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The Status Of Hardball Report Thanks to everyone who has visited our site over the course of the first year.  We all greatly appreciate it, especially myself.  But now, over the off-season we're hopefully going to be launching an entertainment site similar to this one.  And in order to ensure its quality, the hardballreport.com site will be down until the beginning of next season.  We haven't been writing as much lately because, after all, this is a side project and all the time needed to make this site truly exceptional was taken up in other places (school, presidential campaigns, etc.).  So please come back late next March for more baseball news and be on the lookout for entertainment report sometime in the new year.

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Fantasy Baseball
Image Hamels NLCS MVP Phillies starting pitcher Cole Hamels was named MVP of the NLCS after tossing his second gem of the series in a 5-1 win over the Dodgers. In his two starts, Hamels went 14 innings with 13 strikeouts and a 1.93 ERA. The lefty was the first Philly to win the award since Curt Schilling in 1993, and the youngster is quickly becoming one of the best in the league.
 
News and Rumors
Image Manny To Receive Playoff Share From Red Sox The Red Sox, according to the Boston Herald, voted to give Manny Ramirez a two-thirds playoff share.  The reason for the percentage is because the future Hall-of-Famer played two-thirds of the season.  Other players were voted on too, and Jason Bay was one who received more than 1/4 share. 
 
Prospects
Image Brewers Complete Sabathia Deal Remember when CC Sabathia got traded to the Milwaukee Brewers and started crushing lineups (until the playoffs started)? Yeah, well so do the Cleveland Indians. Sabathia's former team finally got their "player to be named later" on Friday, officially completing the deal.
 
By The Numbers
Image The NL's Biggest Disappointment Before the season, many sportswriters were picking two teams to get to the World Series.  Those teams were the Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves.  Well, those two things fell through.  The Indians have somewhat redeemed their season, thanks in large part because of Cliff Lee.  The Braves, on the other hand,
 
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