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Phillies Oust Dodgers, Head Back to Series
 Phillies Oust Dodgers, 
 Head Back to Series 
NL PLAYOFFS
Oct 21, 2009 11:00 PM CDT

Phillies Oust Dodgers, Head Back to Series

Homers key 10-4 victory as Philadelphia wins NLCS in 5

(Newser) - Jayson Werth hit two of Philadelphia’s four home runs as the host Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-4 tonight to advance to their second consecutive World Series. The defending champions won the series 4-1, and now await the American League participant—with odds favoring the New York Yankees,...

Yankees Club Angels, Lead Series 3-1
 Yankees Club Angels, 
 Lead Series 3-1 
AL PLAYOFFS
Oct 20, 2009 10:47 PM CDT

Yankees Club Angels, Lead Series 3-1

A-Rod homers again as New York wins 10-1, pulls within win of Series berth

(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez hit his third home run of the series and Melky Cabrera drove in four runs as the New York Yankees beat the Los Angeles Angels, 10-1, tonight, to move within one victory of a berth in the World Series. CC Sabathia allowed the single run on five hits...

Dusty Rhodes, NY Giants Series Hero, Dead at 82
Dusty Rhodes, NY Giants Series Hero, Dead at 82
OBITUARY
Jun 18, 2009 2:11 PM CDT

Dusty Rhodes, NY Giants Series Hero, Dead at 82

(Newser) - Dusty Rhodes, the free-spirited outfielder whose pinch-hitting heroics helped the New York Giants to the 1954 World Series title, died yesterday at 82, the Daily News reports. Called “the worst fielder who ever played in a big league game” by one manager, Rhodes had a reputation for enjoying the...

World Series Games Get Earlier Start Time

Games to start before 8 in the East

(Newser) - For the first time in 34 years, World Series games will start before 8pm in the East, USA Today reports. First pitches will be thrown at 7:57 (except on Sundays, due to broadcaster Fox’s NFL coverage); in recent years, the average was around 8:30, and games often...

Cubs' Soto, Rays' Longoria Named Top Rookies

Both win easily, with Tampa star a unanimous choice in AL

(Newser) - Chicago Cubs catcher Geovany Soto and Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria were named the rookies of the year today in the National and American leagues, respectively. Soto, 25, was voted an All-Star Game starter and finished the season with a .285 batting average, 23 home runs, and 86 RBI,...

Philly Celebrates Phillies
 Philly Celebrates Phillies 
Oct 31, 2008 5:47 PM CDT

Philly Celebrates Phillies

Hundreds of thousands cram streets in honor of World Series champs

(Newser) - Hundreds of thousands lined the streets of Philadelphia this afternoon to celebrate the Phillies' World Series victory. Under clear, sunny skies, the city's famously ill-tempered fans were ebullient and well-behaved, the AP reports. “It's like Christmas came two months early,” manager Charlie Manuel said. Added pitcher Jamie Moyer,...

Brrr: Boys of Summer Brace for Winter

Phillies, Rays will resume Game 5 amid freezing wind chill

(Newser) - Baseball weather, it's not. When the World Series resumes tonight in Philly, the forecast calls for temperatures in the 30s and a wind chill below freezing, MSNBC reports. The Phillies and Rays will pick up where Monday's night's Game 5 left off: tied at 2 in the bottom of the...

Fox Vetoes World Series Day Game
Fox Vetoes World Series
Day Game
Oct 29, 2008 12:00 PM CDT

Fox Vetoes World Series Day Game

Prefers prime time start

(Newser) - With all the late starts and later finishes plaguing the World Series, many are pining for an old-fashioned day game—including Bud Selig. The commish says he’d love to schedule an afternoon contest, if only Fox would let him. But the network insists on starting in prime time, when...

Rain Suspends Series Game 5
 Rain Suspends Series Game 5 
Oct 27, 2008 10:53 PM CDT

Rain Suspends Series Game 5

(Newser) - Torrential rain in Philadelphia forced the suspension of tonight's World Series Game 5 midway through the sixth inning with the Tampa Bay Rays and the Phillies tied at 2. Carlos Pena tied the score on a two-out RBI single before Evan Longoria lined out and the umpiring crew called for...

Howard Sparks Rout; Phillies Lead Series, 3-1

(Newser) - Ryan Howard homered twice and drove in five runs, and the Phillies beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 10-2, in Game 4 of the World Series tonight in Philadelphia. The Fightin' Phils are one victory away from capturing the second World Series title in franchise history. They wouldn't be here without...

Howard/Price Matchup Could Make for Epic Series

Assuming Howard hits at all

(Newser) - The best reason to watch this World Series is that at some point, Ryan Howard will face David Price, and the game will probably be on the line, writes Dave Sheinin of the Washington Post. “That’s what you want to see,” says Jonny Gomes. “Power versus...

Can Phanatics Cheer Up at Last?
 Can Phanatics 
 Cheer Up at Last? 
Analysis
Oct 21, 2008 10:35 AM CDT

Can Phanatics Cheer Up at Last?

Pessimism a way of life for Phanatics

(Newser) - Optimism doesn’t come easy to Phillies fans. “They feel like dogs that have been kicked too much,” one UPenn professor tells Allen Barra of the Wall Street Journal. The Phillies have won precisely one title in their 125-year history, amid mountains of grim collapses. “Phillies history...

Tip Your Hats to Tampa
 Tip Your Hats to Tampa 
OPINION
Oct 20, 2008 2:00 PM CDT

Tip Your Hats to Tampa

Rays' talent rises to occasion, avoids epic collapse in beating Boston to seal Series trip

(Newser) - The improbable has happened. The Tampa Bay Rays have ousted the defending champion Red Sox. Sportswriters, start your fawning:
  • The Rays won this thing with “talent, talent, talent,” which trumps experience every time, writes Bob Ryan in the Boston Globe. “The best team in the American League
...

Rays KO Sox, Head to Series
 Rays KO Sox, Head to Series 
playoffs
Oct 19, 2008 11:12 PM CDT

Rays KO Sox, Head to Series

(Newser) - The worst-to-first Tampa Bay Rays completed a stunning run to their first World Series, holding off the defending champion Boston Red Sox, 3-1, last night behind Matt Garza's masterful pitching in Game 7 of the ALCS. "It's unbelievable," center fielder BJ Upton said. "We battled a lot...

Gutsy Red Sox Force Game 7
Gutsy Red Sox
Force Game 7
Oct 19, 2008 4:28 AM CDT

Gutsy Red Sox Force Game 7

Comeback kings 'played like it was their last game'

(Newser) - The Boston Red Sox, playing like the defending champs they are, came out swinging and beat Tampa Bay 4-2 last night to force a seventh game in an American League championship series that the Rays had all but wrapped up two days ago. "We went out there and played...

Us Can't Wait for World Series
 Us Can't Wait for World Series 
Oct 17, 2008 11:07 AM CDT

Us Can't Wait for World Series

Fan unintentionally coins rallying cry for first Series berth since '93

(Newser) - When a delirious Phillies fan called in to a radio show after Philadelphia's NLCS win, he inadvertently coined the team's new rallying cry. "Boston did it. The White Sox did it. Why can't us?," he asked. While waiting to see which AL team they'll face, Phillies fans have...

Red Sox Alive After Miracle Rally
 Red Sox Alive After Miracle Rally
Oct 16, 2008 11:31 PM CDT

Red Sox Alive After Miracle Rally

(Newser) - The Red Sox stayed alive tonight with a stunning 8-run rally over the last 3 innings, the Globe reports. Boston trailed Tampa 7-0 after 6 innings but scored 4 in the 7th and 3 in the 8th to tie the game. In the bottom of the 9th, a base hit...

Obama Ad to Delay World Series Game

If there is a Game 6, MLB agrees to push start back 18 minutes so Fox can air spot

(Newser) - The GOP is crying foul after Fox announced it would delay a possible World Series Game 6 to air a 30-minute Barack Obama spot, CNN reports. Obama has bought airtime from Fox, CBS, and NBC for Oct. 29. “Not only is Obama putting politics before principle, he’s putting...

Die-Hard Cubs Fans to Get Final Waiting Place

Long-suffering fans can wait an afterlifetime for pennant win

(Newser) - When the last living Cubs fan to have seen his team win the World Series passed away in April at age 106, fans willing to wait a lifetime realized a lifetime may not be long enough. One is now preparing the field of their dreams in a Chicago cemetery, the...

Red Sox Champions&mdash;Again!
Red Sox Champions—Again!
Oct 29, 2007 2:55 AM CDT

Red Sox Champions—Again!

Boston claims second World Series title in 4 years with sweep of Rockies

(Newser) - They didn't wait 86 years for this one: three years removed from their first World Series title in nearly a century, the Red Sox won their second in four years, doing it again as they did in 2004 with a four-game sweep, this time over the Colorado Rockies. Series MVP...

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