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Deals of the Hour / October 23, 2010, 9:40 pm

Giants eliminate Phillies to win NL pennant

They're in the World Series. Juan Uribe hit a tiebreaking homer off Ryan Madson with two outs in the eighth inning and the Giants held off the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 Saturday night in Game 6 of the NL championship series. "I'm speechless, (Source: Houston Chronicle 2010-10-24T04:36:18Z)

Miami Hurricanes finally are having fun again

Thank you for taking the time to offer your thoughts. We have introduced a new commenting system called Disqus for our articles. This allows readers the option of signing in using their Facebook, Twitter, Disqus or existing MiamiHerald.com username and ... (Source: Miami Herald 2010-10-24T04:36:18Z)

Rangers knock out Yanks to reach first Series

but he's not the reason the Yankees played without a lack of passion in this series. The blame this year goes all around between lack of urgency, lack of good pitching, lack of clutch hitting. The Yankees stumbled and bumbled through the last 60 games of ... (Source: CBS Sports 2010-10-24T04:36:18Z)

Brewers keep hitting coach Dale Sveum

they lost to Philadelphia in four games in division series. Sveum was not considered for the permanent manager's job, which went to Ken Macha. Macha was fired at the end of the 2010 season, and Sveum interviewed to succeed the fired John Russell as manager ... (Source: ESPN.com 2010-10-24T04:36:18Z)

UMass has an eye on UConn playbook

Second in a series of occasional articles examining challenges facing the University of Massachusetts. EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Halfway through the second quarter, Philip Austin still had not touched the crab cakes and shrimp cocktail laid out in his ... (Source: Boston Globe 2010-10-24T04:36:18Z)

Giants to meet Rangers in World Series

They're in the World Series. ''I'm speechless, just breathless,'' Giants general manager Brian Sabean said. ''It's a great opportunity to see what we can do on a bigger stage.'' Unlikely MVP Cody Ross and the pitching-rich Giants reached the World Series ... (Source: FOXSports.com 2010-10-24T04:36:18Z)

Giants 3, Phillies 2

did Ryan Howard get ONE big hit in this series?? One?? He would squirt one to left field with nobody in scoring position...and then when the bases are juiced or RISP...you know what's coming...K!!! That's pretty much what this series came down to, (Source: CBS Sports 2010-10-24T04:36:18Z)

Key moments in Game 6

and the Giants celebrated their fourth trip to the World Series in the San Francisco era. (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-10-24T04:29:08Z)

Missouri upsets BCS No. 1 Oklahoma 36-27

3-0) ended a seven-game losing streak in a lopsided series dating to 1998, and beat the Sooners for only the second time in the last 21 meetings overall. Thousands of fans from a sellout crowd of 70,004 swarmed the field before the end of Oklahoma's final, (Source: Houston Chronicle 2010-10-24T04:36:18Z)

Grant: GMs refusing to stand pat leaves Rangers, Giants as last teams standing

... Series on Saturday night by knocking off the defending league champion in six games. San Francisco overcame an early deficit to beat Philadelphia, 3-2. Back in July, though, the Rangers needed catching help and had bullpen depth to offer ... 31 deals (Source: Dallas Morning News 2010-10-24T04:29:08Z)

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