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New York Post (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
By BART HUBBUCH Loading new images... Posted: 2:48 amOctober 9, 2008PHILADELPHIA - Davey Lopes has had enough of Black Friday, thank you very much. The Phillies' NLCS meeting with the Dodgers that starts here tonight has prompted more than a little reminiscing about that famous NLCS Game 3 at Veterans Stadium between the teams on Oct. 7, 1977. Lopes, now the Phillies' first-base coach,...
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
By BART HUBBUCH Loading new images... Posted: 2:48 amOctober 9, 2008PHILADELPHIA - Joe Torre has the underdog Dodgers on the cusp of their first World Series in 20 years, and Larry Bowa wants New York - especially the Yankees - to know it. With the Dodgers taking on the favored Phillies tonight in Game 1 of the NLCS, Torre typically was reluctant to take much credit for getting L.A. to...
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
By BART HUBBUCH Loading new images... Posted: 4:03 amOctober 5, 2008Jerry Manuel is vowing to change the Mets' selfish, stat-first ways. Manuel made that clear yesterday after the Mets formally lifted his tag as interim manager with a two-year contract that includes a club option for 2011. Speaking to reporters in an afternoon conference call, Manuel repeatedly emphasized he will preach...
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
By BART HUBBUCH Loading new images... Posted: 4:03 amOctober 5, 2008LOS ANGELES - The curse lives. The Cubs' century-long World Series drought got another year longer last night with their embarrassingly feeble sweep in the NLDS at the hands of Joe Torre's Dodgers. L.A.'s 3-1 win here in front of a frenzied, towel-waving crowd at Dodger Stadium sent the surging Dodgers to the NLCS for...