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I am not going to blast Brad Lidge, but he is not on the same planet as Yankees' closer Mariano Rivera. Then again, no one else is. The key moment of this game is shown above. With two outs in the ninth inning, Johnny Damon hit a bloop single to left field. With Mark Teixeira batting, Damon took off for second. After beating the throw, he realized no one was on third (due to ...

I'll admit, as a longtime Phillies fan, I am more familiar with failure than I am with success. I even predicted a 6-3 Yankees win Saturday afternoon, because as much as I hoped not, I knew Andy Pettitte would pitch better than Cole Hamels. Hamels was staked to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the second on a Jayson Werth homer that Werth almost one-handed the ball over the left field ...

Shane Victorino in a cheerleader skirt graced the front page of Tuesday's New York Post with the headline, "Gotham Trembles." The paperácalled the Phillies "The Frillies." The town's other publication (save the New York Times), even picked on the Philly Phanatic, shown above. New York Daily News writer Joanna Malloy calledáthe Phillies top mascot a ôgreen, pig-nosed monsterö in a column today that trashed all things Philadelphia. ôBelieve it or not, people down here ...

It was midway through the season when I said on Bleacher Report that I wanted a Phillies-Yankees World Series. At that point, I stated that the Yankees would win in six games. Now that I am here, I want it all. Sabathia, Pettitte, Rivera, Rodriguez, Jeter, Damon, and Posada. Lee, Hamels, Martinez, Howard, Utley, Ibanez, and Werth. There is more name power in the Yankees lineup. But letÆs look atásome numbers. Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, ...

As I watch the New York Yankees fight the Los Angeles Angels and Mother Nature for the chance to win the American League pennant and advance to the World Series, I realize something, albeit elementary. This Phillies team knows how to win. More succinctly, the find another gear when playing in postseason baseball. During the past two years, the Phillies have gone 18-5 in postseason play. Carlos Ruiz, a .255 regular season eight-hole ...

In the end, it was a lot like 2008, when the Phillies beat the Dodgers in five games. Once again, Dodgers closer Jonathan Broxton stared down Matt Stairs in Game Four and blinked. He walked Stairs on four pitches. Broxtonáthen hit Carlos Ruiz with a pitch, got the second out, then on a 1-1 fastball, let Jimmy Rollins take out the heart of this DodgersÆ team and give the Phillies an improbable ...

Just when you thought the Phillies could not make things any more exciting, drama struck again Monday night in Game Four of the 2009 NLCS. It has been a parade of "Can you top this?": The unlikely 5-4 NLDS Game Four victory this year against the Rockies highlighted by Ryan Howard's two-run, two-out ninth inning double or last year's dramatic Game Four NLCS 7-5 win featuring Matt Stairs' two-run eighth-inning home ...

First off let me give kudos to Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cliff Leeùwho pitched an eight-inning shutout in an 11-0 whitewash of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday during Game 3 of the National League Championship Series in Philadelphia. Lee allowed three hits, struck out 10, and walked none. His 10 strikeouts tied a Phillies playoff record, joining Curt Schlling and Steve Carlton. He was ahead of hitters and kept play moving, using ...

Every baseball fan knows the history: The Philadelphia Phillies, on their way to an eventual World Series title, in the 2008 NLDS series, beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games of the best-of-seven series. That was last year. The two teams meet again in the 2009 NLCS. The Dodgers' top hitter, Manny Ramirez (.290, 19 homers, 63 RBI), was not the same player he was a year ago, but Andre Ethier ...

AUTHOR'S NOTE: MARTINEZ'S SCHEDULE START ON SATURDAY WAS POSTPONED DUE TO SNOW. J.A. HAPP IS DUE TO START SUNDAY. MARTINEZ MAY OR MAY NOT START IN THE BALANCE OF THIS SERIES OR BE MOVED TO THE BULLPEN. The year is 1999 and in the deciding game of the ALDS, Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez enters an 8-8 game in the fourth inning in the contest against the Cleveland Indians. As baseball ...