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MLB PLAYOFFS: OCTOBER '07 STILL MATTERS

By Buster Olney

Thursday, September 25, 2008

The one-game playoff between the Padres and Rockies last October was fairly epic: remember the head-first slide? (In case you don't, it's pictured here.) Nearly a full year later, that game is still relevant: as Buster Olney explains in his feature piece from the new issue of ESPN The Magazine, the lessons from that NL West battle can be applied to 2008 playoff contenders and explain who might hoist the golden trophy this year. BUSTER OLNEY: HOW TO WIN IN OCTOBER.

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