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		<title>Los Angeles, sports fans don&#039;t mix</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Ward</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before the Phillies and Dodgers started the 2009 NLCS, tension was in the air. The Philadelphia Daily News&#8216; Stu Bykofsky reported that the series was a gang war between the Bloods and Crips. After witnessing the Dodgers fans behavior the first two games of the series, Philly fans are laughing at the people who patronize [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Before the Phillies and Dodgers started the 2009 NLCS, tension was in the air. <a title="Byko" href="http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/20091015_Stu_Bykofsky__NLCS__It_s_the_Bloods_vs__the_Crips.html" target="_blank"><em>The Philadelphia Daily News</em>&#8216; Stu Bykofsky reported that the series was a gang war between the Bloods and Crips</a>.</p>
<p>After witnessing the Dodgers fans behavior the first two games of the series, Philly fans are laughing at the people who patronize the Dodgers.</p>
<p>Los Angeles and the phrase &#8220;sports fans&#8221; create a huge oxymoron. They just don&#8217;t go together.</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 410px"><img title="Dodgers fans" src="http://www.feelingdodgerblue.com/img/Dodger%20Stadium.jpg" alt="Dodgers fans proved they are frauds during the first two games of the NLCS." width="400" height="300" />
<p class="wp-caption-text">Dodgers fans proved they are frauds during the first two games of the NLCS.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Fan&#8221; is short for &#8220;fanatic.&#8221; Based on what the Dodgers &#8220;fans&#8221; showed the nation during the first two games of the 2009 NLCS, they didn&#8217;t dismiss the stereotype that they arrive in the third inning and leave shortly after the seventh-inning stretch.</p>
<p>In Game 1 with their team trailing by just two runs in the ninth inning, Dodgers fans had vacated the high priced seats behind home plate. You saw the batter, catcher, umpire and a bunch of empty seats on TBS as Brad Lidge closed the game.</p>
<p>With Kemp, Manny and others on the Dodgers, a two-run lead was not insurmountable. Yet, the Dodgers &#8220;faithful&#8221; decided to beat the traffic. They apparently had to rush to make sure they were seen at the A-list parties for that night.</p>
<p>You would never find that in a city like Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Denver, or any other real sports town.</p>
<p>Leaving when your team is getting blown out during he regular season? Maybe. (In the interest of full disclosure, <em>Your Daily Philadelphian</em> was once known as &#8220;three quarters&#8221; for leaving a Monday Night Football game after the third quarter because the Eagles were getting spanked.)</p>
<p>But, leave during a close playoff game? Never.</p>
<p>Then, with their team trailing by one run in the seventh inning, the dopes sitting in the outfield decide to do &#8220;The Wave,&#8221; the single dumbest thing in the history of professional sports fan behavior.</p>
<p>They did &#8216;The Wave&#8221; during a playoff game. Did it late in a close playoff game. A playoff game that could very well have saved their team&#8217;s season.</p>
<p>All the Dodgers dorks were missing was a beach ball to hit around. Then, everything would have been complete.</p>
<p>I guess there really was a reason NLCS tickets that are going for $200-plus in Philly sold for $50 or less in LA. The fans don&#8217;t have the passion or intuitive knowledge about being a true sports fans that Philadelphians possess within their souls at childbirth.</p>
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		<title>Dodgers walk past Phillies, 2-1, to tie NLCS</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Ward</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bullpen has been the Phillies Achilles heal for most of August and September. On Friday, the heel completely ruptured and cost the Phillies a potential 2-0 lead in the NLCS. The usually reliable Chan Ho Park, JA Happ and Chase Utley all combined to waste an impressive performance by starter Pedro Martinez, as the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The bullpen has been the Phillies Achilles heal for most of August and September. On Friday, the heel completely ruptured and cost the Phillies a potential 2-0 lead in the NLCS.</p>
<p>The usually reliable Chan Ho Park, JA Happ and Chase Utley all combined to waste an impressive performance by starter Pedro Martinez, as the Dodgers staged an eighth inning comeback to win the game, 2-1.</p>
<p>Martinez, who had thrown just 84 pitches in one start since Sept. 19, tossed seven strong innings in Friday&#8217;s heartbreaking loss. He allowed just two hits and struck out three before leaving with a 1-0 lead.</p>
<p>The 37-year-old matched Dodgers starter Vicente Padilla pitch-for-pitch. Padilla went 7.1 innings, surrendering four hits and striking out six batters. Padilla&#8217;s only mistake was sent over the outfield wall by Ryan Howard.</p>
<p>Then, Chan Ho park entered the game for Pedro in the eighth. Fresh off of a hamstring injury, Park did not look nearly as effective as he did in Thursday&#8217;s game, although the loss was far from his fault alone.</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 308px"><img title="Chase Utley" src="http://nbcsportsmedia2.msnbc.com/j/NBCSports/Interactives%20and%20Slideshows/Miscellaneous/ss_090120_PayToWatch/ss_090120_PayToWatch/090120_ChaseUtley_v.widec.jpg" alt="Chase Utley threw the ball away for the second time in as many days as the Phillies fell to the Dodgers, 2-1, on Friday." width="298" height="453" />
<p class="wp-caption-text">Chase Utley threw the ball away for the second time in as many days as the Phillies fell to the Dodgers, 2-1, on Friday.</p>
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<p>Pedro Feliz, who is usually a vacuum at third base, botched a ground ball  to start the inning. Ronnie Belliard then bunted, but neither Park nor Howard could field it, leaving runners on first and second with no outs.</p>
<p>Russell Martin then grounded to Feliz, who threw to Utely for a force at second. Utley then airmailed a ball past Ryan Howard, allowing Juan Pierre to tie game at 1. Jim Thome then singled off of Scott Eyre, moving Martin to third. Ryan Madson later struck out Matt Kemp with bases loaded.</p>
<p>Then, JA Happ entered the game and walked Andre Ethier with the bases loaded to force in Martin with the winning run.</p>
<p>Happ and Park have been two of the most consistent pitchers all year. Utley had just four throwing errors all season. They all came up small on Friday.</p>
<p>For Utley, the error marked his second in as many days, and that play likely cost the Phils the game. Park was responsible for both runners and ended up taking the loss.</p>
<p>In all, Uncle Charlie had to use five pitchers in the eighth inning with neither Scott Eyre nor Happ recording an out, as each faced just one batter.</p>
<p>Instead of coming back to Philly with a 2-0 series lead, the teams are now knotted at one game each.</p>
<p>Cliff Lee will look to continue his impressive postseason when the teams play again in Game 3 on Sunday night at Citizens Bank Park.</p>
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