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If Mark Teixeira doesnÆt beat you, then Alex Rodriguez will. If Alex Rodriguez doesnÆt beat you, then Jorge Posada will. And if Teixeira, Rodriguez, and Posada donÆt beat you, then Hideki Matsui will. Playing in perhaps his final game as a New York Yankee, Matsui went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, a single, and six RBI, as the Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 to win their 27th championship. Matsui ...

According to the Detroit Free Press , Detroit Tigers 3B Brandon Inge had surgery on Tuesday to correct the patellar tendinitis in both of his knees. The surgery was performed by Dr. Stephen Lemos at the Detroit Medical Center. Inge is expected to be ready by spring training. Despite pain that he described as ôexcruciating,ö Inge still managed to play in an American League-leading 161 games last season. Inge hit .230 with ...

I know itÆs been a rough couple of weeks for the New York Mets fans with the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series, so letÆs give them some good news. á Mets rightfielder Jeff Francoeur had surgery on Monday to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb. Francoeur had the surgery in Atlanta. How is having surgery good news? Well, this is good news for a couple of ...

Like George Costanza, the Philadelphia Phillies did the opposite last night. Instead of having tuna on toast, with coleslaw, and a cup of coffee and trying to wait out AJ Burnett, the Phillies had chicken salad, on rye, untoasted, and a cup of tea and jumped all over Burnett. The Phillies were aggressive and ambushed Burnett in the first inning thanks to a Chase Utley three-run homerun and eventually held on for ...

Not only is October the best month on the baseball calendar, itÆs also the busiest. Besides the playoffs, you have general managers being fired and hired. You have managers being fired and hired. And you already start to hear some free agent and trade rumblings. This October was no different. LetÆs take a look at 10 things we learned about baseball in October. á 10. Kevin Towers and J.P. Ricciardi Were Let Go ...

What a difference a year makes. Last year, the Philadelphia Phillies rode Cole Hamels and Brad Lidge to a World Series title. In this yearÆs World Series, Hamels and Lidge have imploded in back to back games and now the Phillies are on the brink of elimination. In a crucial Game Four, Alex Rodriguez broke a 4-4 tie with a double in the ninth inning off Lidge and Jorge Posada singled home ...

There are some things in life I just donÆt understand. Like why my mom continues to buy single-ply toilet paper, or why Heidi Klum is married to Seal, or why a hitter would swing at the first pitch after a pitcher just walked two out of the last three batters he faced. The New York Yankees overcame a three-run deficit thanks to a gutsy performance from Andy Pettitte and some timely hitting ...

On November 13, 2008, Brian Cashman made one of his rare very shrewd moves. He acquired 1B/OF Nick Swisher from the Chicago White Sox for two minor leaguers and utility man Wilson Betemit. Swisher, a classic ôMoneyballö type player (low average, high OBP, bad fielder), was coming off a down year with the White Sox in 2008. He hit .219 and White Sox GM Kenny Williams was quick to get ...

ThereÆs an old saying in baseball that has held true from 1909 to 2009ûgood pitching always beats good hitting. á That saying held true again last night in Game One of the 2009 World Series. On a rainy, misty night in the Bronx, Cliff Lee dominated a powerful New York Yankee lineup and Chase Utley hit two homeruns as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Yankees 6-1 to take a 1-0 lead in their ...

In a move that should come as a surprise to nobody, SI.comÆs Jon Heyman is reporting that Manny Ramirez will exercise his $20 million player option for 2010. Nobody in the Los Angeles Dodger organization should be surprised by this. This was a no-brainer decision for Ramirez. At the end of the day, Ramirez didnÆt have any other options. What was he going to do? Back out of his contract and test ...