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Williams' No. 9 honored in 'The Natural'

Roy Hobbs, one of the most noted baseball fiction characters of all-time, wore No. 9 in the smash hit film, "The Natural." As it turns out, the Hobbs character -- played by Robert Redford -- was trying to emulate, at least in some fashion, a non-fictional character who was larger than life: Ted Williams.
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World Cup opens with plenty of offense

The 2009 IBAF Baseball World Cup got underway on Wednesday in several countries across Europe with all four winning teams scoring plenty of runs. Australia, Spain, the Netherlands Antilles and Germany all scored at least 10 runs in their opening-round victories.

Ich dachte, das wäre die Baseball-EM, nicht der "World Cup" (das ZDF laberte etwas von EM). 
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Jeter catches Iron Horse with hit No. 2,721

With a bunt, a blast and a rip, Derek Jeter tied Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig on Wednesday night for the most hits in Yankees history -- 2,721.

 
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Roberts could double his pleasure

Fresh off joining one historical club, Brian Roberts can set his sights on another. Baltimore's second baseman became just the fourth big leaguer to have three 50-double seasons in Wednesday's 7-5 loss to the Red Sox, and he has an outside chance to be the first player with 60 doubles since 1936.
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The Races: Rockies continue to roll

September might be the only month during the baseball season when scoreboard watching is not only a socially-acceptable act, it's often a necessary one. In fact, glancing at the scoreboard might be the only way for the rest of the NL West to keep up with the streaking Rockies these days.
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Venezuela tops US in extras at World Cup

Team USA did not have a grand time in its 2009 World Cup debut, but Venezuela sure did. A grand slam by Dirimo Chavez off Marlins prospect Nate Field pushed Venezuela to a 13-9 victory over the U.S. in 11 innings in Pool E play at Regensburg, Germany.

 

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[quote uid="8155185" unm="nikiburstr8x"]Jeter catches Iron Horse with hit No. 2,721

With a bunt, a blast and a rip, Derek Jeter tied Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig on Wednesday night for the most hits in Yankees history -- 2,721.


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No. 2 is No. 1. Jeter zieht an Lou Gehrig vorbei.

Thats our captain!

 

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Porcello wins lucky 13 to end Tigers' skid 

Rick Porcello became the first pitcher in 24 years to win 13 games in a season before his 21st birthday, tossing six quality innings to help the Tigers end a five-game losing streak with a 7-2 win over the Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon at Comerica Park.
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Pedro's gem gives Phils twin-bill sweep

Behind eight stellar shutout innings from Pedro Martinez, the Phillies blanked the Mets, 1-0, to sweep a day-night twin bill on Sunday night at Citizens Bank Park. Chase Utley drove in the game's lone run with a first-inning single.
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Ichiro sets MLB record on infield grounder

Ichiro Suzuki stands alone on another Major League pedestal, getting there on Sunday night with his 200th hit of the season, an infield single in the second inning of the second game of the Mariners' doubleheader against the Rangers.

----------------------------------...a Park on Monday night.[/i] Shit happens. :D

 

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Cy may be in the cards for Wainwright

Adam Wainwright is closing in on 20 wins, long a magical number for starting pitchers, and he's a serious candidate for the National League Cy Young Award.
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Big Papi is the biggest DH

David Ortiz homered on Tuesday night to become the career leader among designated hitters, with 270, surpassing Frank Thomas.


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Punches thrown in Jays-Yanks fracas

Punches were thrown as the Yankees and Blue Jays spilled onto the field in the second benches-clearing incident of the eighth inning on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium, with tempers flaring during a 10-4 Toronto win.

Carlson hat die Reaktion von Jorge regelrecht heraufbeschworen, wie man im Video sieht.
Die Beule an Carlsons Stirn is aber mal heftig!
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Wild Card celebrates 15 years of excitement

It's hard to believe that it's been 15 years since Major League Baseball and its fans were energized with Commissioner Bud Selig's controversial addition of a non-division-winning postseason team.

Ich kenne die Major League nur mit Wild Card.
Es gibt schon keine Auf- und Absteiger, ohne Wild Card wär's ja noch langweiliger.
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Ethier's walk-off shot boosts LA in West

Andre Ethier delivered his sixth walk-off hit of the season with a two-run home run to lead the Dodgers to a 5-4 win in 13 innings over the Pirates on Tuesday.

 

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Halos' Fuentes stands firm on Green at-bat

Brian "Tito" Fuentes did not move off his position that home-plate umpire Rick Reed and first-base ump Jeff Kellogg blew strike calls on Nick Green, who walked on a full count in the bottom of the ninth inning on Wednesday night at Fenway Park.

Was ein geiles At-Bat. Und er bekommt auch noch den Walk.
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Ichiro's walk-off hit ends 14-inning thriller

The Mariners won their 76th game of the season in walk-off fashion, pulling out a 14-inning, 4-3 victory on Ichiro Suzuki's run-scoring single before 16,366 at Safeco Field. Ichiro's second hit of the game scored Ryan Langerhans from second base.

Catch 'em!
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Ichiro's walk-off shot saves Felix's gem

Ichiro Suzuki's second walk-off hit in as many nights, a two-run shot on Friday, made a 16-game winner of Cy Young hopeful Felix Hernandez.
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Mariano records 1,000th strikeout

Mariano Rivera recorded the 1,000th strikeout of his career on Friday, firing a 92-mph cutter past Seattle's Mike Carp for the second out of the ninth.

Case closed.
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Fly balls at Metrodome sometimes tricky

With the afternoon sun shining through the Metrodome's Teflon roof, baseballs become even harder to track in the white ceiling. But add the glare from a bank of lights in foul territory, and the seemingly routine task of catching a fly ball becomes a struggle.

Ich hätte das olle Dach schon längst dem Erdboden gleich gemacht.
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Saved by roof: Twins within two games

The Twins took advantage of a ball lost in the roof in the eighth en route to a 6-2 comeback win over the Tigers that reduced Detroit's lead in the AL Central to just two games.
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CC overcomes scare, earns 18th win

A liner off the chest didn't keep CC Sabathia from tying the MLB lead with his 18th "W" Saturday, as his seven sharp innings and Mark Teixeira's two homers led to a 10-1 win in Seattle.
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Bench-clearing situations part of the game

The bench-clearing fracas has always been a part of the game of baseball, as teams' rivalries reach another level, and some teams have proven to be more prone to incidents such as these than others.

[...] The Yankees are certainly no strangers to events like Tuesday's. [...]

Die ollen Raufbolde.
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The Races: Battle for AL Central tightens

From the especially friendly daytime confines of the Metrodome to a night under the stars at Safeco Field, baseball's postseason races ran the gamut Saturday.

 

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Reynolds tops own strikeout record

Mark Reynolds set the Major League single-season record for strikeouts for the second year in a row after fanning twice vs. the Giants on Tuesday, giving him 205 strikeouts.
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Gutsy Beckett leads Sox to 90th win

Josh Beckett's sole mission when he takes the ball for the Red Sox is to win, and he navigated through some heavy traffic jams to do just that in this one, improving his record to 16-6 on the season.
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The Races: Four clubs keep hopes alive

On Wednesday, four clubs won to keep their hopes alive, as the season winds down to 11 days remaining in the regular season.

Is doch schon alles gelaufen, vermutlich.
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Veteran ump struck by three foul balls

Never let it be said umpire Marty Foster can't take a hit.

D'oh!

 

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Pujols is TSN's Player of the Decade

The Sporting News announced its Major League Player of the Decade on Thursday, an honor bestowed upon Albert Pujols, the two-time National League Most Valuable Player who has topped a .300 batting average, 30 home runs and 100 RBIs in each of his nine seasons.
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Fielder is last candidate to play all 162

Prince Fielder hasn't missed a game this season, making him the Major League leader with 153 games played, and leaving him as the only player in baseball with a chance to appear in all of his team's regular-season contests.
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Yanks achieve new homer record at home

Alex Rodriguez's two-run shot off the Red Sox's Jon Lester on Friday was the Yankees' 127th homer at home this season, breaking their previous high of 126 -- achieved at the old Yankee Stadium.
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Kinsler joins 30/30 club in Rangers' win

The Rangers did just enough to get the job done Friday night, scoring the winning run on a double-play ball and getting insurance on a bizarre play on Hamilton's nubber in an 8-3 victory over Tampa Bay at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

 

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Ichiro becomes first Mariners' ejection

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Mariners player, coach or manager to be ejected from a game this season in the fifth inning of Saturday afternoon's game against the Blue Jays.


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Postseason return tugs at Torre's emotions

Joe Torre had just advanced to the postseason, like that's never happened. "It still chokes me up, to be honest with you," said Torre, whose Dodgers clinched a playoff berth on Saturday night.

Wär' ja auch noch schöner wenn's nich so wäre.
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Huge lead turns into crushing loss

The Angels roared to seven-run lead with John Lackey on the mound, but the A's stunningly rallied in a big way to hand the Halos a season-worst fourth straight setback.
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Rangers ride 11-run fifth inning to victory

The Rangers scored a season-high 11 runs in the fifth inning and went on to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays, 15-3, at the Ballpark in Arlington on Saturday night.

Das ist doch mal ne Hausmnummer.
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Snell acquisition paying off for Mariners

The midseason trade with the Pirates that brought right-hander Ian Snell to the Mariners looks better each time he pitches.

Good guy!
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Party time: Yanks kings of AL East

Andy Pettitte hurled six strong innings, Hideki Matsui came through with a clutch two-run single and the Yankees celebrated clinching their 16th American League East title, posting a 4-2 victory over the Red Sox and completing a series sweep.
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Rox win on Barmes' fantastic double play

Rockies second baseman Clint Barmes made a diving, rolling catch of a ninth-inning popup and turned it into a double play to preserve a 4-3 win over the Cards on Sunday.

Klasse Aktion!
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Twins, Tigers offering late-season drama

Baseball fans owe a debt, at least a debt of gratitude, to the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins for supplying an actual race for a division championship.

immerhin etwas Spannung ...

 

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Diaz's indecision leads to final out

It will be some time before Braves outfielder Matt Diaz is able to forget about the consequences of the indecisive reaction he made at the conclusion of Wednesday night's 5-4 loss to the Marlins at Turner Field.


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Phils clinch third straight NL East crown

Minutes after they clinched their third consecutive NL East title with the Braves' loss to the Marlins, the Phillies called on Brad Lidge to finish off a 10-3 rout of the Astros.
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Morrow marvelous in win over A's

Brandon Morrow ended the season on a resounding high note, retiring 23 of the first 24 batters he faced before running out of gas in the eighth inning as the Mariners guaranteed themselves a winning year with a 7-0 win Wednesday over the A's.


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Rox clinch playoff berth, eye division

For the third time in 15 years, the Rockies celebrated Oct. 1 by clinching a playoff berth at Coors Field, beating the Brewers, 9-2, for their fourth straight win Thursday.
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Anderson's single is 2,500th career hit

With a second-inning single against Nationals right-hander Garrett Mock at Turner Field on Thursday night, Garret Anderson became the 89th Major Leaguer to notch 2,500 hits in his career.

 

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Former big leaguer turning 100 years old

Tony Malinosky has tentative plans to trek from his Oxnard, Calif. home to Dodger Stadium on Saturday -- two days before the oldest living Major Leaguer celebrates his 100th birthday.

Rüstig.
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Dykstra's championship ring sold

Lenny Dykstra's championship ring from the 1986 World Series was sold at an auction for more than $56,000, the Associated Press reported on Friday.

Der ideelle Wert durfte wohl nicht zu bemessen sein. :-o
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Upton hits for first cycle in Rays history

B.J. Upton became the first player in Rays history to hit for the cycle when he turned the trick Friday night in his first four at-bats against the Yankees.


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Braun fourth Brewers player to 200 hits

Ryan Braun's Major League-leading 200th hit on Saturday was a two-run home run, making him the fourth player in Brewers history to reach the 200-hit milestone and the first in 18 years.
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Tejada nears 200 hits with 20-game streak

Riding a 20-game hit streak heading into the season finale, Astros shortstop Miguel Tejada also finds himself just two hits away from his fourth 200-hit campaign.
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Dodgers end drama, wrap up NL West

Behind a dominant outing from Clayton Kershaw and a clutch hit from Ronnie Belliard, the Dodgers defeated the Rockies, 5-0, on Saturday night to clinch the National League West title.

Jo, dann fehlt uns nur noch AL Central Division Title, welcher an Detroit oder Minnesota geht - es bleibt spannend.

 

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Yanks set club record with 243rd homer

Alex Rodriguez helped the Yankees set a new franchise record for home runs in a single season, punctuating the final day of the campaign by sending a three-run home run over the wall at Tropicana Field on Sunday.
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Hall of Fame wants Kouzmanoff's glove

A day after Kevin Kouzmanoff set a single-season record for National League third basemen with a .990 fielding percentage, the National Baseball Hall of Fame asked Kouzmanoff if he would donate a glove that he used at some point during the season.
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Twins advance to face formidable foe

The Twins battled into the 12th inning on Tuesday night at the Metrodome in a tense, back-and-forth tiebreaker game before clinching a playoff berth by defeating the Tigers.
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Tiebreaker filled with intense drama

A play-by-play look at the critical points of the Twins' 6-5 win over the Tigers in 12 innings to secure the American League Central title.

 

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Lee masterful in Game 1 win over Rox

With the spotlight on him in his playoff debut, Cliff Lee rose to the challenge in dominating fashion, going the distance in the Phillies' 5-1 victory over the Rockies on Wednesday in Game 1 of the NLDS at Citizens Bank Park.
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Cards, Dodgers break left-on-base mark

After just six innings, the Dodgers and Cardinals had already broken the record for most men left on base in a Division Series game.
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Jeter ties Reggie, Mick on homers list

Derek Jeter's two-run homer in the third inning was his 18th career postseason blast. With it, the Yankees shortstop tied Mickey Mantle and Reggie Jackson for third place on the all-time list.
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Twins in ALDS hole after loss in Bronx

An early Twins lead lasted less than an inning, as Brian Duensing couldn't hold down the Yanks and the offense sputtered in Game 1 of the ALDS on Wednesday in a 7-2 loss.
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Weaver earns improbable win for LA

The postseason is full of unlikely heroes, and now reliever Jeff Weaver, who almost didn't make the playoff roster, can be added to the list after earning the win in the Dodgers' 5-3 victory over the Cards in Game 1 of the NLDS.

 

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Resilient Rockies hold on to even NLDS

After showing no offensive life in losing Wednesday's Game 1 of the National League Division Series, the Rockies scored four runs off Phillies ace Cole Hamels and withstood a furious comeback attempt to win Game 2, 5-4, on Thursday afternoon.
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Hollywood inning: Holliday miss, LA bliss

After St. Louis' Matt Holliday dropped James Loney's liner with two outs in the ninth, Ronnie Belliard tied it and Mark Loretta singled home Casey Blake for a stunning 3-2 L.A. win.
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Cards focused, but history against them

The Cardinals face a daunting task, in that no NL club has ever lost the first two games of a Division Series and advanced. But they head back to St. Louis ready to chisel away at the Dodgers and hopefully return to Los Angeles.
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Angels turn tide on Red Sox in Game 1

John Lackey delivered 7 1/3 dominant frames and Torii Hunter hit a three-run homer as the Halos rolled to a 5-0 win in Game 1 of the ALDS.

 

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Missed chances, call costly in tough loss

Unable to score with the bases loaded and no outs in the 11th, the Twins fell Friday to the Yanks, 4-3, on a Mark Teixeira homer in the bottom of the frame to go down, 0-2, in the ALDS.
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Weaver's gem puts Angels in control

Jered Weaver pitched brilliantly and the Angels manufactured a three-run seventh inning to move one win away from wrapping up the ALDS.
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Torre, the person, leads to success

This is Joe Torre's time of the year, in many more ways than one. The manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers has led teams to the postseason 14 consecutive years.
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Sweep deal: Dodgers return to NLCS

The Dodgers went 45 years without sweeping a postseason series until last year, and now they've done it in back-to-back seasons after they eliminated the Cards with a 5-1 win.

 

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Angels show rally moxie, finish off Sox

Stunning Red Sox Nation with a two-out ninth-inning eruption, the Angels completed an ALDS sweep with a 7-6 conquest on Sunday.

Sweep ...
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Yanks pleased to be back, but not content

The Yankees will open their best-of-seven American League Championship Series against the Angels at Yankee Stadium on Friday evening, and nothing short of the franchise's 27th World Series title is going to be acceptable.

Under pressure. *sing*
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First Freeway World Series possible

Both clubs in the Los Angeles market have advanced to the League Championship Series, the first time each has gotten this close to meeting the other in the World Series.

Anaheim ist nicht LA !!!eins11!!!
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Amazing rally vaults Phillies into NLCS

The Phillies staged an unforgettable comeback Monday night at Coors Field, scoring three runs in the ninth inning to edge the Rockies, 5-4, advance to the NL Championship Series against the Dodgers.
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Mal ein paar Impressionen von den 4 "Überlebenden" der Division Series:

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[img src="http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2009/10/10/aXj7SfvI.jpg[/img]

 

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Angels show rally moxie, finish off Sox

Stunning Red Sox Nation with a two-out ninth-inning eruption, the Angels completed an ALDS sweep with a 7-6 conquest on Sunday.

Sweep ...

Warum " " ? Wohl eher +



Hast du den "Jubel" der Jungs nach dem Spiel gesehen? Das war ja so als ob man das letzte Spiel der Saison gewinnt, obwohl man null Chance auf die Series hat Nachher kamen sie dann aus sich heraus.
-> Die sind heiß auf die Angels

 

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Hast du den "Jubel" der Jungs nach dem Spiel gesehen?
Das war ja so als ob man das letzte Spiel der Saison gewinnt, obwohl man null Chance auf die Series hat Nachher kamen sie dann aus sich heraus.
-> Die sind heiß auf die Angels

Nee, konnte kein Spiel verfolgen, bin total auf die Berichterstattung auf MLB.com via RSS-Feed angewiesen.

 

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Homers give Phils Game 1, home field

Carlos Ruiz and Raul Ibanez each hit a three-run shot as the Phils overcame Cole Hamels' shaky outing with an 8-6 win in L.A. that gives Philly the home-field edge.
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Rare ruling cited in would-be double play

The Dodgers could have had a double play on Pedro Martinez's attempted sacrifice bunt in the top of the third inning. They needed to execute better according to the rules.

Schlitzohr Loney.
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Rally revives Dodgers, evens NLCS

The Dodgers rallied in the eighth as Juan Pierre scored on Chase Utley's error and Andre Ethier walked with the bases loaded to give L.A. a 2-1 win and tie the NLCS 1-1.
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Close call at first goes Yanks' way

A surprise bunt by Torii Hunter against CC Sabathia didn't catch the Yankees' ace off guard.

Schöne Idee von Hunter, aber was CC und Teixeira da zaubern ...
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Defense abandons Halos in Game 1

After setting a franchise record for fewest errors in a season, 85 in 162 games, the Angels' defense picked a bad time to have a bad night
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Lackey keeps Yanks close, gets little help

Facing the powerful Yankees lineup in their home park is no easy task. Throw in a few errors and CC Sabathia, and John Lackey's job in Game 1 of the ALCS became pretty much impossible.
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A-Rod none the worse for wear after play

It was a slight turn, but a turn nonetheless. Charging toward home plate after running through a stop sign in the fifth inning Friday, Alex Rodriguez rumbled toward Angels catcher Jeff Mathis with his left hip pointed home.

Sieht schon ziemlich stümperhaft aus wie er das Stop-Zeichen des 3rd-Base-Coach übersieht und dann auch noch in den Catcher rauscht - shit happens.

 

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Heartbreaker puts Halos down 2-0 in ALCS

The Yankees won Game 2 in the 13th, subduing the Angels, 4-3, in a Saturday night classic to assume a commanding two games to none lead in the ALCS.
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Philly bats soar; Cliff too tall for LA

Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth played key roles in a four-run first inning and Cliff Lee dominated L.A. over eight innings, giving Philly an 11-0 win and a 2-1 NLCS lead.
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Kuroda makes no excuses for ugly loss

Dodgers pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, meeting with the media in the tunnel outside the clubhouse, was offered every possible excuse for his disappointing performance in an 11-0 loss to the Phillies on Sunday.
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Jeter bashes 20th postseason homer

Derek Jeter hit a leadoff homer off Angels pitcher Jered Weaver in Monday's Game 3 of the American League Championship Series, putting yet another exclamation mark on an historic postseason career.
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Howard ties Gehrig's playoff RBI mark

With his first-inning two-run homer in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series on Monday night, Ryan Howard matched Lou Gehrig as the only players who have recorded an RBI in eight consecutive postseason games.
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Mathis' walk-off double closes ALCS gap

On the strength of Monday's stirring 5-4 Game 3 triumph in 11 innings at Angel Stadium, the Angels are alive and kicking in the ALCS.
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Phils walk off in ninth, one win from Series

Jimmy Rollins hit a clutch two-run double with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, scoring Eric Bruntlett and Carlos Ruiz in a 5-4 Phillies victory over the Dodgers in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series.

 

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Posada loses track of outs against Halos

Four balls to a walk, three strikes and you're out, three outs to an inning. Right, Jorge Posada? It seems as if Posada forgot that last part in the sixth inning of a 10-1 thrashing of the Angels in Game 4.

Mitm Läufer auf der Dritten ziemlich gefährlich.
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Phils oust Dodgers, return to Fall Classic

The Phillies set their goal on becoming the first NL team to win back-to-back World Series since the 1975-76 Reds. They took a big step in that direction Wednesday, clinching their second straight NL pennant with a 10-4 victory over the Dodgers in Game 5 of the NLCS.

Die Phillies sind durch.
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Howard's end: Slugger NLCS MVP

Ryan Howard was named the Most Valuable Player of the National League Championship Series after the Phillies wrapped up the pennant with a 10-4 victory over the Dodgers at Citizen's Bank Park.
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Escape to New York: Angels win Game 5

Responding to a Yankees comeback with one of their own, the Angels sent the ALCS back to New York with a rousing 7-6 triumph in Game 5 on Thursday.

New York macht's spannend ...
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Calls draw attention in Game 5 of ALCS

A spate of such error throughout the 2009 postseason has put the umpires under the microscope like never before, especially as second-guessers tuning in on the tube or the Internet have access to more instant replay angles than before.