Matt Breen
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The Phillies have Zack Wheeler, Aaron Nola, and no excuse not to finish a comeback vs. Braves (opens the original)
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The Phillies have Aaron Nola and Zack Wheeler lined up Thursday to face the Braves in Game 3, a game that seemed unlikely to be played when Bryce Harper lost that fly ball in the afternoon sun. But we know what happened next. Attaâ boy, Harper. Now the Phils have every advantage to become just the fourth team in the new postseason format to win a wild-card series after dropping Game 1. The key to winning this series was forcing a third game as Atlanta entered the playoffs unsure who would be i
Donât blame Don Mattingly for the Philliesâ Game 1 collapse. Can the season be saved? (opens the original)
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He was right Tuesday to use Jhoan Duran in the seventh inning to protect a one-run lead against the top of Atlantaâs lineup in their 5-3 loss in Game 1 of their wild-card playoff series. The Phillies couldnât get to the ninth inning unless they got through the seventh, and Duran needed just 12 pitches. That inning against Drake Baldwin and Ronald Acuna Jr. was the highest-leverage situation of the game. Duran was the right pitcher for that spot. Mattinglyâs decision to send Duran back for
Itâs hard to believe in the Phillies, but hereâs three reasons they can beat the Braves (opens the original)
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The Phillies have won 88 or more games just 23 times in their 144-year history. And I canât imagine any of those 23 seasons were more maddening than the last six months. Well, maybe that 1964 season was. But we donât need to rehash that right now. The Phils have given you enough reasons this month to doubt that they can win twice in Atlanta and keep this thing going. They still donât have a cleanup hitter, the bullpen is thinner than the new-look Joel Embiid, they lost their second-to-last
Bill Giles, former Phillies owner who helped create Phillie Phanatic, died at 92 (opens the original)
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Bill Giles, the longtime Phillies executive who helped create the Phillie Phanatic and used a tightrope walker to sell tickets before becoming a part owner, died Friday. He was 92. Mr. Giles joined the Phillies in 1969, just as they were readying to move to Veterans Stadium. The team lacked star power, but it was Mr. Gilesâ job to fill the seats when the cavernous stadium opened in April of 1971. So Mr. Giles, the son of a Hall of Fame baseball executive, got creative. Karl Wallenda walked a t
Merrill Reese wants to broadcast Eagles games âforever.â His wife helps him stay sharp after 50 years. (opens the original)
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Merrill Reese sat in his living room chair, awaiting the rapid-fire questions from his wife as she prepared the longtime Eagles broadcaster for another game. âThirty-one,â said Cindy Reese, reading off an index card listing Cincinnati Bengals running backs. Reese â who begins his 50th season on Sunday as the voice of the Eagles â needed a moment to think. Cindy, who has a doctorate in education and spent 20 years teaching middle schoolers, quizzes him the night before each game on the op
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