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With the Rangers' win over the Rays in Game 5 Tuesday night, we've got the next round all sorted out. Assuming a slightly different format: Friday, Oct. 15 ALCS Game 1: Yankees @ Rangers, 8:07pm ET, TBS Saturday, Oct. 16 ALCS Game 2: Yankees @ Rangers, 4:07pm ET, TBS NLCS Game 1: Giants @ Phillies, 7:57pm ET, FOX Sunday, Oct. 17 NLCS Game 2: Giants @ Phillies, 8:19pm ET, FOX Monday, Oct. 18 ALCS Game 3: Rangers @ Yankees, 8:07pm ET, TBS Tuesday, Oct. 19 NLCS Game 3: Phillies @ Giants, 4:19pm ET, FOX ALCS Game 4: Rangers @ Yankees,...

The New York Yankees this year had a payroll of $206 million. The San Diego Padres had a payroll of $37 million — and neither team won its division. So who had the better year? I think it was Paul McCartney who once said, “I don’t care too much for money ‘cause money can’t buy you a World Series championship, although it can pretty consistently get you into the playoffs.” He’s right. Lance Berkman is making $14.5 million this year. That’s more than the combined salaries of the Indians’ entire starting lineup in their last game of the season —...

Matthew Clemmens, 21, the overweight and obnoxious Famous Philadelphia Sports Fan who purposely vomited on an 11-year-old girl at an April 14 Phillies game, was sentence yesterday to 30-90 days in jail, two years probation and 50 hours of community service.

 East W L Pct GB Home Road East Cent West Streak L10 New York Yankees 50 31 .617 -- 28-13 22-18 20-11 10-7 9-6 Won 2 6-4 Boston Red Sox 49 33 .598 1.5 29-17 20-16 18-17 10-9 8-2 Lost 1 6-4 Tampa Bay Rays 48 33 .593 2.0 20-19 28-14 19-10 11-6 11-6 Won 2 6-4 Toronto Blue Jays 41 42 .494 10.0 21-19 20-23 13-14 11-9 10-8 Lost 2 2-8 Baltimore Orioles 25 57 .305 25.5 16-25 9-32 9-27 4-6 5-13 Lost 1 5-5  Central W L Pct GB Home Road East Cent West Streak L10 Detroit...

PHILADELPHIA -- This old man has plenty left in his pitching arm. Forty-seven-year-old Jamie Moyer tossed a two-hitter to become the oldest player in major league history to throw a shutout as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 7-0 on Friday night. The Phillies confirmed the feat by Moyer, who accomplished it at 47 years, 170 days old. Phil Niekro was the previous oldest at 46 years, 188 days when he tossed a four-hitter for the New York Yankees against the Toronto Blue Jays on Oct. 6, 1986. "Cool, just doing my job," Moyer said when told of the...

Robin Roberts, the Hall of Fame right-hander who won 286 games and pitched the Philadelphia Phillies’ 1950 Whiz Kids team to the National League pennant, died Thursday at his home in Temple Terrace, Fla. He was 83.

A teenage Phillies fan was Tasered on Monday night after he ran onto the field during a game. This comes just a few weeks after an intoxicated Phillies fan vomited on an 11-year-old girl. As we all know, these incidents are far from the first such displays by Philadelphia fans. We've come to the point that you almost expect something like this to happen if you go to a sporting event in Philadelphia. Here's an incomplete history of previous boorish behavior by Philadelphia fans: • Aug. 21, 1949: Phillies fans shower the field with glass bottles in protest of an...

Philadelphia police found a new way to tame an unruly fan at Citizens Bank Park during the Phillies game, they tased him. It happened Monday night at the start of the eighth inning with the Phillies trailing the Cardinals. A teenage fan waving a rally towel jumped the fence and ran out into center field with stadium security and a Philadelphia police officer in pursuit. The police officer then fired a taser at the fan to bring him down

NBC Philadelphia Unruly Phillies Fan Assaults, Vomits on Cop and His Family Man and 11-year-old daughter were intentionally thrown up on by fan, police say By VINCE LATTANZIO Updated 8:09 AM EDT, Fri, Apr 16, 2010 Philadelphia Police A man is behind bars after allegedly assaulting an off-duty Easton police captain and his two daughters at Citizens Bank Park. Capt. Michael Vangelo and his 16- and 11-year-old girls drove down from the Lehigh Valley to watch the Phillies take on the Washington Nationals Wednesday night when the alleged assault occurred, police said. Vangelo, 43, says from the moment his family...

Susan Finkelstein sat down with undercover Officer Michael Brady at a Bucks County bar and allegedly gave him a bold confession for a first meeting, according to his testimony yesterday at her preliminary hearing. "I admit it. I'm a prostitute. I love sex. I'm a whore," the Bensalem police officer testified that Finkelstein had told him as he posed as "Bob" at Manny Brown's in Bensalem. [excerpted for graphic content]The Southwest Philadelphia woman believed Brady had three tickets to a Phillies-Yankees World Series game and, Bensalem police say, was willing to exchange sex for at least one. In reality, it...

It isn't just a trade. It's a foray into the history books. How often in life do you ever see a trade like this -- two Cy Youngs in their prime changing teams in, essentially, the same deal? When you get right down to it, it's Roy Halladay for Cliff Lee, with a supporting cast that looks like the roster for the Futures Game. You just don't see trades like this one, ladies and gentlemen. It isn't exactly Wes Littleton for Beau Vaughan, now is it? "I can remember a lot of blockbuster trades, and this is definitely a blockbuster,"...

Reporting from New York - The grand opening year for the new Yankee Stadium concluded in grand fashion, in the only way the New York Yankees know how. In 1923, the inaugural season for the old Yankee Stadium, the Yankees won the World Series in six games, with three home runs from Babe Ruth. In 2009, the Yankees won the World Series in six games, with three home runs from Hideki Matsui. In what could have been the final game of his career with the Yankees, Matsui homered and drove in six runs, lifting New York to a 7-3 victory...

Last night, the New York Yankees made history by defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6 of the World Series to capture their record 27th World Championship. It is the Yankees’ first championship in nine years. The significance of the Yankees’ victory cannot be overstated. With their 27th championship, the Yankees have reaffirmed their place as the most dominant franchise in professional sports. More importantly, the Yankees have destroyed the curse of Hillary Clinton. On October 26, 2000, the New York Yankees were on top of the world. They had just defeated a cute little team from the outer boroughs,...

Pedro vs Andy

Yanks already out in front... ARod just got hit and man, that almost looked intentional...

Thread for game 2 of the Series

Game 2 is tonight. Philly starting pitcher Pedro Martinez will be hearing the boo-birds big time tonight at Yankee Stadium. PEDRO ON VIDEO

Two solo homers for Chase Utley. The Bronx bombers appear to have wasted their ace as they are down to their final four outs.

Okay, here we go. Can the Phillies repeat? Now that she is no longer the junior senator, do the Yankees break "The Hillary Curse"? YOUTUBE SING-ALONG --- THE HILLARY CURSE