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It's just despicable what Manny Ramirez is doing to baseball.
PHILADELPHIA -- If it felt like an eternity Friday hanging in there with the Dodgers through yet another playoff loss, what must it have been like for Sandy Koufax, who was sitting beside the Screaming Meanie the whole time?
PHILADELPHIA -- If this keeps up, it's going to ruin must-see TV, nobody other than the mopes who live here hanging in there for another round of "Frank TV" commercials -- if it's not the Red Sox and Dodgers.
You spend any time in this dingy city and around these folks, and pit bulls running wild come to mind.
MANNYWOOD -- He tapes a message from a fortune cookie above his Dodgers locker: "Don't look back -- Always look ahead."
Good thing Mike Scioscia isn't managing the Dodgers as they bathe again in champagne -- hopefully careful not to wash away any of the magic dust.
The fans here sat quietly through Game 1, as if posing for a painting in Wrigley Field, while the Cubs played dead.
He wins the game, enhancing his reputation as a big-game pitcher and setting himself up for a big contract as a free agent, and the first thing out of Derek Lowe's mouth: "I want a statue like Lima.
CHICAGO -- I'm waiting for luggage at O'Hare with Jim Belushi. We're both going to be at Wrigley Field tonight.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Baby steps. First, a division title in the worst division, but now can the Dodgers win two playoff games for the first time in 20 years?