You Can Bet On Scott Eyre

Just a few notes before game time. Left-hander Scott Eyre writes on his blog that the mild ankle sprain he suffered last night won’t keep him out of action this afternoon. Reports from Coors Field observed Eyre walking without a limp, and trainer Scott Sheridan gave a thumbs up after a morning workout, according to the team. Left-handers have played a significant role in the Phillies...

After losing the lead in the 8th, Philadelphia scored three runs in the 9th to steal the win and seal the series.

(AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)I'm going to keep this short and sweet thanks to the geniuses at MLB who decided to schedule this game in the middle of the night.The Phillies survived the cold, some rather questionable umpiring and a save situation with Brad Lidge to overcome the Rockies in a 6-5 marathon game that ended at 2:14 AM. The win puts the Phillies in the drivers seat for the series...

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Howard: Many managers would have ditched a struggling Brad Lidge as closer this season. But Charlie Manuel's unconventional style and decision-making has paid off for the Phillies.

Brad Lidge stranded runners at first second base on a bitterly cold Sunday night when he got Troy Tulowitzki to fly out to shallow left field, preserving the Philadelphia Phillies' 6-5 win over the Colorado Rockies in Game 3 of their NL playoff series.

Between frosty breaths on the mound, Brad Lidge warmed to the challenge.

It's October. It's the playoffs. And Brad Lidge is perfect again. Everyone knows the story of the 2009 Philadelphia Phillies bullpen. Heading into the playoffs, the question on everyone's mind was who will close out the one-and-two-run games that teams always seem to find themselves in during the playoffs. Was it going to be Lidge? Was it going to be Ryan Madson? Was it going...

I'm going to be honest: There wasn't a single point during last night's game, until Ben Francisco gloved the last out, that I thought the Phillies were going to win. You would think I would have learned by now with this team, but I just wasn't optimistic. Even though I picked the Phillies in 4, I didn't exactly count on a arctic game, and just had a feeling the Phillies bats would...

I have been on the side of the folks who think that the Wildcat is a disruptive and transformational force in the NFL -- not an incremental gimmick or fad.And while the rest of the league timidly pursues some implementation of it, the Dolphins continue to go all-in -- and last night was nearly the landmark that its debut was a year ago.Even as defensive genius Rex Ryan dismisses...

So we're down to just the Final Four left in Major League Baseball, and in the American League we have two different teams from last year, while the National League has the same two teams battling it out in a repeat of last year's NLCS in which the Dodgers also had home field advantage going for them. This comes as a result of the divisional series playoffs going pretty...