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Philadelphia gambles on now ex-Boston closer by giving him big bucks
SHANE SMITH
ESPN.com has reported that that the Phillies are walking away from last season’s closer Ryan Madson in favor of Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon. Papelbon will be signing a 4 year 50 million dollar contract to close for the Phillies.

Last season Papelbon experienced a decent [...]

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Why does not signing with the Yankees cause half the baseball media to hate you?
MITCH BLATT
So Cliff Lee just chose the Philadelphia Phillies over the New York Yankees, who were offering him more, and returned to his former team from 2009.
Naturally, a player not signing with the team with the largest payroll in baseball and [...]

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Cliff Lee’s shocking signing with the Phillies means there’s a new team to hate in baseball, and yet another reason why the sport desperately needs to get this one-sided spending under control
SCOTT JACOBS
Move over New York. Stand aside Boston. There’s a new team to completely despise in Major League Baseball.
They may play in the City [...]

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JOSH DHANI
Oh man, wouldn’t everyone want to be Buehrle’s shoes? EVERYONE wants to be in this dear man’s shoes. I mean just look at this guy. He has a gorgeous wife, won a World Series not too long ago, and hell, he threw a no-hitter in 2007.
But he just did something that topped them all [...]

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In light of the Raul Ibanez vs. Blogger firestorm, one would think we’re talking about a supreme court hearing, not simple speculation (that is warranted)
SCOTT JACOBS
Talk about crying over spilt milk.
The media has been in a tizzy the last couple days after an every day blogger decided to write an article questioning whether the Phillies’ [...]

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It’s the series that won’t end.  Like the Energizer bunny it just keeps going and going and going…
SCOTT JACOBS
Tonight’s the night!  No seriously, they’re going to finish this unprecedented suspended game five tonight.  It’s going to happen.  It’s going to start at 8:37, last nine innings (wouldn’t that be fitting if it went 15 [...]

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Tampa Bay looks over-matched, the Phillies are rolling, and I just don’t see a whole lot of reason right now for the Rays to be optimistic.
SCOTT JACOBS
Pick up a phone, find Terry Francona’s number and put it on speed-dial. For the duration of this less then exciting World Series, the Rays should keep [...]

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Brad Lidge is once again lights out as the Phillies survive the Rays 3-2 in game one
SCOTT JACOBS
The Rays may be the comeback kids, but Brad Lidge is a totally different animal.
Lidge came out in the ninth, completely shut down Tampa Bay’s potent offense, and the Phillies walked out of game one with a [...]

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