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PHILLIES PLAYOFF PREVIEW Cardinals Phillies

GAME 1

5:07 p.m., today TV: TBS Radio: 1210 AM @ Citizens Bank Park Lohse (14-8) vs. Halladay (19-6)

GAME 2

8:07 p.m., Sunday TV: TBS Radio: 1210 AM @ Citizens Bank Park Carpenter (11-9) vs. Lee (17-8)

GAME 3

TBD, Tuesday TV: TBS Radio: 1210 AM @ Busch Stadium Hamels (14-9) vs. Garcia (13-7)

GAME 4

GAME 5

(If necessary)

(If necessary)

TBD, Wednesday TV: TBS Radio: 1210 AM @ Busch Stadium Pitchers: TBD rays

TBD, Friday TV: TBS Radio: 1210 AM @ Citizens Bank Park Pitchers: TBD

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Now that postseason is here, Phillies will flip playoff switch

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n the last couple of weeks of the season, Charlie Manuel said he doesn’t believe a team can just “turn a switch” and start playing well.

The Phillies manager certainly has forgotten more baseball than I will ever remember.

However, this Phillies team can turn on the switch in the postseason.

The reason why is the Phillies still topped the century mark in wins — and set a franchise record with 102 — this year with Manuel penciling in the

By DAVID HALE :: For the Courier-Post

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regular lineup the last Sunday of the regular season for just the second time since Aug. 6.

Think about it: The regulars played together for only two games during the last two months of the season entering the final three-game set

he legend of Cliff Lee took root in the hours leading up to Game 1 of the World Series in 2009.

He'd left his hotel in New York with three hours to spare before he was scheduled to start against the Yankees, but the Manhattan traffic wasn't cooperative. His cab ride lasted an hour, and he'd barely moved. He jumped out of the taxi and onto a subway train, then another. He arrived unfazed at Yankee Stadium less than 90 minutes before first pitch.

Never mind the frenetic commute or abridged build-up to the biggest game of his career. Lee took the mound hurled a six-hit shutout, striking out 10 and walking none.

“Knowing him and knowing how he thrives on the sense of urgency, I can see how it works for him,” said Roy Halladay, the ego to Lee's id in the Phillies' historic starting rotation. “For me, it's a situation I would definitely not put myself in.”

A year later, Halladay created his own postseason mystique, sans the dramatic preface.

In June of last year, the thunderous Cincinnati offense

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BATTERS Kratz Pence Ruiz Victorino Polanco Mayberry Rollins Utley Gload Howard Valdez Brown Ibanez Francisco Orr Martinez Schneider Bowker Moss

PITCHERS Valdez Savery Lidge De Fratus Halladay Madson Lee Bastardo Hamels Worley Kendrick Herndon Stutes Oswalt Contreras Blanton Schwimer

AVG .333 .314 .283 .279 .277 .273 .268 .259 .257 .253 .249 .245 .245 .244 .219 .196 .176 .133 .000

OBA .333 .370 .371 .355 .335 .341 .338 .344 .276 .346 .294 .333 .289 .340 .279 .258 .246 .188 .000

W 1 0 0 1 19 4 17 6 14 11 8 1 6 9 0 1 1

AB 6 606 410 519 469 267 567 398 113 557 273 184 535 250 96 209 125 30 6

L 0 0 2 0 6 2 8 1 9 3 6 4 2 10 0 2 1

R 0 84 49 95 46 37 87 54 3 81 39 28 65 24 7 25 11 0 0

ERA 0.00 0.00 1.40 2.25 2.35 2.37 2.40 2.64 2.79 3.01 3.22 3.32 3.63 3.69 3.86 5.01 5.02

H 2 190 116 145 130 73 152 103 29 141 68 45 131 61 21 41 22 4 0

2B 1 38 23 27 14 17 22 21 8 30 14 10 31 10 3 5 4 1 0

G 1 4 25 5 32 62 32 64 32 25 34 45 57 23 17 11 12

SV IP 0 1.0 0 2.2 1 19.1 0 4.0 0 233.2 32 60.2 0 232.2 8 58.0 0 216.0 0 131.2 0 114.2 1 57.0 0 62.0 0 139.0 5 14.0 0 41.1 0 14.1

PPhillies

3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 22 97 56 124 8 2 0 6 40 48 48 1 0 16 17 61 55 63 19 3 0 5 50 42 44 3 0 1 15 49 26 55 8 3 2 16 63 58 59 30 8 6 11 44 39 47 14 0 0 0 8 3 23 0 0 1 33 116 75 172 1 0 4 1 30 18 41 3 3 1 5 19 25 35 3 1 1 20 84 33 106 2 0 1 6 34 33 42 4 4 0 0 4 6 19 3 0 2 3 24 18 35 3 0 0 2 9 11 35 0 0 0 0 2 2 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 H 0 1 16 1 208 54 197 28 169 116 110 54 49 153 11 52 15

R 0 0 3 2 65 16 66 17 68 47 50 26 25 60 6 23 8

ER 0 0 3 1 61 16 62 17 67 44 41 21 25 57 6 23 8

HR 0 0 0 0 10 2 18 6 19 10 14 9 7 10 0 5 2

BB 0 0 13 3 35 16 42 26 44 46 30 24 28 33 8 9 7

E 0 6 4 0 8 3 7 5 1 9 9 4 1 3 2 6 1 0 0 SO 0 2 23 3 220 62 238 70 194 119 59 39 58 93 13 35 16

CARDINALS

BATTERS Chambers Craig Molina Berkman Pujols Freese Jay Holliday Schumaker Punto Theriot Descalso Cruz Laird Furcal Greene Patterson Robinson

PITCHERS Schumaker Sanchez Motte Salas Lynn Dickson Dotel Lohse C. Carpenter Boggs Garcia Jackson Rzepczynski Rhodes McClellan Westbrook Cleto

AVG .375 .315 .305 .301 .299 .297 .297 .296 .283 .278 .271 .264 .262 .232 .231 .212 .157 .000

OBA .375 .362 .349 .412 .366 .350 .344 .388 .333 .388 .321 .334 .333 .302 .298 .322 .189 .125

W 0 3 5 5 1 0 3 14 11 2 13 5 0 0 12 12 0

AB R 8 2 200 33 475 55 488 90 579 105 333 41 455 56 446 83 367 34 133 21 442 46 326 35 65 8 95 11 333 44 104 22 51 5 7 0

L ERA 0 18.00 1 1.80 2 2.25 6 2.28 1 3.12 0 3.24 3 3.28 8 3.39 9 3.45 3 3.56 7 3.56 2 3.58 3 3.97 1 4.15 7 4.19 9 4.66 0 12.46

H 3 63 145 147 173 99 135 132 104 37 120 86 17 22 77 22 8 0

2B 0 15 32 23 29 16 24 36 19 8 26 20 5 7 15 5 4 0

3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 40 15 40 5 0 0 1 14 65 33 44 4 5 6 2 31 94 92 93 2 6 6 0 37 99 61 58 9 1 14 1 10 55 24 75 1 0 12 2 10 37 28 81 6 7 3 0 22 75 60 93 2 1 3 0 2 38 27 50 0 2 8 4 1 20 25 21 1 1 3 1 1 47 29 41 4 6 18 3 1 28 33 65 2 2 8 0 0 6 6 13 0 1 0 1 1 12 9 19 1 1 3 0 8 28 28 39 9 5 14 0 1 11 13 31 11 0 5 0 0 3 2 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0

G 1 26 78 68 18 4 29 30 34 51 32 13 28 19 43 33 3

SV IP 0 1.0 5 30.0 9 68.0 24 75.0 1 34.2 0 8.1 2 24.2 0 188.1 0 237.1 4 60.2 0 194.2 0 78.0 0 22.2 0 8.2 0 141.2 0 183.1 0 4.1

H R 1 2 14 6 49 22 50 20 25 12 9 3 16 10 178 80 243 98 62 27 207 100 91 37 22 11 6 4 143 71 208 103 7 6

ER 2 6 17 19 12 3 9 71 91 24 77 31 10 4 66 95 6

HR 1 1 2 7 3 2 1 16 16 4 15 8 1 2 21 16 2

BB 1 16 16 21 11 3 5 42 55 21 50 23 11 3 43 73 4

PHILLIES POSTSEASON HISTORY 2010 (97-65)

1981 (59-48)

Manager: Charlie Manuel

Manager: Dallas Green

NL Championship Series: Giants 4, Phillies 2

NL Division Series: Expos 3, Phillies 2

NL Division Series: Phillies 3, Reds 0

1980 (91-71)

2009 (93-69)

Manager: Dallas Green

Manager: Charlie Manuel

World Series: Phillies 4, Royals 2

World Series: Yankees 4, Phillies 2

NL Championship Series: Phillies 3, Astros 2

NL Championship Series: Phillies 4, Dodgers 1

1978 (90-72)

NL Division Series: Phillies 3, Rockies 1

2008 (92-70) Manager: Charlie Manuel World Series: Phillies 4, Rays 1

NL Championship Series: Phillies 4, Dodgers 1

NL Division Series: Phillies 3, Brewers 1

2007 (89-73) Manager: Charlie Manuel NL Division Series: Rockies 3, Phillies 0

1993 (97-65) Manager: Jim Fregosi World Series: Blue Jays 4, Phillies 2

Manager: Danny Ozark NL Championship Series: Dodgers 3, Phillies 1

1977 (101-61) Manager: Danny Ozark NL Championship Series: Dodgers 3, Phillies 1

1976 (101-61) Manager: Danny Ozark NL Championship Series: Reds 3, Phillies 0

1950 (91-63) Manager: Eddie Sawyer World Series: Yankees 4, Phillies 0

1915 (90-62) Manager: Pat Moran

NL Championship Series: Phillies 4, Braves 2

World Series: Red Sox 4, Phillies 1

1983 (90-72)

Source: baseball-reference.com

Managers: Pat Corrales, Paul Owens

World Series: Orioles 4, Phillies 1

NL Championship Series: Phillies 3, Dodgers 1

SO 2 35 63 75 40 7 32 111 191 48 156 51 28 6 76 104 6

The Phillies' bullpen will function much better if reliever Antonio Bastardo regains his midseason form.

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Right answers will mean title

By KEVIN TRESOLINI For the Courier-Post

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he Phillies’ inclusion in baseball’s postseason seemed inevitable from the moment fans woke to the stunning and delightful news last December that free-agent pitcher Cliff Lee had spurned the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers to sign with the Phillies.

Eleven days later, Christmas morning paled in comparison.

The true gift of that acquisition and others that have made the Phillies the talk of many towns would be a World Series championship.

That quest begins today, as the Phillies open the best-of-5 National League Division Series at Citizens Bank Park.

Here are four key questions as the Phillies’ bid for their third World Series title commences: IS HISTORY ON THE PHILLIES’ SIDE? No, it is not. Regularseason performance matters little in October.

The Phillies have the best record in Major League Baseball, which, recent history demonstrates, provides no advantage in the postseason.

Since wild-card teams were added to the postseason in 1995, the teams with the best record in baseball have won just three of the 16 World Series — the 1998 Yankees (114-48), 2007 Red Sox (who tied with Cleveland for the top mark at 96-66) and the 2009 Yankees (10359).

Having the National League’s best record isn’t a positive sign either, as only the 1995, ’96 and ’99 Braves and 2004 Cardinals won the NL pennant after taking the best won-loss mark into the playoffs since the advent of wild-card teams.

WHAT’S THE PHILLIES’ BEST WEAPON? It’s difficult to top Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee pitching Games 1 and 2 of a series, with Halladay returning for Game 5, if necessary, in the NLDS. In a sevengame series, you’d likely have Halladay in Game 5 and Lee in Game 6.

Halladay, who started last year’s division series against the Reds with a no-hitter, was 19-6 with a 2.35 ERA and 220 strikeouts in 233 2⁄3 innings.

Lee, likely eager to avenge World Series losses as a Phillie in 2009 and a Texas Ranger in 2010, was 17-8 with a 2.40 ERA and 238 strikeouts in 232 2⁄3.

Of course, the Phillies’ starting pitching superiority doesn’t stop there. Roy Oswalt, coming through an injury-plagued year, has had some vintage starts of late in which his velocity reached season highs. And 2008 postseason hero Cole Hamels is as good as any pitcher should he regain his pre-All-Star Game form, and darn close even if he doesn’t.

IS THE BULLPEN UP TO THE TASK? Questions abound among the Phillies’ relief corps. First, can Antonio Bastardo regain his earlier form?

The lone lefty in the Phillies’ bullpen was baseball’s best pitcher at mid-summer. Over his first 37 appearances covering 34 innings, Bastardo was 3-0 with five saves in five opportunities and had a 0.79 ERA. That was highlighted by a 16 1⁄3-inning shutout streak from May 27-June 17 in which batters were 1-for-49 against him. It was the most dominant stretch by a reliever in baseball history.

But over the 26 games and 23 innings since, Bastardo has a 5.48 ERA. The same batters that couldn’t hit anything before are hitting almost every-

thing now, a stunning turnaround that the Phillies have attributed to him tipping his slider but also hitters simply getting used to Bastardo.

A strong outing Tuesday night in Atlanta was a positive sign.

But if Bastardo’s struggles resurface in the playoffs, the Phillies will have problems.

“I’d like to see him be more aggressive and mix his pitches up more,” said Phillies manager Charlie Manuel, who felt Bastardo was perhaps becoming too reliant on his slider.

“If you remember, the first part of the year, he was a dead fastball pitcher and he pitched off his fastball. We’ve got to get him back there.”

The team’s other bullpen summer sensation, rookie Michael Stutes, has also shown the effects of the long season. He had a 2.08 ERA with a .162 opponents batting average in his first 21 2⁄3 innings covering 23 games. In the 32 games and 38 2 ⁄3innings since, he has a 4.66 ERA and .255 BA against.

Closer Ryan Madsen has finished strong and former closer Brad Lidge, after missing nearly three months with injuries, has settled nicely into a set-up role. David Herndon has had a strong second season. Vance Worley, who had a sensational rookie season as a starter, will have to adjust to pitching out of the bullpen, and spotstarter Kyle Kendrick is already familiar with that.

“Our guys down there, that’s who we’ve had all year,” Manuel said. “I don’t think we’re going to make any changes. That’s who we’ve got. I think they’ve done the job.

They’ve definitely got us through to where we’re at. I guess they’ve earned the right for us to use them. I’ve got confidence in them. I’ve seen them do it before.”

CAN THE PHILLIES HIT IN THE CLUTCH? They’ll likely have to, as last year’s National League Championship Series loss to the Giants taught them.

This year, the Phillies’ offense has been maddeningly inconsistent, and their penchant for going cold could be their undoing.

In May, the Phillies went nine straight games without scoring more than three runs.

They won three of them. In June, they went eight out of nine in which they scored three or fewer runs.

They won three of those, too.

The Phillies heated up with the weather, losing back-to-back games just once from June 5 through Aug. 23, boosted by the July 29 acquisition of Hunter Pence from the Astros.

But from Sept. 10 through Sept. 24, the Phillies scored three runs or less in 15 of 17 games. They were 5-12.

With the Phillies’ starting pitching, they can win a lot of lowscoring games. With their offense’s penchant to slip into a slumber, they can also lose a lot of low-scoring games.

Certainly, the Phillies have the capability to summon some stellar offense, as Manuel has been encouraged of late when he’s had his entire regular starting crew together.

“The difference in our lineup is not hard to see,” he said. “When we’ve got all of our guys in there, we’ve got a pretty good lineup.

But when you’ve got two or three of them missing, we become a different team — and most every club is like that. It’s very important we keep our guys in there.”

Staff reporter David Hale contributed to this story.

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THE REPLACEMENTS

To be a dynasty, the Phillies will have to retool a few parts over the next couple of years staff, considered one for the ages, will be aging soon as well.

Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee and Roy Oswalt are all in their 30s. Oswalt has a club option for $16 million for next season that likely won’t get picked up considering his back trouble this season and the team’s maxed-out payroll.

Cole Hamels, the youngest of the “four aces” at 27, can become a free agent after next season.

In many ways, this could be the Phillies’ best — and perhaps last — chance to win another World Series.

“Sometimes you think to yourself, ‘When will it stop?’ ” Victorino said.

“Will it always stay like this? None of us know.”

Yet for the run to continue, Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr., said he will have to make some difficult decisions beginning as soon as this postseason run is over.

By MARTIN FRANK For the Courier-Post

PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies have won five straight National League East division crowns, the World Series in 2008, and they’re the favorites to win it all this year as they begin the postseason.

This run of success, unlike any in team history, could be seen as the beginning of a baseball dynasty.

For that dynasty to continue, however, the Phillies will likely have to turn over the roster while continuing to win over the next few years.

This is how the Atlanta Braves, who won 14 straight division titles from 1991-2005 (one World Series), and the New York Yankees, who won nine straight from 1998-2006 (three World Series), succeeded for so long.

They are the only teams that have won more consecutive division titles than the Phillies since the division format was instituted in 1969.

So far, the Phillies have been able to win by keeping their core of Jimmy Rollins, Shane Victorino, Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Carlos Ruiz together since the run began in 2007.

But that could start changing as soon as this season ends.

Those players are all in their 30s. Injuries have taken a toll, especially on Utley. Rollins is a free agent after the season, and Victorino can become one after next season.

Only Howard is signed beyond 2013.

The Phillies’ pitching

Braves set the bar Amaro learned that from the Braves.

“They set the bar, clearly,” Amaro said. “It’s a pretty amazing model of how to do your business in baseball.”

That isn’t applicable to the Phillies, who nonetheless have the second highest payroll in baseball.

The Braves, like the Phillies, built by consistently bringing up players through their farm system while making trades and signing some free agents as supplements.

The Braves team that won the World Series in 1995 had just two every-

able, however, because the Phillies found replacements who were better or comparable, whether it was Raul Ibanez after Burrell left; Halladay, Oswalt and Lee after Myers left; and Pence after Werth left.

There are no such replacements readily available if Rollins, the longesttenured player on the team, were to leave. The Phillies might have to turn to an unproven player in Freddy Galvis, or sign a veteran short-term, if that were to happen.

Amaro said he would like to keep Rollins.

Ibanez is a free agent after the season, too, which could pave the way for John Mayberry Jr., and Domonic Brown to share left field.

They’re both talented, but unproven over the course of a full season.

It’s the same way for the pitching staff.

Vance Worley entered the rotation for good in June when Oswalt was out and went 11-3 with a 3.03 ERA. Ryan Madson, who became the closer this year, is a free agent after the season. So is Brad Lidge, who was the closer up until this season. If the Phillies can’t sign them, they’ll have to decide if Antonio Bastardo is ready to be the full-time closer, or sign someone else for the short term.

Phillies GM Ruben Amaro knows there are tough decisions to be made after the season. JEFF ZELEVANSKY/GETTY IMAGES day players who were everyday players in 1991 — Jeff Blauser and David Justice. The 2000 team had two everyday players from the 1995 team — Chipper Jones and Javier Lopez. And the 2005 team had just three everyday players from the 2000 team — Furcal, Chipper Jones and Andruw Jones.

The one constant for the Braves was the pitching staff as John Smoltz, Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux were together for most or all of the run.

In that respect, it’s remarkable that the Phillies’ lineup core has been together this long.

“Absolutely, it is,” Victorino said. “I’ve seen franchises like the Mets.

They collapsed [in 2007] and you’re like, ‘They’ll get better.’ They went out and got some guys to make their team better. Four years later, it’s like a whole different team.

“With us, we’ve been fortunate to not have that happen where the organization has gone in a different direction.”

Decisions, decisions Amaro has said repeatedly that the Phillies don’t have the financial flexibility to add high-salaried players like they have the past few years.

During that time, they acquired Hunter Pence from the Astros in July, signed Lee for $120 million last winter, traded for Oswalt in July 2010, and Halladay in Dec. 2009.

“It could get compromised,” Amaro said. “One of the difficulties of the longevity is you start having to make more and more difficult decisions.

One of the things we have to be concerned with is the age of that core. You have to keep an eye on that. Our job is to bring other guys who can be core players and try to filter them through.”

Already, there have been some changes.

Pat Burrell left following the 2008 season, Brett Myers after 2009 and Jayson Werth after last season.

They were all expend-

Passing the torch The Braves made those tough decisions for 14 years.

The transition for the new players was facilitated by the leadership on the

team, and in management, where manager Bobby Cox and general manager (now president) John Schuerholz were together from the start.

Smoltz and Glavine imparted their wisdom to players like Chipper Jones and Lopez as they came up. They, in turn, passed their knowledge onto Brian McCann. He and Chipper Jones have done that with a new generation of Braves players that includes Freddie Freeman and Jason Heyward.

“I think clubhouse leadership and managerial leadership are very important,” Schuerholz said. “I think a working relationship between the general manager and the manager is more important.

“You can’t have continuity of success, you can’t do five in a row, without elements like that.”

The Phillies have had that, both with the core players, and in management with manager Charlie Manuel and Amaro, who was the assistant GM when the run started.

For now, the core players are passing on their knowledge to Pence, who is going through his first postseason. They are also doing it with Worley, Bastardo and Michael Stutes, all young players who made significant contributions this season.

“You can’t just keep buying over things,” Amaro said. “That’s not how it works. You have to grow them from within.”

Sports reporter David Hale contributed to this story. Reach Martin Frank at mfrank@delawareon line.com

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Some familiar faces won’t be part of Phillies in 2012

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No. Pitchers B/T Ht Wt DOB 58 Antonio Bastardo R-L 5-11 195 Sept. 21, 1985 56 Joe Blanton R-R 6-3 245 Dec. 11, 1980 34 Roy Halladay R-R 6-6 230 May 14, 1977 35 Cole Hamels L-L 6-3 195 Dec. 27, 1983 38 Kyle Kendrick R-R 6-3 210 Aug. 26, 1984 33 Cliff Lee L-L 6-3 190 Aug. 30, 1978 54 Brad Lidge R-R 6-5 215 Dec. 23, 1976 46 Ryan Madson L-R 6-6 200 Aug. 28, 1980 44 Roy Oswalt R-R 6-0 190 Aug. 29, 1977 40 Michael Stutes R-R 6-1 185 Sept. 4, 1986 49 Vance Worley R-R 6-2 230 Sept. 25, 1987

By MARTIN FRANK For the Courier-Post

PHILADELPHIA — Domonic Brown said he can’t wait for next season to start despite the Phillies’ smashing success this season.

That’s because it has been a lost season of sorts for Brown, who dealt with a broken hand, a slow start, and a trip back to the minor leagues to learn left field when the Phillies traded for Hunter Pence on July 29.

“Of course I am,” Brown said about looking forward to next season. “I wish I can help this (year’s) team out, but they’re not going to have me doing too much. So my big thing is looking forward to next year.”

Brown, who came into the season as the team’s top prospect, is just one of several young players the Phillies could be relying upon as soon as next season.

In fact, he could be sharing left field in 2012 with another such player in John Mayberry Jr. There’s a chance that Freddy Galvis could take over at shortstop for Jimmy Rollins, who will become a free agent after the season.

As for pitching, Vance Worley will likely replace Roy Oswalt in the rotation. Oswalt has a $16 million club option for next season that probably won’t get picked up considering his back troubles and the Phillies’ maxed out payroll.

In the bullpen, there’s a chance that Antonio Bastardo could come into spring training as the new closer as both Ryan Madson and Brad Lidge will be free agents. Other bullpen spots could be filled

by Michael Stutes, Justin DeFratus, Michael Schwimer, Phillippe Aumont and Joe Savery.

In other words, the turnover for the Phillies could be dramatic.

If the Phillies pull it off and reach the playoffs for the sixth straight season in 2012, it will show the depth of their farm system. It will also show their ability to sprinkle in young players to a homegrown core that for years relied on Rollins, Shane Victorino, Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Carlos Ruiz, Cole Hamels and Ryan Madson.

But as those players age (all except Hamels are at least 31 years old) or reach free agency (only Howard is signed beyond 2013), the Phillies will have to make difficult decisions as to whether to keep them or move on with younger (read: cheaper) talent from the farm system.

“I think what we learned from Paul Ow-

No. Catchers B/T Ht Wt DOB 51 Carlos Ruiz R-R 5-10 205 Jan. 22, 1979 23 Brian Schneider L-R 6-1 210 Nov. 26, 1976 No. Infielders B/T Ht Wt DOB 6 Ryan Howard L-L 6-4 240 Nov. 19, 1979 19 Michael Martinez S-R 5-9 145 Sept. 16, 1982 27 Placido Polanco R-R 5-10 190 Oct. 10, 1975 11 Jimmy Rollins S-R 5-8 170 Nov. 27, 1978 26 Chase Utley L-R 6-1 200 Dec. 17, 1978 21 Wilson Valdez R-R 5-11 170 May 20, 1978 No. Outfielders B/T Ht Wt DOB 10 Ben Francisco R-R 6-1 190 Oct. 23, 1981 7 Ross Gload L-L 6-1 190 April 5, 1976 29 Raul Ibanez L-R 6-2 220 June 2, 1972 15 John Mayberry R-R 6-6 230 Dec. 21, 1983 3 Hunter Pence R-R 6-4 220 April 13, 1983 8 Shane Victorino S-R 5-9 190 Nov. 30, 1980

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The Phillies sent Domonic Brown to the minors to learn how to play left field because it's likely Raul Ibanez won't be back next season. HUNTER MARTIN/GETTY IMAGES

ens (the team’s general manager in the 1980s) is if you bring in a player-and-a-half or two every year (from the farm system) to have an impact, you’ve done a good job,” Amaro said. “We’ve had guys step up and have a level of impact on our club this year.”

That included Worley, who went into the rotation for good in June after Oswalt went on the disabled list for a back injury. At one point, the Phillies won 14 straight games started by Worley, the longest streak since the team won 15 straight starts by Hall of Famer Steve Carlton in 1972.

Bastardo took over as closer while Lidge, Jose Contreras and Madson were on the disabled list. Stutes served as the setup man during that time.

“We might be in the mode of having to move guys through the system quickly or bring in younger guys from outside the

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Brown expects to be one of those guys.

But he might have to beat out Mayberry.

“Junior is swinging the bat real well,” Brown said. “That’s my boy, one of my best friends on the team. He’s doing very well, so it’s going to be some hard battles in spring training.

“I’m looking forward to it, and I know he is as well.”

There’s a good chance they won’t be the only ones.

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Phillies: Ryan Howard :: Howard is still every bit the big piece in the Phillies’ lineup, by far their biggest power threat and the most likely to change the game with one swing of the bat. But Howard finished with a careerlow .488 slugging percentage, a .253 batting average that represented the second-worst mark of his career, and just 33 home runs — 12 less than his career average.

Cardinals: Albert Pujols :: Pujols’ contract is up at year’s end, and once again he’s turned in a season befitting a huge payday. Despite spending time on the disabled list midseason, Pujols mashed 37 homers, drove in 99 runs and posted a .906 OPS. It wasn’t a career year, but Pujols is clearly still one of the top five hitters.

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Phillies: Chase Utley :: A severe knee injury forced Utley to miss all of spring training and the first six weeks of the season. Since his return, he’s been good — but far from his old self. He set career lows in average (.259), on-base percentage (.344) and slugging (.425) and no player in the National League hit a lower percentage of line drives than Utley’s 12.6 percent.

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Phillies: Jimmy Rollins :: After two straight down years, Rollins viewed 2011 as something of a reawakening.

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Cardinals: Rafael Furcal :: After coming over in a trade on July 31, Furcal provided some consistency at the leadoff spot in the lineup. Furcal hit .255 with seven homers in 50 games following the trade, providing some much-needed pop at a position that St. Louis had gotten little offense from.

THIRD BASE

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Phillies: Carlos Ruiz :: While the Phillies’ dynamic rotation has gotten all the publicity, Ruiz has been the quietly consistent rock behind the plate, calling the pitches for four aces. But he hasn’t been too shabby with a bat in his hand either. Ruiz finished the season with a .283 average.

Cardinals: Yadier Molina :: Molina may be the best defensive catcher in baseball. He’s well regarded for his ability to handle a pitching staff, but he supplements that by throwing out base runners with ease. At bat, he hit .305 with 14 homers and 65 RBIs — all career highs.

LEFT FIELD

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Phillies: Raul Ibanez :: At 39, Ibanez is the oldest everyday player in baseball — but the title of “everyday player” may not exactly apply these days. The streaky Ibanez had plenty of highs but some devastating lows this season, finishing his season with a .245 average, 20 homers and 84 RBIs. Cardinals: Matt Holliday :: Holliday was one of the league’s best hitters this season, hitting .296 with 22 homers, 75 RBIs and a .912 OPS. From May 6 through the end of the season, he hit just .263 with an .848 OPS.

CENTER FIELD

Phillies: Shane Victorino :: An MVP candidate for the bulk of the season, Victorino turned in what was probably his best season as a big leaguer. A September slump diminished his numbers, but Victorino still finished with an .847 OPS, 27 doubles, 16 triples, 17 homers and 19 stolen bases.

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Cardinals: John Jay :: Rumored to be on the Phillies’ wishlist during spring training, Jay developed into a solid everyday center fielder for the Cardinals after Colby Rasmus was traded midseason. Jay hit .297 with 24 doubles and 10 homers on the season.

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EDGE

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Phillies: Hunter Pence :: At the trade deadline, GM Ruben Amaro Jr. pulled the trigger on a deal with Houston that sent three top prospects to the Astros in exchange for the high-energy Pence. The immediate results were exactly what Amaro had hoped for. Following the trade, Pence hit .320 with 11 homers and 35 RBIs, providing a huge bat in the middle of the lineup. Pence will likely hit third in the playoffs, splitting lefties Utley and Howard and inserting some much-needed power from the right side.

Cardinals: Lance Berkman :: Berkman hit .301 with 31 homers and 94 RBIs this season, posting a .959 OPS that put him among the league leaders. He’s defensively challenged, but his big bat more than makes up for the shortcoming.

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FIVE The intangibles are on their side. The Phillies have both experience and home-field advantage through the postseason. Having one or the other is always a wanted wild card, but the Phillies have both. The core of this team has been around since first winning the division five years ago and certainly won’t be awed in the spotlight. The home crowd at Citizens Bank Park can make inexperienced opposing players tremble.

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Cardinals :: Ryan Theriot was the starting shortstop for most of the season, and he provides some veteran leadership and solid defense at multiple positions. Craig has a strong bat, hitting 11 homers in just 200 at-bats this season. Nick Punto and Daniel Descalso provide a lot of versatility, and Gerald Laird has some offensive pop for a backup catcher.

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Phillies: Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Cole Hamels and Roy Oswalt :: The four aces came into the 2011 season with as much hype as any rotation in history, and for the most part, they met the expectations. Halladay was brilliant for a second straight season, winning 19 games and posting a 2.35 ERA. Lee was dominant in his first year with the Phillies, tossing six shutouts. Hamels proved he’s blossomed as a pitcher, turning in his most consistent season (14-9, 2.79). Only Oswalt fell short of excellence thanks to a myriad of back injuries, but he rebounded down the stretch and finished the year with six shutout innings in Atlanta. Overall, Phillies starters led the NL with a 2.86 ERA and posted a historic 4.22 K/BB ratio.

Cardinals: Kyle Loshe, Jaime Garcia and Chris Carpenter :: St. Louis caught a break by avoiding a one-game playoff to end the season. That frees up Kyle Loshe and Jaime Garcia to take the ball in the first two NLDS games in Philadelphia. The duo has been strong against the Phillies this season, with Loshe allowing just three runs in 15.1 innings over two starts, and Garcia giving up just one earned run in 15 innings over two starts.

Overall, St. Louis starters finished eighth in the NL with a 3.81 ERA, but they combined for just a 1.15 ERA in nine games against the Phillies.

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Phillies: Ryan Madson :: Madson was the Phillies’ third choice as closer when the season began, but injuries to Lidge and Jose Contreras forced him into the role, and from there, he thrived. Madson finished the season with a 2.37 ERA and hasn’t allowed a run since a disastrous ninth inning Aug. 24.

Cardinals: Jason Motte :: It looks like Motte will be the solution in October. Motte saved eight games in nine chances in September, but closed out the year with an 11.57 ERA over his final six appearances.

Five things that can go wrong

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Like they did against San Francisco last year in the NLCS, the Phillies’ bats can be handcuffed by a hot pitching staff. The Phillies loaded up on pitching over the last two years with the addition of Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee and Roy Oswalt because general manager Ruben Amaro and manager Charlie Manuel know pitching wins in the postseason. The Giants’ arms were hot last October and neutralized the Phillies’ big bats.

TWO The eight-game losing streak at the end of the season carries over into the postseason.

There is no reason the Phillies shouldn’t be more confident going into the playoffs this year than the past four seasons, but even the best can feel the pressure after a long losing skid. If the Phillies get off to a hot start in the postseason, the eightgame slide will be a distant memory. But if they stumble out of the gates, well …

THREE There is no shutdown answer for the eighth inning. Before his September swoon, Antonio Bastardo owned the eighthinning role to set up for closer Ryan Madson. But, the left-hander’s slider has flattened out and so has the confidence in him.

The eighth-inning concern could be eased by former closer Brad Lidge taking the ball before Madson and making another impact in the postseason.

FOUR If getting to the ninth inning is a concern, then closing out the game is, too. After all, Madson is assuming a role he hasn’t handled in the postseason and there is only one way for him to prove he can do the job and that is simply by doing it. In 2008, Lidge capped a 48-for-48 season with a World Series championship as the closer. No one is expecting Madson to be perfect, but he has to be really good.

FIVE Chase Utley doesn’t hit.

The Phillies’ second baseman was moved into the No. 2 hole from his customary third spot to try and spark his bat late in the season. The move put the switch-hitting Shane Victorino in the five-hole behind Ryan Howard while Hunter Pence moved up to split the lefties of Utley and Ryan Howard at No. 3 and No. 4. All of this looks good on paper, but if Utley doesn’t hit, it doesn’t matter where Charlie Manuel bats him.

—Kevin Callahan

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gashed Halladay's seemingly impenetrable armor, mashing 13 hits against him in a 9-7 win. This was their fatal error.

When it was over, Halladay watched film of the game, then watched it again. He broke down each at-bat, analyzed each pitch, meticulously dissected every mistake in search of an answer.

When he faced them again in Game 1 of last year's National League Division Series, Halladay knew Cincinnati's hitters better than they knew themselves. He knew their weaknesses, their tendencies, their habits — every detail committed to memory on a mental rolodex he could access at will.

Two hours, 34 minutes later, Halladay finished off the second no-hitter in postseason history.

“I’ve tried the video thing, but I’ve kind of gotten away from it over the years because I felt like it got me into patterns that I don’t really want to be in,” said Lee, who still arrives late to the ballpark, often four or five hours after Halladay, even on days he’s pitching. “I feel like it makes you think you know how to do something that can set you up for failure later on.”

They may be the two best pitchers in the National League, their numbers remarkably similar. On the mound, they attack hitters with the same aggressive zeal, pinpoint accuracy and ruthless determination.

But step across the line that separates the field from the clubhouse, baseball from life, and Halladay and Lee operate in different worlds.

Ask rookie pitcher Vance Worley about the men atop the rotation.

Halladay and Lee are ... “Gods.”

Yes, but Halladay's personality is just ...

“Serious.”

And Lee, he’s more ... “Relaxed.”

The words are already committed to memory. Worley’s given it plenty of thought as he studies these gods of the game in hopes of one day approaching the same strata they occupy.

Worley considers himself a mix of the two, but he leans toward Halladay’s more structured approach.

Cole Hamels falls into the Halladay camp, too, said pitching coach Rich Dubee.

He’s blossomed as a pitcher by mimicking Halladay’s regimented training routine and tireless preparation.

Roy Oswalt, on the other hand, identifies closely with Lee, a fellow son of the South. The two met in a hospital recovery room following surgery nearly a decade ago. After a brief conversation and still lightheaded from the anesthesia, Lee simply got up and left.

In truth, however, no one quite matches Halladay’s methodical focus or Lee's brash determination.

“You need to be who you are,” Worley

Phillies starter Roy Halladay racked up 19 wins using his defined approach to pitching.

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Well, that’s true for everyone except the man behind the plate.

Carlos Ruiz doesn't get the luxury of being himself. His job is to become the man he's catching.

Last Saturday, Ruiz had trouble sleeping. The next day, Halladay would make his final start of the season, and Ruiz desperately wanted it to be a memorable one.

So he thumbed through scouting reports, memorized the opposition’s tendencies, searched for the same weaknesses Halladay would want to exploit the next day. Halladay has a plan, and Ruiz wants to execute it to perfection.

The result was six shutout innings in an

abridged tune-up for the playoffs. Halladay won his 19th game of the season, and Ruiz was elated.

When he arrived in his hotel room in Atlanta that night, preparation for Lee’s start the following day began. There was no film, no scouting reports — just a deep breath, expelling any stress that might disrupt the ad-hoc flow of a typical Cliff Lee start.

“It's Cliff,” Ruiz said. “He's that way, that's how he likes to pitch. So I just hang, have fun, relax, play around, joking.”

Dubee compares his dynamic duo to two students preparing for a test.

Halladay will pull an all-nighter, highlighting every key passage in the textbook, still flipping through pages as the exam is distributed.

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Lee doesn’t study. He trusts what he’s already learned, and the rest is just noise.

Too much information causes confusion.

Brilliance and simplicity go hand-in-hand.

And yet, the when the grades come in, both pitchers have been remarkably consistent.

“Doc wants to know exactly what somebody is doing. Cliff likes to pitch with his eyes and his stuff,” Dubee said. “They just find out what works best and stay with it.”

Early in his career, Halladay’s approach was more scattershot. He struggled and was demoted to the minors in 2011. Then he learned the magic of preparation, organized his life and became one of the best pitchers in baseball. He’s won two Cy Young awards since.

Early in Lee’s career, he heard all the advice. He listened to coaches who wanted him to watch film, to throw his curveball more, to follow their plan rather than his own. He struggled and was demoted to the minors in 2007. Then he learned to trust his instincts and filter out all the excess information, becoming one of the best pitchers in baseball. He won a Cy Young the next year.

“Ultimately, it’s about being confident when you get out to the mound, and how you find a way to do that isn’t always the same,” Halladay said. “It’s different for different guys. But whatever you do that makes you feel the best when you get out there is what you need to do.”

And this is where Halladay and Lee find common ground.

“You can have the best stuff in the world, but it doesn’t work if you are not very confident in yourself,” Lee said. “I don’t put pressure on myself because I feel like, to me, pressure is the opposite of being confident and expecting to win. So I don’t really look at it like that. That’s just me. Some guys look at it differently.”

They don’t talk pitching often, Lee said.

But they watch each other, and they learn.

Halladay is amazed by Lee’s unwavering fearlessness on the mound. Lee is in awe of Halladay’s unflinching focus no matter his surroundings.

Still, those are traits to be admired rather than mimicked.

“I think your personality is who you are, and the way you look at things and the way you look at life and the game,” Lee said.

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Lee lives in the moment. Simplicity breeds success.

In the end, they’re two pitchers who have taken different paths to the same place.

“I think that in a lot of ways we're more similar than people think,” Halladay said.

“That approach on the field is ultimately what’s most important. I think how you get there, it never really seems to be as important.”

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Still, this team was good enough to hit the 100-win mark — the benchmark for a great season — with more games using “irregulars,” as Phillies announcer Larry Andersen called the bench guys, than regulars.

Now, if Jimmy Rollins, Shane Victorino, Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Hunter Pence, Placido Polanco, Carlos Ruiz and Raul Ibanez or John Mayberry Jr. were together in the lineup every day in August and September and finished up with the scary eight-game losing streak, then there should be concern about whether the lineup could just turn on the switch in the postseason.

But, they weren’t together.

And, if lineups weren’t important and there weren’t a tangible dynamic to where players hit in the order and who they hit before and after, then managers would just bat the guys 1 through 9 according to their numerical positions.

So, yeah, having the lineup together and in order means everything.

Consider, 50 years ago, Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth’s three-decade record with 61 home runs and never received an intentional walk.

That’s right. Maris sets a homer record and he is not waved to first base one time during the course of the season.

There is a reason, of course: His name is Mickey Mantle.

You see Mantle batted behind Maris.

A dramatic example, surely, but the truth in baseball is that the lineup matters.

The Phillies didn’t have their best bats lined up during the last two months

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The Phillies didn’t have their best bats lined up during the last two months like they will have in October, barring injury, of course. like they will have in October, barring injury, of course.

If Manuel chooses, Pence will be batting fifth behind Howard in the playoffs. The presence of Pence in the postseason should force pitchers to throw more fastballs to Howard. Because he is a fastball hitter, Howard should be able to drive the ball more often.

Of course, this is all on paper, but if the lineup didn’t matter, then again, Manuel would pick the names out of the Phanatic’s hat.

Pence also could bat third, which he has done lately, with Utley moving up a notch to second and the switch-hitting Victorino dropping down to fifth, With Pence in the No. 3 hole, the left-handed hitting Utley and Howard are split. This should keep lefties coming out of the bullpen in late innings and being able to face Utley and Howard back-to-back.

This is how baseball is played.

And baseball is generally played in the postseason with a team’s best players in the lineup.

The Phillies barely played with their best during the last two months and certainly not during the eight-game losing streak.

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PHILADELPHIA — Standing out there in right field, Hunter Pence couldn’t help but overhear the insults coming his way.

Turning around to take a look, he saw a flying object whiz by his head. When it landed on the outfield grass nearby, he noticed what it was: a hotdog.

Pence never will forget his first visit to Philadelphia. In their own special way, Phillies fans seated in the right-field stands made it eventful.

In April 2008, Pence’s first full season in the majors, Phillies fans were all over the Houston Astros’ blossoming star. They were loud, insulting, intimidating … and whomever threw the hotdog crossed the line.

That can happen when you’re the enemy at Citizens Bank Park.

Ask Barry Bonds, Chipper Jones, Billy Wagner …

“There was a lot of ‘Hunter Pence, you stink,’ ” he recalled. “I remember they were yelling, ‘Sammy Sosa’ and naming off all these other right fielders. They didn’t know who I was. I was like, ‘Wait and find out.’ ” Thinking back to his visits with the Astros, Pence smiled. He’s now a Philadelphian and loving every minute of it.

“When you’re home, Phillies fans have got your back,” Pence said. “Good for them. They’re passionate. They’re on top of everything. They’re knowledgeable.

They understand the little parts of the game, which is incredible.

“It’s a neat experience and really once in a lifetime. To be able to play here, we’re all very fortunate. I’m very grateful and blessed. We’re all in this together. Everyone of us is working to win a championship and share it with the city. We’re representing a city.”

From the moment Pence arrived in a late-summer trade from Houston, he was treated by his new fanbase as the new superstar on a team filled with them.

“I’m kind of humbled by it,” Pence said.

“They’ve been too good to me. I’m kind of just like, ‘Wow.’ I’m taken aback every day.

They’re always there. They’re supportive.

The electricity in the ballpark every day is incredible. Every day is a holiday. Every day is so much fun.”

July 29 is when his world was turned upside down, or right-side up.

That’s the day Pence went from baseball’s outhouse to penthouse.

The Phillies had the best record in the

Hunter Pence hit .320 with 11 homers and 34 RBIs since joining the Phillies. DREW HALLOWELL/GETTY IMAGES majors, but had been craving a big righthanded bat to perk their inconsistent offense and balance out a left-handed heavy lineup.

Once again Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro, Jr., had liked Pence for years, and now he was there for the taking with the Astros on their way to 100-plus losses and looking to dump salary. The Phillies moved four prospects, two of whom were among their most touted, but got back a high-energy, heavy-hitting right fielder who’d just played in his second AllStar Game.

From the start, this has been a perfect marriage: Pence hit .347 with 3 homers and 9 RBIs in his first 10 games with the Phillies, who won nine of them. Ever since, it’s been more of the same with Pence batting .320 with 11 homers and 34 RBIs in 52 games and the Phillies cruising to their fifth consecutive National League East championship.

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Pence has been what the Phillies had hoped for: more offense. With Pence, they averaged 4.6 runs per game through Tuesday. Without him, the average was 4.3.

Over the course of a week, that’s two extra runs.

“It’s been wild,” Pence said. “These guys here are a lot of fun. The city is a lot of fun. I love playing baseball and I jumped into a team that has the best record in baseball.”

The biggest perk comes this weekend with postseason play beginning. The Phillies have been to the playoffs every year since 2007, but Pence’s only experience so far came in 2006 when he was playing Double-A baseball and his Corpus Christi Hooks won the Texas League championship.

“That was awesome,” he said. “I loved it. One of my favorite years ever.”

This weekend will top that. This is playoff baseball in the majors. Better yet, the Phillies’ first two division series games will be played at Citizens Bank Park.

Pence has a pretty good idea of what to expect. He watched a lot of Phillies’ home playoff games on television the last few years.

“I’ve seen the (rally) towels,” he said. “I know it’s going to be crazy.”

Pence has been around long enough to understand that his teammates don’t think they’ve accomplished anything meaningful yet. Nothing short of getting to the World Series for the third time in four seasons and winning a second title since 2008 will do.

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By DAVID HALE For the Courier-Post

Antonio Bastardo’s night ended abruptly once again last Saturday. The slumping lefty slinked off the mound with two runners still lingering on the base paths. From the bullpen emerged a familiar face in unfamiliar territory.

Vance Worley has been a revelation as the Phillies’ fifth starter this season, but as the playoffs approached, his job description changed.

An unnecessary excess in the postseason, when the Phillies will employ no more than four starters, Worley was moved to the pen, and this would be his first big test, his first chance to escape trouble after the wheels were set in motion by someone else.

“I prefer putting my own runners on,” Worley said.

That’s something Worley has done his share of in the rotation this year. A rookie at the back end of the best rotation in baseball, Worley’s had his share of ups and downs — bounced from the rotation to the pen, from the big leagues to the minors, from prospect to hero to trade bait and back again.

Through it all, Worley has persevered with the same confident resolve.

This is what makes him a perfect fit for the Phillies’ October bullpen.

“He’s pretty cool,” manager Charlie Manuel said. “He stays calm and collected.

He stays pretty focused on what he’s doing. So far he’s been able to handle things.”

Aside from Bastardo and closer Ryan Madson, no one in the Phillies’ bullpen has done a better job against lefties than Worley, who has held them to a .570 OPS. And aside from Brad Lidge, the rest of the Phillies’ potential seventh- and eighthinning options in the pen don’t have any more experience working in big situations than Worley has.

Sure, he’s pitched in relief just five times as a big leaguer. He was a starter throughout his minor league tenure, too.

But for Worley, that’s all window dressing. Pitching, he says, is pitching — only the inning changes.

“It’s the same whether I start or am a reliever,” Worley said. “I’ve done it before.

It’s not that difficult. I just go out there and compete.”

Manuel still hasn’t made any decisions on how he’ll employ Worley in the playoffs — or, at least, he hasn’t shared those decisions publicly — but the other options are thin.

After a stellar five months in 2011, Bastardo fell apart in September. He went a stretch of nine straight appearances without a clean inning.

Lidge has enjoyed a fine return to the mound after missing three months with shoulder problems, but there are concerns. In 181⁄3 innings, Lidge has allowed 29 base runners. Miraculously, just three have scored — but he continues to play with fire.

Michael Stutes has worn down as the season has progressed, posting a 4.58 ERA since mid-June.

And then there’s Worley — the Phillies’ secret weapon. Well, maybe. There are concerns with Worley, too.

His numbers have dipped in August and September, too. He’s a rookie, and the postseason will be a new experience. He spent the season developing a rapport with back-up catcher Brian Schneider, and the two managed to find a perfect formula for employing Worley’s wicked front-door sinker that resulted in a called third strike on 56 percent of Worley’s strikeouts — by far the highest rate in the league.

In the playoffs, however, Worley likely will be working with Carlos Ruiz, not Schneider.

Before last Saturday’s game, he spent a few minutes talking with Ruiz about pitch selection, about the sinker.

Ruiz’s answer was simple: Worley knows himself. If he wants to throw the pitch, he should throw it. Ruiz will react accordingly.

“That’s fine with me,” Worley said. “It’s up to me what I want to throw.”

That night, Worley took the mound and quickly got two strikes on Willie Harris.

Ruiz called for a cutter, but Worley knew better.

He shook off his catcher and went to the sinker. Harris watched it sail by, darting back over the plate at the last second for a called third strike.

One batter later, Worley was out of the inning — the two runners Bastardo had left behind still standing on the bases.

This is a new role, Worley admits. But it’s one that suits him well.

“I’ve done it so many times this year putting pressure on myself that it’s really not that big of a deal,” Worley said. “You come in and you’re thrown right into the fire, but you just have to go out there and trust your stuff and hope everything works.”

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PROJECTED LINEUPS PHILLIES SS Jimmy Rollins 2B Chase Utley RF Hunter Pence 1B Ryan Howard CF Shane Victorino LF Raul Ibanez 3B Placido Polanco C Carlos Ruiz P Roy Halladay

By DAVID HALE For the Courier-Post

PHILADELPHIA — Roy Halladay has seen the numbers and lived through the games. He knows exactly how many times the Cardinals beat his Phillies this year, and he remembers each pitch he threw that turned into a St. Louis hit.

Even with his impressive credentials, Halladay understands the challenge presented by a lineup featuring Albert Pujols and Lance Berkman. He knows how good they are.

But there’s a limit to how much praise Halladay’s willing to offer as he prepares to take the mound in Game1of the National League Division Series.

“I heard a quote a long time ago,” Halladay said. “I came here to bury Caesar, not praise him. I think that’s true.”

Ah, who better to provide the first taste of postseason bulletin-board fodder than Shakespeare?

But Halladay’s point is justified.

Are the Cardinals a good team? Sure, but this time of year, that’s to be expected.

“You get to this point,” Halladay said, “and every team is good.”

This is a new season, and the Phillies are justifiably the favorites.

Those numbers from the regular season — a 1.14 ERA by the Cardinals starting pitchers, a 3-6 record overall for the Phillies — get erased in the postseason.

Of course, the Phillies weren’t paying particularly close attention to those numbers anyway.

“We obviously have a respect for what they’ve done,” Halladay said. “But you have to be confident going in that you’re going to be able to beat them.”

And why shouldn’t the Phillies be confident?

Sure they lost six games to the Cardinals, but they were hardly dominated.

On May 16, the Phillies lost a game 3-1 after Cliff Lee walked six St. Louis hitters.

He’s walked just two batters the entire month of September.

On May 17, Danys Baez and J.C. Romero combined to lose a game 2-1. Both of those relievers were released midseason.

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Phillies Game 1 starter Roy Halladay was roughed up by the Cardinals in September. He'll remember that. DREW HALLOWELL/GETTY IMAGES On Sept. 16, the Phillies’ bullpen blew another game to the Cardinals. Michael Schwimer took the loss that time, and he won’t be on the postseason roster either.

On June 23, St. Louis cruised to a 12-2 win, but only after battering Roy Oswalt through two dreadful innings. Afterward Oswalt admitted he’d battled a back injury that might cost him his career. Turns out, he’s throwing 94 again, finishing off the regular season with six shutout innings against Atlanta.

Even the ugly offensive performances come with a caveat. The Phillies had their regular starting lineup just twice in the nine games they played against the Cardinals this year. They combined to score 19 runs in those two games, winning both.

Sure, the six regular-season losses may have taken a bit of the sheen off the Phillies’ air of invincibility, but that’s not changing their approach.

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We have to actually go out there and beat them.”

The odds are stacked heavily in the Phillies’ favor.

Although both appear likely to play, the Cardinals still hadn’t finalized their postseason roster Friday night because they weren’t sure about the health of shortstop Rafael Furcal or left fielder Matt Holliday.

After a workout Friday, Furcal said he was confident his hamstring had healed enough that he could play in today’s game.

Holliday, who missed nine games with a inflamed tendon in his thumb, didn’t take batting practice Friday and remains a significant question mark.

Kyle Loshe will go for the Cardinals today in Game 1, but manager Tony LaRussa decided Friday to make a last-minute change to the rest of the rotation. Chris Carpenter will pitch on three days’ rest in Game 2, something he’s never done as a starter. Jaime Garcia will pitch Game 3.

He has a 4.58 ERA with an .808 opponent’s OPS since Aug. 1.

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By DAVID HALE For the Courier-Post

PHILADELPHIA — Four weeks ago, Joe Blanton was just hoping to test his right arm and maybe save his teammates a few innings in the bullpen down the stretch.

As it turned out, his modest goals for September surprisingly morphed into a job in October.

Despite missing four months with an elbow injury, Blanton landed the final spot on the Phillies’ division series roster.

“I didn’t throw from the middle of May until September. That’s a long time between pitching,” said Blanton, who finished the year with a 5.01 ERA in 11 games this year. “I had five outings since I came back and each one got a little bit better. The last two or three went really well and the ball was coming out pretty consistent. So I felt pretty good about the way I was throwing.”

Blanton started two of the Phillies’ final five games, going just two innings in each appearance.

Overall since returning from the elbow injury in early September, he’s allowed two runs in seven innings, striking out 11 and walking none.

The numbers were encouraging, but Blanton admits that even now he’s not certain he’s past the injury.

Surgery on the elbow remains a possibility if symptoms return — but so far, they haven’t.

“I’m feeling pretty optimistic,” Blanton said. “I’ve thrown a couple innings and had no re-occurrences.

I’ve felt fine the next day, haven’t had any pain while throwing.”

Still, Blanton’s inclusion on the roster comes as a bit of a surprise given his lim-

ited workload. It also comes at the expense of right-hander David Herndon, who was left off the NLDS roster despite solid numbers this season.

Herndon endured a rocky April and was sent to Triple-A Lehigh Valley for three weeks in May. But since his return from the minors, Herndon has posted a 1.94 ERA with 36 strikeouts and just 10 unintentional walks.

Herndon said the news came as something of a shock, but he will still travel with the team and be ready to fill in should an injury arise.

“If I can’t help out on the field, I might as well be in the dugout with my pompoms,” Herndon said. » Injury updates Ryan Howard’s sore left foot won’t keep him out of the lineup in October, but it may limit his speed around the bases.

Charlie Manuel admitted Howard’s ability to take an extra base could be an issue in games during the postseason, and there may even be a time in which the Phillies need to pinch run for Howard.

For what it’s worth, however, Howard isn’t concerned.

“My foot’s fine,” Howard said. “There’s always going to be a little bit of soreness or pain in there, but it’s a lot better than what it was.”

Howard had an anti-inflammatory injection to relieve pain caused by bursitis earlier this month.

Pinch hitter Ross Gload did the same thing Wednesday.

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Joe Blanton spent most of the season on the DL, but is on the postseason roster. ROB CARR/GETTY IMAGES Gload left Atlanta on the final day of the regular season, returning to Philadelphia for treatment on his ailing hip. The injury has lingered since May and will require surgery this offseason to fix, but Manuel said his top bench bat will be good to go during the postseason.

“Gload’s going to be ready to hit,” Manuel said.

Shane Victorino said his sore back is fine, as well.

Victorino was out of the lineup in the season finale Wednesday, but he did pinch hit in the game.

Stutes finishes strong Blanton’s role in the bullpen this postseason will likely be minimal, but rookie Michael Stutes could face a much bigger

share of the spotlight.

The 25-year-old was the Phillies’ top right-handed set-up option for much of the season, but he struggled down the stretch and watched his ERA soar.

From Aug. 1 through Sept. 20, Stutes posted a 5.23 ERA and walked 10 batters in 202⁄3 innings. He had just one 1-2-3 inning during that stretch.

But his final three outings of the season were far more similar to his strong start to the year. Stutes retired the final 12 hitters he faced, including three clean innings.

The key, he said, was focus.

“Not that you ever take any game lightly, but as the season was winding down

and you had to kind of get going and turn it on a little bit, you’re running out of time to smooth out my mechanics,” Stutes said. “So the last few outings I’ve focused on simplifying things and attacking hitters and not worrying so much about hitting the corners as much as just challenging the guys and making them put the ball in play, and it’s worked out for me.” » Astros honor Pence Hunter Pence said he was surprised when he found out that the media in Houston elected him the Astros’ MVP even though the Astros traded him two months ago.

Of course, the Astros lost 106 games this season,

so it’s not like there were a lot of prime candidates.

“Honestly, I’m very honored and very humbled they would select me for that,” Pence said. “It’s tough to explain. I know there are a lot of guys who played the whole season there who had good seasons. I don’t know exactly what to think other than it makes me feel better about my accomplishments there and how I played the game.”

Pence hit .308 with 11 homers and 62 RBIs with Houston. He hit .324 with 11 homers and 35 RBIs with the Phillies.

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PHILADELPHIA — No team enters this postseason under more pressure than the Phillies.

Expectations are so high in the City of Brotherly Love that anything less than a World Series title will be considered a failure by fans, players and management.

Yes, it’s boom or bust for these Phillies, who are a long way removed from being known for losing more games than any franchise in professional sports.

“Our main goal is to get to the World Series and win it,” pitcher Roy Oswalt said.

Their road begins today against the wild-card St. Louis Cardinals at Citizens Bank Park.

Led by their Four Aces, the Phillies cruised to their fifth straight NL East title and led the majors in wins — 102 — for the second straight season.

They set a franchise record for wins in a season, and achieved several accomplishments along the way. None of that matters.

All they care about is having a victory parade down Broad Street for the second time in four years.

“Our ultimate goal is to win the World Series,” starter Cliff Lee said. “We still have a lot of business to take care of.”

Lee’s arrival in Philadelphia raised expectations to all-or-nothing proportions.

The All-Star lefty stunned the baseball world last winter when he spurned the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers and took less money to return to the Phillies, who traded him away in December 2009.

Lee joined reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels and Oswalt to form one of the best starting rotations in recent history.

They didn’t disappoint.

Lee was 17-8 with a 2.40 ERA and a major-league leading six shutouts, twice falling one out shy of another shutout. Halladay went 19-6 with a 2.35 ERA and a majors-best eight complete games.

Hamels was 14-9 with a 2.79 ERA. Oswalt started and finished strong, but struggled in between mainly because of back problems. He had his first losing season, 9-

Phillies starter Cliff Lee came back to the Phillies this season to win a World Series. That quest begins today. KEVORK DJANZEZIAN/GETTY IMAGES 10, and his 3.69 ERA was his second-worst.

But he was impressive down the stretch, and has always pitched well in the playoffs.

It is said that strong pitching wins championships, which is why the Phillies are strong favorites to go all the way.

But try telling that to the Atlanta Braves and their tomahawk-chopping fans.

For years, the Braves had the best rotation in the majors. Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz anchored a staff that usually went four or five deep.

Steve Avery, Denny Neagle, Charlie Leibrandt, Kevin Millwood, Russ Ortiz and Jaret Wright each had at least one 15-win season during Atlanta’s unprecedented run of 14 consecutive division titles.

The Braves had six 100-win seasons and captured five NL pennants from1991-2005.

But for all that success, they won just one World Series in 1995.

“Everybody pinned the best team moniker on us because of those three,” Atlanta’s Chipper Jones said, referring to Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz. “The same thing is going to happen to them. I think their three

guys are the only guys I’ve run across as a unit that can compare to our guys. I don’t see any reason why they shouldn’t cruise, to be honest with you.”

Smoltz was one of the best postseason pitchers of all-time. He was 15-4 with a 2.67 ERA in 41 appearances. But Maddux and Glavine, who combined for 660 career regular-season wins, had some trouble in the playoffs.

Maddux was 11-14 with a 3.27 ERA. Glavine was 14-16 with a 3.30 ERA. Both pitched well in the World Series, but struggled in the NLCS. Maddux had a 2.09 ERA in five World Series starts, but was 4-8 with a 3.67 ERA in the league championship series. Glavine was 4-3 with a 2.16 ERA in eight World Series starts, but was 6-10 with a 3.22 ERA in the NLCS. “They have more strikeout pitchers,” Jones said. “We had more pitch-to-contact pitchers. That’s why Smoltzie was so good in the postseason, because he was a strikeout pitcher. All their guys are strikeout pitchers. ”And when you have that swing-andmiss ability in the postseason, it takes you farther.“

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He gives the Phillies’ staff the edge over his Braves. ”They remind me of us, but they are a little bit better than us at our best.“ Smoltz said. ”I consider Halladay, Lee, Hamels and Oswalt power pitchers. They’ve proven that by their strikeout numbers and their innings. Glavine and Maddux with their change-ups, they weren’t considered power pitchers.

“If you limit how many times a guy hits the ball, your chances go way up. If you have a staff that only gets two or three strikeouts per game, that’s a lot of pressure on your defense and pitching.”

That said, the main reason for Atlanta’s postseason failures wasn’t starting pitching. It was mainly lack of offense and bullpen troubles.

The Phillies have a star-studded lineup that features seven regulars who’ve been to a total of 18 All-Star games and two former NL MVPs — Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins.

Howard, Rollins and Chase Utley aren’t quite as productive as they were back in 2008, when they helped the Phillies slug their way to the franchise’s second World Series. Still, all three are dangerous hitters. Hunter Pence, Shane Victorino, Raul Ibanez and Placido Polanco make this lineup more balanced than the ‘08 crew. And, Carlos Ruiz is one of the top No. 8 hitters in baseball.

Clearly, the Phillies are built on pitching. After losing to the San Francisco Giants in last year’s NLCS and falling two wins short of a third straight pennant, general manager Ruben Amaro had to make a huge decision.

He chose to let outfielder Jayson Werth walk away in free agency and used that money to sign Lee instead of another hitter. Then, Amaro acquired Pence in July to bolster an offense that missed Werth’s presence in the first half.

The Phillies romped through the postseason in ‘08, going 11-2 and beating the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series with a staff led by Hamels. Brett Myers, Jamie Moyer and Joe Blanton followed him in the rotation. They hardly compare to the current starters.

But those guys have a championship ring. Halladay and Lee are still looking for one.

“That’s the beauty of being here,” Halladay said. “We expect to win.”

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Five years ago, Jimmy Rollins, here with Chase Utley, said the Phillies were the team to beat in the NL East. Five straight division titles later, he's still right. HARRY HOW/GETTY IMAGES

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Rollins’ actions and words coincided with Phillies rise to top of standings

By KEVIN CALLAHAN Courier-Post Staff

PHILADELPHIA — Jimmy Rollins doesn’t just bat leadoff for the Phillies.

The veteran shortstop doesn’t just get the offense rolling on the field.

Rollins sparked the entire franchise’s mentality. Being a contender was no longer acceptable when Rollins spoke out in 2007. He singlehandedly raised the bar as high and as far as the difference between playing at crumbling Veterans Stadium and cozy Citizens Bank Park.

After Rollins said the Phillies were “the team to beat” in the National League East five years ago, the club has responded by winning five consecutive division titles.

The declaration was certainly a shot over the heads of the confident Mets, who still thought of the Phillies as second rate just like New York City views Philadelphia. However, Rollins’ prophetic words not only shoved the Big Apple down the Mets’ throat, but also cleared the doubts and minds of his teammates to think bigger.

“When Jimmy made that statement, he wasn’t making it to wake up the world and say we are the best team,” center fielder Shane Victorino said recently. “It was more like we need to look at ourselves internally and say, ‘We are a good team. We are a team that should be contending. We are a team where other teams have to beat us.’ That is what it was more like and that is how I took it as a player.

“It was like check yourself. We are a good team and now go about it that way, go out there and play the game correctly, go out there and say ‘We are the team to beat,’ ” Victorino continued while sitting in front of his locker during the last homestand. “It was not because he wanted billboard material. It became that way and it was portrayed that way, but Jimmy is that kind of guy. Like this year he said we would win 100 games, so when he makes a claim like that, he knows what he is saying.”

Indeed, the Phillies not only were the team to beat in the division in 2007, but they have become the team to beat in baseball. For the second straight year, the Phillies waltz into the postseason with the best record in the majors while topping 100 wins.

“I can’t honestly say that I did,” Rollins said when asked if he could have envisioned winning five straight division titles back in ’07. “It wasn’t like if we get this, we will win the division every year. It was

more to the effect of ‘Let’s make sure we get to the playoffs every year and take our chances when we get there.’

“But, it has worked out that we have won the division five straight years, so I’m not going to argue with it.”

Few would argue Rollins’ confident statement didn’t lift the expectations in the clubhouse. There was a swagger on the field in 2007 that wasn’t seen in Philadelphia since the days of Macho Row in 1993 with Lenny Dykstra providing a street toughness to a talented team.

“I think it set the tone for us and showing people what we are capable of,” first baseman Ryan Howard said, “then actually going out there and doing it.”

Rollins also set the tone from the manager’s chair up through the desks in the front office and ultimately into the seats of Citizens Bank Park. Like a flow chart of success, following the wins in 2007 came the fans and then the free agents.

“I think that might have helped in a way,” manager Charlie Manuel said. “We won, then it helped. That is kind of how I look at it.”

The Phillies didn’t wait long to take the next step from the division title in 2007 to the World Series title the next year. Now, the Phils are on the precipice of winning their second world championship in five years with home-field advantage throughout the postseason.

Like Rollins said in 2007, the Phillies are “the team to beat” in October.

“If you had asked me that back in ’07 if we would’ve won five in a row, I’m not saying I would have said ‘No,’ but you don’t think about it like that. You kind of go year to year and say ‘Let’s see the kind of team we can be,’ ” Victorino said.

“With the team that we have, we have a good chance every year and if we keep the team together, hopefully we will have a few more,” Victorino said. “That is ultimately your goal. You want to win as many as you can.”

The question is: Will Rollins, who is in the final year of his contract, be leading off for the Phillies next season?

“If you look around the room,” said Victorino, still sitting in front of his locker, “you see Jimmy is probably the leader in the clubhouse. He has the most time here.

He is looked at that way.”

And, he is the one who started all this winning with a few simple, but splendid words.

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Phillies fans have become accustomed to winning and expect a World Series championship this season. LEN REDKOLES/GETTY IMAGES

TURNAROUND Phils have gone from laughingstock to a destination place for players

By BOB NIGHTENGALE USA TODAY

PHILADELPHIA — Shortstop Jimmy Rollins tilts his head back, rolls his eyes and concedes there was a time it was painful to utter the words.

“It was actually embarrassing to say you played for the Philadelphia Phillies,” Rollins says.

“No one really cared about us. Nobody talked about us. We were just a baseball team that was close to New York. You showed up every spring wondering, ‘OK, who’s going to play the Yankees in the World Series, ‘cause you know they’ll be there.’”

Rollins, the longest tenured Phillie who has been with the team since 2000, breaks into a grin, rubs his chin and says, “I never thought people would now be saying the same thing about us.”

The Phillies, the first professional franchise to lose 10,000 games — winning only one World Series in 105 years until 2008 — enter the 2011 postseason as the crme de la crme of baseball. Scheduled today to open their National League Division Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, they are heavy favorites to return to the World Series for the third time in four years.

“They are the Yankees of the National League,” says Los Angeles Dodgers coach Davey Lopes, who spent the previous four years on the Phillies’ staff. “Their commitment to winning is as good as anybody in baseball. They are the role model.

“I remember when everybody used to hate the Yankees because they were so good. Well, now, people love to hate the Phillies. When they lose a game, it’s never that they got beat. It’s, ‘How the hell did we just lose that game?’ You can call it cockiness or confidence, but those guys believe in each other more than any team I’ve seen.”

The Phillies, who won a franchise-record 102 games, have separated themselves from the Boston Red Sox, another East Coast team with a high payroll and World Series titles in 2004 and 2007 now sitting at home after a September collapse.

In the playoffs for a fifth consecutive year, the Phillies have longer staying power than the defending World Series champion San Francisco Giants, eliminated a week ago.

They are the Beasts of the NL East, winning five consecutive division titles.

“We still have a rivalry with them,” New York Mets third baseman David Wright says. “It’s just that it’s a one-sided rivalry.

The scary thing is that they just keep getting better.”

The Phillies are winning so often these days — with more victories (199) than anyone in baseball the last two years — that mere postseason berths are no longer acceptable.

“You hate to say it’s World Series or

bust,” says All-Star center fielder Shane Victorino, “but it is. Those are the expectations we’ve created here. You hear it from our fans all of the time. We’re proud of that.”

These aren’t your father’s, or even grandfather’s, Phillies.

“The difference with this team,” says lifelong fan Mark Fischetti, 50, “is that we grew up with them. This team was built over time, and is going to hang around. We enjoyed the ‘93 (World Series) team, but they were just a bunch of castoffs.”

Growth strategy Dave Montgomery, 65, the Phillies’ president and CEO, looks outside his office window at Citizens Bank Park and sees people and construction.

Business is great, and about to get better, with the Philly Live! development being built across the street. There will be more restaurants, bars, a hotel — and more money for the Phillies.

The Phillies’ payroll, according to the Major League Baseball figures distributed to clubs in September, was a franchise-record $181.3 million. Only the Yankees have spent more this year ($215.8 million). And, to think, when Citizens Bank Park opened in 2004, the Phillies were getting revenuesharing money from higher-payroll clubs such as the Yankees and Red Sox. ”Thankfully, we’ve outgrown that,“ says Montgomery. ”We’re a market that should not be getting revenue sharing. But until we moved in, we were limited in revenue, and had to act like a small market.“ The Phillies have sold out 204 consecutive games, drawing 3.6 million fans this season, about 1.4 million more they they drew during their final season at Veterans Stadium. ”It’s the place to be in the city,“ says lifelong Phillies fan Barb Beck, 60. ”People come out to hang out and party at the games. You should see all of the single people.“ Says Rollins: ”I remember on a good night, our place (Veterans Stadium) was only half-empty. If we got 20,000 a night, it was good. But if it wasn’t opening day or a big ceremony, you could drop a pin on a chair and hear it rattle.“ During some moments at Citizens Bank Park, the crowd noise would make it diffcult to hear a cannon go off. At McFadden’s restaurant, located on the outside of the ballpark, people stream in at 1:30 in the afternoon, restaurant general manager John Bernardo says, just to get close to the action.

From a players’ perspective, former Cy Young winner Cliff Lee couldn’t wait to return to the team. Roy Halladay (in 2009) and Roy Oswalt (in 2010) each waived their no-trade clauses to play for the Phillies. ”It used to be a place where nobody wanted to pitch, but you don’t hear that

Phillies third base coach Juan Samuel runs from a champagne spray from Michael Martinez. The Phillies clinched the NL East against the Cardinals and now play them again in the NLDS. RICH SCHULTZ/GETTY IMAGES anymore,“ says Phillies reliever Brad Lidge, who joined the team in late 2007.

Lee spent just two months with the Phillies in 2009 before he was traded to the Seattle Mariners that winter. He was again traded — to the Texas Rangers — in July 2010. Once he became a free agent last winter, he turned down more money from the Yankees to sign a five-year, $120 million deal with Philadelphia.

“Everything about this place is firstclass,” says Lee, who lives in downtown Philadelphia. “My family and I love the city. They not only are great people here, but coming here, gave me the best chance to win, too.”

Players want to be here The Phillies’ recent eight-game losing streak — the longest by a team that already clinched a playoff berth — was an unwanted blast from the past.

“The talk-show radio and all of the fans were all saying, ‘Stick a fork in them, they’re done,’ “ Fischetti said. ”That’s the Phillies fans’ personality. They’re fatalistic. Now that they won a few, everyone’s OK, again.”

Charlie Manuel, who is 646-488 in seven years as manager, has relaxed the clubhouse mood, holding just one team meeting this year.

“They tried to fire me (on sports talk ra-

dio) every day for the first two years I was here,” Manuel says. “Now, when we lose a few games, they’re still trying to fire me.

That’s OK.” General manager Ruben Amaro Jr., who has been in his current role since November 2008, credits former GM Ed Wade for getting the dynasty started with shrewd drafts that produced Rollins (1996), second baseman Chase Utley (2000), first baseman Ryan Howard (2001) and starter Cole Hamels (2002), not to mention the hiring of Manuel. Wade resisted attempts to trade young talent. Amaro also feels indebted to Pat Gillick, who succeeded Wade in late 2005, and demonstrated the art of fine-tuning a team.

But it was slugger Jim Thome who may have changed the Phillies’ image. In 2002, Thome signed a six-year, $85 million freeagent contract . It was the deal, Montgomery and Amaro said, that showed the Phillies were serious about spending -- and winning. ”All I ever knew was Cleveland,“ says Thome, who signed the deal after playing 12 years with the Indians, ”but once I went to Philly, saw the city, the organization, and the vibe there just felt right. I really believe they had an unbelievable chance to a win a World Series. You hear Philly stories how the fans boo you and they’re nasty, well, those fans will cheer for you if you play the game right.“

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CONFIDENT CARDINALS St. Louis wants to make most of its new life against the Phillies

By R.B. FALLSTROM Associated Press

ST. LOUIS — As the euphoria of winning the National League wild card wore off in the wee hours of Thursday morning, the St. Louis Cardinals collectively took a deep breath.

Savoring a celebration that seemed more spontaneous than scripted, they’ll try to take the September groove no one thought they had in them into October.

St. Louis trailed Atlanta by 10½ games on Aug. 25, then won 23 of the last 31 games to finish its improbable charge. The Cardinals also owe the Phillies a tip of the cap for ending the season with a sweep of the Braves, who lost 18 of their last 27.

“To me, forever and ever, I have the Phillies in the highest regard,” manager Tony La Russa said. “It’s just not to think they won three games, but it’s the way they competed.”

But come this afternoon, the 102-win Phillies will be hosting a confident, 90-win club.

“It’s a great feeling to be able to come from so far down,” Lance Berkman said.

“We felt like we had a run like these in us, and we executed it just in the nick of time. ”And here we are.“ The Cardinals and Nationals were the only two National League teams to post a winning record against the Phillies. St. Louis took the season series 6-3 and took three of four on the road earlier this month.

Berkman batted .467 against the Phillies with two homers and seven RBIs. ”A lot is going to be made of the fact that we played pretty well against the Phillies this year, but with the playoffs it’s a different story,“ Berkman said. ”We just have to come out and try to be the team that we’ve been over the last month this year.

“If we do, we have a chance.”

La Russa remembers wondering at one point in August if the Cardinals would finish above .500 and relishes his ninth playoff appearance in16 years with St. Louis all the more. After trailing the Braves by 10½ games on Aug. 25, the Cardinals were 23-9 the rest of the way, taking nine of 10 series and sweeping the Braves and NL Centralchampion Brewers.

They won 16 of their last 21 to finally

The Cardinals' Lance Berkman (left) and Matt Holliday are looking forward to playing the Phillies. JEFF CURRY/GETTY IMAGES overtake the Braves, who are the first team in major league history to blow a lead of at least eight games for a playoff spot in September.

“We came from so far back,” La Russa said. “It’s nice to be part of history because the club deserved it. We were great for four months, and we had a little bad period, then we really came charging back. ”Adversity was something that we embraced.“ More adversity lingers for the postseason, with Matt Holliday (hand) and Rafael Furcal (hamstring) questionable for the Division Series opener. Holliday hasn’t played since leaving Tuesday’s game with a tendon strain, and Furcal was hurt on Monday.

Allen Craig has given the offense a big

boost in place of Holliday and finished with a .315 average, 11 homers and 40 RBIs in only 200 at-bats. Nick Punto is the replacement at shortstop if Furcal can’t go.

Kyle Lohse (14-8, 3.39) was set to start a one-game playoff on Thursday had the Cardinals and Braves tied. Now, he’ll start in the Division Series opener. Lohse endured alterations to the rotation that had him starting on long rest a handful of times after the All-Star break and was at his best in the final month, going 3-1 with a 1.37 ERA. He was 1-1 with a 1.76 ERA in two starts against the Phillies.

Chris Carpenter (11-9, 3.45) was 4-1 in September with two shutouts, including a two-hitter at Houston Wednesday night that clinched at least a tie for the wild card, and could go on three days’ rest in Game 2

Sunday.

The right-hander worked eight shutout innings at Philadelphia on Sept. 18 and totaled 40 innings in five starts the last month, finishing among the league leaders in innings.

Berkman’s comeback year helped the Cardinals overcome a so-so season by Albert Pujols — at least by the three-time NL MVP’s standards. Pujols batted .299 with 37 homers and 99 RBIs, the first time in his 11-year career that he didn’t bat .300 and didn’t drive in 100 runs. ”Say whatever they want, that those are not the type of numbers that I put up every year,“ Pujols said. ”I wish I could have contributed a little bit more.

“But you know what? We have a new life.”

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CAN BASEBALL TOP THAT?

Postseason has a lot to live up to after Wednesday’s show

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ou mean, that was just the warm-up act?

If baseball’s postseason can match Wednesday's midnight madness, Bud Selig should do a hula dance on top of a dugout.

Good thing the wild-card races came up with classic endings, since the divisional races had the drama of drying paint.

Average winning margin of the six champions: 9.7 games.

(We interrupt this program with a warning: Though adding a second wild card has its upside, if that was in force this year, Wednesday night never happens. Be careful what you wish for).

But now that September's Hollywood ending has given October a good shove, as pushers would a bobsled, what happens next? Here comes a postseason with enough plot lines to fill a Cineplex.

Some everybody expected, some nobody expected.

For every contender, a movie. » The Empire Strikes Back Starring the usual gang of pinstripers. A championship is the New York Yankees' manifest destiny — or at least the payroll’s manifest destiny — so every October begins with the assumption there’ll be a World Series in the Bronx, until someone proves there won't be.

And it’s been an eternity since the last one — more than 700 days.

Adding urgency to the Yankees' 50th postseason are the advancing years of Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera. Jeter hit .331 since coming off the disabled list July 4, and Rivera had

Mike Lopresti Commentary 44 saves, with an 0.55 ERA since Aug. 15. They still know their lines.

But sooner or later, the two future Cooperstown plaques must win a title for the last time. Now? » No Way Out Starring the Phillies, who have starting pitchers like Saudi Arabia has oil.

No other way to put this, but given their wad of talent and team 3.02 earned run average, they win it all or else. Just like the Miami Heat, and look how much fun they had finishing second.

The Phillies are light of ERA, but heavy of burden. » As Good as it Gets Starring the Milwaukee Brewers. They had a marvelous season and Prince Fielder was there to start all 162 games of it. But free agency looms, and the Brewers may never have the chance they have now. » Die Hard Starring the Tampa Bay Rays. Beware the team that believes it is touched by karma, and has reason to. The Rays survived a 1-8 start in April, a nine-game deficit in September, a .244 team batting average and a 7-0 Yankees lead Wednesday night.

What fool would deny they can overcome anything? Not this fool. » Bridesmaids Starring the Texas Rangers. How’d it feel playing in the first World Series in franchise history last year? Great. How’d it

The Rays' Evan Longoria ended the regular season in dramatic style with his walk-off, wild-card cliching home run.

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feel catching the Giants’ bouquet? Not that great.

They’ll want the rings this time, though Cliff Lee is pitching for another team, so someone else will have to shut down the American League. » Other People's Money Starring the St. Louis Cardinals. Whenever this ends, other teams can start stacking up the treasure to place before Albert Pujols. Since St. Louis without Pujols sounds like

St. Louis without Budweiser, the Cardinals’ have a scary future. But a 16-5 record since September 6 has made right now pretty exciting. » A Few Good Men Starring Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera and Jose Valverde. The Detroit Tigers will go just as far as these three take them; Verlander as the Cy Young dead lock, Cabrera as American League batting champion, and Valverde

the closer who went 49for-49 in save chances.

The Yankees will want to beat Verlander, control Cabrera and never, ever let a Detroit lead end up in Valverde's hands. » Raising Arizona Starring the Diamondbacks, who certainly did.

A year after losing 97 games, Arizona won its division with grit transfused from manager Kirk Gibson.

Fine timing for a reviv-

al, too, this being the 10th anniversary of Arizona's famous seven-game World Series conquest of the Yankees. Instead of Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling this time, there's Ian Kennedy, 10-14 in his career before this season but 21-4 in 2011.

A good story, though hardly the only one. October shines with promise.

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By JOHN MARSHALL Associated Press

PHOENIX — Asked whether he would

play up the underdog role to his upstart Arizona Diamondbacks, Kirk Gibson initially bristled.

“Who says we’re the underdog?” the grizzled manager fired back. “I don’t think we feel we are. That’s the most important thing.”

But, the more Gibson talked, the more it sounded like he was relishing the role of dark horse.

After perfecting the chip-on-the-shoulder thing during 17 big-league seasons, it seems Gibson doesn’t mind if his team plays that way, too.

“We don’t need credit from people with their comments,” he said. “We just need to validate ourselves through our performance and if we do, they won’t have a choice to give us the credit. And if we don’t? Then who cares. We’ll move on.”

Gibson instilled an us-against-them mindset from the first day of spring training, telling his players to become their own experts, let their hard work and play on the field dictate where the team was headed, not where others said they would go.

It couldn’t have worked out too much better.

Predicted to be headed toward another so-so year after a pair of 90-loss seasons, the Diamondbacks were one of the surprises of baseball, earning their first NL West title since 2007 on their way to winning 94 games.

Now, the team that had so few preseason expectations — even by some within the organization — is headed to the playoffs, opening the NLDS today at Milwaukee with ace Ian Kennedy facing Brewers right-hander Yovani Gallardo.

“The guys love it that way, flying under the radar so to speak,” said second baseman Aaron Hill, who came over to Arizona with shortstop John McDonald in a midsea-

D’backs hope Baylor returns

son trade with Toronto. “It’s been like that all year. They guys talked about how bad of a spring training it was and maybe they didn’t believe it was going to be this good, but at the same time they did all the little things right, kept grinding it out and never quit, and now we’re where we’re at.”

That never-quit attitude, one fostered

by Gibson, is a big reason Arizona got here.

“Just grinding it out, continuing with each pitch, that seems to be what we’ve done to the last out and what we’re going to continue to do,” Diamondbacks reliever Micah Owings said.

It still hasn’t earned Arizona much respect.

After spending most of the regular season as the underdogs, the Diamondbacks again are the team nobody is banking on, their odds of winning the World Series at 14-to-1 or worse.

Not that anyone in Arizona is complaining, particularly Gibson.

“It’s a good position to be in,” he said.

By CHRIS JENKINS Associated Press

MILWAUKEE — Arizona Diamondbacks batting coach Don Baylor was taken to a hospital after fainting at Miller Park on Friday morning.

Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers said Baylor had a “fainting episode” after eating breakfast in the clubhouse, and one of the team’s trainers caught him as he fell. Towers said Baylor was taken by ambulance to a hospital, accompanied by members of the team’s medical staff.

“Anytime somebody faints, loses consciousness for a while, it’s scary,” Towers said. “He’s a big part of this ballclub, means a lot to these players.

And hopefully everything turns out well and he’s in uniform tomorrow, hopefully helping us win a ballgame against a very good Brewers club.”

Towers said the 62-year-old Baylor was undergoing tests and the initial results were encouraging.

It is not clear whether Baylor will rejoin the team for today’s Game 1 against Milwaukee.

“We’d certainly like to have Don here, and hopefully he’s better, much better, this evening,” Towers said. “If not, we’re talking about bringing somebody up from our system in case he’s not able to be active for us tomorrow.

But we’re not going to do anything until we really find out we have.”

Towers said Baylor hadn’t shown any signs that he was feeling ill, either at a team dinner Thursday night or earlier Friday morning.

Baylor, who played 19 seasons in the major leagues and was the 1979 AL MVP with the California Angels, joined Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson’s staff in the offseason.

After managing the Chicago Cubs from 2000 to 2002, Baylor spent time on the coaching staffs of the Mets, Mariners and Rockies. Baylor managed the Rockies from 1993 to 1998.

Towers acknowledged that the episode was unsettling for a team preparing for the playoffs.

“You’re kind of getting ready for postseason play, and one of the coaches (who’s) been here all year long has a fainting episode like that, it kind of throws you off a little bit,” Towers said.

“But we’ve got our fingers crossed that everything will turn out well.”

Brewers’ moves pay off with playoffs

By CHRIS JENKINS Associated Press

MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers are a small-market team that thinks big.

Once again, it’s paying off with a trip to the playoffs.

Under principal owner Mark Attanasio and general manager Doug Melvin, the Brewers haven’t shied away from making high-profile moves to get marquee players. They traded for CC Sabathia in 2008, then acquired Zack Greinke and Francisco Rodriguez for this year’s playoff push.

And while the Brewers have given up plenty of prospects in the process, making the playoffs twice in the past four seasons is quite the accomplishment for a team whose fan base previously hadn’t had reason to watch October baseball since 1982.

“We’ve got to think big,” Melvin said recently. “The one thing with Mark, Mark wants to think big. We’ve done that, and we started that in 2008 when we got CC.” The midseason addition of Sabathia was the main reason the Brewers made the playoffs in 2008, but it didn’t last long. Milwaukee lost to the Phillies and Sabathia moved on to the New York Yankees.

Now facing an NL division series matchup with the Arizona Diamondbacks beginning this afternoon at Miller Park, the Brewers are out to prove they have some staying power.

Slugger Ryan Braun said the Brewers wouldn’t be where they are if they hadn’t moved for Greinke and another starter, Shaun Marcum, in the offseason.

“It’s definitely exciting,” Braun said.

“We’re not at this point if we don’t have the commitment from the front office, from ownership. They went out there this offseason and acquired two quality starting

Brewers starter Zack Greinke gave the staff an added boost this season.

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pitchers. I think that’s been the key to our success, I think that’s been the biggest reason for our turnaround from last year to this year is going out there and acquiring Zack Greinke and Shaun Marcum.”

It’s an ambitious attitude for a team that has to get by on a fraction of the local media revenue its big-city rivals rake in. But the Brewers don’t particularly like the term “small market,” and don’t use it as a crutch.

“We know who we are,” Melvin said.

“And you have to be able to find any way you can to procure players. … We have a very extensive pro scouting staff, too — larger than maybe some teams.”

They also have Attanasio’s blessing to pursue big-name players — helped, no doubt, by a surge in attendance that exceeded 3 million this season.

“They certainly have put together a great team which we’ve seen this year,” Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said of Attanasio and Melvin. “They’re never satisfied with it, they’re always looking to improve. Even when we’re on a roll. That shows me a lot. You can’t sit back and expect everything to go well. You have to keep trying to improve, try to go forward with things and see where you are, not just this year or next year but the year after. I think they’ve got a good vision for that.”

The Brewers do have financial limitations, of course.

While the team has tied down Braun, starter Yovani Gallardo and other key players to contracts, first baseman Prince Fielder is nearly certain to leave via free agency in the offseason.

Don Baylor joined the Diamondbacks coaching staff this season. ROB TRINGALI/GETTY IMAGES

DIAMONDBACKS AT BREWERS » Season series: Diamondbacks won 4-3 » Projected lineups: Diamondbacks: SS Willie Bloomquist (.266, 4 HRs, 23 RBIs, 20 SBs), 2B Aaron Hill (.315, 2, 16 in 124 ABs since trade from Toronto), RF Justin Upton (.289, 31, 88, 21 SBs, 39 2Bs, 125 BBs, 105 runs), C Miguel Montero (.282, 18, 86, 36 2Bs), CF Chris Young (.236, 20, 71, 38 2Bs), 1B Paul Goldschmidt (.250, 9, 26 in 156 ABs), 3B Ryan Roberts (.249, 19, 65, 25 2Bs), RF Gerardo Parra (.292, 8, 46).

Brewers: RF Corey Hart (.285, 26 HRs, 63 RBIs), CF Nyjer Morgan (.304, 4, 37), LF Ryan Braun (.332, 33, 111, 33 SBs), 1B Prince Fielder (.299, 38, 120), 2B Rickie Weeks (.269, 20, 49), 3B Casey McGehee (.223, 13, 67), SS Yuniesky Betancourt (.252, 13, 68), C Jonathan Lucroy (.265, 12, 59). » Projected rotations: Diamondbacks: RH Ian Kennedy (21-4, 2.88 ERA, 122 Ks, 222 IP), RH Daniel Hudson (16-12, 3.49, 169 Ks, 222 IP), LH Joe Saunders (12-13, 3.69), RH Josh Collmenter (10-10, 3.38). Brewers: RH Yovani Gallardo (17-10, 3.52 ERA, 207 Ks, 207 1-3 innings), RH Shaun Marcum (13-7, 3.54), RH Zack Greinke (16-6, 3.83, 201 Ks, 171 2-3 innings), LH Randy Wolf (13-10, 3.69). » Relievers: Diamondbacks: RH J.J. Putz (2-2, 2.17, 45/49 saves, 60 games, 61 Ks, 12 BBs), RH David Hernandez (5-3, 3.38, 77 Ks, 69 1-3 IP), LH Joe Paterson (0-3, 2.91), RH Brian Shaw (1-0, 2.54), RH Brad Ziegler (3-2, 2.16), LH Wade Miley (4-2, 4.50 in 8 games, 7 starts), RH Micah Owings (8-0, 3.57). Brewers: RH John Axford (2-2, 1.95, 46/48 saves, 74 games), RH Francisco Rodriguez (4-0, 1.86 in 31 games since trade from Mets; 6-2, 2.64, 23/29, 73 games overall), RH Takashi Saito (4-2, 2.03), RH LaTroy Hawkins (3-1, 2.42), RH Kameron Loe (4-7, 3.50, 72 games), RH Marco Estrada (4-8, 4.08), LH Chris Narveson (11-8, 4.45, 28 starts, 2 relief appearances). » Matchups: Young right-handers Kennedy and Hudson open against the powerful Milwaukee lineup in a hostile environment.

Kennedy made only one start against Milwaukee this season, blanking the Brewers through seven innings on four hits in Phoenix on July 21. … Hudson is 9-6 with a 3.17 ERA at home, 7-6 with a 3.86 ERA on the road. …

Hudson started at Miller Park on July 4 and lasted just four innings, allowing five runs and six hits. He got a no-decision when the Diamondbacks, as became their trademark, came back to win. … Gallardo was 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA against Arizona this year. He struck out 12 in 13 innings. … Arizona had more success against Wolf, who was 0-2 with a 6.08 ERA. …

SCHEDULE » Today: Arizona at Milwaukee, 2:07 » Sunday: Arizona at Milwaukee, 4:37 » Tuesday: Milwaukee at Arizona, TBD » x- Wednesday: Milwaukee at Arizona, TBD » x- Friday: Arizona at Milwaukee, TBD x-if necessary

Milwaukee pitchers allowed 10 home runs in seven games against Arizona this season, including three in Arizona’s July 21 victory.

The Brewers held the Diamondbacks without a homer only once. … As a team, the Brewers batted .245 in seven games against the Diamondbacks this year. … Fielder was 6 for 27 (.222) with 11 strikeouts and one home run against the Diamondbacks this year. … Hart was 4 for 29 (.138) vs. the Diamondbacks this year, but hit 3 home runs. … Braun played in only three of the Brewers’ games against the Diamondbacks this year and was 5 for 12 (.417) with 2 home runs, 4 RBIs and 4 walks. » Big picture: Diamondbacks: Arizona is by far the biggest surprise of the 2011 season, with general manager Kevin Towers and Kirk Gibson, in his first full season as manager, taking the ruins of consecutive last-place teams and putting together a club that has built a reputation for grind-it-out grit. It was enough to go for 94-68 and dethrone World Series champion San Francisco in the NL West. … The Diamondbacks had 48 come-frombehind victories. … The rotation has been paced by the 1-2 punch of Kennedy and Hudson, although Hudson faltered down the stretch. But the strength of the team often has been its offense, a balanced bunch with no single player relied on too heavily to provide the clutch hits. … Arizona was fourth in the NL in runs and fourth in HRs. … The Diamondbacks have reached the postseason in five of the franchise’s 14 years. … Putz, signed as a free agent after being a setup man with the Chicago White Sox, returned to the closer role he had in Seattle. His 45 saves are two shy of Jose Valverde’s franchise record and tied with Milwaukee’s John Axford for third-most in the majors. Putz ended the season with a franchise-best 24 straight saves. … The unpredictable Gibson has used 117 lineups. … The

Diamondbacks were 83-0 when leading after eight innings. … Montero led all NL catchers with 36 doubles and 86 RBIs. … Arizona had one of the worst bullpens in baseball history in 2010, compiling a 5.74 ERA. This year, with a virtual total housecleaning, the relievers compiled a 3.63 ERA. … So much will depend on how Kennedy handles the surroundings of Milwaukee. While he has been solid at home and on the road, Game 2 starter Hudson has pitched far better at home. If there is a Game 4, Gibson will either go with rookie Josh Collmenter or bring Kennedy back on short rest. … The Diamondbacks lineup is no powerhouse on paper, but its whole has been better than the sum of its parts. … Since SS Stephen Drew broke his ankle sliding into home on July 21, Arizona plugged the journeyman Bloomquist in the spot, with late acquisition John McDonald backing him up, and went 41-22 the rest of the way. … Since the acquisition of Hill and McDonald in a trade with Toronto on Aug. 23, Arizona went 25-9. …

The players don’t have much postseason experience, but the coaching staff sure does: bench coach Alan Trammell, hitting coach Don Baylor, pitching coach Charles Nagy, third base coach Matt Williams and first base coach Eric Young. Brewers: Milwaukee won its first division title since capturing the AL East in 1982, the year the franchise made its only World Series appearance. … Under rookie manager Ron Roenicke, Milwaukee (96-66) set a club record for wins. … The Brewers have the best home record in the majors at 57-24 and are conversely the only team in the postseason with a losing record on the road. …

Since July 16, the Brewers are 23-11 on the road. … It’s the fourth postseason appearance in the franchise’s 42-year history and second in the last four seasons. … Braun finished second for the NL batting title and signed a $105 million, five-year extension in April that keeps him under contract in Milwaukee until 2020. … Fielder can become a free agent this winter and is expected to leave town for a large payday. … Weeks severely sprained his left ankle on July 27, has missed six weeks and returned even though he remains limited, especially moving laterally. … Hart is hitting .302 with 14 HRs and 45 runs scored since taking over the leadoff spot from Weeks. …

Milwaukee used a 27-5 stretch beginning July 26 to go from third place to first by 10½ games in the NL Central. The Cardinals never came closer than 4½ games with seven to play. … Brewers GM Doug Melvin traded for Marcum and Greinke over the span of two

weeks in December. … Greinke missed the first month of the season after cracking a rib playing pickup basketball during spring training. … Melvin made two other notable trades, getting the eccentric Morgan just before the end of spring training and Rodriguez at the trade deadline. … The Brewers have managed to use just six starting pitchers all season with Narveson as the fifth starter and Estrada picking up the starts Greinke missed over the first month. … Axford has saved 42 straight and 70 of 75 opportunities since taking the role from Trevor Hoffman last May. … Milwaukee’s bullpen has a 1.14 ERA in 71 innings in September. … The Brewers had Fielder, Braun, Weeks and Hart, but now boast a much deep er rotation and bullpen than when they won the NL wild card on the last day of the 2008 season. That year, CC Sabathia made his final four starts on three days’ rest and the Brewers fell in four games to Philadelphia in the NLDS. WATCH FOR » Hudson in the Early Innings: The 23-year-old right-hander has a penchant for giving up runs early, then settling down. That might be trouble against the big-hitting Brewers. » Upton in the Spotlight: When he played in the 2007 playoffs, Upton had only recently been brought up from the minors and not much was expected of him. Now he is “the man” after enjoying the best season of his career. Still, he’s only 24 and has been known to press in the clutch. » Fielder Against the Shift: The 27-yearold first baseman is one of the league’s premier sluggers, but he went 1 for 14 in four games in his first taste of the postseason in 2008 and wasn’t a factor. He’ll likely face an infield shift early and often, and it’s unclear just how many good pitches he’ll see because most teams will walk him and face the weaker bottom of Milwaukee’s order. » Braun’s Big Swings: In 2008, he hit a go-ahead, two-run homer on the final day to lift Milwaukee into the postseason. Last week, he hit a go-ahead, three-run homer on the night the Brewers clinched and called it eerily similar. Braun’s flair for the dramatic is matched by his plate discipline. » Home-Field Advantage: Milwaukee, the smallest media market in the league, drew a franchise-record 3 million fans for the third time in four seasons and set an all-time attendance record this year (3,071,373). The Brewers sold out Miller Park 37 times.

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NEW YORK — The playoff opener between the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees was suspended because of rain in the second inning Friday night, probably wiping out the ace of each pitching staff for a few days.

Justin Verlander started for Detroit against CC Sabathia in a highly anticipated matchup between two of the game’s best pitchers. The score was tied at 1 in the middle of the second inning when play was halted.

According to a rule adopted by Major League Baseball two years ago, the game is not postponed. Instead, it will pick up Saturday night at the point of suspension — weather permitting — with the Yankees coming to bat in the second inning. The forecast calls for rain through late Saturday night.

Yankees manager Joe Girardi said rookie Ivan Nova will start tonight. He had been slated to go in Game 2, which was moved back to Sunday at 3:07 p.m., a scheduled day off in the best-of-five American League series.

Freddy Garcia will now get the ball in the second game instead of Game 3, Girardi said.

Doug Fister, the Tigers’ scheduled starter for Game 2, will pitch when Game 1 resumes.

Delmon Young homered for the Tigers and Alex Rodriguez had an RBI groundout, both in the first inning. All statistics from Friday night will count.

Verlander, who won the pitching version of the Triple Crown in the AL this season, threw 25 pitches in the first inning.

Rain began falling with Mark Teixeira at the plate, the eighth batter of the game.

The downpour intensified in the top of the second as Sabathia worked a perfect inning with a pair of strikeouts. Fans at Yankee Stadium scampered up the aisles for cover on the concourse, and a shimmering pool of water formed in front of home plate. Tigers second baseman Ryan Raburn shook the raindrops off his helmet tried to dry his bat by wiping it under his arm.

After the inning, all six umpires huddled with a member of the Yankee Stadium

The Yankees' CC Sabathia delivers a pitch in a heavy rain Friday. GETTY IMAGES grounds crew at the mound and then called for the tarp.

Fister came to Detroit in a midseason trade with a 3-12 record. Nova was sent to the minors in July as the odd man out in the Yankees’ rotation.

Now, both will finish Game 1 tonight.

“It’s been a whirlwind of emotions,” Fister said Friday at Yankee Stadium. “At the same time, it’s been something that I’m very grateful for. It’s something that’s taught me how to just kind of take things one step at a time. That’s the mindset I’m taking right now. Just kind of keep moving forward one step at a time. Things will take care of themselves.”

Fister arrived from Seattle with a deceptive record. He made 21 starts for the underperforming Mariners, had the lowest run support among AL pitchers at 1.97 runs per game and a 3.33 ERA when he was dealt on July 30.

Tigers manager Jim Leyland had no

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idea what he was getting when Detroit acquired the 6-foot-8 right-hander and reliever David Pauley for outfielder Casper Wells, infielder Francisco Martinez and left-hander Charlie Furbush.

Leyland learned quickly. Fister won his

first start and went 8-1 with a 1.79 ERA for Detroit.

“Certainly when we got him I didn’t know he would end up starting the second game of the playoffs,” Leyland said. “But as it turned out, I felt like he and Justin (Verlander) were our hottest pitchers.

That’s the way we decided to go.”

Max Scherzer will start Game 3 for Detroit and Rick Porcello would get the ball for Game 4.

Nova was plucked away from the Yankees by San Diego in the 2008 winter meeting draft, then returned the following March. He was pitching well in the difficult AL East, going 8-4 with a 4.12 ERA, when he was sent to Triple-A Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre on July 3 to make room for Phil Hughes, who was coming off the disabled list.

When the right-hander returned, he was determined to stay. Nova finished with a 16-4 record, the most wins among major league rookies this year.

“I think I was more aggressive. I was getting ahead on everybody every time I can,” Nova said. “I came here with another mindset: I don’t want to go back to the minor leagues. I was making sure to do everything possible to not go back to the minors again.” » Penny plays Jim Leyland surprised a few people when he put right-hander Brad Penny on his division series roster.

Penny was 11-11 with a 5.30 ERA in 31 starts for Detroit. He had the highest ERA among the 94 qualifying pitchers in the majors (162 or more innings).

No matter, Leyland was proud of his decision.

“I really think in the end, I think this is what we stand for,” Leyland said. “Brad Penny took the ball every five days. He pitched 180 innings. You can say what you want about his statistics, whatever. He pitched 180 innings for the Detroit Tigers this year in the No. 5 spot —180 innings and won11 games. That’s pretty good for a fifth starter. I think you have to do things right, and I think he deserved to be on this roster.”

With Rick Porcello getting the Game 4 start, if necessary, the 32-year-old Penny will work out of the bullpen in his third trip to the postseason.

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PHOENIX The goggles covered his reddened eyes, partly to protect against the stinging champagne in the raucous Arizona Diamondbacks clubhouse, but also to camouflage his emotions.

Two years ago, Ian Kennedy was nothing more than a nondescript, injured pitcher in the New York Yankees’ food chain, shipped to the desert as part of a sevenplayer, three-team trade that also involved the Detroit Tigers.

Today, Kennedy is a 21-game winner with the National League West Division champion Diamondbacks.

“I’m not sure it could have worked out any better,” Kennedy says.

Who could have envisioned that a trade consummated Dec. 8, 2009, could have such a dramatic impact on the 2011 postseason?

It has helped produce three division champions, an MVP candidate, a Cy Young Award candidate, a center-field Gold Glove candidate, a 16-game winner, a 14game winner and two key left-handed relievers.

And a new office scanner.

There were nearly 100 telephone conversations during the six-week trade talks, a back-stairs rendezvous, late nights, ruined holidays and more stops and starts than one encounters in rush-hour traffic.

“I’ve never been in anything like it,” Tigers president-general manager David Dombrowski says.

The Yankees, behind MVP candidate Curtis Granderson — whose 41 homers are the most by a Yankees center fielder since Mickey Mantle in 1961 — won the American League East title and clinched the best record in the AL. The Tigers, who won their first division title since 1987, say it never would have been possible without acquiring front-line starter Max Scherzer, center fielder Austin Jackson, and lefthanded relievers Phil Coke and Daniel Schlereth.

“This was a deal that almost didn’t happen,” Yankees general manager Brian Cashman says, “and now you wonder where we’d all be if it didn’t.” » Granderson breaks out The trade talks were instigated because of Granderson’s surprising availability, although the Yankees, particularly Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson, who works in their front office, argued they were making a mistake trading Austin Jackson.

“I remember getting a call from Cashman before Game 1 of the World Series,”

Diamondbacks starter Ian Kennedy has had a career year. RALPH FRESO/GETTY IMAGES Dombrowski says. “I said, ”Hey, shouldn’t you be getting ready for the World Series? “’ Cashman, who heard that the Tigers were looking to save money and might be shopping Granderson, said he didn’t want to be left out of the talks.

The Yankees won the World Series in six games against the Philadelphia Phillies, but Cashman thought they were getting old, and he wanted to reduce payroll.

Granderson, now 30, had just hit 30 homers at spacious Comerica Park, he was athletic and speedy, he was young, and he was under financial control through 2013, guaranteed $25.75 million. ”Now, did I think Curtis would do this?“ Cashman says. ”No. I told our ownership we’re getting an above-average center fielder who’s left handed.“ Granderson, whose biggest weakness was hitting left-handed pitching, changed his batting stance with help from hitting coach Kevin Long, started wearing contacts and now has 16 homers against lefties. It’s the most homers against lefties by a Yankees left-handed hitter since Don

Mattingly hit 18 in 1985 when he won the MVP, an award that could soon be in the basement of Granderson’s parents’ home in Chicago. » Dominant Kennedy Kennedy, 26, the Yankees’ 2006 firstround pick out of the University of Southern California, was at his parents’ home in California when he received a text from a Yankees writer.

Kennedy’s phone soon lit up with text messages from friends and family. He saw his name scrolled across the Internet. Still, no word from the Yankees. He figured it was just gossip.

The call came from Cashman the next day. They hated giving him up, but Cashman told him that after missing most of the 2009 season with an aneurysm near his right shoulder and now having to try to crack a World Series championship rotation, maybe it would be easier for him to rebuild his career in the pitching-friendly NL West. The division is a pitcher’s heaven, producing nine of the last 12 Cy Young winners. ”It was bittersweet. I never wanted to

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“We were concerned about (Brandon) Webb’s health and were looking for two starters. When I talked to Dave, he said, ‘We might talk about Edwin Jackson or Granderson.’ We figured Granderson would be a logical spot for the Yankees, but we wanted Jackson. So I called Cash, and said, ‘If we put a three-way together like this, would it be something you’d consider?’”

Says Cashman: “Josh brought a lot of creativity. He said, ‘I can solve your problem. I can solve Dave’s problem. And I can solve my problem.’” » Tigers GM weathers storm Granderson was the Tigers’ most popular player. And Edwin Jackson was coming off an All-Star season. Yet the Tigers wanted to get younger and cheaper.

So they traded two All-Stars and received three young pitchers and Austin Jackson, then 22, who was supposed to be the Yankees’ future center fielder .

Scherzer, 27, who along with Schlereth, 25, were first-round picks, never saw the trade coming. He had a lengthy discussion with Byrnes about the offseason, he said, and figured he’d be a fixture in the rotation.

“I was shocked,” he says. “I found out while on the Internet. ”You can’t help but take it personal. It’s not something where I was looking to prove them wrong, but I wanted to show that I was a big-league pitcher and belonged.

“Maybe, as it turned out, we all had something to prove.”

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ARLINGTON, Texas — Matt Moore was

the ultimate wild card.

Making only his second major league start, Moore looked like an ace in pitching seven innings of two-hit ball Friday as the improbable Tampa Bay Rays opened the real playoffs with a 9-0 victory over the defending AL champion Texas Rangers.

Kelly Shoppach homered twice and drove in five runs, Johnny Damon also homered and Tampa Bay dominated the whole way behind their 22-year-old rookie pitcher.

“I may have looked a little more calm than I was, especially early. The first inning, I had a little bit of nerves and adrenaline going,” Moore said.

“But these guys made it really easy for me, putting up those numbers. Looking up there after the fourth, I think it was 8-0, it was just a matter of throwing strikes and getting out of the innings as fast as possible,” he said.

The Rays played for the first time since their dramatic rally on the final day of the regular season. Since Tampa Bay needed every out simply to overcome Boston’s nine-game lead in the last 3½ weeks to win the wild card, manager Joe Maddon had to focus on getting this far over trying to set up his pitching rotation.

When Maddon had to pick a rested starter for Game1of the AL division series rematch, he had no qualms of going with the lefty who made his first start last week at Yankee Stadium and struck out 11 in five scoreless innings.

And just that quickly, Moore has gone from top pitching prospect to postseason phenom. Facing the AL’s top-hitting team, Moore struck out six and walked two.

“He was outstanding,” Maddon said.

“Pounding the strike zone right there with all of his pitches gave him and me and us a lot more confidence in the moment. He’s got that kind of composure. ... You can’t be more impressed. What he did tonight was

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Rays pitcher Matt Moore went seven innings and allowed only two hits in Game1. RONALD spectacular.”

Rookie Brandon Gomes and Wade Davis both pitched a hitless inning in relief to complete the first shutout in Rays postseason history.

Game 2 is tonight. James Shields will start for the Rays against Derek Holland.

Moore, who had thrown only 9 1⁄3 innings in the majors before this start, took a deep breath before his first pitch. He was smiling by the late innings and greeted by hugs and high-fives in the Rays dugout after he had thrown his last pitch — he threw 98 in

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No pitcher had ever started a postseason opener with only one previous career start until the seemingly unfazed Moore took the mound at Rangers Ballpark.

Having the youngster on the mound led to another important decision for Maddon, who opted to go with the light-hitting Shoppach behind the plate.

The catcher from nearby Fort Worth homered twice off Rangers ace left-hander C.J. Wilson and matched a Rays post-

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The Rangers won that series, helped by Cliff Lee, and then went on to beat the Yankees in the AL championship before losing to San Francisco in five games in the World Series. Texas is only 3-9 in postseason games at Rangers Ballpark.

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Rays light up Rangers’ Wilson

Tampa scores 8 runs in 5 innings off Texas starter Associated Press

C.J. Wilson wanted to lead the Texas Rangers the way Cliff Lee did last postseason.

It didn’t work out, at least not in Game 1.

Wilson gave up eight runs in five innings and Texas’ powerful lineup looked meek against one of the most inexperienced pitchers in playoff history, sending the Rangers to a 9-0 loss to Tampa Bay in the opener of the AL division series Friday.

Wilson was tagged for the most runs since he was a rookie in 2005, a horrible feat for a guy looking for a big contract this offseason. The left-hander gave up his first homer to a lefty batter since May 31, then his first three-run homer since May 9.

He wound up allowing three multiple-run homers, after giving up only four such drives all season.

“The ball was kind of squirting out, not going where I wanted it to,” Wilson said. “I had some decent speed on the ball, my cutter was OK, but my location was bad.”

Equally jarring for Texas was its hitters getting shut down by Matt Moore, a hard-throwing rookie left-hander who’d thrown only 9 1-3 innings in the big leagues. The Rangers had only two hits over seven innings against him, both by Josh Hamilton. Only a single runner got as far as third base.

The fourth through seventh hitters — Michael Young, Adrian Beltre, Mike Napoli and Nelson Cruz — went a combined 0 for 14. The biggest surprise was Napoli going 0 for 3 with two strikeouts considering he hit .383 after the All-Star break and .407 in seven games against the Rays this season.

“We talked about it in our meetings that (Moore’s) a little erratic. But he didn’t seem that way today,” Hamilton said. “It was out of character for us to not jump on the pitches we saw.”

The home team losing should be no surprise considering the visitors won all five postseason games when these teams met last year. Texas will try to reverse that trend in Game 2 on Saturday night, with Derek Holland facing Tampa Bay’s James Shields.

Wilson noted the Rangers lost Game 1

Rangers pitcher C.J. Wilson gave up the most runs in a game since he was a rookie in 2005. TOM PENNINGTON/GETTY IMAGES of the ALCS to the Yankees last year, but won the series.

“We have always bounced back, and we will bounce back,” manager Ron Washington said. “We have a five-game series here.

They got the first one. I don’t think it matters if they won 1-0 or 9-0. We got beat. We can take that. We’ll bounce back tomorrow.”

In this round last year, Lee allowed only two runs over 16 innings in two starts against the Rays, carrying the Rangers to the first playoff series win in franchise history and putting them on their way to their first World Series. He left in free agency, but Texas won a franchise-best 96 games this season and Wilson led the way with 16 victories.

Still, Wilson took the mound Friday knowing he needed to be Lee-like this postseason to prove he’s among the true aces in baseball. History was on his side considering the first shutout of his career came against the Rays just a few weeks ago, and he’d given up only five runs over three

starts against them this season.

But the runs came early and often. Tampa Bay scored three runs in the second inning, three more in the third and two in fifth.

Johnny Damon got it started with a tworun homer — “I think it was the first time he’s ever pulled it off me,” Wilson said — then Kelly Shoppach drove in the next five runs with a pair of homers, each going more than 410 feet.

“Johnny hitting that home run helped people relax,” said Shoppach, who became the first hitter with three career homers against Wilson. “When any pitcher, no matter who it is, is falling behind hitters and they get a chance to get a better chance at getting a fastball to hit, you get a chance to do some damage.”

After Shoppach’s second homer, Wilson shook his head, then swiped his red glove across the rubber, as if he was hitting a reset button. Team president Nolan Ryan watched from the front row with a steely look, his arms crossed.

Wilson retired the next batter, then heard a smattering of boos as he headed to the dugout, perhaps for the last time as a member of the Rangers.

He gave up seven hits, walked one and hit a batter. Two of his runs were unearned because of a throwing error by Beltre, a Gold Glove third baseman, with two out and nobody on base in his final inning.

Wilson said nothing bothered him coming in, not having pitched 3½ days before, the pressure of the postseason and impending free agency or the unusual 4 p.m. game time.

“It felt just like a home start,” Wilson said. “I slept fine. Everything was normal. … It just all gets back to bad location.”

The meltdown continues a downward trend for Wilson in the postseason.

He threw 6 1⁄3 shutout innings in winning Game 2 against Tampa Bay last year, got a no-decision in Game 1 of the ALCS, then lost his next two starts. So this makes him a loser in three straight postseason starts, and Texas a loser in his last four.

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TOUCHING MOMENT Son of fan who died after falling from stands throws out first pitch

By JAIME ARON Associated Press

ARLINGTON, Texas — With fans on their feet, many with tears in their eyes, 6-yearold Cooper Stone stood on the pitcher’s mound and tossed the ceremonial first pitch of the playoffs to his favorite player, Josh Hamilton.

Cooper is the boy who saw his firefighter father fall to his death while trying to catch a ball thrown to him by Hamilton during a Texas game July 7. This was his first trip back to Rangers Ballpark, and it came on center stage, with his widowed mother, Jenny, and Rangers president Nolan Ryan by his side.

Wearing a Rangers jersey featuring Hamilton’s No. 32, and “Cooper” between the shoulders, the boy threw the ball on a line to Hamilton, who was standing about halfway to home plate. The outfielder — who has been through his share of personal struggles — pumped his fist, then jogged to the front of the mound and embraced the boy, then his mother.

Jenny Stone appeared to thank Hamilton while trying to keep her emotions under control. They spoke for about a minute, then hugged again. Hamilton gave Cooper another hug, too, then started heading to the dugout, only to realize he still had the ball. So Hamilton reached back and gave it to Cooper, then jogged off.

A security guard met Cooper as he reached the dirt in front of the dugout and gave him a fist bump. Nelson Cruz was the first of many Rangers waiting at the steps of the dugout to slap hands with the boy.

His mother wiped tears as she walked away with Ryan.

“They have turned a difficult return to The Ballpark into a once-in-a-lifetime experience for Cooper,” Jenny Stone said in a statement issued by the team. “Nothing could be more exciting for a boy than throwing out the first pitch to his favorite player. We are glad and grateful to be here to see the Rangers start their march to the World Series.”

Cooper, his mom and six more in their group sat in front-row seats one section closer to home plate than Ryan. When Hamilton singled in his first at-bat, Cooper jumped up and down, twirling a red towel.

“We’re just honored that they were willing to come out and do that and share the

day with us,” Ryan said.

Shannon Stone was reaching for the ball thrown by Hamilton when he fell headfirst about 20 feet, landing on concrete behind the outfield wall. Cooper was his only child, and the two were extremely close, with the nearly 3-hour drive from their home in Brownwood to Rangers games among their favorite activities together.

The Rangers recently announced plans to build a statue of Shannon and Cooper Stone outside the home-plate entrance as a tribute to them, and to all fans. The team hopes to unveil it by opening day next season. The club also is planning to raise the railing throughout the stadium.

A memorial fund started by the team on the family’s behalf recently received more than $150,000 from an auction sponsored

by Fox Sports Southwest, the team’s main broadcaster.

“I call (Jenny) periodically just to see how she’s doing and see if they have any needs that we might be able to assist with,” Ryan said. “It’s been ongoing since the accident.”

Ryan also discussed with Jenny Stone the best time for Cooper to return to the stadium.

The boy wanted to come sooner, but Jenny “wasn’t ready to deal with it,” Ryan said. However, she realized that coming back “was in (Cooper’s) best interests, because this is what he was wanting to do.”

A few weeks ago, Ryan called to invite them for the final homestand. Knowing the playoffs were likely, he also invited them to not only come to the game, but to throw out the first pitch. The Rangers played the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 1 of their AL division series, which also happened to be the first game of the entire postseason.

“He represents what we believe we’re about and he is a very dyed-in-the-wool Ranger fan,” Ryan said.

Ryan also made sure Hamilton felt comfortable being part of this. The reigning AL MVP is a recovering substance abuser whose career nearly was derailed by the troubles.

“I went to Josh before we decided anything and asked Josh how he felt about it, because I didn’t want to put Josh in any awkward position,” Ryan said.

The family has shunned media attention, and the team has supported its wishes.

Cooper Stone, son of Shannon Stone who died from injuries suffered from falling out of the stands at Rangers Ballpark, talks with the Rangers' Josh Hamilton after he threw out the ceremonial first pitch Friday. GETTY IMAGES

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