Dodgers advance to NLCS, sweep Cubs (AP)

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Dodgers advance to NLCS, sweep Cubs (AP)
With Leather - Sports news and gossip to ... found this 10/6/2008 on sports.yahoo.com [flag]
It's a century and counting for the Chicago Cubs. Manny Ramirez and the Los Angeles Dodgers shoved Chicago into another long winter Saturday night, completing a three-game sweep of their first-round playoff series with a 3-1 victory. The Cubs' latest flameout has to be among the most galling, considering they fell flat against the Dodgers after their best regular season since 1945. [link]

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PHILLY TO NLCS; WHITE SOX, ANGELS STAY ALIVE
Published 10/6/2008 by Matt at With Leather - Sports news and gossip to brighten this short, dark life
... title, Danks again notched a victory in a must-win game. Angels 5, Red Sox 4 (12 innings) — Mike Napoli homered twice, then scored the go-ahead run in the 12th as the Angels kept their season alive and snapped their 11-game postseason losing streak to the Red Sox.  Jon Lester and John Lackey will encore their Game 1 duel tonight in Fenway, where the douchometers will be reading off the charts. Saturday Dodgers 3, Cubs 1 — EPIC FAIL ...

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Saturdays In The Bleachers

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