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[ 21 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 113 views ]

How rare and crushing for the Dodgers was Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins’ two-out, two-RBI double in the ninth inning to rally Philadelphia to a 5-4 victory in Game 4 on Monday night?

It was only the fifth walkoff hit in p... read more

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[ 20 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 105 views ]

Thanks to unlikely hero Jeff Mathis, the American League Championship Series is a series again – at least for one more day.

Mathis, a .211 hitter during the season, hit a walk-off double in the 11th on Monday to give the Angels a 5-4 win and cu... read more

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[ 19 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 96 views ]

Maybe it’s not such a good thing that the Philadelphia Phillies just crushed the L.A. Dodgers in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series. Why? During the regular season, the Phillies scored 10 runs or more in 18 games. Bu... read more

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[ 15 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 105 views ]

With all due respect to Boston and Minnesota, the two best teams in the American League clearly are the Angels and Yankees, so the ALCS matchup is exactly as it should be.

These two teams are intertwined by Yankees 1B Mark Teixeir... read more

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[ 15 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 79 views ]

The New York Yankees‘ plan to go with just three starters in the American League Championship Series could be scuttled if rain postpones Friday’s night’s Game 2, as is very possible.

There is a 90% chance of rain... read more

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[ 15 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 70 views ]

Pedro Martinez will start Game 2 of the National League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday afternoon – bet on the game at WagerWeb.com.

The 37-year-old Martinez, who has not pitched in a... read more

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[ 15 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 83 views ]

The Dodgers announced their 25-man roster for the National League Championship Series, and it included two changes from their roster for the previous round: Hiroki Kuroda, who was sidelined with a bulging disk in his neck, and left-hande... read more

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[ 15 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 96 views ]

Cole Hamels was a playoff superstar last year as he led the Phillies to the World Series title, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1 in the NLCS on the way. Yet Hamels was a little uneven this season and not great in the NLDS a... read more

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[ 14 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 78 views ]

While the Los Angeles Angels could never seem to beat the Boston Red Sox in the postseason before doing so last week, the Halos actually have had good success against the New York Yankees, ousting them in the 2002 and 2005 playoffs.... read more

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[ 13 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 97 views ]

New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Tuesday that the team is considering going with a three-man starting rotation against the Los Angeles Angels in the ALCS. Girardi said Yankees officials will meet Wednesday morning to go over the... read more