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Philadelphia Phillies' Jimmy Rollins hits a home run during the first inning in Game 5 of the National League baseball championship series against the Los Angeles Dodgers Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Rollins, Hamels lead Phillies into World Series

AP - 10 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES - Jimmy Rollins got the Phillies rollin' with a leadoff homer and they kept right on going. Next stop, the World Series.

  • Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cole Hamels throws a pitch during the sixth inning in Game 5 of the National League baseball championship series against the Los Angeles Dodgers Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
    Hamels' earns NLCS MVP AP - 19 minutes ago

    LOS ANGELES - Cole Hamels dominated the Dodgers in winning the opener and clincher of the NL championship series.

  • Philadelphia Phillies' closer Brad Lidge (54) celebrates with catcher Carlos Ruiz as the Los Angeles Dodgers watch from the dugout in Game 5 of the NLCS playoff series in Los Angeles October 15, 2008. (Danny Moloshok/Reuters)
    Phillies beat Dodgers to reach World Series Reuters - 21 minutes ago

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Philadelphia Phillies advanced to their first World Series in 15 years after wrapping up the National League Championship Series with a 5-1 Game Five win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday.

  • A salute to those who helped build a champion The Sporting News - 33 minutes ago

    LOS ANGELES -- They'll be toasting the Phillies from now 'til Wednesday, and maybe longer depending on the outcome of the World Series. As the champagne flies, someone should be sure to toast the Phillies' amateur scouts.

  • Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Scott Kazmir answers questions during a press conference before the team's practice for Game 5 of the American League baseball championship series against the Boston Red Sox in Boston, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008. Kazmir is scheduled to start Game 5. Tampa Bay leads the best-of-seven series 3-1 games. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
    Rays switch to Kazmir in Game 5 against Red Sox AP - Wed Oct 15, 7:36 PM ET

    BOSTON - The Tampa Bay Rays are giving Scott Kazmir the chance to pitch them into the World Series. The 24-year-old left-hander was moved up in the rotation so he could start in the potential AL pennant clincher against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night at Fenway Park. The move keeps Kazmir on his regular rest and bumps scheduled starter James Shields to the if-necessary Game 6 at home Saturday.

  • Ken Griffey Jr. has left knee scoped AP - Wed Oct 15, 7:13 PM ET

    CHICAGO - White Sox outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee this week.

  • Philadelphia Phillies' Cole Hamels pitches during first inning baseball action in Game 1 of the National League championship series Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar/Pool)
    Phillies, Rays are 1 game away from World Series AP - Wed Oct 15, 7:24 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES - The Philadelphia Phillies meet the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight, with the Phils and the Tampa Bay Rays just one game away from a date in the World Series. The Rays and Boston Red Sox resume their series tomorrow.

  • Rays lead Red Sox 5-1 after 3 innings AP - Tue Oct 14, 9:19 PM ET

    BOSTON - Carlos Pena, Evan Longoria and Willie Aybar kept Tampa Bay's power surge going with homers over the Green Monster, giving the Rays a 5-1 lead over the Boston Red Sox after three innings of Game 4 of the AL championship series Tuesday night.

  • Philadelphia Phillies' Geoff Jenkins (10) and Pat Burrell (5) congratulate Matt Stairs after Stairs hit a two run home run during the eighth inning in Game 4 of the National League baseball championship series against the Los Angeles Dodgers Monday, Oct. 13, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
    Stairs shuns limelight after clutch HR AP - Tue Oct 14, 8:20 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - One day after hitting the most significant home run of his career, Matt Stairs went about his business as though nothing ever happened — which helps explain why he's still around at age 40 after 12 full seasons in the big leagues.

  • A June 16, 1997 file photo shows former Chicago Cubs pitcher Kevin Foster delivering a pitch during an interleague baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago. On Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, Foster died in an Oklahoma City hospital after a six-month bout with renal cell carcinoma. He was 39. (AP Photo/Frank Polich, File)
    Former pitcher Kevin Foster dies at 39 AP - Tue Oct 14, 8:10 PM ET

    CHICAGO - Kevin Foster, who spent seven years in the majors pitching mostly for the Chicago Cubs, has died of cancer. He was 39.

  • Ellsbury, Baldelli sit for Game 4 of ALCS AP - Tue Oct 14, 8:08 PM ET

    BOSTON - The Boston Red Sox are putting slumping leadoff man Jacoby Ellsbury on the bench.

  • In this Dec. 13, 2007 file photo, former major league baseball player Jose Canseco exits the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York. Canseco was held for nearly 10 hours by immigration authorities, at San Diego's San Ysidro border crossing Thursday, after agents said they stopped the former baseball star as he attempted to bring a fertility drug from Mexico, his lawyer said Friday Oct. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File)
    Canseco charged with misdemeanor drug smuggling AP - Tue Oct 14, 7:28 PM ET

    SAN DIEGO - Jose Canseco was charged in federal court Tuesday with a misdemeanor offense of trying to bring a fertility drug across the border from Mexico.

  • Boston Red Sox's Mike Lowell sits in the dugout during an American League championship series baseball practice Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008 in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Boston Red Sox take on the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 1 on Friday. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
    Boston 3B Lowell out for year, set for hip surgery AP - Tue Oct 14, 7:27 PM ET

    BOSTON - Mike Lowell will undergo surgery on his right hip Monday, depriving the Red Sox of last year's World Series MVP for the rest of their season.

  • Beeston returns to Blue Jays as interim CEO AP - Tue Oct 14, 4:07 PM ET

    TORONTO - Paul Beeston returned to the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday as interim chief executive officer, and will work with outgoing president Paul Godfrey to hire a successor before the 2009 season.

  • Yankees fire Meacham, Monteleone AP - Tue Oct 14, 3:03 PM ET

    NEW YORK - Third-base coach Bobby Meacham and special pitching instructor Rich Monteleone were fired Tuesday by the New York Yankees.

  • Cardinals star Albert Pujols has elbow surgery AP - Mon Oct 13, 7:40 PM ET

    ST. LOUIS - Albert Pujols had elbow surgery Monday and the St. Louis Cardinals star is expected to be ready for spring training.

  • Los Angeles Dodgers' Russell Martin, left, and manager Joe Torre hold back Manny Ramirez during a bench clearing incident during the third inning in Game 3 of the National League baseball championship series Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
    4 players, 3 coaches fined for NLCS fracas AP - Mon Oct 13, 6:55 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Manny Ramirez and Dodgers teammate Hiroki Kuroda were among four players fined Monday by Major League Baseball for the Game 3 fracas between Los Angeles and the Philadelphia Phillies during the NL championship series.

  • Royals hire Gibbons, Seitzer as coaches AP - Mon Oct 13, 5:34 PM ET

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Former Toronto manager John Gibbons returned to the majors Monday when he was hired by the Kansas City Royals to be their bench coach.

  • Benches clear in NLCS after high pitch AP - Mon Oct 13, 12:55 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Both benches and bullpens cleared Sunday night in Game 3 of the NL championship series, moments after Los Angeles Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda threw a pitch over Shane Victorino's head.

  • Philadelphia Phillies starter Jamie Moyer walks off the mound after being taken out of the game during the second inning in Game 3 of the National League baseball championship series against the Los Angeles Dodgers Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
    Moyer rocked by Dodgers in first inning AP - Mon Oct 13, 12:39 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Jamie Moyer sure looked his age against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

  • Dodgers chase Moyer, benches clear in testy Game 3 AP - Sun Oct 12, 10:31 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Blake DeWitt capped a five-run first inning with a bases-loaded triple against Jamie Moyer, and the Los Angeles Dodgers built a 7-1 lead over the Philadelphia Phillies after six innings Sunday night during a testy Game 3 in the NL championship series.

  • Boston Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett walks off the mound after being relieved by manager Terry Francona for pitcher Javier Lopez in fifth inning baseball action in Game 2 of the American League championship series in St. Petersburg, Fla., Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
    Beckett struggles again in Game 2 of ALCS AP - Sun Oct 12, 2:19 AM ET

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Josh Beckett's reputation as a postseason ace is taking a beating.

  • In this Sept. 2, 1999 file photo, fans walk into Tiger Stadium at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull, in Detroit. More than 94 percent of the demolished part of the stadium is being recycled which includes over 11.4 million pounds of steel and almost 17.4 million pounds of concrete and other debris. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, file)
    Tiger Stadium preservationists meet deadline AP - Fri Oct 10, 11:25 PM ET

    DETROIT - What remains of Tiger Stadium will remain standing at least until March 1 while preservationists raise money to renovate the stadium and reopen it as a recreational and educational complex.

  • Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel talks with Los Angeles Dodgers' Manny Ramirez before Game 2 of the National League championship series Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
    Manuel's mother dies before Game 2 of NLCS AP - Fri Oct 10, 10:04 PM ET

    PHILADELPHIA - A grieving Charlie Manuel was in the dugout for the Philadelphia Phillies' 8-5 win over the Dodgers in Game 2 of the NL championship series Friday, hours after his mother died.

  • Kansas City Royals raise ticket prices AP - Fri Oct 10, 7:07 PM ET

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City Royals are raising prices on most of their tickets for 2009.

  • Construction crews continue demolishing Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Monday, Sept. 15, 2008. Bits and pieces of the old baseball stadium may soon turn up in the body of a new Ford F-150 truck or underneath a freshly paved Wal-Mart parking lot in the suburbs. More than 94 percent of the demolished part of the stadium is being recycled which includes over 11.4 million pounds of steel and almost 17.4 million pounds of concrete and other debris. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
    Tiger Stadium's 2nd life may be in new cars, roads AP - Fri Oct 10, 6:28 PM ET

    DETROIT - Going to a baseball game in Detroit used to mean heading to Michigan and Trumbull, the intersection that became shorthand for Tiger Stadium. Go there today, and all that remains is a small slice of the arena that once drew throngs of fans to see legends like Ty Cobb and Hank Greenberg play.

  • Padres downplay sale report AP - Thu Oct 9, 10:58 PM ET

    SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Padres dismissed as "highly speculative" a report that owner John Moores will sell 49 percent of the team as part of a divorce settlement with wife Becky.

  • New York Mets pitcher Ambiorix Burgos, left, holds a cell phone to his ear as he is escorted by a police officer in front of a police station, in Nagua, northeastern Dominican Republic, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. Burgos turned himself in on Oct. 7, a week after police say he was involved in a hit-and-run accident that killed two women. Eudosia Ruane, mother of 29-year-old Angely Fana, told the AP she filed a report with police alleging homicide. An arrest warrant had been issued for the 24-year-old reliever, who disappeared after the Sept. 30 accident that killed Fana and Josefina Minaya, 38. (AP Photo/Jorge Cruz)
    Mets' Burgos jailed for 3 months ahead of trial AP - Thu Oct 9, 5:13 PM ET

    NAGUA, Dominican Republic - New York Mets pitcher Ambiorix Burgos will be jailed for three months while awaiting trial for a hit-and-run accident that killed two women.

  • Baker to manage son's youth team AP - Thu Oct 9, 12:23 PM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO - Dusty Baker is going back to youth baseball.

  • Boston Red Sox's Daisuke Matsuzaka smiles during practice at Fenway Park in Boston Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008 in preparation for Game 1 of the American League championship series against the Tampa Bay Rays. Matsuzaka will start game one for the Red Sox. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
    Dice-K gets ball in ALCS opener vs. Rays AP - Thu Oct 9, 6:18 AM ET

    BOSTON - Daisuke Matsuzaka will be on the mound for the Red Sox when the AL championship series begins Friday night against the Tampa Bay Rays.

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