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11) According to the World Wide Lemur, Jimmy Rollins' game trying and game winning RBIS is the first time that a home team got one of those since... Kirk Gibson. So that means we can stop showing that footage, right? (Please?)10) Please note that the game-tying run tonight was sparked by the man that lives in permanent heavy rotation in Jonathan Broxton's nightmares: Matt Stairs, working the walk. And if you suspect, like I do, that Charlie Manuel kept the old fire hydrant around all year for just this purpose... well,. Cholly's smarter than he lets on, OK?9) I have to say, I'm really enjoying Bill Simmons' bandwagon rooting for the Dodgers and his old pal Manny. Wait, what's that, you mean he didn't write a word about it, because he doesn't write about things that don't go his way? I'm shocked, shocked, to see a Boston Fan behave this way. Just shocking, really.8) I'm pretty sure that we all expected this series to turn on a catastrophic ...
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