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| Now the real season starts |
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10/01/2008 |
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| other NLDS will pit Milwaukee against Philadelphia. Of the eight teams in the playoffs, only Milwaukee - which will be making its first postseason appearance since 1982 - has gone longer without a playoff win than the Phillies, who were swept by the Colorado Rockies in last year's NLDS. Philly hasn't won a playoff game since 1993. Let's take a look at how I see the first round panning out: BREWERS VS. PHILLIES: Before the postseason started, I said I was going to pick the Phillies to come out of the National Le |
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| Brewers play first postseason game in 26 years in Philadelphia |
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10/01/2008 |
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| September to remember and fended off the New York Mets once again to capture its second straight National League East title. Hopefully this postseason visit lasts a little longer than last year's stay, as Charlie Manuel's ballclub ran into a red-hot Colorado Rockies team that took the league by storm, as they swept the Phils en route to a National League pennant. The Phillies, who went 17-8 in the month, reached the 90-win mark this season for the first time since the National League champion squad of 1993 reco |
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| NLDS Preview - Milwaukee Brewers vs. Philadelphia Phillies |
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09/30/2008 |
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| rded 97 victories. The last time Philadelphia won back-to-back division titles was the 1980-81 campaigns. The Phillies are in the playoffs for only the third time since the 1993 season. Last year, though, Charlie Manuel's ballclub ran into a red-hot Colorado Rockies team that took the league by storm, as they were swept en route to a National League pennant. Now the Phillies have ace CC Sabathia and the surging Milwaukee Brewers to put up with in the opening round of the playoffs. The Phillies went 5-1 against |
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| Padres retain Black, but not bench coach Colbert |
MLB Baseball |
09/29/2008 |
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| and first base coach Rick Renteria will all return for the 2009 season, despite a 63-99 finish on the heels of barely missing the playoffs in 2007. The Padres finished 89-74 in Black's inaugural campaign in 2007, and lost a one-game playoff with the Colorado Rockies for the NL wild card. Colbert, 43, was the bench coach for both seasons under Black. He was manager at several levels of San Diego's farm system since 2000. "Craig has been a valuable member of the Padres organization for many years," said Towers. " |
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| National League Game Capsules |
MLB Baseball |
09/29/2008 |
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| lorado 1 Phoenix, AZ (Best E Casino) - Randy Johnson tossed a two-hitter to earn his 295th career victory in what may very well have been his final game in a Diamondbacks uniform, and Arizona completed a three-game sweep with a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies. The 45-year-old Johnson (11-10), whose contract expires at the end of the season, allowed just one unearned run on two singles to Troy Tulowitzki while fanning nine and walking one for his second complete game this season. Chris Young drove in both |
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| Johnson hurls gem as D-Backs clip Rockies |
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09/28/2008 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (Best E Casino) - Randy Johnson tossed a two-hitter to earn his 295th career victory in what may very well have been his final game in a Diamondbacks uniform, and Arizona completed a three-game sweep with a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies. The 45-year-old Johnson (11-10), whose contract expires at the end of the season, allowed just one unearned run on two singles to Troy Tulowitzki while fanning nine and walking one for his second complete game this season. "I guess you couldn't ask for any |
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| Johnson, D'Backs finish season against Rox in desert |
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09/28/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Arizona Diamondbacks will try to end the 2008 campaign with a three-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies when both clubs wrap up their seasons today at Chase Field. Arizona, which was swept by Colorado in the NLCS last year, once sat comfortably atop the National League West standings, but a late-season collapse guaranteed it early vacation plans. The D'Backs, though, have won the first two installments of this series and recorded a 6-4 triumph on Saturday. Stephen Drew ripped a two-run si |
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| Phils hold on against Nats and repeat as NL East champs |
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09/28/2008 |
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| ust going to take it one game at a time." The Phillies will wrap up the regular season on Sunday and open the playoffs next week against either the Milwaukee Brewers or the Los Angeles Dodgers. Last season, the Phillies were swept in the NLDS by the Colorado Rockies. Philadelphia plated two runs in the fourth. Utley had a leadoff single, advanced to third on a Howard base hit and scurried home on Pat Burrell's sacrifice fly. Victorino continued the hit parade and Feliz drew a four-pitch walk, loading the bases |
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| Diamondbacks rally to edge Rockies |
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09/28/2008 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (Best E Casino) - Stephen Drew's two-run single capped a three- run eighth inning, as the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied past the Colorado Rockies, 6-4, in the middle installment of a three-game series. Adam Dunn homered for the D-Backs, who have won five of their last eight contests. Brandon Webb, who captured the 2006 NL Cy Young Award and is making a strong push for a second, came away with a no-decision after he was tagged for four runs on six hits over seven innings of work. He also stroked a t |
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| Braves take on host Astros again at Minute Maid Park |
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09/27/2008 |
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| ending games against the Houston Astros. Parr, a 22-year-old from New Mexico, reached the big leagues on September 4 and earned his first win with six innings of two-hit, shutout ball against the Washington Nationals in a 2-0 triumph. He blanked the Colorado Rockies for six more innings en route to a no-decision in a 9-5 Braves win six days later, but has since been hit hard in two more outings against National League powerhouses Philadelphia and New York. In those two starts, both no-decisions, Parr allowed 14 |
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