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| 2008 World Series Preview - Philadelphia vs. Tampa Bay |
MLB Baseball |
10/20/2008 |
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| d the call, once again proving their skeptics wrong. Matt Garza, who took home ALCS honors, was sensational and the first inning run would be all the Red Sox would muster, as the Rays held on for a 3-1 win. With the victory, the Rays joined the 1991 Atlanta Braves as the only teams to reach the World Series a year after finishing with the worst record in the majors. The win also maintained the state of Florida's dominance in the MLB postseason, where the Sunshine State has yet to drop a series in eight chance |
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| Red Sox starting to make things interesting |
MLB Baseball |
10/17/2008 |
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| ew York Yankees in the 2004 ALCS, but I don't see it. That wasn't a crushing loss for the Yankees. It was bad, but not rip-your-heart-out bad like this one was. I compare it more to the way the Yankees won Game 4 of the 1996 World Series against the Atlanta Braves. Trailing two games to one, they found themselves down six runs early and you couldn't find a fan anywhere that thought they would rally. The Yanks, though, scratched and clawed their way back and eventually won in extra innings. Atlanta was shell-s |
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| Red October: Phils down Dodgers to win NL pennant |
MLB Baseball |
10/16/2008 |
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| y of Kirk Gibson's amazing game-winning home run off Dennis Eckersley in the opener of the 1988 World Series, the year the Dodgers beat Oakland for the championship...Maddux, a four-time Cy Young Award winner, started Game 6 of the 1993 NLCS for the Atlanta Braves when they lost at Philadelphia in the clinching game...The Phillies are 13-4 in their last 17 LCS games after going 3-11 in their first 14 such contests...Hamels is 3-0 with a 1.23 ERA in the postseason...The Dodgers went 0-for-6 with runners in sco |
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| Phils try to finish off LA and advance to World Series |
MLB Baseball |
10/15/2008 |
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| t it has only happened on two other occasions in the NLCS since the format was switched to a best-of-seven in 1985. In fact, nine of the 11 teams that have gone up 3-1 in NLCS play have advanced to the World Series. The 2003 Florida Marlins and 1996 Atlanta Braves are the only NL clubs to overcome such a deficit in this round. For the Dodgers to even get to that point, though, they will need a much better effort from righty Chad Billingsley than they got from him in Game 2. Billingsley was torched for eight r |
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| Homer-happy Rays rout Red Sox to grab ALCS lead |
MLB Baseball |
10/14/2008 |
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| s fifth postseason home run, after slugging only nine in the regular season...It was the worst home playoff loss for Boston since a 19-8 setback to the New York Yankees in Game 3 of the 2004 ALCS...Iwamura has at least one hit in all seven of Tampa Bay's postseason games, and is 11-for-31 overall...Byrd made his first playoff relief appearance since 2004, when he pitched for the Atlanta Braves. He was charged with five hits and four runs, two by the long ball, with two strikeouts over the final 3 1/3 frames. |
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| Burrell blasts Phillies into NLCS |
MLB Baseball |
10/05/2008 |
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| ctory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Burrell collected three hits and drove in four runs for the Phillies, who captured the best-of-five National League Division Series three games to one and won a postseason series for the first time since ousting the Atlanta Braves in the 1993 NLCS. Philadelphia will next face the Los Angeles Dodgers, who won their first postseason series in 20 years with a sweep of the Chicago Cubs. The NLCS is set to begin on Thursday in Philadelphia. Jimmy Rollins and Jayson Werth each hit |
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| Rays host White Sox in first-ever postseason game at the Trop |
MLB Baseball |
10/02/2008 |
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| run now gets underway this afternoon against the AL Central champion Chicago White Sox in Game 1 of the best-of-five American League Division Series at Tropicana Field. The Rays, who were a major league-best 57-24 at home this year, joined the 1991 Atlanta Braves as the only teams to make the playoffs a year after finishing with the worst record in the majors. They are also the second AL team - 11th overall - to earn a postseason berth a year after finishing in last place. The 1991 Minnesota Twins were the o |
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| ALDS Preview - Chicago White Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays |
MLB Baseball |
10/01/2008 |
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| Rays' first postseason run now gets underway on Thursday against the AL Central champion Chicago White Sox in Game 1 of the best-of-five American League Division Series at Tropicana Field. The Rays, who were 57-24 at home this year, joined the 1991 Atlanta Braves as the only teams to make the playoffs a year after finishing with the worst record in the majors. They are also the second AL team - 11th overall - to earn a postseason berth a year after finishing in last place. The 1991 Minnesota Twins were the o |
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| Rodriguez, Ausmus shine as Astros best Braves |
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09/28/2008 |
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| Houston, TX (MySportsbook) - Wandy Rodriguez threw seven strong innings as the Houston Astros closed out the regular season with a 3-1 win over the Atlanta Braves at Minute Maid Park. Rodriguez (9-7) gave up just one unearned run on four hits with six strikeouts and added an RBI while Brad Ausmus hit a two-run home run for the Astros (86-75), who won four of their final five games of the season. The team finished in third place in the NL Central. Corky Miller drove in the lone run while Mike Hampton (3-4) |
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| Braves close season against Astros at Minute Maid Park |
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09/28/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Veteran lefty Mike Hampton takes the hill this afternoon when the Atlanta Braves close their season at Minute Maid Park in the finale of a three-game series with the Houston Astros. A 37-year-old Floridian, Hampton was out of baseball for the entirety of 2006 and 2007 with injuries, then came back in July and has made 12 starts with the Braves to end the 2008 schedule. He evened his record at 3-3 in his last outing, scattering six hits and allowing two runs in six innings of a 3-2 win at N |
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