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Both managers made minor, ultimately irrelevant gaffes in the Phillies' 4-2 win in Game 5. Charlie Manuel went back to bunching Chase Utley and Ryan Howard in the lineup, which made it a lot easier for Javier Lopez to get through the eighth inning...

The Phillies have a different lineup tonight. Exactly the same players, just in different spots. Here was the Game 1 lineup (not including pitcher): 1. Shane Victorino 2. Placido Polanco 3. Chase Utley 4. Ryan Howard 5. Jayson Werth 6. Jim...

Today's links are laced corn syrup and 18 essential vitamins. So don't be shy! Has Ryan Howard really been less valuable this season than Jamey Carroll, Ike Davis, and Jeff Keppinger. By one measure, yes. Bill Baer explains. I think this guy mi...

Crashburn Alley's Bill Baer on the savior who hasn't been doing much saviorizing: Since returning from the disabled list, Ryan Howard is batting .111 with a .246 OPS. He has no extra-base hits and no multi-hit games. Even worse, Howard struck out 1...

Dipping into the ol' mailbag again, there's this missive from Cedric: One more potential explanation for Ryan Howard's contract that would justify the dollars and length of time: inflation. There are many economists predicting a high inflation ra...

Today's links are wondering if Scott Boras might have gotten Ryan Howard all that money plus the Liberty Bell and the Rocky statue ... * You should read Matthew Carruth's take on Ryan Howard's deal, if only for the first sentence. * You should ...

You can probably imagine my reaction to this: Ryan Howard will remain in a Philadelphia Phillies uniform through the 2016 season after agreeing to a five-year extension worth an average of $25 million per year. The slugging first baseman has a...

Rob Neyer addresses the rumors about trade discussions involving Ryan Howard and Albert Pujols before commenting on how players and managers are using social Web sites like Twitter....

Aside from missing a practically impossible call (for a mere human, anyway) in Game 4 -- Ryan Howard never did touch the plate in the fourth inning -- the umpires had a pretty good night. Of course, the umpires have been much maligned this fall, and ...

Hero: A.J. Burnett. The Yankees' $16.5 Million Man was good this season, but he was rarely this good. In just his fourth postseason start, Burnett pitched only seven innings but racked up a 72 Game Score, his sixth best of 2009. Goat: Ryan Howard....

I read somewhere that the favorite in Las Vegas for World Series MVP is Ryan Howard, which is strange for two reasons. One, the Yankees are big favorites to win the Series. And two, the Yankees have a lot of left-handed pitchers and -- as Dave Allen ...

Ryan Howard is pretty good. I mean, he's no Shin-Soo Choo. But pretty good, for sure. You probably think I'm just some snot-nosed blogger trying to make a name for myself. You're right. After all, it's patently ridiculous to suggest that a Clev...

Is Ryan Howard underappreciated? Daniel Berkowitz sure thinks so: Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard is tied for the major league lead in RBI with Prince Fielder with 137. He is also tied for third with the same man in home runs with 43. The former ...

The Baseball Tonight crew discusses which players teams should be concerned about getting out to a slow start....

Baseball Tonight reviews the top defensive plays from Sunday....

Not much blogging yesterday (or today) because I foolishly left my wireless card at home, which left me stuck on a train to Seattle for four hours with no Internet access (back to "normal" tonight). On a happier note, I spent some of those ...