kevinmcguire.blogspot.com — Part two of a four part series looking back at the Phillies and their NLCS history. Part two focuses on the 1978 NLCS in a rematch with the Dodgers. The Dodgers had beaten the Phillies the previous year in the NLCS, which is covered in part one.
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Looking Back: 2008 NLCS Coverage Preview
Macho Row —
... Playoff History There was a time when the Dodgers were in the same division as the Phillies. But that was when the Dodgers were playing in Brooklyn. Despite the Whiz Kids beating out those Brooklyn Dodgers for a National League pennant the two organizations have faced each other a number of times before in the NLCS. If you have been reading this blog regularly you may have seen (or possibly even read!) my NLCS Phlashback series, chronicling the 1977 and 1978 NLCS. They also faced each other in the 1983 NLCS. ...
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2008 NLCS Preview
kevinmcguire.blogspot.com 10/7/2008 — A preview of the 2008 NLCS between the Phillies and Dodgers. Pitching probables for the first few games, storylines other than Manny Ramierez, TV schedule and a prediction.
A preview of the 2008 NLCS between the Phillies and Dodgers. Pitching probables for the first few games, storylines other than Manny Ramierez, TV schedule and a prediction.
The '81 Dodgers sing 'We Are The Champions' on Solid Gold
sports.yahoo.com 10/7/2008 — You know what really chaps my hide? YouTube users who are arrogant enough not to allow their videos to be embedded. I'd say they're like modern day commies, except that commies would allow their videos to be shared for the greater good. Instead I ...
You know what really chaps my hide? YouTube users who are arrogant enough not to allow their videos to be embedded. I'd say they're like modern day commies, except that commies would allow their videos to be shared for the greater good. Instead I ...
Clayton Kershaw might move into rotation against Phillies - Los Angeles Times
www.latimes.com 10/7/2008 — Left-handed reliever Hong-Chih Kuo , who missed the NLDS because of discomfort in his elbow, could be added to the NLCS roster. Kuo threw a 30-pitch bullpen session Sunday and said he felt no pain. The final exam for his elbow will be a simulate ...
Left-handed reliever Hong-Chih Kuo , who missed the NLDS because of discomfort in his elbow, could be added to the NLCS roster. Kuo threw a 30-pitch bullpen session Sunday and said he felt no pain. The final exam for his elbow will be a simulate ...
Phillies' Jimmy Rollins leads studs, Dodger Matt Kemp is a dud - John Donovan
- SI.com
sportsillustrated.cnn.com 10/7/2008 — Baseball history is filled with examples of players who go from clutching their throat in one postseason round to being Mr. Clutch in the next .Or the other way around. Craig Counsell , with the Diamondbacks back in '01, had just three hits in a ...
Baseball history is filled with examples of players who go from clutching their throat in one postseason round to being Mr. Clutch in the next .Or the other way around. Craig Counsell , with the Diamondbacks back in '01, had just three hits in a ...
No Mistaking Loyalties: An NLCS To Savor —
Bleacher Report - MLB 10/7/2008
I know I'm not one of the older fans of the Phillies but I'll put my memories and knowledge up there with any of them. It comes from newspapers, family stories, and today, the internet.
But back in the late 80s and early 90s, you only ...
Werth capitalizes on second chance —
Major League Baseball News 10/8/2008
Let go by the Dodgers after two injury-plagued seasons, Jayson Werth got a second chance from the Phillies and has made the most of it. Now in the NLCS, as a key member of the Phillies' roster, he face the team that cut him loose.
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