Monthly Archives: October 2008

Phillies magic combination culminates in baseball World Series title (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Cole Hamels, Jayson Werth, and manager Charlie Manuel of the Philadelphia Phillies put their unique stamp on one of the wackiest World Series in the history of Major League Baseball.

Lidge named Delivery Man of the Year - MLB.com

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Lidge named Delivery Man of the YearMLB.com - Oct 27, 2008The most reliable closer in Phillies history has been recognized with Major League Baseball's Delivery Man of the Year Award, presented by DHL. …Lidge named Delivery Man of the Year Sports NetworkK-Rod, Lidge named SN's Relievers of the Year SportingNews.comall 82 news articles

Baseball might consider amending post-season rules (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)

PHILADELPHIA - Following this wet and wacky World Series, Major League Baseball might consider amending the rules so that all post-season games must be played to full length.

World Series Notes: Baseball could amend rules for postseason (Asbury Park Press)

Following this wet and wacky World Series, Major League Baseball might consider amending the rules so that all postseason games must be played to full length.

Ripken set to promote baseball in Nicaragua (Baltimore Sun)

Former teammate D. Martinez will join Hall of Famer on goodwill mission After a 21-year Major League Baseball career that took him from Baltimore to Cooperstown, Cal Ripken Jr. says that he’s still amazed at where the sport continues to lead him.

Baseball says World Series will resume tonight (The Desert Sun)

PHILADELPHIA — Major League Baseball is going ahead with World Series Game 5.

Major League Baseball will go ahead with World Series Game 5 Wednesday (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)

PHILADELPHIA - Major League Baseball is going ahead with Game 5 of the World Series.

Frank Rigas column: Late fall baseball doesnt fly (Sheboygan Press)

Maybe now the decision-makers in Major League Baseball will finally do something about playing World Series games in late October.

Leading Off: Again baseball stumbles to the playoff finish line (The Sacramento Bee)

Bee Sports Editor/Opinion Let’s set the record straight: I love baseball. Some readers have accused me of hating Major League Baseball and picking on it. Yet, I annually spend a vacation week at spring training and make way too many Bay Area trips to watch games. However, the sport is poorly managed. Yes, Bud [...]

Fox exec: Obama didn’t delay baseball (Politico via Yahoo! News)

A Fox Broadcasting executive denied that Barack Obama’s half-hour ad, scheduled for tomorrow night, forced Fox and Major League Baseball to delay the start of a World Series game.