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Phillies upset about World Series introductions

By Amy K. Nelson
ESPN.com

Friday, October 24, 2008

PHILADELPHIA -- It was just a few minutes before the Phillies were set to take the field for Game 1 of the World Series. Jimmy Rollins was sitting next to 40-year-old Matt Stairs, who was playing in the Fall Classic for the first time in his 16-year major league career and was looking forward to living out his dream when his name would be announced in front of the crowd. It was then when a Phillies PR representative came into the clubhouse and informed the team that only the starting players ...

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