- Phillies shopping for third baseman
- Jim Salisbury: Phillies in mix for Halladay?
- Matsui, Damon among free-agent filings
CHICAGO - Ruben Amaro Jr. arrived at the annual general managers' meetings late yesterday afternoon and listed his priorities for upgrading his team this off-season.
- Pedro's dream season with Phillies falls short
- Bullpen not nearly as mighty as Phillies needed it to be
Photos: Phillies return from New York
NEW YORK - The Phillies got a nice return on the modest investment (the guaranteed money was under $1 million) that they made in Pedro Martinez this summer.
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Jim Salisbury: What is Charlie being Charlie? It is loyalty. It is sticking with people. It is never giving up on the folks who've made you look good in the past. It is having a feel that they are ready to deliver.
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The Phillies are often hailed as a resilient team. You know, they get their nose bloodied one night and come right back and slap somebody around the next.
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NEW YORK - After Saturday night's rainout, New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi could have gone with CC Sabathia in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series last night.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers had the best bullpen (3.14 ERA) in the National League this season, and, for a while, they showed it off last night.
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Cliff Lee won 46 games for the Cleveland Indians from 2004 to 2006. The Indians won the American League Central in 2007, but Lee didn't get to join in on the postseason fun.
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DENVER - The Phillies were supposed to be the team with the shaky closer in the National League division series.
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DENVER - The Phillies had the best road record (48-33) in the National League this season.
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Six months of baseball have been completed, and the best - the October postseason tournament - is yet to come.
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There are no 1927 New York Yankees in baseball this year, no Big Red Machine, no dynastic Oakland Athletics team.
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MIAMI - And so the thin get thinner. The concerns continue to mount. At a time of the season when they should be gathering momentum for a postseason run, the Phillies are springing leaks in some of their most important areas.
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