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Posted: Oct 28th 2009 8:45 PM ET by Pat Lackey (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Rockies, NL West

The
Rockies and manager
Jim Tracy are
nearing a three-year extension, the
Denver Post is reporting, though an official announcement on an extension will likely wait until after the World Series. Tracy took over for
Clint Hurdle after Hurdle was fired on May 27 and led the Rockies to a 74-42 record and the wild-card berth in the National League playoffs.
When Tracy took over, the Rockies were 18-28 and 14 games behind the
Dodgers in the NL West. Under Tracy, they challenged L.A. for the division title. That sprint to the playoffs makes this extension more or less a foregone conclusion. What team in their right mind wouldn't extend the interim manager that had his team playing at a 103-win pace over a large chunk of the season?
Posted: Oct 22nd 2009 4:15 PM ET by B. Thompson Stroud (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Cardinals, Dodgers, Phillies, Red Sox, Rockies, Yankees, MLB Playoffs, The Dugout

The playoffs are almost over and the stage is set for the defending World Champion Philadelphia Phillies to face the dreadnought New York Yankees ... or the Los Angeles Angels Angels, pending a dead Christopher Lloyd-style miracle.
The bottom line is this: the World Series is like one block to our left, and we're going to have to start buckling down and making some declarative statements. Before we do that, though, today's Dugout features some pre-ALCS decision arguing and some sad realities.
Posted: Oct 13th 2009 1:08 AM ET by Chris Tomasson (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Phillies, Rockies, MLB Playoffs, National League Division Series

DENVER -- How the
Philadelphia Phillies were able to sneak all those cases of Bud Light into Coors Field is another story. But it was quite evident what the beverage of choice was following the team's scintillating playoff-clinching win Monday over the
Colorado Rockies.
Sure, champagne was sprayed at the start. But, other than shortstop
Jimmy Rollins walking around with a bottle of Domaine Michelle, eventually nearly every
Phillies player was content to be chugging a jumbo can of suds.
"It's definitely more of a beer team, no doubt about it,'' said Philadelphia reliever
Brad Lidge. "Champagne tastes great for celebrating and when it's in your face. But after that it's beer.''
The Phillies are a gritty team from a hard-working town, so it's only appropriate in beer they trust.
Posted: Oct 12th 2009 11:58 PM ET by Frankie Piliere (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Phillies, Rockies, MLB Playoffs, National League Division Series, Scout's Eye View
In Advanced Scouting, MLB FanHouse's professional talent evaluator breaks down the playoffs from a scouting perspective.There is one lesson that we learn year in and year out as the postseason unfolds. The team that has their bullpen clicking is often the team that wins. Game 4 on Monday night was a microcosm of the series between the
Phillies and
Rockies. While they were not dominant out of the 'pen, the Phillies were able to slam the door where Colorado could not.
In the final two innings of Monday's game, the Philadelphia bullpen surrendered just one walk against Colorado's four. As close as the Rockies came to winning the game, it is unrealistic to feel confident in winning a contest in which your bullpen surrenders that many free passes to a lineup that hardly needs the help.
Posted: Oct 12th 2009 10:41 PM ET by Pat Lackey (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Phillies, Rockies, NL Central, NL West, National League Division Series

Let's start by looking at two stat lines. Some of you have probably already guessed where I'm going with this, but bear with me.
Player A: .319/.395/.691, 1 HR/11.56 plate appearances
Player B: .207/.298/.356, 1 HR/37 plate appearances
If you haven't already figured it out, both of those players are
Ryan Howard. "Player A" is Howard against righties in 2009 and "Player B" is Howard against lefties in 2009. To simplify, Ryan Howard is
Albert Pujols against righties and
David Eckstein against lefties. So why does no one question
Jim Tracy's decision to leave right-hander Huston Street in the game to face Howard with the
Rockies' season on the line?
Posted: Oct 12th 2009 5:03 AM ET by Chris Tomasson (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Phillies, Rockies

DENVER -- The temperature was ideal for a Coors Light, but not a Coors night at the ballpark.
When the first pitch was thrown, the temperature at Coors Field on Sunday was announced as 35 degrees, tying the record for baseball's coldest postseason game ever. And that might have been a generous figure since several services had reported readings in downtown Denver to be barely above 30.
But perhaps the only people who froze were the umpires.
The
Philadelphia Phillies defeated the
Colorado Rockies 6-5, thanks to a sacrifice fly by slugger
Ryan Howard in the top of the ninth inning. But Howard might not have been able to put the
Phillies up 2-1 in their National League Division Series had a controversial call not gone their way.
Posted: Oct 11th 2009 5:20 PM ET by Pat Lackey (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Angels, Cardinals, Dodgers, Phillies, Red Sox, Rockies, Twins, Yankees, AL Central, AL East, AL West, NL Central, NL East, NL West, MLB Playoffs, American League Division Series, National League Division Series

With two series over, Major League Baseball has updated the schedule for the rest of the Division Series.
The Rockies and Phillies will play their Game 4 at 4 PM ET if the Yankees-Twins series is still going on. Should the Yankees finish off a sweep Sunday night, the NL Game would move to 6 PM ET.
Series-by-series times are after the jump (all times Eastern).
Posted: Oct 11th 2009 6:00 AM ET by Andrew Johnson (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Cardinals, Phillies, Rockies, MLB Playoffs, American League Division Series, National League Division Series, Playoff Pulse
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 scheduled to go into November, we had a feeling extreme cold weather could play a factor in the postseason. Who knew it would be so soon? Wintry weather forced the postponement of Game 3 of the
Rockies-
Phillies NLDS to Sunday night.
It should be nicer than it was Saturday, with the game-time temperature projected to be in the low-40s, but that's still awfully frigid for baseball, and it will only get colder as the game goes on.