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6213. wabbit - 10/27/2008 4:19:02 PM  The Phillies' 10-2 romp over the Tampa Bay Rays gave Philadelphia a 3-1 World Series lead. Howard drove in five runs with two homers and Joe Blanton shut his eyes, swung and became the first pitcher in 34 years to homer in the Series. Come Monday night, the team of 10,000 losses could give title-starved Philadelphia its first champion in any of the four big sports since the NBA's 76ers in 1983. The Phillies' only Series victory came in 1980. Blanton and four relievers combined on a five-hitter, and Jason Werth also homered.
In this campaign season, the Rays resemble a team from a swing-and-miss state. No. 3 hitter Carlos Pena and cleanup man Evan Longoria have combined to go an A-Rod-like 0-for-29 with 15 strikeouts in the Series. Longoria has gone hitless in four straight games for the first time in his big league career.
Cole Hamels will try to close out the Series title on Monday night against Scott Kazmir in a rematch of Game 1 starters. Hamels (4-0) is trying to become the first pitcher to win five postseason starts in one year. Of the 42 teams to take 3-1 World Series leads, 36 have gone on to win the crown. After splitting the first two games in Florida, the Phillies improved to 6-0 at Citizens Bank Park this postseason. That includes a wacky, rain-delayed 5-4 win in Game 3 that ended at 1:47 a.m. Sunday.
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6214. jexster - 10/27/2008 4:25:11 PM Looks like the Phils take it tonight...they made it past Moyer...next start in the Old Timers Game 6215. wabbit - 10/27/2008 4:36:18 PM I hope Philadelphia survives winning. 6216. wabbit - 10/30/2008 6:04:23 PM  Congratulations to Philadelphia, the Phillies won the World Series and the city didn't burn to the ground!
Almost 50 hours after Game 5 started but was halted by rain, Brad Lidge and the Phillies finished off the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in a bizarre three-inning sprint. Left in limbo by a two-day storm, the losingest team in pro sports seesawed to its first championship since 1980. Once play resumed, Pedro Feliz singled home the go-ahead run in the seventh and Lidge closed out his perfect season to deliver the title Philly craved for so long. Finally, long after Julius Erving led the Sixers to the 1983 NBA title, something to celebrate at Friday's parade.
Cheesesteaks, on the house.
Cole Hamels won a World Series MVP award Wednesday night without throwing a pitch. Only fitting, because he owned October all the way. Hamels made five postseason starts for the Philadelphia Phillies and went 4-0 with a 1.80 ERA, a dazzling display of pressure pitching that earned him two treasured trophies. Already the Most Valuable Player of the NL championship series, the lanky lefty duplicated that feat with two terrific starts against Tampa Bay and joined Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt (1980) as the only World Series MVPs in Philadelphia history…
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6217. jexster - 10/31/2008 3:12:41 AM YEAH PHILLIES!!!!
6218. jexster - 10/31/2008 3:17:07 AM 
6219. jexster - 11/3/2008 5:38:12 PM 
6220. wabbit - 11/3/2008 5:42:15 PM Lance Armstrong won the individual time trial of the 25th annual Tour de Gruene, covering 16 miles in 33 minutes, 14 seconds to finish nearly two minutes ahead of runner-up Erick Benz in the race along the Guadalupe River on Saturday. The seven-time Tour de France champion announced in September that he was ending a three-year retirement to draw more attention to his global campaign to fight cancer. He said he would aim for an eighth Tour victory, beginning his campaign in January with a race in Australia…
India captain Anil Kumble, the third most successful bowler in test history with 619 wickets, announced his retirement at the end of the third test against Australia. Legspinner Kumble, who turned 38 last month, badly injured his left hand during the drawn match, which would have ruled him out of the final test at Nagpur starting Thursday. India leads the four-match series 1-0. Kumble split the webbing while trying to catch Matthew Hayden at mid-wicket on Friday and was taken to the hospital where he received 11 stitches under general anesthetic…
Don Doane belonged to the same team at a Ravenna bowling alley for 45 years. Just moments after rolling the first perfect 300 game of his life, Doane collapsed onto the floor while high-fiving his Nutt Farm teammates. The 62-year-old Ravenna resident was taken to a local hospital but couldn't be saved. A medical examiner determined that a heart attack killed Doane. Jim Nutt spoke with Grand Rapids TV stations WOOD and WZZM about his friend and teammate, who collapsed Oct. 16 at Ravenna Bowl. Nutt says Doane won't be forgotten by his many friends at the Muskegon County bowling alley. They say it's strange not seeing Doane anymore on league nights.
Former Kentucky Derby champion Alysheba is back home. The 1987 Derby and Preakness winner arrived at the Kentucky Horse Park on Friday after spending the last eight years at his owner's stables in Saudi Arabia. Several hundred fans turned out as the 24-year-old son of Alydar completed his journey. He will be stabled in the Horse Park's Hall of Champions alongside Cigar, Kona Gold and Da Hoss. Horse Park executive director John Nicholson calls Alysheba a symbol of goodwill between people and nations. He says the horse will be appreciated by the hundreds of thousands of guests who visit the park each year. 6221. wabbit - 11/3/2008 5:42:37 PM 
Adam Vinatieri still has it. The 36-year-old kicker showed his old team Sunday night that age hasn't sapped his distance, accuracy or proclivity for making big field goals. He hit a 52-yarder late in the game to give Indianapolis a desperately needed 18-15 victory over New England - and Vinatieri a measure of revenge. The kick was Vinatieri's longest since a 57-yarder at Chicago on Nov. 10, 2002, and it should have come as no surprise to the Patriots, who used Vinatieri's right foot to win two Super Bowl titles. But New England (5-3) couldn't simply blame Vinatieri for this loss. Of their four time-consuming scoring drives, three resulted in field goals, and Jabar Gaffney dropped a sure touchdown pass late in the third quarter. Then there was tight end David Thomas, who drew a 15-yard dead ball penalty that pushed New England out of field-goal range with 4:45 to go in the game. It sealed the Patriots fate. The result allowed Vinatieri, the Patriots career scoring leader, to show he's still the NFL's best clutch kicker…
The Tennessee Titans made sure their run as the NFL's lone unbeaten team continues for another week. Rob Bironas kicked a 41-yard field goal with 9:36 to go in overtime that kept the Titans perfect with a 19-16 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. The kicker had a chance to win in regulation, but banged a 47-yarder off the upright, prompting him to yank his facemask down in anger at himself. The Titans (8-0) won the toss and drove 55 yards in 10 plays to give Bironas another chance. Going out on third-and-2, he swung through his fourth field goal that started the celebration as the Titans matched a franchise record by winning their 11th straight regular-season game.…
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6222. wabbit - 11/3/2008 5:42:56 PM  Paula Radcliffe became the second woman to win the NYC Marathon three times, pulling away from Ludmila Petrova in the 22nd mile. The Brit finished in two hours, 23 minutes, 56 seconds. The 40-year-old Petrova was second in 2:25:43, eight years after she won the NYC Marathon. She became the oldest woman to finish in the top two since Priscilla Welch of Great Britain won in 1987 at the age of 42. The Russian also set a Masters world record for runners 40 and over, breaking Welch's mark set in London in 1987. Kara Goucher took third in 2:25:53, making her the first American to reach the podium since Anne Marie Letko was third in 1994. She posted the fastest time in a marathon debut by an American woman, breaking Deena Kastor's mark set in this race in 2001.
Radcliffe didn't need a dramatic finish as in her previous two wins -- that was saved for the men's race, in which Marilson Gomes dos Santos of Brazil blew past Abderrahim Goumri with about a mile to go. The men's champion has a special affection for New York, where he has won his only two major marathon titles. He was a surprise winner in 2006 before finishing eighth last year. Goumri pulled away from Gomes in the 22nd mile and appeared headed to his elusive first major marathon title. Instead, the Moroccan was the runner-up for the second straight year, his fourth near-miss in 19 months. Gomes won in 2:08:43. Goumri finished in 2:09:07, and Daniel Rono of Kenya was third in 2:11:22 in his NYC Marathon debut.
A 58-year-old Brazilian runner died Sunday night, several hours after he crossed the finish line and complained to race officials he felt ill. Carlos Jose Gomes of Sao Paulo died at Lennox Hill hospital according to police. The cause of death was not immediately released. At least two other runners fell ill during the race and had to be hospitalized.
6223. jexster - 11/12/2008 3:37:45 AM LANDSLIDE!
Lincecum Wins Cy Young
Tim Lincecum was watching NFL highlights when he got the call this morning. The landslide vote elicited delight from his teammates
6224. jexster - 11/12/2008 3:55:24 AM Mom is a billibeaner 6225. jexster - 11/12/2008 5:02:14 AM Lincecum's Cy Young's surprising until you check his numbers
6226. jexster - 11/12/2008 6:31:07 PM 265 strikeouts
Lincecum's major league-leading total for 2008, which was also the highest number ever for a San Francisco Giant
30.5%
Percentage of Giants' 2008 victories in which Lincecum pitched
$405,000
2008 salary. Average salary of the other five vote-getters: $9,433,510
170 pounds
Lincecumıs weight. Average weight of the five other Cy Young vote-getters:
230 pounds
13 pitchers
Number of hurlers to win the Cy Young Award for a losing team in 52 years (before1967, only one award was given for both leagues) 6227. jexster - 11/13/2008 2:35:47 AM 
6228. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/27/2008 1:05:23 AM Life imitates art . . .
6229. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/1/2008 3:59:31 AM So ya wann run with the bulls, doya?
 6230. robertjayb - 12/7/2008 2:31:59 AM Florida 31, Alabama 20...Yeah! Now it's on to Missouri v. Oklahoma, the playoff for teams defeated by Texas.
Snarl... 6231. wabbit - 12/22/2008 2:10:15 PM  Rajon Rondo made things looks easy in the third quarter. Kind of like how the Boston Celtics are making NBA games look. Rondo scored 18 of his 26 points in the quarter to help the Celtics tie a franchise record with their 18th straight win, beating the New York Knicks 124-105 Sunday night. The win improved Boston's record to 26-2, matching the NBA mark for the best start by a team with two losses. The Celtics can break the record at home against the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night…
LeBron James scored 31 points and Mo Williams provided the kind of scoring punch expected out of him when he was brought in to be LeBron's sidekick as Cleveland finished a four-game road trip with a 102-91 win Sunday night over the Oklahoma City Thunder. On Saturday, James for the first time said that he'd ''consider'' re-signing with the Cavaliers at the end of this season and forgo his first chance at being a free agent a year later. He followed that up by eclipsing 30 points for the fourth straight game, providing another example of why he'd be so coveted if other NBA teams got to bid for his services…
The Dallas Mavericks have one of the best point guards in NBA history. The Washington Wizards have 21 losses in 25 games. On a night when Jason Kidd took over the game in the fourth quarter, the Wizards again imploded in the fourth. Kidd had 11 assists - six in the game's final 6:05 as Dallas sent Washington to its sixth straight loss, 97-86 Sunday night. Washington tied a 42-year-old franchise record for worst start - the 1966-67 Baltimore Bullets also started 4-21. The win was Dallas' 13th in 17, even though the Mavericks made only five of 30 3-pointers two nights after a 24-point loss at New Jersey. Jason Terry scored 25 points and Dirk Nowitzki added 23. Kidd, who is averaging 9.3 points, missed all seven of his field goals and had just a single point, but as the Wizards languished in the fourth quarter for the fourth straight game, it was Kidd's game…
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6232. wabbit - 12/22/2008 2:10:32 PM  Blake Wheeler had to improvise when Boston teammate David Krejci headed off the ice for a line change. Minutes after Wheeler opened the scoring, the rookie right wing used a spin-o-rama move to score a short-handed goal in Boston's 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday night, the Eastern Conference-leading Bruins' fifth straight victory. Phil Kessel , Wheeler's teammate for a season at the University of Minnesota, had two assists to extend his points streak to 18 games. Kessel's streak is Boston's longest since Adam Oates had a 20-gamer in 1997-98. Michael Ryder had a goal and an assist, Shane Hnidy , Marc Savard and Vladimir Sobotka also scored, and Manny Fernandez made 29 saves. The Bruins are 19-3-1 in their last 23 games and 24-5-4 overall, their best 33-game start since the 1929-30 season…
Tomas Vokoun was quick to credit his Florida Panthers teammates after his second shutout of the season. Vokoun made 23 saves for his 27th career shutout, and Brett McLean , Richard Zednik and Bryan McCabe scored goals in Florida's 3-0 victory over Colorado on Sunday night. It was Vokoun's third start in four games and third strong performance. After giving way to Craig Anderson in six of seven games from Nov. 28 to Dec. 11, Vokoun gave up two goals in a shootout win at Calgary on Dec. 12 and made 35 saves in a 2-1 overtime loss at Carolina on Thursday night…
The Carolina Hurricanes came up with a perfect storm of their own for a big win in snow-snarled Montreal. Tuomo Ruutu scored 1:43 into overtime to give Carolina a 3-2 victory over the Canadiens on Sunday night. Ruutu got behind Carey Price and brought the puck around the left post before sliding it over the goal line after a shot squirted through the Montreal goalie's pads. Eric Staal had three points for Carolina, including his 14th goal in the second. Sergei Samsonov had a goal and an assist, and Cam Ward made 26 saves to help the Hurricanes improve to 4-1-3 in their last eight games…
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