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PHILADELPHIA — As Bryce Harper stepped to the plate in the eighth inning Sunday, a runner on base and the Phillies trailing by one run, Rhys Hoskins stood in the dugout and swayed, arms behind his back, occasionally bobbing up and down on his tiptoes, a 240-pound mass of nervous…

Philadelphia Eagles players react on social media to the Phillies advancing to the World Series with a 4-1 #NLCS win over the San Diego Padres

Goosebumps.

Trailing by a run in the bottom of the eighth inning, Harper came through in the clutch.

These are the games that give baseball the one thing it seems to lack when compared to other sports: appointment viewing.

Bad calls live on forever. Some of the most infamous examples: Don Denkinger in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series. A.J. Pierzynski’s reaching on a dropped third strike that wasn’t in ALCS Game 2 in 2005.Kent Hrbek’s pulling Ron Gant off first base and tagging him out in Game…

Did voters pick the Astros’ Dusty Baker, the Padres’ Yu Darvish, the Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber or the Yankees’ Anthony Rizzo?

Postseason has the quizmaster reminiscing about a historic year in Chicago baseball — 2016.

It was a dramatic performance from the second baseman full of ups and downs. But ultimately it was just enough for Philadelphia to take a series lead.

Heading into their 52nd season, the Rangers still have not managed to win a World Series. But, for the first time ever, they have a manager who has.

By the middle of December in 2020, the Phillies were 5½ years into a stagnating rebuild. They had put a cart filled with high-salaried free agents ahead of the twin horses of drafting and development, and the whole endeavor stalled.