Charlie Manuel

...has affected Brad Lidge and Greg Dobbs, among other Phillies. In Saturday's game, Manuel replaced Hamels with lefthander J.A. Happ to face righty slugger Alex Rodriguez. He said yesterday that, had Park been healthy, he probably would...

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I have to thank you for that one." Phillies skipper Charlie Manuel said one reason he picked Martinez for Game 2 was to "split my lefties," meaning Game 1 starter Cliff Lee and Game 3 starter Cole Hamels. But Manuel also cited Martinez's...

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...getting production from their left-handed bats. And Manuel says he'll wait and see on whether he'll pitch lefty Cole Hamels, the losing pitcher in Game 3, in a possible Game 7 at Yankee Stadium. "On a good night, we should be scoring five,...

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...Oct. 31, 2009, in Philadelphia. - Matt Slocum /AP Photo Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel, center, removes starting pitcher Cole Hamels (35) in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the Major League Baseball World Series...

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...on pitching well in the postseason. After Game 5, Hamels met with Manuel and later told media he did not realize how his answer to a question about how he would assess his season would look in print. "I think Charlie knows me," Hamels...

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...just because of that," Hamels said. "I didn't understand what I said until I read it. "I went to Charlie just to talk to him because that's who I am. I think he understands that. I wanted to tell him my true thoughts, my thought process,...

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...out. "We talked about some of the things that were said, and I felt very good about it, really," Manuel said. "I know Hamels. I've been a Hamels guy ever since I saw him pitch in Lakewood . . . I want you to listen to this - I never, ever...

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...same page. Manuel has not announced his starter for a Game 7. "I went to Charlie just to talk to him because that's who I am, and I think he understands that," Hamels said. "I just wanted to tell him my true thoughts -- that I'll never...

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...worked on two days' rest, by the way. If Manuel did follow the same philosophy - and if he had lost his mind - he would send out Cole Hamels on three days' rest and then Cliff Lee on two days' rest. That's the way the game used to be...

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