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Shades of the 2004 ALCS?

By Howard Bryant
ESPN.com

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

NEW YORK -- The Yankees are still in control of this World Series. Despite the Phillies' rousing revival in Game 5, the stakes, at least ostensibly, have not changed: Philadelphia cannot lose another game this season. New York needs to win one of the year's final two games, both to be played on their home field, where they won a league-best 57 games this year and are 6-1 in the postseason. But the first leg of manager Joe Girardi's all-in gambit to win the championship with only three starting ...

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