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It's been 41 years since Dusty Baker won a World Series title.

His go-ahead home run in Game 1 stunned the Astros and helped Philadelphia seize the upper hand in the World Series.

HOUSTON — This was the year baseball finally told the pitchers to throw away their bats for good. The designated hitter, beloved by some and reviled by others, would be the law of the land in all the major league lands.

HOUSTON — The nation rejoices this morning, because, these days, Jason Kelce is dead wrong.

Philadelphia trailed 5–0 after three innings but never relented.

HOUSTON — As the longest season of Zack Wheeler’s career unfolded this month, he approached each postseason start for the Philadelphia Phillies in the same way that Usain Bolt might tackle a long-distance relay race.

“Based on everything I’ve heard, it was like all the teams that were in the postseason that year were doing the same [expletive],” Giolito told the “Chris Rose Rotation” show of Jomboy Media.

This World Series might be galling to Dodgers fans. The National League is represented by the Philadelphia Phillies, a team that won 24 fewer games than the Dodgers. The Phillies are a third-place team that grabbed something that did not exist last year: the 12th and final spot in the…

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