Phillies Beat Dodgers 10-4, Will Defend World Series Title

What can you say about this Philadelphia Phillies team? They seem to be rolling right along, as if last year’s postseason has carried over into 2009. In a series that everyone predicted would go 6 or 7 games, the Phillies manhandled the Los Angeles Dodgers in 4 out of 5 games, with their lone loss [...]

The Phillies Go Up 2-1 on the Dodgers

In a pitching performance that can only be called Cole Hamels-esque, the Phillies’ Cliff Lee dominated the Los Angeles Dodgers with a performance for the ages. He pitched 8 shutout innings against a Dodgers team that averaged nearly 5 runs per game during the regular season. Of course, Lee had plenty of help Sunday night, [...]

Phillies Take Game 1, But Dodgers Prove Meddlesome

The Philadelphia Phillies are looking good right now. They won Game 1 of baseball’s NLCS against what was supposed to be the best pitcher the Los Angeles Dodgers could throw at them. Not to mention, the team that wins Game 1 of the NLCS almost always goes on to win the series. So why don’t [...]

Dodgers Beat Cardinals, Holliday Drops Ball

Well, that just goes to show you what predictions are worth and why they play the game. Right here on TheSportsWatchers.com we picked the St. Louis Cardinals to sweep the Los Angeles Dodgers. Instead, the Dodgers are now up 2 games to 0 and appear to be well on their way to winning this series [...]

Dodgers Get Jim Thome in Brilliant Use of the Waiver System

That was one heck of a move by the Los Angeles Dodgers and one poorly executed transaction by the Chicago White Sox.When the Chicago White Sox let DH and First baseman Jim Thome go through waivers, they essentially gave up on the season, despite being only 6 games behind the Detroit Tigers, with 6 games [...]

MLB Power Rankings: August 11, 2009

Time for yet another version of TheSportsWatchers.com Power Rankings. You all loved our NBA Preseason Power Rankings so much, that we figured we owed it to you all to produce power rankings for something that was actually in-season. So without further adieu, here are our baseball power rankings as we approach Week 20 of the [...]

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