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Jayson Werth hit a three-run homer, Pedro Feliz added a solo shot and the Philadelphia Phillies took a 4-2 lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers after three innings Wednesday night in Game 5 of the NL championship series. With his team needing one win to reach the World Series for the second consecutive season, Phillies [...]

Chase Utley has tied a postseason record by reaching base in 25 straight games. The Philadelphia Phillies' slugger walked against Los Angeles Dodgers starter Vicente Padilla in the first inning during Game 5 of the NL championship series Wednesday night. Utley went 0 for 4 in his first playoff game in 2007.

These are glory days, indeed, for Joe Torre. Though his team was facing a 3-1 deficit against the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL championship series, the Los Angeles Dodgers' manager spent Tuesday across the street from Citizens Bank Park at the Spectrum for a Bruce Springsteen concert. Torre saw The Boss once before at Madison [...]

When Derek Jeter recalls the last time the New York Yankees got this close to the World Series, he gets chills down his spine that have nothing to do with the cold he's fighting. "If you have the opportunity to get something over with, you'd like to do it," the New York captain said.

The Chicago Cubs hired Rudy Jaramillo as their hitting coach on Wednesday, hoping he can resurrect an offense that struggled during a disappointing 2009 season. Jaramillo, who spent 15 years as the hitting coach of the Texas Rangers, replaced Von Joshua. Joshua was removed after the season and offered a job in Triple-A, where he'd [...]

Former New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine will have his second interview with the Cleveland Indians on Thursday. Valentine, who led the Mets to the World Series in 2000, will be the second managerial finalist to have a sit-down interview with the Indians. Former Washington manager Manny Acta met with Cleveland's owners and other front-office [...]

ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips acknowledges having an affair with an assistant at the cable network, and has taken a leave of absence during the playoffs. Phillips says in a statement released by ESPN Wednesday that he's sorry to have "put his family and colleagues through this." ESPN has granted Phillips'request for time off, and [...]

The Chicago Cubs have hired Rudy Jaramillo as their hitting coach, hoping he can resurrect an offense that struggled during a disappointing 2009 season. Jaramillo, who spent 15 years as the hitting coach of the Texas Rangers, replaces Von Joshua. Joshua was removed after the season and offered a job in Triple-A, where he'd worked [...]

Ryan Howard sits on the bench before he hits and visualizes what he wants to do at the plate. Then he goes out and drives the ball all over the field — or over the fence. Howard is having an incredible postseason for the Philadelphia Phillies, who began Wednesday one win away from returning to [...]

St. Louis Cardinals star Albert Pujols underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow Wednesday, with doctors removing bone chips and trimming bone spurs. He is expected to make a full recovery in time for next season. Dr. James Andrews, who performed the operation in Birmingham, Ala., said that Pujols would not require ligament reconstruction.