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If it does end up being the Yankees & Phillies there are a couple things I like about it.

1. The Yankees will be taking on the defending champions. It is always a little nicer to beat the champs.
2. No long airplane flights to deal with.
3. The games will all have the same start time.
4. The Yankees winning in 6 games.

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3 outs away....


make that 2

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Heaven forbid the Yankees lose tomorrow that just gives the Phillies more rest time.....

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:dance::dance::dance:

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Congrats to the Phillies as they advance to the World Series to defend their crown.

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:)

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Phillies vs Yankees...talk about an offensive series.

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The Yankees are not there yet. No guarentees until they win that final game. :tu

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The Angels are a very, very good team.
I won't whistle Dixie yet until the game is over and won by the Yankees.

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I made that mistake back in 2004. Will never do it again.

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I just hope the Yanks can get it done in 5 or 6 - I want C.C. available for a possible 3 starts.

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The Cardinals plan to announce that they resigned Tony La Russa and that they will have Mark McGwire as their hitting coach for 2010.

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I thought McGwire was just hired to replace Hal MaCrae as the hitting instructor for the Royals?? :confused:

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Nope he is a Cardinal. He would only be with La Russa.

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I must have been listening to something else...thanks for setting me straight Ryan!! :tu

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McGuire as a hitting instructor? Would he bring his own steroids, or will his students need supply their own?

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I think Hal is the one who broke the news story on his Twitter page though.

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The Astros hired Red Sox bench coach Brad Mills to be their new manager.

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Only a short time left for this thread before we move onto 2010. Here are some post WS news.

Bobby Abreu gets a raise from the Angels. 2 years $19M.

The Red Sox traded for outfielder Jeremy Hermida from the Marlins for left-handed pitchers Hunter Jones and Jose Alvarez.

Jermaine Dye informed the White Sox he was going enact his 2010 option for $12M, the White Sox promptly declined the option and gave him the $950,000 buyout.

The Diamondback picked up the 2010 option for Brandon Webb.

J.J. Hardy has been traded from the Milwaukee Brewers to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for Carlos Gomez.

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Manny made a very smart financial move today when he exercised his $20M option for 2010 with the Dodgers. Hopefully for Joe Torre the pre-roid suspension Manny shows up next year and not the post-suspension Manny.

No surprise here with the Phillies picking up Cliff Lee's option for 2010 at a rather cheap $9M.