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After watching Game One, Corey is more sure than ever that the Phillies will win the World Series. Click through to find out why.

3288 days after their last World Championship, the Yankees take their third crack at No. 27. Here’s why they’ll get it this time.

The Yankees overcame the bitter disappointments of 2002 and 2005 on the way to their record 40th pennant.

Sean has a simple explanation for the series outcome: the better team prevailed.

Yankees 5, Angels 2: “At times we played good baseball. At times we shot ourselves in the foot,” Mike Scioscia said after the game. Someone’s gonna have to point out the good for me, because I missed most of it. Eight errors in the series. Saunders walked five guys last night. Scioscia made baffling move […]

“It’s the World Series, Mr. Scrooge!” “Bah humbug!” replied the Cubs fan.

Even match-up? It didn’t seem that way.

Angels 7, Yankees 6: Behold the power of the Rally Monkey. Or behold the the suckiness that is A.J. Burnett when he doesn’t have his best stuff. Or behold the presence of mad chance that allowed the Angels to win despite the best efforts of Mike Scioscia. Whatever the case, each team did its best […]

On Oct. 18, 1988, a walk-off home run was hit in the World Series off of an All-Star reliever. But this isn’t Kirk Gibson off Dennis Eckersley, it is Mark McGwire and Jay Howell. Richard looks back at this and other memorable postseason series featuring multiple walk-offs.