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“Experts” Wrong, Padre Steve Right: Giants Win the Pennant! Defeat Phillies in Six to Advance to World Series
Ryan Howard looks as he is rung up on a called third strike as Buster Posey celebrates (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) The Philadelphia Phillies and their fans looked on in stunned disbelief as a team of no-names, cast offs and some remarkable … Continue reading
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Lemony Snickets: Phillies Double-up Giants to Force Game Six in Philly
Roy Hallady gutted out his first win against the Giants of the season (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) It was a pitchers’ matchup on a soggy San Francisco night when two of the most feared pitchers in baseball faced each … Continue reading
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Giants Defeat Phillies in 9th 6-5 go up 3-1 in NLCS as Posey and the Panda have big nights
Aubrey Huff raises his arms after he scores the winning run in Game 4 of the NLCS (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) The San Francisco Giants keep finding ways to win and of befuddling the experts in their NLCS matchup with the … Continue reading
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Cain is Able: Matt Cain and Giants down Phillies 3-0 Take NLCS Lead
Cain is Able: Matt Cain shuts down Phillies to win NLCS Game Three Expert after expert picked Phillies ace Cole Hamels to master the San Francisco Giants while giving faint praise to Giants starter Matt Cain in game three of … Continue reading
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Phillies and Oswalt Down Giants 6-1 Even Series
Roy Oswalt shut down the Giants givig up just three hits in 8 innings (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) The Philadelphia Phillies smarting from their game one loss against the San Francisco Giants evened the NLCS with a 6-1 win on … Continue reading
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Ooops…Who Hit the Self-Destruct Switch? Four Errors and 3 Hit Batsmen Doom Reds, Phillies Win 7-4
Jay Bruce misses a fly ball in the 7th inning (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) The Cincinnati Reds looked like that they had cracked the code on how to beat the Phillies after having been no-hit by Roy Halladay on Wednesday. Tonight they … Continue reading
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Padre Steve’s 2010 ALDS and NLDS Predictions
Note: Sorry for the delay in this post, most was already written but I spend the majority of the day on the road to West Virginia where we are taking some time to relax in between my assignments. I look … Continue reading
Baseball is Back….Thank God!
Norfolk’s Harbor Park “Night baseball isn’t an aberration. What’s an aberration is a team that hasn’t won a World Series since 1908. They tend to think of themselves as a little Williamsburg, a cute little replica of a major league … Continue reading
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World Series Game Six: Yankees Win it All
Part Two: Written after the game Hideki Matsui World Series MVP Yankees Pitchers against Phillies Batters: Andy Pettitte had very good stuff in the first five innings giving up one run on a sacrifice fly by Jimmy Rollins following a … Continue reading
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