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Phillies not ready to give up title yet

By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

Monday, November 2, 2009

PHILADELPHIA -- The leadoff man stood in the on-deck circle Monday night as the theme from "Rocky" thundered through the PA system -- almost loud enough for Sly Stallone to hear it in Hollywood. When times get dicey in Philadelphia, you can never go wrong with a good ear-splitting chorus of "Gonna Fly." We think Benjamin Franklin said that once. So the music blared halfway through the first inning of Game 5 of the 2009 World Series. And it couldn't have been more fitting, because the time had ...

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