Reggie Jackson

...struggles create a problem for the Phillies in a potential Game 7 Reggie Jackson (left) regularly chats with Alex Rodriguez (right) behind the batting cage before games. PHILADELPHIA -- Yankees home run heroes Alex Rodriguez and Reggie...

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...track this postseason's most prolific pressure performer. Players' stats and "October points" will update after every game and by month's end, we will crown this year's Mr. October. NEW YORK You're Cole Hamels and you're 25 years old, and...

In this article: Cole Hamels, World Series, Phillies, World Series MVP, Mr. October, Philadelphia, Baseball, USA Today, and Ryan Howard

...won't be the first back-to-back MVP winner in major-league history. Or the first player to amass more than one MVP award in his career since Reggie Jackson in 1973 and '77. For the second straight postseason start, Hamels was knocked out...

In this article: Cole Hamels, Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, MVP, World Series, CC Sabathia, Alex Rodriguez, Nick Swisher, Cliff Lee, and Philadelphia

...worth the digging. I'd love to see Cole Hamels read page 174. "A pitcher," Jackson growls, "can really tick a guy off by turning around and staring at him for making an error." Gibson takes it a step further. "Errors are going to happen,...

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...by limiting Reggie Jackson to just one home run. Jackson, however, had the last laugh, hitting three bombs in Game 6, cementing his status as Mr. October and denying the Dodgers a championship. 2008: Last season's NLCS Game 5 was dominated by...

In this article: Los Angeles Dodgers, Vicente Padilla, Philadelphia Phillies, Yankees, Dodger Stadium, Game 6, Cole Hamels, and Chad Billingsley

...which Hamels is pitching. And Reggie Jackson, Mr. October, throws out the ceremonial first pitch to Jorge Posada before Game 2 of the American League Division Series -- and bounces it from a distance of 40 feet. ALDS: TWINS VS. YANKEES

In this article: New York Yankees, Mark Teixeira, Alex Rodriguez, Joe Nathan, Minnesota Twins, Major League Baseball, Nick Swisher, and Minnesota

...almost all by himself. Chase Utley hit a two-run home run, and Ryan Madson and Brad Lidge finished a five-hitter in a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays, but the undisputed star of Game 1 was the newest Mr. October. Hamels won Game 1 in...

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...October, you think of Josh Beckett pitching a Game 6 shutout in Yankee Stadium. You think of Cole Hamels, carving his own little slice of Mr. October history. You think of Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling in 2001, of Sandy Koufax and Don...

In this article: Yankees, Cole Hamels, Phillies, Carlos Zambrano, Angels, Cliff Lee, and Justin Verlander

...homers in his career, and every time he rises to the occasion his legend grows. He's this generation's Reggie Jackson, complete with extra mustard. Given that the Dodgers will face two lefties in the first three games in Hamels and...

In this article: Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Charlie Manuel, Juan Pierre, Cole Hamels, Jayson Werth, and Brewers