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• Playoff Pulse: And the Beat Goes Dead?
• By Andrew Johnson 10/22/2009 6:00 AM ET
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• Playoff Pulse is our morning rundown of the night that was and the night that will be during the MLB postseason. Looking Forward ... Bask in the baseball now, because if the Yankees beat the ... More »
• One Half of Clash of Titans Is in Place
• By Ed Price 10/22/2009 3:00 AM ET
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• PHILADELPHIA -- As the Phillies celebrated the NL's first repeat championship in 12 years Wednesday, a fan at Citizens Bank Park held up a sign: "Bring On The Bronx." Oh yeah. Asked about a ... More »
• Dodgers vs. Phillies: Game 5 Live Chat
• By Andrew Johnson 10/21/2009 7:15 PM ET
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• For the first time this postseason, there's a World Series berth on the line. Following their dramatic last at-bat win over the Dodgers Monday night, the Phillies will try to seal their second ... More »
• Playoff Pulse: Howard or A-Rod?
• By Andrew Johnson 10/21/2009 6:00 AM ET
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• Playoff Pulse is our morning rundown of the night that was and the night that will be during the MLB postseason. Looking Forward ... With the World Series matchup almost a foregone conclusion, ... More »
• Dodgers Feel Urgency, Lack Idiocy
• By Ed Price 10/20/2009 4:42 PM ET
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• PHILADELPHIA -- Joe Torre met with the Dodgers for 12 minutes Tuesday in the visitors' weight room at Citizens Bank Park in an effort to convince his players they are Idiots. It may not work. These ... More »
• Phillies' Title Swagger Is Years in Making
• By Ed Price 10/20/2009 2:31 AM ET
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• PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies' incredible victory in Game 4 of the NLCS on Monday started not with Matt Stairs' walk, but in the last week of the 2006 season. That's when the team's confidence began ... More »
• Angels vs. Yankees, Phillies vs. Dodgers: Monday Marathon LCS Live Chat
• By Andrew Johnson 10/19/2009 1:00 PM ET
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• It's a pivotal day in both League Championship Series, with the Angels looking to avoid falling into a (nearly) insurmountable 3-0 hole against the Yankees this afternoon and the Dodgers and Phillies ... More »
• Playoff Pulse: That Nagging 9th Question
• By Andrew Johnson 10/19/2009 6:00 AM ET
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• Playoff Pulse is our morning rundown of the night that was and the night that will be during the MLB postseason. Looking Forward ... So what exactly will Mike Scioscia do if the Angels take a ... More »
• Triple Threat Pacing Phillies in October
• By Ed Price 10/19/2009 1:36 AM ET
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• PHILADELPHIA -- So far this postseason, Ryan Howard has as many triples as home runs. That's not a bad thing. "Ryan's a lot of fun to watch," Phillies teammate Jimmy Rollins said after Sunday's ... More »
• Phillies vs. Dodgers: Game 3 Live Chat
• By Andrew Johnson 10/18/2009 7:15 PM ET
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• The National League Championship Series resumes Sunday night, and it'd be hard for Game 3 to get any bigger. The Phillies broke out the bats in Game 1, then their bullpen broke down in Game 2, ... More »
• Manuel Makes Sure Phils on Even Keel
• By Jeff Fletcher 10/17/2009 9:15 PM ET
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• If there was any doubt that Charlie Manuel is all about making his players comfortable, it was answered by the rubber ducks. During the Phillies run to the World Series last year, Chase Utley had a ... More »
• Playoff Pulse: Yankees Dodge Catcher Controversy This Time Around
• By Andrew Johnson 10/17/2009 6:00 AM ET
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• Playoff Pulse is our morning rundown of the night that was and the night that will be during the MLB postseason. Looking Forward ... Controversy? What controversy? We won't know officially ... More »
• With a Little 'Dumb Luck,' L.A. Pulls Even
• By Jeff Fletcher 10/16/2009 10:25 PM ET
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• LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers apparently have the whole waiting-for-a-mistake thing down cold. Last week against the Cardinals, after getting bageled by Cy Young candidate Adam Wainwright, they simply ... More »
• Phillies vs. Dodgers, Angels vs. Yankees: LCS Marathon Live Chat
• By Andrew Johnson 10/16/2009 2:00 PM ET
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• Pedro Martinez makes his official return to the postseason. Weather pending, the Angels and Yankees will renew their fascinating rivalry in the postseason. It all goes down Friday night in one of the ... More »
• Playoff Pulse: With Lee Looming, Game 2 Has Extra Urgency for Dodgers
• By Andrew Johnson 10/16/2009 6:00 AM ET
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• Playoff Pulse is our morning rundown of the night that was and the night that will be during the MLB postseason. Looking Forward ... Start to size things up, and suddenly you understand why ... More »
• Predictability Doomed Hamels in Game 1
• By Frankie Piliere 10/16/2009 3:36 AM ET
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• In Advanced Scouting, MLB FanHouse's professional talent evaluator breaks down the playoffs from a scouting perspective. In a matchup of elite lefties, both Clayton Kershaw and Cole Hamels appeared ... More »
• Punishing Phillies Teach Kershaw Lesson
• By Jeff Fletcher 10/16/2009 2:26 AM ET
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• LOS ANGELES -- Clayton Kershaw stood in the clubhouse in front of what must have seemed like a hundred reporters, all pointing cameras, recorders and notebooks at him, firing the same question over ... More »
• 'Wise' Pedro Gets Phils' Game 2 Nod
• By Jeff Fletcher 10/15/2009 7:44 PM ET
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• LOS ANGELES -- This is why Pedro Martinez picked the Phillies. He said he had offers from other big league teams during his nine-month job search, but he didn't sign with any of them because he didn't ... More »
• Philadelphia Phillies vs. Los Angeles Dodgers: NLCS Game 1 Live Chat
• By Andrew Johnson 10/15/2009 6:30 PM ET
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• And then there were four. Yes, we're down to the final four in the baseball postseason now that the Division Series are in the books. The whittling down continues Thursday night as the Phillies and ... More »
• A Tale of Two Bullpens in NLCS
• By Jeff Fletcher 10/15/2009 12:30 AM ET
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• LOS ANGELES – Any comparison between the Dodgers and Phillies has to start at the end. The end of the game, that is. One of the axioms of baseball is that good bullpens win in October. ... More »
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