Phillies’ start stronger than baseball’s flawed contenders: A fan’s take (Associated Content)

The Philadelphia Phillies are enjoying one of baseball's biggest starts right now. After all of us Phillies fans panicked over how the team would do shorthanded, and if our aces could live up to the hype, they have answered most of the questions well so far.

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First person fan perspective: Why the Phillies will win the NLCS (Associated Content)

*Note: This was written by an Associated Content Contributor. Sign up here to start publishing your own sports articles. Being a Philadelphia resident most of my life, I know Philadelphia like the back of my hand. I know the roads, the places, the people, and the sports. For years, there have been a certain set of rules listed for us Philadelphia sports fans. For instance: To be a Philadelphia sports fan, we were required to (a) get our hopes up on a talented team in which the National media has declared contenders, (b) buy into the glimmer of greatness...

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Yankees schedule is toughest of contenders (Yahoo! Sports)

The Twins have the easiest September schedule in a ranking of the 14 teams with a playoff shot.

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A pennant race crystal ball (Yahoo! Sports)

It’s time to separate the pretenders from the contenders as post-trading deadline races gear up.

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Westbrook, Ludwick, Lilly, Wood move, Berkman goes (AP)

Former All-Stars Jake Westbrook, Ted Lilly, Ryan Ludwick and Kerry Wood were traded Saturday as pennant contenders played a game of beat-the-clock. Lance Berkman went to the World Series champion New York Yankees after rejecting the Chicago White Sox. Octavio Dotel, Rick Ankiel, Kyle Farnsworth, Chad Qualls and Ryan Theriot also joined the playoff chase and Ryan Church highlighted a five-player...

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Westbrook, Ludwick, Lilly, Wood on move (The Canadian Press)

Former all-stars Jake Westbrook, Ted Lilly, Ryan Ludwick and Kerry Wood were traded Saturday as pennant contenders played a game of beat-the-clock. Lance Berkman went to the World Series champion New York Yankees after rejecting the Chicago White Sox.

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