bases.nbcsports.com - 10/30/2009
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Perhaps a pair of homers off CC Sabathia last night will end Chase Utley's reign as the most underrated player in baseball, although even his big night was overshadowed by Cliff Lee's complete-game victory. Despite playing for a highly successful...
sports.yahoo.com - 10/29/2009
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sports.yahoo.com —
Look out for Cliff Lee, Chase Utley and
this New Red Machine. Lee outdueled CC Sabathia, Utley...
homered twice and the Philadelphia Phillies kept rolling through October, beating the New York Yankees 6-1 on a misty Wednesday night in the World ...
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Lee, Utley power Phillies over Yankees (AP)
stltoday.com - 10/29/2009
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stltoday.com —
Appearing on St. Louis sports station WXOS 101.1
FM on Thursday morning, Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols...
was asked to explain comments made during an interview in the Dominican Republic. In the interview, Pujols suggested he was in no hurry to ...
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Pujols Clears Up Contract Speculation, Praises McGwire
sports.yahoo.com - 10/30/2009
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sports.yahoo.com —
NEW YORK Umpires added two more tick marks
to their overflowing register of screw-ups Thursday night. These...
came in Game 2 of a World Series in which Major League Baseball broke from protocol and brought in a specific crew of veteran arbiters to ...
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Enough is enough with these blown calls
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AaronGleeman.com —
... Say what you will about Mac's love letter to Chase Utley, but at least he has good taste. In his season recap, Pat Borzi said a lot of the stuff that I've been saying all year about the Twins, but in one well-written article for MinnPost. In addition to letting Steve Phillips go, ESPN has now also fired the 22-year-old production assistant with whom he had an affair. Meanwhile, agent Steve Lefkowitz revealed that Phillips entered rehab for sex ...
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Angels blog —
... : When Cliff Lee wins, Kanye West merely stands and applauds. • Aaron Gleeman rightly calls Chase Utley “ the most underrated player in the game ,” but let’s assume that changes after he hits four or five home runs this World Series. Who takes over the crown? Hanley Ramirez is probably the most underrated superstar left. A tier below, probably Shin-Soo Choo, Franklin Gutierrez, Chone Figgins, Ubaldo Jimenez and, of course, Mike Napoli. • Wezen-ball digs up some relics of the ...
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ESPN Feed: neyer rob —
Baseball's most underrated player? Aaron Gleeman makes the case for Chase Utley , and I couldn't agree more. Granted, "underrated" is purely subjective (though it doesn't have to be). But look at the names around Utley, and tell me if all of them don't get more attention than him. Yes, of course it was dumb for Derek Jeter to bunt with two strikes and he's happy to admit that . But was it also dumb for Jeter to be bunting in the first place? I sure thought so. But Dave Cameron says that with Mariano Rivera warming up in the bullpen, ...
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Howard takes tough night in stride —
Major League Baseball News 10/30/2009
Ryan Howard struck out four times in Thursday's 3-1 loss in Game 2 of the World Series, but he was far from the only Phillies batter who didn't find a comfort zone at the plate against the combination of the Yankees' A.J. Burnett and Mariano Rivera.
Close calls swing momentum in Game 2 —
Major League Baseball News 10/30/2009
After the Phillies benefited from first-base umpire Brian Gorman's inability to see that Ryan Howard had trapped Johnny Damon's soft liner before turning a double play to end the seventh, they found themselves upset about the fact that their ...
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