ryanfranklin.mlblogs.com - 10/9/2009
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When I went out there in the ninth inning, my first playoff game, I was pumped up. I was excited. I felt like I had everything right where I wanted it. I wasn't nervous. It was pretty surprising to me...
mlb.mlb.com - 10/9/2009
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mlb.mlb.com —
By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com 10/08/09 11:23 PM
ET LOS ANGELES -- Now the Diamond Vision crew...
can air something besides Kirk Gibson's home run clip when the Dodgers need motivation for a ninth-inning miracle. They pulled off a classic to win Game 2 of the ...
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Hollywood inning: Holliday miss, LA bliss
mikesciosciastragicillness.com - 10/9/2009
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mikesciosciastragicillness.com —
Wow. Just... wow. I mean, a special brand
of "holy good god are you f-cking kidding me"...
wow, but still... wow. I had written up an entire piece about how today's game, a tightly played pitcher's duel, couldn't have been more of a polar opposite from ...
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Starring Matt Holliday As Bill Buckner!
waitingfornextyear.com - 10/9/2009
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waitingfornextyear.com —
Earlier this week, TD waxed poetic about the
handful of former Indians who have been traded away...
within the last two seasons and will also be playing well into the month of October. This list did not even touch on those that left via free agency, which could potentially field an entire starting ...
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Ex-Indians Off to Solid Postseason Start
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Bugs & Cranks —
... Following his loss, Franklin (or whomever actually writes his posts) wasn’t quick to admit his own role in the legendary collapse on his postseason blog: ...
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... coming to bat, the Cardinals convened at the mound for a quick conference, of which Franklin later said this at his MLB Blog : “‘Dunc’ came out and told me not to give him anything good to hit. If I walk him, that's fine.” Whoa. If you walk Blake the winning run that’s fine? Why so much respect for Casey Blake? Presumably because he came into the at-bat 6-for-13 lifetime against Franklin, with two doubles and a homer. Charged with avoiding a mistake, Franklin threw only one type of pitch his bread-and-butter, the cut fastball to one location, the rough vicinity of the ...
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