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One look from the dugout at the celebration on the field was all the incentive the Philadelphia Phillies needed for next year.
Cole Hamels grew up watching Andy Pettitte pitch important playoff games and still tries to imitate his icy glare on the mound.
Alex Rodriguez waited all game long for this hit. Heck, he waited his whole life. Rodriguez delivered the biggest hit of his career, a go-ahead, two-out double in the ninth inning off Brad Lidge and the New York Yankees took advantage of Johnny Damon's daring dash to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 on Sunday night for a 3-1 lead in the World Series.
One strike away from preserving his perfect postseason, Brad Lidge fell apart.
Chase Utley makes two costly throwing errors, and suddenly he's being mentioned with Steve Sax and Chuck Knoblauch.
Cole Hamels isn't going to breeze through this postseason. Yorvit Torrealba hit a two-run homer, Aaron Cook pitched effectively into the sixth inning and the Colorado Rockies beat Hamels and the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 Thursday to even their NL playoff series at a game apiece.
Cole Hamels has already won a World Series, earned postseason MVP honors, been an All-Star, and signed a huge contract.
Cole Hamels is again pitching like Philadelphia's October ace.
Pedro Martinez was pushing 130 pitches and the tying run stood on second base when manager Charlie Manuel came out to the mound for a chat.
Pedro Martinez tossed seven impressive innings to outpitch Tim Lincecum, Ryan Howard doubled in the tiebreaking run and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1 on Thursday night.
Justin Upton homered and drove in three runs and Chris Snyder added a solo shot as the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 4-0 on Wednesday night, hours after the defending world champions acquired ace lefty Cliff Lee from Cleveland.
Cole Hamels pitched seven effective innings, Jayson Werth and Pedro Feliz had three hits apiece and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Diego Padres 9-4 in a makeup game Thursday night.
Unbeaten rookie J.A. Happ won again, and so did the Philadelphia Phillies.
Ryan Howard, Carlos Ruiz and Shane Victorino homered, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-2 Sunday to split a four-game series between teams with the top two records in baseball.
Chase Utley homered and drove in four runs, and the Philadelphia Phillies' powerful offense overcame another disappointing performance by a starter on Thursday in a 12-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
Casey Kotchman had three hits and three RBIs, Kenshin Kawakami pitched six effective innings and the Atlanta Braves rallied for a 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.
Cole Hamels ran in the outfield to test his injured left ankle a day after the Philadelphia Phillies bumped him from Tuesday's scheduled start, and manager Charlie Manuel said the left-hander was on track to start Friday at Atlanta.
Phillies ace Cole Hamels left Tuesday night's start against Washington in the fifth inning after spraining his left ankle while trying to field John Lannan's bunt.
Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels is feeling fine a day after being hit in the left shoulder by a line drive, and expects to make his next start as scheduled.
Pinch-hitter Matt Stairs connected for a tiebreaking two-run homer in the ninth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied to beat the Colorado Rockies 7-5 on Sunday.
Daisuke Matsuzaka got a kick out of facing countryman Kenshin Kawakami in his first start since he helped Japan win the World Baseball Classic. Rich Harden also was feeling pretty good about his first start for the Chicago Cubs in two weeks.
Phillies ace Cole Hamels pitched in a minor league game Tuesday, his first start since experiencing elbow tightness last week.
Manny Ramirez was back in the Los Angeles Dodgers' lineup Monday and looking forward to a few more at-bats before spring training ends. Curt Schilling was anticipating a much different future.
Welcome back for day 2 of the MLB playoffs. Hopefully the games are more entertaining today then they were yesterday. We're still a while away from first pitch today. Got some good baseball articles? Send them my way.
* Kyle Kendrick recently got engaged to former Survivor runner-up Stephenie LaGrossa, which is especially interesting because fellow Phillies starter Cole Hamels is married to former Survivor contestant Heidi Strobel.
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Toronto is off to an AL-best 12-5 start despite a pitching staff that's decimated by injuries and the disabled list swelled even further Wednesday with B.J. Ryan and Ricky Romero landing on the shelf.
Bullpen blues doom Braves as Phils inch closer to East titleThe Phillies moved one step closer to the NL East title and the Braves slipped to a season-worst 20 games out of first, Philadelphia lighting up the Atlanta bullpen for four runs in the eighth inning for a 6-2 victory Monday at Citizens Bank Park.
Swept again: Bravos finish 0-9 vs. Philly at homeNine up, nine down. The Braves lost to the Phillies at Turner Field on Thursday, 4-3, as Philly capped a season sweep of the nine games at Turner Field. Chipper Jones went 1-for-3 and maintained his major-league leading .365 average.
0-8 ain't great: Braves lose again to Phils at homeA four-run first inning doomed Jair Jurrjens and the Braves on Wednesday, Atlanta falling 6-1 to Philadelphia. The Phillies now are 8-0 against the Braves at Turner Field this season. Chipper Jones had a hit and leads the NL batting race by nine points.
Epic meltdown: Braves blow six-run lead in Hampton's return, fall by one run at PhillyA nine-run fourth inning wasn't enough for the Braves, who blew a six-run lead in Mike Hampton's first big-league game since August 2005 and lost to Philadelphia 10-9.
Jurrjens, McCann lead the way as Braves bash Phils in opener of critical seriesJair Jurrjens pitched three-hit ball over eight sparkling shutout innings, and Brian McCann homered twice and drove in five as the Braves opened a critical three-game series at Philadelphia with a resounding 8-2 victory.
Swept away, seven back — Braves silenced again by PhilsCapping a dreadful three-game showing against the NL East leaders, the Braves lost to Philadelphia 4-1 Thursday at Turner Field, finishing a sweep that drops Atlanta seven games out in the East and a season-worst six games below .500.
Same sad story: Braves fall again to Phils, tumble to six out in EastJorge Campillo gave up five runs in five innings, and the Atlanta offense struggled for the second night in a row, losing 7-3 to Philadelphia to fall six games out in the NL East and a season-worst five games under .500.
Cleveland rocks HamelsCole Hamels was out of whack right from the start. The 23-year-old lefty sure didn't expect Cleveland's leadoff hitter Grady Sizemore to bunt the first pitch he threw on this muggy, 89-degree night at Jacobs Field for a hit.
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Cole Hamels makes it happen for PhilliesCINCINNATI -- The Phillies had the "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" of team meetings Saturday, an 80-minute pow-wow called by Charlie Manuel that gave each and every uniformed person in the clubhouse a chance to have input on the team's worst start in a quarter-century.
MLB: Mets see Kazmir mistake in Phillies' Hamels" The story of the 2006 National League East race may turn out to be a tale of two young, talented left-handed pitchers: One kept and the one that got away.
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