Before the 2007 season, when there weren’t as many banners flying in Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies made a decision: Chase Utley, already an All-Star second baseman, would be their centerpiece player. And they paid him accordingly, locking him up with a seven-year, $85 million extension, the longest guaranteed contract in franchise history. Those were simpler times. Three division crowns, two National League pennants and one elusive World Series championship later, the Phillies’ nucleus has multiplied like an amoeba. There haven’t been other seven-year deals, but seven everyday players, three starting pitchers and two primary relievers have reached multiyear agreements that leave them …
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The Eagles’ game against the New York Giants on Nov. 1 has been moved to a 1 p.m. start to avoid a conflict with a possible World Series game. Should the Phillies beat the Dodgers in the National League Championship Series, the Phillies would host Game 4 with a likely start time of 8:07. Eagles-Giants had been scheduled for 4:15. The NFL moved the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers to 4:15 to accomodate an earlier start at Lincoln Financial Field. The World Series and both football games are scheduled to be shown on Fox. “The game-time changes have been made prior to the outcome of the NLCS to give fans of all four NFL teams involved as much advance notice as possible,” the NFL said …
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Eagles-Giants game time changed to avoid World Series conflict
The Giants would love to join the local airwaves and newspapers here, gleefully yakking about a potential playoff matchup with the Phillies. But first, they have to get there - and they have to get healthy. A lineup without Bengie Molina or Pablo Sandoval had almost no fight against Cole Hamels, who pitched a two-hitter while leading the Phillies to a rare 1-0 victory over the Giants at Citizens Bank Park on Tuesday night. The Giants fell out of a tie atop the wild-card standings with the Colorado Rockies, who beat the Mets at Coors Field. Molina sat out for a seventh consecutive game because of a tight upper-right quadriceps, and Sandoval’s troublesome calf compelled manager Bruce Bochy …
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Giants fall 1-0 to Phillies
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