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Ken Mandel / MLB.com:
With walk-off thriller, Phils grab 2-1 lead — Ruiz's dribbler plates winning run in ninth inning of Game 3 — PHILADELPHIA — When the rain stopped and the night sky cleared, the Phillies produced World Series thunder. — The pot of gold at the end of this October rainbow sits …
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Amy K. Nelson / ESPN:
Phillies upset about World Series introductions … PHILADELPHIA — It was just a few minutes before the Phillies were set to take the field for Game 1 of the World Series. Jimmy Rollins was sitting next to 40-year-old Matt Stairs, who was playing in the Fall Classic for the first time in …
Sports Illustrated:
Rain hits Philly before Game 3 of Series — PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Rain was falling at Citizens Bank Park on Saturday ahead of Game 3 of the World Series, with thunderstorms possible at night. — The tarp covered the infield about three hours before the scheduled first pitch, at 8:35 p.m.
Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Rays react to loss — PHILADELPHIA — It was heading toward 2 a.m. when Carlos Ruiz's dribbler — hard to even call it a hit — scored the winning run for the Phillies. It was a fairly ugly sequence, from the hit batter to the wild pitch to the overthrow of second base to the RBI single that finished off Game 3 of the World Series.
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Cliff Corcoran / Sports Illustrated:
World Series Game 3 preview … Rays at Phillies — Series: World Series, Game 3 — TV: FOX — Starters: Matt Garza (2-1, 3.32 ERA) vs. Jamie Moyer (0-2, 13.50 ERA) — The Phillies won the game they were supposed to win behind Cole Hamels in Game 1.
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Mark Newman / MLB.com:
Pujols wins Clemente Award — Cardinals first baseman honored for play, off-field efforts — PHILADELPHIA — For each of his first eight years in Major League Baseball, Albert Pujols has produced more than 30 home runs and 100 RBIs. That already is twice as long as anyone ever did before …
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Cardinals' Pujols wins Roberto Clemente Award — PHILADELPHIA — Albert Pujols has an MVP award and a World Series ring. — What the St. Louis slugger really wants is to be remembered for his charity work. — He was on Saturday when he was presented with the 2008 Robert Clemente Award …
Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Source says Willie turned down Nats job — PHILADELPHIA - Willie Randolph turned down an opportunity to join the Washington Nationals' coaching staff, and if he doesn't get the Brewers' managing job, he'll probably sit out the 2009 season, a person familiar with the situation said.
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New Jersey Online:
Newark Bears baseball team on the verge of folding — The Newark Bears, the minor-league team that brought baseball back to the city after a 50-year absence, is on the verge of folding, according to team and Essex County officials. … Marc Berson, a Millburn-based real estate developer …
Vincent M. Mallozzi / New York Times:
At Rutgers, Yankee Stadium 101 — Typical first-year courses at Rutgers University include biology, calculus, English literature, history and economics. But 20 freshmen — 19 of them Yankees fans — are enrolled in a research seminar called Yankee Stadium.
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Holliday, Atkins in trade winds — PHILADELPHIA — While the preference would be to trade infielder Garrett Atkins to land a starting pitcher, the Rockies have made it known to opposing executives that Matt Holliday is available. — Moving Atkins for pitching — the Angels …
