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Manuel definitely made the right call

By Jim Caple
ESPN.com

Monday, November 2, 2009

PHILADELPHIA -- In this situation, someone must always be singled out for blame because, after all, it must be someone's fault when a team loses a big game in the postseason. I mean, it can't be as simple a matter as one team having to win and one team having to lose. Someone must have screwed up. Blame must be fixed. And in this case, the most likely scapegoat in the non-Brad Lidge category is Phillies manager Charlie Manuel. After all, Manuel is the one who decided not to pitch his ace, C ...

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