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He'll be on national television tonight, the worst nightmare of many a Dodgers fan: Pedro Martinez , pitching in the World Series for the Philadelphia Phillies. "I'll be watching," Fred Claire said Tuesday. "I've always wanted to see him do well." Claire...
Tags: Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, world series, Charlie Manuel, innings game, Shane Victorino, Cole Hamels, manager charlie, Hamels-Myers, Pedro Martinez
Manuel decided Game 1 winner Cliff Lee will pitch Game 5 on a full four days' rest Monday. If he pitched Sunday, Lee would have been starting on short rest for the first time during his major-league career. "I think you're taking a chance on really pushing...
Tags: baseball, yankees, Joe Blanton, Phillies, Charlie Manuel, world series
Phillies manager Charlie Manuel took a veiled shot at Fox broadcaster Tim McCarver on Friday when Manuel was asked about a decision from Thursday's Game 2. Manuel made a mistake, McCarver said during the broadcast, by not sending two runners with one...
Tags: Charlie Manuel, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, manager charlie, Joe Blanton
With the World Series tied at a game apiece as it moves from New York to Philadelphia for Game 3 tonight, the Phillies are counting on a couple of factors to give them the home-field advantage. For starters, the loss of the designated hitter in the National...
Tags: Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, Utley Phillies, world series, Joe Blanton, Charlie Manuel, manager charlie, Cliff Lee, ace cliff, really pushing
With four more wins, Charlie Manuel will become only the sixth manager since 1953 to steer a team to back-to-back World Series championships. But he must be the first ever to misplace home plate. It was 1983, and Manuel, 39 years old and two seasons...
Tags: Charlie Manuel, world series, Ra, Phillies
Jimmy Rollins had such a terrible first half at the plate that there was speculation his hitting skills might be eroding. Now, does anyone remember the J-Roll of April, May and June after the shortstop delivered the Philadelphia Phillies' biggest hit...
Tags: Philadelphia Phillies, Manny Ramirez, Jimmy Rollins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Being Manny, Jonathan Broxton, ninth inning, Charlie Manuel, run doubl, championship series
It's not always about the big swing, but sometimes the straining bunt, the hard slide, the dugout chat. It's not always about a walk-off homer, but sometimes simply a walk. And so the Dodgers celebrated Friday afternoon with loud clubhouse rap music and...
Tags: Pedro Martinez, Philadelphia Phillies, Chase Utley, Los Angeles, South Philadelphia, Charlie Manuel
The Dodgers will face veteran right-hander Pedro Martinez of the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium on Friday. Phillies ace Cole Hamels was starting tonight for Philadelphia in the series opener...
Tags: Pedro Martinez, Philadelphia Phillies, Phils' Martinez, Los Angeles Dodgers, inning game, phillies inning, Charlie Manuel, championship series
Game 4 will be played Monday at Coors Field, with the time to be determined today. Forecasts for today and Monday call for highs in the mid-50s with low temperatures dropping into the mid-30s. On paper, the Phillies seem to benefit more from the postponement,...
Tags: baseball, sweep, Phillies-Rockies, Philadelphia-Colorado, Pedro Martinez, J.A. Happ, Happ Game, Jim Tracy, Charlie Manuel, St. Louis Cardinals
Baseball fans awoke this morning to snow, freezing rain and record-low temperatures, with a forecast of below-freezing temperatures for game time tonight between the Rockies and the Phillies. Driving conditions were slick and icy pavement or multicar...
Tags: Philadelphia Phillies-Colorado Rockies, Phillies-Rockies, Rockies-Phillies, Pedro Martinez, Denver, inning denver, playoff series, national league, rockies playoff, Charlie Manuel