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Ken Mandel / MLB.com:
Phils reach first World Series since '93 — NLCS MVP Hamels guides Phillies over Dodgers in clincher — LOS ANGELES — Using a perfect Hollywood script without a surprise ending, the Phillies captured the National League pennant Wednesday night with a 5-1 win over the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Phillies advance to World Series — Philadelphia claims first pennant since 1993 — LOS ANGELES — They were straight out of central casting, these Dodgers. As if their remarkable U-turn over the last two months wasn't enough, they were asked to pull it off again.
John Nadel / Associated Press:Phillies win first NL pennant since 1993
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Anne Baker / Boston Globe:
Omen? Citgo sign burns in small fire — The flames from the Red Sox' skidding season seem to be spreading. The Citgo sign that looms over Fenway Park caught fire this morning, the plastic partially melting in a small electrical blaze inside the storied sign.
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Wallace Matthews / Newsday:
Yankees have created a monster in Rays — Congratulations, Dr. FrankenSteinbrenner. Your monster is alive, and coming to kill you. — That monster, of course, is the Tampa Bay Rays, who not long ago were baseball's gift to the Yankees, 18 gimmes a year, but now have developed into the Yankees' worst nightmare.
Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:Sox upbeat — The Red Sox came off the field after an optional workout …
Buster Olney / ESPN:
Sources: Agent says Pettitte wants to throw for Yanks in '09 … As the New York Yankees began a round of scouting meetings this week to discuss the future of the team, they know that veteran left-hander Andy Pettitte intends to pitch in 2009, and his intention is to pitch for them.
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myfoxhouston.com:
Clemens Not Unhappy with Yankees; Lacks Desire to Play Again — Roger Clemens took part in the Wednesday pro-am attached to the Administaff Small Business Classic at the Woodlands Tournament Players Course. It's part of the Houston stop of the Champions Tour and Clemens is on the board of the tournament.
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Jim Molony / MLB.com:
Clemens content staying on sidelines — Right-hander not working with Astros, mum on legal woes — HOUSTON — Roger Clemens said Wednesday that reports claiming he was upset at not being included in the farewell ceremony at Yankee Stadium couldn't be further from the truth.
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Rocket not upset with Yanks, lacks desire to play — Roger Clemens said Wednesday that reports he is unhappy with the New York Yankees are untrue. — “The reports were false as many have been over the course,” Clemens told Houston's KRIV-TV about reports he was unhappy the team didn't include …
Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Nats interested in Randolph — The Washington Nationals are interested in hiring Willie Randolph as either Manny Acta's bench coach or third-base coach. (AP Photo) — Here's a duo of National League East events that could happen — without dramatically stretching reality — in the next year:
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Sources: Nats interested in Randolph — Washington wants former Mets manager to be bench coach — WASHINGTON — The Nationals are seriously interested in hiring Willie Randolph as a bench coach, according to baseball sources. The news about Washington's interest in Randolph was first reported by Newsday in New York.
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers have big business at hand — Team has plenty of major decisions to make this offseason — MILWAUKEE — So much for savoring the trip to the postseason. For the Brewers, it was back to work quickly at Miller Park just days after they were bounced from the National League Division Series …
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