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April 2009
- $1.5B Yanks MLB's Most Valuable Team
  
  Forbes | Apr 23, 09 8:56 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The New York Yankees' $1.5 billion valuation lands them solidly in the top spot in the Forbes ranking of baseball's most valuable teams. The crosstown Mets came second, trailing by almost $600 million. The Yanks, however, were one of only two teams to lose money last season, dropping $3.7 million. The Detroit Tigers lost a whopping $26.3 million. More »
- Phillies Announcer Kalas Dead at 73
  
  Philadelphia Inquirer | Apr 13, 09 2:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Harry Kalas, who announced Philadelphia Phillies games since 1971, died today, the Inquirer reports. Kalas, 73, was found unconscious at Nationals Stadium in Washington and rushed to a hospital, where he died. Kalas, a Hall of Famer, underwent unspecified surgery earlier this year. “We lost Harry today,” the team president said. “We lost our voice.” More »
March 2009
- Pitcher Schilling Retires at 42
  
  Associated Press | Mar 23, 09 10:40 AM CDT
  
  (AP) - Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling says he's retiring from baseball. The 42-year-old right-hander who won World Series championships with Arizona and Boston announced on his blog today that he's leaving after 23 years with "zero regrets." Schilling missed all of last season with a shoulder injury. For his career, he has the 14th-most strikeouts in baseball history. He leaves with a 216-146 record and 3.46 earned-run average. More »
November 2008
- Cardinals' Pujols Wins Second NL MVP Award
  
  St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Nov 17, 08 3:27 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals won the National League’s Most Valuable Player award today, the Post-Dispatch reports, taking the honor for the second time despite missing a significant portion of the season due to injury. The first baseman hit .357 with 37 home runs and 116 RBI. Ryan Howard, who led the majors with 48 homers and 146 RBI for the World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies, took second. More »
October 2008
- Philly Celebrates Phillies
  
  Associated Press | Oct 31, 08 5:47 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hundreds of thousands lined the streets of Philadelphia this afternoon to celebrate the Phillies' World Series victory. Under clear, sunny skies, the city's famously ill-tempered fans were ebullient and well-behaved, the AP reports. “It's like Christmas came two months early,” manager Charlie Manuel said. Added pitcher Jamie Moyer, who attended the team's only other World Series victory celebration in 1980 as a truant teen: “Today tops it by far.” More »
- Philly Phetes Series Triumph
  
  Philadelphia Inquirer | Oct 30, 08 1:42 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The streets of Philadelphia were mobbed with celebrating Phillies fans into today’s wee hours, with some directing enthusiastic violence at cars and shop windows, the Inquirer reports. Firemen responding to street blazes had to turn their hoses on uncooperative revelers, and sporadic looting was reported. Still, the overall scene was one of joy at the end of a 28-year drought. More »
- Phillies Win World Series
  
  TBO Blogs | Oct 29, 08 9:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Philadelphia Phillies edged Tampa Bay 4-3 tonight to capture the team's first World Series pennant since 1980. Pedro Feliz singled home Eric Bruntlett in the bottom of the seventh to break a 3-3 tie and provide the winning run, the Tampa Bay Tribune reports. The two teams had to resume the game in the sixth inning tonight after it was halted because of rain Monday night. More »
- Brrr: Boys of Summer Brace for Winter
  
  MSNBC | Oct 29, 08 5:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Baseball weather, it's not. When the World Series resumes tonight in Philly, the forecast calls for temperatures in the 30s and a wind chill below freezing, MSNBC reports. The Phillies and Rays will pick up where Monday's night's Game 5 left off: tied at 2 in the bottom of the sixth. The Phillies, 28 years without a title, lead the Series 3-1. If Tampa Bay pulls through tonight, game six will be in balmy Florida. More »
- Bookies Call Game 5 for Phillies
  
  Las Vegas Review-Journal | Oct 29, 08 5:01 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Game 5 of the World Series is stuck in a rain-soaked limbo in Philadelphia but it's all over in Vegas, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Nevada gaming ‘house rules’ state that a canceled game reverts to the score of the last finished inning, making it a 2-1 victory for the Phillies as far as bookies are concerned. More »
- Series Delayed Another Day
  
  NBC Philadelphia | Oct 28, 08 12:38 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A forecast of high winds, heavy rain, and even snow in Philadelphia tonight moved Major League Baseball to push the conclusion of Game 5 of the World Series until at least tomorrow, NBC10 reports. “While obviously we want to finish Game 5 as soon as possible, the forecast for today does not allow for us to continue the game this evening,” commissioner Bud Selig said. The game was tied 2-2 in the sixth inning. More »
- Rain Suspends Series Game 5
  
  Philadelphia Inquirer | Oct 27, 08 10:53 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Torrential rain in Philadelphia forced the suspension of tonight's World Series Game 5 midway through the sixth inning with the Tampa Bay Rays and the Phillies tied at 2. Carlos Pena tied the score on a two-out RBI single before Evan Longoria lined out and the umpiring crew called for the tarp. The contest will resume Tuesday night at 8, the Inquirer reports—weather permitting. The Phillies lead the best-of-seven series, 3-1. More »
- Howard Sparks Rout; Phillies Lead Series, 3-1
  
  Associated Press | Oct 26, 08 11:12 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ryan Howard homered twice and drove in five runs, and the Phillies beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 10-2, in Game 4 of the World Series tonight in Philadelphia. The Fightin' Phils are one victory away from capturing the second World Series title in franchise history. They wouldn't be here without their big slugger. "We just have to stay focused and hopefully come out with that 'W,'" Howard said. More »
- You're Missing Out on a Great Series
  
  ESPN | Oct 26, 08 3:39 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Nobody's watching the World Series, and this year, writes Gene Wojciechowski for ESPN, everybody's missing out. Both the Rays and the Phillies came from behind to get here. They’re both managed by colorful characters: One wears a Mohawk, and the other would “rather swallow a wad of chaw.” The games are full of great rookies and vets, and “have been decided by a grand total of four runs.” More »
- Phillies Edge Rays 5-4 to Take Lead in Series
  
  Associated Press | Oct 26, 08 1:16 AM CDT
  
  (AP) - It took a while, but the Phillies finally beat Tampa Bay in the wee hours to take a 2-1 lead in the World Series. Carlos Ruiz hit an infield single—a trickler down the third-base line—with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth as Philly outlasted the Rays, 5-4. The game didn't begin until 10:06pm because of a rain delay, and it didn't end until 1:47am. Ruiz, Chase Utley, and Ryan Howard homered for the Phils. More »
- Rays Even Up Series
  
  TBO Blogs | Oct 23, 08 10:46 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Tampa Bay starter James Shields shut down the Phillies, and the Rays used a classic game of small ball to even up the World Series with a 4-2 win, the Tampa Bay Tribune reports. The Rays scored their runs on two groundouts, a single, and a squeeze bunt. The Phillies finally got on the board in the 8th and 9th, but it wasn't enough. Game 3 is Saturday night in Philadelphia. More »
- Phillies Win Series Opener
  
  Philadelphia Daily News | Oct 22, 08 11:05 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Solid pitching and a dose of power gave the Phillies Game 1 of the World Series tonight in Tampa Bay. Chad Utley hit a two-run homer in the first inning, and ace Cole Hamels pitched 7 strong innings in Philadelphia's 3-2 win, the Philadelphia Daily News reports. Carl Crawford homered for the Rays, who will try to even things up Thursday night. More »
- Howard/Price Matchup Could Make for Epic Series
  
  Washington Post | Oct 22, 08 2:37 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The best reason to watch this World Series is that at some point, Ryan Howard will face David Price, and the game will probably be on the line, writes Dave Sheinin of the Washington Post . “That’s what you want to see,” says Jonny Gomes. “Power versus power in the World Series.” Both are homegrown stars and if you don’t know Price yet, you will. More »
- MLB's Young Stars Will Stamp Series
  
  New York Times | Oct 22, 08 11:29 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The recent woes of the Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays belie what could be a truly classic World Series, the New York Times reports. With 13 of 16 starting position players under 30 and each team's ace only 24 years old, the future of baseball could be on display tonight at St. Petersburg’s domed Tropicana Field. More »
- 5 Factors to Focus On in Series
  
  Detroit Free Press | Oct 21, 08 2:33 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The World Series starts tomorrow night, with two teams that might not be so familiar to viewers. With that in mind, John Lowe, writing in the Detroit Free Press , has prepared a list of five players or positions that could be game changers. Centerfielders: The Phillies' Shane Victorino and the Rays' BJ Upton have great speed on offense and defense. More »
- Can Phanatics Cheer Up at Last?
  
  Wall Street Journal | Oct 21, 08 10:35 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Optimism doesn’t come easy to Phillies fans. “They feel like dogs that have been kicked too much,” one UPenn professor tells Allen Barra of the Wall Street Journal . The Phillies have won precisely one title in their 125-year history, amid mountains of grim collapses. “Phillies history is a birthright,” says one fan. “It's like when you're born you inherit all these horrible memories that you have to drag to the ballpark.” More »