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Baseball's four league championship series teams were all among the top nine in Opening Day payroll this year, led by the top-spending New York Yankees.
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October 31, 2009
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October 30, 2009
by Ed PriceFiled under: Yankees, MLB Playoffs, World SeriesPHILADELPHIA -- The man who hit the go-ahead homer for the Yankees in Game 2 of the World Series will almost certainly not be starting Game 3. With the shift to the National League park and the loss of the desingated hitter, it would seem a stretch for the Yankees to put Hideki Matsui in the outfield. Because of his knees...
Via NY Daily News
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October 31, 2009
New York's bats came to life in Philadelphia giving the Yanks a 2 to 1 lead over the Phillies.
Via SI.com
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November 01, 2009
1. If Game 3 is the turning point of the World Series -- 68 percent of teams up 2-1 go on to win it -- then a Yankees championship began with one pitch from Cole Hamels that will be remembered as one of the great gaffes in recent Series history. The beginning of the end for Philadelphia was a first-pitch curveball Hamels threw New York pitcher Andy Pettitte with no understanding...
Via Crashburn Alley
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October 31, 2009
World Series Game 3 in Philadelphia will feature a match-up between two southpaws, Cole Hamels and Andy Pettitte. A fair assessment of the pitchers reveals that Hamels has been much better than his statistics have shown and Pettitte has been slightly better, as the two have an xFIP (per The Hardball Times) of 3.75 and [...]
Via Philly Baseball News
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November 02, 2009
While the highlights from Game Four show Jorge Posada and Alex Rodriguez as the ninth inning heroes for the New York Yankees, there was another player who literally stole the game from the Phillies.
Via Sports Illustrated
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October 30, 2009
Derek Jeter almost seems to delight in the way this World Series is playing out.
Via Seattle Times
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October 30, 2009
Derek Jeter almost seems to delight in the way this World Series is playing out.
Via Seattle Times
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October 30, 2009
A monster in the playoffs, former Mariner Alex Rodriguez is 0 for 8 in his first World Series, also with six strikeouts.
Via Bleacher Report
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October 31, 2009
The 2009 New York Yankees are a scary team to face. Just ask any team that was included in their 103 wins. Now imagine the New York Yankees as horror movie villains...Begin Slideshow
Via Bleacher Report
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November 01, 2009
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...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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