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Kazmir Gives Rays A Shot
Scott Kazmir pitched well enough to give the Rays a chance to win Game 1 the World Series on Wednesday night. ...more
October 23, 2008
Game 1 Goes To The Phillies
Star Of The Game: Cole Hamels Hamels, the Philadelphia Phillies' left-handed ace, kept coming up big in the clutch. He recorded his fourth win of this postseason, defeating the Rays 3-2 in Wednesday night's Game 1 of the World Series at Tropicana Field. Hamels allowed five hits and two runs in seven innings of work, walking two and striking out five. He had a pair of 1-2-3 innings, while facing the minimum three batters in three other innings (thanks to a pair of double-play balls and one runner caught stealing). For the postseason, he is 4-0 with a 1.55 ERA, walking seven and striking out 27 in 29 innings. ...more
October 23, 2008
Rays: What To Watch
PLAYER TO WATCH: EVAN LONGORIA Seemingly born for the big stage, he'll be on it for the next week and a half. The likely AL Rookie of the Year figures to continue holding down the cleanup spot for the Rays, who will hope he can continue his run of production in the ALCS that included seven extra-base hits. ...more
October 22, 2008
Similarities Aplenty In Fall Classic
None of the last four World Series has lasted longer than five games, and three of them have ended in sweeps. ...more
October 22, 2008
Phillies World Series Roster
PHILLIES WORLD SERIES ROSTER
| No. Name | Pos. | B-T | Ht. | Wt. | Age |
| 56 Joe Blanton | SP | R-R | 6-3 | 255 | 27 |
| Reliever came over from A's in July and has a 6.05 career ERA against Rays | |||||
| 4 Eric Bruntlett | IF-OF | R-R | 6-0 | 190 | 30 |
| Reserve started 28 games at shortstop early in the year for injured Rollins | |||||
| 5 Pat Burrell | OF | R-R | 6-4 | 235 | 32 |
| "Pat the Bat" has averaged 31 homers and 99 walks over past four years | |||||
| 55 Clay Condrey | RP | R-R | 6-3 | 215 | 32 |
| One of several situational relievers in a bullpen that led the NL in relief ERA | |||||
| 27 Chris Coste | C | R-R | 6-4 | 240 | 28 |
| The backup catcher for this series, he appeared in 98 games and hit .263 | |||||
| 19 Greg Dobbs | IF | L-R | 6-1 | 205 | 30 |
| Set a Phillies single-season record and led majors with 22 pinch hits | |||||
| 37 Chad Durbin | RP | R-R | 6-2 | 200 | 30 |
| Led NL relievers with 82.2 innings; 2-0 with a 3.38 ERA this postseason | |||||
| 47 Scott Eyre | RP | L-L | 6-1 | 220 | 36 |
| Acquired in August from Cubs; pitched 1.1 scoreless innings in NLCS | |||||
| 7 Pedro Feliz | 3B | R-R | 6-1 | 210 | 33 |
| Starts against lefties; hit .249 with 14 homers in first season with Phils | |||||
| 35 Cole Hamels | SP | L-L | 6-3 | 190 | 24 |
| Ace lefty was NLCS MVP and could start three times if series goes seven | |||||
| 43 J.A. Happ | RP | L-L | 6-6 | 200 | 26 |
| Spent most of year in at Triple-A and was Phils' top minor-league pitcher | |||||
| 6 Ryan Howard | 1B | L-L | 6-4 | 255 | 28 |
| In 2007, he became the fastest player to reach 100 homers (325 games) | |||||
| 10 Geoff Jenkins | OF | L-R | 6-1 | 215 | 34 |
| Made 74 regular-season starts in right but has played little this postseason | |||||
| 54 Brad Lidge | RP | R-R | 6-5 | 210 | 31 |
| Phillies were 59-15 in regular-season games in which their closer appeared | |||||
| 63 Ryan Madson | RP | L-R | 6-6 | 200 | 28 |
| Set-up man has pitched well in playoffs, allowing one run in nine innings | |||||
| 50 Jamie Moyer | SP | L-L | 6-0 | 185 | 45 |
| Former longtime Seattle Mariner is 8-4 with a 2.85 ERA against Rays | |||||
| 39 Brett Myers | SP | R-R | 6-4 | 240 | 28 |
| Had a losing record in regular season (10-13), but is 2-0 this postseason | |||||
| 11 Jimmy Rollins | SS | S-R | 5-8 | 175 | 29 |
| Switch-hitter hasn't been able to match numbers from 2007 MVP season | |||||
| 16 J.C. Romero | RP | S-L | 5-11 | 205 | 32 |
| Ex-Twins, Red Sox pitcher has not given up a run in spot work in playoffs | |||||
| 51 Carlos Ruiz | C | R-R | 5-10 | 200 | 29 |
| Hit only .219 in regular season, but batted .313 (5-for-16) in the NLCS | |||||
| 12 Matt Stairs | OF | L-R | 5-9 | 210 | 40 |
| Longtime AL player hit a huge pinch-hit HR in Game 4 of the NLCS | |||||
| 99 So Taguchi | OF | R-R | 5-10 | 170 | 39 |
| Reserve is only player on either team with a hit in any World Series | |||||
| 26 Chase Utley | 2B | L-R | 6-1 | 200 | 29 |
| Three-time All-Star has rare power for a 2B and hit 33 HRs this year | |||||
| 8 Shane Victorino | OF | S-R | 5-9 | 180 | 27 |
| "Flyin' Hawaiian" starts in CF and has a fan in Rays' manager Joe Maddon | |||||
| 28 Jayson Werth | OF | R-R | 6-5 | 225 | 29 |
| He won right-fielder's job batting .273 with 24 HRs in the regular season | |||||
October 21, 2008
World Series Has Much Different Look
Brad Lidge's only blemish this season came in the All-Star game. Turns out that loss means a lot more now. ...more
October 21, 2008
At Phillies' Clearwater Hangout, A Crisis Looms
At Lenny's Restaurant, the Philadelphia Phillies' watering hole in Clearwater, a crisis of loyalties looms. ...more
October 16, 2008
Rollins, Hamels Lead Phils Into World Series
Jimmy Rollins got the Phillies rollin' with a leadoff homer and they kept right on going. Next stop, the World Series. ...more
October 16, 2008
Brewers Cut Deficit To 2-1
J.J. Hardy and the Milwaukee Brewers did just enough to keep their postseason alive for another day. ...more
October 5, 2008
Bucs Have Barber's Back After Bad Game Vs. Bears
Ryan Howard might win the NL MVP award, despite almost 200 strikeouts. Tim Duncan struggles with his free throws in crunch time. Martin Brodeur lets in the occasional soft goal. ...more
September 26, 2008
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