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GAME 15:07 p.m., todayTV: TBS Radio: 1210 AM@ Citizens Bank ParkLohse (14-8)vs. Halladay (19-6)

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GAME 3TBD, TuesdayTV: TBS Radio: 1210 AM@ Busch StadiumHamels (14-9)vs. Garcia (13-7)

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TBD, WednesdayTV: TBS Radio: 1210 AM@ Busch StadiumPitchers: TBD rays

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In the last couple ofweeks of the season,

Charlie Manuel said hedoesn’t believe a team canjust “turn a switch” andstart playing well.

The Phillies managercertainly has forgottenmore baseball than I willever remember.

However, this Philliesteam can turn on the switchin the postseason.

The reason why is thePhillies still topped thecentury mark in wins —and set a franchise recordwith 102 — this year withManuel penciling in the

regular lineup the last Sun-day of the regular seasonfor just the second timesince Aug. 6.

Think about it: Theregulars played togeth-er for only two gamesduring the last twomonths of the season enter-ing the final three-game set

The legend of Cliff Lee took root in the hours leadingup to Game 1 of the World Series in 2009.

He'd left his hotel in New York with three hoursto spare before hewas scheduled to start against the Yan-kees, but the Manhattan traffic wasn't cooperative. Hiscabride lastedanhour, andhe'dbarelymoved.He jumpedout of the taxi and onto a subway train, then another. Hearrived unfazed at Yankee Stadium less than 90 minutesbefore first pitch.

Nevermindthefreneticcommuteorabridgedbuild-upto the biggest game of his career. Lee took the moundhurled a six-hit shutout, striking out 10 and walking none.

“Knowing him and knowing how he thrives on thesenseofurgency, I canseehow itworks forhim,” saidRoyHalladay, the ego to Lee's id in the Phillies' historic start-ing rotation. “Forme, it's a situation Iwould definitely notput myself in.”

Ayear later,Halladaycreatedhisownpostseasonmys-tique, sans the dramatic preface.

In June of last year, the thunderous Cincinnati offense

Charlie Manuelknows if he pencils

in his regular lineup,the Phillies will scoreruns and win games.

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The Phillies’ inclu-sion in baseball’s

postseason seemedinevitable from themoment fans woke tothe stunning and de-lightful news last De-cember that free-agentpitcher Cliff Lee hadspurned the New YorkYankees and TexasRangers to sign withthe Phillies.

Eleven days later,Christmas morningpaled in comparison.

The true gift of thatacquisition and othersthat have made thePhillies the talk ofmany towns would be aWorld Series champi-onship.

That quest beginstoday, as the Philliesopen the best-of-5 Na-tional League DivisionSeries at Citizens BankPark.

Here are four keyquestions as the Phil-lies’ bid for their thirdWorld Series title com-mences:

IS HISTORY ONTHE PHILLIES’ SIDE?

No, it is not. Regular-season performancematters little in Octo-ber.

The Phillies have thebest record in MajorLeague Baseball,which, recent historydemonstrates, providesno advantage in thepostseason.

Since wild-cardteams were added tothe postseason in 1995,the teams with the bestrecord in baseball havewon just three of the 16World Series — the1998 Yankees (114-48),2007 Red Sox (who tiedwith Cleveland for thetop mark at 96-66) andthe 2009 Yankees (103-59).

Having the NationalLeague’s best recordisn’t a positive signeither, as only the 1995,’96 and ’99 Braves and2004 Cardinals won theNL pennant after tak-ing the best won-lossmark into the playoffssince the advent ofwild-card teams.

WHAT’S THE PHILLIES’BEST WEAPON?

It’s difficult to topRoy Halladay and CliffLee pitching Games 1and 2 of a series, withHalladay returning forGame 5, if necessary, inthe NLDS. In a seven-game series, you’dlikely have Halladay inGame 5 and Lee inGame 6.

Halladay, who start-ed last year’s divisionseries against the Redswith a no-hitter, was19-6 with a 2.35 ERAand 220 strikeouts in233 2⁄3 innings.

Lee, likely eager toavenge World Serieslosses as a Phillie in2009 and a Texas Rang-er in 2010, was 17-8 witha 2.40 ERA and 238strikeouts in 232 2⁄3.

Of course, the Phil-lies’ starting pitchingsuperiority doesn’t stopthere. Roy Oswalt,coming through aninjury-plagued year,has had some vintagestarts of late in whichhis velocity reachedseason highs. And 2008postseason hero ColeHamels is as good asany pitcher should heregain his pre-All-StarGame form, and darnclose even if he doesn’t.

IS THE BULLPENUP TO THE TASK?

Questions aboundamong the Phillies’relief corps. First, canAntonio Bastardo re-gain his earlier form?

The lone lefty in thePhillies’ bullpen wasbaseball’s best pitcherat mid-summer. Overhis first 37 appearancescovering 34 innings,Bastardo was 3-0 withfive saves in five oppor-tunities and had a 0.79ERA. That was high-lighted by a 16 1⁄3-inningshutout streak fromMay 27-June 17 inwhich batters were1-for-49 against him. Itwas the most dominantstretch by a reliever inbaseball history.

But over the 26games and 23 inningssince, Bastardo has a5.48 ERA. The samebatters that couldn’t hitanything before arehitting almost every-

thing now, a stunningturnaround that thePhillies have attributedto him tipping his sliderbut also hitters simplygetting used to Bastar-do.

A strong outingTuesday night in Atlan-ta was a positive sign.But if Bastardo’s strug-gles resurface in theplayoffs, the Phillieswill have problems.

“I’d like to see himbe more aggressive andmix his pitches upmore,” said Philliesmanager Charlie Man-uel, who felt Bastardowas perhaps becomingtoo reliant on his slider.“If you remember, thefirst part of the year, hewas a dead fastballpitcher and he pitchedoff his fastball. We’vegot to get him backthere.”

The team’s otherbullpen summer sensa-tion, rookie MichaelStutes, has also shownthe effects of the longseason. He had a 2.08ERA with a .162 oppo-nents batting averagein his first 21 2⁄3 inningscovering 23 games. Inthe 32 games and 382⁄3innings since, he has a4.66 ERA and .255 BAagainst.

Closer RyanMadsenhas finished strong andformer closer BradLidge, after missingnearly three monthswith injuries, has set-tled nicely into a set-uprole. David Herndonhas had a strong secondseason. Vance Worley,who had a sensationalrookie season as astarter, will have toadjust to pitching out ofthe bullpen, and spot-starter Kyle Kendrickis already familiar withthat.

“Our guys downthere, that’s who we’vehad all year,” Manuelsaid. “I don’t thinkwe’re going to makeany changes. That’swho we’ve got. I thinkthey’ve done the job.They’ve definitely gotus through to wherewe’re at. I guessthey’ve earned theright for us to usethem. I’ve got confi-dence in them. I’veseen them do it before.”

CAN THE PHILLIESHIT IN THE CLUTCH?

They’ll likely haveto, as last year’s Nation-al League Champi-onship Series loss tothe Giants taught them.

This year, the Phil-lies’ offense has beenmaddeningly inconsis-tent, and their penchantfor going cold could betheir undoing.

In May, the Phillieswent nine straightgames without scoringmore than three runs.They won three ofthem. In June, theywent eight out of ninein which they scoredthree or fewer runs.They won three ofthose, too.

The Phillies heatedup with the weather,losing back-to-backgames just once fromJune 5 through Aug. 23,boosted by the July 29acquisition of HunterPence from the Astros.

But from Sept. 10through Sept. 24, thePhillies scored threeruns or less in 15 of 17games. They were 5-12.

With the Phillies’starting pitching, theycan win a lot of low-scoring games. Withtheir offense’s pen-chant to slip into aslumber, they can alsolose a lot of low-scoringgames.

Certainly, the Phil-lies have the capabilityto summon some stellaroffense, as Manuel hasbeen encouraged of latewhen he’s had his en-tire regular startingcrew together.

“The difference inour lineup is not hard tosee,” he said. “Whenwe’ve got all of ourguys in there, we’ve gota pretty good lineup.But when you’ve gottwo or three of themmissing, we become adifferent team— andmost every club is likethat. It’s very impor-tant we keep our guysin there.”

Staff reporter DavidHale contributed to thisstory.Reach Kevin Tresolini [email protected]

The Phillies' bullpen will function much better if reliever Antonio Bastardo regains his midseason form.SCOTT BOEHM/GETTY IMAGES

By KEVIN TRESOLINIFor the Courier-Post

Right answerswill mean title

2010 (97-65)Manager: Charlie Manuel

NL Championship Series:Giants 4, Phillies 2

NL Division Series:Phillies 3, Reds 0


World Series:Yankees 4, Phillies 2

NL Championship Series:Phillies 4, Dodgers 1

NL Division Series:Phillies 3, Rockies 1


World Series:Phillies 4, Rays 1


NL Division Series:Phillies 3, Brewers 1


NL Division Series:Rockies 3, Phillies 0

1993 (97-65)Manager: Jim Fregosi

World Series:Blue Jays 4, Phillies 2

NL Championship Series:Phillies 4, Braves 2

1983 (90-72)Managers:Pat Corrales, Paul Owens

World Series:Orioles 4, Phillies 1


1981 (59-48)Manager: Dallas Green

NL Division Series:Expos 3, Phillies 2

1980 (91-71)Manager: Dallas Green

World Series:Phillies 4, Royals 2

NL Championship Series:Phillies 3, Astros 2

1978 (90-72)Manager: Danny Ozark

NL Championship Series:Dodgers 3, Phillies 1


NL Championship Series:Dodgers 3, Phillies 1


NL Championship Series:Reds 3, Phillies 0

1950 (91-63)Manager: Eddie Sawyer

World Series:Yankees 4, Phillies 0

1915 (90-62)Manager: Pat Moran

World Series:Red Sox 4, Phillies 1

Source:baseball-reference.com

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PHILLIESBATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS EKratz .333 .333 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0Pence .314 .370 606 84 190 38 5 22 97 56 124 8 2 6Ruiz .283 .371 410 49 116 23 0 6 40 48 48 1 0 4Victorino .279 .355 519 95 145 27 16 17 61 55 63 19 3 0Polanco .277 .335 469 46 130 14 0 5 50 42 44 3 0 8Mayberry .273 .341 267 37 73 17 1 15 49 26 55 8 3 3Rollins .268 .338 567 87 152 22 2 16 63 58 59 30 8 7Utley .259 .344 398 54 103 21 6 11 44 39 47 14 0 5Gload .257 .276 113 3 29 8 0 0 8 3 23 0 0 1Howard .253 .346 557 81 141 30 1 33 116 75 172 1 0 9Valdez .249 .294 273 39 68 14 4 1 30 18 41 3 3 9Brown .245 .333 184 28 45 10 1 5 19 25 35 3 1 4Ibanez .245 .289 535 65 131 31 1 20 84 33 106 2 0 1Francisco .244 .340 250 24 61 10 1 6 34 33 42 4 4 3Orr .219 .279 96 7 21 3 0 0 4 6 19 3 0 2Martinez .196 .258 209 25 41 5 2 3 24 18 35 3 0 6Schneider .176 .246 125 11 22 4 0 2 9 11 35 0 0 1Bowker .133 .188 30 0 4 1 0 0 2 2 11 0 1 0Moss .000 .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

PITCHERS W L ERA G SV IP H R ER HR BB SOValdez 1 0 0.00 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0Savery 0 0 0.00 4 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 2Lidge 0 2 1.40 25 1 19.1 16 3 3 0 13 23De Fratus 1 0 2.25 5 0 4.0 1 2 1 0 3 3Halladay 19 6 2.35 32 0 233.2 208 65 61 10 35 220Madson 4 2 2.37 62 32 60.2 54 16 16 2 16 62Lee 17 8 2.40 32 0 232.2 197 66 62 18 42 238Bastardo 6 1 2.64 64 8 58.0 28 17 17 6 26 70Hamels 14 9 2.79 32 0 216.0 169 68 67 19 44 194Worley 11 3 3.01 25 0 131.2 116 47 44 10 46 119Kendrick 8 6 3.22 34 0 114.2 110 50 41 14 30 59Herndon 1 4 3.32 45 1 57.0 54 26 21 9 24 39Stutes 6 2 3.63 57 0 62.0 49 25 25 7 28 58Oswalt 9 10 3.69 23 0 139.0 153 60 57 10 33 93Contreras 0 0 3.86 17 5 14.0 11 6 6 0 8 13Blanton 1 2 5.01 11 0 41.1 52 23 23 5 9 35Schwimer 1 1 5.02 12 0 14.1 15 8 8 2 7 16

CARDINALSBATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS EChambers .375 .375 8 2 3 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1Craig .315 .362 200 33 63 15 0 11 40 15 40 5 0 0Molina .305 .349 475 55 145 32 1 14 65 33 44 4 5 6Berkman .301 .412 488 90 147 23 2 31 94 92 93 2 6 6Pujols .299 .366 579 105 173 29 0 37 99 61 58 9 1 14Freese .297 .350 333 41 99 16 1 10 55 24 75 1 0 12Jay .297 .344 455 56 135 24 2 10 37 28 81 6 7 3Holliday .296 .388 446 83 132 36 0 22 75 60 93 2 1 3Schumaker .283 .333 367 34 104 19 0 2 38 27 50 0 2 8Punto .278 .388 133 21 37 8 4 1 20 25 21 1 1 3Theriot .271 .321 442 46 120 26 1 1 47 29 41 4 6 18Descalso .264 .334 326 35 86 20 3 1 28 33 65 2 2 8Cruz .262 .333 65 8 17 5 0 0 6 6 13 0 1 0Laird .232 .302 95 11 22 7 1 1 12 9 19 1 1 3Furcal .231 .298 333 44 77 15 0 8 28 28 39 9 5 14Greene .212 .322 104 22 22 5 0 1 11 13 31 11 0 5Patterson .157 .189 51 5 8 4 0 0 3 2 12 0 1 1Robinson .000 .125 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0

PITCHERS W L ERA G SV IP H R ER HR BB SOSchumaker 0 0 18.00 1 0 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 2Sanchez 3 1 1.80 26 5 30.0 14 6 6 1 16 35Motte 5 2 2.25 78 9 68.0 49 22 17 2 16 63Salas 5 6 2.28 68 24 75.0 50 20 19 7 21 75Lynn 1 1 3.12 18 1 34.2 25 12 12 3 11 40Dickson 0 0 3.24 4 0 8.1 9 3 3 2 3 7Dotel 3 3 3.28 29 2 24.2 16 10 9 1 5 32Lohse 14 8 3.39 30 0 188.1 178 80 71 16 42 111C. Carpenter 11 9 3.45 34 0 237.1 243 98 91 16 55 191Boggs 2 3 3.56 51 4 60.2 62 27 24 4 21 48Garcia 13 7 3.56 32 0 194.2 207 100 77 15 50 156Jackson 5 2 3.58 13 0 78.0 91 37 31 8 23 51Rzepczynski 0 3 3.97 28 0 22.2 22 11 10 1 11 28Rhodes 0 1 4.15 19 0 8.2 6 4 4 2 3 6McClellan 12 7 4.19 43 0 141.2 143 71 66 21 43 76Westbrook 12 9 4.66 33 0 183.1 208 103 95 16 73 104Cleto 0 0 12.46 3 0 4.1 7 6 6 2 4 6

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PHILADELPHIA—ThePhillies have won fivestraight National LeagueEast division crowns, theWorld Series in 2008, andthey’re the favorites towin it all this year as theybegin the postseason.

This run of success,unlike any in team history,could be seen as the begin-ning of a baseball dynasty.

For that dynasty tocontinue, however, thePhillies will likely have toturn over the roster whilecontinuing to win over thenext few years.

This is how the AtlantaBraves, who won 14straight division titlesfrom1991-2005 (one WorldSeries), and the New YorkYankees, who won ninestraight from1998-2006(three World Series), suc-ceeded for so long.

They are the onlyteams that have won moreconsecutive division titlesthan the Phillies since thedivision format was in-stituted in 1969.

So far, the Phillies havebeen able to win by keep-ing their core of JimmyRollins, Shane Victorino,Chase Utley, Ryan Howardand Carlos Ruiz togethersince the run began in2007.

But that could startchanging as soon as thisseason ends.

Those players are all intheir 30s. Injuries havetaken a toll, especially onUtley. Rollins is a freeagent after the season, andVictorino can become oneafter next season.

Only Howard is signedbeyond 2013.

The Phillies’ pitching

staff, considered one forthe ages, will be agingsoon as well.

Roy Halladay, Cliff Leeand Roy Oswalt are all intheir 30s. Oswalt has aclub option for $16 millionfor next season that likelywon’t get picked up con-sidering his back troublethis season and the team’smaxed-out payroll.

Cole Hamels, theyoungest of the “fouraces” at 27, can become afree agent after next sea-son.

In many ways, thiscould be the Phillies’ best— and perhaps last —chance to win anotherWorld Series.

“Sometimes you thinkto yourself, ‘When will itstop?’ ” Victorino said.“Will it always stay likethis? None of us know.”

Yet for the run to con-tinue, Phillies generalmanager Ruben Amaro Jr.,said he will have to makesome difficult decisionsbeginning as soon as thispostseason run is over.

Braves set the bar

Amaro learned thatfrom the Braves.

“They set the bar, clear-ly,” Amaro said. “It’s apretty amazing model ofhow to do your business inbaseball.”

That isn’t applicable tothe Phillies, who nonethe-less have the second high-est payroll in baseball.

The Braves, like thePhillies, built by consis-tently bringing up playersthrough their farm systemwhile making trades andsigning some free agentsas supplements.

The Braves team thatwon the World Series in1995 had just two every-

day players who wereeveryday players in 1991— Jeff Blauser and DavidJustice. The 2000 team hadtwo everyday playersfrom the 1995 team—Chipper Jones and JavierLopez. And the 2005 teamhad just three everydayplayers from the 2000team— Furcal, ChipperJones and Andruw Jones.

The one constant forthe Braves was the pitch-ing staff as John Smoltz,Tom Glavine and GregMaddux were together formost or all of the run.

In that respect, it’sremarkable that the Phil-lies’ lineup core has beentogether this long.

“Absolutely, it is,” Vic-torino said. “I’ve seenfranchises like the Mets.They collapsed [in 2007]and you’re like, ‘They’llget better.’ They went outand got some guys to maketheir team better. Fouryears later, it’s like awhole different team.

“With us, we’ve beenfortunate to not have thathappen where the organi-zation has gone in a differ-ent direction.”

Decisions, decisions

Amaro has said repeat-edly that the Phillies don’thave the financial flexibil-ity to add high-salariedplayers like they have thepast few years.

During that time, theyacquired Hunter Pencefrom the Astros in July,signed Lee for $120 millionlast winter, traded forOswalt in July 2010, andHalladay in Dec. 2009.

“It could get compro-mised,” Amaro said. “Oneof the difficulties of thelongevity is you starthaving to make more andmore difficult decisions.One of the things we haveto be concerned with is theage of that core. You haveto keep an eye on that. Ourjob is to bring other guyswho can be core playersand try to filter themthrough.”

Already, there havebeen some changes.

Pat Burrell left follow-ing the 2008 season, BrettMyers after 2009 andJayson Werth after lastseason.

They were all expend-

able, however, because thePhillies found replace-ments who were better orcomparable, whether itwas Raul Ibanez afterBurrell left; Halladay,Oswalt and Lee after My-ers left; and Pence afterWerth left.

There are no such re-placements readily avail-able if Rollins, the longest-tenured player on theteam, were to leave. ThePhillies might have to turnto an unproven player inFreddy Galvis, or sign aveteran short-term, if thatwere to happen.

Amaro said he wouldlike to keep Rollins.

Ibanez is a free agentafter the season, too,which could pave the wayfor John Mayberry Jr., andDomonic Brown to shareleft field.

They’re both talented,but unproven over thecourse of a full season.

It’s the same way forthe pitching staff.

Vance Worley enteredthe rotation for good inJune when Oswalt was outand went 11-3 with a 3.03ERA.

RyanMadson, whobecame the closer thisyear, is a free agent afterthe season. So is BradLidge, who was the closerup until this season. If thePhillies can’t sign them,they’ll have to decide ifAntonio Bastardo is readyto be the full-time closer,or sign someone else forthe short term.

Passing the torch

The Braves made thosetough decisions for 14years.

The transition for thenew players was facilitat-ed by the leadership on the

team, and in management,where manager BobbyCox and general manager(now president) JohnSchuerholz were togetherfrom the start.

Smoltz and Glavineimparted their wisdom toplayers like Chipper Jonesand Lopez as they cameup. They, in turn, passedtheir knowledge onto Bri-an McCann. He and Chip-per Jones have done thatwith a new generation ofBraves players that in-cludes Freddie Freemanand Jason Heyward.

“I think clubhouseleadership and managerialleadership are very impor-tant,” Schuerholz said. “Ithink a working relation-ship between the generalmanager and the manageris more important.

“You can’t have conti-nuity of success, you can’tdo five in a row, withoutelements like that.”

The Phillies have hadthat, both with the coreplayers, and in manage-ment with manager Char-lie Manuel and Amaro,who was the assistant GMwhen the run started.

For now, the core play-ers are passing on theirknowledge to Pence, whois going through his firstpostseason. They are alsodoing it with Worley, Bas-tardo and Michael Stutes,all young players whomade significant contribu-tions this season.

“You can’t just keepbuying over things,” Ama-ro said. “That’s not how itworks. You have to growthem from within.”

Sports reporter DavidHale contributed to thisstory. Reach Martin Frankat [email protected]

THE REPLACEMENTSTo be a dynasty, the Phillies will have to retool a few parts over the next couple of years

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PHILADELPHIA—Domonic Brown saidhe can’t wait for next season to start de-spite the Phillies’ smashing success thisseason.

That’s because it has been a lost seasonofsorts forBrown,whodealtwithabrokenhand, a slowstart, anda tripback to themi-nor leagues to learn left field when thePhillies traded for Hunter Pence on July29.

“Of course I am,” Brown said aboutlooking forward to next season. “I wish Ican help this (year’s) team out, but they’renot going to have me doing too much. Somy big thing is looking forward to nextyear.”

Brown,who came into the season as theteam’s top prospect, is just one of severalyoungplayers thePhillies couldbe relyingupon as soon as next season.

In fact, he could be sharing left field in2012withanothersuchplayer inJohnMay-berryJr.There’sachance thatFreddyGal-vis could take over at shortstop for JimmyRollins,whowill becomea free agent afterthe season.

As for pitching, VanceWorley will like-ly replace Roy Oswalt in the rotation. Os-walt has a $16 million club option for nextseason that probably won’t get picked upconsidering his back troubles and thePhil-lies’ maxed out payroll.

In the bullpen, there’s a chance thatAn-tonio Bastardo could come into springtraining as the new closer as both RyanMadson and Brad Lidge will be freeagents. Other bullpen spots could be filledby Michael Stutes, Justin DeFratus, Mi-chael Schwimer, PhillippeAumont andJoeSavery.

In other words, the turnover for thePhillies could be dramatic.

If the Phillies pull it off and reach theplayoffs for the sixth straight season in2012, it will show the depth of their farmsystem. It will also show their ability tosprinkle in young players to a homegrowncore that for years relied onRollins, ShaneVictorino,ChaseUtley,RyanHoward,Car-los Ruiz, Cole Hamels and RyanMadson.

But as those players age (all exceptHa-mels are at least 31years old) or reach freeagency (only Howard is signed beyond2013), the Phillies will have to make diffi-cult decisions as to whether to keep themor move on with younger (read: cheaper)talent from the farm system.

“I thinkwhatwe learned fromPaulOw-

ens (the team’s general manager in the1980s) is if you bring in a player-and-a-halfor two every year (from the farm system)to have an impact, you’vedone agood job,”Amaro said. “We’ve had guys step up andhave a level of impact on our club thisyear.”

That includedWorley,whowent into therotation forgood inJuneafterOswaltwenton thedisabled list foraback injury.Atonepoint, the Phillies won 14 straight gamesstarted byWorley, the longest streak sincethe team won 15 straight starts by Hall ofFamer Steve Carlton in 1972.

Bastardo took over as closer whileLidge, JoseContrerasandMadsonwereonthedisabled list. Stutes servedas the setupman during that time.

“We might be in the mode of having tomove guys through the system quickly orbring in younger guys from outside the

system…toreplacesomeof theolderguysas theywork through the timeline,”Amarosaid. “We’re going to be scrambling tobring some of those guys through.”

Brown expects to be one of those guys.But he might have to beat out Mayberry.

“Junior is swinging the bat real well,”Brownsaid. “That’smyboy, one ofmybestfriends on the team. He’s doing very well,so it’s going to be some hard battles inspring training.

“I’m looking forward to it, and I knowhe is as well.”

There’s a good chance theywon’t be theonly ones.

Reach Martin Frank [email protected]

Some familiar faces won’tbe part of Phillies in 2012ByMARTIN FRANKFor the Courier-Post

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SECOND BASEPhillies: Chase Utley ::A severe knee injury forced Utley tomiss all of spring training and the first six weeks ofthe season. Since his return, he’s been good—but far from his old self. He set career lows in average (.259),on-base percentage (.344) and slugging (.425) and no player in the National League hit a lower percentage ofline drives than Utley’s 12.6 percent.

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SHORTSTOPPhillies: Jimmy Rollins ::After two straight down years, Rollins viewed 2011as something of a reawakening.His contract is up at year’s end, and hewas determined to produce a comeback season. The results were large-ly successful. Rollins’ .268 average, 30 steals and16 homers didn’t match his MVP season in 2007, but they allmarked drastic improvements from the past two years. Rollins finished strong, too, addingmulti-hit games infour of his last five outings.

Cardinals: Rafael Furcal ::After coming over in a trade on July 31, Furcal provided some consistency at theleadoff spot in the lineup. Furcal hit .255 with seven homers in 50 games following the trade, providing somemuch-needed pop at a position that St. Louis had gotten little offense from.

THIRD BASEPhillies: Placido Polanco ::He battled nagging injuries, elbow, bulging disc iand a sports hernia. Polanco spenttwo stints on the DL, but since returning in late August, he's posted a respectable .275 averagewith10 RBIs.

Cardinals: David Freese :: Freesemissed nearly half the seasonwith injuries, but when he’s in the lineup he canbe a valuable offensive performer. In 97 games, Freese hit .297 with10 homers and 55 RBIs while doing a solidjob at third base.

CATCHERPhillies: Carlos Ruiz ::While the Phillies’ dynamic rotation has gotten all the publicity, Ruiz has been the qui-etly consistent rock behind the plate, calling the pitches for four aces. But he hasn’t been too shabbywith abat in his hand either. Ruiz finished the seasonwith a .283 average.

Cardinals: YadierMolina ::Molinamay be the best defensive catcher in baseball. He’s well regarded for hisability to handle a pitching staff, but he supplements that by throwing out base runners with ease. At bat, hehit .305 with14 homers and 65 RBIs— all career highs.

LEFT FIELDPhillies: Raul Ibanez ::At 39, Ibanez is the oldest everyday player in baseball — but the title of “everyday play-er”may not exactly apply these days. The streaky Ibanez had plenty of highs but some devastating lows thisseason, finishing his seasonwith a .245 average, 20 homers and 84 RBIs.

Cardinals: Matt Holliday ::Holliday was one of the league’s best hitters this season, hitting .296 with 22 hom-ers, 75 RBIs and a .912 OPS. FromMay 6 through the end of the season, he hit just .263 with an .848 OPS.

CENTER FIELDPhillies: Shane Victorino ::AnMVP candidate for the bulk of the season, Victorino turned in what was prob-ably his best season as a big leaguer. A September slump diminished his numbers, but Victorino still finishedwith an .847 OPS, 27 doubles, 16 triples, 17 homers and19 stolen bases.

Cardinals: John Jay :: Rumored to be on the Phillies’ wishlist during spring training, Jay developed into a solideveryday center fielder for the Cardinals after Colby Rasmus was tradedmidseason. Jay hit .297 with 24 dou-bles and10 homers on the season.

RIGHT FIELDPhillies: Hunter Pence ::At the trade deadline, GM Ruben Amaro Jr. pulled the trigger on a deal with Houstonthat sent three top prospects to the Astros in exchange for the high-energy Pence. The immediate resultswere exactly what Amaro had hoped for. Following the trade, Pence hit .320 with11homers and 35 RBIs,providing a huge bat in themiddle of the lineup. Pence will likely hit third in the playoffs, splitting leftiesUtley and Howard and inserting somemuch-needed power from the right side.

Cardinals: Lance Berkman :: Berkman hit .301with 31homers and 94 RBIs this season, posting a .959 OPS thatput him among the league leaders. He’s defensively challenged, but his big bat more thanmakes up for theshortcoming.

BENCHPhillies ::Mayberry and Ross Gload provide a strong righty-lefty punch off the bench. Mayberry has estab-lished himself as a legitimate power threat since his return from theminors in July, while Gload battled a hipinjury and still led the league in pinch hits. Brian Schneider has handled the Phillies’ staff exceptionally inlimited duty, andWilson Valdez andMichael Martinez havemade themost of their opportunities with bighits throughout the season.

Cardinals :: Ryan Theriot was the starting shortstop for most of the season, and he provides some veteranleadership and solid defense at multiple positions. Craig has a strong bat, hitting11homers in just 200 at-batsthis season. Nick Punto and Daniel Descalso provide a lot of versatility, and Gerald Laird has some offensivepop for a backup catcher.

STARTING ROTATIONPhillies: Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Cole Hamels and Roy Oswalt :: The four aces came into the 2011 seasonwithas much hype as any rotation in history, and for themost part, theymet the expectations. Halladay was bril-liant for a second straight season, winning19 games and posting a 2.35 ERA. Lee was dominant in his first yearwith the Phillies, tossing six shutouts. Hamels proved he’s blossomed as a pitcher, turning in his most consistentseason (14-9, 2.79). Only Oswalt fell short of excellence thanks to amyriad of back injuries, but he reboundeddown the stretch and finished the year with six shutout innings in Atlanta. Overall, Phillies starters led the NLwith a 2.86 ERA and posted a historic 4.22 K/BB ratio.

Cardinals: Kyle Loshe, Jaime Garcia and Chris Carpenter :: St. Louis caught a break by avoiding a one-gameplayoff to end the season. That frees up Kyle Loshe and Jaime Garcia to take the ball in the first two NLDSgames in Philadelphia. The duo has been strong against the Phillies this season, with Loshe allowing just threeruns in15.1 innings over two starts, and Garcia giving up just one earned run in15 innings over two starts.Overall, St. Louis starters finished eighth in the NLwith a 3.81ERA, but they combined for just a1.15 ERA innine games against the Phillies.

CLOSERSPhillies: RyanMadson ::Madsonwas the Phillies’ third choice as closer when the season began, but injuries toLidge and Jose Contreras forced him into the role, and from there, he thrived. Madson finished the seasonwith a 2.37 ERA and hasn’t allowed a run since a disastrous ninth inning Aug. 24.

Cardinals: JasonMotte :: It looks likeMotte will be the solution in October. Motte saved eight games in ninechances in September, but closed out the year with an11.57 ERA over his final six appearances.

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ONEThe Phillies are thebest team in baseball.Now they just have togo out and prove it.That’s the tough part,of course, because lastyear the Phillies alsoposted the best recordin the majors andbowed out to SanFrancisco in the Na-tional League Champi-onship Series. Thedifference is the addi-tion of Cliff Lee to thepitching staff andHunter Pence to thelineup. This team isbetter than last year’s.

TWOThe starting staff ofRoy Halladay, ColeHamels, Lee and RoyOswalt pitch to theircapabilities. With thisstarting four, no oppo-nent will be favored ina short series. This staffhas the ability tosweep any opponentwhen throwing on allfour cylinders. At thevery least, the Big Fourneeds to go deep intogames and keep thebullpen out of themiddle innings. A fewcomplete games aremore likely than acouple of early exits.

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FOURThe Phillies team thatwon 98 of its first 150games this seasonbefore losing eight in arow shows up in thepostseason. That teamproduced a record-setting start by win-ning with whatever ittook. Just win, baby, asthe saying goes. ThePhillies did with amixture of strongstarting pitching, reli-able relievers and somehot hitting. If thisbalanced teamthrough the first 150games shows up inOctober, there shouldbe no worries.

FIVEThe intangibles are ontheir side. The Phillieshave both experienceand home-field ad-vantage through thepostseason. Havingone or the other isalways a wanted wildcard, but the Phillieshave both. The core ofthis team has beenaround since first win-ning the division fiveyears ago and certainlywon’t be awed in thespotlight. The homecrowd at Citizens BankPark can make inexpe-rienced opposing play-ers tremble.

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gashed Halladay's seemingly impenetra-ble armor,mashing13 hits against him in a9-7 win. This was their fatal error.

When it was over, Halladay watchedfilmof thegame, thenwatched it again.Hebroke down each at-bat, analyzed eachpitch, meticulously dissected every mis-take in search of an answer.

When he faced them again in Game1oflast year's National League Division Se-ries, Halladay knew Cincinnati's hittersbetter than they knew themselves. Heknew their weaknesses, their tendencies,their habits — every detail committed tomemory on a mental rolodex he could ac-cess at will.

Two hours, 34 minutes later, Halladayfinished off the second no-hitter in post-season history.

“I’ve tried the video thing, but I’ve kindof gotten away from it over the years be-cause I felt like it gotme into patterns thatI don’t really want to be in,” said Lee, whostill arrives late to the ballpark, often fouror five hours after Halladay, even on dayshe’spitching. “I feel like itmakesyou thinkyou knowhow to do something that can setyou up for failure later on.”

They may be the two best pitchers inthe National League, their numbers re-markably similar. On the mound, they at-tack hitterswith the sameaggressive zeal,pinpointaccuracyandruthlessdetermina-tion.

But step across the line that separatesthe field from the clubhouse, baseballfrom life, andHalladay and Lee operate indifferent worlds.

Ask rookie pitcher VanceWorley aboutthe men atop the rotation.

Halladay and Lee are ... “Gods.”Yes, butHalladay's personality is just ...

“Serious.”And Lee, he’s more ... “Relaxed.”The words are already committed to

memory. Worley’s given it plenty ofthought as he studies these gods of thegame in hopes of one day approaching thesame strata they occupy.

Worley considers himself a mix of thetwo, but he leans toward Halladay’s morestructured approach.

Cole Hamels falls into the Halladaycamp, too, saidpitchingcoachRichDubee.He’s blossomed as a pitcher bymimickingHalladay’s regimented training routineand tireless preparation.

Roy Oswalt, on the other hand, identi-fies closely with Lee, a fellow son of theSouth. The two met in a hospital recoveryroom following surgery nearly a decadeago. After a brief conversation and stilllightheaded from the anesthesia, Lee sim-ply got up and left.

In truth, however, no one quitematchesHalladay’smethodical focusorLee'sbrashdetermination.

“You need to be who you are,” Worley

said. “You can go about your work similarto somebody, but ultimately you have to dowhat you want to do out there.”

Well, that’s true for everyone exceptthe man behind the plate.

CarlosRuizdoesn't get the luxuryofbe-ing himself. His job is to become the manhe's catching.

Last Saturday, Ruiz had trouble sleep-ing. The next day, Halladay would makehis final start of the season, and Ruiz des-perately wanted it to be a memorable one.

So he thumbed through scouting re-ports, memorized the opposition’s tenden-cies, searched for the same weaknessesHalladay would want to exploit the nextday.Halladayhas a plan, andRuizwants toexecute it to perfection.

The result was six shutout innings in an

abridged tune-up for the playoffs. Halla-day won his 19th game of the season, andRuiz was elated.

Whenhe arrived in his hotel room inAt-lanta that night, preparation forLee’s startthe following day began. There was nofilm, no scouting reports — just a deepbreath, expellinganystress thatmightdis-rupt the ad-hoc flow of a typical Cliff Leestart.

“It's Cliff,” Ruiz said. “He's that way,that's how he likes to pitch. So I just hang,have fun, relax, play around, joking.”

Dubee compares his dynamic duo totwo students preparing for a test.

Halladay will pull an all-nighter, high-lightingeverykeypassage in the textbook,still flipping through pages as the exam isdistributed.

Lee doesn’t study. He trusts what he’salready learned, and the rest is just noise.Too much information causes confusion.Brilliance and simplicity go hand-in-hand.

And yet, the when the grades come in,both pitchers have been remarkably con-sistent.

“Docwants to knowexactlywhat some-body is doing. Cliff likes to pitch with hiseyes and his stuff,” Dubee said. “They justfind out what works best and stay with it.”

Early in his career, Halladay’s ap-proach was more scattershot. He strug-gled and was demoted to the minors in2011. Then he learned the magic of prepa-ration, organized his life and became oneof the best pitchers in baseball. He’s wontwo Cy Young awards since.

Early in Lee’s career, he heard all theadvice.He listened to coacheswhowantedhim to watch film, to throw his curveballmore, to follow their plan rather than hisown.He struggled andwas demoted to theminors in2007.Thenhe learned to trusthisinstincts and filter out all the excess infor-mation, becoming one of the best pitchersin baseball. He won a Cy Young the nextyear.

“Ultimately, it’s about being confidentwhen you get out to the mound, and howyou find a way to do that isn’t always thesame,” Halladay said. “It’s different fordifferent guys. But whatever you do thatmakes you feel the best when you get outthere is what you need to do.”

And this iswhereHalladayandLee findcommon ground.

“You can have the best stuff in theworld, but it doesn’t work if you are notvery confident in yourself,” Lee said. “Idon’t putpressureonmyselfbecause I feellike, to me, pressure is the opposite of be-ing confident and expecting to win. So Idon’t really look at it like that. That’s justme. Some guys look at it differently.”

They don’t talk pitching often, Lee said.But they watch each other, and they learn.

Halladay is amazed by Lee’s unwa-veringfearlessnesson themound.Lee is inawe of Halladay’s unflinching focus nomatter his surroundings.

Still, thoseare traits tobeadmiredrath-er than mimicked.

“I thinkyourpersonality iswhoyouare,and theway you look at things and thewayyou look at life and the game,” Lee said.“And it definitely comes through in theway you pitch.”

Halladay is the stickler for details. In-formation is power.

Lee lives in the moment. Simplicitybreeds success.

In the end, they’re two pitchers whohave taken different paths to the sameplace.

“I think that in a lot of wayswe'remoresimilar than people think,” Halladay said.“That approach on the field is ultimatelywhat’smost important. I think howyougetthere, it never really seems to be as impor-tant.”

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PHILADELPHIA— Standing out there inright field,Hunter Pence couldn’t help butoverhear the insults coming his way.

Turning around to take a look, he saw aflying object whiz by his head. When itlanded on the outfield grass nearby, he no-ticed what it was: a hotdog.

Pence never will forget his first visit toPhiladelphia. In their own special way,Phillies fans seated in the right-fieldstands made it eventful.

InApril 2008,Pence’s first full season inthe majors, Phillies fans were all over theHouston Astros’ blossoming star. Theywere loud, insulting, intimidating … andwhomever threw the hotdog crossed theline.

That can happen when you’re the ene-my at Citizens Bank Park.

Ask Barry Bonds, Chipper Jones, BillyWagner …

“There was a lot of ‘Hunter Pence, youstink,’ ” he recalled. “I remember theywere yelling, ‘Sammy Sosa’ and namingoff all these other right fielders. Theydidn’t knowwho Iwas. Iwas like, ‘Wait andfind out.’ ”

Thinking back to his visits with the As-tros, Pence smiled. He’s now a Philadel-phian and loving every minute of it.

“When you’re home, Phillies fans havegot your back,” Pence said. “Good forthem. They’re passionate. They’re on topof everything. They’re knowledgeable.They understand the little parts of thegame, which is incredible.

“It’s a neat experience and really oncein a lifetime. To be able to play here, we’reall very fortunate. I’m very grateful andblessed. We’re all in this together. Every-one of us isworking towin a championshipand share it with the city.We’re represent-ing a city.”

From the moment Pence arrived in alate-summer trade from Houston, he wastreated by his new fanbase as the new su-perstar on a team filled with them.

“I’mkind of humbled by it,” Pence said.“They’ve been too good to me. I’m kind ofjust like, ‘Wow.’ I’m takenabackeveryday.They’re always there. They’re supportive.The electricity in the ballpark everyday isincredible. Every day is a holiday. Everyday is so much fun.”

July29 iswhenhisworldwas turnedup-side down, or right-side up.

That’s the day Pence went from base-ball’s outhouse to penthouse.

The Phillies had the best record in the

majors, but had been craving a big right-handed bat to perk their inconsistent of-fense and balance out a left-handed heavylineup.

Once again Phillies general managerRuben Amaro, Jr., had liked Pence foryears, and now hewas there for the takingwith the Astros on their way to 100-pluslosses and looking to dump salary. ThePhillies moved four prospects, two ofwhom were among their most touted, butgotbackahigh-energy,heavy-hittingrightfielderwho’d just played in his secondAll-Star Game.

From the start, this has been a perfectmarriage:Pencehit .347with3homersand9 RBIs in his first 10 games with the Phil-lies, who won nine of them. Ever since, it’sbeen more of the same with Pence batting.320 with 11 homers and 34 RBIs in 52games and the Phillies cruising to theirfifth consecutive National League Eastchampionship.

Pence has been what the Phillies hadhoped for: more offense. With Pence, theyaveraged 4.6 runs per game through Tues-day. Without him, the average was 4.3.Over the course of aweek, that’s two extraruns.

“It’s been wild,” Pence said. “Theseguysherearea lot of fun.Thecity is a lot offun. I love playing baseball and I jumpedintoa teamthathas thebest record inbase-ball.”

The biggest perk comes this weekendwith postseason play beginning. The Phil-lies have been to the playoffs every yearsince 2007, but Pence’s only experience sofar came in2006whenhewasplayingDou-ble-A baseball and his Corpus ChristiHooks won the Texas League champion-ship.

“That was awesome,” he said. “I lovedit. One of my favorite years ever.”

Thisweekendwill top that. This is play-off baseball in the majors. Better yet, thePhillies’ first two division series gameswill be played at Citizens Bank Park.

Pence has a pretty good idea of what toexpect. He watched a lot of Phillies’ homeplayoff games on television the last fewyears.

“I’ve seen the (rally) towels,” he said. “Iknow it’s going to be crazy.”

Pence has been around long enough tounderstand that his teammates don’t thinkthey’ve accomplished anything meaning-ful yet. Nothing short of getting to theWorld Series for the third time in four sea-sons and winning a second title since 2008will do.

Reach Randy Miller [email protected]

PENCE BECOMES THE HUNTERPhillies midseason acquisition ready to begin quest for championship

Hunter Pence hit .320 with 11 homers and 34 RBIs since joining the Phillies. DREW HALLOWELL/GETTY IMAGES

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Vance Worley has been a revelation asthePhillies’ fifth starter this season,butasthe playoffs approached, his job descrip-tion changed.

An unnecessary excess in the postsea-son,when thePhillieswill employ nomorethan four starters, Worley was moved tothe pen, and thiswould behis first big test,his first chance to escape trouble after thewheels were set in motion by someoneelse.

“I prefer putting my own runners on,”Worley said.

That’s something Worley has done hisshare of in the rotation this year. A rookieat the back end of the best rotation in base-ball, Worley’s had his share of ups anddowns— bounced from the rotation to thepen, from the big leagues to the minors,from prospect to hero to trade bait andback again.

Through it all, Worley has perseveredwith the same confident resolve.

This iswhatmakes himaperfect fit forthe Phillies’ October bullpen.

“He’s pretty cool,” manager CharlieManuel said. “Hestayscalmandcollected.He stays pretty focused on what he’s do-ing. So far he’s been able to handle things.”

Aside from Bastardo and closer RyanMadson, no one in the Phillies’ bullpen hasdone a better job against lefties thanWor-ley, who has held them to a .570 OPS.

And aside from Brad Lidge, the rest ofthe Phillies’ potential seventh- and eighth-inning options in the pen don’t have anymore experienceworking in big situationsthan Worley has.

Sure, he’s pitched in relief just fivetimes as a big leaguer. He was a starterthroughout his minor league tenure, too.

But forWorley, that’s all windowdress-ing. Pitching, he says, is pitching — onlythe inning changes.

“It’s the same whether I start or am areliever,”Worleysaid. “I’vedone itbefore.It’snot thatdifficult. I justgoout thereandcompete.”

Manuel still hasn’t made any decisionson howhe’ll employWorley in the playoffs— or, at least, he hasn’t shared those deci-sions publicly — but the other options arethin.

After a stellar fivemonths in 2011, Bas-tardo fell apart in September. He went astretch of nine straight appearances with-out a clean inning.

Lidge has enjoyed a fine return to themound after missing three months withshoulder problems, but there are con-cerns. In181⁄3 innings, Lidgehas allowed 29base runners. Miraculously, just threehave scored — but he continues to playwith fire.

Michael Stutes has worn down as theseason has progressed, posting a 4.58ERAsince mid-June.

And then there’sWorley— the Phillies’secret weapon. Well, maybe. There areconcerns with Worley, too.

His numbers have dipped in Augustand September, too. He’s a rookie, and thepostseason will be a new experience. Hespent theseasondevelopingarapportwithback-up catcher Brian Schneider, and thetwomanaged to find a perfect formula foremploying Worley’s wicked front-doorsinker that resulted in a called third strikeon 56 percent of Worley’s strikeouts — byfar the highest rate in the league.

In the playoffs, however, Worley likelywill be working with Carlos Ruiz, notSchneider.

Before last Saturday’s game, he spent afewminutes talking with Ruiz about pitchselection, about the sinker.

Ruiz’s answer was simple: Worleyknows himself. If he wants to throw thepitch, he should throw it. Ruiz will reactaccordingly.

“That’s finewithme,”Worley said. “It’sup to me what I want to throw.”

That night, Worley took the mound andquickly got two strikes on Willie Harris.Ruiz called for a cutter, but Worley knewbetter.

Heshookoffhiscatcherandwent to thesinker. Harris watched it sail by, dartingback over the plate at the last second for acalled third strike.

One batter later, Worley was out of theinning — the two runners Bastardo hadleft behind still standing on the bases.

This is a new role, Worley admits. Butit’s one that suits him well.

“I’ve done it so many times this yearputting pressure on myself that it’s reallynot that big of a deal,” Worley said. “Youcome in and you’re thrown right into thefire, but you just have to go out there andtrust your stuff and hope everythingworks.”


WORLEY DERVISHAfter an impressive run starting,he’ll be coming out of the bullpenBy DAVID HALEFor the Courier-Post

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PHILADELPHIA — Roy Halladay hasseen the numbers and lived through thegames. He knows exactly howmany timesthe Cardinals beat his Phillies this year,and he remembers each pitch he threwthat turned into a St. Louis hit.

Even with his impressive credentials,Halladay understands the challenge pre-sented by a lineup featuring Albert Pujolsand Lance Berkman. He knows how goodthey are.

But there’s a limit to how much praiseHalladay’s willing to offer as he preparesto take themound inGame1of theNationalLeague Division Series.

“I heard aquote a long timeago,”Halla-day said. “I came here to bury Caesar, notpraise him. I think that’s true.”

Ah, who better to provide the first tasteof postseason bulletin-board fodder thanShakespeare?

But Halladay’s point is justified.Are the Cardinals a good team? Sure,

but this time of year, that’s to be expected.“You get to this point,” Halladay said,

“and every team is good.”This isanewseason,andthePhilliesare

justifiably the favorites.Those numbers from the regular sea-

son— a1.14 ERAby the Cardinals startingpitchers, a 3-6 record overall for the Phil-lies — get erased in the postseason.

Of course, the Phillies weren’t payingparticularly close attention to those num-bers anyway.

“We obviously have a respect for whatthey’ve done,” Halladay said. “But youhave to be confident going in that you’regoing to be able to beat them.”

Andwhy shouldn’t the Phillies be confi-dent?

Sure they lost six games to the Cardi-nals, but they were hardly dominated.

On May 16, the Phillies lost a game 3-1after Cliff Leewalked six St. Louis hitters.He’s walked just two batters the entiremonth of September.

OnMay 17, Danys Baez and J.C. Rome-ro combined to lose a game 2-1. Both ofthose relievers were released midseason.

On Sept. 16, the Phillies’ bullpen blewanother game to the Cardinals. MichaelSchwimer took the loss that time, and hewon’t be on the postseason roster either.

On June 23, St. Louis cruised to a 12-2win, but only after battering Roy Oswaltthrough two dreadful innings. AfterwardOswalt admitted he’d battled a back injurythat might cost him his career. Turns out,he’s throwing 94 again, finishing off theregular season with six shutout inningsagainst Atlanta.

Even the ugly offensive performancescome with a caveat. The Phillies had theirregular starting lineup just twice in thenine games they played against the Cardi-nals this year. They combined to score 19runs in those two games, winning both.

Sure, the six regular-season lossesmayhave taken a bit of the sheen off the Phil-lies’ air of invincibility, but that’s notchanging their approach.

“We know they’re good and we knowthey’ve beaten us, so they’re not going to

be coming in this postseason intimidated,”right-handerBradLidgesaid. “It’sgoing tobe up to us to not just rely on our swagger.We have to actually go out there and beatthem.”

The odds are stacked heavily in thePhillies’ favor.

Although both appear likely to play, theCardinals still hadn’t finalized their post-season roster Friday night because theyweren’t sure about the health of shortstopRafael Furcal or left fielderMattHolliday.

After a workout Friday, Furcal said hewas confident his hamstring had healedenough that he could play in today’s game.Holliday,whomissedninegameswitha in-flamed tendon in his thumb, didn’t takebatting practice Friday and remains a sig-nificant question mark.

Kyle Loshe will go for the Cardinals to-day inGame1, butmanager Tony LaRussadecided Friday to make a last-minutechange to the rest of the rotation. ChrisCarpenter will pitch on three days’ rest inGame 2, something he’s never done as astarter. Jaime Garcia will pitch Game 3.He has a 4.58 ERAwith an .808 opponent’sOPS since Aug. 1.

PHILS SEEK LAST LAUGH

Phillies Game 1 starter Roy Halladay was roughed up by the Cardinals in September. He'llremember that. DREW HALLOWELL/GETTY IMAGES

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As it turned out, hismodest goals for Septem-ber surprisingly morphedinto a job in October.

Despite missing fourmonths with an elbow inju-ry, Blanton landed the finalspot on the Phillies’ divi-sion series roster.

“I didn’t throw from themiddle of May until Sep-tember. That’s a long timebetween pitching,” saidBlanton, who finished theyear with a 5.01 ERA in 11games this year. “I had fiveoutings since I came backand each one got a little bitbetter.The last twoor threewent really well and theball was coming out prettyconsistent. So I felt prettygood about the way I wasthrowing.”

Blanton started two ofthe Phillies’ final fivegames, going just two in-nings in each appearance.Overall since returningfrom the elbow injury inearly September, he’s al-lowed two runs in seven in-nings, striking out 11 andwalking none.

The numbers were en-couraging, but Blanton ad-mits that even now he’s notcertain he’s past the injury.Surgery on the elbow re-mains apossibility if symp-toms return — but so far,they haven’t.

“I’m feeling pretty opti-mistic,” Blanton said. “I’vethrown a couple inningsand had no re-occurrences.I’ve felt fine the next day,haven’t had any pain whilethrowing.”

Still, Blanton’s inclusionon the roster comes as a bitof a surprise given his lim-

ited workload. It alsocomes at the expense ofright-hander David Hern-don, who was left off theNLDS roster despite solidnumbers this season.

Herndon endured arockyApril andwas sent toTriple-A Lehigh Valley forthree weeks in May. Butsince his return from theminors, Herndon has post-ed a 1.94 ERA with 36strikeouts and just 10 unin-tentional walks.

Herndon said the newscame as something of ashock, but he will still trav-el with the team and beready to fill in should an in-jury arise.

“If I can’t help out on thefield, I might as well be inthe dugout with my pom-poms,” Herndon said.

» Injury updatesRyanHoward’s sore left

foot won’t keep him out ofthe lineup in October, but itmay limit his speed aroundthe bases.

Charlie Manuel admit-tedHoward’sability to takeanextrabasecouldbean is-sue in games during thepostseason, and there mayeven be a time in which thePhillies need to pinch runfor Howard.

Forwhat it’sworth,how-ever, Howard isn’t con-cerned.

“My foot’s fine,” How-ard said. “There’s alwaysgoing to be a little bit ofsoreness or pain in there,but it’s a lot better thanwhat it was.”

Howard had an anti-in-flammatory injection to re-lieve pain caused by bursi-tis earlier this month.Pinch hitterRossGloaddidthe same thingWednesday.

Gload leftAtlanta on thefinal dayof the regular sea-son, returning to Philadel-phia for treatment on hisailing hip. The injury haslingeredsinceMayandwillrequire surgery this off-season to fix, but Manuelsaid his top bench bat willbe good to go during thepostseason.

“Gload’s going to beready to hit,” Manuel said.

Shane Victorino said hissore back is fine, as well.Victorino was out of thelineup in the season finaleWednesday, but he didpinch hit in the game.

Stutes finishes strongBlanton’s role in the

bullpen this postseasonwill likely be minimal, butrookie Michael Stutescould face a much bigger

share of the spotlight.The 25-year-old was the

Phillies’ top right-handedset-up option for much ofthe season, but he strug-gled down the stretch andwatched his ERA soar.

From Aug. 1 throughSept. 20, Stutes posted a5.23 ERA and walked 10batters in 202⁄3 innings. Hehad just one 1-2-3 inningduring that stretch.

But his final three out-ings of the season were farmore similar to his strongstart to the year. Stutes re-tired the final 12 hitters hefaced, including threeclean innings.

The key, he said, was fo-cus.

“Not that you ever takeany game lightly, but as theseason was winding down

and you had to kind of getgoing and turn it on a littlebit, you’re running out oftime to smooth out my me-chanics,” Stutes said. “Sothe last few outings I’ve fo-cused on simplifyingthings and attacking hit-ters and not worrying somuch about hitting the cor-ners as much as just chal-lenging the guys and mak-ing them put the ball inplay, and it’sworkedout forme.”

» Astros honor PenceHunter Pence said he

was surprised when hefound out that the media inHouston elected him theAstros’ MVP even thoughthe Astros traded him twomonths ago.

Of course, the Astroslost 106 games this season,

so it’s not like there were alot of prime candidates.

“Honestly, I’mveryhon-ored and very humbledthey would select me forthat,” Pence said. “It’stough to explain. I knowthere are a lot of guys whoplayed the whole seasonthere who had good sea-sons. I don’t know exactlywhat to think other than itmakesme feel better aboutmyaccomplishments thereand how I played thegame.”

Pence hit .308 with 11homers and 62 RBIs withHouston.Hehit .324with11homers and 35 RBIs withthe Phillies.


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Joe Blanton spent most of the season on the DL, but is on the postseason roster. ROB CARR/GETTY IMAGES


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PHILADELPHIA — No team enters thispostseason under more pressure than thePhillies.

Expectations are so high in the City ofBrotherly Love that anything less than aWorld Series title will be considered a fail-ure by fans, players and management.

Yes, it’s boom or bust for these Phillies,who are a long way removed from beingknown for losing more games than anyfranchise in professional sports.

“Ourmain goal is to get to theWorld Se-ries and win it,” pitcher Roy Oswalt said.

Their road begins today against thewild-card St. Louis Cardinals at CitizensBank Park.

Led by their Four Aces, the Philliescruised to their fifth straight NL East titleand led themajors in wins—102— for thesecond straight season.

They set a franchise record for wins ina season, and achieved several accom-plishments along the way. None of thatmatters.

All they care about is having a victoryparade down Broad Street for the secondtime in four years.

“Our ultimate goal is to win the WorldSeries,” starter Cliff Lee said. “We stillhave a lot of business to take care of.”

Lee’s arrival in Philadelphia raised ex-pectations to all-or-nothing proportions.The All-Star lefty stunned the baseballworld last winter when he spurned theNewYorkYankees andTexasRangers andtook less money to return to the Phillies,who traded him away in December 2009.

Lee joined reigning NL Cy YoungAwardwinner RoyHalladay, ColeHamelsandOswalt to formone of the best startingrotations in recent history.

They didn’t disappoint.Lee was 17-8 with a 2.40 ERA and a ma-

jor-league leading six shutouts, twice fall-ing one out shy of another shutout. Halla-day went 19-6 with a 2.35 ERA and a ma-jors-best eight complete games.

Hamels was 14-9 with a 2.79 ERA. Os-walt startedandfinishedstrong,but strug-gled in between mainly because of backproblems.Hehadhis first losing season, 9-

10, and his 3.69 ERAwas his second-worst.But he was impressive down the stretch,and has always pitched well in the play-offs.

It is said that strong pitching winschampionships, which is why the Philliesare strong favorites to go all the way.

But try telling that to the AtlantaBraves and their tomahawk-choppingfans.

For years, theBraves had the best rota-tion in themajors.GregMaddux,TomGla-vine and John Smoltz anchored a staff thatusually went four or five deep.

Steve Avery, Denny Neagle, CharlieLeibrandt,KevinMillwood,RussOrtizandJaret Wright each had at least one 15-winseason during Atlanta’s unprecedentedrun of 14 consecutive division titles.

TheBraveshad six100-win seasons andcapturedfiveNLpennants from1991-2005.

But for all that success, they won justone World Series in 1995.

“Everybodypinned thebest teammoni-keronusbecauseof those three,”Atlanta’sChipper Jones said, referring to Maddux,Glavine andSmoltz. “The same thing is go-ing to happen to them. I think their three

guys are the only guys I’ve run across as aunit that can compare to our guys. I don’tsee any reason why they shouldn’t cruise,to be honest with you.”

Smoltz was one of the best postseasonpitchersof all-time.Hewas15-4witha2.67ERA in 41 appearances. But Maddux andGlavine,whocombined for 660 career reg-ular-season wins, had some trouble in theplayoffs.

Madduxwas11-14with a 3.27 ERA.Gla-vine was 14-16 with a 3.30 ERA. Bothpitchedwell in theWorld Series, but strug-gled in the NLCS. Maddux had a 2.09 ERAinfiveWorldSeriesstarts,butwas4-8witha 3.67 ERA in the league championship se-ries. Glavine was 4-3 with a 2.16 ERA ineightWorldSeries starts, butwas6-10witha 3.22 ERA in the NLCS.

“They have more strikeout pitchers,”Jones said. “We had more pitch-to-contactpitchers. That’s why Smoltzie was so goodin the postseason, because hewas a strike-out pitcher. All their guys are strikeoutpitchers.

”And when you have that swing-and-miss ability in the postseason, it takes youfarther.“

Smoltz is an analyst on TBS, which willbroadcast the first-round games in bothleagues and the NL Championship Series.He gives the Phillies’ staff the edge overhis Braves.

”They remind me of us, but they are alittle bit better than us at our best.“ Smoltzsaid. ”I consider Halladay, Lee, Hamelsand Oswalt power pitchers. They’veproven that by their strikeout numbersand their innings. Glavine and Madduxwith their change-ups, they weren’t con-sidered power pitchers.

“If you limit howmany times a guy hitsthe ball, your chances go way up. If youhave a staff that only gets two or threestrikeouts per game, that’s a lot of pres-sure on your defense and pitching.”

That said, themain reason for Atlanta’spostseason failures wasn’t starting pitch-ing. It wasmainly lack of offense and bull-pen troubles.

The Phillies have a star-studded lineupthat features seven regulars who’ve beento a total of 18 All-Star games and two for-merNLMVPs—RyanHowardandJimmyRollins.

Howard,Rollins andChaseUtley aren’tquite as productive as they were back in2008, when they helped the Phillies slugtheir way to the franchise’s second WorldSeries. Still, all three are dangerous hit-ters. Hunter Pence, Shane Victorino, RaulIbanez andPlacido Polancomake this line-up more balanced than the ‘08 crew. And,CarlosRuiz is one of the topNo. 8 hitters inbaseball.

Clearly, the Phillies are built on pitch-ing. After losing to the San Francisco Gi-ants in last year’s NLCS and falling twowins short of a third straight pennant, gen-eral manager Ruben Amaro had tomake ahuge decision.

He chose to let outfielder JaysonWerthwalk away in free agency and used thatmoney to sign Lee instead of another hit-ter. Then,Amaro acquiredPence in July tobolster an offense that missed Werth’spresence in the first half.

The Phillies romped through the post-season in ‘08, going 11-2 and beating theTampaBayRays in theWorldSerieswith astaff led by Hamels. Brett Myers, JamieMoyerandJoeBlanton followedhim in therotation. They hardly compare to the cur-rent starters.

But those guys have a championshipring.Halladay and Lee are still looking forone.

“That’s the beauty of being here,” Hal-laday said. “We expect to win.”

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PHILADELPHIA — Jimmy Rollinsdoesn’t just bat leadoff for the Phillies.The veteran shortstop doesn’t just get theoffense rolling on the field.

Rollins sparked the entire franchise’smentality. Being a contender was no long-er acceptable when Rollins spoke out in2007. He singlehandedly raised the bar ashigh and as far as the difference betweenplaying at crumbling Veterans Stadiumand cozy Citizens Bank Park.

AfterRollins said thePhillieswere “theteam to beat” in the National League Eastfive years ago, the club has responded bywinning five consecutive division titles.

The declaration was certainly a shotover the heads of the confident Mets, whostill thought of the Phillies as second ratejust like New York City views Philadel-phia. However, Rollins’ prophetic wordsnot only shoved the Big Apple down theMets’ throat, but also cleared the doubtsand minds of his teammates to think big-ger.

“When Jimmymade that statement, hewasn’t making it to wake up the world andsay we are the best team,” center fielderShane Victorino said recently. “It wasmore like we need to look at ourselves in-ternally and say, ‘We are a good team. Weare a team that should be contending. Weare a teamwhere other teams have to beatus.’ That is what it was more like and thatis how I took it as a player.

“It was like check yourself. We are agood team and nowgo about it that way, goout there and play the game correctly, goout there and say ‘We are the team tobeat,’ ” Victorino continued while sittingin front of his locker during the last home-stand. “It was not because he wanted bill-board material. It became that way and itwas portrayed that way, but Jimmy is thatkind of guy. Like this year he said wewould win 100 games, so when he makes aclaim like that, he knows what he is say-ing.”

Indeed, the Phillies not only were theteam to beat in the division in 2007, buttheyhavebecome the team to beat in base-ball. For the second straight year, the Phil-lies waltz into the postseasonwith the bestrecord in the majors while topping 100wins.

“I can’t honestly say that I did,” Rollinssaid when asked if he could have envi-sionedwinning five straight division titlesback in ’07. “Itwasn’t like ifweget this,wewill win the division every year. It was

more to the effect of ‘Let’s make sure weget to the playoffs every year and take ourchances when we get there.’

“But, it has worked out that we havewon the division five straight years, so I’mnot going to argue with it.”

Few would argue Rollins’ confidentstatement didn’t lift the expectations inthe clubhouse. Therewas a swagger on thefield in 2007 that wasn’t seen in Philadel-phia since the days of Macho Row in 1993with Lenny Dykstra providing a streettoughness to a talented team.

“I think it set the tone for us and show-ing people what we are capable of,” firstbaseman Ryan Howard said, “then actual-ly going out there and doing it.”

Rollins also set the tone from the man-ager’s chair up through the desks in thefront office andultimately into the seats ofCitizens Bank Park. Like a flow chart ofsuccess, following the wins in 2007 camethe fans and then the free agents.

“I think that might have helped in away,” manager Charlie Manuel said. “Wewon, then it helped. That is kind of how Ilook at it.”

The Phillies didn’t wait long to take thenext step from the division title in 2007 tothe World Series title the next year. Now,the Phils are on the precipice of winningtheir second world championship in fiveyears with home-field advantage through-out the postseason.

Like Rollins said in 2007, the Philliesare “the team to beat” in October.

“If you had asked me that back in ’07 ifwewould’vewon five in a row, I’mnot say-ing I would have said ‘No,’ but you don’tthink about it like that. You kind of go yearto year and say ‘Let’s see the kind of teamwe can be,’ ” Victorino said.

“With the team that we have, we have agood chance every year and if we keep theteam together, hopefully we will have afew more,” Victorino said. “That is ulti-mately your goal. Youwant towin asmanyas you can.”

The question is: Will Rollins, who is inthe final year of his contract, be leadingoff for the Phillies next season?

“If you look around the room,” saidVic-torino, still sitting in front of his locker,“you see Jimmy is probably the leader inthe clubhouse. He has the most time here.He is looked at that way.”

And, he is the one who started all thiswinning with a few simple, but splendidwords.

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Five years ago, Jimmy Rollins, here with Chase Utley, said the Phillies were the team to beat in the NL East. Five straight division titles later, he's still right. HARRY HOW/GETTY IMAGES

Jimmy Rollins is a free agent after this season. Will the Phillies bring him back next year?DREW HALLOWELL/GETTY IMAGES

Rollins’ actions and words coincidedwith Phillies rise to top of standingsBy KEVIN CALLAHANCourier-Post Staff

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PHILADELPHIA — Shortstop JimmyRollins tilts his head back, rolls his eyesand concedes therewas a time it was pain-ful to utter the words.

“It was actually embarrassing to sayyou played for the Philadelphia Phillies,”Rollins says.

“No one really cared about us. Nobodytalked about us. We were just a baseballteam that was close to New York. Youshowed up every spring wondering, ‘OK,who’s going to play the Yankees in theWorld Series, ‘cause you know they’ll bethere.’”

Rollins, the longest tenured Phillie whohas been with the team since 2000, breaksinto a grin, rubs his chin and says, “I neverthought people would now be saying thesame thing about us.”

ThePhillies, the first professional fran-chise to lose 10,000 games—winning onlyoneWorld Series in 105 years until 2008—enter the 2011postseason as the crme de lacrme of baseball. Scheduled today to opentheir National League Division Seriesagainst the St. Louis Cardinals, they areheavy favorites to return to the World Se-ries for the third time in four years.

“They are the Yankees of the NationalLeague,” says Los Angeles Dodgers coachDavey Lopes, who spent the previous fouryears on thePhillies’ staff. “Their commit-ment to winning is as good as anybody inbaseball. They are the rolemodel.

“I remember when everybody used tohate the Yankees because they were sogood. Well, now, people love to hate thePhillies. When they lose a game, it’s neverthat theygot beat. It’s, ‘How thehell didwejust lose that game?’ You can call it cocki-ness or confidence, but those guys believein each other more than any team I’veseen.”

The Phillies, who won a franchise-rec-ord102 games, have separated themselvesfrom the Boston Red Sox, another EastCoast team with a high payroll and WorldSeries titles in 2004 and 2007 now sitting athome after a September collapse.

In the playoffs for a fifth consecutiveyear, the Phillies have longer staying pow-er than the defending World Series cham-pion San Francisco Giants, eliminated aweek ago.

Theyare theBeasts of theNLEast,win-ning five consecutive division titles.

“Westillhavearivalrywith them,”NewYork Mets third baseman David Wrightsays. “It’s just that it’s a one-sided rivalry.The scary thing is that they just keep get-ting better.”

The Phillies are winning so often thesedays—withmore victories (199) than any-one in baseball the last two years — thatmere postseason berths are no longer ac-ceptable.

“You hate to say it’s World Series or

bust,” says All-Star center fielder ShaneVictorino, “but it is. Those are the expecta-tions we’ve created here. You hear it fromour fans all of the time. We’re proud ofthat.”

These aren’t your father’s, or evengrandfather’s, Phillies.

“The difference with this team,” sayslifelong fanMark Fischetti, 50, “is that wegrew up with them. This team was builtover time, and is going to hang around.Weenjoyed the ‘93 (World Series) team, butthey were just a bunch of castoffs.”

Growth strategy

Dave Montgomery, 65, the Phillies’presidentandCEO, looksoutsidehisofficewindow at Citizens Bank Park and seespeople and construction.

Business is great, and about to get bet-ter, with the Philly Live! development be-ing built across the street. There will bemorerestaurants,bars,ahotel—andmoremoney for the Phillies.

The Phillies’ payroll, according to theMajorLeagueBaseball figuresdistributedtoclubs inSeptember,wasafranchise-rec-ord $181.3 million. Only the Yankees havespent more this year ($215.8million). And,to think, when Citizens Bank Park openedin 2004, the Phillies were getting revenue-sharing money from higher-payroll clubssuch as the Yankees and Red Sox.

”Thankfully, we’ve outgrown that,“says Montgomery. ”We’re a market thatshould not be getting revenue sharing.Butuntilwemoved in,wewere limited in reve-nue, and had to act like a small market.“

The Phillies have sold out 204 consecu-tive games, drawing 3.6 million fans thisseason, about 1.4 million more they theydrew during their final season at VeteransStadium.

”It’s theplace tobe in thecity,“ says life-long Phillies fan Barb Beck, 60. ”Peoplecome out to hang out and party at thegames.You should see all of the singlepeo-ple.“

Says Rollins: ”I remember on a goodnight, our place (Veterans Stadium) wasonly half-empty. If we got 20,000 a night, itwas good. But if it wasn’t opening day or abig ceremony, you could drop a pin on achair and hear it rattle.“

During somemoments atCitizensBankPark, the crowd noise would make it diff-cult tohearacannongooff.AtMcFadden’srestaurant, located on the outside of theballpark, people stream in at 1:30 in the af-ternoon, restaurant generalmanager JohnBernardo says, just to get close to the ac-tion.

Fromaplayers’ perspective, formerCyYoungwinnerCliff Lee couldn’t wait to re-turn to the team. Roy Halladay (in 2009)andRoyOswalt (in 2010) eachwaived theirno-trade clauses to play for the Phillies.

”It used to be a place where nobodywanted to pitch, but you don’t hear that

anymore,“ says Phillies reliever BradLidge, who joined the team in late 2007.

Lee spent just twomonthswith thePhil-lies in 2009 before hewas traded to the Se-attle Mariners that winter. He was againtraded — to the Texas Rangers — in July2010.Oncehebecameafreeagent lastwin-ter, he turned down more money from theYankees to sign a five-year, $120 milliondeal with Philadelphia.

“Everything about this place is first-class,” says Lee, who lives in downtownPhiladelphia. “My family and I love thecity. They not only are great people here,but coming here, gave me the best chanceto win, too.”

Playerswant to be here

The Phillies’ recent eight-game losingstreak—the longestbyateamthatalreadyclinched a playoff berth—was an unwant-ed blast from the past.

“The talk-show radio and all of the fanswere all saying, ‘Stick a fork in them,they’re done,’ “ Fischetti said. ”That’s thePhillies fans’ personality. They’re fatalis-tic. Now that they won a few, everyone’sOK, again.”

CharlieManuel,who is 646-488 in sevenyears as manager, has relaxed the club-housemood,holdingjustoneteammeetingthis year.

“They tried to fireme (on sports talk ra-

dio) every day for the first two years Iwashere,” Manuel says. “Now, when we lose afew games, they’re still trying to fire me.That’s OK.”

General manager Ruben Amaro Jr.,who has been in his current role since No-vember 2008, credits formerGMEdWadefor getting the dynasty started withshrewd drafts that produced Rollins(1996), second baseman Chase Utley(2000), first baseman RyanHoward (2001)andstarterColeHamels (2002),not tomen-tion thehiringofManuel.Waderesistedat-tempts to trade young talent. Amaro alsofeels indebted to Pat Gillick, who succeed-edWade in late2005, anddemonstrated theart of fine-tuning a team.

But it was slugger JimThomewhomayhave changed the Phillies’ image. In 2002,Thome signed a six-year, $85 million free-agentcontract . Itwas thedeal,Montgome-ryandAmarosaid, thatshowedthePhillieswere serious about spending -- and win-ning.

”All I ever knew was Cleveland,“ saysThome, who signed the deal after playing12 years with the Indians, ”but once I wenttoPhilly, sawthecity, theorganization, andthe vibe there just felt right. I really be-lieve they had an unbelievable chance to awin aWorld Series. You hear Philly storieshow the fans boo you and they’re nasty,well, those fans will cheer for you if youplay the game right.“

Phillies fans have become accustomed to winning and expect a World Series championship this season. LEN REDKOLES/GETTY IMAGES

TURNAROUND

Phillies third base coach Juan Samuel runs from a champagne spray fromMichaelMartinez. The Phillies clinched the NL East against the Cardinals and now play them againin the NLDS. RICH SCHULTZ/GETTY IMAGES

Phils have gone from laughingstockto a destination place for playersBy BOB NIGHTENGALEUSA TODAY



ST. LOUIS—As the euphoria of winningthe National League wild card wore off intheweehoursofThursdaymorning, theSt.Louis Cardinals collectively took a deepbreath.

Savoring a celebration that seemedmore spontaneous than scripted, they’lltry to take the September groove no onethought they had in them into October.

St. Louis trailed Atlanta by 10½ gamesonAug. 25, thenwon23of the last 31gamesto finish its improbable charge. TheCardi-nalsalsoowethePhilliesa tipof thecapforending the season with a sweep of theBraves, who lost 18 of their last 27.

“To me, forever and ever, I have thePhillies in the highest regard,” managerTony La Russa said. “It’s just not to thinktheywon threegames, but it’s theway theycompeted.”

But come this afternoon, the 102-winPhillies will be hosting a confident, 90-winclub.

“It’s a great feeling to be able to comefrom so far down,” Lance Berkman said.“We felt like we had a run like these in us,and we executed it just in the nick of time.

”And here we are.“The Cardinals and Nationals were the

only two National League teams to post awinning record against the Phillies. St.Louis took the season series 6-3 and tookthree of four on the road earlier thismonth.

Berkman batted .467 against the Phil-lies with two homers and seven RBIs.

”A lot isgoing tobemadeof thefact thatwe played pretty well against the Philliesthis year, butwith the playoffs it’s a differ-ent story,“ Berkman said. ”We just have tocome out and try to be the team that we’vebeen over the last month this year.

“If we do, we have a chance.”La Russa remembers wondering at one

point in August if the Cardinals would fin-ish above .500 and relishes his ninth play-offappearance in16yearswithSt.Louisallthemore. After trailing the Braves by10½games on Aug. 25, the Cardinals were 23-9the rest of theway, taking nine of10 seriesand sweeping the Braves and NL Central-champion Brewers.

They won 16 of their last 21 to finally

overtake the Braves, who are the firstteam inmajor leaguehistory toblowa leadof at least eight games for a playoff spot inSeptember.

“We came from so far back,” La Russasaid. “It’s nice tobepart ofhistorybecausethe club deserved it. We were great forfourmonths, andwehada littlebadperiod,then we really came charging back.

”Adversity was something that we em-braced.“

More adversity lingers for the postsea-son, with Matt Holliday (hand) and RafaelFurcal (hamstring) questionable for theDivision Series opener. Holliday hasn’tplayed since leaving Tuesday’s game witha tendon strain, and Furcal was hurt onMonday.

Allen Craig has given the offense a big

boost in place of Holliday and finishedwith a .315 average,11homers and 40RBIsin only 200 at-bats. Nick Punto is the re-placement at shortstop if Furcal can’t go.

Kyle Lohse (14-8, 3.39) was set to start aone-game playoff on Thursday had theCardinals and Braves tied. Now, he’ll startin the Division Series opener. Lohse en-dured alterations to the rotation that hadhimstartingon longrest ahandful of timesafter theAll-Star break andwas at his bestin the final month, going 3-1 with a 1.37ERA. He was 1-1 with a 1.76 ERA in twostarts against the Phillies.

Chris Carpenter (11-9, 3.45) was 4-1 inSeptember with two shutouts, including atwo-hitter at Houston Wednesday nightthat clinchedat least a tie for thewildcard,and could go on three days’ rest in Game 2

Sunday.The right-hander worked eight shutout

innings at Philadelphia on Sept. 18 and to-taled 40 innings in five starts the lastmonth, finishing among the league leadersin innings.

Berkman’s comeback year helped theCardinals overcome a so-so season by Al-bert Pujols—at least by the three-timeNLMVP’s standards. Pujols batted .299 with37homersand99RBIs, the first time inhis11-year career that he didn’t bat .300 anddidn’t drive in 100 runs.

”Saywhatever theywant, that thosearenot the type of numbers that I put up everyyear,“Pujols said. ”Iwish I couldhavecon-tributed a little bit more.

“But you know what? We have a newlife.”

CONFIDENT CARDINALS

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If baseball’s postseasoncan match Wednesday'smidnight madness, BudSelig should do a huladance on top of a dugout.Good thing the wild-cardraces came up with classicendings, since the divi-sional races had the dramaof drying paint.

Average winning mar-gin of the six champions:9.7 games.

(We interrupt this pro-gram with a warning:Though adding a secondwild card has its upside, ifthat was in force this year,Wednesday night neverhappens. Be careful whatyou wish for).

But now that Septem-ber's Hollywood endinghas given October a goodshove, as pushers would abobsled, what happensnext? Here comes a post-season with enough plotlines to fill a Cineplex.Some everybody expect-ed, some nobody expected.

For every contender, amovie.

» The Empire StrikesBack

Starring the usual gangof pinstripers. A champi-onship is the New YorkYankees' manifest destiny— or at least the payroll’s

manifest destiny — soevery October begins withthe assumption there’ll bea World Series in theBronx, until someoneproves there won't be.

And it’s been an eterni-ty since the last one —more than 700 days.

Adding urgency to theYankees' 50th postseasonare the advancing years ofDerek Jeter and MarianoRivera. Jeter hit .331 sincecoming off the disabledlist July 4, and Rivera had

44 saves, with an 0.55 ERAsince Aug. 15. They stillknow their lines.

But sooner or later, thetwo future Cooperstownplaques must win a titlefor the last time. Now?

» NoWay OutStarring the Phillies,

who have starting pitcherslike Saudi Arabia has oil.

No other way to putthis, but given their wad oftalent and team 3.02earned run average, theywin it all or else. Just likethe Miami Heat, and lookhowmuch fun they hadfinishing second.

The Phillies are light ofERA, but heavy of burden.

» As Good as it GetsStarring the Milwaukee

Brewers. They had a mar-velous season and PrinceFielder was there to startall 162 games of it. Butfree agency looms, and theBrewers may never havethe chance they have now.

» Die HardStarring the Tampa Bay

Rays. Beware the teamthat believes it is touchedby karma, and has reasonto. The Rays survived a 1-8start in April, a nine-gamedeficit in September, a.244 team batting averageand a 7-0 Yankees leadWednesday night.

What fool would denythey can overcome any-thing? Not this fool.

» BridesmaidsStarring the Texas

Rangers. How’d it feelplaying in the first WorldSeries in franchise historylast year? Great. How’d it

feel catching the Giants’bouquet? Not that great.

They’ll want the ringsthis time, though Cliff Leeis pitching for anotherteam, so someone else willhave to shut down theAmerican League.

» Other People's MoneyStarring the St. Louis

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» A Few GoodMenStarring Justin Verlan-

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the closer who went 49-for-49 in save chances.

The Yankees will wantto beat Verlander, controlCabrera and never, everlet a Detroit lead end up inValverde's hands.

» Raising ArizonaStarring the Diamond-

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» Projected rotations: Diamondbacks:RH Ian Kennedy (21-4, 2.88 ERA, 122 Ks, 222IP), RH Daniel Hudson (16-12, 3.49, 169 Ks, 222IP), LH Joe Saunders (12-13, 3.69), RH JoshCollmenter (10-10, 3.38). Brewers: RH YovaniGallardo (17-10, 3.52 ERA, 207 Ks, 207 1-3innings), RH Shaun Marcum (13-7, 3.54), RHZack Greinke (16-6, 3.83, 201 Ks, 171 2-3 in-nings), LH Randy Wolf (13-10, 3.69).

» Relievers: Diamondbacks: RH J.J. Putz(2-2, 2.17, 45/49 saves, 60 games, 61 Ks, 12 BBs),RH David Hernandez (5-3, 3.38, 77 Ks, 69 1-3IP), LH Joe Paterson (0-3, 2.91), RH Brian Shaw(1-0, 2.54), RH Brad Ziegler (3-2, 2.16), LHWade Miley (4-2, 4.50 in 8 games, 7 starts), RHMicah Owings (8-0, 3.57). Brewers: RH JohnAxford (2-2, 1.95, 46/48 saves, 74 games), RHFrancisco Rodriguez (4-0, 1.86 in 31 gamessince trade fromMets; 6-2, 2.64, 23/29, 73games overall), RH Takashi Saito (4-2, 2.03), RHLaTroy Hawkins (3-1, 2.42), RH Kameron Loe(4-7, 3.50, 72 games), RH Marco Estrada (4-8,4.08), LH Chris Narveson (11-8, 4.45, 28 starts, 2relief appearances).

» Matchups: Young right-handers Kenne-dy and Hudson open against the powerfulMilwaukee lineup in a hostile environment.Kennedy made only one start against Mil-waukee this season, blanking the Brewersthrough seven innings on four hits in Phoenixon July 21. … Hudson is 9-6 with a 3.17 ERA athome, 7-6 with a 3.86 ERA on the road. …Hudson started at Miller Park on July 4 andlasted just four innings, allowing five runs andsix hits. He got a no-decision when the Dia-mondbacks, as became their trademark, cameback to win. … Gallardo was 2-0 with a 1.38ERA against Arizona this year. He struck out 12in 13 innings. … Arizona had more successagainst Wolf, who was 0-2 with a 6.08 ERA. …

Milwaukee pitchers allowed 10 home runs inseven games against Arizona this season,including three in Arizona’s July 21 victory.The Brewers held the Diamondbacks withouta homer only once. … As a team, the Brewersbatted .245 in seven games against the Dia-mondbacks this year. … Fielder was 6 for 27(.222) with 11 strikeouts and one home runagainst the Diamondbacks this year. … Hartwas 4 for 29 (.138) vs. the Diamondbacks thisyear, but hit 3 home runs. … Braun played inonly three of the Brewers’ games against theDiamondbacks this year and was 5 for 12 (.417)with 2 home runs, 4 RBIs and 4 walks.

» Big picture: Diamondbacks: Arizona isby far the biggest surprise of the 2011 season,with general manager Kevin Towers and KirkGibson, in his first full season as manager,taking the ruins of consecutive last-placeteams and putting together a club that hasbuilt a reputation for grind-it-out grit. It wasenough to go for 94-68 and dethrone WorldSeries champion San Francisco in the NL West.… The Diamondbacks had 48 come-from-behind victories. … The rotation has beenpaced by the 1-2 punch of Kennedy and Hud-son, although Hudson faltered down thestretch. But the strength of the team oftenhas been its offense, a balanced bunch withno single player relied on too heavily to pro-vide the clutch hits. … Arizona was fourth inthe NL in runs and fourth in HRs. … The Dia-mondbacks have reached the postseason infive of the franchise’s 14 years. … Putz, signedas a free agent after being a setup man withthe Chicago White Sox, returned to the closerrole he had in Seattle. His 45 saves are two shyof Jose Valverde’s franchise record and tiedwith Milwaukee’s John Axford for third-mostin the majors. Putz ended the season with afranchise-best 24 straight saves. … The unpre-dictable Gibson has used 117 lineups. … The

Diamondbacks were 83-0 when leading aftereight innings. …Montero led all NL catcherswith 36 doubles and 86 RBIs. … Arizona hadone of the worst bullpens in baseball historyin 2010, compiling a 5.74 ERA. This year, with avirtual total housecleaning, the relieverscompiled a 3.63 ERA. … So much will dependon how Kennedy handles the surroundings ofMilwaukee. While he has been solid at homeand on the road, Game 2 starter Hudson haspitched far better at home. If there is a Game4, Gibson will either go with rookie JoshCollmenter or bring Kennedy back on shortrest. … The Diamondbacks lineup is no power-house on paper, but its whole has been betterthan the sum of its parts. … Since SS StephenDrew broke his ankle sliding into home onJuly 21, Arizona plugged the journeymanBloomquist in the spot, with late acquisitionJohn McDonald backing him up, and went41-22 the rest of the way. … Since the acquisi-tion of Hill and McDonald in a trade withToronto on Aug. 23, Arizona went 25-9. …The players don’t have much postseasonexperience, but the coaching staff sure does:bench coach Alan Trammell, hitting coach DonBaylor, pitching coach Charles Nagy, third basecoach Matt Williams and first base coach EricYoung. Brewers: Milwaukee won its firstdivision title since capturing the AL East in1982, the year the franchise made its onlyWorld Series appearance. … Under rookiemanager Ron Roenicke, Milwaukee (96-66) seta club record for wins. … The Brewers havethe best home record in the majors at 57-24and are conversely the only team in the post-season with a losing record on the road. …Since July 16, the Brewers are 23-11 on theroad. … It’s the fourth postseason appearancein the franchise’s 42-year history and second inthe last four seasons. … Braun finished secondfor the NL batting title and signed a $105million, five-year extension in April that keepshim under contract in Milwaukee until 2020.… Fielder can become a free agent this winterand is expected to leave town for a largepayday. …Weeks severely sprained his leftankle on July 27, has missed six weeks andreturned even though he remains limited,especially moving laterally. … Hart is hitting.302 with 14 HRs and 45 runs scored sincetaking over the leadoff spot fromWeeks. …Milwaukee used a 27-5 stretch beginning July26 to go from third place to first by 10½games in the NL Central. The Cardinals nevercame closer than 4½ games with seven toplay. … Brewers GM Doug Melvin traded forMarcum and Greinke over the span of two

weeks in December. … Greinke missed thefirst month of the season after cracking a ribplaying pickup basketball during spring train-ing. …Melvin made two other notable trades,getting the eccentric Morgan just before theend of spring training and Rodriguez at thetrade deadline. … The Brewers have managedto use just six starting pitchers all season withNarveson as the fifth starter and Estradapicking up the starts Greinke missed over thefirst month. … Axford has saved 42 straightand 70 of 75 opportunities since taking therole from Trevor Hoffman last May. …Mil-waukee’s bullpen has a 1.14 ERA in 71 inningsin September. … The Brewers had Fielder,Braun, Weeks and Hart, but now boast amuch deep er rotation and bullpen than whenthey won the NL wild card on the last day ofthe 2008 season. That year, CC Sabathia madehis final four starts on three days’ rest and theBrewers fell in four games to Philadelphia inthe NLDS.

WATCH FOR» Hudson in the Early Innings: The

23-year-old right-hander has a penchant forgiving up runs early, then settling down. Thatmight be trouble against the big-hittingBrewers.

» Upton in the Spotlight:When heplayed in the 2007 playoffs, Upton had onlyrecently been brought up from the minorsand not much was expected of him. Now he is“the man” after enjoying the best season ofhis career. Still, he’s only 24 and has beenknown to press in the clutch.

» Fielder Against the Shift: The 27-year-old first baseman is one of the league’s pre-mier sluggers, but he went 1 for 14 in fourgames in his first taste of the postseason in2008 and wasn’t a factor. He’ll likely face aninfield shift early and often, and it’s unclearjust how many good pitches he’ll see becausemost teams will walk him and face the weakerbottom of Milwaukee’s order.

» Braun’s Big Swings: In 2008, he hit ago-ahead, two-run homer on the final day tolift Milwaukee into the postseason. Last week,he hit a go-ahead, three-run homer on thenight the Brewers clinched and called it eerilysimilar. Braun’s flair for the dramatic ismatched by his plate discipline.

» Home-Field Advantage:Milwaukee,the smallest media market in the league, drewa franchise-record 3 million fans for the thirdtime in four seasons and set an all-time atten-dance record this year (3,071,373). The Brew-ers sold out Miller Park 37 times.

—Assoicated Press

SCHEDULE» Today: Arizona at Milwaukee, 2:07

» Sunday: Arizona at Milwaukee, 4:37

» Tuesday:Milwaukee at Arizona, TBD

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MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brew-ers are a small-market team that thinksbig.

Once again, it’s paying off with a trip tothe playoffs.

Under principal owner Mark Attanasioand general manager Doug Melvin, theBrewers haven’t shied away from makinghigh-profile moves to get marquee play-ers. They traded for CC Sabathia in 2008,then acquired ZackGreinke andFranciscoRodriguez for this year’s playoff push.

And while the Brewers have given upplenty of prospects in the process, makingthe playoffs twice in the past four seasonsis quite the accomplishment for a teamwhose fan base previously hadn’t had rea-son to watch October baseball since 1982.

“We’ve got to think big,”Melvin said re-cently. “The one thing with Mark, Markwants to think big.We’ve done that, andwestarted that in 2008 when we got CC.”

Themidseasonaddition of Sabathiawasthe main reason the Brewers made theplayoffs in 2008, but it didn’t last long.Mil-waukee lost to the Phillies and Sabathiamoved on to the New York Yankees.

Now facing an NL division seriesmatchup with the Arizona Diamondbacksbeginning this afternoon at Miller Park,the Brewers are out to prove they havesome staying power.

Slugger Ryan Braun said the Brewerswouldn’t be where they are if they hadn’tmoved for Greinke and another starter,ShaunMarcum, in the offseason.

“It’s definitely exciting,” Braun said.“We’re not at this point if we don’t have thecommitment from the front office, fromownership. They went out there this off-season and acquired two quality starting

pitchers. I think that’s been the key to oursuccess, I think that’s been the biggest rea-son for our turnaround from last year tothis year is going out there and acquiringZack Greinke and ShaunMarcum.”

It’s an ambitious attitude for a teamthathas togetbyonafractionof the localmediarevenue its big-city rivals rake in. But theBrewers don’t particularly like the term“smallmarket,” anddon’tuse it asacrutch.

“We know who we are,” Melvin said.“And you have to be able to find any wayyou can to procure players. … We have avery extensive pro scouting staff, too —larger than maybe some teams.”

They also have Attanasio’s blessing topursue big-name players — helped, nodoubt, by a surge in attendance that ex-ceeded 3 million this season.

“They certainly have put together agreat team which we’ve seen this year,”BrewersmanagerRonRoenickesaidofAt-tanasio and Melvin. “They’re never satis-fied with it, they’re always looking to im-prove. Even when we’re on a roll. Thatshows me a lot. You can’t sit back and ex-pect everything to go well. You have tokeep trying to improve, try to go forwardwith things and seewhere you are, not justthis year or next year but the year after. Ithink they’ve got a good vision for that.”

The Brewers do have financial limita-tions, of course.

While the team has tied down Braun,starter Yovani Gallardo and other keyplayers to contracts, first baseman PrinceFielder is nearly certain to leave via freeagency in the offseason.

Brewers’ moves pay off with playoffsBy CHRIS JENKINSAssociated Press

Brewers starter Zack Greinke gave the staff an added boost this season.ARREN HAUCK/GETTY IMAGES

MILWAUKEE — Arizona Diamond-backs batting coach Don Baylor wastaken to ahospital after fainting atMil-ler Park on Friday morning.

Diamondbacks general managerKevin Towers said Baylor had a “faint-ing episode” after eating breakfast inthe clubhouse, and one of the team’strainers caught him as he fell. TowerssaidBaylorwas taken by ambulance toa hospital, accompanied by membersof the team’s medical staff.

“Anytime somebody faints, losesconsciousness for a while, it’s scary,”Towers said. “He’s a big part of thisballclub, means a lot to these players.And hopefully everything turns outwell and he’s in uniform tomorrow,hopefully helping us win a ballgameagainst a very good Brewers club.”

Towers said the 62-year-old Baylorwas undergoing tests and the initial re-sults were encouraging.

It is not clear whether Baylor willrejoin the team for today’s Game 1against Milwaukee.

“We’d certainly like to have Donhere, and hopefully he’s better, muchbetter, this evening,” Towers said. “Ifnot,we’re talkingaboutbringingsome-body up from our system in case he’snot able to be active for us tomorrow.Butwe’renotgoing todoanythinguntilwe really find out we have.”

Towers said Baylor hadn’t shownany signs that he was feeling ill, eitherat a teamdinnerThursdaynightorear-lier Friday morning.

Baylor,whoplayed19 seasons in themajor leagues and was the 1979 ALMVPwith theCaliforniaAngels, joinedDiamondbacksmanagerKirkGibson’sstaff in the offseason.

After managing the Chicago Cubsfrom2000 to2002,Baylorspent timeonthe coaching staffs of the Mets, Mari-ners and Rockies. Baylor managed theRockies from1993 to 1998.

Towers acknowledged that the epi-sode was unsettling for a team prepar-ing for the playoffs.

“You’re kind of getting ready forpostseasonplay, andoneof thecoaches(who’s) been here all year long has afainting episode like that, it kind ofthrowsyouoff a littlebit,”Towers said.“Butwe’vegot our fingerscrossed thateverything will turn out well.”

D’backs hopeBaylor returnsBy CHRIS JENKINSAssociated Press

Don Baylor joined the Diamondbackscoaching staff this season. ROBTRINGALI/GETTY IMAGES

PHOENIX — Asked whether he wouldplayup theunderdog role to his upstartAr-izonaDiamondbacks, KirkGibson initiallybristled.

“Who says we’re the underdog?” thegrizzledmanager fired back. “I don’t thinkwe feel we are. That’s the most importantthing.”

But, themoreGibson talked, themore itsounded like he was relishing the role ofdark horse.

After perfecting the chip-on-the-shoul-der thing during 17 big-league seasons, itseems Gibson doesn’t mind if his teamplays that way, too.

“We don’t need credit from people withtheir comments,” he said. “We just need tovalidate ourselves through our perfor-mance and if we do, they won’t have achoice to give us the credit. And if wedon’t? Then who cares. We’ll move on.”

Gibson instilled an us-against-themmindset from the first day of spring train-ing, tellinghis players to become their ownexperts, let their hardworkandplay on thefield dictate where the team was headed,not where others said they would go.

It couldn’t have worked out too muchbetter.

Predicted to be headed toward anotherso-so year after a pair of 90-loss seasons,the Diamondbacks were one of the sur-prises of baseball, earning their first NLWest title since 2007 on their way to win-ning 94 games.

Now, the teamthathadsofewpreseasonexpectations—evenbysomewithin theor-ganization — is headed to the playoffs,opening the NLDS today at Milwaukeewith ace Ian Kennedy facing Brewersright-hander Yovani Gallardo.

“The guys love it that way, flying underthe radar so to speak,” said second base-man AaronHill, who came over to ArizonawithshortstopJohnMcDonald inamidsea-

son trade with Toronto. “It’s been like thatall year. Theyguys talked about howbadofa spring training it was and maybe theydidn’t believe it was going to be this good,but at the same time they did all the littlethings right, kept grinding it out and neverquit, and now we’re where we’re at.”

That never-quit attitude, one fosteredbyGibson, is a big reasonArizonagot here.

“Just grinding it out, continuing witheach pitch, that seems to be what we’vedone to the last out andwhatwe’re going tocontinue to do,” Diamondbacks relieverMicah Owings said.

It still hasn’t earned Arizona much re-spect.

After spendingmost of the regular sea-son as the underdogs, the Diamondbacksagain are the team nobody is banking on,their odds of winning the World Series at14-to-1 or worse.

Not that anyone in Arizona is complain-ing, particularly Gibson.

“It’s a good position to be in,” he said.

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NEW YORK — The playoff opener be-tween the Detroit Tigers and New YorkYankeeswas suspended because of rain inthe second inning Friday night, probablywiping out the ace of each pitching stafffor a few days.

Justin Verlander started for DetroitagainstCCSabathia inahighlyanticipatedmatchup between two of the game’s bestpitchers.The scorewas tiedat1in themid-dle of the second inning when play washalted.

According to a rule adopted by MajorLeague Baseball two years ago, the gameis not postponed. Instead, it will pick upSaturday night at the point of suspension—weather permitting—with theYankeescoming to bat in the second inning. Theforecast calls for rain through late Satur-day night.

Yankees manager Joe Girardi said roo-kie Ivan Nova will start tonight. He hadbeen slated to go in Game 2, which wasmoved back to Sunday at 3:07 p.m., ascheduleddayoff in thebest-of-fiveAmer-ican League series.

Freddy Garcia will now get the ball inthe second game instead ofGame 3,Girar-di said.

Doug Fister, the Tigers’ scheduledstarter forGame2,will pitchwhenGame1resumes.

Delmon Young homered for the TigersandAlexRodriguezhadanRBIgroundout,both in the first inning. All statistics fromFriday night will count.

Verlander, who won the pitching ver-sion of the Triple Crown in the AL this sea-son, threw 25 pitches in the first inning.Rain began falling with Mark Teixeira atthe plate, the eighth batter of the game.

The downpour intensified in the top ofthe second as Sabathia worked a perfectinning with a pair of strikeouts. Fans atYankee Stadium scampered up the aislesforcoverontheconcourse,andashimmer-ing pool of water formed in front of homeplate. Tigers second baseman Ryan Ra-burn shook the raindrops off his helmettried to dry his bat by wiping it under hisarm.

After the inning, all six umpires hud-dledwithamemberof theYankeeStadium

groundscrewat themoundand thencalledfor the tarp.

Fister came to Detroit in a midseasontrade with a 3-12 record. Nova was sent totheminors inJulyas theoddmanout in theYankees’ rotation.

Now, both will finish Game 1 tonight.“It’sbeenawhirlwindofemotions,”Fis-

ter said Friday at Yankee Stadium. “At thesame time, it’s been something that I’mvery grateful for. It’s something that’staught me how to just kind of take thingsone step at a time. That’s the mindset I’mtaking right now. Just kind of keepmovingforwardonestepata time.Thingswill takecare of themselves.”

Fister arrived from Seattle with a de-ceptive record. He made 21 starts for theunderperforming Mariners, had the low-est run support among AL pitchers at 1.97runspergameanda3.33ERAwhenhewasdealt on July 30.

Tigers manager Jim Leyland had no

idea what he was getting when Detroit ac-quired the 6-foot-8 right-hander and re-liever David Pauley for outfielder CasperWells, infielder Francisco Martinez andleft-hander Charlie Furbush.

Leyland learned quickly. Fisterwon his

first start andwent 8-1with a1.79 ERA forDetroit.

“Certainly when we got him I didn’tknow he would end up starting the secondgame of the playoffs,” Leyland said. “Butas it turned out, I felt like he and Justin(Verlander) were our hottest pitchers.That’s the way we decided to go.”

Max Scherzer will start Game 3 for De-troit and Rick Porcello would get the ballfor Game 4.

Nova was plucked away from the Yan-kees bySanDiego in the 2008wintermeet-ing draft, then returned the followingMarch. He was pitching well in the diffi-cult AL East, going 8-4 with a 4.12 ERA,when he was sent to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on July 3 to make room forPhil Hughes, who was coming off the dis-abled list.

When the right-hander returned, hewas determined to stay. Nova finishedwith a 16-4 record, the most wins amongmajor league rookies this year.

“I think I was more aggressive. I wasgetting ahead on everybody every time Ican,”Nova said. “I cameherewith anothermindset: I don’t want to go back to the mi-nor leagues. Iwasmakingsure todoevery-thing possible to not go back to theminorsagain.”

» Penny playsJim Leyland surprised a few people

when he put right-hander Brad Penny onhis division series roster.

Penny was 11-11 with a 5.30 ERA in 31starts for Detroit. He had the highest ERAamong the 94 qualifying pitchers in themajors (162 or more innings).

Nomatter, Leylandwas proud of his de-cision.

“I really think in the end, I think this iswhat we stand for,” Leyland said. “BradPenny took the ball every five days. Hepitched 180 innings. You can say what youwant about his statistics, whatever. Hepitched 180 innings for the Detroit Tigersthisyear in theNo.5spot—180 inningsandwon11games.That’sprettygood fora fifthstarter. I think you have to do things right,and I think he deserved to be on this ros-ter.”

With Rick Porcello getting the Game 4start, if necessary, the 32-year-old Pennywillworkout of thebullpen inhis third tripto the postseason.

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Two years ago, Ian Kennedy was noth-ingmore thananondescript, injuredpitch-er in the New York Yankees’ food chain,shipped to the desert as part of a seven-player, three-team trade that also involvedthe Detroit Tigers.

Today, Kennedy is a 21-game winnerwith the National League West Divisionchampion Diamondbacks.

“I’m not sure it could have worked outany better,” Kennedy says.

Who could have envisioned that a tradeconsummated Dec. 8, 2009, could havesuch a dramatic impact on the 2011 post-season?

It has helped produce three divisionchampions, anMVPcandidate, aCyYoungAward candidate, a center-field GoldGlove candidate, a 16-game winner, a 14-game winner and two key left-handed re-lievers.

And a new office scanner.There were nearly 100 telephone con-

versationsduring thesix-week trade talks,a back-stairs rendezvous, late nights,ruined holidays and more stops and startsthan one encounters in rush-hour traffic.

“I’ve never been in anything like it,” Ti-gers president-general manager DavidDombrowski says.

The Yankees, behind MVP candidateCurtisGranderson—whose 41homers arethemost by aYankees center fielder sinceMickey Mantle in 1961 — won the Ameri-canLeagueEast title and clinched the bestrecord in the AL. The Tigers, who wontheir first division title since 1987, say itnever would have been possible withoutacquiring front-line starterMax Scherzer,center fielder Austin Jackson, and left-handed relievers Phil Coke and DanielSchlereth.

“This was a deal that almost didn’t hap-pen,” Yankees general manager BrianCashman says, “and now you wonderwhere we’d all be if it didn’t.”

» Granderson breaks outThetradetalkswere instigatedbecause

ofGranderson’s surprising availability, al-though the Yankees, particularly Hall ofFamerReggie Jackson,whoworks in theirfront office, argued they were making amistake trading Austin Jackson.

“I remember getting a call from Cash-man before Game 1 of the World Series,”

Dombrowski says. “I said, ”Hey, shouldn’tyou be getting ready for theWorld Series?“’

Cashman, who heard that the Tigerswere looking to save money and might beshopping Granderson, said he didn’t wantto be left out of the talks.

The Yankees won the World Series insix games against the Philadelphia Phil-lies, but Cashman thought they were get-ting old, and he wanted to reduce payroll.Granderson,now30,hadjusthit30homersat spaciousComericaPark, hewas athleticand speedy, he was young, and he was un-der financial control through2013,guaran-teed $25.75 million.

”Now, did I think Curtis would do this?“Cashman says. ”No. I told our ownershipwe’re getting an above-average centerfielder who’s left handed.“

Granderson, whose biggest weaknesswas hitting left-handed pitching, changedhis batting stance with help from hittingcoach Kevin Long, started wearing con-tacts and now has 16 homers against left-ies. It’s the most homers against lefties bya Yankees left-handed hitter since Don

Mattingly hit 18 in 1985 when he won theMVP, an award that could soon be in thebasement of Granderson’s parents’ homein Chicago.

» Dominant KennedyKennedy, 26, the Yankees’ 2006 first-

round pick out of the University of South-ern California, was at his parents’ home inCalifornia when he received a text from aYankees writer.

Kennedy’s phone soon lit up with textmessages fromfriends and family.He sawhisnamescrolledacross the Internet. Still,no word from the Yankees. He figured itwas just gossip.

The call came from Cashman the nextday. They hated giving him up, but Cash-mantoldhimthataftermissingmostof the2009 season with an aneurysm near hisright shoulder and now having to try tocrack a World Series championship rota-tion, maybe it would be easier for him torebuild his career in the pitching-friendlyNL West. The division is a pitcher’s heav-en, producing nine of the last 12 Cy Youngwinners.

”It was bittersweet. I never wanted to

be traded,“ Kennedy said. ”But he (Cash-man) made it sound real positive for me.“

Kennedy has dominated the NL thisyear, yieldingnomore thanoneearnedrunin 16 of his starts. He throws strikes withfour pitches, and his deception makes his92-mph fastball look unhittable.

”I’ve got to give Josh Byrnes credit,“Dombrowski says. ”He saw Kennedy a lotin the Arizona Fall League and thought hecould do this.“

Byrnes, fired as Diamondbacks gener-al manager July 2, 2010, is now a seniorvice president with the San Diego Padres.

”I’mnotgoing tosayI sawthatonecom-ing,“ Byrnes says. ”I thought wewere get-ting more of a middle-of-the-rotation guy.

“We were concerned about (Brandon)Webb’s health and were looking for twostarters. When I talked to Dave, he said,‘We might talk about Edwin Jackson orGranderson.’ We figured Grandersonwouldbea logical spot for theYankees, butwe wanted Jackson. So I called Cash, andsaid, ‘If we put a three-way together likethis, would it be something you’d consid-er?’”

Says Cashman: “Josh brought a lot ofcreativity. He said, ‘I can solve your prob-lem. I can solveDave’s problem. And I cansolve my problem.’”

» Tigers GMweathers stormGranderson was the Tigers’ most pop-

ular player. And Edwin Jackson was com-ing off an All-Star season. Yet the Tigerswanted to get younger and cheaper.

So they traded two All-Stars and re-ceived three young pitchers and AustinJackson, then 22, who was supposed to bethe Yankees’ future center fielder .

Scherzer, 27, who along with Schlereth,25, were first-round picks, never saw thetrade coming.He had a lengthy discussionwith Byrnes about the offseason, he said,and figured he’d be a fixture in the rota-tion.

“I was shocked,” he says. “I found outwhile on the Internet.

”You can’t help but take it personal. It’snot something where I was looking toprove them wrong, but I wanted to showthat I was a big-league pitcher and be-longed.

“Maybe, as it turned out, we all hadsomething to prove.”

Coke, 29, has been an integral part ofthe Tigers’ bullpen the last two seasons.

The players involved in the trade havehelped win three division titles and nearly290 regular-season games this year.

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Making only his second major leaguestart, Moore looked like an ace in pitchingseven innings of two-hit ball Friday as theimprobable Tampa Bay Rays opened thereal playoffswitha9-0victoryover thede-fending AL champion Texas Rangers.

Kelly Shoppach homered twice anddrove in five runs, Johnny Damon also ho-mered and Tampa Bay dominated thewhole way behind their 22-year-old rookiepitcher.

“I may have looked a little more calmthan I was, especially early. The first in-ning, I had a little bit of nerves andadrena-line going,” Moore said.

“But these guys made it really easy forme, putting up those numbers. Looking upthere after the fourth, I think it was 8-0, itwas just a matter of throwing strikes andgetting out of the innings as fast as possi-ble,” he said.

TheRays played for the first time sincetheir dramatic rally on the final day of theregular season. Since Tampa Bay neededevery out simply to overcome Boston’snine-game lead in the last 3½weeks to winthewild card,manager JoeMaddon had tofocus on getting this far over trying to setup his pitching rotation.

When Maddon had to pick a restedstarter forGame1of theALdivisionseriesrematch, he had no qualms of going withthe leftywhomadehis first start lastweekatYankeeStadiumand struckout11in fivescoreless innings.

And just that quickly, Moore has gonefrom top pitching prospect to postseasonphenom. Facing the AL’s top-hitting team,Moore struck out six and walked two.

“He was outstanding,” Maddon said.“Pounding the strike zone right there withall of his pitches gave him andme and us alot more confidence in the moment. He’sgot that kind of composure. ... You can’t bemore impressed. What he did tonight was

spectacular.”Rookie Brandon Gomes and Wade Da-

vis both pitched a hitless inning in relief tocomplete the first shutout inRayspostsea-son history.

Game 2 is tonight. James Shields willstart for the Rays against Derek Holland.

Moore,whohad thrownonly9 1⁄3 inningsin themajors before this start, took a deepbreath before his first pitch. He was smil-ingby the late innings andgreetedbyhugsand high-fives in the Rays dugout after hehad thrown his last pitch — he threw 98 in

all, 62 from strikes.No pitcher had ever started a postsea-

son opener with only one previous careerstart until the seemingly unfazed Mooretook the mound at Rangers Ballpark.

Having the youngster on themound ledto another important decision forMaddon,whoopted togowith the light-hittingShop-pach behind the plate.

The catcher from nearby Fort Worthhomered twice off Rangers ace left-han-der C.J. Wilson and matched a Rays post-

season record with five RBIs.Texas and Tampa Bay have picked up

where they left off last postseason, whenthe visiting team won every game in theirfive-game series. That’s the only time thathas ever happened in the majors.

TheRangerswon that series, helped byCliff Lee, and thenwent on to beat theYan-kees in theAL championship before losingtoSanFrancisco in fivegames in theWorldSeries. Texas is only 3-9 in postseasongames at Rangers Ballpark.

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It didn’tworkout, at least not inGame1.Wilson gave up eight runs in five in-

nings and Texas’ powerful lineup lookedmeek against one of the most inexperi-enced pitchers in playoff history, sendingthe Rangers to a 9-0 loss to Tampa Bay intheopenerof theALdivisionseriesFriday.

Wilson was tagged for the most runssince he was a rookie in 2005, a horriblefeat for a guy looking for a big contractthis offseason. The left-hander gave uphisfirst homer to a lefty batter since May 31,thenhis first three-runhomersinceMay9.He wound up allowing three multiple-runhomers, after giving up only four suchdrives all season.

“The ball was kind of squirting out, notgoingwhere Iwanted it to,”Wilson said. “Ihad some decent speed on the ball,my cut-ter was OK, but my location was bad.”

Equally jarring for Texas was its hit-ters getting shut down by Matt Moore, ahard-throwing rookie left-hander who’dthrown only 9 1-3 innings in the bigleagues. The Rangers had only two hitsover seven innings against him, both byJoshHamilton. Only a single runner got asfar as third base.

The fourth through seventh hitters —MichaelYoung,AdrianBeltre,MikeNapo-li and Nelson Cruz — went a combined 0for14. The biggest surprisewasNapoli go-ing 0 for 3 with two strikeouts consideringhe hit .383 after theAll-Star break and .407in seven games against the Rays this sea-son.

“We talked about it in ourmeetings that(Moore’s) a little erratic. But he didn’tseem that way today,” Hamilton said. “Itwas out of character for us to not jump onthe pitches we saw.”

The home team losing should be no sur-prise considering the visitors won all fivepostseason games when these teams metlast year. Texas will try to reverse thattrend in Game 2 on Saturday night, withDerek Holland facing Tampa Bay’s JamesShields.

Wilson noted the Rangers lost Game 1

of the ALCS to the Yankees last year, butwon the series.

“We have always bounced back, andwewill bounce back,” manager RonWashing-ton said. “Wehavea five-gameseries here.They got the first one. I don’t think it mat-ters if they won 1-0 or 9-0. We got beat. Wecan take that. We’ll bounce back tomor-row.”

In this round last year, Lee allowed onlytwo runs over 16 innings in two startsagainst the Rays, carrying the Rangers tothe first playoff series win in franchisehistory and putting them on their way totheir first World Series. He left in freeagency, but Texas won a franchise-best 96games this season and Wilson led the waywith 16 victories.

Still, Wilson took the mound Fridayknowingheneeded tobeLee-like this post-season toprovehe’s among the trueaces inbaseball. Historywas on his side consider-ing the first shutout of his career cameagainst the Rays just a fewweeks ago, andhe’d given up only five runs over three

starts against them this season.But therunscameearlyandoften.Tam-

pa Bay scored three runs in the second in-ning, three more in the third and two infifth.

JohnnyDamongot it startedwith a two-run homer — “I think it was the first timehe’s ever pulled it off me,” Wilson said —thenKelly Shoppach drove in the next fiveruns with a pair of homers, each goingmore than 410 feet.

“Johnny hitting that home run helpedpeople relax,” said Shoppach, who becamethe first hitter with three career homersagainstWilson. “Whenanypitcher, nomat-ter who it is, is falling behind hitters andthey get a chance to get a better chance atgetting a fastball to hit, you get a chance todo some damage.”

After Shoppach’s second homer,Wilsonshook his head, then swiped his red gloveacross the rubber, as if hewas hitting a re-set button. Team president Nolan Ryanwatched from the front row with a steelylook, his arms crossed.

Wilson retired the next batter, thenheard a smattering of boos as he headed tothe dugout, perhaps for the last time as amember of the Rangers.

He gave up seven hits, walked one andhit a batter. Two of his runswere unearnedbecause of a throwing error by Beltre, aGold Glove third baseman, with two outand nobody on base in his final inning.

Wilson said nothing bothered him com-ing in, not having pitched 3½ days before,the pressure of the postseason and im-pending free agency or the unusual 4 p.m.game time.

“It felt just like a home start,” Wilsonsaid. “I slept fine. Everythingwas normal.… It just all gets back to bad location.”

The meltdown continues a downwardtrend for Wilson in the postseason.

He threw61⁄3 shutout innings inwinningGame 2 against Tampa Bay last year, got ano-decision in Game 1 of the ALCS, thenlosthisnext twostarts. So thismakeshimaloser in three straight postseason starts,and Texas a loser in his last four.

Rays light up Rangers’ Wilson

Rangers pitcher C.J. Wilson gave up the most runs in a game since he was a rookie in 2005. TOM PENNINGTON/GETTY IMAGES

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ARLINGTON, Texas—With fans on theirfeet, manywith tears in their eyes, 6-year-old Cooper Stone stood on the pitcher’smound and tossed the ceremonial firstpitch of the playoffs to his favorite player,Josh Hamilton.

Cooper is the boywho sawhis firefight-er father fall to his death while trying tocatch a ball thrown to him by Hamiltonduring a Texas game July 7. This was hisfirst trip back to Rangers Ballpark, and itcame on center stage, with his widowedmother, Jenny, and Rangers president No-lan Ryan by his side.

Wearing a Rangers jersey featuringHamilton’s No. 32, and “Cooper” betweenthe shoulders, the boy threw the ball on aline to Hamilton, who was standing abouthalfway to home plate. The outfielder —whohasbeenthroughhisshareofpersonalstruggles — pumped his fist, then joggedto thefrontof themoundandembracedtheboy, then his mother.

Jenny Stone appeared to thank Hamil-ton while trying to keep her emotions un-dercontrol.Theyspokeforaboutaminute,then hugged again. Hamilton gave Cooperanother hug, too, then started heading tothe dugout, only to realize he still had theball. SoHamilton reached back andgave itto Cooper, then jogged off.

A security guard met Cooper as hereached the dirt in front of the dugout andgave him a fist bump.Nelson Cruzwas thefirst of many Rangers waiting at the stepsof the dugout to slap hands with the boy.His mother wiped tears as she walkedaway with Ryan.

“They have turned a difficult return toThe Ballpark into a once-in-a-lifetime ex-perience forCooper,” JennyStone said in astatement issued by the team. “Nothingcould be more exciting for a boy thanthrowing out the first pitch to his favoriteplayer.We are glad and grateful to be hereto see the Rangers start theirmarch to theWorld Series.”

Cooper, his mom and six more in theirgroup sat in front-row seats one sectioncloser to home plate than Ryan. WhenHamilton singled inhis first at-bat,Cooperjumped up and down, twirling a red towel.

“We’re justhonored that theywerewill-ing to come out and do that and share the

day with us,” Ryan said.ShannonStonewasreachingfor theball

thrownbyHamiltonwhenhe fell headfirstabout 20 feet, landing on concrete behindthe outfield wall. Cooper was his onlychild, and the two were extremely close,with the nearly 3-hour drive from theirhome in Brownwood to Rangers gamesamong their favorite activities together.

The Rangers recently announced plansto build a statue of Shannon and CooperStone outside the home-plate entrance as atribute to them, and to all fans. The teamhopes to unveil it by opening day next sea-son. The club also is planning to raise therailing throughout the stadium.

Amemorial fund startedby the teamonthe family’sbehalf recently receivedmorethan $150,000 from an auction sponsoredby Fox Sports Southwest, the team’s mainbroadcaster.

“I call (Jenny) periodically just to seehow she’s doing and see if they have anyneeds thatwemight beable to assistwith,”Ryan said. “It’s been ongoing since the ac-cident.”

Ryan also discussed with Jenny Stonethe best time for Cooper to return to thestadium.

The boy wanted to come sooner, butJenny “wasn’t ready to deal with it,” Ryansaid. However, she realized that comingback “was in (Cooper’s) best interests, be-cause this is what he was wanting to do.”

A few weeks ago, Ryan called to invitethemfor the finalhomestand.Knowing theplayoffs were likely, he also invited themto not only come to the game, but to throwout the first pitch. TheRangers played theTampa Bay Rays in Game 1 of their AL di-vision series, which also happened to bethe first game of the entire postseason.

“He represents what we believe we’reabout and he is a very dyed-in-the-woolRanger fan,” Ryan said.

Ryan also made sure Hamilton feltcomfortable being part of this. The reign-ing AL MVP is a recovering substanceabuser whose career nearly was derailedby the troubles.

“I went to Josh before we decided any-thing and asked Josh how he felt about it,because I didn’t want to put Josh in anyawkward position,” Ryan said.

The family has shunned media atten-tion, and the team has supported its wish-es.

TOUCHING MOMENTSon of fan who died after fallingfrom stands throws out first pitch

Cooper Stone, son of Shannon Stone who died from injuries suffered from falling out ofthe stands at Rangers Ballpark, talks with the Rangers' Josh Hamilton after he threw outthe ceremonial first pitch Friday. GETTY IMAGES

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