Baseball Playoff Topics: Joe Torre, White Sox in Tampa & Philly Sports (NY Times)

"Wearing Dodger Blue With a Pinstripe T-Shirt" (NY Times)
By HAVRVEY ARATON
Published: October 8, 2008
Joe Torre, the former Yankees manager, described the feeling of reaching the playoffs with the Dodgers as “satisfaction, more than vindication.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/sports/baseball/09araton.html?ref=baseball

"White Sox Owner in Tampa: This could have been our stadium” (NY Times)
By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Published: October 8, 2008
Twenty years ago, the White Sox nearly committed to moving to Florida.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/sports/baseball/09sandomir.html?ref=baseball

"When Philadelphia Was a Winner" (NY Times)
By TYLER KEPNER
Published: October 8, 2008
Nobody knew it in 1983, except for Phillies fans, but it was pretty much the end of the only sustained era of sporting excellence Philadelphia has known.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/sports/baseball/09baseball.html?ref=baseball