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Baseball quiz: My kind of season (postseason is)

I should start by apologizing to Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen for messing with the great song they wrote, “My Kind of Town (Chicago Is),” but I bet Frank Sinatra would have sung my version for the quizmaster.

Chicago Sun-Times

Marcus Hayes: Aaron Nola and Rhys Hoskins return Red October to the Phillies with magical performances

PHILADELPHIA — They’d been through the worst of it. Through the rebuild, and the losing, and the failed prospects and the empty seats and the last four managers and the dead Octobers.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Mark Bradley: The resourceful Braves turn a taut Game 2 into a vital NLDS victory

ATLANTA -- This is how fast it can happen. With two out in the sixth inning, Zack Wheeler had retired 17 of 18 hitters, needing 58 pitches to run through the Braves’ batting order twice. His 59th delivery – a sinker that bore in, as opposed to down – plunked…

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Surprise! The Phillies Can Do No Wrong

The team known for its bad bullpen and bad defense is playing mistake-free baseball. How long can this continue?

Sports Illustrated

A Series of Unfortunate Decisions

The Cardinals absolutely crumbled in the ninth inning yesterday. There’s no other way to explain how they went from up two with two outs to go for a win, to down four and having to bat in the bottom of the ninth. Closer Ryan Helsley, who was called upon to…

Sports Illustrated

Benjamin Hochman: A look at who the Cardinals should use vs. Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper

The last time Bryce Harper faced the Cardinals in the playoffs, he couldn’t legally drink Champagne.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The drought is over: The Phillies clinch a playoff berth for the first time since 2011

HOUSTON — For much of Monday night, it appeared the Phillies’ ticket back to the postseason would be punched after the final outcome of a game that was played more than 1,100 miles away.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Phillies splash past National, 8-1, reduce magic number to two

WASHINGTON — As it drizzled outside Sunday morning, Phillies officials gathered in the visiting clubhouse for multiple meetings with representatives from the Washington Nationals and Major League Baseball. Everyone agreed on the objective.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Phillies bash five home runs to salvage split in doubleheader with Nationals as wild-card race with Brewers tightens

WASHINGTON — At about 4:30 p.m. Saturday, in the 157th game of the season, with a playoff spot in sight, against the worst team in the league, a backup infielder walked to the mound to get the final out of the eighth inning for the Phillies.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Phillies fall to the Cubs again after Aaron Nola’s woeful fifth inning

CHICAGO — In the top of the third inning on Wednesday night, Kyle Schwarber took off from second base to third base, setting himself up to score on a sacrifice fly. He jokingly tipped his cap to the dugout, and touched home plate when Bryce Harper popped up to left…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Aaron Judge Makes History, but 61 Is Not the Record

Barry Bonds holds the single-season record, yet what the Yankees star has accomplished is still worth celebrating.

Sports Illustrated

Phillies fall to Braves, 8-7, in 11th inning, fail to gain ground in wild-card race

PHILADELPHIA — After an offensive explosion in the first five innings of Sunday’s game, the Phillies’ bats fell quiet once they returned from a rain delay that lasted 2 hours, 5 minutes. The Phillies entered the delay with a one-run lead, and for a while, it looked like the bullpen…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Here’s 12 thoughts on a flagging playoff push as the Phillies try to ‘stay in the fight’

Here’s the thing about possessing a playoff spot rather than chasing one: It’s unnecessary to always keep one eye on the out-of-town scores.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Phillies have shown they have ‘fight,’ which will be tested again during final homestand

ATLANTA — Since Rob Thomson took over as Phillies interim manager in early June, his team has shown an ability to bounce back from even the most soul-crushing losses. Going into their final series before the All-Star break, the Phillies had lost four straight. Then they went to Miami, a…

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Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: It has been ‘a bummer’ of a season for Kris Bryant and many others from the 2016 champion Cubs

CHICAGO — The iconic image of the first burst of celebrating Chicago Cubs players remains as fresh in your mind now as the day it happened almost six years ago in Cleveland.

Miami Herald

Late home run burns Sandy Alcantara in Miami Marlins’ loss to Philadelphia Phillies

MIAMI — Sandy Alcantara could only watch as Nick Maton got hold of his elevated sinker in the seventh inning and sent it sailing toward right field. The Miami Marlins’ ace had maneuvered around his share of jams through the first six innings of the series opener against the Philadelphia…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Who’s the Phillies’ MVP? J.T. Realmuto heads the list, but there are other worthy choices.

When the fifth inning began in San Diego on that Saturday night in late June, everyone’s mind was still on Bryce Harper and how much damage a wayward 97-mph fastball had wrought upon his left hand.

The Guardian - US

Aaron Judge turned down $213.5m. Now he’s on his way to a home-run record

The slugger turned down a huge contract extension from the Yankees and bet on his own abilities. It looks like he made the right decision

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ben Frederickson: Even NL fundamentalists have to admit Pujols and Cardinals have made DH a hit

I know it’s impolite to say, ‘I told you so.’

Tribune News Service

Giants unload bench, bullpen in quintessential September win over Phillies

SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants and Phillies combined for 23 hits Saturday. And in a preview of what’s to come for the remainder of September, that only equaled the number of players used by San Francisco.

Sports Illustrated

What History Tells Us About Aaron Judge’s Pursuit of 61 Home Runs

Let’s look at how his season compares to the other players who were on similar homer paces entering September.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Bryce Harper returns with a bang, driving in two as the Phillies beat the Pirates

PHILADELPHIA — In the bottom of the first inning, en route to a 7-4 Phillies win on Friday, DH Bryce Harper stepped up to the plate and into a situation that seemed tailor-made for him. The bases were loaded, there were no outs, and the entire ballpark was on its…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Bryce Harper will return to Phillies on Friday vs. Pirates

PHILADELPHIA — Phillies interim manager Rob Thomson said Thursday that Bryce Harper will be activated Friday after missing two months with a broken left thumb.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Marcus Hayes: 10 reasons to keep faith in the Phillies, who are primed for a late-summer run

The Phillies have lots of reasons to worry.

Chicago Tribune

How Chicago Cubs lefty Justin Steele has kept hitters guessing by altering the movement on his fastball

WASHINGTON — Three weeks later, Chicago Cubs left-hander Justin Steele laughs at how close he came to making history.

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