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Dodgers' Sherrill looks back at his long rise
LOS ANGELES - George Sherrill doesn't see himself as a role model for players with long-shot dreams of making the major leagues, yet the Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher would inspire the least likely of prospects. Sherrill pitched independent-league baseball - for 41/2 years. Independent ...
NLCS Preview: Phillies-Dodgers
NLCS Preview: Phillies-Dodgers
sportingnews.com — NLCS: With A Vengeance . That has to be the title of this series for the Dodgers.... Yet again, the best team in the NL West will face off against the best from the NL East for a chance to go to the World Series. In 2008, things obviously didn't go ... (more) NLCS Preview: Phillies-Dodgers
Hard work pays off for Dodgers' George Sherrill
Hard work pays off for Dodgers' George Sherrill
latimesblogs.latimes.com — The stops in Evansville, Ind., Sioux Falls, S.D., and Winnipeg, Canada, have made the ones in St.... Louis and Philadelphia more special for George Sherrill . The reliever who spent 4 1/2 years in independent leagues after going undrafted out of Austin ... (more) Hard work pays off for Dodgers' George Sherrill
Philadelphia vs. LA Dodgers
mlb.mlb.com — With an impressive resume against the Dodgers and the benefit of six days' rest, Hamels is set... up well to open the National League Championship Series against the Dodgers. During a 2009 regular season that was at times a rough followup to his 2008 ... (more) Philadelphia vs. LA Dodgers
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Bats — ... and the Philadelphia Inquirer have taken a look at his rise from four and a half years of independent ball to the N.L.C.S. From the Times:“The stops in Evansville, Ind., Sioux Falls, S.D., and Winnipeg, Canada, have made the ones in St. Louis and Philadelphia more special for George Sherrill. The reliever who spent 4 1/2 years in independent leagues after going undrafted out of Austin Peay University is now pitching on baseball’s biggest stage with the Dodgers in the playoffs.” MLB.com ...

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