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Connor Brogdon excited for ‘second top moment in my baseball career’

SAN FRANCISCO — Connor Brogdon’s favorite thing he’s done in his baseball career is somewhat easy to guess: pitching in the World Series last fall. His second favorite will take place on Monday night. Brogdon will be the Phillies’ opener in the series opener against the San Francisco Giants. It won’t be the first start of his career, but it’ll be the most special: He’ll make it at Oracle Park, where Brogdon regularly attended games while growing up in Clovis, Calif. “I think it’s probably the
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New Phillies catcher Garrett Stubbs may prove to be an ideal fit in Philadelphia – Phillies Nation

Analyzing things strictly through a developmental lens, right now is a particularly good time to be Garrett Stubbs. A 2015 eighth-round draft pick out of the University of Southern California, Stubbs, 28, was traded from the Houston Astros to the Philadelphia Phillies for outfielder and 2021 10th-round pick Logan Cerny earlier this offseason — and it seems like he’s walking into an optimal situation. Stubbs’ new manager, Joe Girardi, caught in the big leagues for 15 years. Stubbs’ new organiza
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Angels spoil pair of memorable homers as Phillies miss sweep

The script was written too perfectly. Trea Turner, capping off the month in which he turned his season around with a three-run homer — the Phillies’ franchise-record-extending 58th long ball of the month. Giving the Phillies a one-run late-inning lead the day after a different three-run homer had done the exact same. Leading an apparent comeback win for a three-game home sweep over the Angels for the second consecutive season.
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The Phillies should maximize Ranger Suárez’s starts in the final week. Here’s how

Back in the first week of September, Philadelphia Phillies manager Joe Girardi reshuffled his starting rotation. The goal was to line up the Phillies’ best arms to face the Atlanta Braves in the second-to-last series of the regular season. It made sense: More likely than not, those three games would go a long way in determining the winner of the National League East. The Phillies are now at that point. The problem? It’s since become clear that their best starters are not currently lined up for
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Opinion: Perpetual underperformance and underpreparation leaves USC with one option: a head coaching change

At the conclusion of the first quarter Saturday against Stanford, USC’s resume looked as such: Its kicker had been ejected for targeting. It had wasted a timeout on third-and-21. It had allowed an 87-yard touchdown. It had a pair of three-and-outs. It had a delay of game penalty. And it had a 7-0 deficit. It was only 15 minutes of play, but it told you all you needed to know about the rest of the evening. And the last three years. And, if you squint hard enough, the two before that.
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The best moments from the Phillies’ post-clinch celebration

The Phillies had what felt like eons worth of playoff drought frustration to release in the confines of Minute Maid Park on Monday night. And almost as satisfying as the franchise’s first postseason clincher in 11 years were the sights and sounds that accompanied it — however much the champagne blurred the cameras we watched them on in the minutes after Aaron Nola, Zach Eflin and co. sent the Phillies to a place they hadn’t been in over a decade.
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