia Phillies entered this postseason with two major concerns. And in the end it was those two concerns that ultimately cost them another victory parade down Broad Street.

Ryan Howard kept striking out. Cole Hamels had a meltdown on the mound. Brad Lidge imploded in a crucial spot.

Originally published November 4, 2009 at 8:18 p.m., updated November 4, 2009 at 10:59 p.m. NEW YORK a ' Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees said throughout the postseason they wanted to win another title for George Steinbrenner.

The stage is the biggest. The lights are the brightest. The stakes are the highest.

We all know the story of the 1951 New York Giants. They mounted a historical comeback on the Brooklyn Dodgers and finally won the pennant on the final day of the season behind Bobby Thompson's "Shot Heard - Round the World." But, as it would be discovered later on, they did it with the help of a camera mounted in centerfield.

The expert satirists over at the Onion always slay us, especially with their brilliant music-related "coverage" over the years in pieces like "Pitchfork Gives Music 6.8" and "Clinton Threatens To Drop Da Bomb On Iraq." Today they bring the hysterical with a sports piece, "Phillies Hope To End 364-Day World Series Drought." An excerpt: "Our fans are ...

Pitching coach Dave Eiland and catcher Jorge Posada of the New York Yankees walk out to the mound to talk to CC Sabthia in the bottom of the fifth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 4. The restless fans inside Citizens Bank Park weren't the only ones booing CC Sabathia and Jorge Posada during what seemed like an endless series of ...

It's been a tough couple years to be a Mets fan but then to add insult to injury we've got a World Series matchup between our two biggest enemies , the Yankees and the Phillies.

Chase Utley works out at Citizens Bank Park last week. 93-69 NL champs HOW THEY GOT HERE: The Phillies shook off a tie with the Marlins and moved into first place for good on July 3 by beating the Mets at Citizens Bank Park.

Jimmy Rollins already knows what he's wearing to the victory parade if the Philadelphia Phillies win another World Series.

Jerry Hairston Jr. and a couple more of the New York Yankees' role players filled in the blanks when two of their biggest stars struggled in Game 2 of the World Series on Thursday night.

Kate Hudson was talking to Kurt Russell when she suddenly stopped, leaned forward in a second-row box seat and clasped her hands together.

Greg Dobbs was so sick, perhaps with the flu, that the Phillies asked him to leave Yankee Stadium before Game 2 of the World Series to avoid spreading his illness throughout the clubhouse.

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

Jay-Z and Alicia Keys fired up the Yankee Stadium crowd before Game 2 of the World Series on Thursday night, performing a clean version of "Empire State of Mind" from the rapper's hit album.

We interrupt this unprecedented period in Phillies history to bring you some buzz-killing reminders from the national pundits' cliche carousel.