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Rewriting history, one series at a time

By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

PHILADELPHIA -- A long, long time ago, they set out on a journey that has led them to this place. For the Phillies of Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley and Ryan Howard, the mission has never been just about winning. It's been about history. And not just making history. Erasing history. They had to wipe away the ghosts of 10,000 losses, of the historic El Foldo of 1964, of all those seasons of hopes and dreams that ended in pain and heartbreak. They had to heal the scars from the two decades o ...

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