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10) It's awfully nice of MLB to show the defending World Series champions to the working man. Once. Provided he wants to stay up until well past 2am EST. Bud Selig Blows Goats.9) Brad Lidge got the save tonight and didn't give up anything that was hard hit, but anyone that thinks Lights Out is back is out of their freaking mind. He was behind every hitter in the ninth, the fastball was up in the zone, and the slider wasn't much. He remains a nightmare of worry.8) Ryan Howard is a beast of a man right now, and his game winning sacrifice fly was a thing of beauty. There isn't a hitter in baseball you want to face less when he's hot.7) Carlos Gonzalez and Andre Ethier are both products of the Oakland farm system, and are both in the state of their career when even poor poor poor little old cashing the revenue sharing checks Oakland could afford to play them. Luckily instead, we have Ryan Sweeney, Travis Buck and a half dozen other guys that you could not pick out a ...
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