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Sports

1. Baseball's Playoff

By Paul KatcherThursday, Dec. 18, 2003
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Best of Sports 2003

Ivan Rodriguez did everything but fly the charter plane in the Marlins' upset of the Giants. The A's once again choked in multiple big games. A Cubs fan may have cost his team a game. Aaron Boone's dramatic home run sent the Yankees to the World Series. Baseball's postseason was a thrill-a-minute, and for once nobody was complaining about games lasting into the wee small hours of the morning. MLB.com's World Series Section

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