Ryan Madson

...Fortman says she plans to donate the prize to MomSpace, a Web site/magazine she works with. Charitably speaking Phillies pitcher Ryan Madson and Eagles tight end Brent Celek will work their bowling arms tomorrow at a $100-a-head...

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...doesn't deserve any kind of security. Charlie Manuel is a loyal man, but sometimes loyalty ultimately costs you championships. Madson has been one of the better set-up guys in baseball the past two years, and has developed a 97 mph fastball...

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...of the playoffs. But the Bombers decimated him, tagging him for three runs to post a 7-4 win. In Game 5 Monday night, Manuel went with Ryan Madson to protect a three-run lead in the ninth inning. Apparently the Yanks didn't just batter...

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...manager Charlie Manuel elected not to hand the ball to enigmatic closer Brad Lidge (who blew Game 4) but instead to setup man Ryan Madson. Madson immediately fell into trouble, allowing a double to Jorge Posada and a single to Hideki...

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...-- Brad Lidge tried a new role in the ninth inning last night -- spectator. And he got to see some drama. Charlie Manuel called on Ryan Madson to close out Game 5 with an 8-5 lead instead of Lidge, who lost Game 4 for Philadelphia. Madson...

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...Series. "It got stiffer as the game went on," Victorino said. "I struggled to grip the bat. Throwing was fine." CLOSE CALL: Ryan Madson, not Brad Lidge, pitched the ninth inning and converted his first postseason save. Narrowly.

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...the World Series by defeating the New York Yankees for the second time in a week. Chase Utley would get a few votes too. So might Ryan Madson, who was the last man standing in a tense 8-6 win over the stubborn Yankees before a frazzled crowd...

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...in right field. Phil Coke, who sacrificed both long balls, was chased after just 2/3 of an inning with two earned on two hits. Ryan Madson got the nod from Charlie Manuel to close the game, after Brad Lidge gave up three runs in the ninth...

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...three. Not when the Yankees sent the tying run to the plate -- twice. Nope. There Lidge sat on the Phillies' bullpen bench, watching Ryan Madson wiggle through some ninth-inning trouble and in the end do what Lidge couldn't 24 hours...

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How acquired: Drafted in the ninth round of the 1998 draft Season: Madson proved that he is best suited as the Phillies' eighth-inning man, despite some success in the closer's role while Brad Lidge struggled with injury and...

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